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The Raiders spent last season using a combination of Gardner Minshew, Aidan O’Connell, and Desmond Midder to flail their way to 4-13, and jettisoned everyone involved in that disaster. The …
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The Raiders revamped their entire offense this season, taking two new tackles, the best offensive player in the draft, and a new WR1 after trading for Geno Smith. They’re suddenly …
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If I am being brutally honest with you, I have no idea what the Raiders plan to do about the 2024 season. Receiver on Netflix showed that Davante Adams hates …
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The Las Vegas Raiders took advantage of other teams trading ahead of them to take offensive line talent in the 2024 NFL Draft, and they pivoted from lower-level talent to …
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Disclaimer: we are not researchers, just compilers and writers. A majority of these numbers can be found in a myriad of places. For simplicity’s sake, and to prevent you from …
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It’s almost August, so it’s high time we turn our attention to fantasy football sleepers, breakouts, and busts for every NFL team. The ADP is per 4for4’s ADP data. We …
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It’s that time of year once again! Football Absurdity will bring you a breakdown of every notable fantasy football-relevant player throughout July and August. Today, we take a look at …
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Normally when we do an Absurdity Check, we are looking at it through the lens of fantasy football. After all, Football Absurdity is primarily a fantasy football site that was …
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The Las Vegas Raiders are a mess. From top to bottom, they have no direction, seemingly spending every six months fixing the issues they themselves made six months prior. They …
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It’s that time of year once again! Football Absurdity will bring you a breakdown of every notable fantasy football-relevant player throughout June, July, and August. We continue with the tight …
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It’s that time of year once again! Football Absurdity will bring you a breakdown of every notable fantasy football-relevant player throughout June, July, and August. We continue with the wide …
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It’s that time of year once again! Football Absurdity will bring you a breakdown of every notable fantasy football-relevant player throughout June, July, and August. We continue with the wide …
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It’s that time of year once again! Football Absurdity will bring you a breakdown of every notable fantasy football-relevant player throughout June, July, and August. We continue with the running …
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It’s that time of year once again! Football Absurdity will bring you a breakdown of every notable fantasy football-relevant player throughout June, July, and August. We start off with the …
Read More Every summer, we take a deep dive into the fantasy football average draft position (ADP) of players on each real-life NFL team. We do this so that we can determine …
Read More The Las Vegas Raiders barely made the playoffs last season, which was one of the more turbulent seasons a team could have. They fired Jon Gruden, their star first-round wide …
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We’ve already completed our look around the NFC with the West, East, North, and South. Now, we take a look at the AFC. The AFC West is the most beefed-up …
Read More The Las Vegas Raiders and Green Bay Packers shocked the NFL on Thursday, by moving Davante Adams to the desert (and giving him a major contract) for a 2022 first-round …
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If anyone told you they saw the Las Vegas Raiders’ season playing out as it did, that’s how you know that they’re a liar. The league somehow found that only …
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Our comedy experts and expert comedians reveal their picks for the 2022 Super Bowl. Jeff Krisko, Football Absurdity Editor-in-Chief: The Niners will win the Super Bowl; it’s a foregone conclusion. …
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The NFL regular season is over and heads are already rolling. When NFL teams miss the playoffs, NFL teams fire head coaches. For some coaches, 2021 was the start of …
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We are three games into the NFL season (well 30 teams are, anyway). And as of writing this, Derek Carr averages the ninth-most fantasy points per game. What is leading …
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If you read my article on playing the waiver wire game, you know that it is an essential part of winning your fantasy football league. If you haven’t read it, what …
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As we gear up to the start of the NFL season, Football Absurdity is going to bring you a comprehensive breakdown of every notable player that will be available in fantasy …
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As we gear up to the start of the NFL season, Football Absurdity is going to bring you a comprehensive breakdown of every notable player that will be available in fantasy …
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As we gear up to the start of the NFL season, Football Absurdity is going to bring you a comprehensive breakdown of every notable player that will be available in fantasy …
Read More As we gear up to the start of the NFL season, Football Absurdity is going to bring you a comprehensive breakdown of every notable player that will be available in fantasy …
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As we gear up to the start of the NFL season, Football Absurdity is going to bring you a comprehensive breakdown of every notable player that will be available in fantasy …
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As we gear up to the start of the NFL season, Football Absurdity is going to bring you a comprehensive breakdown of every notable player that will be available in fantasy …
Read More Every summer, we take a deep dive into the fantasy football average draft position (ADP) of players on each real-life NFL team. We do this so that we can determine …
Read More The NFL Draft is almost here! The glorified conference call takes place starting April 29, meaning that we should probably start figuring out where we want fantasy football guys to …
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2021 Mock NFL Draft. Part 1 Will the QB streak continue? Here we go with picks 13-24 of the 2021 NFL Draft! 2021 Mock NFL Draft Part 2 13. Los …
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I think Jon Gruden and Mike Mayock have it out for Josh Jacobs. They obliterated their offensive line, ditching Pro Bowl center Rodney Hudson, Trent Brown, and Gabe Jackson. They …
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For decades, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has maintained the official Irony Meter. Sitting right next to the Atomic Clock, the Irony Meter (IM) detects when things are …
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My first instinct when I see Nelson Agholor’s contract is to make a joke about drops. When the truth of the matter is that Agholor only dropped ten balls over …
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The Las Vegas Raiders kicked off their inaugural season with an 8-8 record. This was technically an improvement over their 7-9 2019 record, but it felt like the team did …
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The Las Vegas Raiders lost starting quarterback Derek Carr in their Thursday Night Football matchup against the Chargers. Carr pulled his groin on the second drive and Jon Gruden & …
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I’m proud of us. I’m proud of you, and I’m proud of myself. The NFL? Not so much. Their coronavirus handling kept the league (mostly) on schedule, but they allowed …
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If we are being completely honest, I didn’t think that we would make it to this point… and we almost didn’t. COVID-19 ravaged the league last week, with dozens of …
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If we are being completely honest, I didn’t think that we would make it to this point… and we almost didn’t. COVID-19 ravaged the league last week, with dozens of …
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One of the best ways to maximize your weekly scoring is streaming defenses. This strategy is simple – we aren’t as concerned about good defenses, so much as finding defenses …
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Well, at this point, we are just going to move on with the NFL season, with or without the Baltimore Ravens. With their week twelve matchup with the Steelers set …
Read More Well, at this point, we are just going to move on with the NFL season, with or without the Baltimore Ravens. With their week twelve matchup with the Steelers set …
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It’s the week of Thanksgiving and I am fussy about the Thursday Night game getting canceled because the Ravens just love getting coronavirus. They love it so much, they should …
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It’s the week of Thanksgiving and I am fussy about the Thursday Night game getting canceled because the Ravens just love getting coronavirus. They love it so much, they should …
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With turkey day screwing up our fantasy sensibilities, we need to figure out which wide receivers we like. Week twelve has some choices that might not appear obvious at first …
Read More We have nearly finished the third month of the NFL season. It’s clearer than ever that 2020 is up for grabs. No one is unstoppable, and before you yell ‘Steelers’ …
Read More It’s week ten! We did it! We reached a point in the season where the NFL is just going to grit their teeth and push right through to the end …
Read More We’ve hit the double-digit weeks, and only like half of the league is starting to add multiple players to the COVID-19 report every week. Things are fine! This isn’t bad …
Read More I waited as long as I could to write the intro to this, but Nevada and Arizona outlasted me. Here are some quarterback sleepers for week nine. Now, if you’ll …
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I can’t believe we are already over halfway done with the fantasy football season. If we are being completely honest, I didn’t think that we would get here. I didn’t. …
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We’re halfway through the fantasy football season this week! Big congratulations to all of us! We’ve fought injuries, COVID-19, more injuries, SARS-CoV-2, even more injuries, the novel coronavirus, and of …
Read More We’re halfway through the fantasy football season this week! Big congratulations to all of us! We’ve fought injuries, COVID-19, more injuries, SARS-CoV-2, even more injuries, the novel coronavirus, and of …
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It’s week one of the 2020 NFL season, which hopefully means that you drafted a bunch of wide receivers to choose from this week. If you didn’t, don’t worry, we …
Read More The Las Vegas Raiders have all new digs in Sin City, leaving the not-so-friendly confines of Raw Sewage Field in Oakland for the Death Star in Vegas. They are starting …
Read More As we gear up to the start of the NFL season, Football Absurdity is going to bring you a comprehensive breakdown of every notable player that will be available in …
Read More As we gear up to the start of the NFL season, Football Absurdity is going to bring you a comprehensive breakdown of every notable player that will be available in …
Read More As we gear up to the start of the NFL season, Football Absurdity is going to bring you a comprehensive breakdown of every notable player that will be available in …
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As we gear up to the start of the NFL season, Football Absurdity is going to bring you a comprehensive breakdown of every notable player that will be available in …
Read More The 2020 NFL Draft is in the books, and that means it’s time for us to fully turn our attention to the 2020 NFL season and fantasy football. While COVID-19 …
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The first round of the NFL draft is complete! All-in-all, eleven (!) fantasy football eligible players went in this round. Wildly enough, we had four quarterbacks, six wide receivers, one …
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I tried out fanspeak.com to emulate a Las Vegas Raiders mock draft, with me picking for the newly minted Las Vegas Raiders. The 2020 NFL Draft is coming soon, and …
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Last week, we did a quick tour around the NFC to discuss each team’s draft picks and to create a fantasy football wishlist for what we would like them to …
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The Raiders signed Marcus Mariota. Speaking of signs: I have a little sign at my desk. It says, “This fan has gone ____ days without giving up on the Raiders’ …
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Erstwhile ESPN jibber-jabberer, former Dallas Cowboy and eternal tight end Jason Witten will play for a different franchise for the first time in his NFL career this season. Witten joins …
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The NFL Combine is over, and NFL Free Agency doesn’t start for another couple of weeks. We sit, serenely, in this downtime of takes (Mike Florio, as always, excluded). Fortunately …
Read More Well, technically, the Las Vegas Raiders didn’t do anything this year. However, the Oakland Raiders took a big step forward in the second year of their rebuild under Jon Gruden. …
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Each week I will be discussing the funniest football happenings that take place in the NFL. All the hoopla of the players, crowds, and referees will be under my absurdity …
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Should I Start or Sit DeAndre Washington, Boston Scott, or Royce Freeman in Week 16? As the 2019 fantasy football season comes to an end, I wanted to thank everyone …
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It’s the fantasy football finals, and that means that it’s our last round of running back sleepers for the season! To qualify for this article, the running back sleepers must …
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Should I Start or Sit Jonnu Smith, Ian Thomas, or Noah Fant in Week 15? Getting down to the wire, folks! If you’re reading this, you must still be alive …
Read More NFL week thirteen closed with the thud of a few more nails in the coffins of some teams’ title hopes. Sure there’s some math that says your team has a …
Read More Should I Start or Sit Ryan Tannehill, Kyler Murray, or Derek Carr in Week 14? As you know, my wife and I are going head to head this year to …
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When the games conclude this week, we will officially be 75% of the way done with the fantasy football season, and the bye weeks. Things should get better, and easier …
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If you read my article on playing the waiver wire game, you know that it is an essential part of winning your fantasy football league. If you haven’t read it, …
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It’s week eleven of the fantasy football season, and you’re opportunities to play daily fantasy football are quickly waning. It’s also starting to be the time of year where your …
Read More If you read my article on playing the waiver wire game, or my waiver wire cheat sheets, you know that it is an essential part of winning your fantasy football …
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We’re changing up the start or sit challenge scoring to better benefit your leagues! Check it out: This week, I’ll be spotlighting quarterbacks ranked around 12th and tell you if …
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What follows is a submission from one of our readers, Karl Leslie. Karl was able to bring us this great fantasy football knowledge and insight on his fantasy football trade …
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It’s fantasy football week nine, which means we’re only seven weeks from fantasy championships, and over halfway through the real fantasy football season. “What about week seventeen championships?” you might …
Read More Ah, daily fantasy football. The last bastion of fantasy football junkies, who can’t do any significant roster tinkering on a Saturday, so they wander into their daily fantasy football client …
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It’s my favorite time of year: small sample size season. It makes for extraordinarily easy (but potentially wrong) kneejerk decisions about players and matchups. Like a bold young buck, going …
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It’s week one, which means you probably don’t want to go with sleepers right out of the gate. Chances are, you took the guys in your fantasy football draft for …
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It’s fantasy football week one, which means the first of sixteen weeks of agonizing over every single lineup decision. We at Football Absurdity want to help you with some of …
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As we gear up to the start of the NFL season, Football Absurdity is going to bring you a comprehensive breakdown of every notable player that will be available in fantasy …
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As we gear up to the start of the NFL season, Football Absurdity is going to bring you a comprehensive breakdown of every notable player that will be available in fantasy …
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The 2019 NFL Draft is in the rearview mirror, and it’s time for the next part of the NFL calendar. That’s right… massive, rampant speculation! They will go through drills …
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The first round of the NFL draft is complete! All-in-all, eight fantasy football eligible players went in this round, and three of them were quarterbacks. Two of them were tight …
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2018’s Best Oakland Raiders Fantasy Football Player: Jared Cook, TE 2018’s Biggest Oakland Raiders Fantasy Football Disappointment: Marshawn Lynch 2019 Oakland Raiders Fantasy Football Draft Wishlist: Running Back, Tight End, …
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When I look at the Oakland Raiders 2019 mock draft needs, I can’t help but think about my father’s favorite chair. My dad passed away, recently, after a prolonged battle …
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The NFL’s most recent biggest-ever soap opera is over, as the Pittsburgh Steelers basically gave away traded superstar wide receiver Antonio Brown to the Oakland Raiders. The Raiders, in turn, gave him a massive …
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Week fifteen and all the running backs are dead. All the running backs that got you to the playoffs are dead. What is a man to do? That is where …
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Week 15 WR Sleepers To be honest with you, this isn’t an article you should want to be reading during the fantasy football semifinals. If you’re looking for WR sleepers …
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Fantasy Football Week 12: Start or Sit Evan Engram, Kyle Rudolph, or Jared Cook? Week twelve is upon us, which means that some of us are just two games away …
Read More Fantasy Football Week 11: Start or Sit Jack Doyle, Jared Cook, or Kyle Rudolph? Week eleven is upon us, which means that some of us are just two games away …
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Fantasy Football Week 11: Start or Sit Alex Collins, Doug Martin, or Peyton Barber? Week eleven is upon us, which means that some of us are just two games away …
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Fantasy Football Week 8: Start or Sit Isaiah Crowell, T.J. Yeldon, or Doug Martin? It feels like the fantasy football season just started, but this is the last week where …
Read More Start or Sit Jared Cook in Fantasy Football Week Six? Five weeks of the NFL season are in the books. This means that in most leagues, we have only eight …
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Start or Sit Amari Cooper, Jordy Nelson in Fantasy Football Week Five? Week four is in the books, and that means that the fantasy football season is already at its …
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The NFL was buzzing this past weekend with the news of the Khalil Mack trade. In an unprecedented move, the Oakland Raiders traded former Defensive Player of the Year Khalil …
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For the 2018 season, we will explore a 2018 fantasy football sleeper, breakout (or bounce back), and bust from every NFL team. First, a sleeper can leap into top-tier production …
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If you are not worried about dropped passes, then this fantasy football Amari Cooper player profile is for you. As we gear up to the start of the NFL season, …
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If you think the beast might be vanquished, then this fantasy football Marshawn Lynch player profile is for you. As we gear up to the start of the NFL season, …
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If you don’t want your team broken, you will definitely want to read this fantasy football Derek Carr player profile. As we gear up to the start of the NFL …
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The Oakland Raiders drafted just one fantasy football eligible player in the 2018 draft, and he’s not an especially exciting fantasy prospect for this year. The man goes by the …
Read MoreEvery production needs a bad boy, and that’s where this type comes in. If you ask them about culture, they hand you antibiotics. If you asked them the definition of …
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After already taking a look at the NFC West, it’s time to turn to their AFC counterparts, the AFC West. The AFC West made two of the earliest splash moves …
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The 2017 season did not go how the Oakland Raiders thought it would. They failed to build on a promising 2016 campaign and failed to make the homecoming for bay …
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I’m not a fan of Jared Cook. I want to get that out of the way right now. Every year the fantasy football community gets caught up in his athleticism …
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Going into this year’s draft season, Derek Carr stood on the precipice of fantasy football greatness. He was just shy of 4,000 yards last year and carried an impressive 28:6 …
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I’m one of the biggest Jared Cook detractors you’ll find out there. Sure, he’s hyper-athletic, but he’s asked to do more than his skill level will allow because of it. …
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Top Five Excuses That Would Get Marshawn Lynch Out of Trouble for Shoving a Ref 1. Thought referee was the American flag 2. Thought referee was the end zone, which …
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The Kansas City Chiefs traveled to Oakland to take on the scuffling Raiders for this week’s Thursday Night Football contest. Oakland’s season was on the line, and the Raiders played …
Read MoreThis week my co-worker, Jeff Krisko, suggested that starting Marqise Lee is the smart fantasy football play. Jeff also told you that his heart really wanted to go with Pierre …
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We are a quarter of the way through the 2017 NFL Season and nothing has gone as expected. Just the way we like it. The only thing predicable about the …
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As we enter into week five of the fantasy football season, many teams are looking for ways to improve their roster. If you’ve read up on our guide to initiating …
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If you read my article on playing the waiver wire game, you know that it is an essential part of winning your fantasy football league. If you haven’t read it, …
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This week my co-worker, Jeff Krisko, suggested that starting Jared Cook has got top-five upside. Jeff is saying the words, but I just don’t believe him. His words say start …
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This is probably the most begrudging recommendation that I will ever make. If there’s one fantasy football axiom I live by, it’s that you’ll never go broke betting against Jared …
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Fantasy Football week three has come and gone and with it any hope that the powerhouse team you drafted isn’t a steaming pile of poop. Fantasy owners had many opportunities …
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One of the best ways to maximize your weekly scoring is to stream defenses. This strategy is simple – we aren’t as concerned about good defenses, so much as finding …
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Most people who drafted Marshawn Lynch this fantasy football draft season did so as a starting RB for them as they had visions of Beast Mode in their heads, a …
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The Oakland Raiders have a myriad of fantasy football options for you this season. Amari Cooper, Marshawn Lynch and Michael Crabtree all get drafted very highly. Throw in Derek Carr …
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