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{Current Mood: Miffed at the lady at
Barney's Service Center in Lakewood, NJ who made me feel like a d00fus when I
couldn't accurately describe to her what was wrong with my car. Hoping her day
is full of minor inconveniences}
Good Evening,
So the RFW
guys have informed me that somewhere down the road, they will be launching a
page that has the recorded RFW statistics.
I think this
news is fantastic but it won't stop me from continuing to build my own database
to help me with my lineup decisions for the time being. I still plan on
putting out more fantasy wrestling content. This includes a crazy little
project that I hope to complete before the next PPV as kind of a score
prediction piece based around one of the matches we’ll be seeing on that night.
Will keep you all posted as to whether I manage to complete this mission.
So I guess winning coach of the year
wasn’t good enough for the Nuggets because George Karl is now on the market for teams that need a very established head coach that can help them turn their
fortunes around. I won’t bore you with predictions and hoopla because, until he
signs on with another team, you’ll be reading a ton of pieces telling you where
he best fits.
Hell, the news just broke this morning
and there have probably already been at least 18 stories written about why he fits best
with “Insert Team Here” and where his most likely landing spots are.
If you haven’t skipped over this
section yet because it’s talking about basketball, then you should know which
teams are realistic contenders. If/once I care enough to have a prediction, I’ll
share it.
Revisiting the issue of Percy Harvin’s
fantasy football value this season, I feel it’s worth mentioning another great
point that @FantasyDouche brought up on the Twitter yesterday. The tweet read: "And
the last point is that if Harvin's value does come through, but comes through
based on a ton of SEA passing, there are cheaper SEA WRs" – FD”
It’s definitely a point worth
mentioning if you were planning on making Percival one of the first ten wide
receivers selected in your fantasy draft(s) this season. Sidney Rice led all
Seattle pass catchers with 82 targets this past season while the Golden Tate finished
second on the team with 67 targets.
Rotoviz put out a nice article about a
month ago in which we found out that Seattle only lost 300 snaps from receivers
that left the team after this past season. Only eight teams finished with fewer
lost snaps. To put this in perspective a tad, the league leader in this
category is the Patriots. They lost 2,612 snaps from receivers that are no
longer with the team.
Not to say Harvin can’t haul in
100-plus passes this season because he certainly can. You have to imagine that
he’s going to command AT LEAST 300 snaps this year. This brings up the question
of which Seattle receiver stands to lose the most targets because of Harvin’s
arrival. I can’t imagine it being fellow former Viking Sidney Rice.
My personal feeling is that Harvin
will still be drafted way higher than he should be, all things considered. I
personally would rather wait to draft Sidney Rice around the 11th round region,
depending on how my team is shaping up. Unless you think the Golden Tate or Doug
Baldwin, and not Sidney Rice, is going to command a WR2-like number of snaps.
For anyone who feels like taking a
flier on former perennial top five fantasy quarterback Philip Rivers and his 12th
round ADP, consider that he had Norv Turner as his head coach for the majority
of his career. And under Norval’s guidance, Rivers set career highs in passing
yards, passing TDs, TD percentage, yards per attempt, QB rating, and completion
percentage from 2008 to 2010.
Not to say that Mike McCoy and Ken
Whisenhunt can’t help Rivers get both his real and fake football career back on
track, but there’s way too much risk and not enough upside for me to consider
taking him over a bunch of other later round value QBs I’m currently looking at.
Even as a backup. But that’s just me and I could wind up changing my mind by
draft time. Not likely, but still a possibility.
A quick note on Jamaal Charles’ fake
football prospects for 2013. In no way will I be the first or last person to
speak of how Andy Reid will impact JC’s fantasy numbers, but this caught my
eye.
Rotoviz tells me that Charles only
received three carries inside the opponent’s five yard line in 16 games played
last season. LeSean McCoy only played in 12 games last season and had 14
attempts inside the opponent’s five yard line.
Andy Reid has shown in the past that
he will commit to his feature back in goal-to-go situations. And while we still
aren’t 100% sure how Kansas City will run their offense, or whether their
offense will even be good enough to give Charles a CHANCE at that many carries
inside the five yard line in 2013, it’s still worth mentioning and will ensure
that JC stays near the top of my 2013 RB rankings.
Aight. I’m out like Vick Ballard’s fantasy
football value if the Colts wind up signing Ahmad Bradshaw. Time for some DDP
Yoga and some more database building.
#KThanksBye
-Ray Ray Marz-
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