Hey guys, I apologize about this, but I am really swamped right now with all of my classes having projects and tests due right before Thanksgiving break. I am going to play hooky for this blog, however, I will be making it up.
Next Weeks Blog Schedule:
Monday: Random topic (afternoon)
Tuesday: Normal reflections (11 am or whenever I wake up)
Wednesday: Random topic (afternoon
So you will not miss any blogs because I will be making today's missed one on Monday. I apologize to any of the avid readers out there (if there are any). Have a good weekend.
Thursday, November 19, 2015
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Week 10 Reflections
Howdy Fantasy Lovers, Fantasy Novices, and Fantasy Creatures! Welcome to Fantasy Football 101, where I, Kyle Bazin, will be sharing my opinions, experiences, and advice on Fantasy Football to you all.
As always, thanks for reading everyone. Again these are all MY OPINIONS! Do not take them as a Bible scripture and do not use my word as the only word. It is OK to make opinions for yourself! I promise! My next blog will be about my Week 10 reflections and looking forward to week 11.
Sorry, I'm late everyone. I got stuck in an airport yesterday without my laptop, so I couldn't get my blog in on time at 11 am this morning. So I'm an hour or so late. Sue me. Wait don't actually do that. I'm in college and that will cripple me. Well, I continue to be inconsistent in every single league I have. Fantasy is generally inconsistent, but I have three leagues in total. I am 5-5, 5-5, and 6-4. Oh yea look your teams aren't bad! You're right where you're right in contention. Well, where I want to be is 1st place so WRONG SIR! I can't win when I'm not in 1st. In the great words of Ricky Bobby, "if you're not 1st, you're last!"
Reflections:
This week was quite boring... With the exception of one or two teams in most leagues, everyone was under 130 and most under 120. I didn't score 120 in any of my leagues and won in one of my three leagues. So if you played against one of these guys you probably lost this week.
Jeremy Langford.... Well, Matt Forte you can nurse your injury for as long as you like because if Langford can play this way against a pretty good Rams D (they play great at home usually), Forte is not needed. Of course, Forte is a stud, but if I'm Chicago don't suit him up unless you somehow get in contention then trade him because he has value.
Antonio Brown needs to stop being mentioned in this blog and thankfully this upcoming week he has a bye so he will stop for at least one week. The Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin.... What a guy... Yea no Ben will be out for at least a couple of weeks he says on Monday. Landry Jones is the starter. Oh, Landry you got hurt? OK, Ben go in there and score 37 fantasy points for me, thanks. I wish this was a joke. With Ben on the field, AB is the best WR in football.
Charcandrick West is another guy I told you to pick up a few weeks ago, but you didn't listen now did you? Oh, you did? Well, you're welcome then! He has produced some really good performances after his dud in his first NFL start. No matter he should be super solid the rest of the way although I don't see the Chiefs doing as well as they did against Denver the rest of the year. He probably won't consistently score 20 is all I'm trying to say.
Waiver pickups:
No one exciting this week for waivers. So I really won't give suggestions besides streaming people for defense/kicker/tight end or whatever.
The only guy worth anything is if you're struggling at QB. Tony Romo (QB, Dallas) finally comes back this week and while I'm not sure if he is going to do amazing things right away, he is playing the Dolphins and has supposedly been ready for a few weeks now. Maybe not startable but worth a stash if you need someone.
As always, thanks for reading everyone. Again these are all MY OPINIONS! Do not take them as a Bible scripture and do not use my word as the only word. It is OK to make opinions for yourself! I promise! My next blog will be about my Week 10 reflections and looking forward to week 11.
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Daily Fantasy Sports Illegal???
Howdy Fantasy Lovers, Fantasy Novices, and Fantasy Creatures! Welcome to Fantasy Football 101, where I, Kyle Bazin, will be sharing my opinions, experiences, and advice on Fantasy Football to you all.
Before I start this blog, I have to shout out #TheBeachBoys. Love you guys. Hope we all get together again soon.
Change of plans people. I know I said I would be talking about overcoming season-ending injuries and busts, but that can wait for another week where I can't think of anything to write.
Huge news out of the state of New York's Attorney General;s office this week. If you want to read everything that happened you can read this ESPN article here. If not, I'm going to tell you a quick synopsis. Basically, the Attorney General said that Daily Fantasy Sport sites (specifically DraftKings and FanDuel) accept wagers from their players and that the games they offer are not games of skill. The original argument these fantasy sites were making was that it required skill to win at Fantasy Sports... That's a bit of a stretch, but I do agree to a point. You most likely can't just be a random person that doesn't know anything about sports, go on and win a ton of money. It just doesn't work like that. But there is a threshold of "skill" and once you hit that area, everyone has a pretty equal chance of winning.
FanDuel and DraftKings are particularly upset about this decision because of the billion dollar corporations they have made, New York holds about 10% of their users. That may not seem like a lot but a huge decision like this taking away that many users could lead to other states doing the same. The sites are afraid of a domino effect and if I was them, I would be as well. On Tuesday, the Attorney General gave them five days to comply with the cease-and-desist motion sent from the Attorney General.
Very soon I expect the sites to come together and fight to win this by any means necessary. I do not think that anything will happen to these sites in New York or any state, but I have been wrong before. Not often, but it has happened. There are a few states already that don't allow fantasy sports in general or just specifically daily fantasy but losing a big player such as New York could put them in the deep end. I'm not sure they would be able to swim if they are thrown down there.
Another big thing this affects if these sites somehow go under is how much FanDuel and DraftKings have done in advertising not only on TV but with professional sports teams. Especially the New York teams, many professional teams are affiliated some way with one of these sites whether it be a jersey sponsor, a facility sponsorship (as in advertising inside the stadium), and I'm sure it wasn't that far out of the realm of possibility that one day some facility would be called FanDuel Arena or DraftKings Park.
We will end up seeing what happens very soon with a decision required by these sites by Saturday but as of now, if you play daily fantasy on either of these sites, don't worry yet. The sites most likely will not go down and even with a decision saying they are illegal means almost nothing. The money you put into these sites will be safe.
As always, thanks for reading everyone. Again these are all MY OPINIONS! Do not take them as a Bible scripture and do not use my word as the only word. It is OK to make opinions for yourself! I promise! My next blog will be about my Week 10 reflections and looking forward to week 11.
Before I start this blog, I have to shout out #TheBeachBoys. Love you guys. Hope we all get together again soon.
Change of plans people. I know I said I would be talking about overcoming season-ending injuries and busts, but that can wait for another week where I can't think of anything to write.
Huge news out of the state of New York's Attorney General;s office this week. If you want to read everything that happened you can read this ESPN article here. If not, I'm going to tell you a quick synopsis. Basically, the Attorney General said that Daily Fantasy Sport sites (specifically DraftKings and FanDuel) accept wagers from their players and that the games they offer are not games of skill. The original argument these fantasy sites were making was that it required skill to win at Fantasy Sports... That's a bit of a stretch, but I do agree to a point. You most likely can't just be a random person that doesn't know anything about sports, go on and win a ton of money. It just doesn't work like that. But there is a threshold of "skill" and once you hit that area, everyone has a pretty equal chance of winning.
FanDuel and DraftKings are particularly upset about this decision because of the billion dollar corporations they have made, New York holds about 10% of their users. That may not seem like a lot but a huge decision like this taking away that many users could lead to other states doing the same. The sites are afraid of a domino effect and if I was them, I would be as well. On Tuesday, the Attorney General gave them five days to comply with the cease-and-desist motion sent from the Attorney General.
Very soon I expect the sites to come together and fight to win this by any means necessary. I do not think that anything will happen to these sites in New York or any state, but I have been wrong before. Not often, but it has happened. There are a few states already that don't allow fantasy sports in general or just specifically daily fantasy but losing a big player such as New York could put them in the deep end. I'm not sure they would be able to swim if they are thrown down there.
Another big thing this affects if these sites somehow go under is how much FanDuel and DraftKings have done in advertising not only on TV but with professional sports teams. Especially the New York teams, many professional teams are affiliated some way with one of these sites whether it be a jersey sponsor, a facility sponsorship (as in advertising inside the stadium), and I'm sure it wasn't that far out of the realm of possibility that one day some facility would be called FanDuel Arena or DraftKings Park.
We will end up seeing what happens very soon with a decision required by these sites by Saturday but as of now, if you play daily fantasy on either of these sites, don't worry yet. The sites most likely will not go down and even with a decision saying they are illegal means almost nothing. The money you put into these sites will be safe.
As always, thanks for reading everyone. Again these are all MY OPINIONS! Do not take them as a Bible scripture and do not use my word as the only word. It is OK to make opinions for yourself! I promise! My next blog will be about my Week 10 reflections and looking forward to week 11.
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Week 9 Reflections
Howdy Fantasy Lovers, Fantasy Novices, and Fantasy Creatures! Welcome to Fantasy Football 101, where I, Kyle Bazin, will be sharing my opinions, experiences, and advice on Fantasy Football to you all.
Antonio Brown... I wanna grow up to be him someday. Well, maybe not him exactly because he gets hit by large men for a living, but seriously that guy is stupid good. He was 52 receiving yards from breaking the all-time receiving record in a game. He had 284 yards!!!! 17 receptions! And you're gonna tell me that he didn't get into the end zone at all??? This guy came out and straight balled. Welcome back, Big Ben! Oh, wait you're gone already? *Antonio owners tear up* Landry Jones is good, but he doesn't have the connection that Ben has with him, that when Ben needs anything Antonio will get it done. Yes, he had a huge 52-yard catch to seal the game for the Steelers from Jones, but that was a 10-yard pass and a 42-yard run. Big difference there. Oh, yeah and this guy named Deangelo Williams... He is pretty good at filling in for Leveon Bell... Over 180 yards on the ground with 2 TD's? Check please!
I LOVE the Raiders right now! They're travelling East and competing with teams that are hunting for a playoff spot! Derek Carr is playing awesome and the defense is playing very well with guys like Khalil Mack and Charles Woodson to lead them! Amari Cooper has come in and been a stud and Michael Crabtree has decided which part of the Bay Area he likes better, I'm not forgetting about one of the only true 3-down backs in the NFL anymore. Latavius Murray is a stud and I like him long-term fantasy for years to come. All of these players I mentioned are good enough to be on your fantasy team and just because it says OAK next to their name isn't a good enough reason to not have them anymore.
Waiver wire pickups:
This week won't be as exciting as last for sure. With a few key injuries last week, you were able to pick up and start a few guys like Deangelo, Langford, Malcolm Floyd or Stevie Johnson. This upcoming week shouldn't be looked at as highly.
One guy that may still be on waivers for some of you is Nate Washington (WR, Houston). The past 2 games he has had over 70 yards a touchdown. I understand that Hopkins is the guy and will continue to be the guy for the Texans but their defense isn't helping them out at all and I think that they will always need to throw. In a league with multiple WR's, he might be a sneaky play.
As always, thanks for reading everyone. Again these are all MY OPINIONS! Do not take them as a Bible scripture and do not use my word as the only word. It is OK to make opinions for yourself! I promise! My next blog will be about overcoming season-ending injuries or busts.
Starting off this blog, I'm gonna throw one out to my poor boy "Scuba Diver". The poor guy lost with 171 points... The guy had Antonio Brown, Brees, AP, Shady, Dez and still lost. He played a guy that had Lamar Miller, Deangelo, Dalton, Eifert, Cobb... I feel for him, man. That's going to be the 4th largest score in this league so far and he is going to lose to the guy with the 2nd largest score in the league. For anyone that has the pain of scoring over 150 points and losing, I feel for you. It's truly unjust and unfair. The U.S. Government needs to step in and take action because people deserve a fair playing field and I will not stand for atrocities like this to go on! Hopefully, all of you had a great week 9 of football, let's get into this.
Antonio Brown... I wanna grow up to be him someday. Well, maybe not him exactly because he gets hit by large men for a living, but seriously that guy is stupid good. He was 52 receiving yards from breaking the all-time receiving record in a game. He had 284 yards!!!! 17 receptions! And you're gonna tell me that he didn't get into the end zone at all??? This guy came out and straight balled. Welcome back, Big Ben! Oh, wait you're gone already? *Antonio owners tear up* Landry Jones is good, but he doesn't have the connection that Ben has with him, that when Ben needs anything Antonio will get it done. Yes, he had a huge 52-yard catch to seal the game for the Steelers from Jones, but that was a 10-yard pass and a 42-yard run. Big difference there. Oh, yeah and this guy named Deangelo Williams... He is pretty good at filling in for Leveon Bell... Over 180 yards on the ground with 2 TD's? Check please!
I LOVE the Raiders right now! They're travelling East and competing with teams that are hunting for a playoff spot! Derek Carr is playing awesome and the defense is playing very well with guys like Khalil Mack and Charles Woodson to lead them! Amari Cooper has come in and been a stud and Michael Crabtree has decided which part of the Bay Area he likes better, I'm not forgetting about one of the only true 3-down backs in the NFL anymore. Latavius Murray is a stud and I like him long-term fantasy for years to come. All of these players I mentioned are good enough to be on your fantasy team and just because it says OAK next to their name isn't a good enough reason to not have them anymore.
Waiver wire pickups:
This week won't be as exciting as last for sure. With a few key injuries last week, you were able to pick up and start a few guys like Deangelo, Langford, Malcolm Floyd or Stevie Johnson. This upcoming week shouldn't be looked at as highly.
He is worth looking at as a possible stash for a late playoff run, but Vernon Davis (TE, Denver) could shine in this Denver offense. This past week Owen Daniels caught a TD but, I see Davis as more of a yards guy anyway. The TD's are still gonna go to the RB's and Demaryius and Emmanuel, but Davis could see some nice action near the end of the year. Also when Austin Sefarian-Jenkins (TE, Tampa Bay) returns back from injury for the Bucs, I could see him having a nice end of the year as well.
One guy that may still be on waivers for some of you is Nate Washington (WR, Houston). The past 2 games he has had over 70 yards a touchdown. I understand that Hopkins is the guy and will continue to be the guy for the Texans but their defense isn't helping them out at all and I think that they will always need to throw. In a league with multiple WR's, he might be a sneaky play.
As always, thanks for reading everyone. Again these are all MY OPINIONS! Do not take them as a Bible scripture and do not use my word as the only word. It is OK to make opinions for yourself! I promise! My next blog will be about overcoming season-ending injuries or busts.
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Randomness
Howdy Fantasy Lovers, Fantasy Novices, and Fantasy Creatures! Welcome to Fantasy Football 101, where I, Kyle Bazin, will be sharing my opinions, experiences, and advice on Fantasy Football to you all.
So when I was writing my blog on Monday until about a minute ago when I started preparing this blog I had no idea what I would be writing about. I still don't really so here you go....
Is it good so far?
This is my favorite blog so far!
All jokes aside, I decided that I am going to talk about a couple of random topics that are quite relevant ideas/thoughts about fantasy football. The first will be a suggestion for the game itself and how it can possibly be better than it is. Which I know is hard but hear me out. I read this in a tweet a few weeks back and I loved it. What if we just got rid of the kicker position? I mean not completely got rid of it but morphed it with the Defense/SPECIAL TEAMS category. I mean it literally says special teams in the name, why do we have a separate position for it? I understand they make their own points but then it creates a fun position for D/ST's to be in. Maybe it is actually worth it to draft a defense like the Seahawks because they have such a consistent kicker and defense. Where maybe someone like the Patriots with Gostkowski and a more inconsistent fantasy defense wouldn't be drafted as stupidly high as he is. It is a very interesting idea and I really want to try it out myself. Maybe I could make this into a concrete idea in a league and be a revolutionary and get my face on a magazine with Matthew Berry! Maybe we can be pen pals! Maybe he will get me ice cream! Maybe I should stop sharing my most sacred dreams with my blog...
Secondly and lastly, running backs man... Holy cow... Like is there more than five running backs that will be healthy by the end of the year? All of the injuries at the position are actually hurting the NFL and fantasy football a lot. No one is going to want to play the position and that kills the way the game was played from its foundation. I understand the league needs to adapt, but the number of injuries is going to drastically change the game, or at least it should... Hopefully, the game can somehow change without making it touch football. I will miss my running backs if they're ousted. The current ramifications for fantasy though is that you have to be very versatile at the position in case of injury. If you're one of those people who own 4 backs and that is it... Change your strategy. You are going to have to take flyers on running backs earlier than you would like but to be ahead of everyone on the waiver wire you will need to. Unless you want to be the top team on the waiver wire (that means you're the worst team in the league)... You don't want to be that guy... Trust me.
As always, thanks for reading everyone. Again these are all MY OPINIONS! Do not take them as a Bible scripture and do not use my word as the only word. It is OK to make opinions for yourself! I promise! My next blog will be about my Week 9 Reflections and looking forward to Week 10.
So when I was writing my blog on Monday until about a minute ago when I started preparing this blog I had no idea what I would be writing about. I still don't really so here you go....
Is it good so far?
This is my favorite blog so far!
All jokes aside, I decided that I am going to talk about a couple of random topics that are quite relevant ideas/thoughts about fantasy football. The first will be a suggestion for the game itself and how it can possibly be better than it is. Which I know is hard but hear me out. I read this in a tweet a few weeks back and I loved it. What if we just got rid of the kicker position? I mean not completely got rid of it but morphed it with the Defense/SPECIAL TEAMS category. I mean it literally says special teams in the name, why do we have a separate position for it? I understand they make their own points but then it creates a fun position for D/ST's to be in. Maybe it is actually worth it to draft a defense like the Seahawks because they have such a consistent kicker and defense. Where maybe someone like the Patriots with Gostkowski and a more inconsistent fantasy defense wouldn't be drafted as stupidly high as he is. It is a very interesting idea and I really want to try it out myself. Maybe I could make this into a concrete idea in a league and be a revolutionary and get my face on a magazine with Matthew Berry! Maybe we can be pen pals! Maybe he will get me ice cream! Maybe I should stop sharing my most sacred dreams with my blog...
Secondly and lastly, running backs man... Holy cow... Like is there more than five running backs that will be healthy by the end of the year? All of the injuries at the position are actually hurting the NFL and fantasy football a lot. No one is going to want to play the position and that kills the way the game was played from its foundation. I understand the league needs to adapt, but the number of injuries is going to drastically change the game, or at least it should... Hopefully, the game can somehow change without making it touch football. I will miss my running backs if they're ousted. The current ramifications for fantasy though is that you have to be very versatile at the position in case of injury. If you're one of those people who own 4 backs and that is it... Change your strategy. You are going to have to take flyers on running backs earlier than you would like but to be ahead of everyone on the waiver wire you will need to. Unless you want to be the top team on the waiver wire (that means you're the worst team in the league)... You don't want to be that guy... Trust me.
As always, thanks for reading everyone. Again these are all MY OPINIONS! Do not take them as a Bible scripture and do not use my word as the only word. It is OK to make opinions for yourself! I promise! My next blog will be about my Week 9 Reflections and looking forward to Week 10.
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Week 8 Reflections
Howdy Fantasy Lovers, Fantasy Novices, and Fantasy Creatures! Welcome to Fantasy Football 101, where I, Kyle Bazin, will be sharing my opinions, experiences, and advice on Fantasy Football to you all.
Wowzers! Holy great football this past week. A couple of quarterbacks got over 50 points and a certain one-handed crazy man also went stupid. Oh and a rookie is setting some crazy records. I will go over all of these guys and who they are in a second. But right quick, I'd like to give a shoutout to all of my friends who made my 21st Birthday amazing this past weekend, since they read the blog. You guys are the best, let's party this Friday!
Rookies are a huge risk on Draft Day but if you were smart enough to draft Todd Gurley over guys like Jimmy Graham or Davante Adams. Damn, thumbs up man, two pairs of them. In a keeper league, this guy should be kept even if you have Charles, Bell, Antonio, AP, anyone. This guy is the real deal and he is fun to watch. 20+ points in every single game he has started. I am excited for the rest of the year, especially when he plays Seattle.
Waiver pickups:
Don't look now but Ben Watson (TE, New Orleans) has come onto the scene. I think it helps a lot that Brees went stupid this past week, but he is probably worth a pickup if you are in a larger league that maybe doesn't have a ton of good TE's. Hopefully, Brees is back to being Brees and Watson will stay consistent.
As always, thanks for reading everyone. Again these are all MY OPINIONS! Do not take them as a Bible scripture and do not use my word as the only word. It is OK to make opinions for yourself! I promise! My next blog will be about something that I haven't thought of yet! Look forward to it!
Wowzers! Holy great football this past week. A couple of quarterbacks got over 50 points and a certain one-handed crazy man also went stupid. Oh and a rookie is setting some crazy records. I will go over all of these guys and who they are in a second. But right quick, I'd like to give a shoutout to all of my friends who made my 21st Birthday amazing this past weekend, since they read the blog. You guys are the best, let's party this Friday!
The New Orleans Saints and the New York Giants game was so amazing. 52-49 Final and it ended on a 50 yard FG off of a facemask penalty on a punt return. 7 TD's for Brees and 6 for Eli and technically Brees even through 8 because he threw one to the Giants. I saw someone actually lost with a 72 point game from Brees. He played against someone with Brady (42 pts) and OBJ (45 pts).
Speaking of the one-handed wonder, Odell Beckham Jr. catching multiple 2-yard touchdowns... C'mon Eli hand it to a RB or throw it to Vereen more times than one. I'm happy you got one, but I'm greedy. That guy is good, great even. But Eli, you need to be locked in a small closet, where there are no Odell Beckham Jr's of any kind!!!!
Rookies are a huge risk on Draft Day but if you were smart enough to draft Todd Gurley over guys like Jimmy Graham or Davante Adams. Damn, thumbs up man, two pairs of them. In a keeper league, this guy should be kept even if you have Charles, Bell, Antonio, AP, anyone. This guy is the real deal and he is fun to watch. 20+ points in every single game he has started. I am excited for the rest of the year, especially when he plays Seattle.
Waiver pickups:
Don't look now but Ben Watson (TE, New Orleans) has come onto the scene. I think it helps a lot that Brees went stupid this past week, but he is probably worth a pickup if you are in a larger league that maybe doesn't have a ton of good TE's. Hopefully, Brees is back to being Brees and Watson will stay consistent.
The Titans are one of the ugliest teams on paper. But they seem to be committed to the run when the score is close so Antonio Andrews (RB, Tennessee) is an interesting option. I started him in a league this past week and he got me a solid 9.7 for a guy who isn't on the field every play.
Also because of injury people like Deangelo Willaims (RB, Pittsburgh) and Jeremy Langford (RB, Chicago) are smart if you have Forte. Since Leveon is out for the yea, Deangelo should be picked up by anyone who can. Forte probably will be fine, but if you have Forte pick up Langford just in case.
As always, thanks for reading everyone. Again these are all MY OPINIONS! Do not take them as a Bible scripture and do not use my word as the only word. It is OK to make opinions for yourself! I promise! My next blog will be about something that I haven't thought of yet! Look forward to it!
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