Hey guys!

Sorry for any delay on this, was vacationing the past week so I was off the grid when all these cards came out. A brief overview, we have a few great cards, a few good ones, a new budget beast TE that will release today, and a FB that you'll never take out of your lineup.

Left Guard:

Pass Block:

Run Block:

#####Arizona Cardinals

1. DeAndre Hopkins (34)
2. Chase Edmonds (26)
3. AJ Green (26)
4. Rondale Moore (24)
5. Christian Kirk (23)

#####Atlanta Falcons

1. Calvin Ridley (42) - Missed 1 game
2. Kyle Pitts (36)
3. Cordarrelle Patterson (31)
4. Mike Davis (24)
5. Olamide Zaccheaus (17)

#####Baltimore Ravens

1. Mark Andrews (38)
2. Marquise Brown (38)
3. Sammy Watkins (32)
4. Devin Duvernay (15)
5. Ty'Son Williams (Missed 1 game) + James Proche II (9)

#####Buffalo Bills

1. Stefon Diggs (47)
2. Cole Beasley (34)
3. Emmanuel Sanders (31)
4. Dawson Knox (24)
5. Devin Singletary (13)

#####Carolina Panthers

1. DJ Moore (50)
2. Robby Anderson (29)
3. Terrance Marshall Jr. (20)
4. Christian McCaffrey (17) - Missed 2 games
5. Chubba Hubbard (16)

#####Chicago Bears

1. Darnell Mooney (31)
2. Allen Robinson (29)
3. Cole Kmet (19)
4. Damien Williams (13)
5. Marquise Goodwin (12)

#####Cinncinati Bengals

1. Ja'Marr Chase (35)
2. Tyler Boyd (35)
3. Tee Higgins (22) - Missed 2 games
4. CJ Uzomah (13)
5. Joe Mixon (10)

#####Cleveland Browns

1. Kareem Hunt (21)
2. Odell Beckham Jr. (19) - Missed 2 games
3. David Njoku (17)
4. Austin Hooper (16)
5. Rashard Higgins (16)

#####Dallas Cowboys

1. CeeDee Lamb (38)
2. Amari Cooper (34)
3. Dalton Schultz (31)
4. Blake Jarwin (13)
5. Tony Pollard + Cedrick Wilson (12)

#####Denver Broncos

1. Courtland Sutton (39)
2. Noah Fant (31)
3. Tim Patrick (28)
4. Melvin Gordon III (13)
5. Javonte Williams (12)

#####Detroit Lions

1. D'Andre Swift (35)
2. TJ Hockenson (32)
3. Amon-Ra St. Brown (26)
4. Kalif Raymond (24)
5. Quintez Cephes (23)

#####Green Bay Packers

1. Davante Adams (61)
2. Aaron Jones (19)
3. Robert Tonyan (17)
4. Marquez Valdes-Scantling (16) - Missed 2 games
5. Randall Cobb (14)

#####Houston Texans

1. Brandin Cooks (44)
2. David Johnson (16)
3. Jordan Akins (12)
4. Pharaoh Brown (11)
5. Chris Conley (10)

#####Indianapolis Colts

1. Michael Pittman Jr. (43)
2. Zach Pascal (28)
3. Nyheim Hines (19)
4. Jonathan Taylor + Jack Doyle + Parris Campbell (Missed 1 game) (16)
5. Mo Alie-Cox (15)

#####Jacksonville Jaguars

1. Marvin Jones Jr. (36)
2. Laviska Shenault Jr. (30)
3. DJ Chark Jr. (22) - Missed 1 game
4. Dan Arnold (21) - 10 with Jaguars + 11 with Panthers
5. James Robinson (18)

#####Kansas City Chiefs

1. Tyreek Hill (51)
2. Travis Kelce (42)
3. Mecole Hardman (30)
4. Byron Pringle (14)
5. Clyde Edwards-Helaire + Demarcus Robinson +

I know Tony G is the goat, I’m thinking more along the lines of strictly how they played on the falcons. When I really started watching the NFL Tony G was our tight end, so I don’t really know a lot about our TEs before him, I know after we haven’t had the greatest tight ends since (hooper was good, also fuck Jacob tamme, he was an asshole) So how great would Pitts have to be to surpass Tony’s time on the falcons?

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

#Batters (non-pitcher, non-pinch-runner) that played less than 162 games for a franchise, and are in the HOF, sorted by franchise they played for:

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Kosovo: the untold story

When Slobodan Milosevic's troops began slaughtering ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, the West feared a repeat of Hitler's Holocaust. Nato bombed his forces. Then, on 12 June, the Serb dictator unexpectedly admitted defeat.

Here, for the first time, The Observer can reveal secret details of Operation Bravo Minus - the daring allied plan to drive Milosevic from power - and how a spy leaked details to Belgrade

Additional reporting by Chris Bird in Pristina, John Henley in Paris and John Hooper in Rome

Milosevic on trial: Observer special

Peter Beaumont and Patrick Wintour

Sun 18 Jul 1999 17.28 BST

Deep below the Ministry of Defence building in Whitehall, past two red, steel-reinforced doors, two computerised glass checkpoints and surveillance cameras lies the Crisis Management Centre: 'The Bunker.' Reconstructed on the orders of Lady Thatcher in 1979, it is an air-pressurised network of low-ceilinged corridors leading to a large and dimly lit room. At its centre is a broad ash table capable of seating 18.

The Bunker is serviced by one of the most sophisticated communications centres in the western world, including a video conference screen capable of simultaneously linking the crisis centre to Nato Headquarters, Permanent Joint Headquarters at High Northwood, RAF Strike Command at High Wycombe and Army Command at Wilton. Originally built to control operations in the event of a Russian nuclear attack, the Bunker became from 23 March the headquarters for an entirely new kind of war - a 'humanitarian war' designed to protect refugees. And each morning at 8.30, Britain's most senior Cabinet Ministers, defence staff, intelligence officers and diplomats would gather to discuss its prosecution, the cohesion of the Nato alliance, the fate of the refugees and the bombing schedule.

It was around this table in April that they discussed, with increasing fervour, a plan first drawn up in June 1998 by officers from Nato's planning cell who had been sent to the Yugoslav borders to look at the routes into Serbia's southern province, Kosovo

I know many people are frustrated with mock drafts, so I sat through 20 of them and recorded all 150 picks each time.

Disclaimer: All 20 mock drafts were done through Yahoo Fantasy (1/2 PPR) and had 10 teams.

Second Disclaimer: There will also be a lot of numbers and charts floating around.

There were 122 players that were drafted in all 20 mock drafts, 9 D/ST, 6 Kickers, 15 Quarterbacks, 39 Running backs, 15 Tight Ends, and 38 Wide Receivers. A cycle of 72 other players filled up the remaining 27 slots.

A common theme throughout all of the drafts was that once an "uncommon position" (QB, TE, D/ST, K) was drafted, a run of that position quickly followed.

I will frequently be using a candlestick chart. I think of it almost like a box-and-whisker plot but vertical. Example using Trevor Lawrence:

https://imgur.com/gallery/yO36lll

The very bottom of the line is the earliest Lawrence was drafted (94). The very top of the line is the latest he got drafted (145). The box then comprises the 1st through 3rd quartiles (120.5 and 130.25, respectively). The only thing this is missing is the average, in this case 124.4. The average is the 2nd quartile, so it will always be between the 1st and 3rd quartiles. Basically all you need to know is that within the box, it is perfectly acceptable to draft Trevor Lawrence. Anything earlier could be considered a reach, and anything later could be considered a steal. At least that is how I view it. Feel free to come to your own conclusions.

With all that being said, I will break down each individual position in alphabetical order.

Defense and Special Teams:

Nine D/ST were drafted every time. They were...

The Rams D/ST was drafted first 17 out of 20 times. The Buccaneers, Steelers, and Ravens were each picked first once. Candlestick chart:

https://imgur.com/gallery/4PIWQcn

I don't know if there is any useful information to glean from this chart, I just like looking at it. Basically, just don't be the guy in Draft 17 t

Welcome to r/mma's discussion of UFC 256: Figueiredo vs. Moreno, from Las Vegas, Nevada, United States! Please keep the fight discussions in here.

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I get it. Basketball only has 5 players on the court, so yes there is gonna be more influence from 1 dude, but it's not as if 1 guy willed his team to success. No other sport (expect gridiron with the whole quarterback thing) overstates the importance of team success on individual brilliance as basketball (I have no evidence to back this up, just read on and trust me bro).

Coming from rugby, where it's a 15 man game, obviously there is less emphasis on how many titles a guy has won as a measure of success. Michael Hooper was the favourite for World Player of the Year this year even whilst the Australian rugby team struggled. Sergio Parisse is considered a legend despite playing for a team that lost against tier 1 sides 90% of the time (Italy). Etc..

That just doesn't seem to happen in basketball. Someone's team misses the playoffs and suddenly there's a lot of people saying that they aren't very good. You can be the best player in the world and not make the playoffs if the players around you aren't very good, even in the NBA (although I admit it is hard to find a team with a supporting cast that comparatively poor).

No team has ever won a championship (since the salary cap was introduced in 1984) with only 1 previous All Star on their roster. 10 teams have won with only 1 current All Star, and sometimes that All Star has been someone who whilst a Hall of Famer is unlikely to go down as one of the greatest 25 or so players to ever play the game (Ben Wallace, Tony Parker, arguably Isiah Thomas).

The best teams don't just give the ball to the best player and let him run to the hoop and score. They pass, they have a supporting cast in case the player gets double teamed etc.. This idea that a title solely belongs to the 1 star player is ridiculous. Yes they wouldn't have won without them but that's a silly comparison to go into, it is the case in all sports that teams may only have won because of the impact of 1 player (less so usually). Why measure individual brilliance by a team metric? If that's your quantifier for quality what's the point in watching a team sport? It's just the best player wins.

When I watch basketball, the best teams are cohesive, passing the ball between themselves and playing as a unit rather than a bunch of disconnected guys, both in offence and defence.

Prime Michael Jordan couldn't take the Bulls to a championship til he got a great supporting cast and the team built up adequate on-court chemistry.

Sometimes the makeup of

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Weekly, I'll be posting this Redzone Look Trends alongside my Backfield Trends post

Notes:

• Purpose: Track players getting targets or rushes inside the 20 yard line

• Source: https://www.footballguys.com/stats/redzone/teams?team=NYG&year=2021

• Minimum of 3 games required (good call /u/OldJournalist4)

• #Reply with a team name if you want to just see their breakdown of W/R/T

#The Julio Jones Table

#Top 50 RB

Javonte William

MNF Recap

• Saquon Barkley - not the best performance but should be great down the stretch
• Kadarius Toney - 12 targets for 40 yds
• Gronk - 6 rec for 71 yds
• Daniel Jones - 2 INTs
• Fournette & Jones appeared to rotate drives
  • Not worried

Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire

Darnell Mooney - overtaken Allen Robinson

• Fire: Jason, “feels like he’ll get the utilization and appears to be the WR1”
• Fire: Mike, “expect to be a top 24 WR this week”
• Fire: Andy, “28% target share”

Cam Newton - QB4 in his first start

• Smoke: Andy, “upcoming schedule is tough & he can deliver duds”
• Fire: Jason, “will be good for fantasy”
• Fire: Mike, “feels like a safe play, above QB16”

NFL News

• Adam Trautman (MCL sprain) out 4-6 weeks
• Alvin Kamara listed a non-participant in estimated injury report
• CeeDee Lamb (concussion) has a chance to play Thurs
• Justin Fields not expected to play
• Michael Carter (ankle) will miss a few weeks
• Zach Wilson has a chance to start
• Jamal Agnew placed on IR
• Jordan Howard will likely miss this week
• Logan Thomas will be designated to return
• Curtis Samuel eligible to return this week
• Calvin Ridley is eligible to return this week, no update yet
• Taysom Hill signed a contract for max of $95M with clauses for stepping in as starting QB vs gadget piece
  • Dynasty watch
• Philip Lindsay has been cut by HOU

Waivers

WR

Hold/Drop

• Kenny G - can drop
• Corey Davis - can drop
• Emmanuel Sanders - hold
  • BUF offense has struggled
• Marvin Jones - hold
• Tee Higgins - drop

Check Your Waivers

• Michael Gallup
• Elijah Moore
• Darnell Mooney

Main Pickups

• Van Jefferson - @ GB, vs JAX, @ ARI
  • Woods’ role will need to be filled
• MVS - vs LAR, BYE, vs CHI
  • 1 week plug & play if Lazard is out
• Jamison Crowder- @ HOU, vs PHI, vs NO
  • Not as great if Wilson is back in at QB
• Kendrick Bourne - vs TEN,  @ BUF, BYE
  • Long term pickup
• Cedrick Wilson - vs LV, @ NO, @ WAS
  • Not the best pickup if Lamb plays
• Laviska Shenault - vs ATL, @ LAR, @ TEN
  • Potential bump due to Agnew being out
• Tre’Quan Smith - vs BUF, vs DAL, @ NYJ
  • Seems to be the WR leader here
  • Rumors that Siemian could be moved on from
• Nick Westbrook-Ikhine - @ NE, BYE, vs JAX
  • Deep league add since he’s the healthiest WR
• Curtis Samuel - vs SEA, @ LV, vs DAL
  • Speculative add since oth

Do your worst!

Full Week 3 Cheatsheet at www.faabtastic.com

Headliners: Cordarrelle Patterson (WR,RB) 8% Avg Bid & Rondale Moore (WR) 13% Avg Bid

Other Popular Players

• K.J. Osborn (WR) 6% Avg Bid
• Tim Patrick (WR) 7% Avg Bid
• Derek Carr (QB) 6% Avg Bid

Top Avg Bids at Each Position

• RB: Tony Pollard 15% Avg Bid
• WR: Sterling Shepard 15% Avg Bid
• QB: Justin Fields 7% Avg Bid
• TE: Austin Hooper 4% Avg Bid

How to Use

Each week I collect suggested FAAB waiver wire bids from fantasy football experts and publish them to www.faabtastic.com. The Expert Count column is how many experts mentioned that player. All bids are a percentage of your starting budget (e.g. 1% of $100 is $1). I then average the bids for each player. The trimmed mean is the average, but without the highest and lowest values.

Tips & Tricks

At the bottom of each table, I linked all the articles in the footer row so you can get all the details about why bids are what they are.

You can click any column header to sort it low-to-high (ascending). Click the same header again to sort it high-to-low (descending).

Keep in mind that these are just suggested bids. It's what the experts are suggesting to spend up to, but also maintain enough money for the rest of the season. If you really, really want a player then by all means break the bank if you need to.

3:10pm Update: Just added the NBC Sports Edge bids

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

Hey Reddit!

Each day this offseason we dropped a name, included some thoughts on that player, and had some great discussions in the comments. With 200 entries in the books and draft weekend officially here, it's time to reflect on this series, make suggestions for improvement in the future, and have any final discussions.

Below are links to every entry done this offseason. Thank you to every person who has contributed to this series whether it was a comment or a post, and I hope this series helps everybody win some leagues this year!

Links To All Discussions

Day 1: Christian McCaffrey

Day 2: Baker Mayfield

Day 3: D.K. Metcalf

Day 4: Hayden Hurst

Day 5: Clyde Edwards-Helaire

Day 6: Daniel Jones

Day 7: CeeDee Lamb

Day 8: Mike Gesicki

Day 9: Derrick Henry

Day 10: Matthew Stafford

Day 11: Parris Campbell

Day 12: Mark Andrews

Day 13: Devin Singletary

Day 14: Kirk Cousins

[Day 15: Christian Kirk](https://www.reddit.com/r/fantasyfootball/comme

Buy or Sell

• Russell Wilson - top 10 QB at HOU
  • Buy: Andy
  • Sell: Jason, Mike
• Marquise Brown - 65 rec yds vs CLE
  • Buy: Jason, Mike
  • Sell: Andy
• Saquon Barkley - 80 tot yds vs LAC
  • Buy: Andy, Jason
  • Sell: Mike

News & Notes

• Alvin Kamara expected to return to full practice and play this week
• Taysom Hill will start this week
• Logan Thomas on IR
• David Njoku placed on COVID/IR
  • Hooper becomes more interesting vs BAL
• Dalvin Cook returned to limited practice
  • likely out this week, monitor reports

Maibag

• Is it worth hanging onto insurance RBs or drop them for bench depth headed into the playoffs?
  • now is the peak time to have insurance backs. You get an RB who will take majority of the work and get to potentially weaken an opponents' team by having their backup
  • It's better to have a backup than hold onto that 4th or 5th WR that you won't be starting
• Taysom Hill or Lamar Jackson?
  • tossup
  • Lamar has a high ceiling but the CLE matchup isn't the best
  • Hill has yet to finish outside the top 12 when starting
• Should I continue starting Terry McLaurin?
  • so far, fits the mold for a draft bust but he's still a flex category WR
  • don't start him blindly, weigh your options against him

​

McLaurin or Tee Higgins? Higgins
McLaurin or Mike Williams? Williams
McLaurin or Amari Cooper? McLaurin (Mike) Cooper (Jason)

• Start Kareem Hunt or Tony Pollard?
  • Hunt (Jason)
  • Pollard (Andy/Mike)

​

Hunt or Mooney? Mooney
Mooney or Tee Higgins? Higgins

• Elijah Moore or Hollywood Brown ROS?
  • Moore this week over Brown
  • both are great ROS, but slightly favor Moore

Thursday Night Breakdown

Steelers (+3) at Vikings, 43 O/U

• Start
  • Jefferson, Osborn, Conklin, Kirk, Cook (Mattison)
  • Najee, Johnson, Big Ben, Claypool

​

Cousins or Tannehill? Cousins
Osborn or Russell Gage? Osborn
Osborn or Crowder? Crowder (PPR)

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

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Week 13 Waiver Reports. All Adds/Claims from 12/02 through 12/08.

Heard they've been doing some shady business.

It's finally here, folks...the MEGALODON!!!! I hope everyone has a fantastic time in the company of their loved ones and plenty of helpings for your fantasy team.

Buy or Sell

• Devonta Freeman - top 24 RB vs CLE

  • Buy: All

• Dallas Goedert - 55 yds vs NYG

  • Buy: All

• Mac Jones - 2 pass TDS vs TEN

  • Buy: Mike
  • Sell: Andy, Jason

News & Notes

• Eric Ebron is guaranteed to miss some time
  • cements the Muth as a trustworthy start
• Joe Flacoo & Mike White are on the COVID/IR
  • Zach Wilson will start
• Adrian Peterson waived by TEN
• Dontrell Hilliard signed to active roster by TEN
• Marcus Johnson (hamstring) on IR
  • Golden Tate signed by TEN
  • probably best to avoid picking which WR to play
• Devin Funchess has been signed by the 49ers practice squad
• Kareem Hunt has been designated to return from IR
• Logan Thomas has been designated to return from IR
• Alvin Kamara & Mark Ingram listed as non-participants in the estimated practice report
  • Tony Jones Jr. would be in line for work, emergency play
• CeeDee Lamb DNP, lots of optimism that he plays
  • Cedrick Wilson gets a downgrade if he's in
• Jared Goff considers himself a gameday decision; HC Campbell says "it's 60% that Goff starts, leaning towards 50-50"
• NYG has fired OC Garrett
• Darnell Mooney was limited
• Allegedly, HC Nagy will be coaching his last game tomorrow. He says he hasn't been told that
• DAL T Tyron Smith should play tomorrow
• AB wasn't seen at practice, no indication for him to play this week
• Elijah Mitchell "iffy" to play per SF Chronicle
• Lamar Jackson practiced
• No update on Marquise Brown

Mid-Show Breaking News

• Lamb hasn't missed a step and should play tomorrow if he keeps progressing
• Kadarius Toney (quad) limited

Post-Show News

• Alvin Kamara is OUT
• Aaron Rodgers has a fractured toe
• Phillip Lindsay was claimed off waivers by MIA
  • I think this means they don't trust Ahmed to be the sole backup

Never Not Working

Looking into dynasty leagues and the implications of free agency in the off-season. With trade deadlines fast-approaching, you can get your flyer on players who may be in better situations next season.

RB

• James Conner / Chase Edmonds
• Leonard Fournette / Ronald Jones II
• Darrell Williams
• MG3
• Cordarrelle Pat

If you love and adore football/soccer as I do, you may have pondered what QUALIFICATIONS one needs to be a Premier League referee. Having done some research I learnt that the ultimate/highest level of PL referering one can reach is the so called "SELECT GROUP", ran by the Professional Game Match Officals Limited (PGMOL) .

Side note- after announcing retirement from PL referring, the famous HOWARD WEBB took over the PGMOL.

Below is the roster of SELECT GROUP refs for this 21-22 season (as sourced from wiki, and believe me the page is worth a gander as it may lead you through a series of rabbit holes and 'wait... wtf?', as it did me)

My questions are-

What qualifications does a referee need to meet in order to be a PL ref? let alone a so-called "select group" ref?

Do you generally agree/disagree with the way referees call games?

Has VAR vared the referees in the ways it should/should've thus far?

Possible opinion- Are we just suckers for being so involved and passionate over a game that can so easily be dictated by the refs and "select group" refs without any reason or explanation for their decisions and the fact that it may go against all football rules, regulations, standards, and foundations that we learnt as children on the pitch?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Select_Group#Referees RefereesEdit

Martin Atkinson

Stuart Attwell

Peter Bankes

John Brooks

David Coote

Mike Dean

Darren England

Kevin Friend

Jarred Gillett

Tony Harrington

Simon Hooper

Rob Jones

Chris Kavanagh

Andy Madley

Andre Marriner

Jon Moss

Michael Oliver

Craig Pawson

Michael Salisbury

Graham Scott

Anthony Taylor

Paul Tierney

Assistant RefereesEdit

Simon Beck

Simon Bennett

Gary Beswick

Lee Betts

Stuart Burt

Darren Cann

Dan Cook

Neil Davies

Derek Eaton

Constantine Hatzidakis

Adrian Holmes

Nick Hopton

Ian Hussin

Peter Kirkup

Scott Ledger

Harry Lennard

Simon Long

James Mainwaring

Cliff Moseti

Sian Massey-Ellis

Adam Nunn

Marc Perry

Dan Robathan

Mark Scholes

Eddie Smart

Wade Smith

Richard West

Matthew Wilkes

Tim Wood

BamBOO!

They’re on standbi

Hello Reddit,

Soooooo.... I have a pretty popular local Dynasty League, in that some of the friends from the home league hear about the Dynasty League and want to join. In all fairness the initial friends were all invited to convert our redraft to dynasty one year, but a few of them were scared to join, LOL. Anyways, we just finished our 3rd successful season and the same guys keep trying to get in, hoping someone has dropped or we expand.

The league finally agreed to expand our league from 12 teams to potentially 16. So I'm trying to write a fair expansion plan.

I want the expansion teams to be some what competitive, the lower teams to not be as stolen from, and the top teams to lose a little of their mid-talent.

Scoring: 0.5 ppr

Current Setup:

2 conferences, 4 divisions, 3 teams per division

28 man rosters

4 rookie draft rounds

Prosed Setup:

2 conferences, 4 divisions, 4 teams per division

(probably scaling down for Year 1 of expansion) I'm thinking 20ish players?

4 rookie draft rounds (maybe down to 3)

1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 1 TE, 1 FLEX (R/W/T), 1 K

So I'm drawing from the way the NHL and NFL have held expansions:

In 2017 the NHL

• had each team protect either:7 forwards, 3 defencemen and 1 goalie (11 total) or 47% of their rosterOR1 goalie and 8 skaters (9 total) or 39% of their roster
• They could also only nominate players with more than 2 years of pro experience
• Must expose at least 2 forwards AND 1 defenceman that have played:40 games in the previous seaosn (48% of the games)OR70 games between the last two seasons (42%) to account for an injury
• Exposed goalie must be under contract for next season
• Teams must protect No Move Clause Players

How I see that playing out for Fantasy Football

• each team can protect either13 spots (1 QB, 3 WR, 3 RB, 1 TE, 1 Q/R/W/T, 3W/R/T, 1K)OR11 spots (1 QB, 9 Players, 1 K)
• Teams must provide 2 WR's and 1 RB that has STARTED at least 6 games this last season, or a combined 11 games over the last two seasons.
• Owners must protect Rookies and 2nd year players with round 1-3 draft capital, unless they do not have enough eligible players to fulfill the 1st two bullet points
• After a player is taken from your team, you may add 1 player to your protected list (ignoring all bullet points)

How this plays out, my 11th place team would have to protect at least:

Bold had to protect due to rookie/2nd year protection

1 QB: Trevor Lawrence

3 RB: **D'Andre

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Week 12 Waiver Reports. All Adds/Claims from 11/25 through 12/1.

Pilot on me!!

Christopher Walken

Nothing, he was gladiator.

Congrats to those who made it into the playoffs, and best of luck to those looking to avoid punishments in the losers' bracket. I'll be doing yesterday's notes momentarily!

Monday Night Recap

• James Conner was dominant in the receiving game, and put up a good running performance
  • Conner went down right after the game, monitor this as he still spoke with people after the game
• AJ Green led the WRs in production with 7/10 for 102 yds
• Nuk went 5/12 for 54 yds
  • still playing him moving forward
• Matthew Stafford avoided throwing an INT this week
• Sony Michel - 20 car for 79 yds
  • looked good
  • expecting a split workload when Henderson returns
• Cooper Kupp - 15 targets
• OBJ - 6/7 for 77 yds & 1 TD
• Van Jefferson got the bomb TD

Where There's Smoke, There's Fire

• Mike Davis - RB16, RB17 over last 2 weeks
  • Smoke, Andy "they managed Patterson's reps late...he needs to score for you to be happy"
  • Smoke, Jason "can't rely on him as a flex play"
  • Smoke, Mike "nothing more than a desperation play"
• Big Ben - top 10 QB 3 out of 4 past weeks
  • Smoke, Andy
  • Fire, Jason "he's streamable this playoffs week vs TEN"
  • Fire (1 week), Mike "they have to throw because of their defense

​

Burrow @ DEN or Ben vs TEN? Burrow (Mike), Ben (Jason) 

NFL News

• Yesterday saw the highest # of COVID designations in the league. Be prepared to pivot if players test (+)
• Alexander Mattison (unvaccinated) was placed on COVID/IR, he will be OUT this week
  • Wayne Gallman was claimed off waivers
  • expecting Kene Nwangu to backup Cook
• Josh Allen was diagnosed with a sprained foot, initially called turf toe
  • look to have a backup QB option
• Emmanuel Sanders (knee) is OUT this week
• Lamar Jackson (low ankle sprain), HC Harbaugh expects him to be available
  • look to have a backup QB option
• Michael Carter expected to return from IR
• DJ Moore (hamstring) is day-to-day
• Kareem Hunt (ankle) is unlikely to play Sat
• TJ Hockenson hopeful to play this week
• D'Andre Swift hopeful to play this week
• Rex Burkhead (hip) is day-to-day
• David Johnson activated from COVID/IR
• Foster Moreau (muscle strain) day-to-day
• HC McCarthy "feels a lot better about Tony Pollard"
• Malcolm Brown will return to practice
  • Gaskin & Ahmed are on the COVID/IR
• Other players added to

First off I want to thank the 1400+ unique users who helped cast 36,000+ votes on the voting poll for this weeks rankings, without their contributions this post would not be possible. The Ranks are below along with the comparison vs the Experts' Consensus Ranks. Be sure to come back next Tuesday & Wednesday to participate toward the consensus on the weekly voting poll.

The Numbers Next to the players names are a score from the poll, here is a quick explanation on how to interpret those numbers. The score of a player is the estimated chance that they will outscore against a randomly chosen player. For example, a score of 100 means the player is predicted to outscore every time and a score of 0 means the player is predicted to score less every time.
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Experts' Ranks are pulled from the consensus ranks on Fantasy Pros.

Hey guys, so lots have been said about the playoff program and while I did have my comments as well, I think I'll just leave it as EA couldn't have tried harder to mess this up if they simply didn't release a program in the first place. At least then we wouldn't be left with the travesty of what we got instead.

Now I will say the ToTY nominees are just batshit and clearly EA is picking names out of a hat that like Stephen A. Smith gave them because "he's a smart guy." Honestly the guys were solely based off name recognition. I mean how else can they justify Armstead at LT (8 games all year) Boles (who was the definition of average and ranked lower than Jonah Williams according to PFF) Norwell who was a turnstile or Bulaga who didn't even fucking play this year? It's insane who they chose and an insult to actual good linemen.

ToTY should have gone this way:

• LT- Trent Williams. Simply a historic year for Trent, there was no better offensive lineman in the league this year
• LG- Bitonio- Yes we got a ltd version but it should have been a ToTY. He was the best LG in football and frankly his run block should equal his pass block. What EA doesn't realize is that the Browns scheme is heavily reliant not on the pulling guard in Teller, but more on the guy who allows Teller to be successful and that is Bitonio. See on those pulls Bitonio essentially has the more difficult task of a seal block in order to free up the opposite puller. If you think about it like the puller is going through a door and needs to connect with the defender outside of it, Bitonio is the one who needs to open that door. If it's closed because he doesn't hold the outside blocker off and seal that edge then it doesn't matter what the puller does. That's why the responsibility goes to Bitonio.
• C- Creed Humphrey- Best center in the league and the guy on draft night last year I was screaming for the Ravens to get. Oklahoma has produced some good to great linemen over the years so when you're the best in that room that's saying something. It's why it wasn't a shock to see Chase do so well this year. When you're on a squad with Justin Jefferson and Terrance Marshall and you're clearly the better WR then you know you're the top guy. Same for Creed.
• RG- Zack Martin- Well he's a big name so EA got it right I suppose. As they say a broken clock is right twice a day.
• RT-Tom Compton- There's a reason why the run game in SF was so good this year, and frankly most years. Compton was who E

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Weekly, I'll be posting this Redzone Look Trends alongside my Backfield Trends post

Notes:

• Purpose: Track players getting targets or rushes inside the 20 yard line

• Source: https://www.footballguys.com/stats/redzone/teams?team=NYG&year=2021

• #Reply with a team name if you want to just see their breakdown of W/R/T

#The Julio Jones Table

#Top 50 RB

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Weekly, I'll be posting this Redzone Look Trends alongside my Backfield Trends post

Notes:

• Purpose: Track players getting targets or rushes inside the 20 yard line

• Source: https://subscribers.footballguys.com/teams/teampage-den-6.php

• #Reply with a team name if you want to just see their breakdown of W/R/T

#Top 50 RB