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Here we go y’all - this is it. It’s #FantasyFootball championship week.
Here’s our list of final starts and sits of the year.
Here’s our list of final starts and sits of the year.
#Cardinals at #Falcons:
Start:
James Conner
Patterson (flex)
Tyler Allgeier
Drake London
Sit:
David Blough
Robby Anderson
Hollywood Brown
Greg Dortch
Tre McBride
Ridder
Start:
James Conner
Patterson (flex)
Tyler Allgeier
Drake London
Sit:
David Blough
Robby Anderson
Hollywood Brown
Greg Dortch
Tre McBride
Ridder
Better late than never: the Week 17 elimination scenario thread!
A whopping 10 teams can be eliminated this week. In the AFC, that's the #Patriots, #Jets, #Raiders and #Steelers
A whopping 10 teams can be eliminated this week. In the AFC, that's the #Patriots, #Jets, #Raiders and #Steelers
In the NFC Wildcard picture, the #Commanders, #Lions, #Packers and #Seahawks could all get eliminated this week
#Lions Offensive Coordinator Ben Johnson put on a masterclass in offensive play calling last Sunday, taking every easy layup, dictating personnel and matchups, and sequencing plays to set up his kill shots.
Here's a thread on how he made things so easy for his offense on Sunday:
Here's a thread on how he made things so easy for his offense on Sunday:
Good play callers take every easy yard given to them, and right now the #Vikings' zone heavy, miscommunication-prone defense is giving up plenty.
Here are four wide open Lions' receptions at the time of the catch—the latter two converting 3rd & longs. Lions took the easy yards:
Here are four wide open Lions' receptions at the time of the catch—the latter two converting 3rd & longs. Lions took the easy yards:
Lions also took the easy yards when there was a numbers advantage -- as on the WR screen clipped below
...or when off coverage allowed for quick easy completions -- as on the quick out power RPO below:
...or when off coverage allowed for quick easy completions -- as on the quick out power RPO below:
Week 4 Fantasy Football Snap Counts...
To Stay Ahead for Week 5.
To Stay Ahead for Week 5.
#Vikings
Adam Thielen - 97%
Justin Jefferson - 94%
KJ Osborn - 85%
Irv Smith - 64%
Dalvin Cook - 62%
Alexander Mattison - 38%
Adam Thielen - 97%
Justin Jefferson - 94%
KJ Osborn - 85%
Irv Smith - 64%
Dalvin Cook - 62%
Alexander Mattison - 38%
#Saints
Marquez Callaway - 97% 👀
Chris Olave - 68%
Adam Trautman - 65%
Jarvis Landry - 63%
Juwan Johnson - 48%
Mark Ingram - 48% 🤕
Latavius Murray - 43%
Tre’Quan Smith - 23%
Taysom Hill -20%
Marquez Callaway - 97% 👀
Chris Olave - 68%
Adam Trautman - 65%
Jarvis Landry - 63%
Juwan Johnson - 48%
Mark Ingram - 48% 🤕
Latavius Murray - 43%
Tre’Quan Smith - 23%
Taysom Hill -20%
Week 4 Fantasy football Takeaways
To get ready for Week 5.
Here. We. Go.
To get ready for Week 5.
Here. We. Go.
#Vikings
Dalvin Cook didn’t seem limited by his shoulder.
22 touches for 86 yards, but Alexander Mattison got the TD on just four touches.
Woof.
Dalvin Cook didn’t seem limited by his shoulder.
22 touches for 86 yards, but Alexander Mattison got the TD on just four touches.
Woof.
Justin Jefferson is FINE. More than fine actually.
The Vikings WR earned 13 targets to the tune of 10 catches for 147 yards.
Added a rushing TD.
37% target share.
The Vikings WR earned 13 targets to the tune of 10 catches for 147 yards.
Added a rushing TD.
37% target share.
Week 3 Fantasy Football Snap Counts
You need to know for Week 4...
You need to know for Week 4...
#Saints
Chris Olave - 77% 🚀🚀🚀🚀
Alvin Kamara - 70%
Juwan Johnson - 68%
Michael Thomas - 68%
Adam Trautman - 64%
Tre’Quan Smith - 61%
Mark Ingram - 33%
Jarvis Landry - 30%
Marquez Callaway - 19%
Chris Olave - 77% 🚀🚀🚀🚀
Alvin Kamara - 70%
Juwan Johnson - 68%
Michael Thomas - 68%
Adam Trautman - 64%
Tre’Quan Smith - 61%
Mark Ingram - 33%
Jarvis Landry - 30%
Marquez Callaway - 19%
#Panthers
DJ Moore - 98% 😫
Robbie Anderson - 84%
Christian McCaffrey -80%
Ian Thomas - 62%
Tommy Tremble - 39%
Shi Smith - 36% 6 21%
Laviska Shenault - 18%
DJ Moore - 98% 😫
Robbie Anderson - 84%
Christian McCaffrey -80%
Ian Thomas - 62%
Tommy Tremble - 39%
Shi Smith - 36% 6 21%
Laviska Shenault - 18%
Everything NFL fantasy football...
You need to know from Week 3.
To dominate in Week 4.
You need to know from Week 3.
To dominate in Week 4.
#Saints vs #Panthers
Alvin Kamara totaled 17 touches for 73 yards after a Week 2 absence.
Caught just 2 of 7 targets.
Alvin Kamara totaled 17 touches for 73 yards after a Week 2 absence.
Caught just 2 of 7 targets.
Rookie Chris Olave led the team in targets for a second straight week…
With a 31% target share (13 targets).
He’s hit at least a 31% target in two consecutive weeks.
72 yards in 1st half alone (5 targets).
THE AIR YARDS WORKED.
With a 31% target share (13 targets).
He’s hit at least a 31% target in two consecutive weeks.
72 yards in 1st half alone (5 targets).
THE AIR YARDS WORKED.
Ironing out kinks in the viz but here are #Chiefs vs #Cardinals receiving stats to tide you over.
Juju looks promsing, MVS isn't a thing but playing over Hardman in 2 WR sets, don't worry about Skyy.
Hollywood will be fine, Ertz part time coming off injury, idk about Dortch.
Juju looks promsing, MVS isn't a thing but playing over Hardman in 2 WR sets, don't worry about Skyy.
Hollywood will be fine, Ertz part time coming off injury, idk about Dortch.
#Steelers @ @Bengals
Diontae will be fine, really strong Pat F showing, meh from Claypool and Pickens.
Chase is a star, prob don't care about Boyd even with Tee sidelined, even pre-Higgins injury it was firmly the Chase show.
Diontae will be fine, really strong Pat F showing, meh from Claypool and Pickens.
Chase is a star, prob don't care about Boyd even with Tee sidelined, even pre-Higgins injury it was firmly the Chase show.
Air yards data looking a bit suspect for a few teams, going to pause for now
A couple of years ago I published a weekly matchups thread with charts for each game, and this year I'm bringing it back! While I'll normally share on Thursdays, I'm so excited for Week 1 to start that I'm sharing this week's today!
Let's have a great season, everyone! 🏈
Let's have a great season, everyone! 🏈
Before I start, here's a description of the 3 charts:
1. Comparing OFF vs. DEF key stat rankings
2. Player distribution of 2021/22 DK points
3. Player % of team rushing/receiving expected fpts
In addition to these charts, I'll also include one stat nugget relevant to that game!
1. Comparing OFF vs. DEF key stat rankings
2. Player distribution of 2021/22 DK points
3. Player % of team rushing/receiving expected fpts
In addition to these charts, I'll also include one stat nugget relevant to that game!
🚨NFL Free Agency Thread 2022🚨
Dolphins and Emmanuel Ogbah have reached agreement on a 4-year $65 million deal, $32 million fully guaranteed at signing.
#Rams bring back OT Joe Noteboom on a three-year deal with a base value of $40M that includes $25M guaranteed.
People often ask me why so much of what I post is about trophy hunting, rather than other topics to do with #lions & #conservation. So a short thread on why I engage heavily with this issue - much as I would rather not! (1/n)
Firstly - and sadly, it is the 'threat' that gets far & away the most media attention, despite being one of the lowest-ranked threats to lions according to experts, & the fact it can also have clear benefits, esp habitat conservation. So stressing facts really matters here (2/n)
Here, to remind people, is the graph from a recent paper on key threats to lions. I wish beyond measure that NGOs, the media, public & politicians would focus on some of these key threats, like habitat loss & conflict, but it is all about trophy hunting (TH), so here we are (3/n)
Without further ado…the #FantasyFootball Week 13 Starts and Sits (all caps = super start/sit):
An overwhelming number of #Bears’ players want Matt Nagy gone, league sources say. “He lost some of the locker room last season, but now it’s gone,” one source adds. One key holdup: No HC in the 101-year franchise history has ever been let go during the season.
Short turnaround for the #Bears, who head to Detroit on Thanksgiving Day to play the winless #Lions.
Hard to imagine a scenario where GM Ryan Pace survives as well. Pace has been given full reign and made the lion’s share of mistakes, inc hiring Nagy. The #Bears, under his guidance, have the NFL’s eighth-worst record (45-61) during his seven seasons.
#Bears postgame 🧵.
1) Well, when I woke up this morning to the reality that food poisoning had set in overnight and spent the whole morning in bed, I was pretty positive that was the most miserable thing today would being. Then a Matt Nagy Bears game happened. (Thread)
1) Well, when I woke up this morning to the reality that food poisoning had set in overnight and spent the whole morning in bed, I was pretty positive that was the most miserable thing today would being. Then a Matt Nagy Bears game happened. (Thread)
2) Another complete personification of the Nagy era. Offense that couldn’t score any points in the first half. Young franchise QB looking lost. Finally doing just enough to win, and then the vaunted D folding on a game winning drive. This is how the Nagy era will be remembered.
3) So this is the end of Nagy. It’s been teetering on the brink for 2 years now and today it went over the edge as Watkins runs free on what should have been a routine put away drive against a QB making the first start and looking bad all day.
@PghSteelersNow #Steelers offensive starters:
Rudolph
Harris
Freiermuth
Washington, Johnson, McCloud
Moore-Dotson-Green-Turner-Okorafor
Rudolph
Harris
Freiermuth
Washington, Johnson, McCloud
Moore-Dotson-Green-Turner-Okorafor
@PghSteelersNow BREAKING: Mason Rudolph and James Washington played together in college.
Also hearing Derek Watt and T.J. Watt might be related.
Also hearing Derek Watt and T.J. Watt might be related.
#Lions HC Dan Campbell on QB Jared Goff today:
"I don't feel like we can accurately judge him one way or another. ... Now, I will say this: I feel like he needs to step up more than he has. I think he needs to help us just like everybody else. ...
"I don't feel like we can accurately judge him one way or another. ... Now, I will say this: I feel like he needs to step up more than he has. I think he needs to help us just like everybody else. ...
More Campbell on Goff:
"I think he's gonna need to put a little bit of weight on his shoulders, and it's time to step up, make some throws and do some things."
"I think he's gonna need to put a little bit of weight on his shoulders, and it's time to step up, make some throws and do some things."
I can't necessarily disagree with Campbell on his assessment of Goff, but I'd also say it's worth noting the Lions' WRs today were Kalif Raymond, KhaDarel Hodge, Geronimo Allison, Amon-Ra St. Brown and Tom Kennedy.
It probably won't be quite as fun as most years given the start of a rebuild, but let's run through the #Lions initial 53 mean roster for #RAS!
By now, if you follow me, you probably know my thoughts on Goff.
Clock is ticking before they have a new QB, but given...the next two guys...he's going to start every game he's healthy for.
Unlike the Rams, he won't get benched here for poor play. Not with his price tag.
Clock is ticking before they have a new QB, but given...the next two guys...he's going to start every game he's healthy for.
Unlike the Rams, he won't get benched here for poor play. Not with his price tag.
Tim Boyle is not very accurate, nor is he very good at reading a defense.
What he is, though, is big with a strong arm and pretty athletic. That'll buy you some credit, at least with scout team, when your starter has only one of those things.
What he is, though, is big with a strong arm and pretty athletic. That'll buy you some credit, at least with scout team, when your starter has only one of those things.
One approach to reducing #HWC and its impacts is to develop tools that promote human-wildlife #coexistence. An eye-catching project conceived by Taronga scientist @HWConflict is one such example. #ScienceWeek PC: Bobby-Jo Vial.
By hijacking a common anti-predator signal and applying it in a novel context in #Botswana, the team were able to reduce livestock losses to #lions. nature.com/articles/s4200… PC: Bobby-Jo Vial.
The eye-cow approach was very successful in reducing predation by #lions, and Taronga produced detailed “how-to” guides to using the technique with locally available resources, prompting interest and subsequent trials in Peru, USA, India, and Kenya. carnivorecoexistence.info/african-carniv…
Day 2 this #ScienceWeek we focus on #carnivore ecology and #conservation, particularly #HumanWildlifeConflict, a major contributor to biodiversity decline, and consequently a focus for our #science team. PC: Bobby-Jo Vial.
We’ll cover some of the core #science projects that Taronga has established or contributed to, highlighting how science-based solutions and evidence-based approaches to #conservation are critical.
In a conjoint role with @CES_UNSW, Taronga’s Conservation Biologist, Dr Neil Jordan (@HWConflict) works in #HumanWildlifeConflict and management, focusing on the #ecology and #conservation of African #carnivores and #dingoes, Australia’s own apex terrestrial carnivore.
5 thoughts off practice No. 5 of #Lions training camp:
1. I’ve learned about all I’m going to learn in these padless practices, so thank goodness they’ll be in full gear Tuesday. The Lions need install reps, with new schemes across the board, but it's time to see some hitting.
1. I’ve learned about all I’m going to learn in these padless practices, so thank goodness they’ll be in full gear Tuesday. The Lions need install reps, with new schemes across the board, but it's time to see some hitting.
2. Quinton Dunbar sat out Monday and if whatever injury he has lingers, I … have no idea what the plan is at CB3. Melifonwu? Upside, for sure, but Amani Oruwariye talked today about how raw he is -- Victor Bolden dusted him with a slant-and-go route. Important battle to track.
3. Nice INT by Anthony Pittman, dropping into zone in front of (I think) a Tom Kennedy route maybe 10 or 12 yards deep. Pittman has been a pleasant surprise so far, and he’s getting an extended look with Derrick Barnes limited and Jalen Reeves-Maybin absent.
I'm starting to think Marvin Lewis is one of the more underappreciated NFL coaches of the past couple decades. Staying 16 years in one place is TOUGH, and I feel like people have forgotten a lot of context along the way.
In the 12 years before Marvin Lewis arrived, the Bengals were 55-137. In the two years since he left, they are 6-25-1. That's 14 years and 0 playoff appearances.
Lewis was 131-122-3 with 7 playoff appearances.
Lewis was 131-122-3 with 7 playoff appearances.
Lewis took over a 2-14 team in 2003. His first three years, he went 8-8, 8-8 and 11-5.
He got his QB in Year 2 in Carson Palmer and reached the playoffs in Year 3. But on his very first throw, Palmer tore his knee.
He got his QB in Year 2 in Carson Palmer and reached the playoffs in Year 3. But on his very first throw, Palmer tore his knee.
25 ANIMAL IMAGES OF 2020. #Rescued #spectacledbear Cholita in her forest sanctuary home in Peru.
The last circus animals leave Guatemala & board the flight to the #ADIWildlifeSanctuary, South Africa.
Ex-circus #lions Muñeca & Leo (saved from a circus in Peru) at the #ADIWS.
The last circus animals leave Guatemala & board the flight to the #ADIWildlifeSanctuary, South Africa.
Ex-circus #lions Muñeca & Leo (saved from a circus in Peru) at the #ADIWS.
#Bulls & #horses killed in bullfights are remembered in Colombian Congress.
Ex-circus #lions Smith & Rey relax at the #ADIWildlifeSanctuary.
Guatemala says goodbye to its circus animals & the animals are blessed.
Ex-circus #lions Smith & Rey relax at the #ADIWildlifeSanctuary.
Guatemala says goodbye to its circus animals & the animals are blessed.
#ForeverInOurHearts. In 2020 we said #farewell to some dear friends, Lucho, Junior, Tilin, and Ricardo, we will never forget how they touched our lives and remember them here. #restinpeace #rescuedanimals
LUCHO was saved from a small concrete pen during a dawn raid by #ADI on an #illegalzoo in Peru, in 2015. The friendly #spectacledbear enjoyed five precious years in the forest habitat we provided at @TaricayaE, where he loved to float on his back in his pool.
JUNIOR was #rescued by #ADI in 2014 from a #circus in Colombia, & was one of the 33 #lions we airlifted home to Africa. He was taken from us by cancer at about 9 years old, but got to roam his piece of Africa with brothers Bumba & Zeus at the #ADIWildliifeSanctuary.
