Recent content by electric Ape

We tend to evaluate coaches simplistically by the limited part of their job we get a window into, their game day decisions. But being a coach is really 25 jobs in one. It’s putting together the right staff and delegating flawlessly. It’s being authentic and an example and a leader of men which...

I’ve got some good news and some bad news for you, Mitchie. First the bad news: this Jacobs “news” that has you feeling so optimistic isn’t news. Unsubstantiated rumors from anonymous sources passed along by hack beat writers are worthless at best. These are the very same beat writers who...

I find it comical that PFF feels qualified to assign grades to the best football players in the world when they are one of the worst sports “analytics” organizations in existence. They position their numbers like hard stats when they are rife with subjectivity, unqualified people creating them...

It’s not “crazy” to sit Jacobs as this is a terrible spot for him and his scoring expectation is as low as it’s been all season. Beyond the problems of the 49ers D and Stidham the Raiders have questionable motivation this week with their playoff chances all but extinguished and a popular team...

There is an art to talent evaluation as well as a subjective component so I'm always open to exploring contrarian opinions. But in many decades of playing fantasy football this Kamara is "not that talented" take is one of the most divergent and head scratching I can remember. When you watch...

Very quiet here in the Josh Jacobs thread after week 1. I guess 73 yards and 0 TD is kind of a fantasy non-event. Not enough points to help fantasy teams out much but not enough of a disaster to make anyone hate post. Long term I see week 1 as more positive for Jacobs than negative. Certainly...

Agree with some of the later posts here, the hate on Jacobs has gone so far! I saw Duane McFarland tweet a vid an awkward old dude dancing with the caption “If drafting Josh Jacobs was a dance.” This feels odd to me. The last few times we saw Jacobs in meaningful action he was leading the...

Not trying to make this a political issue: I believe getting vaccinated is the best decision a person can make given all the current data but I also believe it’s a personal decision. But might Rogers have had COVID before? Perhaps he side stepped the reporter’s question implying he believed he...

Agreed, rotoworld blubs are often shockingly amateurish. If a restaurant was as bad at making food as rotoworld/NBC SE is at evaluating football it would be forced to close within 3 months. I’m a Jacobs apologist and even I will say that he did not look particularly good or like himself last...

I could have said “I’m just a film grinder” but I wouldn’t say that because it’s inaccurate. Film study is the most important part of fantasy analysis but it’s also important to understand the numbers. Fantasy points per snap, for example, is an underused and underrated metric for identifying...

If Barber is sitting unclaimed on a waiver wire he seems like a fine add. He played great last week.  I’d be cautious about investing any resources on PB though. For your Barber lotto ticket to cash you essentially need to hit a 3 team parlay: 1) First, like you said, Jacobs’ injury has to...

I say this in the most respectful way possible, but you need to be really careful using fan-made “advanced metrics” as a part of your player evaluations. The study you link to here is interesting and has value if applied conservatively and in full knowledge of its limitations but in no way...

Gruden gave a press conference on Monday. He flashed one of his weird chucky smiles and said he couldn’t promise anything but that he expected to get Jacobs back on the practice field this week. We’ll see. Jacobs has had such an unusual start to his season. It sucks that he entered the year...

You seem to have a traditional view of RBs. Highly efficient modern hybrid backs (think CMC and Kamara) are less constrained by game script and less dependent on TDs. I’m not saying that good game scripts and getting red zone opportunities don’t help their outlook because they absolutely do, but...

In my experience most fantasy players aren’t the best at evaluating RBs independent of context. Backs who get great blocking and lots of scoring opportunities are often described as explosive or having juice whereas backs with bad blocking and nowhere to run are often described as sluggish or...