Ever wonder if we are scoring more now than we use to? No? Never crossed your mind? Luckily for you, that’s how my mind works. Thus, I’ve updated total points per season. First, a little reminder. Season one only featured eight teams run by eight guys trying to figure out this whole fantasy football thing.…
First Overall Picks | An Oral History: 2018 Update
Welcome to another exclusive Robio Murray list, that will surely provide five to ten minutes of entertainment, depending on your reading skills. Today, I offer you a history of the first overall pick. Let’s get the ball rolling with a few fun facts. In the league’s first year, I picked my name out of a…
2018 Player Salaries
2018 First-Round Mock Draft
It’s been a long while since I’ve done a mock draft. I’ve avoided them because I didn’t want to give away my secrets. Of course, having missed the playoffs three out of the last four years, perhaps my secrets aren’t worth stealing anymore. Shit, this is getting long. I hope Masterson hasn’t stopped reading. #1…
Griff & His Fallen Stars
To say Griff Coomer has a problem, might surprise some of you. He’s one of the original members of the league. His 160 career wins is the most ever. He’s missed the playoffs just four times in 19 years, producing 14 winning seasons. He’s reached the semifinals 10 times and the title game a record…
Single Game Performances | Wide Receivers
During the 2016 postseason, Le’Veon Bell tied Jerome Harrison for the fifth most points ever scored in a game by a running back with a stunning 776 points. So impressed by this, I did my homework and found the 13 other times a running back had broken 700 fantasy points. Yeah, I’m good like that.…
Neatock’s Encore
Mr. Neatock has won three championships in this league, but the other previous two times he brought home the title, he didn’t impress much when it came time to defend those titles. Back in 2008, he entered the season with his two great keepers (Peterson, Welker), nailed a stud Aaron Rodgers pick in round nine…
Category Three | Who is the Greatest?
In 1999, despite already drafting both a starting quarterback (Vinny Testaverde) and a backup quarterback (Troy Aikman), I decided to use my final pick, which was the final pick in the draft, on an unknown Kurt Warner, who had just “earned” the starting job when Trent Green tore his ACL in the final preseason game.…
2017 Keeper Rankings
With all the noise we hear about the importance of keepers, one thing is clear, last year’s crop was truly unremarkable. Of the 31 keepers kept last season, only four managed to earn any kind of All-Robio award and only one of those was not a category one player (and that player’s owner tried desperately…
Streaking Into 2018
Some streaks are good. Some…not so much. Here are a handful of streaks I’m paying attention to heading into the 2018 season. LONGEST ACTIVE STREAK WITHOUT A WEEKLY LOW SCORE Only four teams went without a weekly low score in 2017, with Bob leading the way at 21. Still, he needs four more weeks without…
The Romp
There had been plenty of great performances in the Robioland Fantasy Football playoff history. I was the first person to score over 1,500 in all three postseason games back in 2002 (for a total of 5,254 points). There was Rob Masterson’s (probably) unbreakable 2,501 single game score in 2003. That season also saw Burrier become…
DeMarco Murray | The Man Who Made Calderon a Champ
Sad news if you consider yourself DeMarco Murray fan boy. The former Cowboys-Eagles-Titans running back announced his retirement this past week. Now time will tell if he’s really retired. With LeSean McCoy’s sudden legal woes, he could easily get picked up by the Bills or any other team that finds itself in a running back…
2018 Keeper Options
Here are your 2018 KEEPER OPTIONS. First, you’re welcome…for putting these all on one document. Just one of the many brave and wonderful things I do. Just to remind you, each team can keep three players; one player from one of the three categories. A player can be on your roster a total of three years,…
2018 Robioland Fantasy Football: Take 20
Holy fuck balls, can it be? Yes it can. The 2018 season will be year 20 in this great experiment we call Robioland Fantasy Football. What began as just a few bored guys in a Ruby Tuesday corner booth as turned into what many would argue is the greatest fantasy league in the history of…
The First Overall Pick | 2018 Edition
Last year, I did a “FIRST OVERALL PICK” history lesson. It was brilliant, because I wrote it. Actually, it showed that if you have the first overall pick, then good things are about to happen (unless you’re me and you trade away the top pick). Anyhow, Matt Neatock had the first overall in 2017 and…
Rookie Wide Receivers | A Story of the Great Waste
You might have missed this, but did you know that only one wide receiver went in the first-round in the 2018 draft? That’s low. There hadn’t been that few wide receivers taken since in round one since 2008, when none were taken. Overall, 31 wide receivers were drafted this year and that’s about the average,…
The 2018 Draft is Over…Let the healing Begin
I’ll be honest, I don’t really watch too much of the spectacle that has become the NFL Draft. The pre-pick National Anthem? Really? Booing the commissioner? So 2012. And let’s be honest, of all the great players the Eagles could have had over the years, the best they could bring to the table to talk…
2018 Robioland Fantasy Baseball Preseason Rankings
You’ve seen the hitting rankings and the pitching rankings. If you didn’t, scroll down, they’re at the bottom. It’s time to deliver the infamous final preseason rankings; brought to you by Carl’s Jr… PRESEASON RANKING #1 Fuck Burrier (ROBIO) Yep, it’s on, bitches. I’m first in hitting, capable of wrapping up Ws in all six…
2017 Draft Rewind
ROUND ONE #1 MATT – Le’Veon Bell RB PIT | POSITION RANK: #2 A no-brainer if there ever was on. Bell had no problem dominating in the Steelers backfield. He finished with over 400 touches on the season, hitting nearly 1,900 total yards, easily earning another first-team All-Robio. #2 MARC – Odell Beckham WR NYG…
2017…the League Been Neatock’D
We are smack in the middle of the era of the SUPER TEAM. For the fifth straight season, a league champion was one of the top two seeds. For the third time in four years, the league champion earned the scoring title. But it is so much more than that. I would argue that for…
Bob Castrone & the Trades Heard ‘Round the World
While Bob technically still has the lead (1,119-933) heading into Monday night, Matt has five players playing on Christmas, while Bob has just one. I’m going Sharpie on this one. The year was 2016; the 5th week of the season. A struggling Matt Neatock was looking to shake things up with an eye to the…
2017 Title Game Prediction | Neatock’s Revenge
Let’s be honest, we’ve saw this coming a long time ago. Jeff and Eric are Jeff and Eric. There was no magical run coming from Calderon and Griff’s days of living in the title game are in the past. This title game was always been about Bob and Matt, as Neatock is desperate for some…
2017 Season Rewind
WEEK ONE RICH B (L) JEFF (W) 1029 – 1403 ERIC (W) GRIFF (L) 1830 – 916 MARC (L) DON (W) 865 – 968 ROB M (W) COLBY (L) 1471 – 1039 MATT (W) ROBIO (L) 1209 – 1127 BOB (L) RICH C (W) 1037 – 1464 TUESDAY THOUGHT Matt’s rein of terror nearly ended…
2017 Players
Antonio Brown becomes the first wide receiver in Robioland history to earn MVP. His 3,152 points would have made him the third best back and seventh best quarterback and without him, Eric is not a playoff team.
2017 Semifinals Predictions
You know, lost in the hoopla that was Eric’s thrilling last second win and Jeff’s stunning come from behind victory, is the simple fact that the two best teams advanced as expected. Bob and Matt are each just one win away from reliving the magic of that was the 2014 championship game. Do either Eric…
2017 Playoff Predictions | Can Anyone Prevent Matt vs Bob?
Welcome to the 2017 Playoff Predictions. Before you claim that the words written on this post are as meaningless as a girl in Jeff’s bedroom, don’t forget, I picked all four quarterfinals matchups correctly last year. Of course, I picked me beating Calderon for the championship and that didn’t happen, so on with the fun……
2017 All-Robio Awards
Another year, another list of All-Robio players. Congratulations to Neatock, becoming the first person to produce two 1st-team All-Robio backs in the same season. Now onto the teams… FIRST-TEAM ALL-ROBIO QB – Russell Wilson, SEA (Colby) | 4,228 points (352 ppg) He’s always been a great quarterback, twice getting his Hawks to the Superbowl, but…
Is Neatock’s Running Back Duo the Greatest Ever?
My headline…it’s sort of a loaded question. How does one define greatest? Is it purely most points wins? Or is it all All-Robio awards? We have to take into account that the league scoring system has changed, but so has the NFL. There was a time in the league when 10-12 backs would get 300…
2017 Mid-Season All-Injured Team
We’ve talked about busts and we’ve hit on the All-Robio, but now it’s time to spend some time with those who left us too early. These are the stars who were meant to lead us to glory, but instead will watch us from the IR, as our teams (except Bob) crumble. This is… THE 2017…
2017 MID-SEASON REPORT
Below are my preseason rankings. How did I do? How do you even judge? Can’t use wins and loses; those are the butterfaces of fantasy football. Bob is 6-1, but would be 3-4 with Don’s schedule. By the way, love that “butterfaces” is an actual word. Points are a good metric, but they can be…
2017 Mid-Season All-Robio Awards
We are nearly halfway through the 2017 season and it’s time to take a look at some of the great players, who have warmed our hearts with many fantasy points. Masterson and Bob lead the league in first teamers with two each. However, Matt has four total if you count all three All-Robio teams. Don…
Best & Worst Draft Picks After Four Weeks
Four weeks of football and we’re starting to see who the stars are and who will are the busts. Below is the list of best picks per round. I am not including keepers; only draft picks. I think what’s telling is how few sleepers we’ve been drafting. It’s hard to find any players drafted in…
Best Starts in League History | 2017 Edition
As my wife will tell you, I’m a little rough out of the gate, but a strong finisher. Others are just the opposite. Here is a list of those opposites, the best starters in league history and how they finished up. As you will see, starting hot has been pretty meaningless. 31 teams have started…
2017 Preseason Rankings
Technically, these aren’t predictions. A lot will happen over the next sixteen weeks, but these are how I see the teams coming out of the gate and by the way, I’m never, ever wrong. #1 OH IT’S HAPPENING SWEETHEART | MATT Yep, right out of the gate, I’m handing the top spot to Neatock. It…
2017 All-Robio, Busts and Sleepers
For years, it seems like the NFL has tried to kill off the feature running back, much like how myself and my fellow Floridians killed off jorts in the late 80’s. Yet, both could be making a strong comeback and be relevant again, right? Think about it, when was the last time four rookie running…
The First Overall Pick
The first overall pick…you have to earn it by really sucking worse than everyone else the year before. You should be embarrassed to earn it, but luckily for those that do, there is typically a big pay off. In fact, the success rate of the teams who have the first pick is one of the…
2017 PLAYER SALARIES
2017 Team Keeper Rankings
You keep ’em, I rank ’em. That’s how this works. 1. THE DICK-TATERS (RICH CALDERON) DeMarco Murray, RB | TEN – Round 3 Jordan Reed, TE | WAS – Round 9 Matt Ryan, QB | ATL – Round 11 DEEP THOUGHTS When you’re serving up keepers, you really want to nail down three legit starters…
Team Rankings | 2017 Edition
Wins, top seeds, scoring crowns and championships…things we should all be thriving for. These are the tools we use to judge one another. That’s it. You’re a big time Hollywood director? Who gives a fuck! Average over 1,500 per game in a season and then count me as impressed. Are you married to a beautiful…
2017 Keeper Options
Here are your 2017 KEEPER OPTIONS. First, you’re welcome…for putting these all on one document. Just one of the many brave and wonderful things I do. Just to remind you, each team can keep three players; one player from one of the three categories. A player can be on your roster a total of three…
THE MUGLESS | 2017 EDITION
Before we get to those who have yet to win a championship, let’s be sure to honor those who have. That list includes… CHAMPIONS Bob Castrone – 2004, 2010, 2011, 2014 Robio Murray – 1999, 2000, 2002, 2012 Rich Calderon – 2013, 2016 Griff Coomer – 2005, 2015 Matt Neatock – 2007, 2009 Don Vozzola – 2006, 2008…
The Record Book Update | 2016 Edition
Okay kids, let’s take a look back at those stats that made their way onto the record books. We had three 2,000-point efforts in 2016. They were… Calderon beat Neatock, 2,079 – 1,474 in week four. The 2,079 were the 29th most points scored in a game. Griff scored 2,052 in a 2,052 – 1,071…
Those Damn Running Backs
Matt Neatock, husband, friend, anti-immigrant zealot and the guy who once tried drafting the league’s #2 wide receiver in the eleventh round during the infamous Harlem draft. Of course, he’s the same Matt Neatock who has won two championships and drafted some of the best late-round picks in league history. My point…he’s a paradox, wrapped…
2016 Draft Rewind
The 2016 season is over and it’s time to take a walk back into history and see how we all did in the draft Round 1 1 DON – Ezekiel Elliott RB DAL | Position Rank: #1 So yeah, this worked out for Don, especially when you see how bad some things went for other…
2016 Ranked Seasons | Updated
Here is the updated season’s rankings…all 212 of them. Yep, we’ve officially played 212 seasons in this league. If you finished among the top-53, congratulations, you either won a championship or delivered an elite season that failed to deliver a mug. If your season is ranked between 54-106, be proud. You made the playoffs. You are…
Rich Calderon is Your Champion
The Dick-Taters (Calderon) and No Respect (Jeff) were neck and neck all season long, but in the season’s final game, it wasn’t even close. THE GAME Rich Calderon won the 2016 Robioland Football Championship, easily dispatching Jeff Greenblatt, 1,849 – 1,180. While Le’Veon Bell continued to dominate like he did all season, scoring 394 points…
2016 Title Game Predictions
Let’s be honest, did you ever expect to see Jeff’s name in any kind of championship game preview in football? It’s weird, right? It has the feel of a high school team letting the kid with down syndrome score the game’s final, unchallenged, touchdown. Yet, he earned it. He earned it bigly. As did Rich…
2016 Season Rewind
WEEK ONE ROB M (W) ERIC (L) 1454 – 1120 MATT (L) ROBIO (W) 1413 – 1461 MOLLY (W) COLBY (L) 1687 – 1534 DON (L) BOB (W) 1352 – 1395 RICH B (L) RICH C (W) 1008 – 2030 JEFF (W) GRIFF (L) 1902 – 1253 TUESDAY THOUGHT Happy Tuesday everyone and what a…
2016 Semifinals Predictions
So what, do I not get any props for being 4-0 in my quarterfinal picks? Fuck yeah, all four teams I projected to advanced, did. Now I know you’re just dying to hear what I have to say about the semifinals #1 NO RESPECT VS #6 WARE DID YOU HYDE THE SALAMI 2016 RECORD – Jeff:…
Single Game Performances | Running Backs
Le’Veon Bell is God’s gift to fantasy…or at least he was Bob’s gift to Calderon in 2015. So far, that present has paid off huge. Despite missing three games, the Steelers running back earned a third-team All-Robio award this year. Yet, who would have guessed that the regular season was just the warm-up act, as…