Ray Finkle…I understand where you’re coming from. The way “laces out” haunted the Dolphins fictional place kicker, Patrick Mahomes will stab at my soul for years to come. Updating Robioland Football this offseason was one of the most painful experiences of my life, as I couldn’t escape the simple fact that I traded away what…
ROUND 1 #1 MARC – Todd Gurley RB-LAR | POSITION RANK: #1I don’t want to go too far out on a limb, but I think this picked worked out pretty well. He averaged 372 points per game, the most for a running back since LaDainian Tomlinson rumbled for 389 points per game back in 2006. …
First up, as always, let’s give a shoutout to the runner-up. Another brilliant year for Calderon, who has really established himself as one of the greats of Robioland. He’s made the playoffs in ten of the last 12 seasons, taking four trips to the finals (three in the last six), winning two championships. This season…
This week is a lot like it was back in 2007. That year, we had one team who appeared to stand above the rest, yet struggled to just make it to the playoffs. In fact, that team needed to shake off a 1-4 start just to qualify as a middle seed (4th place). That team…
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…
Upsets make things fun, but asking teams to keep it up round after round is asking for a lot. Thus, we end up getting a couple of semifinals matchups that look like potential blowouts. At least that’s what CBS is projecting. What do I say? #1 ALTERED BOYZ (MATT) vs #7 BELL’S PALSY (MATT)…
Eight teams. Seven Games. One Champion…and the only true way to get my dick hard anymore. Last year, I wrote in my headline for my predictions: Can anyone prevent Bob vs Matt? Well, the answer was no. The fact was, those two dominated the regular season like Black Panther dominated black actor casting calls and it…
With the regular season over, it’s time to start dropping some awards, as in All-Robio awards. Although, let’s be honest, based on all that players that are on this list, who use to be on my team this season, but aren’t now, I should consider renaming the award. Two things…whichever team ends the season with…
[table id=673 /] 2000 – Robio Murray Entering the 2000 season, I was riding a 11-game winning streak, after earning the triple crown (top seed, scoring crown, league champ) in Robioland Football’s inaugural season. However, this year we introduced four new league members, so things should be tougher. The season got off to a slow…
WEEK ONE ROBIO (L) MARC (W) 1186.0 – 1324.0 ERIC (L) RICH B (W) 1505.0 – 1506.0 COLBY(L) MATT (W) 1095.0 – 1695.0 DON (W) RICH C (L) 1895.0 – 1427.0 GRIFF (W) BOB (L) 1744.0 – 761.0 JEFF (W) ROB M (L) 1434.0 – 1116.0 TUESDAY THOUGHTS Holy hell fuck, the world has been…
We are a little past the halfway point, so it’s time to talk about those great players who have made some your teams great. So far this season, Calderon is the king of All-Robio, as he has four players earning a award at this point. Everyone has at least one, even Griff with a kicker,…
Rivalries…they’re not born. They’re made, slowly, over time. Of course, a few battles when it the matters the most (the playoffs) can speed things way up. Think Cowboys and 49ers. Those two teams never thought twice about each other, but after the battles in the early 80’s and again the early 90’s, these two teams…
Welcome to the 2018 preseason rankings and predictions. Before you determine these words to be worthless, let’s not forget, I predicted last year’s champion. Everything before that should be ignored. Why? Well, let’s look at the track record. Fact is, last year was the first time my preseason favorite actually won it all…ever. Here is…
Predictions, they are the cornerstone of a great commissioner. Sadly, predictions are sort of like a turd flavored, penis shaped lollipop…a good idea, but oh so wrong. My point…well, just see below. You will find all my preseason championship predictions, how they fared, plus who was the actual champion and where did I have them…
Keepers are in and it is time to rank ’em. Enjoy. #1 BOB CASTRONE Rd 1 – Ezekiel Elliot Rd 7 – Marquise Goodwin Rd 14 – Deshaun Watson Sick and tired of Bob owning this league like Ted Bundy at a Sorority House? Well, tough shit, as he enters the 20th season of Robioland…
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.…
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…
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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…
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…
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.…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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. [table id=610 /]
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…
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……
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…