Fake Teams - Fantasy Football Rankings: Week 15The Key Source For Incisive Fantasy Sports Analysishttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/50153/fake-fav.png2018-12-15T12:00:46-05:00http://www.faketeams.com/rss/stream/179046392018-12-15T12:00:46-05:002018-12-15T12:00:46-05:00Tight End Rankings: Week 15
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<p>Semifinal week! Let’s rank the big guys.</p> <p id="ZNZpE5">In case you missed it, I already said <span>Travis Kelce</span> was the TE1 this week.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/HeathCapps?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HeathCapps</a> didn’t get TE ranks in ahead of tonight, but if you need help starting Kelce or not starting Gates, well...the situation is more dire than can be currently remedied</p>— Fake Teams (@faketeams) <a href="https://twitter.com/faketeams/status/1073381806806843392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 14, 2018</a>
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<p id="spBqyj"><span>Kelce</span> had a “meh” game by his standards, but at least it wasn’t a zero (sorry, <span>Keenan Allen</span> owners). Anyway, it seemed odd to make a set of weekend rankings and to omit <span>Kelce</span> as the overall TE1. So to punish myself for not getting ranks out before Thursday Night Football, I’m ranking a few extra guys this week. Instead of a Top 20, you get a Top 24! And no, it doesn’t include the aging carcass of <span>Antonio Gates</span>, because he was my TE27 this week. Despite his “moves” that were on display against the <a href="https://www.arrowheadpride.com/">Chiefs</a>, I am still uninterested in <span>Gates</span> in every conceivable format.</p>
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https://www.faketeams.com/2018/12/15/18142170/fantasy-football-rankings-tight-ends-for-week-15Heath Capps2018-12-12T21:00:07-05:002018-12-12T21:00:07-05:00Running back rankings: Week 15
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<p><em>Ranking the best running backs by matchup and opportunity for Week 15 of the 2018 NFL Season. </em> </p> <p id="JiS1CP">Week 15 brings us a changing of the guard at the top of the list. Outside of the top dogs, it’s slim pickin’s.</p>
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https://www.faketeams.com/2018/12/12/18138492/fantasy-football-rankings-running-backs-for-week-15NHB2018-12-12T14:00:06-05:002018-12-12T14:00:06-05:00Wide receiver rankings: Week 15
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<p>Ranking the best wide receivers by matchup and opportunity for Week 15 of the 2018 NFL Season.</p> <p id="7P6eTk">Traditionally, I use this space to talk about what happened last week at the wide receiver position throughout the NFL. This week, though, I’m going to talk about how poorly my playoff teams performed last week and why fantasy football is just one big, giant crapshoot.</p>
<p id="fvgUPN">I’m in three season-long leagues. The playoffs started in two of them last week and I was the 3rd seed in each of them. I felt pretty confident in both teams, although I’m very used to being let down come playoff time. Unsurprisingly, my teams completely wet the bed. One of my squads put up 88.18 points and the other a whopping 84.40 (0.5 PPR in both).</p>
<p id="Y5rUtB">Led by stellar performances from <span>Zach Ertz</span> (6.3) and <span>James White</span> (3.8), my higher-scoring team inevitably fell by 15 points on Monday night to a squad that had Seattle defense. The lower-scoring team someway, somehow managed to pull off a victory. Despite getting 7.3 points from <span>Todd Gurley</span> and 9.7 from <span>Mitchell Trubisky</span> in what was supposed to be a shootout, my team ended up winning by 30 (!!!) points against a team that had absolutely nothing go its way.</p>
<p id="SfFodR">What is my point in bringing all of this up? That projections don’t matter whatsoever and fantasy football is meaningless. But, man, is it fun and is it glorious to win playoff matchups or what?</p>
<p id="PiyWhR">Let’s check in on the Week 15 diva pass-catchers.</p>
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https://www.faketeams.com/2018/12/12/18137982/fantasy-football-rankings-wide-receivers-for-week-15Matias Wodner2018-12-11T15:30:04-05:002018-12-11T15:30:04-05:00Quarterback rankings: Week 15
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<p><em>Ranking the best quarterbacks by matchup and opportunity for Week 15 of the 2018 NFL Season.</em> </p> <div id="vWeWqb"><div data-anthem-component="table:2205734"></div></div>
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