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1 week ago | 
rotobanter.beehiiv.com | Ballfield Banter |Garrett Ball
We all know that draft capital plays a huge part in a player’s path to success in the NFL. Of course, we see players come in all the time as Day 3 draft selections or as a UDFA and have good, long careers. Plenty of guys on defense, or depth options for NFL teams, or special team specialists come from that area of the draft. But, not to take anything away from those men who have achieved NFL status regardless of how they got there, we’re not concerned with that for fantasy.
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1 month ago | 
rotobanter.beehiiv.com | Ballfield Banter |Garrett Ball
The 2025 NFL Combine just finished up last weekend. Everyone is obsessed with the new incoming rookies. And rightfully so. Quarterback is by far the weakness of the draft for fantasy purposes, but this is an amazing class at running back, has solid WR options, and superb tight ends. In fact, the running back class is so good that my highest graded back from my production model in the 2023 class would be the RB6 this year.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
rotobanter.beehiiv.com | Ballfield Banter |Garrett Ball
You might notice something different about this article, that’s because the header usually has an image of Ballfield Banter overtop. But not anymore! I’ve got a big announcement to make. But before I spill the beans, I have a couple of things I need to get through. First, I will take a look back at Ballfield Banter’s history, and second, a recap of my 2024 predictions, sleepers, busts, and how all that went.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
ballfieldbanter.beehiiv.com | Ballfield Banter |Garrett Ball
Jonathon Brooks came into the NFL with a decent amount of hype thanks to his college tape in his one full season as a starter at Texas and due to his draft capital. The Panthers invested quite a lot into him with a second-round selection, and fantasy managers were optimistic about his chances of becoming the Panthers’ franchise running back and many spent first-round picks on him in dynasty formats. And then the Panthers extended Chuba Hubbard. That’s ok, not all is lost.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
ballfieldbanter.beehiiv.com | Ballfield Banter |Garrett Ball
What’s up, everyone? Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving! And even though Black Friday isn’t what it once was in its glory days, for those who are shopping, stay safe out there. I read an article where the author was confused as to why Calvin Ridley, who has elite opportunity and workload (1,379 total air yards according to FantasyLife, a 42% air yards market share), doesn’t have the production to show for it.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
ballfieldbanter.beehiiv.com | Ballfield Banter |Garrett Ball
What’s up everyone? Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving! And even though Black Friday isn’t what it once was in its glory days, for those who are shopping, stay safe out there. Rico Dowdle finally had his big game on Thursday, and Tyreek Hill had a more vintage Hill game, though he was greatly helped by a Jonnu Smith tipped pass turned Hill TD reception.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
ballfieldbanter.beehiiv.com | Ballfield Banter |Garrett Ball
What’s up, everyone? We had quite the game last night, didn’t we? Yes, I’m happy because I’m a Browns fan, but honestly, it was a fun game overall with a classic AFC North battle highlighted by snowfall. I just have a lot of fun watching players work through those conditions. Plus, I’m happy Nick Chubb scored. I don’t have him anywhere in fantasy, just glad to see him back in the endzone. Such a franchise icon.
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Nov 16, 2024 | 
ballfieldbanter.beehiiv.com | Ballfield Banter |Garrett Ball
The curse of the fantasy football season is that it’s so short. It feels like a long season in the thick of it, especially whether you’re creating content, setting lineups, watching waivers, or making trade offers, it’s a lot. But in the grand scheme of things, we’re talking 17 games. No other major American sport has so few games to go off of.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
ballfieldbanter.beehiiv.com | Ballfield Banter |Garrett Ball
What’s going on everyone? I thought I would do our periodic review of how things played out the previous week. I felt pretty good about some things, but not so much about others. Our quarterbacks last week, Goff, Jones, and Herbert finished QB 15, 13, and 8 respectively. Chuba was the RB2 on the week behind Bijan Robinson. Rico Dowdle and Tony Pollard were efficient on the ground, but both struggled in fantasy like we expected, finishing as the RB24 and 29. It was not a great week for receivers.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
ballfieldbanter.beehiiv.com | Ballfield Banter |Garrett Ball
How’s it going, everyone? Did you pull off the win in your fantasy league? Or did you suffer a painful defeat? I know for me, in my main dynasty league I was ahead by 10 points and my opponent had Malik Nabers. I had suffered the Jordan Love and Jordan Mason injuries, so that did not help matters (by the way I had sat Jakobi Meyers and Josh Downs in favor of Brian Robinson and Mason).
