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NOV 7, 2026

2011 All-Time Fantasy Baseball Draft Recap (Round 8)

Round 8 Pick 106 · Ed Reulbach, P · 1905 Cubs Drafted by Mark Srebro 18-14 · 1.42 ERA · 0.963 WHIP · 152 K · 1 SV · 291.2 IP The player. Ed had a nice five-year run to start his career in the majors (97-39), where he led the National League in winning percentage (82.6, 81.1, and 77.4) from 1906 to 1908 (60-15). His best year was his rookie season (1905) when Reulbach posted the best ERA (1.42).…

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NOV 7, 2026

2026 Fantasy Football: NFL Depth Charts, Projections, and Player Rankings (Week 9 - Update 11/6)

FantasyFootballPayDirt offers a variety of tools to help fantasy game managers make better decisions in the season-long, BestBall, DFS, and Prop markets. Their start/sit scorecard should be their number one selling point in-season.

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NOV 6, 2026

2026 Fantasy Football: NFFC Primetime/Circa World Championship – Week 9 Free Agent Bidding Recap

FantasyFootballPaydirt (<<<Click Here for My Data Site) 2026 National Fantasy Football Championship FAAB Results (Primetime and Circa World Championship ) (<<<Google Sheet with all results - request to view required) NFFC Primetime: Week 9 (1,236 teams) Contest overview: 1,663 players were added, which works out to 1.35 pickups per team . 729 teams (59%) made at least one move, and those active teams averaged 2.28 adds each. Total spend was $49,700. Average winning bid: $29.89 (median $13). Average runner-up bid:…

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NOV 6, 2026

2026 Fantasy Football: $100,000 Circa Legacy League Standings Week 8

Here are the same standings ranked by total points: Here are the winning bids from last Saturday (10/31) and from Wednesday night: Miss New Booty made the biggest bid of the week, paying $117 for Wan&#8217;Dale Robinson against a $100 runner-up. Degenerates paid $75 for Gardner Minshew II, their largest bid of the season, against a runner-up of just $1. @RunHotSports spent $103 across four bids, including $74 for the Texans defense. Four teams are almost out of money: CoyoteGmen100K…

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NOV 4, 2026

2026 Fantasy Football: NFL Depth Charts, Projections, and Player Rankings (Week 9)

I updated FantasyFootballPaydirt.com for Week 9. The depth chart and player projection pages have a timestamp shown in the upper right. Each week&#8217;s information could change a lot by Friday based on the high number of players currently listed with injury designations. Typically, my first release of the projections comes Tuesday evening. I will make any changes for the Thursday game, with a second main update coming Friday evening after all NFL practice sessions close. Here&#8217;s a walkthrough of the…

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NOV 2, 2026

2011 All-Time Fantasy Baseball Draft Recap (Round 7)

Round 7 Pick 91 &#183; Albert Pujols, 1B &#183; 2003 Cardinals Drafted by Dave Shovein .359 AVG &#183; 137 R &#183; 43 HR &#183; 124 RBI &#183; 5 SB &#183; 591 AB The player. There is a lot of greatness on Pujols&#8217;s resume with multiple seasons of value for this draft. His 2009 season was his best year in my mind (.327 with 124 runs, 47 HRs, 135 RBI, and 16 SBs), but this drafter valued his strong batting average…

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NOV 1, 2026

2026 Fantasy Football: Sunday Update Week 8

These players are expected to play this week: DJ Moore, BUF George Pickens, DAL Jakobi Meyers, JAC Jaylen Waddle, DEN Jadarian Price, SEA Zach Charbonnet, SEA Treylon Burks, WAS Kenneth Gainwell, TB I already updated the Patriots&#8217; offense with A.J. Brown and TreVeyon Henderson ruled out. The Seahawks backfield has already been updated on FantasyFootballPaydirt . The Jets should have Breece Hall active, but he is expected to play second fiddle to Braelon Allen for at least one game. Here&#8217;s…

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OCT 31, 2026

2026 Fantasy Football: NFL Depth Charts, Projections, and Player Rankings (Week 8 - Update 10/30)

The Week 8 NFL projections have been updated on FantasyFootballPaydirt . These situations remain in limbo, and their projections will have to be updated on Sunday: DJ Moore, BUF George Pickens, Dallas (I expect him to play) Jaylen Waddle, DEN Jakobi Meyers, JAC A.J. Brown, NE (Trending toward a missed game, possibly more) Breece Hall, NYJ (Update as if he was playing; not sure) Seahawks Backfield (Jadarian Price and Zach Charbonnet have a chance to play this week) There are…

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OCT 30, 2026

2026 Fantasy Football: NFFC Primetime/Circa World Championship – Week 8 Free Agent Bidding Recap

FantasyFootballPaydirt (<<<Click Here for My Data Site) 2026 National Fantasy Football Championship FAAB Results (Primetime and Circa World Championship ) (<<<Google Sheet with all results - request to view required) NFFC Primetime: Week 8 (1,236 teams) Contest overview: 1,808 players were added, which works out to 1.46 pickups per team . 760 teams (61%) made at least one move, and those active teams averaged 2.38 adds each. Total spend was $52,436. Average winning bid: $29.00 (median $15). Average runner-up bid:…

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OCT 30, 2026

2026 Fantasy Football: $100,000 Circa Legacy League Standings Week 7

Here are the same standings ranked by total points: Here are the winning bids from last Saturday (10/24) and from Wednesday night: RunHotSports spent the most this week at $132. That includes two $47 bids: Ted Hurst III on 10/24 and Malachi Fields on 10/28. Beefaroni-1992 made the biggest single bid on 10/28, paying $75 for Devin Singletary. GST Sunday Syndicate spent $32 on 10/28 and is down to $24, so only CoyoteGmen100K has less at $19. Four teams now…

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NOV 7, 2026

2011 All-Time Fantasy Baseball Draft Recap (Round 8)

Round 8 Pick 106 &#183; Ed Reulbach, P &#183; 1905 Cubs Drafted by Mark Srebro 18-14 &#183; 1.42 ERA &#183; 0.963 WHIP &#183; 152 K &#183; 1 SV &#183; 291.2 IP The player. Ed had a nice five-year run to start his career in the majors (97-39), where he led the National League in winning percentage (82.6, 81.1, and 77.4) from 1906 to 1908 (60-15). His best year was his rookie season (1905) when Reulbach posted the best ERA (1.42).…

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NOV 7, 2026

2026 Fantasy Football: NFL Depth Charts, Projections, and Player Rankings (Week 9 - Update 11/6)

FantasyFootballPayDirt offers a variety of tools to help fantasy game managers make better decisions in the season-long, BestBall, DFS, and Prop markets. Their start/sit scorecard should be their number one selling point in-season.

Read on Shawn's newsletter →

NOV 6, 2026

2026 Fantasy Football: NFFC Primetime/Circa World Championship – Week 9 Free Agent Bidding Recap

FantasyFootballPaydirt (<<<Click Here for My Data Site) 2026 National Fantasy Football Championship FAAB Results (Primetime and Circa World Championship ) (<<<Google Sheet with all results - request to view required) NFFC Primetime: Week 9 (1,236 teams) Contest overview: 1,663 players were added, which works out to 1.35 pickups per team . 729 teams (59%) made at least one move, and those active teams averaged 2.28 adds each. Total spend was $49,700. Average winning bid: $29.89 (median $13). Average runner-up bid:…

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NOV 6, 2026

2026 Fantasy Football: $100,000 Circa Legacy League Standings Week 8

Here are the same standings ranked by total points: Here are the winning bids from last Saturday (10/31) and from Wednesday night: Miss New Booty made the biggest bid of the week, paying $117 for Wan&#8217;Dale Robinson against a $100 runner-up. Degenerates paid $75 for Gardner Minshew II, their largest bid of the season, against a runner-up of just $1. @RunHotSports spent $103 across four bids, including $74 for the Texans defense. Four teams are almost out of money: CoyoteGmen100K…

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NOV 4, 2026

2026 Fantasy Football: NFL Depth Charts, Projections, and Player Rankings (Week 9)

I updated FantasyFootballPaydirt.com for Week 9. The depth chart and player projection pages have a timestamp shown in the upper right. Each week&#8217;s information could change a lot by Friday based on the high number of players currently listed with injury designations. Typically, my first release of the projections comes Tuesday evening. I will make any changes for the Thursday game, with a second main update coming Friday evening after all NFL practice sessions close. Here&#8217;s a walkthrough of the…

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NOV 2, 2026

2011 All-Time Fantasy Baseball Draft Recap (Round 7)

Round 7 Pick 91 &#183; Albert Pujols, 1B &#183; 2003 Cardinals Drafted by Dave Shovein .359 AVG &#183; 137 R &#183; 43 HR &#183; 124 RBI &#183; 5 SB &#183; 591 AB The player. There is a lot of greatness on Pujols&#8217;s resume with multiple seasons of value for this draft. His 2009 season was his best year in my mind (.327 with 124 runs, 47 HRs, 135 RBI, and 16 SBs), but this drafter valued his strong batting average…

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NOV 1, 2026

2026 Fantasy Football: Sunday Update Week 8

These players are expected to play this week: DJ Moore, BUF George Pickens, DAL Jakobi Meyers, JAC Jaylen Waddle, DEN Jadarian Price, SEA Zach Charbonnet, SEA Treylon Burks, WAS Kenneth Gainwell, TB I already updated the Patriots&#8217; offense with A.J. Brown and TreVeyon Henderson ruled out. The Seahawks backfield has already been updated on FantasyFootballPaydirt . The Jets should have Breece Hall active, but he is expected to play second fiddle to Braelon Allen for at least one game. Here&#8217;s…

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OCT 31, 2026

2026 Fantasy Football: NFL Depth Charts, Projections, and Player Rankings (Week 8 - Update 10/30)

The Week 8 NFL projections have been updated on FantasyFootballPaydirt . These situations remain in limbo, and their projections will have to be updated on Sunday: DJ Moore, BUF George Pickens, Dallas (I expect him to play) Jaylen Waddle, DEN Jakobi Meyers, JAC A.J. Brown, NE (Trending toward a missed game, possibly more) Breece Hall, NYJ (Update as if he was playing; not sure) Seahawks Backfield (Jadarian Price and Zach Charbonnet have a chance to play this week) There are…

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OCT 30, 2026

2026 Fantasy Football: NFFC Primetime/Circa World Championship – Week 8 Free Agent Bidding Recap

FantasyFootballPaydirt (<<<Click Here for My Data Site) 2026 National Fantasy Football Championship FAAB Results (Primetime and Circa World Championship ) (<<<Google Sheet with all results - request to view required) NFFC Primetime: Week 8 (1,236 teams) Contest overview: 1,808 players were added, which works out to 1.46 pickups per team . 760 teams (61%) made at least one move, and those active teams averaged 2.38 adds each. Total spend was $52,436. Average winning bid: $29.00 (median $15). Average runner-up bid:…

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OCT 30, 2026

2026 Fantasy Football: $100,000 Circa Legacy League Standings Week 7

Here are the same standings ranked by total points: Here are the winning bids from last Saturday (10/24) and from Wednesday night: RunHotSports spent the most this week at $132. That includes two $47 bids: Ted Hurst III on 10/24 and Malachi Fields on 10/28. Beefaroni-1992 made the biggest single bid on 10/28, paying $75 for Devin Singletary. GST Sunday Syndicate spent $32 on 10/28 and is down to $24, so only CoyoteGmen100K has less at $19. Four teams now…

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