By Matthew O’Neil, Contributing Writer
History
The RAMBO organization has a small but successful playoff history. Making the post-season in both ‘23 and ‘24, this foundation franchise has slowly grown into a perennial contender. With a 3rd-place finish in their trophy cabinet and an overall playoff record of 4–2, Green & Team are no schlubs when mid-December rolls around.
Draft
Picking from the 1.1 spot, Collin’s first three rounds basically picked themselves. Chase was the consensus number-one overall pick, followed by Jonathan Taylor, the best available RB on the board. He then managed to scoop up Mahomes at the 4.12 turn before stringing together a solid mid-round run (Pittman, Charbonnet, Jennings). While none of these are league winners, each provides weekly playable value—something that cannot always be found in rounds 8, 9, and 10. Just go ask the O’Neils (Shakir, Kupp, and Mooney – yikes).
Best Transaction
While this section is typically reserved for reviewing trades or waiver-wire magic, we simply cannot ignore that Collin’s best transaction of the year was drafting Taylor at the end of the 2nd round. At draft time, Taylor projected as RB7 (#17 overall). Instead, he has smashed expectations and, at time of writing, sits as the RB2 and #2 overall player—trailing only CMC by 31 total points.
Turning Point
Week 7.
This was the beginning of a historic slide for RAMBO. After starting the year 6–0, the organization proceeded to lose a record seven eight straight games. The omen came early—he put up a very respectable 156.74 in a blowout loss to The Super Team (190.02)—and things just spiraled from there.
Quote
We asked Collin, “Hey, we’re collecting quotes from playoff-hopeful teams—care to provide one?”
Collin responded, “sorry botcha.”
Not much meat on the bone there.
Playoff Outlook
At 6–8, underperformance and injuries have defined RAMBO’s mid-season collapse. But with Joe Burrow healthy again and a few softer schedules for key pieces, the organization has eyes firmly set on Week 17. He faces an uphill battle drawing the number 3 seed The Super Team who is projecting 138 points for week 15. Will the 8 game losing streak turn to 9 or can Green right the ship on his way to the ’ship? (this feels really unlikely).
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