Brandin Cooks Quiet In Texans Debut

Houston Texans wide receiver Brandin Cooks had some moments early in Thursday's loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, and then he just sort of vanished. Cooks was targeted five times, catching two passes for 20 yards. The five targets were second on the team to Will Fuller V, but that's really the only bright spot […]

Randall Cobb A Non-Factor Against Chiefs

Houston Texans wide receiver Randall Cobb's first target of his Houston Texans debut came with 3:50 to play in the fourth quarter of Thursday's loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. He finished with two catches for 23 yards. Expected to play a key role as an intermediate option, Will Fuller V instead took on that […]

Jordan Akins Catches Late Touchdown

Houston Texans tight end Jordan Akins caught a late touchdown in Houston's Thursday night loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. Akins finished with two receptions for 39 yards, putting him second on the team in receiving yards on a night where quarterback Deshaun Watson spread the ball around. Akins looked much more dynamic than starting […]

Will Fuller V The Clear Lead Receiver After Week 1

For anyone wondering what the breakdown of the Houston Texans receiving corps would look like in 2020, the answer after one week seems to be that wide receiver Will Fuller V is going to dominate the touches. Fuller was targeted 10 times against the Chiefs -- twice as many times as anyone else on the […]

David Johnson Solid In Texans Debut

Houston Texans running back David Johnson looked more like his old self in his first game as a Texan, rushing for 77 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries. Johnson also added three catches for 32 yards, finishing just shy of 100 scrimmage yards. Johnson's the clear lead back for the team, and while he […]

Garbage Time Helps Deshaun Watson Salvage Week 1

For much of Thursday's season-opening loss, it looked like Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson was on his way to a really rough day. But with a touchdown pass and run in the fourth quarter, Watson emerged from Houston's 34-20 loss with some solid numbers. He finished with 253 passing yards on 20-for-32 passing with a […]

Chris Conley A Deep League Option In Week 1

Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Chris Conley might not hold onto his starting role all season with Laviska Shenault Jr. lurking, but he's currently listed as a starter for the team and should be a solid fantasy option in deeper leagues in Week 1. Conley's been overlooked all offseason, but is coming off a solid 2019 […]

Tyler Eifert A Risky Week 1 Play

Jacksonville Jaguars tight end Tyler Eifert isn't listed as the starter on the team's initial depth chart, though the oft-injured former Bengal is likely to be the best receiving option at the position for the team. But being the "best" option doesn't necessarily translate to fantasy football success, and Eifert is best left on the […]

Ricky Seals-Jones Opens 2020 As Inactive

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Ricky Seals-Jones is inactive for the team's Thursday night meeting with the Houston Texans. Seals-Jones has been a promising receiving threat at times in his career, but the Chiefs already have the league's top tight end, Travis Kelce. It looks like they value what Nick Keizer and Deon Yelder bring […]

Keke Coutee Inactive In Week 1

Houston Texans wide receiver Keke Coutee is inactive for Houston's Week 1 game against the Kansas City Chiefs, as is fullback Cullen Gillaspia. The Coutee news isn't a surprise, as he played a very small role on this team last season and seems like an emergency third slot receiver behind Randall Cobb and DeAndre Carter. […]

Brandin Cooks Active In Week 1

Houston Texans wide receiver Brandin Cooks (quad) is active for Houston's Week 1 contest against the Kansas City Chiefs. It remains to be seen how Houston's wide receiver rotation will go this season, but Cooks is an interesting play this week against a Chiefs Defense that allowed a lot of yards and points to the […]

Jaguars Could Get Creative With Laviska Shenault Jr.

Jacksonville Jaguars rookie wide receiver Laviska Shenault Jr. is reportedly being used in a variety of ways at practice. Though the beat writer who reported this was unable to go into specifics due to the NFL's media rules, one can assume that Shenault is getting at least some work in the backfield, whether that be […]

Devine Ozigbo To Open Season On Injured Reserve

Jacksonville Jaguars running back Devine Ozigbo (hamstring) will start the 2020 season on the Injured Reserve. New rules this year mean Ozigbo could return for Week 4, but in the meantime, it appears that undrafted rookie James Robinson is going to get the first crack at the lead-back role. Robinson should be added in all […]

Courtland Sutton Questionable For Week 1

Denver Broncos wide receiver Courtland Sutton (shoulder) is day-to-day with a sprained AC joint in his shoulder and is questionable for Denver's season-opening game against the Tennessee Titans on Monday night. Sutton left practice early on Thursday with a shoulder issue, and this news appears to be a best-case scenario for him. If he does […]

"Starting" Running Backs to Ignore in Fantasy Football

Once upon a time, you could figure out which running backs to draft and play in fantasy by looking at a team's depth, seeing who the starting running back was, and then drafting that guy. It was a simpler time. Depth charts made sense. Backup running backs were backup running backs. But football has changed. […]

WNBA Daily Fantasy Lineup Picks (9/10/20): WNBA DFS Advice for DraftKings and FanDuel

Just four days of regular season WNBA action remain, y'all, and the battle for the eight seed between Washington and Dallas continues to heat up. Can the Mystics defeat the Sparks tonight and make a big step towards the playoffs? Will the Liberty move closer to the best lottery odds with a loss to the […]

NASCAR Truck Series: DraftKings DFS Lineup Picks for Richmond ToyotaCare 250 (9/10/20)

We've got some Thursday night NASCAR this week, with the Truck Series heading to Richmond Raceway. This is the final chance for drivers to race their way into the Truck playoffs, so we're in for a good one, with drivers like Johnny Sauter who have to have a win going all out. Here at RotoBaller, […]

Wide Receiver Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 1

Y'all, it's here. NFL football. On Thursday night, the Texans and the Chiefs will kick things off, which is either going to be a great or terrible start to the year for me, a Texans fan whose wife is a huge Chiefs fan and got a Chiefs Super Bowl tattoo in February. But enough about […]

Michael Pittman Jr. (WR, IND) - Week 1 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 29% of Leagues ANALYSIS: The Indianapolis Colts have a new quarterback in Philip Rivers. Since 2009, Rivers has supported a WR2 with a top 40 finish at the position eight times, including the past three seasons. Heck, his WR3 has finished top-50 four times over that sample. So, […]

WNBA Daily Fantasy Lineup Picks (9/9/20): WNBA DFS Advice for DraftKings and FanDuel

The regular season clock keeps ticking away, but we do have the WNBA playoff schedule now, which features every game on ABC, ESPN, or ESPN2! And we've still got some regular season action to finish up. In this article, I'll be providing you with some daily fantasy WNBA lineup picks for DraftKings and FanDuel on 9/9/20. […]

Texans Defense Not A Viable Week 1 Option

There are a lot of nice pieces on the Houston Texans Defense. There's J.J. Watt. Whitney Mercilus. Bradley Roby. Justin Reid. None of that matters in Week 1, because the Texans face Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday night. The last time the Texans were on an NFL field, they allowed 51 […]

Chris Thompson Has PPR Appeal In Week 1

Jacksonville Jaguars running back Chris Thompson is the only veteran running back on the current Jaguars roster. He should see plenty of targets out of the backfield, just as he did when he was with Washington, and could wind up with more rushing attempts than expected with two untested players in front of him. Thompson […]

D.J. Chark Jr. Is Only Safe Fantasy Receiver In Jacksonville

Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver D.J. Chark Jr. is coming off a breakout second season and should continue that in his third season, serving as the main offensive weapon for quarterback Gardner Minshew II. Another 1,000-yard season is within reach for Chark, who opens the year against a Colts team that allowed the 10th-most fantasy points to […]

James Robinson Could Be Interesting Week 1 DFS Play

The Jacksonville Jaguars backfield is a mess right now, but undrafted free-agent running back James Robinson appears to be the starter for the team. Because we don't have much to go on this week, starting Robinson in season-long formats seems like a tough call, but he's an interesting DFS option for fantasy managers who are […]

Gardner Minshew II A QB2 Option To Start Season

Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Gardner Minshew II is a solid QB2 option with upside in Week 1 against the Indianapolis Colts. Minshew finished his rookie season with 3,271 passing yards on a 60.6 completion percentage with 21 touchdowns and six interceptions. The 2020 Jaguars have a chance to be really bad, but bad teams can make […]

WNBA Daily Fantasy Lineup Picks (9/8/20): WNBA DFS Advice for DraftKings and FanDuel

After yesterday's one-game slate, we're back to normal in the WNBA, with three games per day between today and the end of the regular season on Sunday. Wow, it's almost over. It seems like just yesterday we were getting ready for this season. So much has changed -- the Sabrina Ionescu injury, the Mystics starting […]

Five Deeper Wide Receiver Sleepers for 2020

Something that doesn't get touched on enough in fantasy football analysis is the deep, deep sleepers. I'm talking "plays in a league with 20-plus roster spots and/or 16 teams" style deep, deep sleepers. So, let's talk about some deep, deep sleepers. Today, I'm going to be highlighting five wide receivers who currently are being drafted […]

Endgame Primer: Drafting For Late-Season Strength Of Schedule

It's never too early for fantasy managers to start thinking about the playoffs. Really. I know you might think you need to take the season one week at a time and all of that, which is true, but if you're reasonably confident that you're going to make the postseason, you need to be thinking about […]

Darren Fells Opens 2020 As Boom/Bust Option

Houston Texans tight end Darren Fells enters 2020 with the same outlook he had for most of 2019, which is that he's a boom-or-bust fantasy tight end. Fells caught seven touchdowns in 2019, but also had eight games in which he finished with 20 or fewer yards. Fantasy managers shouldn't trust Fells to be a […]

Randall Cobb Has Deep League PPR Appeal In Week 1

Houston Texans wide receiver Randall Cobb wasn't the biggest name to join the Houston Texans this offseason, but he might be the addition that ends up helping the team the most as he'll serve as a solid slot option for the team. While the Week 1 matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs is scary for […]