Paul Perkins (RB, NYG) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-team leagues OWNED IN: 17% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: The breaking news of Week 9 is that the Giants still suck at running the ball, but at least Paul Perkins racked up 32 yards on 11 carries and added in two 15-yard catches to give him 62 total yards. No one would’ve been happy playing him […]

Peyton Barber (RB, TB) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Stream in 12- and 14-team leagues until Doug Martin returns OWNED IN: 15% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Tampa Bay is really pushing the limits of “next man up” here. While Doug Martin does have a chance to return for the Bucs’ Week 10 home date with the Bears, he’s light years from a sure thing and is unlikely […]

DuJuan Harris (RB, SF) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12- and 14-team leagues OWNED IN: 10% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: DuJuan Harris stepped up in San Francisco’s shootout with the Saints, a game that saw 64 total points go up on the board with DuJuan garnering 23.2 PPR points. As we said with Kaepernick, expectations will need to be tempered for these next few matchups, especially […]

Ronnie Hillman (RB, MIN) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14- and 16-team leagues OWNED IN: 10% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Matt Asiata failed to get any sort of stranglehold on Minnesota’s backfield with Adrian Peterson and Jerick McKinnon out, and even though McKinnon is back now, it’s a dark-horse candidate that ran the best in Week 9. Hillman, the Denver castoff, totaled 30 rushing yards […]

Kapri Bibbs (RB, DEN) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in deep leagues as a handcuff for Devontae Booker OWNED IN: 5% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: I’m sure eyebrows were raised by his 69-yard TD on a screen pass, but this is still just a handcuff type who only saw three touches on Sunday night. Denver isn’t sporting a great offense, and while Bibbs may have earned […]

Terron Ward (RB, ATL) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in deep leagues or as a handcuff for Devonta Freeman OWNED IN: 3% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Tevin Coleman is still hurt, so Ward is still the cuff. While Devonta Freeman obviously dominates the touches on this potent Atlanta offense, Ward would enjoy some fantasy relevance should he miss any time. The Falcons will tussle with the […]

Kenneth Farrow (RB, SD) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12- and 14-team leagues as a handcuff for Melvin Gordon OWNED IN: 2% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Here’s a guy I’d much rather scoop compared to Ward, as Farrow is the only man left standing behind Melvin Gordon now that Dexter McCluster is done for the season. Gordon limped off the field for one play in […]

Mike James (RB, TB) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in very deep leagues OWNED IN: 1% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Plain and simple, if Doug Martin and Jacquizz Rodgers are both still out for Tampa Bay in Week 10 then James is the only warm body at RB for the Bucs behind Peyton Barber. It’s unlikely that they’ll utilize the green Barber as a workhorse, so […]

Week 10 NFL Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds

Welcome to the post-Week 9 installment of the Waiver Wire weekly series for the 2016 fantasy football season. Week 9 didn’t see any big names go down, and so there really aren’t any big-name adds. Week 10 yields a four-team bye, with Buffalo, Detroit, Indianapolis and Oakland hitting their hammocks for a breather. Let’s check in […]

Waiver Wire Express - Week 10 Lightning Round

This column is published early every week, and then updated on a daily basis. Over the course of each week, we also publish more in-depth waiver wire analysis for all positions. But in efforts of bringing you timely information, as fast as possible, consider this the waiver wire lightning round heading into Week 10. Waiver […]

Baltimore Ravens (DEF, BAL) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Stream in 10- and 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 41% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: The Ravens have played quite well this season, with their most recent game being a defensive victory over the Steelers despite their secondary sporting multiple injuries. Now they turn around on a short week to face a Cleveland team that just got […]

Chicago Bears (DEF, CHI) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Stream in 14- and 16-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 2% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Don’t look now, but Chicago’s defensive line has really brought the pain lately. They’ve recorded multiple sacks in seven of their eight games, with their five sacks from Week 8 tying their season high. Now the Bears are coming fresh out of […]

Sam Bradford (QB, MIN) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Stream in Two-Quarterback Leagues OWNED IN: 15% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Sam Bradford failed to blow us away in a cupcake matchup against the worst pass defense in the league according to Football Outsiders’ DVOA metric, but he still completed 31-of-40 passes for 273 yards and a TD. There was a clear emphasis on quick, […]

Colin Kaepernick (QB, SF) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Stream in Two-Quarterback Leagues OWNED IN: 19% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Props to y’all who trusted Colin Kaepernick enough to stream him against that atrocious Saints defense, as he turned in 398 passing yards and two touchdowns with 23 yards rushing alongside one interception and a fumble lost. He still had his share of horrid […]

Cody Kessler (QB, CLE) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Stream in Two-Quarterback Leagues OWNED IN: 3% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Cody Kessler didn’t have an easy test in his first week back in action, as Dallas ruled the game with an iron fist for much of the contest. Kessler made several nice throws, but also bounced a potential touchdown throw early to Andrew Hawkins […]

Nick Foles (QB, KC) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Stream in Two-Quarterback Leagues OWNED IN: 6% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Nick Foles wasn’t very good against Jacksonville in Week 10 (20-of-33 for 187 yards and one touchdown), but he was missing Spencer Ware and Jeremy Maclin here. If Alex Smith misses more time, Foles would draw a Week 10 start against Carolina’s porous secondary […]

Kendall Wright (WR, TEN) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12- and 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 16% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: In the four weeks since Kendall Wright has fully been involved (after recovering from an early-season injury), he has totaled 16 catches on 23 targets for 293 yards and two touchdowns. While the bulk of that (8-133-1) came in that Week 6 […]

Tyreek Hill (WR, KC) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12- and 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 12% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Tyreek Hill, and honestly all of Kansas City’s offense, really didn’t do much of anything against Jacksonville in Week 9. He did see five targets, but only caught three of them for 11 measly yards. Hopefully no one ever sold him as […]

Marqise Lee (WR, JAC) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14- and 16-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 4% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Marqise Lee tied his season-high mark in targets with eight, catching four of them for 84 yards. Most of the damage came on a 51-yard strike, and his little spike back up after Week 8’s disappointment was likely tied to Allen Hurns […]

Adam Thielen (WR, MIN) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14- and 16-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 4% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Adam Thielen’s numbers won’t astound, but he has seen at least five targets in each of his last four games and put up at least seven points in PPR formats in each, as well. He caught four-of-six targets for 68 yards in Week 9 […]

Cordarrelle Patterson (WR, MIN) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14- and 16-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 7% Fleaflickers ANALYSIS: While Week 8 snapped his little streak of six-plus targets, Cordarrelle Patterson bounced back with a season-high eight in Minnesota’s Week 9 loss to Detroit. He has notably only surpassed 50 yards once this season, but Patterson may benefit from a more […]

Eli Rogers (WR, PIT) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14- and 16-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 1% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Eli Rogers was Ben Roethlisberger’s clear-cut No. 2 wide receiver in their brutal Week 9 matchup against the Ravens, behind Antonio Brown. Le’Veon Bell is basically the No. 2 target, but Rogers got a lot more work with Markus Wheaton in the […]

Russell Shepard (WR, TB) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14- and 16-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 1% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Russell Shepard is dealing with a hip issue, but if he is cleared to return for Week 10, then he could be in line to pick up where he left off as far as scoring touchdowns goes. He found the end zone […]

Bryce Treggs (WR, PHI) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14- and 16-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 0% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Bryce Treggs was an undrafted free agent who Philadelphia claimed from San Francisco, and he was active for the first time in the Eagles’ Week 9 battle against the Giants after WR Josh Huff was waived. Treggs announced his presence to the […]

Roger Lewis (WR, NYG) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14- and 16-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 0% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Roger Lewis caught one of his two Week 9 targets against the Eagles for a 30-yard TD. This is all well and good in itself, but the story here is that Victor Cruz never returned to the game after suffering an ankle […]

Waiver Wire Express - Week Nine Lightning Round

This column is published early every week, and then updated on a daily basis. Over the course of each week, we also publish more in-depth waiver wire analysis for all positions. But in efforts of bringing you timely information, as fast as possible, consider this the waiver wire lightning round heading into Week 9. Waiver […]

Week 9 Rankings Analysis: Nick Mariano vs. Industry Consensus

Editor's Note: Nick is currently ranked #22 overall on the experts accuracy results. In Week 6 he was ranked #7 overall, and in Week 5 he was ranked #3 overall. His rankings have been among the most accurate in the fantasy football industry. Pretty impressive stuff. Well, in Week 8 quarterbacks didn’t go so well with Dak Prescott popping off […]

Week 9 NFL Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds

Welcome to the post-Week 8 installment of the Waiver Wire weekly series for the 2016 fantasy football season. Hopefully you survived the Ty Montgomery fiasco and are ready to move forward here. It doesn't look like there are any real candidates for those of you holding onto that precious #1 waiver, though Spencer Ware owners […]

Steve Smith (WR, BAL) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 10- and 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 54% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Steve Smith may have been dropped in your league thanks to his injury and the Ravens bye week, so just be aware. If he doesn’t return, look to Kamar Aiken and Breshad Perriman solid fill-ins. Week 9’s matchup against Pittsburgh plays well for Smith, […]

Robert Woods (WR, BUF) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12- and 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 14% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Robert Woods returned to the lineup for Buffalo’s Week 8 loss to the Patriots, but he’s definitely not healthy. He showed minimal burst and didn’t have any extra gear on Sunday, though he still caught four balls for 50 yards after Buffalo […]