Dynasty Fantasy Football Buys and Sells: Third-Year Running Backs

The running back position is one of the difficult ones to navigate in dynasty leagues because things change so quickly. It was at this time one year ago that Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Rachaad White was considered a top dynasty asset. He just finished as the RB4 in PPR formats and still had a […]

Best Ball Fantasy Football Dart Throws: Round 18 Underdog Targets and Sleepers to Draft

Finding late-round players that can enter your lineup throughout the season is key to building a strong best ball roster. Just two seasons ago, we saw the Best Ball Mania winner on Underdog take down the final week thanks to a massive week from their 18th-round running back, Kyren Williams. Drafting players in the final […]

Fantasy Football All-Bench RB Strategy: Round Out Your Draft With These Backup Running Backs (2025)

Every year, I write about the merits of an #AllBenchRB strategy during the season. It is a strategy employed in fantasy football leagues that can lead to success for fantasy players if implemented correctly. Then I had an epiphany when @RealTalkRaph said to me, “Brett, your All-Bench RB strategy would work for the draft!” Mind […]

5 Fantasy Football Late-Round WR1 Candidates: Wide Receiver Value Picks and Sleepers for 2025

Regardless of the size or skill level of your fantasy football league, there are core strategy elements that always remain the same. Finding quality wide receivers is one of them. This allows you to balance out your roster and thus focus on other areas of your team once the season begins. However, it’s equally important […]

Top 10 Fantasy Football Running Backs for Zero-RB Builds (2025)

The zero-RB strategy, despite its flaws, will never cease to be one of the most popular team-building strategies in existence for fantasy football managers. It makes sense because most leagues have Point Per Reception, or PPR, scoring systems, in which a catch counts for a full point, the equivalent of gaining 10 yards. This makes […]

Early-Season Fantasy Football Sleepers and Values: 5 Running Backs to Target (2025)

Fantasy football is a marathon, not a sprint. Many players throughout the NFL will not help your team for the entirety of the season. Some players get off to a hot start before defensive coordinators figure them out. Other players do not have a breakout opportunity until the second half of the season. As such, […]

6 Fantasy Football Sleepers, Busts: Undervalued/Overvalued NFC East Players

Since 2021, the NFC East has sent at least two teams to the playoffs every season, and this past season was no exception. Actually, it might have been the peak of the NFC East, as the Commanders made the Conference Championship Game and the Eagles won the Super Bowl in dominant fashion. This division is […]

Fantasy Football QB1 Candidates: 5 Quarterbacks Who Could Dethrone Lamar Jackson in 2025

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson finished as the overall QB1 last season behind an incredible fantasy campaign. He averaged a whopping 25.6 fantasy points per game and was one of just two players to score over 400 PPR fantasy points on the season. Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase was the other (403 PPR fantasy […]

7 Second-Year Fantasy Football Players to Draft or Fade: Sophomore Sleepers and Busts (2025)

Not every player who comes into the league will immediately make a strong impact. While several rookies do, it takes most players at least one full year to get accustomed to the pro level. That was certainly the case last season, as we saw Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Tucker Kraft, and Bryce Young all show promise in […]

Fantasy Football RB1 Candidates: Top-5 Contenders to To Dethrone Saquon Barkley in 2025

Saquon Barkley's move to the Eagles last season was the kind of move that redefined how we think of a player's career. Suddenly, Barkley wasn't just a former No. 2 overall pick whose career numbers were good, but not great. Instead, Barkley will be remembered for rushing for over 2,000 yards and winning a Super […]

5 Mid-Round Sleepers and Potential League-Winners for 2025 Fantasy Football

Fantasy football drafts will soon be underway as we are now just a few weeks away from the start of NFL training camps. Much emphasis is placed on the players going in the early rounds of fantasy football drafts. This is understandable, as Rounds 1-3 are the most essential picks and can make or break […]

Florio's Fantasy Football Breakout QBs: Player Outlooks and Analysis for 2025

Breakouts win fantasy football championships. I wrote a whole article last year about chasing margin gains in ADP is an approach that works for fantasy baseball but not a game like fantasy football. That is especially true at the quarterback position. There is a clear-cut advantage with the top five QBs, but if you miss […]

10 Fantasy Football Must-Have Draft Targets: Sleepers at Every Position for 2025

One of the best parts about playing fantasy football is finding potential sleepers in your draft. Whenever you hear one of your league mates exclaim, "Who?" immediately after your pick, you know you've done something right. There are sleepers available in drafts every year. If you correctly identify a few, it can be what propels […]

Aging Alpha Wide Receivers: Fantasy Football Outlooks for Tyreek Hill, Davante Adams, Mike Evans, Calvin Ridley (2025)

Wide receivers are key in fantasy football, and one of the most surefire ways to build a title contender is to pick the right ones early in your draft. Of course, in Round 1, this is a fairly easy task. Superstars at the position like Ja'Marr Chase, Justin Jefferson, and Amon-Ra St. Brown are almost […]

Best Fantasy Football Targets for Every Round: Potential League-Winners in Rounds 9-16

Nailing your later-round draft picks is crucial to winning your leagues in fantasy football if your earlier-round picks don't hit. This is also true if they get injured. The truth is that picks after the first eighth round matter quite a bit. You need players to fill in for bye weeks, for injuries, and if […]

The RB Dead Zone In Fantasy Football: What Is It And Do You Need To Avoid It?

The running back dead zone examines players going in the early to middle rounds at the position. We'll use Rounds 4 through 8 as arbitrary markers for running backs going in Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC) leagues. However, these running backs have been pushed up the draft board, and they might be riskier than anticipated. The […]

Must-Have Fantasy Football Slot Wide Receivers: 2025 Draft Targets and Value Picks

Last offseason, we wrote about notable slot receivers, including Jayden Reed and Chris Godwin. We're back here again, examining slot receivers heading into the 2025 season. There's value in researching team-level trends before deep-diving into the player data. The teams that targeted the slot at the highest rate include the Panthers, Seahawks, Cowboys, Bills, and […]

Best Fantasy Football Targets for Every Round: Potential League-Winners in Rounds 1-8

Every season, some players beat their ADPs. That's pretty obvious, of course. But breaking them down by rounds could help put yourself in a better position to maximize your draft value if you play in a league that allows pick trading. Even if you don't, there are clear undervalued players -- some of them obvious, […]

Dynasty Players to Buy for 2025 Fantasy Football (Premium Content)

What is more fun than buying and selling players in dynasty fantasy football leagues? If you haven't been wheeling and dealing so far this offseason, it's time to start sending offers ahead of the 2025 NFL campaign before players start to gain or lose significant value. Identifying buy-low candidates or undervalued fantasy football veterans is […]

6 Fantasy Football Sleepers or Busts: Value Picks and Draft Fades for the AFC East (2025)

Here at RotoBaller, we're sifting through each division and providing you with a list of players to target and avoid. Dave Ventresca kicked us off with the AFC West division, and more will trickle in throughout the next month. In this article, we'll tap into the AFC East. The Bills are heavily favored to win […]

7 Dynasty Third-Year Wide Receivers to Buy or Sell: Fantasy Football WR Risers and Fallers (2025)

With rookies reporting to the Los Angeles Chargers camp last week, 2025 NFL training camps are officially underway. More teams are set to report the following week, and preseason football will soon begin, marking the start of the 2025 NFL season. While casual redraft players are just beginning to wake from their hibernation, dynasty fantasy […]

7 NFL Players Who Could Put Up Video Game Numbers for 2025 Fantasy Football

Everyone who has ever played Madden or any other sports video game knows that you can put up crazy numbers. Imagine if you got those stats in fantasy football? You would surely dominate. Unfortunately, your create-a-character is not in fantasy drafts. But having Ja'Marr Chase or Saquon Barkley was the closest thing to it last […]

Backup Fantasy Football Running Backs to Chase: 5 High-Upside Handcuff RBs in 2025

Regardless of how adeptly you construct your rosters during draft season, you could encounter a wave of lineup challenges during the regular season. These are often factors that remain beyond your control, including injuries that sideline your starters. This is an unwanted scenario that can emerge at any position, but it frequently impacts your running […]

Adam Koffler's Must-Have Veteran Wide Receivers: Undervalued Fantasy Football Draft Targets

Rookies and ascending young players are always fun to draft. They come with untapped potential and mysterious upside that's hard to pass up. It's fun to draft these guys and be a step ahead of your competition. But what about those old, reliable guys? They've got a place in fantasy football, too. These veteran wide receivers move […]

5 Quarterback ADP Value Picks and Sleepers for Fantasy Football (2025)

Quarterback is arguably the most important position in all of professional sports. If a team can find a stud quarterback, it makes their life much easier. This applies to fantasy football managers and their teams as well. While paying up for a quarterback is a necessity in the NFL, it’s not always the most prudent […]

Analyzing Elusiveness to Find Fantasy Football Running Back Sleepers and Busts in 2025

Elusiveness is one of the most underrated and most crucial skills a running back can have in the NFL. Gone are the days when big power backs were all every NFL team wanted. Constantly crashing into defenders at high speed is a great way to shorten a career. Additionally, there's more than one way to […]

Predicting All First-Time 1,000-Yard Rushers in 2025 - NFL Fantasy Football Outlook

Rushing for 1,000 yards is a goal for many running backs entering the season. In 2024, 16 different running backs crossed the 1,000-yard threshold, and some of those running backs achieved this for the first time in their careers. Rico Dowdle, Bucky Irving, and Chuba Hubbard were some first-time 1,000 rushers last year. With another […]

One Fantasy Football Sleeper For Each AFC Team: 16 Late-Round Draft Targets and Value Picks

2025 fantasy football drafts are just around the corner, as we are now in July. Soon, teams will be in training camps and preseason games will be kicking off. One of the best ways to build your fantasy team is to take upside plays in the late rounds that can round out your team’s depth. […]

Fantasy Football Quarterbacks With Underrated Rushing Upside: 3 Sneaky Dual-Threat QBs

Rushing production for quarterbacks is often hailed as the "X-Factor" for fantasy football. Nearly every season, most of the top-five quarterbacks in fantasy points per game scored get to where they are because of their legs. This is fundamentally obvious when looking at scoring rules. Rushing yards count for 2.5 times the value of passing […]