Under-the-Radar Booms/Busts: Week 9

The fantasy football season is at the halfway mark. Mining for booms and busts is getting more important with each passing week. Another half-dozen teams are on bye this week, including the New England Patriots, Pittsburgh Steelers, Minnesota Vikings and San Diego Chargers, four teams loaded with fantasy superstars. So figuring out the right booms […]

10 Lineup Busts and Avoids for Week 9

The Houston Astros won the World Series on Wednesday night. The Houston Texans lost Deshaun Watson for the rest of the season to a torn ACL during practice on Thursday. Houston sports--something good, then something bad. The Watson injury is a big one in terms of its fantasy impact, because Watson was playing not just […]

Fantasy Football Consistency Report for Week 9: Floors and Ceilings

Sometimes writing an introduction is hard. I would say it is even harder to write an introduction to a weekly article where the topic of the article remains the same every week. So, as I’m sitting here typing this in the Penn State library, I decided to write an introduction about me writing an introduction; […]

Week 9 Rankings Analysis - Pierre Camus vs. Industry Consensus

You might think with six teams on bye and less players overall to consider, establishing a solid set of rankings might be a bit easier. In fact, for fantasy purposes it makes it far tougher to establish the lower value tiers because you have to wade through RB committees and WR4/WR5 types just to assess […]

FanDuel Lineup Picks (Week 9) - NFL DFS Advice

Welcome to RotoBaller's daily fantasy football FanDuel lineup picks for Week 9 of the NFL season. In this article I will be taking you through the best FanDuel DFS plays of the week for this upcoming Sunday. This week features a relatively short main slate, which makes it feel as if the analysis across the […]

DraftKings Lineup Picks (Week 9) - NFL DFS Advice

RotoBallers, welcome to Week 9 of the daily fantasy football season. In this column, you will find my recommended DraftKings DFS Lineup Picks to target for Week 9 of the NFL season. The goal is to identify players to start on DraftKings this week based on various factors including the opponent, the player's opportunity, analysis of the game's […]

Yahoo Lineup Picks (Week 9) - NFL DFS Advice

Hey there RotoBallers! In this article, I will be taking a look at some of my favorite Yahoo DFS lineups picks for the Week 9 slate. These DFS picks are based on a multitude of factors including matchup, talent, recent performance, Vegas odds, and pricing on Yahoo. Generally, I will try to outline a top option at each […]

NFL Survivor League Picks (Week 9): Survivor Pool Targets and Avoids

Can you believe we are eight weeks through the season? It's not too far back when the Giants were Super Bowl contenders, the Jets were going to go 0-16, and the Patriots were destined for a 16-0 season. How things have changed. For those of you still left in your survivor league pools, I'm here […]

FantasyDraft Lineup Picks (Week 9) - NFL DFS Advice

It is finally time for NFL Week 9! If you're a FantasyDraft DFS player, then this article is for you. Each week, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy football lineup picks for FantasyDraft. The lineup picks will range from some of the elite players to mid-priced options and value plays. If you have any questions […]

Week 9 Daily Fantasy Football Tournament Stacks

Week Nine!? How did this happen? It feels like the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs just kicked off for the season opener last week. Alas, here we are at the midway point of the regular season. Enjoy these weeks of football while they last. The goal of this weekly column is to help […]

Picking Up The Pieces After Deshaun Watson's Injury

Yesterday's season-ending injury left a lot of us in a severe state of fantasy football related depression, to the extent that that's a legitimate phenomenon (it is). Deshaun Watson was perhaps objectively the most exciting player in the NFL in 2017 and was found-money for a lot of our fantasy teams. If you owned him, […]

Press Rewind - A Mock Football Re-Draft at Midseason

One of my favorite things to do at the end of the fantasy season is to look back at all the things I said in August and September. I write a little draft recap for a couple of my leagues and do weekly power rankings. It's fun to see the differences between what I thought then, […]

Week 9 Quarterback Pickups and Streamers: Standard and Two-QB Leagues

Hey there RotoBallers! With Week 8 almost in the books, it's already time to turn an eye toward the waiver wire in Week 9. As always, this column will aim to highlight Week 9 waiver wire adds and streamers for quarterbacks, players that you should consider targeting on your league's waiver wire. In the past few seasons, streaming the […]

Fantasy Bomb Podcast - Midseason Mock Re-draft

RotoBaller lead editor Pierre Camus and co-host Adam Hammer team up with writer Chris Mangano to hold a midseason mock draft for fantasy football. They assess player values for the rest of the season by assembling the teams you wish you had right now! See how player ADP has shifted from preseason up until Week 9 […]

Dynasty Fallout - Jimmy Garoppolo Traded to San Francisco

For the last two offseasons, one name that was mentioned more than anyone else as a potential "QB of the future" was Jimmy Garoppolo. After being drafted in the second round of the 2014 draft, it appeared the New England Patriots had found their QB to replace Tom Brady when father time finally caught up. […]

Thursday Night Football Matchup Analysis (Week 9)

The Dolphins have become quite the train wreck, haven't they... After suffering a 40-point blowout loss last Thursday night, it should become abundantly clear for fantasy owners that there are next to no reliable players to be found in the Miami Dolphins offense (especially with the departure of Jay Ajayi for Philadelphia). The returns of […]

Fantasy Football Buy Low and Sell High: Week 9

One half of the fantasy football season down, one half to go! For fantasy leagues that make Week 17 of the NFL schedule irrelevant, because too many star players sit out due to their games being meaningless, we are officially at the halfway point of the season. The trade deadline in many fantasy leagues might […]

Players Sending Out Warning Signals: Heading Into Week 9

It is now Week 9, and fantasy owners are either making their push for the playoffs, or tailoring their rosters with the confidence that their playoff spot is more or less locked down. That means that every roster decision becomes all the more important both this week and for the rest of the season, with […]

NFL Rookies To Watch In Week 9

Each week, we will look at rookies who have either performed well the previous few weeks or who have a favorable matchup in the upcoming week. These may be high-profile names or under-the-radar depth players; the only thing that matters is that they are first-year pros ready to make a name for themselves. Hopefully, by […]

#TrendingNow - Dynasty Risers and Fallers Week 9

I want to tell you everything I am thinking right now. I want to lay it all on the line and be an open book. It has been eating at me. When the time is right, I’ll tell you everything, but I just can’t yet. Yes, it’s a metaphor, but it’s also a common place […]

Week 9 PPR Rankings (Top 300)

As we move into Week 9 of the fantasy football season, six teams are on bye. Fantasy owners may be looking for replacements in their lineups, and start/sit decisions are more important than ever. These are the weeks where fantasy leagues will define the contenders and pretenders, so let's make sure your optimal lineups are […]

Updated Week 9 Standard Rankings (Non-PPR): Top 300

Wow, what a week RotoBallers. If you were to do player rankings every day this week, they would have ended up being completely different. Where do we start - DeShaun Watson, Pierre Garcon, Trevor Siemian and Darren McFadden were all removed from our rankings due to injuries or a change in player personnel. The Ezekiel Elliott saga […]

Updated Week 9 Half PPR Rankings (Top 300)

Below you will find our updated Week 9 Half-PPR rankings for fantasy football. And boy were there plenty of updates needed since our staff ranks were first released. An action-packed week of NFL action yielded big trades (Ajayi, Benjamin,Garoppolo), big injuries (Watson, Garcon, Reed), and well... Ezekiel Elliott. With six teams on bye again this week, and lots of […]

Week 9 Do Not Drop List - Don't Panic Yet

Now that we’ve passed the season’s halfway point, it’s much more difficult to come up with names for this list than it was in the early part of the season. The diamonds can only stay camouflaged in the rough for so long. There are still opportunities for players who have yet to contribute significantly to […]

Jay Ajayi Truther Escape Hatch - NFL Trade Deadline Special Edition Podcast

After Hours With RotoBaller Radio, featuring RotoBaller co-founder Real Talk Raph and esteemed co-host Anthony Aniano, is back (11/1/17) helping you sort out the fantasy football impact of the 2017 NFL trade deadline. Be sure to tune into RotoBaller Radio on SiriusXM (channel Sirius 210, XM 87) - every Saturday from 5-7 PM EST. You can also find new weekly shows on […]

Fantasy Football Risers & Fallers: Week 9

Whether due to their own play, the play of others, or injuries, players' stock increases and decreases on a weekly basis. Perhaps more than any other, the NFL is a league that experiences ups and downs at a rapid pace. With only 16 games, there’s little room for error and seemingly endless opportunities for improvement. […]

Disaster Recovery from Week 8 - Studs Turned Duds

Welcome to Disaster Recovery, where each week I'll examine why your studs played like duds. This isn't a place to find out why you should have benched a player for somebody on your bench. Disaster Recovery is to examine the guys who you didn't think twice about benching, and deciding if you should be panicking at all […]

Smashmouth - Offensive Lines Impacting Fantasy Football For Week 9

This was certainly one of the most active NFL trade deadlines in recent memory with some top talent at offensive skill positions being dealt. While most fantasy owners were Ooooing and Ahhhhing over the trades of Jay Ajayi and Kelvin Benjamin (more on him later), the trade of Left Tackle Duane Brown from the Texans […]

Week 9 Waivers Podcast: Alex Collins Pumpkin Smash, Return Of The Mack & Mr. Anderson

After Hours With RotoBaller Radio, featuring RotoBaller co-founder Real Talk Raph and esteemed co-host Anthony Aniano, is back (10/30/17) helping you find the best waiver wire pickups for Week 9 of fantasy football action. Let's win some leagues! Be sure to tune into RotoBaller Radio on SiriusXM (channel Sirius 210, XM 87) - every Saturday from 5-7 PM EST. You can […]

Waiver Wire Rankings for Week 9

Wow, what a trade deadline. What started off as a relatively slow week on the waiver wire, is turning into a rather explosive one. Let's not forget, there are also a lot of teams with viable fantasy players on bye. The need for streaming players, or adding depth to your team, may be higher than […]