NFL DFS Value Plays for Week 4 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome to Week 4, Rotoballers! Personally, Week 3 was one of the roughest weeks I've had in fantasy football for a few years. My season-long, dynasty, and DFS lineups all flopped, and, unfortunately, my Sunday afternoon was filled with a lot of wondering about what […]

Tape Tells All: The New York Jets Are A Mess

Welcome back to Tape Tells All, the weekly series where I look at film for something that happened in the NFL this week. Usually, I like to keep things positive, but the New York Jets are a mess. The team hasn't scored a touchdown in two consecutive weeks. Now, that's not even close to being […]

Ryan Tannehill Could Be Without His Top Targets Vs. The Jets

Tennessee Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill is a solid play in Week 4 but could be without his top two wide receivers in Sunday's matchup against the New York Jets. A.J. Brown (hamstring) and Julio Jones (lower leg) are currently dealing with injuries, and both could miss Sunday's game. The 33-year-old has had mixed results this […]

Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers - Week 4

Before getting into this week's risers and fallers, I wanted to take a moment to pay tribute to the great Michael "Tags" Tagliere. This is my first article since his passing, and I'd be remiss not to dedicate the column to not only one of the best fantasy analysts out there, but to one of […]

Matthew Stafford Looks To Keep Rolling In Week 4

Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford is the QB7 after three weeks, and he has a great matchup to move further up the rankings in Week 4 against the Arizona Cardinals. Stafford has thrown for at least 275 yards and two touchdowns in all three games thus far, including going for 300 or more yards […]

Sam Darnold A High-End QB2 Against Cowboys

Carolina Panthers quarterback Sam Darnold is a solid starting option against the Dallas Cowboys in Week 4. Darnold has been terrific to start 2021, posting at least 300 yards in two of three games while having six total touchdowns to one pick. The QB is showing more explosiveness and reliability than he ever did with […]

Davis Mills Faces Difficult Matchup Against Bills

Houston Texans quarterback Davis Mills draws a difficult matchup in Week 4 against Buffalo. Mills was solid in his first career start last week against a stout Panthers defense, throwing for 168 yards and a touchdown while completing 67.9 percent of his passes. The rookie signal-caller gets an equally tough draw in Week 4 against […]

Can Kirk Cousins Stay Hot?

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins is off to a fast start and will face a confident Browns defense in Week 4. Cousins has been excellent through three games, completing 73.9% of his passes for 918 yards, eight touchdowns and zero interceptions. The Vikings offense is loaded with weapons and is humming right now but will face […]

Aaron Rodgers Is Matchup-Proof

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will go up against a talented Steelers defense in Week 4. Rodgers has bounced back in a big way, passing for 516 yards with six touchdowns over his last two games after a disappointing season opener. He will go up against a Steelers defense that is missing key components […]

Daniel Jones A Low-End QB2 In Week 4

New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones is a low-end QB2 in Sunday's matchup against the New Orleans Saints. The Giants QB could be without two of his top targets as both wide receivers Sterling Shepard (hamstring) and Darius Slayton (hamstring) are questionable for Week 4. He's made an impact with his legs but otherwise has […]

Jared Goff Will Need To Protect The Football In Week 4

Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff will go up against a reeling Bears team in Week 4. Goff has flashed signs of competent offensive football but the Lions offense, as a whole, has struggled to put four quarters together. Goff has committed three turnovers through the first three weeks and will face a Bears defense that […]

Jameis Winston Tough To Trust In Week 4

New Orleans Saints quarterback Jameis Winston will take on the Giants in Week 4. Winston has thrown for 387 yards with seven touchdowns, two interceptions, and a rushing score through three weeks of play, though five of those passing scores came in a very efficient Week 1 effort. Also, it's become clear that head coach […]

Andy Dalton, Justin Fields Expected To Practice Wednesday

Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy said the team expects quarterbacks Andy Dalton (knee) and rookie Justin Fields (hand) to practice in some capacity on Wednesday. Dalton remains the team's starter when healthy, but his status remains up in the air for Week 4 against the Detroit Lions after he suffered a bone bruise in […]

No Surgery Planned For Ronnie Stanley

Baltimore Ravens All-Pro left tackle Ronnie Stanley (ankle) will continue his rehab for another couple of weeks with hopes of returning sooner than later, according to a source. After visiting with a doctor this week, he will hold off on having surgery. The sooner the Ravens can get their starting left tackle back, the better. […]

Brett Hundley Moves Past Jacob Eason On Depth Chart

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Brett Hundley will remain the team's backup in Week 4 against the Miami Dolphins, and he has officially moved past Jacob Eason on the QB depth chart. The Colts were considering using a combination of Hundley and Eason in Week 3 against the Tennessee Titans, but Carson Wentz (ankles) ended up playing […]

Re-Drafting 2021: What Changes Would We Make?

It's three weeks into the season, so we've started to notice some trends that have emerged. Some players have more usage than we expected. Some offenses are playing at a faster pace. Some teams look utterly lost. So, if we could do it all over again, what would we do differently? That's the basic question […]

Key Fantasy Football Data from Week 3

We are through three clean weeks of NFL action, and boy is it nice to have games running on time with no weird COVID postponements or anything like that. Three weeks is still a pretty small data sample, but the NFL season is short so we have to make do with what we have. All […]

NextGen Stats - Quarterback Breakdowns and Takeaways

You can officially start panicking. We're already through three weeks of the year, and by next Monday at this time, you'll be looking at the schedule to realize that a quarter of the season is already behind us. It sucks, but it means there are still three more quarters ahead of us! Yay! To gain […]

Offensive Outliers From Week 3 - Coaching Matters

We now enter the second week of this series, where I dive into offensive areas that will improve or decline based on coaching in order to glean insight as to fantasy football value. In Week 3, we saw stat lines such as the Denver Broncos tight ends combining for 21 receiving yards, the Los Angeles Rams wide receivers combining for […]

Offensive Line Champs and Chumps - Week 4

The unders struck again in Week 3 with 11 of 16 NFL games failing to hit their projected point total. Thankfully football fans were still treated to big plays thanks to a 109-yard kick return in the Jacksonville and Arizona game and a game-winning crossbar bank shot by Justin Tucker to fight off an upset […]

Surprise Fantasy Football Studs, Duds - Something or Nothing?

Week 3 of the NFL season is now in the books and while we saw many familiar names register top-fantasy performances there were a few surprises. The quarterback position was fairly stable with Josh Allen coming in as QB-1 on the week off a four-touchdown performance. Justin Herbert had his own four-touchdown game against the […]

Week 4 Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds

We had a clear frontrunner for top waiver priority and FAB burner this week before Sunday even began. Christian McCaffrey is expected to miss time with a hamstring injury suffered Thursday night, which means rookie Chuba Hubbard will be added everywhere by frustrated C-Mac stakeholders or sniped by others looking to spite their league mates. […]

FAAB Bidding - Week 4 Waiver Wire Targets

Joining our famous waiver wire pickups list, and our weekly waiver wire columns by position, this column focuses on suggested waiver wire bidding percentages for fantasy football owners in leagues using a Free Agent Budget (FAB). We'll get to the action in a bit, but first I am compelled to speak on something more serious. […]

The Cut List - Time To Let Go? Week 4

We're cooking with gas now and officially entering Week 4. Keep tinkering with your roster, especially with those last 1–2 bench spots. Unless your roster is a juggernaut, those last two spots should be revolving doors until you hit on one of those lottery tickets. It's important not to read too much into the fantasy […]

Thursday Night Football Starts and Sits: Jaguars vs Bengals

I’ve had this matchup circled on my calendar since the schedule was released. To kick off Week 4, we have the previous two first overall picks going head to head. In a matchup where both teams have porous defenses and all the talent in the world under center, we could be in for a treat […]

Taylor Heinicke (QB, WAS) - Week 4 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues, 2QB/SuperFlex Leagues OWNED IN: 6% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Taylor Heinicke has put together consecutive solid passing performances which firmly puts him on the radar of players to add at the quarterback position. Heinicke’s first start against the Giants' disappointing defense was one thing (336 yards and two touchdowns […]

Zach Wilson (QB, NYJ) - Week 4 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues, 2QB/SuperFlex Leagues OWNED IN: 11% of Leagues ANALYSIS: It has been ugly through three games for Zach Wilson and the Jets offense. New York hasn’t scored a touchdown in two weeks. During that time, Wilson is rocking a rough zero touchdowns and six interceptions. Things look disjointed on […]

Sam Darnold (QB, CAR) - Week 4 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 21% of Leagues ANALYSIS: It looks like Carolina’s Sam Darnold reclamation project is a raging success so far. Darnold has at least 275 passing yards in all three of his games with the Panthers. He’s also got three passing touchdowns, three rushing touchdowns, and just one […]

Derek Carr (QB, LV) - Week 4 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 53% of Leagues ANALYSIS: The Raiders are a surprising undefeated team in the NFL at the moment and it is thanks to Derek Carr throwing up ridiculous numbers week in and week out. Carr has attempted at least 37 passes in each of the Raiders’ wins. […]

Trevor Lawrence (QB, JAX) - Week 4 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 61% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Trevor Lawrence has been a turnover machine through his first three starts, throwing seven interceptions compared to five touchdowns for Jacksonville. Lawrence hasn’t looked like the can’t miss prospect he was billed as, but Urban Meyer and the Jacksonville staff keep dialing […]