Week 12 Bye-Week Blues: Waiver Wire Adds For Fantasy Football

Welcome to Week 12 of the NFL season, with six teams on a bye. Fantasy players will be without anyone on the Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Jacksonville Jaguars, New Orleans Saints, and New York Jets this week. Unfortunately, fantasy players might have to find replacement options off the waiver wire to use a spot start […]

The Cut List - Who to Drop for Fantasy Football Week 12

Each new week of NFL games gives us more information to make more informed decisions. This is crucial when figuring out who to add and who to cut. It can be difficult to admit we were wrong on a particular player. For example, using a high draft pick on someone and cutting them so early […]

RB Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 12 (2024)

It's officially Byemageddon. Fantasy managers will need to dig deep this week as Bijan Robinson, James Cook, Chase Brown, Travis Etienne Jr., Alvin Kamara, and Breece Hall are all forced to sit out. With all those backs on bye, fantasy managers must feel like it's the week before Christmas, the week when you're completely broke […]

NFL DFS: First Look of Week 12 - Totals, Salaries, Slates, and more

Week 12 of the NFL season is here, and it's coming down to the wire. Teams are on the outside looking for a way to get in, while others are close to locking up their playoff spots. Let us get a headstart on the Sunday main slate and look at the data. This piece is […]

Fantasy Football Injury Reports: Week 12 Updates for Mike Evans, Isiah Pacheco, Darnell Mooney, Tyjae Spears, Gabe Davis, Alexander Mattison, Zamir White

The 2024 NFL season is heating up, and we're getting closer and closer to the fantasy playoffs. Thankfully for fantasy managers, Week 11 was just like Week 10, and most players stayed healthy during a great week of football. Unfortunately, despite fewer injuries than usual, we still had some impactful injuries. Seeing which players are […]

College Football 2024 Heisman Trophy Watchlist After Week 12

Week 11 of the college football season is in the rearview mirror, and it appears we have a favorite. All year, whoever the betting favorite was still at plus money, but our current leader sits at -350 on DraftKings Sportsbook. No trophy in college sports means as much as the Heisman Trophy, which recognizes the […]

DraftKings CFB DFS Lineup Picks: Daily College Fantasy Football (11/19/24)

This year was weird. We only had one week of full MACtion with all 12 teams in action in the middle of the week. Ball State and Bowling Green had to mess it up this week and play on Saturday. Tonight is the big night of MACtion this week with three games. The starts are […]

Rico Dowdle Held To 34 Total Yards Against Houston

Dallas Cowboys running back Rico Dowdle rushed for 28 yards on 10 carries during Monday's loss to the Houston Texans. He also caught two of his five targets for an additional six receiving yards. Even as quarterback Cooper Rush racked up production in garbage time, the Cowboys' starting running back was not able to get […]

Joe Mixon Extends Hot Streak Against Cowboys

For the fifth consecutive week, Houston Texans running back Joe Mixon surpassed 100 rushing yards and found the end zone on Monday at Dallas, finishing with 153 total yards and three scores in the 34-10 win. The veteran running back kept up his hot streak with 109 yards on 20 carries, to which he added […]

Travis Etienne Jr. Sees 15 Touches In Blowout Loss To Lions

Jacksonville Jaguars running back Travis Etienne Jr. was the team's lead back in Week 11 against the Detroit Lions on Sunday with Tank Bigsby (ankle) inactive, but he wasn't able to do much with his 15 touches in the 52-6 blowout loss. Etienne finished with a team-high 12 rushing attempts for only 27 yards (2.3 […]

Trey Benson (RB, ARZ) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 12

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Leagues ROSTERED IN: 20% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Benson started slow, but he has been steadily gaining more playing time in Arizona’s offense. Cardinals RB Trey Benson had 12 touches and a career-high 87 yards in week 10. Showing off that explosive play ability and contact balance that made him the […]

Audric Estime (RB, DEN) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 12

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 52% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Coming into Week 11, it looked as though Estime had replaced Javonte Williams as the Broncos’ lead back. As a result, Estime was a hot waiver pickup and gamers were hoping he’d lead the backfield in touches again against a vulnerable Atlanta […]

Brian Daboll On The Hot Seat In New York?

New York Giants ownership has suggested that head coach Brian Daboll will return in 2025, but according to sources, there's a growing sense that he is now coaching for his job over the final seven games in 2024. The heat on Daboll is partially why the Giants chose quarterback Tommy Devito as the starter under […]

Tyjae Spears In The Concussion Protocol

Tennessee Titans running back Tyjae Spears (concussion) is officially in the league's concussion protocol after suffering a head injury in the Week 11 loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. Spears was forced to leave the game late in the fourth quarter. He finished with a disappointing three carries for no gain while catching two […]

Nick Chubb's Minimal Role In Week 11 Was By Design

Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski said on Monday that the team's short turnaround this Thursday night against the division-rival Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 12 played a role in running back Nick Chubb only playing 22 snaps on offense on Sunday in the Week 11 loss to the New Orleans Saints. Chubb finished with 11 […]

Andy Reid On Isiah Pacheco: "We'll See How He Does In Practice"

Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid will decide on running back Isiah Pacheco's (fibula) status for Sunday's matchup against the Carolina Panthers after this week of practice. Reid was discussing Pacheco and defensive end Charles Omenihu (knee) when he noted they'll "just have to see how each player does in practice this week." It's […]

Tyler Allgeier Held Without A Carry In Week 11

Atlanta Falcons running back Tyler Allgeier did not receive a single carry in Sunday's 38-6 loss to the Broncos but caught a pass for the first time in four weeks, although it was for a one-yard loss. The Falcons fell behind quickly and trailed the entire game, so the running game suffered, but even when […]

Miles Sanders Likely To Miss Week 12 Game

Carolina Panthers running back Miles Sanders (ankle, foot) is likely to be out for the team's Week 12 game against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday after injuring his ankle/foot in the Week 9 win over the New York Giants in Germany. It's a bad sign for Sanders, as the Week 10 bye didn't provide […]

NFL DFS Lineup Picks For FanDuel, DraftKings - Texans vs. Cowboys MNF Showdown (Week 11)

Welcome back, RotoBallers! We have a Texas-sized matchup tonight as C.J. Stroud and the Houston Texans (6-4) head to Dallas to take on Cooper Rush and the Cowboys (3-6). Both teams are missing some pieces tonight, most notably with Dak Prescott sidelined for the rest of the season for the Cowboys. Let's see how this […]

Cowboys vs. Texans MNF Start 'Em, Sit 'Em - C.J. Stroud, CeeDee Lamb, Joe Mixon, Rico Dowdle, Nico Collins, and more

In what feels like an instant, we're already into the second half of the 2024 fantasy football and NFL season. Read our Monday Night Football matchups analysis article for the Cowboys vs. Texans game to help make any fantasy football lineup decisions for both season-long and DFS. This week's Monday night showdown features two teams […]

Biggest Fantasy Football Busts Of The Week - Fantasy Outlooks For Kirk Cousins, Aaron Jones, Terry McLaurin, Jaylen Waddle, Travis Kelce, more

The 11th Sunday of the 2024 NFL season has come and gone. Hopefully, you woke up on Monday morning feeling very good about how your matchup went. However, this week's slate of games was certainly stress-inducing for many fantasy football managers. Part of that stress was caused by a group of players who drastically underachieved […]

Top Fantasy Football Injuries From Sunday's Games: Darnell Mooney, Alexander Mattison, Tyjae Spears, More

We were again fortunate on the injury front in Week 11 as it was another relatively light week. Who knew such things were allowed in the 2024 fantasy football season? While this week’s injury report is light in terms of volume, there are some potential fantasy impacts. We didn’t come away completely unscathed. So let’s […]

Jonathon Brooks Expected To Debut Against Chiefs

Carolina Panthers second-round rookie running back Jonathon Brooks (knee) is expected to make his NFL debut in Week 12 on Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs, according to head coach Dave Canales. Brooks was close to making his NFL debut in Germany in the Week 10 win over the New York Giants, but the Panthers […]

Bijan Robinson Smothered By Broncos Defense In Week 11 Loss

Atlanta Falcons running back Bijan Robinson fell victim to game script and an overall ineffectiveness on offense in Sunday's 38-6 road loss to the Broncos. The score was 21-6 at halftime and the Falcons were in catch-up mode, but with the score 38-6 after a Broncos TD early in the fourth quarter, the Falcons waived […]

Jaylen Warren (RB, PIT) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 12

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ROSTERED IN: 56% of Leagues ANALYSIS: The Pittsburgh Steelers depended on their ground game in Week 11, with Jaylen Warren contributing 13 touches. He rushed nine times for 41 yards and caught all four targets for 27 yards. The Oklahoma State product has significantly benefited from the quarterback change […]

Khalil Herbert (RB, CIN) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 12

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 25% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Khalil Herbert did not record a touch in Week 11 as the Cincinnati Bengals lost 34-27 to the Los Angeles Chargers. Chase Brown handled the majority of the backfield work and remains the starter. However, Herbert now has the RB2 role and […]

Alexander Mattison (RB, LV) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 12

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 68% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Alexander Mattison left Sunday's game versus the Miami Dolphins with an ankle injury. Before leaving, he rushed the ball five times for 19 yards. The Boise State product also hauled in all three of his targets for 50 yards. Mattison was playing […]

Braelon Allen Takes Back Seat In Week 11 Loss

New York Jets running back Braelon Allen was firmly in the backup role during the Week 11 loss to the Indianapolis Colts. He finished with two carries for six yards and didn't see any targets in the passing game. In comparison, Breece Hall received 16 carries and seven targets. The biggest hit to Allen's fantasy […]

Unexpected Boom Performances: Fantasy Football Risers Include Taysom Hill, Jonnu Smith, Jerry Jeudy, Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, Kendrick Bourne

Week 11 provided fans with plenty of great games to savor on Sunday. The Packers survived in Chicago by blocking Cairo Santos's game-winning field goal attempt, the Colts beat the Jets with a score in the final minute, and the Chargers held on to defeat Cincinnati on Sunday Night Football. A lot of players put […]

Top 10 Running Back Studs - Best Fantasy Football RB Performances Including Saquon Barkley, Breece Hall, David Montgomery, And More

Week 11 is nearly in the books, and it might have just been the best weekend of football yet. The Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers again played a slobberknocker -- as is usually the case when these two AFC North foes square off -- as every matchup between the long-time rivals seems to come down […]