Since 2002, only 18 rookie quarterbacks have started week 1 of the season for their team, and five of them came in 2012. On average, a rookie QB that starts week one finishes the season with just over 3,100 yards passing and 16 TDs, numbers that do not make them very valuable in fantasy football. […]
Full Story »Five Corner Infield Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds for Week 23
Just a month left until the end of the season. Does anyone know where the last five months went? I could swear it was April yesterday. Hopefully, your fantasy team's championship chances are just as vibrant and alive as they were when the season began. Whether you're fighting for a ticket to the dance, the […]
Full Story »Waiver Wire Pickups For Second Base (2B) & Shortstop (SS) For Week 23
For some owners, the fantasy playoffs are here! For many of you the pressure is just picking up. If you’ve been in cruise control you have to start paying attention again, and if you’ve clawed your way into the postseason you need to maintain your diligence. This edition of my weekly column is here to […]
Full Story »Running Backs You Should Draft, While Others Avoid Them
It's getting down to the nitty gritty at this point. Hours of work have been spent pouring over your cheat sheet and adjustments are being made based on the most minute of details. Eventually, it gets to the point of over-analysis. With it being the most popular draft week of the year now that the […]
Full Story »Eddie Royal (WR, CHI) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Target in Later Rounds for FLEX Upside in PPR CURRENT ADP: 140 STD, 126 PPR ANALYSIS: With John Fox taking over the helm in Chicago, can Eddie Royal be last season’s Emmanuel Sanders? Of coursePeyton Manning is at quarterback, but Fox is going to bring some components of the Denver offense to Chicago, where secondary wide receivers […]
Full Story »Brandon Coleman (WR, NO) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Target in Later Rounds for WR3 Upside CURRENT ADP: 201 STD, 159 PPR ANALYSIS: Whenever the words "wide receiver" and "Drew Brees" are in the same sentence, you have to like your chances in fantasy football. With the offseason departure of non-inspiring Kenny Stills, and target monster Jimmy Graham, the young and talented rookie Coleman should immediately be catapulted […]
Full Story »Jorge De La Rosa (COL, SP) - Waiver Wire Analysis
BALLER MOVE: Matchup Streamer OWNED IN: 6% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: I know what you're thinking. You want me to trust a Rockie in a win-or-go-home scenario!? Well what if I told you that a) the game is not at Coors and b) the pitcher of interest has a 3.22 ERA and a .227 BAA in 72.2 innings. Throw […]
Full Story »Anquan Boldin (WR, SF) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Target in Rounds 9-11 Current ADP: 105 STD, 98 PPR ANALYSIS: Anquan Boldin finished 16th and 23rd among wide receivers in scoring in 2013 and 2014, respectively, but it still often ranked outside the top 30 for 2015. He's the number one pass-catching option on his team, having been targeted 130 times last year […]
Full Story »Amari Cooper (WR, OAK) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Target in Rounds 4-5 Current ADP: 42 STD, 39 PPR ANALYSIS: Amari Cooper is regarded as the most "can't miss" wide receiver in this year's rookie class, and he has the talent to back it up. The Raiders have had poor wide receiver play in recent years, so Cooper has virtually no competition in […]
Full Story »Tiered Standard Wide Receiver Rankings for 2015 Fantasy Football
As we continue through through the 2015 fantasy football draft season, our updated tiered rankings columns are wrapping up. We've already published lots of awesome fantasy football rankings & analysis throughout the entire preseason, for all positions. And over the course of this week, we have been releasing our updated tiered fantasy football rankings. Today we wrap up […]
Full Story »Tiered Standard Running Back Rankings for 2015 Fantasy Football
Welcome back RotoBallers. In case you've been living under a rock, here at RotoBaller we have been putting out tons of great fantasy football rankings & analysis throughout the entire preseason. Over the course of this week, we've been releasing our updated tiered fantasy football rankings. Grouping positions into draft tiers is a great strategy to prepare, and […]
Full Story »Brandin Cooks (WR, NO) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Target in Rounds 3-4 Current ADP: 31 STD, 26 PPR ANALYSIS: With wide receiver Kenny Stills and tight end Jimmy Graham shipped out in the offseason, Brandin Cooks is left to be the number one guy for the Saints. He should see an enormous increase in targets from quarterback Drew Brees. Cooks missed six games […]
Full Story »Fierce 40: College Football 2015 Rankings – Georgia Bulldogs (#11)
Welcome to the Fierce 40 series of my 2015 College Football Rankings, where I will be counting down the top 40 ranked teams in the NCAA. Today I will be analyzing the Georgia Bulldogs, 11 overall for the 2015 college football season. I will be releasing one NCAA team preview per day, providing my analysis on each team in the top […]
Full Story »Daily Fantasy Football Strategy: To Fade, or Not To Fade
What Is “Fading” If you are new to the daily fantasy sports world (or if you are not new and know what fading means already, skip ahead to “When To Fade”), a few terms that the veterans use are sure to confuse you. “Why would you ever play a cash game in baseball? The variance […]
Full Story »Daily Fantasy Soccer: DraftKings MLS DFS Lineup Picks, Sleepers and Advice for 9/5
The MLS season is drawing closer to its end, but that doesn't mean the chance to win money in DraftKings MLS daily fantasy contests has disappeared! The competition is heating up, and so are your chances to win money. Sit back and take it all in as I provide to you my value picks and […]
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