Week 13 Waivers Podcast: Blaine Gabbert + Ricky Seals-Jones = Fantasy Football Magic
After Hours With RotoBaller Radio, featuring RotoBaller co-founder Real Talk Raph and esteemed co-host Anthony Aniano, is back (11/27/17) helping you find the best waiver wire pickups for Week 13 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 […]
Week 13 Waiver Wire Pickups and Adds
Week 12 saw everyone who drafted Julio Jones finally feel thankful, as he led the charge of several huge weeks that carried many toward the playoffs over the holiday weekend. As far as injuries go, the biggest blow came on a scary hit to Amari Cooper’s head -- he would not return to the game, […]
FAAB Auction Waiver Wire Bidding - Week 13 Pickups
Welcome to Week 13 everyone. If you haven't already been eliminated from your league's postseason tournament, you're in luck! While the waiver wire has gotten a bit stale in recent weeks, there may still be some bodies that can help you win a fantasy championship in a few weeks. We reminded you several weeks ago […]
Running Backs Waiver Wire - Week 13 Pickups and Adds
The fact that some players who weren't sure things to even make the final roster this preseason are suddenly viable for fantasy leagues speaks volumes on the volatility of the running back position. You still won't find any surefire starters on this list (not even Burkhead), but there's always the chance that some of these […]
Tight Ends Waiver Wire - Week 13 Pickups and Adds
While there were plenty of movers and shakers on the fantasy scene, the tight end position didn't see as much volatility. Injuries have been the biggest story in the tight end world, but the tight ends remained healthy, at least during this past week. So here we are, feverishly looking to analyze statistics and projections to […]
Waiver Wire Express - Week 13 Lightning Round
We want to get you RotoBallers the most timely information, so consider this the waiver wire lightning round heading into Week 13. Traditionally, this stands as the final week of the fantasy regular season before the playoffs begin. Whether you’re fighting for that last playoff spot or looking for some stashes as you coast to […]
Week 12 Matchups - Fantasy Football Starts and Sits
Welcome to our Week 12 matchups analysis and starts/sits column for fantasy football. We'll be covering every matchup from every Sunday game to help you make the best decisions for your fantasy lineups. We'll also be updating this as injury reports come in so check back often. This is crunch time for most leagues so making the […]
Week 12 PPR Rankings (Top 300)
Welcome back folks, and Happy Thanksgiving! As we move into Week 12 of the fantasy football season, no more teams are on bye anymore. The next two weeks will be a deal-breaker for a lot of fantasy football owners out there, determining if they are going to make a glorious playoff run or not. Setting optimal […]
Week 12 Standard Rankings (Non-PPR): Top 300
Listen up, RotoBallers. Our very own Nick Mariano was ranked #12 overall last week out of ~130 industry experts. In Week 10, he was ranked #10 overall. In Week 9, he was #16 overall. And in Week 8, he was #3 overall. So... be sure to follow his rankings! And tomorrow morning, Nick will be answering all your […]
Week 12 Rankings Analysis - Pierre Camus vs. Industry Consensus
This isn't just one of the best weeks of the year for NFL fans, it's also a great time for college football. I say this because soon we'll be talking about rookies potentially making an impact through the fantasy playoffs. Those players were in the midst of rivalry games and bowl talk this time a […]
Playoffs Strategy - Rookies Who Are Ready To Rock
It is hard--very hard--to trust your fantasy season to an unproven rookie late in the season. Early in the year? Whatever-anything goes! That first-round wide receiver playing on a run-first team? Hey, it's Week 2, so I'll take the risk! But by Week 12? The level of trust you have to show at this point […]
10 Lineup Busts and Avoids for Week 12
Another year of Thanksgiving games has come and gone, and I want to go on a quick rant that is only tangentially related to fantasy football, and isn't at all related to the actual premise of this column: the Dish Network and CBS dispute. I was invited to a friend's family Thanksgiving and went with […]
FantasyDraft Lineup Picks (Week 12) - NFL DFS Advice
It is finally time for NFL Week 12! 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 […]
NFL Rookies To Watch In Week 12
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 […]
NFL Survivor League Picks (Week 12): Survivor Pool Targets and Avoids
Bill Parcells used to say, Thanksgiving is the time when you find out which teams are for real, and which ones aren't. There is a giant cluster of teams in the hunt for the two spots in the AFC will card. It is conceivable that a 7-9 team AFC team can make the playoffs. On the other hand, […]
Waiver Wire Express - Week 12 Lightning Round
In the interest of bringing you RotoBallers the most timely information, consider this the waiver wire lightning round heading into Week 12. We no longer have any bye weeks to deal with, and the main slate of Sunday games left us without too many injuries to clean up after. That said, there's always gold to be mined […]
Week 12 Waiver Wire Pickups and Adds
Week 11 felt more on the “hit-or-miss” side, with several stars blowing up and several more falling flat, with few mediocre stat lines to help float our hopes and dreams. That felt dramatic to type, so maybe I'm just feeling emotional as the playoff picture in my leagues starts to take shape. As far as […]
Week 12 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts: 2017 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings
With the playoff push in full swing, streaming knowledge is essential now more than ever! Below are RotoBaller's Week 12 defense tiers and rankings, or which defenses to stream and start for Week 12 of the NFL and fantasy football season. Our tiered defense rankings are your guide to drafting defenses, making waiver wire pickups/adds to improve your lineups, and […]
FAAB Auction Waiver Wire Bidding - Week 12 Pickups
Welcome to Week 12 everyone. How hungry are you to earn a berth in your fantasy league's postseason tournament? While the waiver wire has thinned considerably since earlier in the year, there may still be a few goodies out there to catapult you over the hump on Thanksgiving week of the NFL. Let’s look around the […]
Tight Ends Waiver Wire - Week 12 Pickups and Adds
While there were plenty of movers and shakers on the fantasy scene, the tight end position didn't see as much volatility. Injuries have been the biggest story in the tight end world, but the tight ends remained healthy, at least during this past week. So here we are, feverishly looking to analyze statistics and projections to […]
Week 12 Quarterback Pickups and Streamers: Standard and Two-QB Leagues
Hey there RotoBallers! With Week 11 almost in the books, it's already time to turn an eye toward the waiver wire in Week 12. As always, this column will aim to highlight Week 12 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 […]
Deeper Sleepers for Standard Leagues (Week 12)
We've reached the point where some leagues are wrapping up their regular seasons, which means some of us are under immense pressure in Week 12 to win our games. There are two ways of thinking that I subscribe to at various times and for various reasons. If my team has been pretty solid all year […]
Week 11 Matchups - Fantasy Football Starts and Sits
Welcome to our Week 11 matchups analysis and starts/sits column for fantasy football. We'll be covering every matchup from every Sunday game to help you make the best decisions for your fantasy lineups. We'll also be updating this as injury reports come in so check back often. This is crunch time for most leagues so making the […]
Under-the-Radar Booms/Busts: Week 11
There is less room for error for fantasy football owners with each passing week. With under a month before the playoffs start in most fantasy football leagues, this is not the time to blow lineup decisions as badly as the Indianapolis Colts blow their draft choice decisions. The same goes for players of one-day contests […]
Week 11 Daily Fantasy Football Tournament Stacks
Thanksgiving is less than a week away. Time to reflect on what you are thankful for. Long touchdown runs? Yep. Long touchdown passes? You bet. Long touchdowns in general? Of course. In short, we're all thankful for fantasy football, and what better way to celebrate than with another week of DFS? The goal of this weekly […]
Week 11 PPR Rankings (Top 300)
Welcome back folks. If you are reading this column, and still feverishly setting your fantasy lineups, then you are most likely still in the playoff hunt. Nice work. As we move into Week 11 of the fantasy football season, four teams are still on bye. There are some viable fantasy football players sitting this week, especially on the Panthers, […]
Studs Turned Duds - Disaster Recovery from Week 10
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 […]
Andre Ellington (RB, ARI) - Week 11 Waiver Wire Adds
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues OWNED IN: 9% of Yahoo Leagues ANALYSIS: It may have been a meaningless touchdown that Andre Ellington scored on Thursday night, but it's a reminder that he could still have fantasy value even in a struggling offense. He was stymied in Week 11, catching just three of six […]
FAAB Auction Waiver Wire Bidding - Week 11 Pickups
Welcome to Week 11 everyone. As we move closer to the fantasy playoffs, fantasy owners need to prepare for the final push and decide their strategy going into the stretch run. With Devonta Freeman (concussion) looking unlikely to play and Ezekiel Elliott's suspension officially underway, the biggest names to fill-in are running backs Tevin Coleman and Alfred […]
Week 11 Waiver Wire Pickups and Adds
Well, we finally have some closure with the Ezekiel Elliott situation. Of course, everyone and their mother was more than eager to alert us that Dallas missing tackle Tyron Smith was a bigger obstacle than missing Zeke. As far as injuries go, the Packers lost their top two running backs in Aaron Jones (knee) and […]