NFL Week 6: Thunder Dan's NFL DFS Tiered Rankings (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome, RotoBallers, to my official tiered rankings for week 6 of this NFL season! You can find my core plays at RB and WR each week in my Anchors column as well as the rest of my favorites plays in our premium cheat sheet. […]

Week 6 NFL DFS Cheat Sheet: Expert Picks and Lineups (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome to Week 6 of the 2020 NFL Season! Each week, I'll be bringing you our famous NFL DFS Cheat Sheet with expert research and picks for cash games and GPPs. Here are a few notes about the sheet. For Week 6 we are now […]

Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em - Week 6 Matchups Analysis

Welcome back RotoBallers to our Week 6 matchup analysis and start/sit column for fantasy football. Can you believe that we're already a quarter way through the season? It's time to keep it rolling for Week 6. For those who are not familiar, each week I'll be analyzing every game from the Sunday slate, helping you optimize your […]

WR/CB Matchups to Target and Downgrade - Week 6

Welcome to Week 6 of the WR/CB Matchups article. For those who are not familiar, this is a weekly series looking at fantasy football matchups for wide receivers versus the cornerbacks who are projected to cover them. Creating the weekly matchup chart has been more challenging than usual this year due to the fact that […]

High-Upside Bench Stashes: Week 6

As the injuries keep piling up amidst the arrival of bye weeks, building and maintaining quality roster depth is critical to staying competitive in fantasy leagues. Week 6 has Atlanta, New Orleans, San Francisco, and the New York Jets on bye, while star players like Christian McCaffery and Nick Chubb have already been ruled out […]

Fantasy Football Injury Report - Week 6 Injuries Dashboard

  Fantasy Football Injuries Dashboard - Week 6 Injury Updates Anyone who has even the slightest experience with fantasy football is well aware of how impactful injuries can be. In both season-long leagues and in daily fantasy contests, players getting injured is a very significant part of the game. It makes sense, then, to be […]

Week 6 Kicker Streamers and Starts – 2021 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

The first week of byes are upon us and while bye weeks are not the hardship for kickers as opposed to other positions, decisions still need to be made. Luckily, fantasy managers will not need to make any decisions this week with the Falcons, Jets, 49ers and Saints on bye. The Bengals vs Packers game […]

Le'Veon Bell Called Up From Practice Squad

Baltimore Ravens running back Le'Veon Bell has been promoted from the practice squad ahead of Sunday's game against the Chargers. He has taken offensive snaps in just one game this season: a four-rush, 11-yard showing against the Broncos two weeks ago. Heading into Week 6, Bell will likely play behind Latavius Murray, Ty'Son Williams, and […]

Rashod Bateman Officially Activated From IR

Baltimore Ravens rookie wide receiver Rashod Bateman (ankle) has officially been activated from injured reserve. The Minnesota product missed the first five games of the season but will make his NFL debut in Week 6 against the Chargers. In fact, he could be used in a significant role with Sammy Watkins (hamstring) not expected to […]

Mark Andrews - Week 6 Fantasy Football Outlook

We finally got the eruption game from Andrews last week as he posted 11 catches for 147 yards and two scores while being targeted 13 times by Lamar Jackson on Monday night. I don't think it's chasing points this week to go back to the well on Andrews as he had already been trending up before that […]

Trade your Studs?

I debated writing this article and risking my reputation as a super famous sportswriter by suggesting such a controversial strategy. But then I realized without risk, like grabbing Ja’Marr Chase in the sixth round, there is no glory. Back to the topic at hand, I will pose this question, “Is depth more valuable than star players […]

Rashod Bateman (WR, BAL) - Fantasy Football Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 25% of Leagues ANALYSIS: The 27th pick in the 2021 draft had core muscle surgery in the preseason but has worked his way back and will make his debut against the Chargers in Week 6. Bateman, the former Minnesota Gopher, was turning heads and drawing rave […]

Sammy Watkins Won't Play In Week 6

Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Sammy Watkins (hamstring) has been ruled out for the Week 6 game against the Los Angeles Chargers. With Watkins out of the picture, the Ravens are expected to activate rookie receiver Rashod Bateman (groin). Bateman would be making his NFL debut if he is active on Sunday. However, after missing the […]

Rashod Bateman Expected To Make His Debut Sunday

Baltimore Ravens rookie wide receiver Rashod Bateman (groin) is expected to come off Injured Reserve to make his NFL debut in Week 6 against the Los Angeles Chargers, according to head coach John Harbaugh. It's perfect timing with Sammy Watkins (hamstring) having already been ruled out for Sunday's showdown. Bateman, a first-round pick this spring, […]

Lamar Jackson Returns To Practice Friday

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (illness) returned to practice on Friday. Jackson gave fantasy managers a little scare on Thursday when he wasn't seen at practice, but he was dealing with a non-COVID-19-related illness and is on track to play in the Week 6 showdown with the Los Angeles Chargers. The 24-year-old could draw a […]

Finding Tight End Breakouts - Champs, Chumps, and Contenders

Through five weeks of the NFL, fantasy managers have had to deal with an ever-changing top-10 at the tight end position. It's really not anything new if you've been playing fantasy football longer than... well, yesterday. This position has long been one with a lot of turnover and very few consistent options on a week-to-week […]

Week 6 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2021 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

Coming off my worst week of the season, getting only five of the top-10 defenses right, I spent a lot of Monday thinking about what I had missed. How did New England fail against Houston? What did the Lions do to get into the top-10 against a strong Minnesota offense? As I was racking my […]

Wide Receiver Snap Counts and Target Trends - Week 5 Analysis

Your wide receivers remain essential components toward your primary goal of securing league championships. As the season unfolds, an expanding collection of tools are available that can provide you with an extensive level of knowledge regarding this critical position. Those results provide the foundation for this weekly statistical breakdown of the wide receiver position, which […]

Week 6 NFL - Single Stat DFS Prop Picks for PrizePicks

Hello everybody and welcome! The 2021 NFL season is well underway and that means our new friends over at PrizePicks have a TON of great props we can look to take advantage of. PrizePicks is a great DFS props site where you can choose to select plays in terms of fantasy points or single stats. […]

NFL DFS Must Avoids and Injuries for Week 6 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome back to our weekly Must Avoids and Injuries series for our NFL DFS Premium Subscribers.  Below, you'll find our expert's top players to avoid this week. We'll be adding the injured players to be wary of closer to game day. We're looking at […]

Lamar Jackson Misses Practices On Thursday With Illness

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (illness) missed Thursday's practice with an illness. The star quarterback has been open about not being vaccinated from COVID-19, but there has been no indication that he is dealing with anything related to that issue. Managers should check back on Friday for more clarity on the situation. Performing as one […]

TNF NFL DFS Lineup Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings - Eagles vs. Bucs

Tonight's primetime game features the defending champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Philadelphia Eagles. While the Bucs have been laying waste to teams and running up the score in the process, the Eagles have had mixed results so far this year and have a 2-3 record coming into tonight. I'm not usually the one covering […]

Lamar Jackson Not Spotted At Practice Thursday

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson was not spotted at the portion of practice open to the media on Thursday. It's unknown if Jackson is actually dealing with an injury or if there is something else keeping him off the field, but we'll keep you updated when more information comes out. The 24-year-old superstar put on […]

Rashod Bateman Has A Chance To Play Sunday

Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Greg Roman said that there's a "chance" that rookie wide receiver Rashod Bateman (groin) comes off the Injured Reserve and plays in Week 6 against the Los Angeles Chargers. "He's looking good. … I don't think we're going to throw him into the fire every play. I think we're going to […]

NFL's Most Concentrated Offenses

Volume is the most important component of fantasy scoring. We have seen time and time again a freak athlete failing to put up fantasy points because he just can't get the ball in his hands. Picking your fantasy players from teams that are known to depend on a small number of players to move the […]

Sammy Watkins Absent From Practice On Wednesday

Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Sammy Watkins (thigh) missed practice on Wednesday after being forced from the Monday night game against the Indianapolis Colts early. The veteran pass-catcher will probably need to get in some sort of practice later this week to have a shot at playing in Week 6 against the Los Angeles Chargers. Rookie […]

Early-Season Fantasy Outliers to Forget?

We are now five weeks into the 2021 NFL campaign. Teams are starting to stand out while others look like they should be jockeying for draft positions--already. The 2021 season has been off to a rousing start and Week 1 feels so far back in the rearview mirror. Oftentimes, Week 1 is more of an […]

The Running Game Is Alive! NextGen Stats Analysis

With five weeks of play in the books and things starting to settle a bit, it's time to get back to studying some of the rushers around the league and see how they have performed through (almost) the first third of the season. To gain the biggest edge in your fantasy football league, it's necessary […]

Key Fantasy Football Data from Week 5

Another week gone and now we are really into the thick of it. We are deep enough into the season now for your team's playoffs hope to be dashed already, but since you're here I'm assuming that doesn't apply to you. We are really seeing the injuries pile up now and the waiver wire is […]

Surprise Fantasy Football Studs, Duds - Real or Mirage?

Week 5 of the NFL season is now in the books and as expected Justin Herbert, Lamar Jackson, Tom Brady, Josh Allen and Dak Prescott finished as QB1's. On the unexpected side of things Davis Mills shocked the world and threw for three touchdowns against the Patriots to finish as QB-6 and Jameis Winston carved up Washington for four […]