NFL Survivor League Picks – Targets & Avoids (Week 7)

Last week was not the greatest week with the Titans getting blown out and Browns losing in overtime to the Broncos. Week 7 does not get any easier with a couple tough divisional matches. The Bengals, Broncos, Bears, and Packers are on their bye. For those of you unfamiliar with survivor pools it’s very simple; […]

Week 6 NFL Matchups Analysis: Start/Sit for Fantasy Football (Part 2)

Vladimir De Wet breaks down the second half of the Week 6 matchups for the 2015 NFL football season. Each week of the NFL season, we will be breaking down each of the NFL matchups and providing you with some fantasy football advice and lineup recommendations based on matchups that we love, matchups that we hate, […]

Week 6 DraftKings Deeper Sleeper Tournament Plays

Usually I open this with some snarky comment regarding Devonta Freeman, but this is just beyond me now. He's good, and if you've been riding him lately, you are probably doing well. Week 6 doesn't actually have a lot of super expensive guys that are in plus spots. Jamaal Charles is gone. Julio Jones went on Thursday. […]

While Ravens Are Aching, Roll with Kamar Aiken

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 18% owned in Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: With Breshad Perriman out indefinitely and Steve Smith Sr. out with his rib injury, Kamar Aiken caught four balls on nine targets for 78 yards in week 5. As was said here last week: he's not a world beater out there, but […]

Joe Flacco (QB, BAL) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 58% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Perhaps people dropped him for a hotter option since Steve Smith Sr. went down with an injury, and it is noteworthy that most of Flacco's value against the Browns came from his legs (two rushing touchdowns). That said, he gets to […]

Kamar Aiken (WR, BAL) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 24% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: With Breshad Perriman out indefinitely with his PCL injury requiring more rehabilitation and Steve Smith Sr. dealing with his rib injury, Aiken caught four balls on nine targets for 78 yards in Week 5. Aiken is not an elite talent out there, but […]

Running Backs Waiver Wire: Week 6 Pickups & Adds

If my friends didn't use such horrific language, I'd post a screenshot of the string of separate text messages I got at 2:53 pm on Sunday. All of them were along the lines of "Nooooooo" or "Not again!" or "he looked like he got shot!" 2:53 pm will be the minute in time that changes […]

Javorius Allen A Glorious Week 6 Waiver Option?

BALLER MOVE: Add as Handcuff / Injury Fill-in OWNED IN: 8% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Javorius Allen showed off the talent that we all heard about during the preseason on Sunday, taking the ball eight times for 58 yards. Let's not kid ourselves, this job is still firmly Justin Forsett's. However, Forsett went down with […]

Justin Forsett Hurts Ankle Late in Overtime Loss

Baltimore Ravens running back Justin Forsett had been running well all day against the Cleveland Browns. He ripped off a long run down the right sideline only to get tackled awkwardly and twist his ankle. He did not return to the game (although do note that there was very little game left at this point). Hopefully it […]

Josh McCown Throws for 457 Yards and Two Touchdowns

Cleveland Browns starting QB Josh McCown threw for 457 yards and two touchdowns in a 33-30 overtime win vs the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday.  McCown was a whopping 36-51 on Sunday, and also managed to avoid any turnovers. McCown led the Browns to a key win over division rival Baltimore, and did so in an […]

Deeper PPR Lineup Sleepers for Week 5: Anthony Dixon, Willie Snead, Maxx Williams

Another week and even more injury news and fantasy controversies have risen. People, we are only a quarter of the way through the season and my fantasy football team consists of Dez Bryant, Ben Roethlisberger, Jordan Reed, and LeSean McCoy. Anybody want to trade me one of their players? I could certainly use the help […]

Boom and Bust Candidates for Week 5: The Early Games

One rule I live by hard and fast in fantasy football is to never make any judgments about my team or any players before the first four weeks of the season. Especially now, with abbreviated practices and training camps, the first four weeks are often an extension of the preseason. But with Week 4 officially […]

Use RotoBaller's Premium Tools to Find Bigtime Week 5 Sleepers in DFS (Daily Fantasy Football)

It's week 5 in fantasy football, and DraftKings, FanDuel and FantasyFeud all have million dollar contests you want to take down. You're in luck, because RotoBaller's NFL Premium Subscription can help you win in both GPPs and cash games on all the DFS sites. Our Premium Subscription includes our signature DFS Matchup & Sleepers tools, which break down the […]

Week 5 DraftKings Deeper Sleeper Tournament Plays

So you probably noticed that Week 4 felt a lot more "normal" compared to that Week 3 carnival of points. Unless you double dipped on Devonta Freeman, in which case we should be best friends and talk a lot on Saturdays. Week 5 looks to have a plenty of studs in A+ matchups - which […]

Steve Smith Sr. Highly Unlikely for Week 5

Steve Smith Sr. missed practice on Thursday and seems very doubtful to suit up for the Baltimore Ravens Week 5 matchup against the Cleveland Browns. Smith Sr. is currently dealing with four microfractures in his back. No timetable has ever been given for Smith Sr.'s return to the football field, but it seems highly likely […]

Chris Givens Expects Big Things With Joe Flacco

When the Baltimore Ravens acquired wide receiver Chris Givens from the St. Louis Rams, nobody was happier than Givens himself. Throughout his previous three seasons in the NFL, he has flashed signs of greatness, but this year he found himself at the bottom of a stacked receiver depth chart with the Rams. But the Ravens […]

Why the Baltimore Ravens Will Beat the Cleveland Browns in Week 5

After a disastrous 0-3 start, the Baltimore Ravens got a season-saving win against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 4. Despite the loss of wide receiver Steve Smith, the Ravens used their ground game and defense to slow down the Steelers' high-powered offense, even though the absence of Ben Roethlisberger definitely helped their cause. Still, the […]

Breshad Perriman has 'one of the all-time slowest healing sprained PCLs ever'

Usually the younger an athlete is, the quicker they heal and recover from injury. Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be the case with 22-year-old Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Breshad Perriman. The 2015 first round draft pick has yet to see the football field this season due to a sprained PCL injury that doctors expected would […]

Week 5 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts: 2015 Fantasy Tiers & Rankings

Below are RotoBaller's Week 5 defense tiers and rankings, or which defenses to stream and start for Week 5 of the NFL and fantasy football season. Our tiered defense rankings are your guide to making waiver wire pickups and adds to improve your lineups, and to decide which defenses to start, sit, target, avoid or stream […]

My Top 10 Potential Busts for Week 4

Listen, not every column can be sunshine and rainbows.  We can tell you all about how Julio Jones will score 30 points because he's Julio Jones and of course he will.  Sometimes, you just have to face the grim reality that the players you drafted aren't as good as you thought they'd be (for me, […]

Maxx Williams (TE, BAL) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 1% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Maxx Williams is the talented rookie tight end who many believed was drafted by the Ravens for offensive depth. However, with Crockett Gilmore ruled out for Thursday Night Football against the Steelers, Maxx Williams will be provided with the opportunity to […]

Thursday Night NFL Matchups Analysis: Week 4 Start/Sit for Fantasy Football

The Baltimore Ravens have had a rough start to say the least, starting 0-3 with three AFC losses and one AFC North division loss. With their backs against the wall, head coach John Harbaugh takes him team into Pittsburgh to face the Steelers on Thursday Night Football. Fortunately for the Ravens, they’re facing Michael Vick […]

Maxx Williams' Time to Shine: Crockett Gilmore Out vs. Steelers

Baltimore Ravens tight end Crockett Gilmore is expected to miss the week 4 Thursday Night Football matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers with a calf injury. That means it's time for rookie Maxx Williams to step up and shine. "With Crockett being out, we expect [our young tight ends] to step up and play well for […]

Joe Flacco (QB, BAL) - Waiver Wire Analysis

BALLER MOVE: Add in Deeper Leagues / Bye Week Fill-In OWNED IN: 56% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Joe Flacco had another good performance against the Cincinnati Bengals, who were playing well until the second half fireworks really went off between the two teams. Flacco drew the strongest defense in the NFL in Week 1 (the Broncos) and this […]

Breshad Perriman Droppable in Redraft Leagues

It's hard to feel sorry for an overrated and overpaid quarterback who already has a Super Bowl ring. But with that said, the Ravens have put quarterback Joe Flacco in a tough spot this season. Other than Steve Smith Sr., Flacco has nobody to throw the football too. Sure, he was supposed to have first-round […]

A.J. Green and Steve Smith: Dueling Stars

The Cincinnati Bengals were beating the Baltimore Ravens 14-0 midway through the third quarter, with neither A.J. Green nor Steve Smith doing anything particularly noteworthy. Then, with about 6:30 remaining in the third quarter, Joe Flacco found Steve Smith on the right side, where he broke two tackles and scampered for a 50 yard touchdown. […]

Week 3 NFL Matchups Analysis: Start/Sit for Fantasy Football (Part 1)

Zach Wilkens breaks down the first half of the Week 3 matchups for the 2015 NFL football season. Each week of the NFL season, we will be breaking down each of the NFL matchups and providing you with some fantasy football advice and lineup recommendations based on matchups that we love, matchups that we hate, and some high-risk/high-reward players, as […]

Week 3 Boom/Bust Candidates for Early Games

By now you're likely starting to get a feel for your team, but as the first two weeks have shown, just about everything we think we know is wrong. DeMarco Murray and Andrew Luck have been disappointing, Alfred Morris is being replaced, Jimmy Graham is barely being targeted, Peyton Manning can't throw anymore and Adrian […]

Week 3 DraftKings Deeper Sleeper Tournament Plays

We're back in the mines for Week 3! Last week we actually hit on a lot more DraftKings lineup picks than I would expect for deeper sleeper plays, with Crockett Gillmore being the best find. Weeks 1 and 2 have come and gone, and now we've got two data points really weighing on everyone's mind. […]

Crockett Gillmore (TE, BAL) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ team leagues. OWNED IN: 38% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: The ESPN crew couldn't stop raving about second-year tight end Crockett Gillmore as an ideal, cheap DFS option for the Ravens Week 2 matchup against Oakland. It seemed bizarre, seeing as the relatively unheralded receiver caught only two passes in Week 1 for 23 […]