Rookies Ready To Break Out and WR Trade Targets: Engel Eye

After five weeks of fantasy football results in 2021, we have now adjusted expectations on many players. We will be looking for increased output from guys like Cooper Kupp and Dawson Knox on a regular basis. You may have come to grips with decreased production from players such as Allen Robinson and Miles Sanders. There […]

Christian McCaffrey Officially Ruled Out Against Vikings

Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey (hamstring) has officially been ruled out for Week 6 against the Minnesota Vikings. McCaffrey missed practice on Thursday and Friday, sealing his fate for a third straight missed game. Things are starting to look awfully similar to his disappointing 2020 season when he missed the majority of the year […]

Christian McCaffrey Set To Miss Third Straight Game

It looks likely that Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey (hamstring) is set to miss his third straight game in Week 6 against the Minnesota Vikings. According to the Panthers, McCaffrey is not at practice on Friday for the second straight day. The writing was on the wall for CMC to miss another game after […]

Top Trade Targets and Avoids for Week 6

The trade market is heating up in many fantasy football leagues entering Week 6. While trade strategy varies widely depending on league size and individual team needs, we will do our best as always to identify some players who are ideal targets in the current market. We will again focus on three players that should […]

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 […]

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 […]

The King's Week 6 Lineup Rankings and Analysis (Premium Content)

Scott "The King" Engel issues his full Week 6 lineup rankings in PPR, Half-PPR and Standard formats. He also includes analysis of key players at each position. The rankings will continue to be updated as news breaks prior to Sunday's games. Following the positional analysis below you'll see the rankings widget. Enter KING at checkout to […]

NFL DFS Strategy: 2021 DraftKings Scoring Analysis

We talk a lot about NFL DFS here at RotoBaller. It is a wildly popular game and in fact, it proves to be much more strategic and beatable than season-long fantasy football. By that I mean that the best players will win at a higher rate in DFS than the best players will win in […]

Christian McCaffrey Looking Doubtful For Sunday

Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey (hamstring) is trending in the wrong direction ahead of Sunday's game against the Vikings. McCaffrey was limited on Wednesday but was downgraded to a non-participant Thursday- suggesting that he may have suffered some sort of setback at practice. The star runner hasn't officially been deemed doubtful, but fantasy managers […]

Christian McCaffrey Not At Practice Thursday

There was no sign of Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey (hamstring) at the portion of practice open to the media on Thursday. McCaffrey has been limited in the last four practices as he recovers from his hamstring strain, so this isn't a good sign as he hopes to return in Week 6 against the […]

Christian McCaffrey Trending Towards Game-Time Call

Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey (hamstring) is likely to be a game-time decision this Sunday. McCaffrey practiced in a limited fashion Wednesday, with fantasy managers likely hoping for good news coming out of practice- though head coach Matt Rhule's "50-50' designation wasn't exactly encouraging for the star runner's status. Hopefully, McCaffrey can ramp up […]

Christian McCaffrey Practicing In Limited Fashion Wednesday

Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey (hamstring) will practice Wednesday, though it will be in a limited fashion, per head coach Matt Rhule. McCaffrey is three weeks removed from suffering a hamstring injury during a Thursday night victory over the Texans, with Rhule noting that he's hopeful the star halfback plays in Week 6. Of […]

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 […]

Offensive Outliers From Week 5 - Coaching Matters

We now enter the fifth week of this series, where I dive into offensive areas that will improve or decline based on coaching in order to glean insight as to fantasy football value. In Week 5, we saw stat lines such as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' wide receivers combining for 349 receiving yards, the San Francisco 49ers' tight ends combining […]

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 […]

Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers - Week 6

We're officially more than a quarter of the way through the 2021 NFL season. We now have over five weeks of data to analyze that will help us manage our fantasy teams during the next quarter of the season. As I always say, things change from week to week, but more data points are always […]

Fantasy Football Champs and Chumps - Offensive Line Analysis for Week 6

The NFL season is flying by and we are starting to get a great feeling for the contenders and pretenders in the 2021 NFL season. More importantly, we are starting to see offensive line units begin to gel and establish themselves across the league. Through five weeks, the Washington Football team has been the best […]

Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Football Week 6

Each week at RotoBaller we provide you with various fantasy football waiver wire articles to help you decide which free agent players to pickup off waivers. Our amazing team of analysts here whip them up as early in the week as possible, and update them as more news is announced. To kick things off each […]

Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds

Unfortunately, the injury bug has come back to bite some big-name running backs. If you managed to add Alexander Mattison a couple weeks ago or Damien Williams last week and roll with them in your lineup, you were a happy GM in Week 5. Will replacements for Saquon Barkley and Clyde Edwards-Helaire be similarly productive […]

Running Back Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 6

After five weeks of the regular season, some of you have been able to embrace the numbers that have been assembled by the running backs that are contained on your rosters. Unfortunately, an increasing number of fantasy managers have encountered injuries, while others have contended with disappointing output due to a collection of unexpected developments. The […]

Tight End Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 6

Fantasy football managers’ worst fear of the year is here – the start of the dreaded bye weeks. The tight end position was already causing problems for fantasy footballers due to the injuries of Tampa Bay’s Rob Gronkowski and San Francisco’s George Kittle. Now four teams will be on bye this week, including the Atlanta […]

Quarterback Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 6

Week 6 marked the last week with a full complement of games before bye weeks start coming into effect. Thankfully, we had a bunch of excellent offensive performances out of the quarterback position before having to start paying attention to waiver-wire streamers. Tom Brady led the way in Week 5 with 411 passing yards and […]

Waiver Wire Express - Week 6 Lightning Round

Week 5 brought some key injuries and wild shootouts, which means we've got plenty of waiver fallout to sort through. Catch your breath, assess your team's needs, and break out the budget tracker. It's time for the waiver wire lightning round heading into Week 6. This column is published early every week and then updated on […]

Sam Darnold (QB, CAR) - Fantasy Football Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 59% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Sam Darnold came down to Earth in Week 5 against the Eagles after beginning the season on fire. Coming into the week, Darnold had three straight games with at least a 67% completion percentage, 300 passing yards with four total rushing touchdowns. […]

Panthers "Hopeful" Christian McCaffrey Will Play In Week 6

Carolina Panthers head coach Matt Rhule said he's "hopeful" star running back Christian McCaffrey (hamstring) will return for Sunday's Week 6 game against the Minnesota Vikings. Last week, he was a limited participant in practice but was ultimately ruled out ahead of Sunday's contest versus the Eagles. The 25-year-old's status for Week 6 will be […]

Panthers Defense Delivers Strong Performance

The Carolina Panthers defense put together a strong game in Sunday's loss to the Eagles. Carolina recorded a pair of sacks, an interception, a forced fumble, and a safety while holding the Eagles to 21 points. The day could have been even better for the Panthers had they landed on the football after it sailed […]

Zane Gonzalez Makes Three Field Goals In Loss

Carolina Panthers kicker Zane Gonzalez made all three field goals and one extra point in a losing effort to the Eagles. Gonzalez was impressive, making each of his kicks from 40 yards and out, capping off his day with a 50-yarder. It was the best performance of the season so far for the 26-year-old- who […]

Tommy Tremble Finds The End Zone Sunday

Carolina Panthers tight end Tommy Tremble caught two passes for 12 yards and a touchdown in Sunday's loss to Philadelphia. Tremble got loose in the red zone, connecting on a five-yard score with Sam Darnold. The talented rookie has an opportunity to snatch the starting tight end job away from Ian Thomas- who saw five […]