Updated Week 1 Half-PPR Rankings (Top 400)

Welcome to Week 1 RotoBallers. Week One of the NFL and fantasy football season is officially here and we are pumped! Below are our updated consensus Week 1 Half-PPR rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: Saquon Barkley Medically Cleared, Set To Return Week 1 Austin Ekeler […]

Updated Week 1 PPR Rankings (Top 400)

Welcome to Week 1 RotoBallers. We've finally made it! Below are our updated consensus Week 1 PPR rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: Saquon Barkley Medically Cleared, Set To Return Week 1 Austin Ekeler Expected To Play In Week 1 Odell Beckham Jr. Likely To Play […]

Updated Week 1 Running Back Rankings

Welcome to Week 1 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 1 running back rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: Saquon Barkley Medically Cleared, Set To Return Week 1 Austin Ekeler Expected To Play In Week 1 Tests Confirm Torn ACL For Gus Edwards Le'Veon Bell […]

Updated Week 1 Flex Rankings (Top 200)

Welcome to Week 1 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 1 Flex rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates. These Flex rankings are geared towards making decisions for your Flex spot (RB/WR or RB/WR/TE), which in most leagues consists of running backs, wide receivers and in […]

Updated Week 1 Wide Receiver Rankings

Welcome to Week 1 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 1 wide receiver rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: Odell Beckham Jr. Likely To Play Against Chiefs Preston Williams Likely Out In Week 1 A.J. Brown Good To Go For Week 1 Tyler Lockett Not […]

Updated Week 1 Tight End Rankings

Welcome to Week 1 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 1 tight end rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: Kyle Rudolph Good To Go For Week 1 Adam Trautman Is Healthy For Week 1 Maxx Williams Ready For Season-Opener Evan Engram Won't Practice Wednesday O.J. […]

Updated Week 1 Quarterback Rankings

Welcome to Week 1 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 1 quarterback rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates. Trey Lance Good To Go Against Lions Carson Wentz Practicing In Full, Will Be Ready For Week 1 Deshaun Watson Officially Ruled Out These rankings are a […]

Fantasy Football Starts and Sits: Matchups Analysis for Week 1

Welcome back RotoBallers to our Week 1 matchup analysis and start/sit column for fantasy football. It's great to have the NFL season back, and I'm here to help make sure that you secure the dub in Week 1! For those who are not familiar, each week we'll be analyzing every game from the Sunday slate, helping you […]

Booms and Busts for Week 1 Lineups

It feels like it has taken forever, but the 2021 NFL season is finally upon us! No longer do we have to worry about projecting players out and setting up draft boards to get rosters ready. No, instead we now go to the grind of setting weekly lineups is on the agenda. With the rosters […]

Key Starters and Tough Calls - Lineup Spotlights for Week 1

Welcome to the 2021 season, RotoBallers! Below you will find some of my spotlight choices and players to go with when faced with tough lineup decisions in Week 1. These choices are based off my Premium Weekly Lineup Rankings, available as part of the RotoBaller's NFL Premium Pass. Enter promo code KING at checkout for a […]

Week 1 Busts? Players Who May Disappoint

As we kick off the 2021 NFL season, Week 1 is an opportunity for fantasy managers to start off on the right foot as they look to achieve fantasy glory. Having said that, some players will inevitably underperform or disappoint. Whatever happens in the opening week shouldn't drastically change your opinion of a particular player. […]

NFL Survivor Pool Picks (Week 1) - Targets and Avoids

It's one of the oldest pools out there. It used to be the most popular league during football season until fantasy came along. But picking a team to win each week, not being able to take them again, is as simple as it gets. You don't need to worry about every little injury like you […]

WR/CB Matchups to Target and Avoid: Week 1

Welcome to the first WR/CB Matchups article of the 2021 NFL season.  My goal last year was to create the first fully free WR/CB matchups article to share with the fantasy football community.  I appreciate all the support and feedback I received.  If you enjoy my work, please follow me on Twitter @draft32teams.  My process […]

Week 1 Kicker Streamers, Starts and Busts - 2021 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

Alright, football fans! We have officially made it. This week officially starts our march to Fantasy Football Glory. The first week of the NFL season comes with those agonizing start/sit decisions that we all love to hate so much. The first week of the NFL season is often the easiest as it pertains to our […]

Break The Slate: DraftKings NFL DFS Lineup Picks - Week 1

Hi there, RotoBallers, and welcome back to Break The Slate! If you read this article last year then you know what we're about here, but if you are a new reader, let me quickly summarize our goals with this article. We'll spend each week discussing a few NFL DFS plays at each position for the […]

FanDuel NFL DFS Lineup Picks for Week 1 - Daily Fantasy Football

While it is bittersweet to see the warm weather drift away little by little, the return of football certainly helps lessen the blow that the Fall and Winter months ahead will ultimately bring. With the defending champs taking down America's team on Thursday night, thanks to a last-second field goal, Week 1 is already off to […]

NFL DFS Value Plays (Cash Games) for Week 1 on FanDuel and DraftKings

Week 1 of the NFL season is finally upon us, which means I am back with your weekly cash game values for DraftKings and FanDuel. Each week I will bring the plays I feel are the top values for your cash games based on price, projected roster percentages, or a combination of different things. In […]

NFL DFS Bargain Bin: Value Plays for DraftKings, FanDuel, and Yahoo

Welcome to the Week 1 Sunday slates edition of RotoBaller's NFL DFS Bargain Bin, where the goal is to touch on some potentially mis-priced players across the industry that find themselves in favorable match-ups and/or suddenly expanded roles. Before we go NFL DFS Bargain Bin hunting, a few particulars about format and content: The nature of the beast with value […]

Video: NFL DFS Lineup Picks - DraftKings, FanDuel Week 1 Roundtable

Host "Thunder Dan Palyo" is joined by RotoBaller writers Joe Nicely and Frank Ammirante to discuss their favorite games and players to target on FanDuel and DraftKings in week one as well as several other NFL DFS topics. Be sure to also tune into RotoBaller Radio on SiriusXM (channel Sirius 210, XM 87) - every weekday morning […]

Wide Receiver Matchups to Target in Week 1

Week 1 of the NFL season is upon us and it feels like things are really starting to come into focus since final roster cutdowns were made on August 31st. Entering 2021, cornerbacks like James Bradberry, Marcus Lattimore, Jaire Alexander, Jalen Ramsey, and Marlon Humphrey are likely to be matchups we want to avoid when […]

NFL Betting Picks for Week 1 (9/12/2021) - Spreads, Totals, and Moneylines

“We are baaaaaack. We are getting Doug (football) baaaaack!” For all you The Hangover fans, I think you can understand the movie reference in terms of my excitement that we get a full weekend of football again. Sure, we had NFL last season, but I don’t think many fans felt it was the “real” thing. […]

Week 1 NFL DFS Cheat Sheet: Expert Picks and Lineups (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome to Week 1 of the 2021 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 the first three weeks of […]

NFL DFS Stacks: Week 1 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Hi RotoBallers, and thanks for joining me! I'm very proud to bring you our weekly tournament stacks article this season for you, our loyal RotoBaller reader, and valued premium subscriber. The NFL season is in full swing, so it's time to dig deep and […]

NFL DFS Value Plays for Week 1 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome to Week 1 and the 2021 NFL season, Rotoballers! I am incredibly excited to be back for a second season with Rotoballer and bring you the Premium Value Plays for DraftKings and FanDuel. While we can all find the every-week, high-priced studs, it's the […]

Video: Wide Receiver Must-Starts and Sits - Week 1

Pierre Camus (@Roto_Chef) gives his must-start and must-sit wide receivers to help with tough fantasy football lineup decisions for Week 1 of the 2021 NFL season. Who should you start or sit in WR3/4 or Flex spots? Like and subscribe to the RotoBaller channel on Youtube to get all our latest podcasts and catch us […]

Week One NFL DFS Betting Picks (Premium Content)

NFL Week 1 is rapidly approaching with the Thursday night game already wrapped up with a Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-29 victory over the Dallas Cowboys.  I wanted to take the time to introduce myself if you are new to my writing. Welcome! I am a big-time fantasy football and fantasy baseball player. I have been […]

After the Draft: Week 1 Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds

Experienced fantasy managers know that once the draft is over, the real work begins. Leagues are often won through the waiver wire, not the draft. It's never too early to start digging for gems that could pay off huge during the coming season. As we will do every week throughout the regular season, we present […]

Waiver Wire FAB Bidding: Pre-Week 1 Targets

Assisting our famous waiver wire pickups list, and our weekly waiver wire columns by position, this column focuses on suggested waiver wire bidding percentages for fantasy football owners in leagues using a Free Agent Budget (FAB). We understand that limbo between your draft and Week 1 can mean less aggression on the waiver wire as […]

Wide Receiver Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 1

Week 1 is just around the corner and most of you have done your fantasy drafts. But you don't need to wait until next week to start making moves. Drop that second quarterback or defense that you drafted and get another receiver instead. Below, you'll find some wideouts that you should be targeting on the […]

Week 1 Fantasy Football Sleepers, Start 'Em and Value Plays: The King and Pocket Aces

In this episode of The King and Pockets Aces, RotoBaller's Scott "The King" Engel and Anthony "Pocket Aces" Aniano share their highly charged Fantasy insights. They look at the latest and upcoming NFL player moves, NFL player rankings and lineup strategy to best prepare you for each week of the 2021 fantasy football season. Scott […]