After the Draft: Week 1 Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds

Fantasy football draft season is nearly over, as most teams have been formed in the days prior to opening kickoff. All those draft picks looked great at the time, but sometimes adjustments need to be made earlier than expected. Injuries, surprising roster cuts, depth chart shifts, and bad matchups can conspire to make players expendable […]

Wide Receiver Matchups To Target in Week 1

Week 1 of the NFL season is upon us and considering the fact that we didn't have a preseason, we have less information than ever to project how new players and coaches will impact teams on both sides of the ball.  Early on in the season, we will need to use 2019 data to project […]

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 plays at each position for the DraftKings main […]

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

After an eventful offseason, the NFL returns on Thursday night. Not only will things look different as teams will either be playing without fans or at a limited capacity, but Tom Brady will be wearing a different uniform after spending two decades in New England. In the first game of the new season, the Texans […]

Deep Dynasty Sleepers to Add Before It's Too Late

All the top rookies have found a home on dynasty rosters long ago and the unexpected training camp risers like James Robinson have been snatched up from waivers ahead of Week 1. A quick look at the waiver wire in leagues with deep rosters is pretty bare. For example, a recent search for the best […]

NFL DFS Value Plays for Week 1 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. The great thing about a lack of preseason games is that there has been a lack of preseason injuries to our daily fantasy superstars. As of this writing, David Montgomery, Mike Williams, and Damien Harris are going to sit out Week One. That leaves […]

NFL DFS Value Plays for Week 1 on FanDuel and DraftKings

Week 1 is finally here! There was a time when the idea of NFL Week 1 seemed like a pipe dream, but we are here. It is obviously a bit different this season as there was no preseason action, practices were a bit different, and just the overwhelming cloud surrounding these times in our lives. […]

NFL DFS RB and WR Anchors For Week 1 (Premium Content)

All other Week 1 Premium Tools and Content can be accessed on the premium dashboard. In this piece, we're looking at some attractively priced running backs or wide receivers to build your cash or tournament lineups around. Make sure you're thoroughly informed before you start building your lineups for FanDuel or DraftKings by checking out […]

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 back our weekly tournament stacks article this season for you, our loyal RotoBaller reader, and valued premium subscriber. The NFL season is finally upon us, so it's time to dig deep and […]

NFL DFS Must Avoids and Injuries for Week 1 (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 […]

Week 1 DFS GPP Value Plays For FanDuel And DraftKings

Week 1 of the NFL season is upon us! And with that comes the debut of my DFS GPP Value Plays for FanDuel and DraftKings! You might be asking who am I? Well, I'm not Prisoner 24601 nor am I Troy McClure. However, you RotoBallers might know me from my KBO DFS previews earlier this […]

NFL DFS Prop Picks for Week 1 - Monkey Knife Fight

Welcome to Week 1 of the NFL Season! We have finally reached the beginning of the NFL season and that means our friends at Monkey Knife Fight are offering some of the coolest, and easiest to win, NFL DFS games in the industry. On MKF, there are no massive tournaments where you have to get ridiculously […]

NFL Betting Picks for Week 1 (9/13/2020)

Never have I experienced a summer where it doesn't feel like the NFL season is about to begin. We all know why this year feels so different, but regardless, we have football! No one truly knows what to expect, but I think the product on the field is going to take a few weeks to […]

Week 1 IDP Rankings, Streamers, and Fades

It’s nearly here! After all of our waiting and hoping, a brand new season of the Bachelor is… I mean, football is here! Yay! As we kick off this new and unprecedented NFL season, Rotoballer is going to be changing up how we do our weekly IDP rankings analysis. Taking over the weekly IDP rankings […]

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

Scott Engel’s weekly fantasy football lineup rankings are available in PPR, Half PPR, and Standard formats. Check back for regular updates as news flows in. The King’s ranks are powered by FantasyPros and his insights on key players are based on how they compare to the Expert Consensus Rankings (ECR). Players who are higher vs. […]

Deeper League Free Agent Pickups - Week 1

Ah, the waiver wire. It can be what you make of it: a place where you pick up the biggest steals of the week or just a place where players of no value reside, but you can check on them anyway in case you need to. I like to think of the waiver wire as […]

Curtis Samuel A Flex Piece For Week 1

Carolina Panthers wide receiver Curtis Samuel should be considered a flex piece for the Week 1 matchup against the Raiders. The addition of Robby Anderson means Samuel will have to fight for targets and earn a bigger receiving role behind WR1 D.J. Moore. It remains to be seen who Teddy Bridgewater will target more out […]

Robby Anderson A Flex, At Best, In Week 1

Carolina Panthers wide receiver Robby Anderson should be considered a flex option, at best, in this week's matchup against the Raiders. With Anderson making his Carolina debut this week, it remains to be seen how large of a role he will have in this passing offense. The WR will have to fend off Curtis Samuel […]

D.J. Moore A Low-End WR1 In Week 1

Carolina Panthers wide receiver D.J. Moore is a low-end WR1 for this week's matchup against the Raiders. Moore is coming off a breakout second season in which he had 135 targets, 87 receptions, and 1,175 yards. The Raiders ranked in the middle in terms of points allowed to WRs last season, but Moore's huge role […]

Ian Thomas A TE2 In Week 1

Carolina Panthers tight end Ian Thomas is a good TE2 for the Week 1 matchup against the Raiders. With Greg Olsen now gone, Thomas will become the TE1 of the Panthers and he has no competition for his role. It's important to note the TE has been dealing with a toe injury recently, but the […]

Panthers Defense Not A Streaming Option In Week 1

The Carolina Panthers Defense should not be started in this week's matchup against the Raiders. The Panthers had a lot of turnover on defense this past offseason with Luke Kuechly retiring and the losses of Mario Addison, Gerald McCoy, James Bradberry, Eric Reid, and Bruce Irvin, notably. Now, the infusion of new, young defensive players […]

Joey Slye Best Left On The Bench

Carolina Panthers kicker Joey Slye should be left on the bench for this week's matchup against the Raiders. Las Vegas ranked 19th in points allowed to kickers last season, making them a generally tough matchup for the position. Slye also went 25 of 32 on field goal attempts last season, good for 78.1 percent. It's […]

Christian McCaffrey Is A Must-Start In Week 1

Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey is coming off a record fantasy season last year in which he finished with the second-most fantasy points of all time. The running back is truly elite in the rushing and passing game and is the focal point of the Carolina offense. Despite the Raiders being middle-tier in terms […]

Teddy Bridgewater Should Be Avoided In Week 1

Carolina Panthers quarterback Teddy Bridgewater will be making his debut this week with the team. Bridgewater last played in 2019 with the New Orleans Saints in a total of nine games and started in five. Now in a new system, it's best to wait and see how the QB performs with a new set of […]

Running Back Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 1

How high was your level of concern that we might not experience an NFL regular season? Anyone who wondered whether Week 1 matchups would transpire as expected is just days away from witnessing all 32 teams in their season openers. While you have been anticipating the onset of regular-season games, you have also been focusing […]

Tight End Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 1

Did you finish your fantasy football draft and realize that you forgot to take a viable tight end? Are the only tight ends on your fantasy roster Jordan Akins and Trey Burton? If you fall into one of these categories, you came to the right place. All of the undrafted tight ends in your fantasy […]

Updated Half-PPR Rankings - Top 450 Post NFL Draft

Welcome back RotoBallers! Below you will find our staff's updated 2020 fantasy football rankings (top 450) for half-PPR scoring formats. For those who are not familiar, half-PPR scoring means that skill players receive an extra 1/2 point for every reception. These rankings are being released after the conclusion of the 2020 NFL Draft - meaning the ranks are […]

Ian Thomas (TE, CAR) - Week 1 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 15% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Greg Olsen ruled the tight end roost in Carolina for almost a decade, but now it is Thomas’ time to shine since Olsen took his talents to the Seattle Seahawks during the offseason. Fantasy general managers have avoided Thomas during their drafts this month […]

The King's Updated Fantasy Football Draft Rankings

Welcome back RotoBallers! Below you will find my updated fantasy football draft rankings for the 2020 preseason. At the end of this article, you will find my updated top 175 overall PPR rankings and top 150 Superflex rankings. My Half-PPR and Standard scoring (non-PPR) rankings are also updated, and if you want to see my […]

Five Must-Have Mid-Round Draft Targets

In many cases championships are not won because of the picks made in the early rounds of fantasy football drafts. Instead, you can often find the fantasy players who’ll fuel your fantasy team’s engine in the middle rounds of your draft. You can typically find the burgeoning WR2s who are just about ready to blossom into […]