2018 Year-In-Review: Fantasy Football Busts

With the 2018 NFL season over, it's time to revisit some of the lessons we learned this year. Today, let's talk about some players who disappointed us this season. In this column, I'll talk about why certain players who were expected to be strong performers this season didn't live up to the hype. All of […]

NFL DFS Value Plays and Expert Lineups (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below, you'll find a running list of our experts' top value plays. In this piece, we're looking at the deep matchups for the low-value players who can make or break a winning cash or tournament lineup each week. Make sure you're thoroughly informed before […]

Kyle Richardson's Hits and Misses from 2018 - QB and RB

As a fantasy analyst, the most important thing I can do each season is sit back and review my work. As much as I would like to be perfect with my predictions, I must admit I am not. I am going to miss a lot of calls, but I will also get a lot of […]

Updated Week 17 PPR Rankings (Top 300)

Welcome to Week 17 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 17 PPR rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: Antonio Brown is officially out. Spencer Ware will not play again this week. Davante Adams is inactive for Week 17. Kenny Golladay has been ruled out. Drew […]

Week 17 DFS GPP Stacks For FanDuel And DraftKings

Happy Holidays RotoBallers! With most season-long leagues ending after Week 16, there are plenty of fantasy managers looking for a way to scratch that itch this weekend. DFS contests are a perfect way to stay involved in the games. This weekend, we have three games with over/unders over 50. That would include the Falcons-Buccaneers (51.5 […]

DraftKings Power Pivots: NFL DFS Week 17

Hello RotoBallers and welcome to this season's last edition of Power Pivots! I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and wish you well as we head into 2019! I appreciate those of you that have joined me here each week. While I want you to win money in DFS tournaments, the ultimate goal […]

Week 17 Consistency Reports - Start/Sit Decisions

Week 17 is here and it comes with mixed feelings. On one hand this is one of the most thrilling weeks on calendar. All 32 teams are playing in the space of 12 hours and the playoff scenarios could change hundreds or thousands of times on Sunday. However, this is also the end of regular […]

Week 17 Busts - Overvalued Players to Avoid In Fantasy Football

The NFL regular season ends on Sunday. It was a year that saw the emergence of Patrick Mahomes and the fall-off of Tom Brady, a year where rookie running backs like Saquon Barkley and Phillip Lindsay put up big numbers, and one where the some of the same names continued atop the wide receiver and […]

Flex Heroes and Zeroes - Week 17 Fantasy Football Picks

So you're playing for all the marbles in Week 17? Good for you. I'm serious! Many scoff at leagues which keep playing until the final week of the season but I applaud you for seeing it through to the bitter end and adding an extra element of strategy by relying on the waiver wire in […]

Week 17 Matchups - Fantasy Football Game Breakdowns (Part 1)

Welcome to our Week 17 matchups analysis and starts/sits column for fantasy football. We'll be covering every matchup from every Sunday game to help you make the best decisions for your fantasy lineups. We'll also be updating this as injury reports come in so check back often. This article will cover the early slate of games, beginning […]

Devin Funchess Inactive Against Saints

Carolina Panthers wide receiver Devin Funchess is a healthy inactive for Week 17 against the Saints. With nothing on the line, the Panthers have elected to rest Funchess to close out the year. He faded for fantasy owners down the stretch, but it didn't help that quarterback Cam Newton (shoulder) struggled to get him the […]

Week 17 Rankings Analysis - Nick Mariano vs. Industry ECR

Hello, you faithful Week 17 readers, and welcome to the final (unofficial) edition of my weekly rankings article where I stump for myself against the Expert Consensus Rankings. My hope is to help you understand why I’m significantly higher or lower on players than the crowd, but Week 17 is a bit different. Since the […]

Fantasy Bomb - 2018 Fantasy Football Awards

RotoBaller fantasy football lead editor Pierre Camus (@pfunk00) and NFL writer Chris Mangano (@ChrisMangano) hand out their own version of year-end fantasy football awards for the 2018 season. Like and subscribe to the RotoBaller channel on Youtube to get all our latest podcasts and catch us on iTunes and BlogTalkRadio as well! Be sure to also tune […]

Red Zone Usage - Risers and Fallers for Week 17

The fantasy championship weekend is upon us! There is no second chance, so it's more important than ever to know who has the best chance to reach the end zone. RotoBaller's Premium Red Zone tool can give you a sense of who is being utilized more in the all-important area of the field to provide […]

Taylor Heinicke Placed On Injured Reserve

The Carolina Panthers placed quarterback Taylor Heinicke (elbow) on Injured Reserve on Wednesday with a left elbow injury. Quarterback Garrett Gilbert was signed in a corresponding move. Heinicke started just one game in place of Cam Newton (shoulder) before being injured. Rookie Kyle Allen should see his first career start in Week 17 in a […]

Week 17 Waiver Wire Pickups - All Positions

The final week of the NFL season always brings a high degree of uncertainty, unexpected breakouts, and a slew of DNPs for star players. This is why the majority of fantasy football leagues play their championship in Week 16. If you are in a league that waits until the final week for its Super Bowl […]

Week 17 Tight Ends - Waiver Wire Pickups and Adds

The end of the NFL regular season is here, and if your fantasy football league’s season did not end last week, it surely will this week. If your fantasy football season is heading into its Super Bowl week this weekend and you are lucky enough to be playing in it, let me be the guy […]

Waiver Wire Express - Week 17 Lightning Round

Congratulations to those of you who took down your fantasy title in Week 16! We here at RotoBaller salute you and are happy to have been a part of the journey. But we know there are those of you who play into Week 17 and we never abandon our own! In the interest of getting […]

Taylor Heinicke Getting MRI

Carolina Panthers quarterback Taylor Heinicke (elbow) is undergoing an MRI exam on his left elbow on Monday, according to head coach Ron Rivera. Heinicke left the game for a bit in Week 16 against the Falcons after being injured, but he returned and finished the game. He was predictably inconsistent and went 33-for-53 for 274 […]

Christian McCaffrey Could Be Rested

While Carolina Panthers head coach Ron Rivera won't officially say whether running back Christian McCaffrey will be rested in Week 17 against the Saints, he admitted "we need to be smart" and that it could be a good time "to evaluate" their younger players. McCaffrey has already become only the third player in NFL history […]

Week 16 Start/Sit: Monday Night Football Matchup Analysis

The (6-8) Denver Broncos and (3-11) Oakland Raiders have combined for fewer wins this season than 20-percent of the remaining teams in the NFL; individually. If we were somehow able to fuse quarterbacks Case Keenum and Derek Carr, the resulting Casrek Kerrum would have the same amount of touchdown passes as Andrew Luck and 11 […]

Updated Week 16 PPR Rankings (Top 300)

Welcome to Week 16 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 16 PPR rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: Julio Jones is officially active. DeAndre Hopkins is officially playing. T.Y. Hilton is suiting up for Week 16. Spencer Ware has officially been ruled out. D'Onta Foreman […]

NFL Survivor Pool Picks (Week 16) - Targets and Avoids

Underdogs have been the theme recently, and it looked like that trend was coming to and end Sunday with eight of nine favorites winning, but then the Niners and Steelers both won has home dogs. But it wasn't over then as the Eagles shocked the Rams as 13-point dogs. With only two weeks left in […]

Week 16 Matchups - Fantasy Football Game Breakdowns (Part 1)

Welcome to our Week 16 matchups analysis and starts/sits column for fantasy football. We'll be covering every matchup from every Sunday game to help you make the best decisions for your fantasy lineups. We'll also be updating this as injury reports come in so check back often. This article will cover the early slate of games, beginning […]

Week 16 Rankings Analysis - Nick Mariano vs. Industry ECR

Greetings to those of you still in the playoff hunt and welcome to the weekly column that puts my rankings up on a projector and compares them against the Expert Consensus Rankings (ECR). I’m currently 11th in FantasyPros accuracy competition after finishing ninth (out of 130) in 2017. I hope this piece gives you a glimpse […]

Flex Heroes and Zeroes - Week 16 Fantasy Football Picks

Never give advice you wouldn't follow yourself. That's what your father would probably say. My dad has never said that to me. Not because he didn't believe it, it's just that his English isn't too good. He's Cuban and has lived in South Miami the past 43 years, so the only time he even needs […]

Under-the-Radar Booms/Busts: Week 16

If you are reading this column because you are playing in your fantasy football league’s Super Bowl this weekend, congratulations! If you are reading it because you are hoping to win a few thousand dollars in a DFS league so you can buy bigger holiday presents for your friends and family, even better! This is […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Football Picks (Week 16): NFL DFS Lineups

Two Saturday games on top of the usual prime time games has really left this slate a little devoid of options. However, more significantly is the loss of the Chiefs, Rams, Chargers and Saints to prime time slots on Thursday, Sunday and Monday. That has left us looking more for defenses to pick against this […]

FanDuel NFL DFS Lineup Picks (Week 16): Daily Fantasy Football Advice

RotoBallers, welcome to Week 16 of the daily fantasy football season. In this column, you will find my recommended FanDuel DFS Lineup Picks to target for Week 16 of the NFL season. You can also click here to find more DFS analysis articles and tools. The goal is to identify players to start on FanDuel this week based on […]

DraftKings Power Pivots: NFL DFS Week 16

Happy Holidays RotoBallers! Welcome back to Power Pivots, the article where we examine each position in search of players that will offer us leverage in large-field DraftKings tournaments. If you read last week's edition, you might remember that I was concerned about the lack of great matchups in Week 15. Those concerns proved to be […]