Marvin Jones a Must-Add for Week 4?

Also in his fourth season, Marvin Jones appears to have surpassed Mohamed Sanu as the second wide receiver in Cincinnati behind A.J. Green. Jones grabbed five of his eight targets on Sunday, collecting 94 yards and a touchdown in the process. If Andy Dalton continues to play as well as he did in Week against […]

Boom and Bust Candidates for Week 4: The Early Games

Your team is beginning to take shape after Week 3, as are your postseason hopes. Your success during the first four weeks of fantasy season are often determined by the strength of your draft, your luck with injuries and your fortunes on the waiver wire. Another important factor is picking the right player to start […]

The Daily Divide: Week Four DFS

Daily Divide: Week Four Matt and Nathan each offer Week 4 cash game picks for every position, then the other insults or compliments those picks, as warranted. They hope their arguments debates provide enough information to make help people make their own decisions. Matt probably makes more good points than Nathan though, over the long haul, […]

Jeremy Hill (RB, CIN) - Week 4 Lineup Busts

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I COULD'VE DRAFTED JULIO JONES I HATE EVERYTHING. Seriously, last year I had Antonio Brown and Jordy Nelson and my team was named the WRecking Crew* I could've had the WRecking Crew 2 it even rhymes gaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh. Anyway, Hill was most likely a late first, early second round pick and aside from a Week […]

Jeremy Hill (RB, CIN) - Players Showing Warning Signals

Right off the bat we have a struggling running back that I’ve been talking up since June. It pains me to say it, but I’m already vastly disappointed by his usage thus far. Luckily, a lot of Hill’s struggles seem to be tied to just that--usage. It’s been made clear that the Bengals prefer Giovani […]

Andy Dalton (QB, CIN) - Fantasy Football Sell Highs?

While Hill owners got to watch their running back stand on the sidelines last Sunday, Dalton owners jumped with joy as their QB amassed well over 35 fantasy points. That explosive outing has Dalton at number three overall in terms of the highest-scoring fantasy quarterbacks, behind only Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers - not bad, not bad at […]

Jeremy Hill (RB, CIN) - Fantasy Football Sells?

After loads of talk about Hill assuming a workhorse role in the Bengals backfield, the exact opposite occurred in Week 3. Giovanni Bernard came in early, and rarely left the field. While the Bengals’ pass-happy game plan may have been the determining factor there, the fact that Hill only played on 31% of Cincinnati’s snaps […]

Week 4 Wide Receivers: Waiver Wire Pickups, Adds & Rankings Tiers

This week, we will take a look at seven sleeper wide receivers, each of whom have worked their way into the number two receiver role on their respective teams. All of these wideouts are young and seem to have made large improvements as of late, either at the end of last year or over the […]

Marvin Jones (WR, CIN) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 10+ Team / All PPR Leagues OWNED IN: 36% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Sometimes you see a player on the waiver wire and you go, wait, what? What are they doing there? Marvin Jones is one of those players. Somehow he has less ownership than Rueben Randle, despite already breaking out just over a year […]

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. […]

Jeremy Hill to Return to Starting Role for Cincinnati

According to NFL Media's Aditi Kinkhabwala,  Cincinnati Bengals offensive coordinator Hue Jackson says that Jeremy Hill will return to the workhorse role for the Bengals in Week 3. After Jeremy Hill lost a pair of fumbles in Week 2, Giovani Bernard took over with 20 carries for 123 yards against the Chargers. With Jeremy Hill […]

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 […]

Jeremy Hill (RB, CIN) - Players Showing Warning Signals

Of all the players on my warning signals list this week, Cincinnati running back Jeremy Hill is the one that seems to have raised the most eyebrows. Through two weeks, Hill only has 102 rushing yards but does have two touchdowns, both of which came in Week One. The more worrisome tidbit of information is the […]

Five Players Sending Out Warning Signals

Last week we took a look at five players who might be sending out warning signals for what’s to come for the rest of the season. With a second game under everyone’s belt, there are some players who have unfortunately disappointed us twice in a row. It’s in this two-to-three week range where you’ll most […]

2015 Fantasy Football Week 3: Risers and Fallers From Week 2

Two weeks are now in the books, and there’s more than enough to react to. Most importantly, keep your wits about you--look at who each team has gone against and who they’re about to face. For instance, Lamar Miller is a pretty clear “faller” due to his performance and now an injury, but he gets […]

Jeremy Hill (RB, CIN) - Fantasy Football Fallers

It’s very concerning to see Jeremy Hill struggle to hold onto the ball and just lack any real giddy-up when he gets the ball. Making things worse, Giovani Bernard is looking really good. Hill was benched for Bernard in Week 2 after his second fumble. So far ProFootballFocus gives Bernard a 2.5 rating, while Hill […]

Andy Dalton (QB, CIN) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues OWNED IN: 29% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: I’m finally there. I’m in the camp of the Red Rocket. I started him in a 12-team league on Sunday, and was handsomely rewarded to the tune of 214 yards, three touchdowns and zero turnovers. Dalton has played remarkably well through two games, totaling […]

Week 2 NFL Matchups Analysis: Start/Sit for Fantasy Football (Part 1)

Zach Wilkens breaks down the first half of the Week 2 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 […]

Fantasy Football Week 2 Boom and Bust Candidates for Early Games

In many ways, Week 2 is the most important week of the early fantasy football season. If you started off 1-0, now you have a chance to perch yourself atop the league with a victory. At 0-1, the last thing you want to do is fall into an 0-2 hole, so a Week 2 victory […]

Andy Dalton (QB, CIN) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 42% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Andy Dalton is usually a polarizing fantasy option. He often gets buoyed by his big games, but can put up some big time stinkers. It's a new season though, and his Week 1 performance was very strong against the Raiders. Dalton […]

Marvin Jones (WR, CIN) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 41% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Marvin Jones missed all of last year with injuries, but offseason reports have been promising, and he was able to expectedly beat out Mohamed Sanu this preseason for the #2 role on the outside. Jones absolutely flourished with the Bengals in his sophomore season, scoring […]

Week 1 Wide Receivers: Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds

At this point, you've either already drafted your teams, or are preparing for the last ones to take place. Maybe you didn't love your bench players, or are looking to add some more depth to your wide receivers? Either way, we are here to analyze the waiver wire for any overlooked wide receivers (in both PPR […]

Week 1 Quarterbacks: Waiver Wire Pickups, Sleepers & Streamers

The regular season is right around the corner and we know you're just as excited as us! As someone who likes to wait on a QB on draft day and plays in multiple 2QB leagues, I will be scouring the waiver for the best streaming QBs on a weekly basis. For this article I will […]

Andy Dalton (QB, CIN) – 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper

BALLER MOVE: Target in Later Rounds for QB1 Upside / Matchup Streamer CURRENT ADP: 188 STD, 168 PPR ANALYSIS: Andy Dalton is probably my favorite streaming QB for Week 1. He is also being drafted very late, but has the upside to return more production that his cost. Dalton struggled tremendously in his preseason Week 2 game against the Buccaneers […]

AFC North: Strength of Schedule Analysis & Players to Target or Avoid

We’ve previously published an article series analyzing and grading all the NFL defenses, division by division. Now we’re going to look at the strength of schedules of each NFL team, division by division, to help you identify players with the best matchups vs. the league’s weakest defenses. Today we provide AFC North strength of schedule analysis. For each […]

Tyler Eifert (TE, CIN) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper

BALLER MOVE: Target Towards End of Mid Rounds CURRENT ADP: Overall #178 / TE #22 ANALYSIS: Eifert is a guy I’ve talked about before, but he is worth writing about again. Despite the fact that I have seen some buzz around Eifert in the fantasy community and that his Fantasy Pros consensus rank is TE11, Eifert’s […]

Andy Dalton: He Is What He Is, and a Fantasy Starter He Ain't

Dalton should be considered no more than a serviceable back-up; if he ends up as your starter, something went terribly wrong. Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton was christened “The Red Rifle” soon after entering the league. Dalton was a pleasant surprise his rookie season, as the former second-round pick threw for 3,398 yards and 20 touchdowns while […]

Fantasy Football Stock Rising / Falling After Preseason Week 3

The third week of the preseason is usually the most important. For the most part, this is the one week where coaches keep their starters in for an extended period of time and we get a long look at the first team offense. That held true this past week. By my count we saw 17 […]

Four Deeper Sleepers to Target in 2015 Fantasy Football Drafts

I love late round fliers. What’s not to like? They are your last few picks on draft day (besides DEF/K) so there is very little risk involved, and if they hit, you look like a fantasy football genius. If they don’t hit, you just cut them and move on to the hot waiver pickup of the […]