D'Andre Swift, Brock Wright At Practice Thursday

Detroit Lions running back D'Andre Swift (ankle, shoulder) and tight end Brock Wright (concussion) were both seen at practice on Thursday, with Wright donning a red no-contact shirt. Neither Swift nor Wright practiced on Wednesday, so it's improvement heading into the Week 9 game against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday. Swift returned from a […]

Fantasy Football Trade Targets - Buy/Sell For Week 9 Including Brandon Aiyuk, Amon-Ra St. Brown, David Montgomery, Travis Etienne

How's it going RotoBallers? I'm Joe Nicely and I'll be filling in for a vacationing Jorden Hill this week! With the NFL's trade deadline now come and gone, we've seen some shake-ups around the league. How will the changes impact our fantasy rosters for the rest of the season? As the fantasy trade deadline begins […]

Thunder Dan's NFL Betting Picks for Week 9: Spreads, Totals, Parlays, and Teasers

Week 8 kicked my butt on totals and spreads, but player props came through in a big way to carry us to a +2 unit week, and maybe, just maybe we have a little momentum going this season? Whether you like to bet game totals, sides, or player props, I have something in here for […]

NFL DFS Must Avoids and Injuries for Week 9 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome 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 and a snapshot of the injuries that matter heading into the DFS main slate. We're looking at the […]

Josh Reynolds Puts In A Limited Practice

Detroit Lions wide receiver Josh Reynolds (back) was listed as a limited practice participant on Wednesday. Reynolds' back injury is new, as he was previously dealing with ankle and knee ailments this year. It's something to watch heading into Week 9 against the Green Bay Packers. With T.J. Hockenson now in Minnesota, there will be […]

D'Andre Swift, Brock Wright Miss Practice Wednesday

Detroit Lions running back D'Andre Swift (ankle, shoulder) and tight end Brock Wright (concussion) both missed practice on Wednesday. Swift returned in Week 8 for the first time since Week 3, but he admitted that he's not 100 percent healthy after carrying the ball five times for six yards and catching five passes for 27 […]

Week 9 Wide Receiver Rankings for Fantasy Football: A.J. Brown, Tee Higgins, Mike Evans, Keenan Allen, Chase Claypool, Mack Hollins

With six teams on a bye, the pool of wideouts on the fantasy radar is as large as ever this season. There was also one notable wideout trade just before the NFL's trade deadline, so that will shake up one wide receiver room moving forward. We've got you covered with our updated Week 9 fantasy […]

NFL Trade Deadline Winners and Losers for Fantasy Football - Nyheim Hines, Chase Claypool, Jameson Williams, Calvin Ridley

The NFL trade deadline has come and gone, and like always, nothing happened. Wait. I'm being told that actually a whole lot happened, as we ended up with the most active NFL trade deadline ever. A day that has just been kind of perfunctory forever actually meant something on Tuesday. Now that the trade deadline […]

Week 9 Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Football Pickups Include Isaiah Likely, Rachaad White, Kyren Williams, Ronnie Rivers, Kenyan Drake

Welcome to Week 9 RotoBallers, and another round of waiver wire pickups! We have seen new injuries emerge for fantasy football and players who may be breaking out. As you consider who to pickup for your rosters, as always we're here to help you sift through it. Each week our NFL team puts out a […]

Deeper-League Waiver Wire Adds for Week 9: Kadarius Toney, Jaylen Warren, Travis Homer, Marcus Mariota, Terrace Marshall

The NFL season keeps chugging along, and as fantasy managers, there's never a time to stop looking for deep league gems and potential late-season lotto-ticket stashes. These fantasy football waiver wire pickup suggestions are for fantasy managers in deep leagues of 14-teams or more or a higher number of bench spots than traditional fantasy leagues. […]

Week 9 Tight End Rankings For Fantasy Football: T.J. Hockenson, Taysom Hill, Evan Engram, Dawson Knox, Brock Wright

We're inching closer to the fantasy football playoffs, and we just saw one of the biggest tight end trades just before the NFL trade deadline with T.J. Hockenson finding a new home in the NFC North. There are several tight ends on a bye and a few more who are banged up, so our updated […]

Week 9 Running Back Rankings for Fantasy Football: Alvin Kamara, Derrick Henry, Joe Mixon, D'Onta Foreman, Nyheim Hines

The NFL's trade deadline shook up several running back depth charts, so our updated Week 9 fantasy football running back rankings, as of November 2nd should have some shakeups, too. None of the big-name backs were dealt, but there are plenty of backs with affected fantasy football outlooks. Our goal is to help you set […]

NextGen Stats - Week 8: RB Breakdowns and Takeaways

We're officially past mid-season and if that doesn't make you sad enough, how about the fact that even the trade deadline has passed us now? Eh? Was that what ultimately broke your hopes of football staying on forever? Too bad. The good news, as always, is that a new week full of games is ahead. […]

Should I Start T.J. Hockenson in Week 9? Fantasy Football Trade Outlook

With the NFL's November 1st trade deadline upon us, the Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions agreed on terms to send tight end T.J. Hockenson to Minnesota in exchange for future draft picks. The rare inter-divisional trade was likely spurred by Minnesota's incumbent tight end Irv Smith Jr.'s injury in Week 8, as well as Hockenson's […]

Brock Wright, James Mitchell To Take On Bigger Roles

Following the Detroit Lions' trade of tight end T.J. Hockenson to the Minnesota Vikings on Tuesday, second-year tight end Brock Wright (head) and rookie James Mitchell figure to be more prominently involved on offense moving forward. Wright has logged 181 offensive snaps this year behind Hockenson, catching six passes for 88 yards. Mitchell tore his […]

D'Andre Swift Not 100 Percent Healthy

Detroit Lions running back D'Andre Swift (ankle, shoulder) returned to action in a Week 8 loss to the Miami Dolphins for the first time since Week 3, but he's still not 100 percent. Head coach Dan Campbell openly regretted how much work the team gave Swift in his return last Sunday. "We probably gave Swift […]

Is Irv Smith Jr. Healthy or Injured? T.J. Hockenson Traded To Minnesota Vikings

As we head into November, Week 9 of the NFL season looms on the horizon. As the season progresses, fantasy managers must deal with injuries to players on their rosters. Minnesota Vikings' tight end Irv Smith Jr. is a player of interest this week and his injury status has forced a blockbuster trade for T.J. […]

DraftKings NFL DFS: Week 9 Price Analysis & Picks

Hey, RotoBallers! It's Jon Anderson back again to open up the week nine DFS slate! If you're new here, this is not meant to be a definitive "picks" article, but just a first look to point out the best game environments and best projections and value plays. Quite often, by Sunday I'm not on all […]

Vikings Acquire T.J. Hockenson From The Lions

The Minnesota Vikings acquired tight end T.J. Hockenson, a 2023 fourth-round pick and a 2024 conditional fourth-round pick from the Detroit Lions on Tuesday in exchange for a 2023 second-round pick and a 2024 third-round pick, according to sources. It's a stunner before Tuesday's deadline. Irv Smith Jr. is dealing with a high-ankle sprain and […]

Waiver Wire Express - Week 9 Lightning Round Including Kenyan Drake, Joshua Palmer, Kadarius Toney, Isaiah Likely

Week 9 provided some normalcy after Week 8's injury chaos, but there are still plenty of moves to be made. Playoff pictures are starting to take shape so be honest about needs and address them appropriately. Check RotoBaller often for updates as we bring you an initial waiver wire lightning round heading into Week 9. […]

Wide Receiver Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 9: Top Free Agent Adds Include Kadarius Toney, Rondale Moore, Garrett Wilson, Terrace Marshall Jr.

If you're going to make a playoff push in fantasy, it's time to make that push now. And you might need some new wide receivers to make that push, right? Then you're in luck! Below, you'll find some wide receivers that you should be targeting on the fantasy football waiver wire ahead of Week 9. […]

Top Quarterback Waiver Wire Pickups and Streamers for Week 9: Justin Fields, Andy Dalton, Jared Goff, P.J. Walker

It may have taken us eight weeks, but fantasy managers got some explosive production out of the quarterback position. Six quarterbacks (Tua Tagovailoa, Zach Wilson, Kyler Murray, Tom Brady, Jared Goff, and P.J. Walker) finished with over 300-passing yards. Four quarterbacks had three or more passing touchdowns (led by Jalen Hurts' four). Week 9 will […]

Jared Goff (QB, DET) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 9

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 54% of Leagues ANALYSIS:  The main storylines coming out of Detroit this past weekend were related to actual skill-position players and not to QB Jared Goff: RB D'Andre Swift returned after we last saw him in Week 3 and WR Amon-Ra St. Brown finally completed a […]

Lions Fire Defensive Backs Coach Aubrey Pleasant

The Detroit Lions fired defensive backs coach Aubrey Pleasant on Monday, according to sources. The Lions lost their fifth straight game on Sunday to the Miami Dolphins and allowed 369 passing yards and three touchdowns to quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. Pleasant was in his second season in the role for the Lions in 2022. Safeties coach […]

Top 10 Running Back Studs - Best Fantasy Football RB Performances from Week 8

Week 8 delivered by far some of the best running back performances of the year. Five RBs went over 30.0 fantasy points in half-PPR formats and Alvin Kamara found the end zone three times, but it was actually the first time he had done so all season. The Chiefs and Chargers were on a Bye […]

Josh Reynolds Totals 14 Yards In Loss

Detroit Lions wide receiver Josh Reynolds caught just two of his six targets for 14 yards in the 31-27 loss to the Miami Dolphins. Reynolds has been a popular sleeper since DJ Chark (ankle) has been placed on injured reserve, but has been out-produced by Kalif Raymond a few times this season. That said, he […]

Kalif Raymond Posts 76 Yards In Loss

Detroit Lions wide receiver Kalif Raymond caught three of his four targets for 76 yards in the loss to the Miami Dolphins. He has outproduced Josh Reynolds in a couple of games this season, so he is very much on the fantasy radar in deep leagues. This Lions' offense looks good again with everyone getting […]

Michael Badgley Makes All Five Kicks

Detroit Lions kicker Michael Badgley made both of his field goal attempts and all three of his extra points, so it was a solid fantasy output for the veteran. If the Lions' offense gets back to where it was during the first month of the season, Badgley could have big fantasy days moving forward. For […]

Amon-Ra St. Brown Draws 10 Targets

Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown caught seven of his 10 targets for 69 yards in the loss to the Miami Dolphins. All three of the Lions' touchdowns went to running backs D'Andre Swift and Jamaal Williams, so none of the pass-catchers had huge fantasy performances. That said, St. Brown continues to get double-digit […]

T.J. Hockenson Racks Up 80 Yards

Detroit Lions tight end T.J. Hockenson caught three of his four targets for 80 yards in the 31-27 loss to the Miami Dolphins. It wasn't an eye-popping fantasy performance, but in PPR leagues, it was enough to make him a solid Week 8 play at the position. The Lions offense might finally be back to […]