Finding Tight End Breakouts - Champs, Chumps, and Contenders

Through five weeks of the NFL, fantasy managers have had to deal with an ever-changing top-10 at the tight end position. It's really not anything new if you've been playing fantasy football longer than... well, yesterday. This position has long been one with a lot of turnover and very few consistent options on a week-to-week […]

Video: Week 6 NFL DFS GPP Stacks - DraftKings, FanDuel

Host "Thunder Dan Palyo" is joined by fellow RotoBaller NFL analyst Eric Samulski to discuss their favorite GPP targets on FanDuel and DraftKings in week six. Be sure to also tune into RotoBaller Radio on SiriusXM (channel Sirius 210, XM 87) - every weekday morning between 6-7 AM ET, Saturdays from 7-9 PM, and Sundays from 6-8 […]

Wide Receiver Snap Counts and Target Trends - Week 5 Analysis

Your wide receivers remain essential components toward your primary goal of securing league championships. As the season unfolds, an expanding collection of tools are available that can provide you with an extensive level of knowledge regarding this critical position. Those results provide the foundation for this weekly statistical breakdown of the wide receiver position, which […]

NFL DFS Must Avoids and Injuries for Week 6 (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 […]

The King's Week 6 Lineup Rankings and Analysis (Premium Content)

Scott "The King" Engel issues his full Week 6 lineup rankings in PPR, Half-PPR and Standard formats. He also includes analysis of key players at each position. The rankings will continue to be updated as news breaks prior to Sunday's games. Following the positional analysis below you'll see the rankings widget. Enter KING at checkout to […]

Jamaal Williams Downgraded Thursday

Detroit Lions running back Jamaal Williams (hip, illness) missed practice on Thursday after being limited on Wednesday. Williams is now dealing with an illness, but it doesn't appear related to COVID-19. As long as he gets in a limited practice on Friday, he should be fine to play in Week 6 against the Cincinnati Bengals. […]

T.J. Hockenson Practicing On Thursday

Detroit Lions tight end T.J. Hockenson (knee) returned to practice on Thursday after missing Wednesday's session. Hockenson has been bothered by a knee injury in recent weeks. While he has played through the injury, the 24-year-old hasn't found the end zone since Week 2 and has only eight receptions on 13 targets for 74 yards […]

NFL's Most Concentrated Offenses

Volume is the most important component of fantasy scoring. We have seen time and time again a freak athlete failing to put up fantasy points because he just can't get the ball in his hands. Picking your fantasy players from teams that are known to depend on a small number of players to move the […]

Taylor Decker Returns To Practice Wednesday

Detroit Lions left tackle Taylor Decker (finger) returned to practice on Wednesday, and the Lions now have 21 days to activate him from Injured Reserve to the active roster. Decker, the team's starting left tackle when healthy, has yet to play this season. His injury has caused the Lions to shift rookie first-rounder Penei Sewell […]

D'Andre Swift, Jamaal Williams Remain Limited

Detroit Lions running backs D'Andre Swift (groin) and Jamaal Williams (hip) were limited practice participants on Wednesday to begin the week. Swift and Williams continue to be limited but haven't missed any game time and should be good to go in Week 6 against the Cincinnati Bengals, barring any setbacks. Without many options to go […]

Kalif Raymond - Week 6 Outlook for Fantasy Football

Detroit Lions wide receiver Kalif Raymond should be back in the offensive mix heading into the team's Week 6 matchup against the Bengals. The Lions were already down Tyrell Williams (concussion) to start the season and then lost Quintez Cephus (collarbone) last week. Raymond's value had been on the rise recently but failed to catch […]

Amon-Ra St. Brown - Week 6 Outlook for Fantasy Football

Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown's fantasy arrow is pointing up heading into the team's Week 6 matchup against the Bengals. After a slow start, S. Brown has racked up 13 catches on 16 targets for 135 yards over his last two games. The rookie will face a Bengals secondary that is allowing the […]

Jamaal Williams - Week 6 Outlook for Fantasy Football

Detroit Lions running back Jamaal Williams will continue to serve as the second option in the backfield against the Bengals in Week 6. Williams has actually out-carried Swift the past two weeks but Swift's ability in the passing game holds back Williams' value. Both will face a Bengals defense that is allowing the 15th fewest […]

D'Andre Swift - Week 6 Outlook for Fantasy Football

Detroit Lions running back D'Andre Swift will go up against a Bengals defense that is allowing the 15th fewest fantasy points to opposing runners this season. Three running backs have posted over 100 total yards against them this season, something that Swift has begun to make a habit of. The dynamic player spends most of […]

T.J. Hockenson Not Practicing Wednesday

Detroit Lions tight end T.J. Hockenson (knee) did not practice on Wednesday. Hockenson also missed practice last Wednesday but was limited the rest of the week and played in the Week 5 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. It was another disappointing game, though, as he caught just two passes for 22 yards. Both Hockenson's injury […]

Jared Goff - Week 6 Outlook for Fantasy Football

Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff will try and get the Lions in the win column as the team prepares to play the Bengals in Week 6. Turnovers have plagued Goff through the first month of the season and has only two touchdown passes over his last three games played. He will go up against a […]

Amon-Ra St. Brown (WR, DET) - Fantasy Football Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues ROSTERED IN: 3% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Detroit Lions rookie wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown has led the team in receptions in each of the past two games. In Week 4 against the Chicago Bears, he caught six of his eight targets for 70 yards. He followed the […]

Frank Ragnow Officially Done For The Season

Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell said that center Frank Ragnow (toe) had successful season-ending surgery on his toe on Tuesday. Detroit has had terrible injury luck early in the season, and losing the former first-rounder has already been a huge blow to the Lions offense. Ragnow is one of the NFL's best centers and […]

The Running Game Is Alive! NextGen Stats Analysis

With five weeks of play in the books and things starting to settle a bit, it's time to get back to studying some of the rushers around the league and see how they have performed through (almost) the first third of the season. To gain the biggest edge in your fantasy football league, it's necessary […]

Surprise Fantasy Football Studs, Duds - Real or Mirage?

Week 5 of the NFL season is now in the books and as expected Justin Herbert, Lamar Jackson, Tom Brady, Josh Allen and Dak Prescott finished as QB1's. On the unexpected side of things Davis Mills shocked the world and threw for three touchdowns against the Patriots to finish as QB-6 and Jameis Winston carved up Washington for four […]

Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers - Week 6

We're officially more than a quarter of the way through the 2021 NFL season. We now have over five weeks of data to analyze that will help us manage our fantasy teams during the next quarter of the season. As I always say, things change from week to week, but more data points are always […]

Fantasy Football Champs and Chumps - Offensive Line Analysis for Week 6

The NFL season is flying by and we are starting to get a great feeling for the contenders and pretenders in the 2021 NFL season. More importantly, we are starting to see offensive line units begin to gel and establish themselves across the league. Through five weeks, the Washington Football team has been the best […]

Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Football Week 6

Each week at RotoBaller we provide you with various fantasy football waiver wire articles to help you decide which free agent players to pickup off waivers. Our amazing team of analysts here whip them up as early in the week as possible, and update them as more news is announced. To kick things off each […]

Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds

Unfortunately, the injury bug has come back to bite some big-name running backs. If you managed to add Alexander Mattison a couple weeks ago or Damien Williams last week and roll with them in your lineup, you were a happy GM in Week 5. Will replacements for Saquon Barkley and Clyde Edwards-Helaire be similarly productive […]

FAAB Waiver Wire Bidding - Week 6 Targets

Joining 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 Acquisition Budget (FAAB). Week 5 produced several huge performances (shoutout to LAC-CLE) while also yielding some key injuries. Those with Saquon […]

Michael Florio's Week 6 Deeper-League Waiver Wire Adds

Week 5 was at least the second week this season where injuries were the big story in the fantasy football community. There were a number of big name players that suffered injuries, meaning there is a lot of talent on the waiver wire, even in those deeper leagues. This is a week to be aggressive […]

Wide Receiver Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 6

Another week of NFL action is behind us. The waiver wire hasn't been kind to us this season – will that change this week? Below, you'll find some wideouts that you should be targeting on the waiver wire ahead of Week 6. Not all options are the same. Some players may be better in PPR […]

Waiver Wire Express - Week 6 Lightning Round

Week 5 brought some key injuries and wild shootouts, which means we've got plenty of waiver fallout to sort through. Catch your breath, assess your team's needs, and break out the budget tracker. It's time for the waiver wire lightning round heading into Week 6. This column is published early every week and then updated on […]

Quintez Cephus Officially Lands On Injured Reserve

The Detroit Lions officially placed wide receiver Quintez Cephus (collarbone) on the Injured Reserve on Tuesday. In corresponding moves, the team signed receiver Javon McKinley to the practice squad and released tight end Jared Pinkney from the practice squad. Cephus broke his collarbone in the Week 5 loss to the Minnesota Vikings and is likely […]

Frank Ragnow Out For Season

Detroit Lions center Frank Ragnow (toe) will have season-ending surgery and will be placed on the injured reserve list. Ragnow suffered the injury in Week 4 and was hopeful to play in Week 5, but further evaluation showed that he would need surgery to ensure he is fully healthy for the 2022 campaign. This is […]