FAAB Auction Bidding - Week 2 Waiver Wire Targets

Week 1 is officially in the books! Hopefully your teams have survived their first test and are ready to keep the momentum going. If you lost Week 1, don't sweat it! I went 0-7 last year and still made the playoffs, so there is always hope. And more importantly, you're in the right place to […]

Running Backs Waiver Wire: Week 2 Pickups & Adds

Week 1 didn't see any huge breakout performances from rookies or unknown running backs, but there still could be some hints as to who will emerge from crowded backfields. Keep in mind, some of the names on this running back waiver wire list are already widely known by fantasy owners but still have low ownership […]

Tight Ends Waiver Wire: Week 2 Pickups & Adds

When Rob Gronkowski takes a week off, you realize how weak the top tier of tight ends is. There were not many tight ends who stamped themselves as fantasy stalwarts during the opening week of the NFL season. No tight end accounted for 75 receiving yards, and only nine touchdowns tosses went to the position. […]

Week Two QB Pickups & Streamers: One-QB & Two-QB Leagues

RotoBallers, In recent years, the concept of streaming has become a popular one within fantasy football circles. Particularly with quarterbacks and defense/special teams, the idea of swapping players out every week based on attractive matchups has led numerous owners to victory (or to the basement, if such owners didn’t stream correctly). It’s not a bad […]

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

What's up RotoBallers. Below you will find part two of our Week 1 NFL matchups & fantasy football start/sit analysis for the 2016 NFL football season. Ben Ruppert breaks down the second half of the Week 1 matchups to help you prepare your lineups to win this week. Be sure to also check out part one of this week's matchups […]

Week 1 PPR Rankings (Top 300)

What's up RotoBallers. The NFL season is about to kickoff, and we're ready to rock. Below you will find our overall Week 1 PPR rankings for fantasy football. You can find our Standard and Half-PPR rankings here. Editor's Note: Purchase a full season NFL Premium Pass (including Draft Kit + DFS Premium), and also get MLB Premium + DFS for […]

Week 1 Standard Rankings (Top 300)

What's up RotoBallers. The NFL season is about to kickoff, and we're ready to rock. Below you will find our overall Week 1 standard rankings for fantasy football. You can find our rankings for PPR and Half-PPR here. Editor's Note: Purchase a full season NFL Premium Pass (including Draft Kit + DFS Premium), and also get MLB Premium + DFS for […]

After The Draft: Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds (Pre-Week 1)

Head to our fantasy football waiver wire pickups list, updated weekly Welcome to this first installment of the Waiver Wire weekly series for the 2016 fantasy football season. This is where the magic happens. We provide information on players that are owned in roughly 40% of leagues or less, so that you can make an […]

Week 1 Running Back Depth Charts

Below are the tentative running back depth charts entering Week 1 of the 2016 regular season for all 32 teams in the NFL. We will be updating our depth charts all season long so be sure to stay on top of them. Editor's Note: Purchase a full season NFL Premium Pass (including DFS Premium), and […]

FanDuel Picks for Daily Fantasy Football Week 1: DFS Lineup Advice and Sleepers

Welcome to RotoBaller's daily fantasy football FanDuel article. In this article, I, Justin Bales, will be taking you, the reader, through the best plays of the week for this upcoming Sunday. These recommendations are based on matchup, recent performance, overall upside and talent level, and other factors, such as Vegas odds, home field advantage, and more. […]

Fantasy Fill-Ins: Week 1

Welcome to Fantasy Fill-Ins, where each week I play a type of “Mad Libs”-style game that gives you perspective about the fantasy football landscape. The guys at RotoBallers were nice enough to let me run wild with the idea of suggesting players to go all in on, and players to avoid, in a different and […]

Week 1 Half-PPR Rankings (Top 300)

What's up RotoBallers. The NFL season is about to kickoff, and we're ready to rock. Below you will find our overall Week 1 Half-PPR rankings for fantasy football. You can find our Standard and PPR rankings here. Editor's Note: Purchase a full season NFL Premium Pass (including Draft Kit + DFS Premium), and also get MLB Premium + DFS for free […]

Deeper PPR Draft Values & Early Waiver Wire Pickups

Welcome to the 2016 fantasy football season! With Week 1 almost upon us, the wait for the first kickoff is only days away. At this point, you're either getting ready for your final fantasy football drafts, or have already drafted your teams and are now ready to analyze the waiver wire for any overlooked players […]

Five Undervalued Wide Receivers for Last Minute Drafts

What's up RotoBallers. Week One has arrived, and for most of us that means our teams are drafted. But there are some folks still choosing their winning teams for 2016, so we are here to help. These wide receivers are currently being undervalued based on their latest ADP numbers and should be viewed as a […]

The Open and Shut Case for Drafting a QB Late

Let me start by saying that I'm not sold on Zero RB, Zero WR or Zero anything going into drafts. I'm not even sure why "Best Player Available" is considered a strategy. Isn't that just common sense? One thing I am certain of is that taking a QB in the first few rounds is completely unnecessary. […]

Giovani Bernard vs. Danny Woodhead - 2016 Fantasy Football ADP Analysis

At this point, fantasy drafts should just be just about wrapping up. The start of the NFL season is this Thursday when the reigning Super Bowl Champion Denver Broncos take on the reigning runners-up Carolina Panthers in a rematch of Super Bowl 50. But if you are still prepping for a last minute draft or […]

Theo Riddick (RB, DET) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12- and 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 33% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Theo Riddick’s lukewarm ownership level is probably due to a lack of PPR leagues, but it’s still worth mentioning here in case his 80 catches — which were tied with Danny Woodhead for best among running backs in the NFL — are […]

RotoBaller's Fantastic Four: 2016 NFL Bold Predictions

Oh hot damn, RotoBaller's big dawgs are back for football season. You know you never get sick of bold predictions and hot taeks, and our taeks are the hottest around. Unplug your smoke detectors--here comes the fire. Our "Fantastic Four" is comprised of JB Branson (@RowdyRotoJB), Nick Mariano (@NMariano53), Max Petrie (@Max_Petrie) and yours truly, Bill Dubiel […]

Three Running Backs Who Will Bounce Back To The Top Tier

2015 was perhaps one of the most disastrous seasons for fantasy owners who spent a high draft pick on a running back. In 2015, Adrian Peterson, Le'Veon Bell, Eddie Lacy, Jamaal Charles, Marshawn Lynch, Jeremy Hill, and C.J. Anderson were all generally first round picks. Of that group, only Peterson finished as a top-10 scorer. The […]

Rapid Reaction - Justin Forsett Cut, Who to Add in Fantasy Football

Justin Forsett was Saturday’s surprise cut, and fantasy players who bought in late on the 30-year old RB are most likely scrambling to replace him. Staying within the Ravens, there are only two running backs worth mentioning; Terrance West and Kenneth "Boobie" Dixon. Editor's Note: Purchase a full season NFL Premium Pass (including Draft Kit + […]

Three Rookie Wide Receivers Who Will Breakout in 2016

The first round of the 2016 NFL Draft saw four receivers taken, but I'm not discussing any of them in this space. Sure, these players are all being counted on to be playmakers for their respective teams right away. Easier said than done. Corey Coleman is dependent on a comeback season from Robert Griffin III […]

Tiered Rookie Running Back Rankings

There have been some amazing transitions throughout the evolution of fantasy football, and it likely isn’t going to stop now. First, there were standard season-long leagues. Eventually, PPR leagues developed, but most leagues continued to be only for one season. The dynasty league was the next development, but it was more of a limited dynasty […]

RotoBaller Experts League - Dynasty League Recap (Rounds 11-17)

Last month, 12 RotoBaller writers came together to do a live dynasty league startup on the internet. This article is the next in a series that will evaluate draft results in order to give readers a look into current dynasty values, and discuss the best and worst values in the draft. Today we take a look at […]

Draft Booms or Busts - Foster, Hyde, Brady, Mariota & More

The middle rounds of your fantasy draft make all the difference in your fantasy league.  It’s easy to hit on studs, but finding players that could potentially make or break your season in rounds 5-10 can decide whether you get that first round bye or miss the playoffs entirely. Today I’ll be bringing up a […]

2016 Fantasy Football MVPs - RotoBaller Writer Predictions

This piece kicks off a series of articles where RotoBaller's football writers will throw out their predictions for the upcoming season. In this article, we will get the predictions on who will be the Fantasy Football MVP in 2016. What does that mean exactly? The Fantasy Football MVP is the player who gets described as a […]

New York Jets (DEF, NYJ) - 2016 Fantasy Football Sleeper

BALLER MOVE: Target ~160 CURRENT ADP: 166 ANALYSIS: The Jets allowed just 5,098 yards of total offense last year, the fourth fewest in football. They were particularly impermeable on the ground, as opposing teams ran the ball into the end zone just four times all year. In the off-season, New York extended Muhammad Wilkerson and […]

Late Round Quarterback Voltron - Streamers Who Can Make a QB1

Many savvy fantasy drafters have begun to wait until the middle rounds to take their starting quarterback. The rationale for this strategy is that the quarterback position is the most predictable of the fantasy positions and even a bad quarterback has a good shot at putting up good numbers against a poor pass defense. But […]

2016 Top 15 Wide Receiver Keeper Values

Keeper Value Rankings are intended for Keeper Leagues in which a fantasy owner must forfeit a designated draft round in order to keep a player into the up-coming season. These rankings are based on Keeper "Values". In the marketing world, Value can be defined as: the extent to which a good or service (player) is […]

Boom or Bust Quarterbacks - Kirk Cousins, Andy Dalton, and Tyrod Taylor

The top tier of quarterbacks is easy to figure out. Telling you that Drew Brees might have a pretty good year won't help you out on draft day. With quarterbacks being drafted later and later each year, many fantasy owners are dipping below the top ten to find a starter or pairing up second and third tier […]

Mid-Round Draft Targets and Values for 2016 Fantasy Football

The first five rounds of a typical fantasy football draft hold few surprises, as the top tiers of running backs and receivers soon disappear. Many casual fantasy footballers show up to their draft with fantasy football magazine in-hand and can figure out how to assemble a solid starting lineup in the early rounds. However, often times, the biggest […]