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 […]

Eric Ebron (TE, DET) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12 Team Leagues or Deeper OWNED IN: 30% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Eric Ebron was the tenth overall pick a year ago, so clearly he was a highly regarded talent out of college. He's a big target at 6'4" and 265 lbs and should be one of Matthew Stafford's main redzone/endzone […]

Overvalued Wide Receivers for 2015 Fantasy Football Drafts

Every year, fantasy owners look to make bold gambles in the draft in hopes of looking back on a championship squad of unlikely heroes. This is especially prevalent in regards to the wide receiver position. Rather than worrying about building a consistent roster of proven producers, the risk-takers of the world prefer to search for imaginary […]

NFC 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 NFC North strength of schedule analysis. For each […]

Dynasty Rookie Profile: Detroit Lions RB Ameer Abdullah

The Detroit Lions are well aware that Joique Bell is towards the tail end of his career, and sought to improve their running back stable by selecting Ameer Abdullah with the 54th overall pick. He should be a mainstay in the Detroit offense for years to come. Editor’s Note: If you’re looking for a new, […]

What To Expect From The NFC North: NFL Divisional Breakdown

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 look at the NFC North. Today […]

Ameer Abdullah (RB, DET) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper

BALLER MOVE: Target in Rounds 4-6 Current ADP: 66 STD, 44 PPR ANALYSIS: Rookie Ameer Abdullah's versatility is unparalleled on this Lions team. Theo Riddick, Detroit's pass-catching back in 2014, has failed to lock down the role, and Joique Bell, the number one back on the roster, has been rather ineffective-- just 3.9 YPC last year-- […]

Ranking the Best and Worst NFL Defenses: NFC North

Defenses matter a lot in fantasy football. If you can draft and matchup the right players against sub-par defenses, you have a recipe for success. It’s not as easy as just looking at the best and worst defenses from 2014 though, and that’s why we’re here to help. In this eight article series, we’re going […]

Theo Riddick (RB, DET) – 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper

BALLER MOVE: Take him late in the draft as a FLEX play in deeper leagues. CURRENT ADP: 198 STD, 153 PPR ANALYSIS: Theo Riddick’s in a tough spot. Both 2015 2nd rounder Ameer Abdullah and the perpetually underrated Joique Bell look to be getting lion’s share of carries in front of the third year man from […]

Preseason Week 1: Three Position Battles That Were Affected

There is still a lot to be determined over the course of the preseason. There are several position battles to be played out that will affect fantasy relevant players. I don’t believe anything we saw in Week 1 of the preseason put an end to any battle, but we can certainly glean some information from […]

Ameer Abdullah (RB, DET) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper

BALLER MOVE: Target in Round 7 as RB3 CURRENT ADP: 93 STD, 53 PPR ANALYSIS: The Lions let Reggie Bush walk in free agency after Joique Bell did the heavy duty work and Theo Riddick proved himself just as effective in the passing game. Despite having Bell and Riddick, Detroit used their second round pick on Ameer Abdullah. Abdullah […]

Why Ameer Abdullah is a Big Sleeper Running Back for 2015

It was no surprise that the Detroit Lions allowed Reggie Bush to walk in free agency. Joique Bell did the heavy duty work and Theo Riddick proved himself just as effective in the passing game, averaging 5 catches for 53 yards in the 5 games that Bush missed. Despite having Bell and Riddick around, the […]

Golden Tate (WR, DET) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper

BALLER MOVE: Target as Low-End WR2 CURRENT ADP: 58 STD, 51 PPR ANALYSIS: Labeled as a strong breakout candidate for the 2014 season, Golden Tate flourished in his first season with the Lions, amassing 1,331 receiving yards and four touchdowns. Those numbers were good enough to make him the 13th highest-scoring fantasy wideout in standard leagues and […]

Where Should You Draft WR Golden Tate in 2015?

Labeled as a strong breakout candidate prior to the 2014 fantasy football season, Golden Tate did not disappoint. The 26-year-old former Seahawk flourished in his first season with the Detroit Lions, amassing 1331 receiving yards and 4 TD while adding another 30 yards on the ground. Those numbers were good enough to make him the […]

2015 Tiered Dynasty Rankings: Wide Receivers (WR), Tier 2

As the Football season starts to close in, we’re digging into Dynasty Leagues analysis. Here are the 2015 Tiered Dynasty Rankings we looked at: Tier 1 Wide Receivers; Tier 1, Tier 2, Tiers 3 & 4 Running Backs; Quarterbacks. Today, fantasy football expert Bill Dubiel takes a look at the tier 2 wide receivers. In PPR formats these can be some of the […]

2015 NFL Draft Analysis: NFC North Draft Review and Grades

Rotoballer kicks off the 2015 NFL Season by reviewing each teams draft, continuing with the NFC East. Draft expert Owen Elle gives his take on each teams ability to fill their needs and add overall talent to their rosters. Check out our previous divisional draft reviews: AFC East, AFC North, AFC South, AFC West, NFC South, NFC East. […]

Theo Riddick (RB, DET) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Deeper PPR Leagues OWNED IN: 11% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Have you noticed a theme yet this week? So far it seems to be all underutilized backs who are all backups to players who recently got injured. Granted, you may wonder why Riddick is on this list at all since he […]

Theo Riddick (RB, DET) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues Owned in 4% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Reggie who? Theo Riddick has made a name for himself in two of the past three weeks as a dangerous pass catching weapon out of the backfield. Against the Falcons swiss-cheese defense, he hauled in 8 catches for 74 yards […]

Theo Riddick (RB, DET) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues Owned in 3% of Fleaflicker leagues ANALYSIS: Reggie Bush found himself inactive for Sunday’s game due to an ankle injury. Not the best time to be inactive when your team has a plus matchup against a bad run defense, but you know, it happens. I’m not bitter that he was […]

Week 6 PPR Waiver Wire Sleepers & Starts for Deeper Leagues

The BYE week madness has already begun, and that means as fantasy football owners we need to be digging deeper on the waiver wire to find weekly sleepers and sneaky starts. I'm here to help you through it with some low ownership players that could have sneaky PPR values coming into Week 6 of the […]

Eric Ebron (TE, DET) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add In All 14+ Team Leagues Owned in 20% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Eric Ebron was not drafted as the 10th overall pick in the 2014 NFL draft to sit on the sidelines for too long, and the Detroit Lions have been putting him right to work in the early parts of the season. Brandon Pettigrew […]

Detroit Lions (DEF, DET) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues (Especially For Bye Weeks) Owned in 51% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Coming into the Week 4 bye week crunch, many of us are grappling with what players to add/drop and plug into our lineups so that we don't completely sacrifice a win due to how the NFL schedules their season. For some, these […]

Detroit Lions (DEF, DET) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Stream in All Leagues (for Week 1) 14% owned in Fleaflicker leagues ANALYSIS: My #1 streaming option for the first week of the season is the Detroit Lions against the questionable Giants offense. The Giants offense last year gave up the most points to D/ST due to Eli Manning’s poor play, constant interceptions and […]

Lance Dunbar (RB, DAL) - Fantasy Football Sleepers

BALLER MOVE: Target ~130  (Current ADP: 175, RB: 56) ANALYSIS:  Coming into 2014 the Dallas Cowboys again have questions about their offense.  During the offseason Tony Romo had back surgery and their running offense was ranked 24th last year.  Once again coaching changes were made at Dallas and new offensive coordinator Scott Linehan's mission this […]

Detroit Lions: 2014 Fantasy Football Analysis & Team Outlook

What can we expect from the Lions in 2014? Despite their somewhat disappointing record at 7-9 last season, the Detroit Lions remained one of the more relevant teams in the NFL in terms of fantasy. While it certainly helps when you have the most talented receiver in football in Calvin Johnson, there are other key contributors […]

Dynasty League Quarterback Rankings: Top 15 for 2014

Flawed NFL Quarterbacks With Upside   15. Andy Dalton - If Jay Gruden had stayed, or if he didn’t put up a stink bomb in the playoffs for the third straight year, Dalton would be much higher on this list. With that said, he’s got a plethora of weapons on the field. The opportunity is there. […]