Offensive Outliers From Week 15 - Coaching Matters
We now enter the 15th week of this series, where I dive into offensive areas that will improve or decline based on coaching in order to glean insight as to fantasy football value. In Week 15, we saw stat lines such as the Miami Dolphins running back room combining for 161 rushing yards, the Indianapolis Colts wide receiver room […]
Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers - Week 16
Welcome to the fantasy football playoff semifinals! Congratulations to all of those that made it to the final four! Last week, we highlighted Amon-Ra St. Brown and Gabriel Davis as two of our favorite risers. Hopefully, you were able to add them to your roster and start them in Week 15. Both finished as WR1s […]
Top Wide Receiver Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 16: Russell Gage, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Marquez Valdes-Scantling, Gabriel Davis
It's fantasy playoff time and the NFL is a mess right now due to COVID. Are there any players left on the waiver wire wasteland? Let's find out. Below, you'll find some wide receivers that you should be targeting on the fantasy football waiver wire ahead of Week 16. Not all of these waiver wire […]
Top Quarterback Waiver Wire Pickups and Streamers for Week 16: Carson Wentz, Jimmy Garoppolo, Justin Fields, Drew Lock
Week 15 will go down as a fantasy football bloodbath in the first week of the playoffs. Just two games finished with a game total above 60. Only five teams were able to surpass 30 points on offense. Worst of all, the offenses that got players to the fantasy playoffs (Arizona, Tampa Bay, Dallas, and […]
Waiver Wire Express - Week 16 Lightning Round
Welcome to the home stretch, RotoBallers! Congratulations to those of you still in the fight and here reading, as this playoff environment has been chaos personified. Those of you with bills still in the FAAB wallet are in a key spot to add some running back help, even if it's just to block your opponents. […]
Ryquell Armstead Signed To Jacksonville's Roster
The Jacksonville Jaguars signed running back Ryquell Armstead to the 53-man roster on Wednesday. He was cut by the Giants, Saints and recently worked out for the Packers. The 25-year-old returns to Jacksonville, a fifth-round pick by the Jaguars in 2019. Armstead missed the 2020 season due to COVID-19 after rushing for 108 yards on […]
Marquez Valdes-Scantling (WR, GB) - Fantasy Football Week 16 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 41% of Leagues ANALYSIS: At this point through the season, with just two fantasy weeks to cross the finish line, you know how it goes with Marquez Valdes-Scantling and his upside. MVS is part of an offense in which he's been getting as many as a […]
NextGen Stats - Quarterback Breakdowns and Takeaways
Things finally got serious. If you're here, it's only because of one of two reasons: 1) you have followed the series all along and want to keep reading just so you don't feel bad with yourself, or 2) you won your first round of the fantasy playoffs and are still on the lookout for the […]
Equanimeous St. Brown Making Progress
Green Bay Packers wide receiver Equanimeous St. Brown (concussion) was listed as a limited practice participant on Tuesday. Malik Taylor (shoulder) was given a DNP tag. St. Brown missed the Week 15 win over the Baltimore Ravens after suffering a concussion in Week 14, but he looks to be making progress in the concussion protocol […]
Aaron Rodgers Listed As A DNP Tuesday
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (toe) was listed as a DNP at Tuesday's practice. Rodgers hasn't been practicing the first two days of the week while managing a fractured pinkie toe, so this shouldn't come as a big surprise. Last week, he didn't practice at all before being active on Sunday and going 23-for-31 […]
Aaron Jones Continues To Manage Knee Injury
Green Bay Packers running back Aaron Jones (knee) was limited in practice on Tuesday. Jones has been on the injury report since he injured his MCL in Week 10, and he has been sharing more backfield work with A.J. Dillon since his return. Jones was able to out-touch Dillon in the Week 15 win over […]
Jaire Alexander, David Bakhtiari Not Expected To Play This Week
Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur said on Tuesday that he wouldn't anticipate cornerback Jaire Alexander (shoulder) or left tackle David Bakhtiari (knee) playing on Christmas Day this Saturday against the Cleveland Browns in Week 16. Alexander, one of the best cornerbacks in the NFL, has been out since Week 4, while Bakhtiari has […]
Packers Put Marquez Valdes-Scantling On COVID-19 List
The Green Bay Packers placed wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling on the Reserve/COVID-19 list on Tuesday. If Valdes-Scantling tested positive for the virus and is vaccinated, he'll need to be asymptomatic and return a negative test in order to play on Christmas Day against the Cleveland Browns in Week 16. Because of the short week, he'll […]
Surprise Fantasy Football Studs, Duds - Real or Mirage?
Week 15 was a very frustrating week to start your fantasy football playoffs, especially at the quarterback position. Of the top-12 QB's on the week, six of them are owened in 33%-or-less of Yahoo leagues, including Tyler Huntley (4%), Cam Newton (22%), Jared Goff (7%), Mac Jones (33%), Justin Fields (26%) and Davis Mills (3%). […]
NFL DFS Prop Picks for Monkey Knife Fight - Week 15 Monday Night Football
Welcome to Monday Night Football for Week 15 where we have not one, but two NFL games this evening!! Tonight's games means our friends at Monkey Knife Fight are offering some fantastic props for us to play. Our friends at Monkey Knife Fight offer some of the coolest, and easiest to win, NFL DFS games in […]
PrizePicks NFL DFS Prop Picks - Week 15 Monday Night Football
Hello everybody and welcome! The 2021 NFL season is alive and well and that means our new friends over at PrizePicks have a TON of great props we can look to take advantage of. PrizePicks is a great DFS props site where you can choose to select plays in terms of fantasy points or single […]
Marquez Valdes-Scantling Comes Up Big In Win Over Ravens
Green Bay Packers wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling caught five of seven targets for 98 yards and a touchdown in Sunday's 31-30 win over the Baltimore Ravens. Packers QB Aaron Rodgers connected with "MVS" for an 11-yard touchdown strike in the fourth quarter to give Green Bay a 28-17 lead. The 27-year-old led the Packers in […]
AJ Dillon Finds The End Zone In Win Over Ravens
Green Bay Packers running back AJ Dillon rushed seven times for 22 yards and a touchdown in Sunday's 31-30 win over the Baltimore Ravens. He also caught his lone target for 13 yards. The 23-year-old punched it in from two yards out in the second quarter. He continues to be in a timeshare with Aaron […]
Aaron Jones Catches Touchdown Pass In Win Over Ravens
Green Bay Packers running back Aaron Jones logged 13 attempts for 58 yards and caught both of his targets for 12 yards and a touchdown in Sunday's 31-30 win over the Ravens. The 27-year-old has now caught a touchdown pass in back-to-back games. He continues to be in a rotation with AJ Dillon, who punched […]
Davante Adams Finds The End Zone In Win Over Ravens
Green Bay Packers wide receiver Davante Adams caught six of seven targets for 44 yards and a touchdown in Sunday's 31-30 win over the Baltimore Ravens. Packers QB Aaron Rodgers connected with Adams for a three-yard touchdown in the second quarter. The 28-year-old has found the end zone five times over his last four games. […]
Aaron Rodgers Carves Up Ravens Defense For Three TDs
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers completed 23-of-31 passes for 268 yards and three touchdowns in Sunday's 31-30 win over the Baltimore Ravens. He tied Brett Favre for most career touchdown passes in Packers history with 422 in Sunday's win. The 38-year-old has been on fire recently, throwing for 1,301 yards, 13 touchdowns, and no […]
Seahawks vs Rams Start 'Em, Sit 'Em: Rashaad Penny, DK Metcalf, Gerlad Everett, Odell Beckham Jr., Van Jefferson
Welcome to Week 15 and Tuesday Night Football! In addition to our matchups analysis for the main slate of games on Sunday, below you will find our matchups analysis for the Tuesday Night Football game between the Seahawks and the Rams. You can also check out the matchups analysis for: Vikings vs Bears Start Em, […]
Marquez Valdes-Scantling Active Against Ravens
Green Bay Packers wide receivers Marquez Valdes-Scantling (back) and Malik Taylor (abdomen) are both active for the Week 15 contest against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday. Meanwhile, Equanimeous St. Brown (concussion) is out. Valdes-Scantling and Taylor were both considered questionable to play. It's always a bit of a crapshoot when trying to figure out which […]
Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em - Week 15 Matchups Analysis
Welcome back RotoBallers to our Week 15 matchup analysis and Start Em, Sit Em column for fantasy football. We hope everyone is having a successful fantasy season so far! It's playoff time, so let's go win a championship! Let's take a look at this week's matchups. For those who are not familiar, each week I'll be […]
DraftKings NFL DFS Lineup Picks - Week 15: Break The Slate
Hi there, RotoBallers, and welcome back to Break The Slate! It's great to be back talking NFL DFS with you! I'm not big on taking victory laps, but you can call me Richard Petty at the moment. If you read last week's edition of Break The Slate, then you probably had a very profitable Sunday, […]
FanDuel NFL DFS Lineup Picks for Week 15 - Daily Fantasy Football
Without question, things are certainly a mess around the National Football League. In previous years, periodic injuries made things difficult. However, with COVID-19 still prevalent, things are even more challenging, even more so with an added game to each team's schedule. Undoubtedly, the number of absences heading into Sunday is troubling for fantasy managers, especially […]
Week 15 Red Zone Risers and Fallers
I was thinking, why are the red zone risers and fallers so important, and then I came across this article from Sharp Football Analysis, and suddenly it all made sense. "In the past decade, 74.1% of all offensive touchdowns have come from the red zone." And if you come across defenses that are stingy in […]
Updated Week 15 PPR Rankings for Fantasy Football: James Conner, Chase Edmonds, Myles Gaskin, Leonard Fournette
Below are RotoBaller's updated Week 15 fantasy football rankings for PPR leagues. In a wild week of injuries and COVID situations, where do Cooper Kupp, Dalvin Cook, Deebo Samuel, Alvin Kamara and Nick Chubb rank, among others? There are no more teams on bye, but make sure you follow the COVID news all weekend long […]
Updated Week 15 Flex Rankings for Fantasy Football: Van Jefferson, Chuba Hubbard, AJ Dillon, Julio Jones, Rashod Bateman
Welcome back RotoBallers. In this article you'll find our updated fantasy football Flex rankings for Week 15. In a crucial week that will determine many fantasy playoff births, where do Christian Kirk, Jordan Howard, Brandon Aiyuk, K.J Osborn and Michael Carter rank, among others? There are no more teams on bye, but make sure you […]
Updated Week 15 Running Back Rankings for Fantasy Football: Chase Edmonds, Saquon Barkley, Ezekiel Elliott, Rhamondre Stevenson
Welcome to the fantasy football playoffs. Below are our updated Week 15 fantasy football running back rankings. With so many moving pieces, where do Miles Sanders, Joe Mixon, Rashaad Penny, Myles Gaskin and Jeff Wilson Jr. rank, among others? There are no more teams on bye, but make sure you follow the COVID news all […]