Updated Week 9 Running Back Rankings

Welcome to Week 9 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 9 running back rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: Christian McCaffrey Activated From IR, Expected To Play Good Chance That David Montgomery Plays On Monday Jeff Wilson Jr. Activated From IR Damien Williams Sidelined […]

Updated Week 9 Tight End Rankings

Welcome to Week 9 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 9 tight end rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: George Kittle Activated, Will Play In Week 9 Noah Fant Not Expected To Play Against Cowboys Dallas Places Blake Jarwin On Injured Reserve Eric Ebron […]

Week 9 Fantasy Football Sleepers, Start 'Em and Value Plays: The King and Pocket Aces

In this episode of The King and Pockets Aces, RotoBaller's Scott "The King" Engel and Anthony "Pocket Aces" Aniano share their highly charged Fantasy insights. They look at the latest and upcoming NFL player moves, NFL player rankings and lineup strategy to best prepare you for each week of the 2021 fantasy football season. Scott […]

Marquez Valdes-Scantling, Blake Bortles Active For Sunday

The Green Bay Packers will get back wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling (hamstring) for Sunday's contest against the Chiefs, while quarterback Blake Bortles will also be on the active roster after having been elevated from the practice squad. Valdes-Scantling has been sidelined since Week 3, with his return giving Green Bay roughly a complete version of […]

Fantasy Football 2021: Week 9 Red Zone Risers and Fallers

In the red zone, it is all about opportunities.  Getting the targets and the touches are important, but so is how  are defenses at keeping the players/teams out of the red zone. Let's see what the stats say on red zone risers and fallers Week 9.   TOP 7 DEFENSES IN RED ZONE TEAM NAME […]

NFL Week 9: Thunder Dan's NFL DFS Tiered Rankings (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome, RotoBallers, to my official tiered rankings for week 9 of this NFL season! You can find my core plays at RB and WR each week in my Anchors column as well as the rest of my favorites plays in our premium cheat sheet. […]

Fantasy Football Rookies to Watch in Week 9: Kadarius Toney, Justin Fields, and more

Every week, this column will spotlight the first-year players who are ripe for a breakout performance. Oftentimes, rookies can provide some of the most value as under-the-radar options. This Thursday, we already witnessed a rookie have a major breakthrough. First-year wideout Elijah Moore put up a solid stat line for the New York Jets, tallying […]

Mason Crosby - Week 9 Outlook for Fantasy Football

Green Bay Packers kicker Mason Crosby has scored six points for the third straight game. The 37-year-old is 13-of-17 in field-goal attempts, and 21-of-22 in extra-point tries over eight games in 2021. Green Bay will be without star quarterback Aaron Rodgers; the Packers offense will turn to 2020 first-round pick Jordan Love in Week 9 […]

Wide Receiver Snap Counts and Target Trends - Week 8 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 […]

Quarterbacks - Rest of Season Rankings for Fantasy Football

In a typical year, quarterback rankings aren't too important once we approach the midpoint of the season. As you know, this year has been anything but typical and that especially applies to the football world. Just this past week, several quarterbacks have suffered serious injuries and some big-name players will need to be replaced. Fantasy […]

Finding Tight End Breakouts - Champs, Chumps, and Contenders

What a lame NFL Trade Deadline. Fantasy managers everywhere were likely hoping for an Evan Engram trade or maybe an Eric Ebron trade. Both would have had monster fantasy implications. Sadly, the NFL Trade Deadline is just about one of the biggest sporting events that always disappoints. With absolutely no movement anywhere, fantasy status quos […]

NFL DFS Value Plays (Cash Games) for Week 9 on FanDuel and DraftKings

Week 8 of the NFL season is in the books, and what a week it was. First, we saw the Packers head into Arizona and give the Cardinals their first loss of the season. Next, the Niners and Bears combined for 55 points while Jimmy G and Justin Fields ran wild. Next, the Jets picked […]

NFL DFS Value Plays for Week 9 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome to Week 9, Rotoballers! After this week, we will officially be halfway done with the 2021 NFL season. It's all downhill from here! The trade deadline passed without a slight tremor in the NFL unless you count the Rams defense becoming a more […]

Week Nine NFL DFS GPP Stacks for FanDuel, DraftKings

Welcome back to another week of NFL DFS GPP Stacks! This is where I talk about the slate and give three stacks you should consider for your GPP lineups! I generally make 3-5 lineups, because it is hard to nail every stack. I use a different stack for each GPP lineup and hope one of […]

Packers Officially Sign Blake Bortles

The Green Bay Packers officially signed quarterback Blake Bortles to their practice squad on Thursday with Aaron Rodgers ruled out for Week 9 against the Kansas City Chiefs after testing positive for COVID-19. Bortles was on the team's roster this summer until Rogers reported to training camp, so he has some familiarity with the offense […]

Davante Adams Returns To Team Thursday

Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur confirmed on Thursday that wide receiver Davante Adams is back with the team and is returning from the Reserve/COVID-19 list after testing positive for the virus and missing the Week 8 win over the Arizona Cardinals. LaFleur is hopeful that Adams will play in Week 9 against the […]

NFL Survivor Pool Picks (Week 9) - Targets and Avoids

Football. The game doesn't add up. Sometimes all stats point to one team dominating but just the opposite happens. That transpired with  the Bengals Sunday, but the game that really made no sense was the Titans-Colts. Indy jumped out to a quick 14-0 lead before the Titans crawled back and then it was back-and-forth. Now […]

Sneaky Starts, Pivot Plays and Post-Waiver Pickups: Week 9

This is the time of the year where the NFL bye weeks start getting on fantasy footballers’ nerves. Thanks to major injuries to Tennessee’s Derrick Henry and New Orleans’ Jameis Winston, Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers testing positive for COVID, and Atlanta’s Calvin Ridley taking time off to address his mental health, millions of fantasy football […]

Week 9 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings

Earlier this week, we handed out some fancy awards to our waiver-eligible defenders. You have no idea how fancy these were. They were presented in a decorated affair for which men donned their flashiest tuxedos and women their most revealing pantsuits. There was a red carpet, several very unimportant individuals considered attending, and fun was […]

Jordan Love Impact, Titans Backfield Outlook, and Van Jefferson Hype - The Fantasy Jones Podcast

Frank Ammirante and Carlos Marion discuss how the Green Bay Packers might look with Jordan Love. They also dive into the Titans backfield along with some hype for Van Jefferson. Like and subscribe to the RotoBaller channel on Youtube to get all our latest podcasts and catch us on iTunes and BlogTalkRadio as well! Be sure to […]

Marcedes Lewis - Week 9 Outlook for Fantasy Football

Green Bay Packers tight end Marcedes Lewis is in line for more work after starter Robert Tonyan was diagnosed with a torn ACL. He logged 31-of-73 snaps (42%) in last Thursday's win over the Arizona Cardinals. The Packers will be without star quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who was ruled out in Week 9 after testing positive […]

Packers Expected To Sign Blake Bortles

Veteran quarterback Blake Bortles flew to Green Bay on Wednesday with the expectation that he will sign with the Packers practice squad and be eligible for the 53-man roster this Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs, according to a source. Earlier in the day on Wednesday, it was announced that Aaron Rodgers tested positive for […]

Randall Cobb - Week 9 Outlook for Fantasy Football

Green Bay Packers wide receiver Randall Cobb was the team's de facto top target in last Thursday's game against the Arizona Cardinals when Davante Adams and Allen Lazard were ruled out in Week 8. He brought in three of five targets for 15 yards and two touchdowns in the Packers' 24-21 win over the Cardinals. […]

AJ Dillon - Week 9 Outlook for Fantasy Football

Green Bay Packers running back AJ Dillon rushed 16 times for 78 yards in a Week 8 win over the Arizona Cardinals. Last Thursday, he logged 29-of-73 snaps (40%) and should see an uptick in carries with star QB Aaron Rodgers ruled out for Sunday's game against the Kansas City Chiefs. The 23-year-old has recorded […]

Allen Lazard - Week 9 Outlook for Fantasy Football

Green Bay Packers wide receiver Allen Lazard was reinstated from the reserve/COVID-19 list on Monday. He was deemed a close contact of teammate Davante Adams, who tested positive COVID-19 last week and did not play in Week 8 against the Arizona Cardinals. The Packers will be without star quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who was ruled out […]

Aaron Jones - Week 9 Outlook for Fantasy Football

Green Bay Packers running back Aaron Jones is expected to see heavy volume against the Kansas City Chiefs after star QB Aaron Rodgers was ruled out in Week 9. He rushed for 59 yards on 15 attempts and a touchdown while catching 7-of-11 targets for 51 yards receiving in last Thursday's win over the Arizona […]

Early Week 9 Fantasy Football Rankings and Injury News: Taysom Hill, Saquon Barkley, Aaron Rodgers, Odell Beckham Jr.

Welcome to Week 9 RotoBallers. We just got through last week's games, but are back with our early Week 9 fantasy football rankings. The injury news and player updates are coming in quickly this week, so we are already starting up our rankings and analysis for Week 9 of the fantasy football season. As always, […]

Key Fantasy Football Data from Week 8

Eight weeks in the books now, and it was another wild week of football. More surprise performances, big-time duds, and one massive injury that will change your fantasy league's landscape for the rest of the year. I appreciate everybody that's been following along with this post series, and I hope you're getting used to using […]

Offensive Outliers From Week 8 - Coaching Matters

We now enter the eighth 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 8, we saw stat lines such as the Philadelphia Eagles running backs combining for 37 carries, the Atlanta Falcons tight ends combining for 17 […]

Jordan Love - Week 9 Outlook for Fantasy Football

Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur said quarterback Jordan Love would make his first NFL start against the Kansas City Chiefs in Sunday's game. Packers star QB Aaron Rodgers tested positive for COVID-19 and was ruled out for Week 9. Love, the Packers' 2020 first-round pick, has only appeared in garbage time over two […]