New Packers General Manager Brian Gutekunst To Be Aggressive

Although a lot is still unknown, new Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst is expected to be more aggressive toward free agency than his predecessor Ted Thompson. Thompson was remarkably conservative, rarely signing any free agents, and treated the Packers almost like a college team. With quarterback Aaron Rodgers approaching the twilight of his […]

Green Bay Hires Brian Gutekunst as General Manager

The Green Bay Packers have selected Brian Gutekunst to replace Ted Thompson as the general manager of the Packers. Gutekunst was hired as a scout by Green Bay in 1998 and had been promoted several times. Most recently he was Green Bay’s director of player personnel, a position he has held since 2016. Gutekunst beat […]

Joe Philbin Expected to Rejoin Packers

The Green Bay Packers are expected to hire former Miami Dolphins head coach Joe Philbin to their offensive staff. Philbin worked under current Green Bay head coach Mike McCarthy for the Packers as offensive coordinator from 2007-2011. Although McCarthy runs the offense and calls the plays, Philbin was at least partly responsible for the dominant […]

2017 RotoBaller Fantasy Football Awards

Welcome to the official 2017 Fantasy Football Awards Show, presented by RotoBaller. I'm no Michael Scott and this won't be The Dundies, but I'll do my best to entertain and educate as we honor some of the fine football players, coaches and teams who have had outstanding (for better or worse) performances in the 2017 […]

Green Bay Will Consider Internal Candidates for Defensive Coordinator

Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy unveiled the list of internal candidates who will be considered for the vacant defensive coordinator position in a press conference on Thursday. Those candidates are safeties coach Darren Perry, cornerbacks coach Joe Whitt Jr. and assistant head coach/linebackers coach Winston Moss. These candidates, along with some of the […]

Green Bay Looking at Conservative Options in Offensive Coordinator Search

ESPN’s Rob Demovsky has reported that the expected candidates for the vacant offensive coordinator position in Green Bay are Ben McAdoo, Joe Philbin and James Campen. All three have served under head coach Mike McCarthy in Green Bay in some manner. McAdoo was most recently the head coach of the New York Giants but was […]

Edgar Bennett, Alex Van Pelt Fired By Packers

As reported by Adam Schefter, members of the Green Bay Packers coaching staff, offensive coordinator Edgar Bennett and quarterbacks coach Alex Van Pelt, are out in Green Bay. Bennett served as offensive coordinator and had previously held several position coach positions. Head coach Mike McCarthy was seemingly grooming him to be a future head coaching […]

Mike McCarthy Gets Extension From Packers

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that Green Bay’s head coach, Mike McCarthy, received a one-year contract extension earlier this year. This puts McCarthy under contract through the 2019 season. The extension is important for McCarthy, as he would have effectively been a lame-duck head coach next year due to the expiring contract. There have been a […]

Week 17 Matchups - Fantasy Football Starts and Sits

Welcome to our Week 17 matchups analysis and starts/sits column for fantasy football. We'll be covering every matchup from every Sunday game to help you make the best decisions for your fantasy lineups. We'll also be updating this as injury reports come in so check back often. Contenders in fantasy leagues with a Week 17 championship will know […]

Heroes and Zeroes - Week 17 Fantasy Football Picks

Nothing is over until we say it's over! These famous words, yelled emphatically by Bluto Blutarski, can and should be uttered by any fantasy commissioner forcing his leaguemates to play for anything meaningful in Week 17. If you are in need of lineup help for the most unpredictable set of games on any day of […]

Under-the-Radar Booms/Busts: Week 17

The final week of the NFL’s regular season is upon us, and whether you are in your fantasy league’s championship game or trying one last time to win thousands of dollars in a one-day contest, picking the right booms and busts is a must. My apologies for skipping out on last week’s column quicker than […]

Week 17 Dynasty Mailbag Q&A

For most fantasy leagues, Week 16 is championship week so for those that were victorious, congratulations. For those that did not win their dynasty league’s championship, this is a great time to evaluate your own roster heading into the offseason. Determining your roster’s own strengths and weaknesses is a must for dynasty teams as the […]

Week 17 PPR Rankings (Top 300)

The results are in. Our very own Nick Mariano has finished as the 9th overall ranked expert for the season. You can see the results here. Nick was ranked #21 overall last week (Week 16) out of ~120 industry experts. That continued his incredible streak of being ranked in the top 25 experts for ten weeks straight: In Week 15, […]

Target Risers & Potential Breakouts, Week 17

Week 17 of the NFL season is always tricky for fantasy purposes. For this reason, most leagues wrap up fantasy action in Week 16. For a lot of us, the relevant games are over, championships having been awarded to Todd Gurley owners, and a handful of others I'm sure. Still, the somewhat chaotic and imbalanced […]

Fantasy Football Pop Quiz - Week 17 Lineup Questions

Before DFS became a known and popular entity in fantasy football gaming, there was Week 17. Sure, fantasy sports will always have some quality of unknown dart-throwing in it (Alvin Kamara, anyone?) but this week is sort of a horror show all its own. Did you ride a running back all the way to the […]

Yahoo Daily Fantasy Football Lineup Picks (Week 17): NFL DFS Advice

Hey there RotoBallers! In this article, I will be taking a look at some of my favorite Yahoo DFS lineups picks for the Week 17 slate. These DFS picks are based on a multitude of factors including matchup, talent, recent performance, Vegas odds, and pricing on Yahoo. Week 17 brings its own special set of circumstances because we […]

Players Sending Out Warning Signals: Heading Into Week 17

This is it. Week 17 of the fantasy football season always seems so far away in early September, but it comes back every year before any of us are ready. For those of you that won championships or somehow managed to scrape your way to a top finish in your league last week, many congratulations […]

Week 17 Waiver Wire Pickups and Adds

Ho, ho, ho and a Merry Christmas to you all. This piece is for the select few of you who are either in two-week championships or somehow got talked into doing a league where Week 17 is the sole week for determining titles. I'll avoid the soapbox for now, but the playing-time chaos that will […]

Waiver Wire Express - Week 17 Lightning Round

While many of you only have the Monday "Night" Football doubleheader left in your fantasy season, we here at RotoBaller still have those of you who play to the last minute of the regular season covered. In the interest of getting you the most timely information for your title matchups, consider this the waiver wire […]

Deeper Sleepers for Fantasy Football (Week 17)

We've reached the end of the 2017 NFL season. If you're still here and reading this, you're probably in a league that plays a Week 17 championship game. That's always risky since some teams have clinched their playoff positions and won't be playing their starters the full time. The NFL has tried to fix that […]

The Cut List - Players on the Chopping Block (Week 17)

As we head into the final week of the NFL season, obviously the overwhelming majority of you are done. Hopefully, you took home at least one championship. If not, at least you had fun, right? The offseason comes and goes quickly, though, and we will have a ton of content to keep your football desires satiated […]

Heroes and Zeroes - Week 16 Fantasy Football Picks

This season, we are treated to a full slate of games on Christmas Eve in the most important fantasy week of all! (Cue inspiring holiday music set to the tune of Hank Williams Jr.'s MNF anthem). Although the NFL is most closely associated with Thanksgiving in terms of holidays, it really makes the perfect allegory […]

Week 16 PPR Rankings (Top 300)

He can't stop, won't stop. Our very own Nick Mariano was ranked #22 overall last week (Week 15) out of ~120 industry experts, and now sits at a very impressive 10th overall expert for the season. Nick continued his white hot streak, and has now been ranked in the top 25 experts for nine weeks straight. He's absolutely on fiiiiiire! (NBA […]

Week 16 Half PPR Rankings (Top 300)

Below you will find our Week 16 Half-PPR rankings for fantasy football's Super Bowl. It's championship week, and lineup mistakes will be the difference maker between league champions and second place. We are here to make sure you win your leagues. Three of our lead fantasy football columnists, Bill Dubiel, Pierre Camus and Nick Mariano, have analyzed the NFL matchups and game slates for Week […]

Week 16 Standard Rankings (Non-PPR): Top 300

Congrats RotoBallers. It's Championship Week (for almost everyone), and we're bringing you our weekly ranks. Our very own Nick Mariano is now ranked as the 10th most accurate expert for the season out of ~120 industry rankers. Show that man some Twitter love. You can find Nick's ranks below, along with our lead editor Pierre Camus and lead columnist Bill Dubiel. On […]

Week 16 Rankings Analysis - Pierre Camus vs Industry Consensus

To some extent, you can throw rankings out the window this week. Wait, keep reading! What I mean to say is that you already know who you're rolling with at nearly every position if you are playing for a championship, other than one or two flex spots. If you have a strong team at every […]

Week 16 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts: 2017 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

Time to go for the whole enchilada! Below are RotoBaller's Week 16 defense tiers and rankings, or which defenses to stream and start for Week 16 of the NFL and fantasy football season. Our tiered defense rankings are your guide to drafting defenses, making waiver wire pickups/adds to improve your lineups, and to decide which defenses to start, […]

Target Risers & Potential Breakouts, Week 16

Well, we've reached Week 16. For most leagues, it's championship week. With that in mind, if you're still browsing fantasy football content at this point in the season, it likely means you've had a pretty good year and are playing for a title. Or maybe you're a go-getter in a third place matchup with some […]

NFL Survivor League Picks (Week 16): Survivor Pool Targets and Avoids

What another great Sunday of football. We saw teams like the Vikings, Rams, and Jaguars win in dominating fashion. We even saw a piece of paper used to decide a monumental fourth down. But most importantly, the game of the year actually was the game of the year. For all those people complaining about the […]

Week 16 Consistency Report - Floors and Ceilings

It amazes me that we are already at the end of December in Week 16 of the 2017 season. We spent all offseason preparing for this year and now it is all or nothing for many teams. To those of you in the championship, I congratulate you for making it, a feat in and of […]