Updated Week 5 Wide Receiver Rankings

Welcome to Week 5 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 5 wide receiver rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: DeVante Parker Has Officially Been Ruled Out Courtland Sutton Remains Game-Time Decision Amari Cooper Suiting Up On Sunday A.J. Brown Will Return In Week 5 Julio Jones To […]

Updated Week 5 Flex Rankings (Top 200)

Welcome to Week 5 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 5 Flex rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates. These Flex rankings are geared towards making decisions for your Flex spot (RB/WR or RB/WR/TE), which in most leagues consists of running backs, wide receivers and in […]

Updated Week 5 PPR Rankings (Top 400)

Welcome to Week 5 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 5 PPR rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: Dalvin Cook Is Officially Inactive DeVante Parker Has Officially Been Ruled Out T.J. Hockenson Will Play On Sunday Joe Mixon Suiting Up, Won't Be 100 Percent Chase […]

Fantasy Football Starts and Sits: Matchups Analysis for Week 5

Welcome back RotoBallers to our Week 5 matchup analysis and start/sit column for fantasy football. Can you believe that we're already a quarter way through the season? It's time to keep it rolling for Week 5. For those who are not familiar, each week I'll be analyzing every game from the Sunday slate, helping you optimize your […]

High-Upside Bench Stashes: Week 5

Four weeks into the NFL season and injuries have piled up for key players on seemingly all 32 teams. As if these injuries weren't difficult enough to overcome, fantasy managers will now face an additional obstacle when bye weeks begin in Week 6. Roster depth is increasingly essential as players sitting on fantasy benches or […]

WR/CB Matchups To Target and Downgrade - Week 5

Welcome to Week 5 of the WR/CB Matchups article. This series used to be called "Matchups to Target and Avoid" but is now titled "Matchups to Target and Downgrade." Too many times a WR has a tough matchup and produces anyway. A difficult matchup is not a guarantee that a WR will underwhelm. On the […]

Top Trade Targets and Avoids for Week 5

Welcome to Trade Targets and Avoids for Week 5. While trade strategy varies widely depending on league size and, most importantly, league mates, we will identify some players who are ideal targets in the current market. Those who follow last week's advice might have acquired Robert Woods before his explosion on Thursday night. We will […]

Break The Slate: DraftKings NFL DFS Lineup Picks - Week 5

Hi there, RotoBallers, and welcome back to Break The Slate! Week 4 was a huge one for this article! We had at least one player from each highlighted position finish inside the top-five DK point scorers at their respective position. I hope you guys were able to take advantage of the recommendations. Unfortunately, I wasn't. […]

FanDuel NFL DFS Lineup Picks for Week 5 - Daily Fantasy Football

Week 4 is in the books, and it ended with a Monday Night Football trouncing of the Las Vegas Raiders, courtesy of the Los Angeles Chargers. Of course, we can't move ahead without taking a moment to recognize some of the standouts of the week, with Tyreek Hill exploding for three scores and nearly 200 […]

DraftKings Plays Of The Week - Daily Fantasy Football Advice from a Milly Maker Winner

The day I took home $1.3 million on DraftKings was a dream come true. That Sunday, Week 3 of the 2021 NFL season, I felt like I had found the holy grail by winning the DraftKings Millionaire Maker tournament. It was surreal, exciting and nerve racking, but most of all, life changing. I have been […]

Week 5 NFL - Fantasy Score DFS Prop Picks for PrizePicks

Hello everybody and welcome! The 2021 NFL season is finally underway 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 stats. […]

Video: Week 5 NFL DFS Lineup Picks - DraftKings, FanDuel

Host "Thunder Dan Palyo" is joined by fellow RotoBaller NFL analyst Eric Samulski to discuss their favorite games and players to target on FanDuel and DraftKings in week two as well as several other NFL DFS topics. Be sure to also tune into RotoBaller Radio on SiriusXM (channel Sirius 210, XM 87) - every weekday morning between […]

NFL DFS Value Plays for Week 5 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome to Week 5, Rotoballers! I managed to bounce back in Week 4 after a disastrous Week 3. We had Jalen Hurts, Matt Ryan, Zack Moss, Corey Davis, and Noah Fant all come through for the Value Plays. We are looking to build on that […]

Updated Week 5 Tight End Rankings

Welcome to Week 5 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 5 tight end rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: George Kittle Listed As Doubtful Rob Gronkowski Won't Play Against Dolphins T.J. Hockenson Improving, Has Chance To Play Sunday Logan Thomas Placed On Injured Reserve These rankings are a consensus […]

Updated Week 5 Quarterback Rankings

Welcome to Week 5 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 5 quarterback rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates. Russell Wilson Could Be Out 6-8 Weeks Jimmy Garoppolo Officially Out In Week 5 Baker Mayfield To Play Through Torn Shoulder Labrum Justin Fields Named Bears Starter Going Forward These […]

Week 5 Red Zone Alert - Risers and Fallers

It is time to start taking note of the stats. They say numbers don't lie, but that can be deceitful. For instance, a team could have a 100% red-zone scoring percentage, but that is because they have only had two or three red-zone attempts. We want our risers to be the teams and players who […]

Week 5 Kicker Streamers and Starts - 2021 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

Fantasy managers saw seven kickers who failed to even score five points and another seven kickers who managed to score in the double-digits. Unfortunately for myself, two of those sub-five kickers were on my streamers to target list. A bad week for the streamer picks, but slightly better on the busts. I did, however, stay […]

Week 5 Fantasy Football Rankings (Non-PPR)

Welcome to Week 5 RotoBallers. Last week left us with some injuries to deal with, but we are here to constantly bring you updated player news and rankings to help you set your optimal lineups. Below are our updated consensus Week 5 fantasy football rankings, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings […]

Travis Kelce Looks To Bounce Back In Week 5

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is coming off of his worst performance of the season in Week 4 with just four catches for 23 yards and he will look to bounce back versus a very tough Buffalo Bills defense. The Bills defense has limited opposing tight ends to just a hair over three […]

Tyreek Hill Remains A WR1 Option In Week 5

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill caught 11 balls for 186 yards and three touchdowns in Week 4 versus the Philadelphia Eagles and he will look to continue that success against a tough Buffalo Bills defense in Week 5. The speedy wide receiver has now had two monster games and two underwhelming performances on […]

Clyde Edwards-Helaire Has Tough Matchup In Week 5

Kansas City Chiefs running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire is coming off of two straight 100-yard rushing performances, but that could end in Week 5 against a very tough Buffalo Bills defense. The Bills defense is only allowing 51 yards per game to opposing runners and around three receptions for 35 yards through the air. They have […]

Patrick Mahomes Draws Tough Matchup In Week 5

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes will face a tough task in a Week 5 matchup versus the Buffalo Bills. The Bills defense has been stellar versus the passing game this season and is only allowing a hair over 167 yards per game to opposing signal-callers. That being said, they have yet to face an […]

Finding Tight End Breakouts - Champs, Chumps, and Contenders

There will be no victory lapping or keeping score here – largely because tight ends mostly suck and we're all losing unless we have Kelce, Waller and well, I think that's it. Sadly, I think we've even lost George Kittle and T.J. Hockenson for the time being. But the goal is to lose a little […]

Wide Receiver Snap Counts and Target Trends - Week 4 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 […]

Surprising NFL Player Stats and Trends

Those of you who follow fantasy football closely, which can be assumed is all of you who are taking the time to read this, probably know about the league leaders at each position and category. Derrick Henry is a beast, Kyler Murray looks like an MVP, yadda yadda... Dig deeper and you'll find plenty of […]

Early-Season Fantasy Breakouts and Trade Targets: The Engel Eye

There certainly have been some surprising early-season results to review and consider as we move forward. The bye weeks are quickly approaching, so maintaining an optimum lineup and roster will continue to be very challenging. RB injuries have added to the perceived adversity. Disappointing early-season performances from quality projected starters and unexpected breakouts will only […]

Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Football Week 5

Each week at RotoBaller we provide you with various fantasy football waiver wire articles to help you decide which free agent players to pickup off waivers. Our amazing team of analysts here whip them up as early in the week as possible, and update them as more news is announced. To kick things off each […]

Jeff Wilson Jr. (RB, SF) - Fantasy Football Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 20% of Leagues ANALYSIS: With each passing week, the incentive for stashing Jeff Wilson Jr. on your bench continues to rise. He currently remains on injured reserve (knee surgery) -- but he will emerge during the next few weeks ,and has already proven that he can […]

Week 5 Player Rankings and Waiver Wire- Woo Fantasy Podcast

Rotoballer analyst Brandon (@RotoSuperstar) and c0-host Nick (@therealffgoat) are back with a new episode of the Woo Fantasy podcast! In this episode the guys go over the latest new from around the world of the NFL. Including the devastating injury to David Montgomery, which now has him sidelined for four to five weeks. In his […]

Defenses to Stream AGAINST - Favorable Upcoming Matchups to Target

We're four weeks into the NFL season, which means that while we still don't know a lot about the teams in the league, we do know slightly more than we knew a month ago. For example, we have some data about defenses now, which means we can start to think about how we can target […]