Sammy Watkins (WR, KC) - Week 13 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 44% of Leagues ANALYSIS: It seemed like we would never see Watkins back on a field, but he finally arrived this past Sunday, and considering we're not in Week 1 anymore, Watkins had a reasonably good ease-in/comeback game. Sure, he only scored 7.8 PPR points, but in […]

Clyde Edwards-Helaire Limited To 11 Carries In Week 12

Kansas City Chiefs rookie running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire received 61% of the backfield snaps in Week 12 versus the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but was limited to just 11 carries for 37 yards and one catch for two yards. The rookie continues to see a limited amount of carries with the Chiefs preferring to pass the […]

Le'Veon Bell Does Little In Week 12

Kansas City Chiefs running back Le'Veon Bell received 30% of the backfield snaps in Week 12 versus the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Chiefs didn't utilize Bell or rookie running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire that much in this matchup and stuck with their pass game. Bell did have five carries for 22 yards and also caught both […]

Sammy Watkins Produces Four Receptions In Return

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Sammy Watkins caught four of his seven targets for 38 yards in his return to the lineup in Week 12. It was Watkins first action since Week 5 and he was able to get through the game healthy. The Chiefs have one of the most explosive offenses in the game […]

Travis Kelce Catches Eight Balls In Week 12

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce caught all eight of his targets for 82 yards against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a narrow victory. Kelce has now had eight or more catches in four straight games, but his streak of 100 or more yards in a game was snapped at three. Kelce remains in […]

Patrick Mahomes Throws For 462 Yards In Week 12

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes put together another dominant display in Week 12 versus the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Mahomes was 37-for-49 on the evening for 462 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions. Mahomes helped wide receiver Tyreek Hill go for 269 yards and continues to lead the Chiefs dynamic offense. Mahomes is arguably […]

Tyreek Hill Goes Bonkers In Week 12

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill went bananas in Week 12 versus the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Hill started the game by hauling in all seven of his targets for two touchdowns and 203 yards in the first quarter. The seven catches and 203 yards was the most for any player in one quarter in […]

Sammy Watkins Active In Week 12

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Sammy Watkins (hamstring) is officially active for this week's game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Watkins has been sidelined since Week 5 with a hamstring injury. Watkins had 21 catches for 222 yards and two touchdowns in the first five weeks of the season. He's a risky play today as […]

Break The Slate: DraftKings NFL DFS Lineup Picks - Week 12

Hi there, RotoBallers, and welcome back to Break The Slate! If you read this article regularly, then you know what we're about here, but if you are a new reader, let me quickly summarize our goals with this article. We'll spend each week discussing a few plays at each position for the DraftKings main slate […]

FanDuel NFL DFS Lineup Picks for Week 12 - Daily Fantasy Football

For those who had Deshaun Watson, Will Fuller V, or Antonio Gibson in fantasy lineups, you likely had a wonderful Thanksgiving. For those who didn't, well, at least there was food. Heading into the weekend, the league has some solid games on the schedule as the season turns the corner toward the playoffs. With some potential […]

Updated Week 12 PPR Rankings (Top 400)

Welcome to Week 12 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 12 PPR rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: Julio Jones Officially Ruled Out Mark Andrews (COVID-19) Will Not Suit Up Kalen Ballage Injured, Sitting Out This Week Raheem Mostert and Jeff Wilson Jr. To Be […]

Updated Week 12 Flex Rankings (Top 200)

Welcome to Week 12 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 12 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 12 Running Back Rankings

Welcome to Week 12 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 12 running back rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: Kalen Ballage Injured, Sitting Out This Week Raheem Mostert and Jeff Wilson Jr. To Be Activated James Conner Tests Positive For COVID-19 Austin Ekeler Activated From […]

Updated Week 12 Wide Receiver Rankings

Welcome to Week 12 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 12 wide receiver rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: Julio Jones Officially Ruled Out Adam Thielen (COVID-19) Not Expected To Play Ravens-Steelers Tentatively Moved To Tuesday Deebo Samuel Will Make His Return D.J. Chark Jr., Chris Conley Ruled Out […]

Updated Week 12 Quarterback Rankings

Welcome to Week 12 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 12 quarterback rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates. Wide Receiver Kendall Hinton To Be Broncos QB This Week All Broncos QBs Including Drew Lock Ineligible To Play (COVID-19) Ryan Fitzpatrick Expected To Start Tua Tagovailoa […]

Key Starters and Tough Calls - Lineup Spotlights for Week 12

Welcome to Week 12, RotoBallers! Below you will find some of my spotlight choices and players to go with or consider avoiding when faced with tough lineup decisions in Week 12 of the fantasy football season. These choices are based off my Premium Weekly Lineup Rankings, available as part of the RotoBaller's NFL Premium Pass. […]

Wide Receiver Matchups To Target in Week 12

The Week 11 wide receiver matchups article yielded some fairly good results. Damiere Byrd had a great matchup and finished as WR-5 on the week, while Michael Thomas finished as WR-13 and Mike Williams came in at WR-18. Tyler Boyd was on his way to a big day before Joe Burrow was lost for the season […]

Fantasy Football Starts and Sits: Matchups Analysis for Week 12

Hi, y'all! Eleven weeks of NFL action are in the books and we're moving on to another. Welcome to our Week 12 matchup analysis and start/sit column for fantasy football. Each week we'll be analyzing every game from the Sunday slate, helping you optimize your fantasy lineups and take down your opponent. Be sure to check back […]

Booms and Busts - Starts and Sits for Week 12 Lineups

In a week that was consumed by the Taysom Hill debate, Week 11 fantasy scoring found somewhat a bit of normalcy as compared to previous weeks. Players like Dalvin Cook, Ezekiel Elliott, and Tyreek Hill all found themselves successful enough to be among the tops at their respective positions. Even at the tight end position, […]

Top 10 Fantasy Football Busts for Week 12

It's nearly playoff time and every lineup tweak can have major implications for the fate of fantasy squads. That's why our RotoBaller team continues ramping up our efforts to break down every fantasy football matchup and provide week-winning advice. With major COVID-19 complications to contend with this week, such as the absence of Lamar Jackson, J.K. Dobbins, […]

Updated Week 12 Tight End Rankings

Welcome to Week 12 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 12 tight end rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: Mark Andrews (COVID-19) Will Not Suit Up Zach Ertz Not Expected To Play Monday Tua Tagovailoa Downgraded To Doubtful Jordan Reed (Illness) Has Been Held Out […]

Week 12 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2020 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

Week 11 saw a bit of a rebound in picking the right defenses. With the weather and injury updates on Sunday, we were able to nail six of the top-10 defensive units with the Bucs still to come. Miami laid a bit of an egg against a banged-up Denver team, and the Chargers weren't able […]

Week 12 Kicker Streamers and Starts - 2020 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

We’ve made it to Week 12. The NFL season continues to roll on. It was another unfortunate week for injuries, as Cincinnati Bengals’ quarterback Joe Burrow tore his ACL in a road matchup with the Washington Football Team. After our amazing performances in Week 10, it was a pretty quiet week on the kicker front, […]

Clyde Edwards-Helaire Is RB2 Option In Week 12

Kansas City Chiefs running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire remains the team's top running back and should be in line for solid work against Tampa Bay in Week 12. It's a fairly tough matchup, but CEH has low-end RB2 value based on his upside. He scored twice last week, potentially suggesting that the rookie rusher is trending […]

NFL DFS Value Plays for Week 12 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome to Week 12, Rotoballers! There are 11 games on the main slate this week, but no teams are on their bye week. Still, there are quite a few injuries we need to keep an eye on this week, with Julio Jones, Giovani Bernard, and […]

NFL DFS Expert Roundtable - Week 12 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Hello, RotoBallers, and thanks for joining us for Week 12 of the NFL season! This is a new article that we're offering each week and we hope that you will find it useful. Be sure also to read all of our other top-notch weekly NFL […]

Le'Veon Bell Is Middling Play

Kansas City Chiefs running back Le'Veon Bell has struggled to make much of an impact since joining the team.Last week's seven carries were his most as a member of the Chiefs. Sure, he scored a touchdown, but Bell's been a low-volume guy since arriving in K.C., and at this point he's just a Clyde Edwards-Helaire […]

Travis Kelce Remains Top Tight End Option

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has been targeted 10-plus times in three consecutive games. He remains the No. 1 play at the tight end position this week despite a tougher matchup than usual against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. With other top tight ends injured, Kelce is worth paying up for in DFS, as […]

Tyreek Hill Is On A Roll

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill is playing his best football of the season right now and there's no reason to think that changes in Week 12 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, even if the Bucs have one of the best defenses that K.C. has faced this year. There has been one game this […]

Patrick Mahomes Doesn't Have Greatest Week 12 Matchup

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes faces a Tampa Bay defense that allows the seventh-fewest fantasy points per game to quarterbacks this week. It's not the greatest matchup for Mahomes, but that doesn't matter a ton for fantasy managers. He has 348 or more yards in three consecutive appearances. He's a clear QB1 play every […]