Jack Doyle (TE, IND) - 2017 Fantasy Football Sleeper

The 2016 NFL season was far from a banner year for the tight end position as it relates to fantasy football. Travis Kelce was the consensus #5 TE heading into 2016 drafts and managed an impressive 85 catches, 1,125 yards, and four TDs. While this did net him a #1 finish at the position, his […]

Rookie Roulette - Which First-Year QB Should Go #1 in Dynasty Drafts?

Football fans know which quarterback was taken first in this year’s NFL Draft, but now fantasy football owners want to know which QB should go first in dynasty drafts. The 2017 rookie quarterback crop is not loaded with any sure starters for this season, but there are plenty of potential passers for future seasons. Many […]

Dak Prescott vs. the 2017 Rookie Quarterback Class

Ezekiel Elliott wasn’t the only Dallas Cowboy who dominated during his rookie season. Dak Prescott stunned the fantasy football world last year by throwing 23 touchdown passes while only getting intercepted four times and effectively supplanting Tony Romo at QB. Only New England’s Tom Brady had a better touchdown-to-interception ratio. Aaron Rodgers came close. So […]

The Grass IS Greener - NFL Free Agent Moves That Will Increase Value

There's a Sheryl Crow song from the '90s in which Crow sings that "a change would do you good." It's a sentiment that works well when applied to someone's personal life, but it's a complicated notion when it comes to sports. Players who move between teams often find themselves struggling to fit in with their […]

2017 Dynasty League Football Sleepers (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Part of what makes dynasty fantasy football so fun is the depth of player analysis. To succeed long term, you'll need to find more players that can contribute to your team than your opponents do. The never-ending pursuit of the unexpected contributor is what brings […]

Ranking The Top Fantasy Receiving Corps - AFC West

We're close to wrapping up the divisional portion of our fantasy receiver corps series. This week's piece will focus on the AFC West, a division home to a fairly large amount of fantasy options. You can go as far as saying that this is one of the deepest divisions overall, regardless of position. Even in simply […]

Kareem Hunt (RB, KC) - 2017 NFL Rookie Profile

Position, Team, NFL Draft Spot: RB, Kansas City Chiefs, 3.22 Dynasty Positional Rank: 20 Redraft Target Round: 7-8 Analysis: Hunt is a small school prospect that produced at an elite level through four seasons at Toledo. He totaled 5,500 yards and 45 touchdowns on 855 touches through 44 career games. He recorded 32 receptions through his first three seasons […]

Three Questions About the 2017 NFL Season You Wish You Knew Answers to Today

It would be a lot easier to win a fantasy football league if you owned a crystal ball. Crystal balls are hard to come by these days, at least ones that are 100 percent accurate. Fantasy football owners would love to get their greedy hands on a working one. It would make life much simpler […]

Patrick Mahomes (QB, KC) - 2017 NFL Rookie Profile

Position, Team, NFL Draft Spot: QB, Kansas City Chiefs, 1.10 Dynasty Positional Rank: 17 Redraft Target Round: Unranked, not viable for 2017 Analysis: Pat Mahomes was one of the faster risers during the draft process, as he was not seen as a potential first-round pick until only a couple weeks before the draft. He was labeled a gunslinger coming […]

Fantasy Spin - Jeremy Maclin Lands in Baltimore

On Saturday, June 3, the Chiefs parted ways with veteran wide receiver Jeremy Maclin. Maclin spent two seasons in Kansas City as the Chiefs' top wideout. On Monday, Maclin found his new home in Baltimore with a two-year contract. In this article, I will breakdown the fantasy impact of the move for both teams. Keep […]

Dynasty Stock Watch for 2017 – QB (Part 2)

A quarterback’s fantasy value can change as much during the offseason as it can during the regular season. The offseason has been kinder to some signal callers than others. While many quarterbacks have had their receiving corps and/or coaching staffs upgraded, others have watched their favorite targets depart via free agency or seen their organizations […]

Dynasty Stock Watch for 2017 – TE

Fantasy football owners do not build their teams around tight ends, but as the NFL becomes more and more of a passing league, tight ends have become increasingly important. The offseason can wreak havoc with a player’s fantasy value, especially in dynasty leagues. Listed below are two tight ends to buy and two tight ends to […]

Ezekiel Elliott vs. 2017 Running Back Rookie Class

Dallas Cowboys wunderkind Ezekiel Elliott took the NFL and the fantasy football world by storm during his rookie campaign. The question is if Elliott will be outdone during his sophomore season by one of the new rookie running backs joining the league this year. Elliott was the fantasy phenomenon many experts believed he would be […]

Rookie Mock Draft Recap - Round 2

After a somewhat par-for-the-course first round of RotoBaller’s 2017 Rookie Mock Draft, the second round saw the predictability wear off, as our fantasy experts began picking more based on their intuition and less based on consensus thought. As we take a deeper look into all 12 picks, those dynasty leaguers among us will get a […]

Do Wide Receivers Need a Top QB to Have a Dominant Fantasy Season?

Wide receiver is the premiere fantasy football position, so figuring out which WR are likely to produce at a high level is an important endeavor. One factor that could affect WR performance is quarterback play. Should we worry about receivers who are stuck with weak QBs? What if the WR or QB changes teams? Should we […]

The Ideal MFL10 Draft - Part 1

MFL10 leagues bring a unique spin to the fantasy football draft process. Therefore, it should take some unique preparation as well. Risk/reward is the name of the game in best-ball formats. You need to find players with high ceilings without incurring too many risks that could potentially sink your team. In this article, I'll lay out […]

2017 Rankings Analysis - Wide Receivers in PPR Leagues

If you caught our earlier pieces on either quarterback, running back, or tight end, you're privy to our early fantasy ranking analysis for 2017. I firmly believe in the philosophy that fantasy should be as fun as humanly possible so what better way than to start preparing early? It's time to take a look at RotoBaller's early […]

2017 Rankings Analysis - Quarterbacks

Those of us who have been playing fantasy football for a long time know that quarterbacks can be fairly polarizing. Some folks tend to lean toward the "wait on QB" methodology while others are more in the "get yourself a stud" camp. Neither strategy is objectively wrong but each has its pros and cons. Here […]

2017 Rankings Analysis - Tight Ends in PPR Leagues

Just because the 2016 season was a downer for tight ends it does not mean that 2017 is destined to be a repeat. There are several wild cards at tight end because there is a bumper crop of young up-and-comers just entering their primes who showed flashes of great promise this past season. This coupled […]

Was Drafting Rob Gronkowski in the First Round Bad Process or Just Bad Results?

Tight end is probably the most divisive position in all of fantasy football. You're either firmly in the camp of waiting during drafts, snagging one or two of the late round fliers, or you want one of the top-five guys to solidify a spot on your roster. Whatever your go-to strategy is, one thing has remained […]

Fantasy Spin - DeSean Jackson to Bucs

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers had a glaring need for a No. 2 wide receiver, and they spent millions to fill it. DeSean Jackson has taken his fleet feet to Tampa Bay. Now, the Buccaneers look like one of the most explosive and fantasy-friendly passing attacks in the NFL. With Jameis Winston at quarterback, top-5 fantasy […]

Way Too Early Dynasty Mock Draft Analysis - Rounds 7-10

We continue our look at RotoBaller's Way Too Early Dynasty Mock Draft with a recap of rounds 7-10. We gathered 12 dynasty league experts and RotoBaller writers to conduct a week-long, email draft, MFL10-style, in order to evaluate early ADP values for dynasty leagues. If you didn't catch it earlier, start here with our first round […]

Way Too Early Dynasty Mock Draft Analysis - Rounds 4-6

Dynasty leagues offer a fun twist of fantasy football in which owners retain most, if not all of their players from year to year. This creates a greater sense of pride and ownership as you carry many of the same players for multiple seasons. Of course, you've got to make sure you have a core […]

2017 Rankings Analysis - Tight Ends in Standard Leagues

Stop me if you've heard this before: 2016 was not a great year for tight ends. Nobody at the position scored double-digit touchdowns and only two had 1,000 receiving yards. Thanks to serious injuries to major players at the position, fantasy owners were scrambling like Tyrod Taylor to find tight end help throughout the season. But […]

NFL Combine 2017 Observations

The NFL Combine, much like the NFL Draft, draws mixed reactions from casual fans. Some see it as a way to learn more about the next generation of players, while others consider it a glorified meat market and made-for-TV event that doesn't reliably predict future success. If you play in a dynasty or rookie fantasy […]

Sophomore Slumps - Breakout Rookies Who Will Underperform in Year Two

Rookies are the ultimate unknown in the NFL. Teams review hours and hours of game film, analyze enough numbers to make most banks jealous, and scout players at individual workouts, but there's still an unknown quality to rookies. It is difficult to predict how they'll perform as professionals. When they do perform well, general managers and coaches […]

Way Too Early 2017 Breakouts - Wide Receivers

If you caught my last piece on breakout running backs, then you're just as starved as the rest of us. Sometimes I think the weeks in between the Conference Championships and the Super Bowl are harder to get through than the dog days of late February. Our fantasy successes and disappointments are way too fresh in our […]

Way Too Early Fantasy Football Mock Re-Draft Analysis - Rounds 6-9

Anyone who has ever played fantasy for an extended period of time will tell you that the middle rounds of a draft make up the meat and potatoes of your team. It's easy to win or lose your league based on your early round picks since those are your home run hitters. Rounds six through […]

Way Too Early Fantasy Football Mock Re-Draft Analysis - Rounds 3-5

While the first and second rounds of any fantasy draft are often quite straightforward, as the biggest studs make their way off the board in a predictable order, as the early-middle rounds approach, things can get quite wild in a hurry. This trend was as clear as ever in our RotoBaller Way Too Early Mock […]

Biggest Surprises of 2016 - Wide Receivers

We study. We plan. We scour the web. Before any fantasy football season starts, we do everything we can to make our best predictions. Despite our best efforts, we're often surprised by what actually happens. Let's take a look at some of the more surprising wide receiver performances of 2016. Understanding what happened will help […]