Week 8 NFL - Single Stat DFS Prop Picks for PrizePicks

Hello everybody and welcome! The 2021 NFL season is well 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. […]

Week 8 NFL - Fantasy Score DFS Prop Picks for PrizePicks

Hello everybody and welcome! The 2021 NFL season is alive and well 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 […]

The King's Week 8 Lineup Rankings and Analysis (Premium Content)

Scott "The King" Engel issues his full Week 8 lineup rankings in PPR, Half-PPR and Standard formats. He also includes analysis of key players at each position. The rankings will continue to be updated as news breaks prior to Sunday's games. Following the positional analysis below you'll see the rankings widget. Enter KING at checkout to […]

NFL DFS Must Avoids and Injuries for Week 8 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome back to our weekly Must Avoids and Injuries series for our NFL DFS Premium Subscribers.  Below, you'll find our expert's top players to avoid this week. We'll be adding the injured players to be wary of closer to game day. We're looking at […]

Wide Receiver Snap Counts and Target Trends - Week 7 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 […]

Sneaky Starts, Pivot Plays and Post-Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 8

The shelves will not be as empty on fantasy football waiver wires this week. Only the Las Vegas Raiders and Baltimore Ravens are on bye this week, which is a welcomed relief after fantasy managers endured a half-dozen teams and countless players being on bye in Week 7. There will be plenty of players to […]

Top Trade Targets and Avoids for Week 8

Welcome fantasy friends and foes to the Top Trade Targets and Avoids for Week 8. After a self-imposed brief hiatus, I'm back to provide the top players to go seek out in trades. With bye weeks in full gear, fantasy managers need to ensure they can construct winning weekly lineups. Obtaining players who already had […]

Video: Waiver Wire Quarterbacks & Tight Ends - Fantasy Football Week 8

Host Anthony Aniano of RotoBaller Radio discusses the 2021 fantasy football season and keeps you updated with all the latest news and analysis as he discuses the fantasy football season by breaking down the waiver wire for each position. Today he takes a look at some tight ends and quarterbacks  to consider adding off the waiver wire. Be sure […]

Key Fantasy Football Data from Week 7

Seven weeks in the books and we're heading towards the midway point. The season is really flying by. Week seven was the bye week apocalypse, with an outrageous amount of fantasy studs not playing. That plus all of the injuries we've seen going down throughout the year probably forced your hand into starting some sub-optimal […]

Targets and Air Yards Analysis - NextGen Stats

Okay, folks, I'm about to bring you bad news. If you're reading this it is because you're trying to get an edge over your league mates to beat them this weekend. That means you're here to get informed on what to do and how to tackle your week's most pressing decisions. The bad news: these […]

Early Week 8 Fantasy Football Rankings

Welcome to Week 8 RotoBallers. We just got through last week's bye-mageddon, but are back with our early Week 8 fantasy football rankings. We are already starting up our rankings and analysis for Week 8 of the fantasy football season. As always, we are here to constantly bring you updated player news and rankings to help […]

Week 8 Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Football Pickups

Welcome to Week 8 RotoBallers. This week will be filled with more difficult decisions, and important waiver wire pickups, although it will not compare to last week's bye-pocalypse. Only two teams are on bye in Week 8, but injuries are always a factor. As always, we are here to help you with our waiver wire […]

Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds

If you survived the first byepocalypse and emerged with a victory, congratulations. The coming week brings only two teams on bye, so reliance on waivers should be far less and the options slightly more enticing. As always, I will identify as many noteworthy waiver wire targets as possible at every position with a brief explanation of […]

FAAB Waiver Wire Bidding - Week 8 Targets

Alongside our famous waiver wire pickups list, and our weekly waiver wire columns by position, this column focuses on suggested waiver wire bidding percentages for fantasy football owners in leagues using a Free Agent Acquisition Budget (FAAB). Week 7 forced many of us into playing backups thanks to the heavy byes, but with only Baltimore […]

Michael Florio's Deeper-League Waiver Wire Adds for Week 8: Tyrod Taylor, Boston Scott, Nico Collins

Hopefully the week known as byemageddon was nice to you. Either way, setting your fantasy football lineup should be a lot easier this week since there are only two teams on bye, the Ravens and Raiders. It feels like a breeze after the six teams, and many high-powered offenses, were off last week.  This is […]

Top Running Back Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 8: Kenneth Gainwell, Khalil Herbert, Brandon Bolden, Rashaad Penny

After seven weeks of the regular season, some of you have embraced the numbers that have been assembled by the running backs that are contained on your rosters. Unfortunately, an increasing number of you have been negatively impacted by injuries to your backs, while others have contended with disappointing output due to a collection of unexpected […]

Wide Receiver Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 8

Another week of NFL action is behind us. Are there any players left on the waiver wire wasteland? Let's find out. Below, you'll find some wideouts that you should be targeting on the waiver wire ahead of Week 8. Not all options are the same. Some players may be better in PPR or deeper leagues, […]

Tight End Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 8

A trio of fantasy football’s top tight ends will not be playing this week, which will have millions of fantasy football general managers scrambling like Lamar Jackson to fill their voids. Baltimore’s Mark Andrews and Las Vegas’ Darren Waller are on bye. Both were Top-5 fantasy tight ends entering the season and have been as […]

Top Quarterback Waiver Wire Pickups and Streamers for Week 8: Trevor Lawrence, Daniel Jones, Teddy Bridgewater

The onslaught of bye weeks in Week 7 was brutal for fantasy managers, but thankfully several quarterbacks were able to deliver quality performances to help fantasy lineups navigate the loss of top-end production. Joe Burrow paced the quarterback position with an excellent 416-yard, three-touchdown performance against the Baltimore Ravens. Four other quarterbacks (Matt Ryan, Matthew […]

Waiver Wire Express - Week 8 Lightning Round

Week 7 tested the depth charts with six teams on bye and the usual assault of injuries, but you survived! Let's collect ourselves and assess the fantasy landscape moving forward with the Bye-pocalypse in our rear-view mirror. Yes, that means it's time for the waiver wire lightning round heading into Week 8. This column is published […]

Sam Darnold (QB, CAR) - Fantasy Football Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 60% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Starting Sam Darnold is tough to stomach given his last three weeks in Carolina. Darnold has completed just 54 of 103 passes (52%) for 495 yards and two touchdowns with five interceptions. Darnold has struggled to replicate his hot start to the […]

Raiders Release Willie Snead IV

The Las Vegas Raiders released wide receiver Willie Snead IV on Tuesday. Snead "wasn't playing much and asked for the release," according to his agent, Drew Rosenhaus. The 29-year-old pass-catcher caught just three of five targets for 32 yards in his seven games with the Raiders this year, with his 15% of the offensive snaps […]

Darren Waller Considered Day-To-Day

Las Vegas Raiders interim head coach Rick Bisaccia said that tight end Darren Waller (ankle) is day-to-day and will remain in Las Vegas for further treatment on his ankle during the bye in Week 8. The Raiders star tight end was a late addition to Saturday's injury report with an ankle issue and was ultimately […]

Surprise Fantasy Football Studs, Duds - Real or Mirage?

In Week 7 the Cowboys, Bills, Chargers, Vikings, Steelers and Jaguars were all on bye which means the list of top performers from this week may look a little different. Tua Tagovailoa took advantage of a great matchup against the Falcons to finish as QB-1 on the week while Joe Burrow threw for 416 yards […]

K.J. Osborn (WR, MIN) - Fantasy Football Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues ROSTERED IN: 7% of Leagues ANALYSIS: There aren't many wide receivers out there putting up K.J. Osborn's playing-time/usage numbers this season, let alone if we add the context of the Vikings. Osborn has appeared in "only" 277 offensive snaps (47th most) and logged a 62% snap share; […]

Foster Moreau (TE, LV) - Fantasy Football Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 3% of Leagues ANALYSIS: As surprising as it was, as we had no prior information about the possibilities of it happening this Sunday, Las Vegas TE Darren Waller was scratched from this past weekend's game against Philly. That opened the door to backup TE Foster Moreau […]

Josh Jacobs Believed To Have Avoided Major Injury

The Las Vegas Raiders ruled running back Josh Jacobs (chest) out of the Week 7 game against the Philadelphia Eagles after he was injured during the game, but early indications are that he avoided a major injury, according to a source. The Raiders are on bye next week as well, so Jacobs will have extra […]

Henry Ruggs III Has Four Receptions In Raiders Win

Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III caught 4-of-4 targets for 24 yards and had one carry for seven rushing yards in Sunday's 33-22 win over the Philadelphia Eagles. As expected earlier in the week, the 22-year-old garnered a lot of attention from the Eagles defense and wasn't left as open downfield as he […]

Bryan Edwards Tallies A Touchdown In Raiders Win

Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Bryan Edwards caught 3-of-4 targets for 43 yards and one touchdown in Sunday's 33-22 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles. The 22-year-old took full advantage of the Eagles defense paying extra attention to Henry Ruggs III and helped the Raiders mount a 30-7 lead in the middle portion of Sunday's game. […]

Hunter Renfrow Has Seven Catches In Raiders Win

Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Hunter Renfrow caught 7-of-8 targets for 58 yards in Sunday's 33-22 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles. The 25-year-old was once again one of Derek Carr's favorite targets on Sunday even against an Eagles defense that has done well against the pass so far this season, especially in the middle of […]