NFL DFS Must Avoids and Injuries for Week 6 (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 […]

Josh Jacobs Misses Thursday's Practice With An Illness

Las Vegas Raiders running back Josh Jacobs (illness) didn't practice Thursday due to an illness. The 23-year-old kept popping up on the injury report and missed two games earlier in the season with an ankle injury. It's unknown at this time if the illness is related to COVID-19, but it's a situation fantasy managers should […]

Darren Waller Returns To Practice Thursday

Las Vegas Raiders tight end Darren Waller (knee) was a full participant in Thursday's practice. The 29-year-old missed Wednesday's practice with a knee issue. He's the Raiders' top pass-catching option, hauling in 28-of-48 targets for 319 yards and two touchdowns over five games in 2021. Waller averages 10 air yards per target and owns 26% […]

The King's Week 6 Lineup Rankings and Analysis (Premium Content)

Scott "The King" Engel issues his full Week 6 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 Strategy: 2021 DraftKings Scoring Analysis

We talk a lot about NFL DFS here at RotoBaller. It is a wildly popular game and in fact, it proves to be much more strategic and beatable than season-long fantasy football. By that I mean that the best players will win at a higher rate in DFS than the best players will win in […]

Fantasy Football Warning Signals For Week 6

Analyzing the trends every week will keep fantasy managers up to date on which players are on the rise or which ones are falling off. The clues can be subtle, but all it takes is a few good games before a player becomes one of the hottest commodities in fantasy. The same could be said […]

Week Six NFL DFS Betting Picks (Premium Content)

NFL Week 6 is almost here and I am coming at you with another week of my favorite bets across the sportsbooks in hopes of helping you make a little bit of cash this weekend!   Background I am a big-time fantasy football and fantasy baseball player. I have been in leagues for about two-thirds […]

Peyton Barber On Track To Return Against Denver

Las Vegas Raiders running back Peyton Barber (toe) returned to a full practice after missing the Week 5 loss to the Chicago Bears with a minor case of turf toe. Barber was the better fantasy back over pass-catching Kenyan Drake when Josh Jacobs missed a few games early on, but Jacobs has moved past his […]

Marcus Mariota Nearing A Return

The Las Vegas Raiders designated quarterback Marcus Mariota (quadriceps) to return from Injured Reserve, and he returned to the practice field on Wednesday. The Raiders now have 21 days to activate Mariota from IR to the active roster as Derek Carr's backup. There's no guarantee that he'll be backing up Carr as early as this […]

Darren Waller Misses Practice Wednesday

Las Vegas Raiders tight end Darren Waller wasn't at practice on Wednesday. Waller wasn't believed to have suffered an injury in the Week 5 loss to the Chicago Bears, so the reasoning for his missed practice is unclear. We'll continue to monitor the situation throughout the week. There's a chance that the Raiders are just […]

Snap Count and Usage Analysis from Week 5

Snap counts are not the be-all-end-all for fantasy production but they paint a clear picture with the necessary context. Every snap is an opportunity for a player to make his presence felt and if their snaps go up or down, you get an idea of what the team thinks of their skill set. A running […]

The Running Game Is Alive! NextGen Stats Analysis

With five weeks of play in the books and things starting to settle a bit, it's time to get back to studying some of the rushers around the league and see how they have performed through (almost) the first third of the season. To gain the biggest edge in your fantasy football league, it's necessary […]

Offensive Outliers From Week 5 - Coaching Matters

We now enter the fifth week of this series, where I dive into offensive areas that will improve or decline based on coaching in order to glean insight as to fantasy football value. In Week 5, we saw stat lines such as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' wide receivers combining for 349 receiving yards, the San Francisco 49ers' tight ends combining […]

Surprise Fantasy Football Studs, Duds - Real or Mirage?

Week 5 of the NFL season is now in the books and as expected Justin Herbert, Lamar Jackson, Tom Brady, Josh Allen and Dak Prescott finished as QB1's. On the unexpected side of things Davis Mills shocked the world and threw for three touchdowns against the Patriots to finish as QB-6 and Jameis Winston carved up Washington for four […]

Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers - Week 6

We're officially more than a quarter of the way through the 2021 NFL season. We now have over five weeks of data to analyze that will help us manage our fantasy teams during the next quarter of the season. As I always say, things change from week to week, but more data points are always […]

Fantasy Football Champs and Chumps - Offensive Line Analysis for Week 6

The NFL season is flying by and we are starting to get a great feeling for the contenders and pretenders in the 2021 NFL season. More importantly, we are starting to see offensive line units begin to gel and establish themselves across the league. Through five weeks, the Washington Football team has been the best […]

Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Football Week 6

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 […]

Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds

Unfortunately, the injury bug has come back to bite some big-name running backs. If you managed to add Alexander Mattison a couple weeks ago or Damien Williams last week and roll with them in your lineup, you were a happy GM in Week 5. Will replacements for Saquon Barkley and Clyde Edwards-Helaire be similarly productive […]

FAAB Waiver Wire Bidding - Week 6 Targets

Joining 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 5 produced several huge performances (shoutout to LAC-CLE) while also yielding some key injuries. Those with Saquon […]

The Cut List – Who To Drop for Week 6?

Week 6 brings with it the beginning of the bye week season and with the injury bug starting to hit teams all over the place, fantasy managers in all league sizes are going to be pondering several difficult choices. Our first set of byes will leave teams without Deebo Samuel, Alvin Kamara, Kyle Pitts and […]

Running Back Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 6

After five weeks of the regular season, some of you have been able to embrace the numbers that have been assembled by the running backs that are contained on your rosters. Unfortunately, an increasing number of fantasy managers have encountered injuries, while others have contended with disappointing output due to a collection of unexpected developments. The […]

Waiver Wire Express - Week 6 Lightning Round

Week 5 brought some key injuries and wild shootouts, which means we've got plenty of waiver fallout to sort through. Catch your breath, assess your team's needs, and break out the budget tracker. It's time for the waiver wire lightning round heading into Week 6. This column is published early every week and then updated on […]

Jon Gruden Resigns As Raiders Coach

Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden has informed his staff that he will be resigning as the team's head coach. Gruden signed a 10-year contract with the team in 2018, but his tenure is being cut short after it was revealed over the past few days that Gruden had sent emails that made racist, […]

Monday Night Football Starts and Sits: Ravens vs Colts

Week 4’s Monday night matchup between the Raiders and Chargers looked like it wasn't going to deliver after a random 35-minute lightning delay for an indoor stadium. Las Vegas struggled to move the ball in the first half and went into the half trailing the Chargers 21-0. The Raiders found a spark in the third […]

Bryan Edwards Has Two Catches In Week 5 Loss

Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Bryan Edwards had two receptions on five targets for 22 yards in Sunday's 20-9 loss to the Chicago Bears. Edwards wasn't the only Raider who struggled on Sunday against the Bears but noticeably missed a long pass for a first down from Derek Carr that could have turned the game […]

Henry Ruggs III Has Three Catches In Week 5 Loss

Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III caught 3-of-3 passes for 51 yards in Sunday's 20-9 loss to the Chicago Bears. The 22-year-old's lack of production on Sunday was a result of Derek Carr struggling to delegate against a tough Bears defense, although he did look good when he got a hold of the […]

Hunter Renfrow TD Streak Snapped In Week 5 Loss

Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Hunter Renfrow caught 6-of-8 passes for 56 yards in Sunday's 20-9 loss to the Chicago Bears. Renfrow's lack of production on Sunday was a result of Derek Carr struggling to delegate against a tough Bears defense, although Renfrow did look good when he got a hold of the ball. While […]

Josh Jacobs Has Raiders Only Touchdown In Loss

Las Vegas Raiders running back Josh Jacobs had 15 carries for 48 yards with his team's only touchdown in Sunday's 20-9 loss to the Chicago Bears. Jacobs looked the healthiest he has since being sidelined in Week 1 with an ankle injury but was stymied most of the game by a Bears defense that has […]

Darren Waller Logs 45 Yards In Week 5 Loss

Las Vegas Raiders tight end Darren Waller caught four passes on eight targets for 45 yards in Sunday's 20-9 loss to the Chicago Bears. Part of Waller's lack of production on Sunday was due to Derek Carr struggling to delegate against a tough Bears defense, but the 29-year-old's numbers over the whole season are also […]

Derek Carr Goes Without A TD Pass In Week 5 Loss

Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr completed 22-of-35 passes for 206 with one interception and no touchdowns in Sunday's 20-9 loss to the Chicago Bears. The 30-year-old's issue with getting off to a slow start continued against Chicago and he was never able to find a rhythm throughout the afternoon. Carr also had difficulty delegating […]