Darren Waller Has Quiet Game Against Steelers

Las Vegas Raiders tight end Darren Waller had a quieter-than-usual day at the office on Sunday, tallying five receptions on seven targets for 65 yards in Vegas' 26-17 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Pittsburgh's defense had double-coverage on Waller for the majority of the game, limiting the number of times Derek Carr targeted him. But […]

Derek Carr Shines In Win Over Steelers

Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr had another impressive outing on Sunday, completing 28-of-37 passes for 382 yards with two touchdowns in a 26-17 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. The 30-year-old gunslinger had to mix and match his targets on Sunday because the run game was mostly shot without Josh Jacobs on the field and […]

Yannick Ngakoue Active For Week 2

Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Yannick Ngakoue (hamstring) is active for the Week 2 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Ngakoue was listed as questionable after getting in a week of limited practice. The 26-year-old pass-rusher suffered the injury in the Week 1 overtime win over the Baltimore Ravens, but he'll be ready to go on […]

Fantasy Football Starts and Sits: Matchups Analysis for Week 2

Welcome back RotoBallers to our Week 2 matchup analysis and start/sit column for fantasy football. Week 1 was filled with exciting plays and surprise performances, and now t's time to move on to Week 2! For those who are not familiar, each week I'll be analyzing every game from the Sunday slate, helping you optimize your fantasy […]

Wide Receiver Matchups to Target in Week 2

Week 1 of the NFL season is in the books and true to form, the league's top cornerbacks held their receivers in check for the most part. James Bradberry limited Courtland Sutton, Marcus Lattimore shut down Davante Adams, Jaire Alexander locked up Marquez Callaway and Jalen Ramsey more or less took Allen Robinson out of the game. The wide receiver matchup […]

WR/CB Matchups to Target and Avoid: Week 2

Welcome to the second WR/CB Matchups article of the 2021 NFL season.  My goal last year was to create the first fully free WR/CB matchups article to share with the fantasy football community.  I appreciate all the support and feedback I received.  If you enjoy my work, please follow me on Twitter @draft32teams.  My process […]

Booms and Busts for Week 2 Lineups

Just as fast as it took for us to get to the beginning of the 2021 NFL season, Week 1 has come and gone in the fantasy football world. And it was a whirlwind of a week at that. Whether it be dealing with injuries like Raheem Mostert or navigating through player news that affected […]

Week 2 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2021 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

What a Week 1. As we've come to expect from the NFL, we saw the unexpected. We had some young teams (like the Eagles) break out and some veteran teams (like the Packers) fall short. However, it's important that we keep our heads on straight. It was only one week and, barring injury, that shouldn't […]

Week 2 Kicker Streamers and Starts - 2021 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

I hope everyone reading this was able to start their fantasy season off on the right foot (get it? Foot, kickers... yeah, you got it). But in all seriousness, hopefully, Week 1 went just as you imagined it. I know in several of my leagues the point difference between a victory or defeat was less than […]

Break The Slate: DraftKings NFL DFS Lineup Picks - Week 2

Hi there, RotoBallers, and welcome back to Break The Slate! If you've read this article in the past 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 NFL DFS plays at each position for […]

Updated Week 2 PPR Rankings (Top 400)

Welcome to Week 2 RotoBallers. We've finally made it! Below are our updated consensus Week 2 PPR rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: Josh Jacobs Ruled Out For Week 2 Peyton Barber Heading For Expanded Role Will Fuller Won't Play In Week 2 Zach Ertz Off […]

Half-PPR Rankings - Fantasy Football Week 2

Welcome to Week 2 RotoBallers. Week Two of the NFL and fantasy football season is officially here and we are pumped! Below are our updated consensus Week 2 Half-PPR rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: Josh Jacobs Ruled Out For Week 2 Peyton Barber Heading For […]

Updated Week 2 Flex Rankings (Top 200)

Welcome to Week 2 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 2 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 2 Running Back Rankings

Welcome to Week 2 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 2 running back rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: Josh Jacobs Ruled Out For Week 2 Peyton Barber Heading For Expanded Role Rashaad Penny Expected To Miss Week 2 Zack Moss Has Looked Good In […]

Updated Week 2 Wide Receiver Rankings

Welcome to Week 2 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 2 wide receiver rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: Will Fuller Won't Play In Week 2 Marquise Brown Officially Questionable For Sunday Night Brandon Aiyuk A Full Go In Practice Jamison Crowder Will Return In […]

Updated Week 2 Tight End Rankings

Welcome to Week 2 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 2 tight end rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: Zach Ertz Off The Final Injury Report Jonnu Smith Is Questionable To Play In Week 2 Eric Ebron Good To Go Anthony Firkser Slapped With Questionable […]

Updated Week 2 Quarterback Rankings

Welcome to Week 2 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 2 quarterback rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates. Ryan Fitzpatrick Will Attempt To Rehab Hip Without Surgery Marcus Mariota Expected To Be Out “Multiple Weeks” Deshaun Watson Ruled Out For Week 2 Brian Hoyer Promoted […]

FanDuel NFL DFS Lineup Picks for Week 2 - Daily Fantasy Football

The first week of the new year surely didn't disappoint. It was complete with some notable fantasy performances, with Kyler Murray taking the step forward in the MVP conversation by having a stellar showing against the Tennessee Titans. Patrick Mahomes was also up to his usual hijinx, leading the Chiefs to a comeback win over […]

NFL DFS Value Plays (Cash Games) for Week 2 on FanDuel and DraftKings

Week 1 of the NFL season is in the books, and what a week it was. We saw a great Thursday night game between the Cowboys and Bucs. A dreadful performance from the Packers versus the Falcons. The Niners hang on in Detroit while losing Raheem Mostert, not using Brandon Aiyuk, and have Trey Sermon […]

OwnersBox Week 2 NFL Lineup Picks - Weekly Fantasy Football Contests

Welcome back RotoBallers! The NFL season continues in Week 2 and we have a wonderful salary cap contest for you over at OwnersBox! This week's free RotoBaller contest has a whopping $50,000 cash prize pool - it's completely free to enter with code DREW9 In case you're not yet familiar, OwnersBox is a fantastic new weekly fantasy sports […]

NFL DFS Prop Picks for Monkey Knife Fight - Week 2

Week 2 is ready to get rolling and that means our friends at Monkey Knife Fight are offering some fantastic props for us to play. Our friends at Monkey Knife Fight offer some of the coolest, and easiest to win, NFL DFS games in the industry. There are no massive tournaments where you have to get […]

NFL Week 2: Thunder Dan's NFL DFS Tiered Rankings (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome, RotoBallers, to my official tiered rankings for week 2 of this NFL season! You can find my core plays at RB and WR each week in my Anchors column as well as the rest of my favorites plays in our premium cheat sheet. […]

NFL DFS Must Avoids and Injuries for Week 2 (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 […]

Trey Ragas Promoted To Active Roster

Las Vegas Raiders running back Trey Ragas was promoted to the active roster on Saturday. He'll presumably fill the No. 3 role in the backfield with Josh Jacobs (toe, ankle) sidelined. Ahead of Ragas, Kenyan Drake and Peyton Barber will occupy lead roles on Sunday. Ragas, a rookie, joined Las Vegas as an undrafted free […]

Finding Tight End Breakouts - Champs, Chumps, and Contenders

The tight end position is undoubtedly the worst position in all of fantasy football. Luckily for fantasy managers, this year might just be one of the best. There looks to be, by my count, six really solid tight ends fantasy managers should be able to depend on from week to week. We all know the […]

Marcus Mariota Lands On Injured Reserve

Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Marcus Mariota (quadriceps) landed on the injured reserve list on Saturday. The backup signal-caller re-aggravated a preexisting quad injury after a 31-yard run during the Monday Night Football overtime win over the Baltimore Ravens. The 27-year-old is anticipated to miss the next three games due to the designation, so it's conceivable […]

Week 2 Red Zone Alert - Risers and Fallers

We finally have a week of data.  So was Week 1 a trend or an aberration? We can look at last year's red-zone stats and see if players are continuing on a path or trailblazing a new one, be it good or bad. Let's begin with a look back at the top red-zone passers and […]

Peyton Barber Heading For Expanded Role

Las Vegas Raiders running back Peyton Barber could see an expanded role against the Steelers in Week 2 after starter Josh Jacobs (toe, ankle) was ruled out ahead of time. While Kenyan Drake is the next man up, the growing expectation is that Barber, too, will see a significant workload. While speaking to the media […]

Will Henry Ruggs III Have An Impact In Week 2?

Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III is looking to make more of an impact in Week 2 against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The 22-year-old Alabama product had just two receptions on five targets for 46 yards in Monday's 33-27 overtime win over the Baltimore Ravens as Derek Carr favored connecting with Bryan Edwards and […]

Hunter Renfrow Looking To Make Bigger Impact In Week 2

Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Hunter Renfrow is looking to make an even bigger impact in Week 2 against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The 27-year-old had six receptions for 70 yards in Monday's 33-27 overtime win over the Baltimore Ravens, connecting with Derek Carr later in the game as the QB expanded his repertoire and targeted […]