Mid-Round Running Back League Winners for Fantasy Football (2024)

The middle rounds of fantasy drafts are essential, and once your teams have built their core foundation, it's time to start taking chances. Managers can afford to take some risks on veterans, rookies, players returning from injuries, and high-upside players with playing time concerns. This article examines some mid-round running backs that could be league […]

Late-Round League Winners for Fantasy Football (2024)

There's a time for drafting safe, projectable volume, and then the late rounds come, and it's time to draft upside in pursuit of that potential league winner. Fantasy managers can then look for key rookies, overshadowed veterans, players returning from injuries, committee backs, and those who benefit from a coaching change, to name a few […]

Mid-Round Rookie Sleepers: Fantasy Football Drafts Targets (2024)

The middle rounds of fantasy football drafts fall between the highlight-reel early picks and the late-round fliers, with several fantasy managers opting for safety and consistency. However, rookies beyond the cream of the crop can slip in redraft formats and provide quiet upside between known players. Many steer clear of rookies in redraft since they're […]

Mike White Cut By Miami

The Dolphins cut quarterback Mike White on Sunday. He signed a deal with Miami last offseason and served as Tua Tagovailoa's backup in 2023-24. However, with Skylar Thompson earning the job, White will now look for a new employer. The veteran signal-caller was drafted in 2018. Since then, he's appeared in 14 games for the […]

Running Back Sleepers and Undervalued Picks for 2024 Fantasy Football

The word "sleeper" is tossed around often in the fantasy football community. So much so that players sometimes lose the sleeper label by the time many leagues conduct their drafts. Fantasy managers are always looking for the next sleeper running back in drafts, especially those who opt to dive headfirst into a "Zero RB" draft […]

Devontez Walker (WR, BAL): 2024 Fantasy Football Draft Values

BALLER MOVE: Target Around ~285 Overall CURRENT ADP: ~344 ANALYSIS: Once upon a time, wide receivers would go to Baltimore to disappear. Remember Sammy Watkins and Odell Beckham Jr. as Ravens? I wish I didn’t. It used to be a fantasy death sentence for a receiver to be in the Ravens' offense, but that is about […]

Fantasy Football Tight Ends Who Will Bounce Back In 2024

How about a little optimism for your week? Tight end, a position notorious for being top-heavy, may be deep this season. Once again, there are reasons to be excited about the disappointments of past seasons. Below, we discuss three tight ends who could and should bounce back and put up numbers equal to, or better, […]

Fantasy Football All-Bust Team - Players To Avoid for 2024 Drafts

A new fantasy football season is fast approaching. That means it’s time for managers to start preparing for their fantasy football drafts. While much of the attention is focused on which players to target, it’s arguably more important to recognize which players you need to avoid. You don’t win your league on draft day, but […]

Jaylen Waddle (WR, MIA): 2024 Fantasy Football Draft Values

BALLER MOVE: Target Around ~29 Overall CURRENT ADP: ~42 ANALYSIS: In his first season playing alongside Tyreek Hill in Miami (2022), Waddle averaged 15.2 PPR fantasy points per game. Last season, that number dropped to 14.2 fantasy points per game. So what happened?  It could have been just random variability. He went from eight touchdowns in […]

Should I Draft Raheem Mostert or De'Von Achane for Fantasy Football? Who Is The Dolphins RB1 for 2024?

The Miami Dolphins offense was electric in 2023. Tyreek Hill, Jaylen Waddle, Raheem Mostert, and De'Von Achane give the Mike McDaniel system all the speed it needs to thrive. The Dolphins running game was very good in 2023. The team finished sixth in yards, first in yards per carry, and tied for first in rushing […]

Will CeeDee Lamb Play In Week 1? Fantasy Football Offseason Rumors

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb led the league in receptions and finished as the WR1 in PPR last season. This season, the Cowboys say they are "all in," but is Lamb in for the ride? Lamb is entering the fifth and final year of his rookie deal, and he is holding out until he […]

Hayden Rucci Leads Dolphins In Targets

Miami Dolphins tight end Hayden Rucci caught 5-of-6 targets for 44 yards and one touchdown in the team's 24-14 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Rucci did most of his damage on Skylar Thompson's first drive in the second quarter -- catching three passes, including a 20-yard strike for a touchdown. He later converted a […]

Jaylen Wright Versatile In Defeat

Miami Dolphins running back Jaylen Wright rushed seven times for 36 yards in Friday night's 24-14 defeat at the hands of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He added 41 yards and four receptions on six targets. Wright saw the most touches of all Dolphins' running backs but was the second to enter the game behind Jeff […]

Malik Washington Flashes Explosiveness Friday

Miami Dolphins wide receiver Malik Washington stuffed the stat sheet Friday in the team's 24-13 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The rookie wideout showed his versatility in the team's final preseason game, highlighted by his athleticism and field-flipping ability. Washington was the recipient of a Mike White pass on the Dolphins' first play from […]

Skylar Thompson Has Efficient Outing In Loss

Miami Dolphins quarterback Skylar Thompson completed 19 of 27 passes for 190 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception in the team's 24-14 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Friday night. Quarterback Mike White started the game for Miami and racked up just 39 yards on five of nine completions. On his drives, the Dolphins […]

Top 400: Updated PPR Fantasy Football Rankings (2024)

Welcome back, RotoBallers, to some more of our freshly-updated fantasy football rankings to prepare for 2024 drafts! It's an exciting time for football fans as players will report to training camp next week, and we will have preseason games shortly after. The heart of the fantasy football season is here! Today, we’ll look at our […]

Who is the No. 2 Pick in 2024 Fantasy Football?

There's no shame in picking second. A quick review of recent NFL Drafts reveals that teams have had success with the No. 2 pick. In 2022, the Detroit Lions selected Aidan Hutchinson, who became a Pro Bowler last year. Meanwhile, the Houston Texans chose C.J. Stroud after Bryce Young in the 2023 draft. The quarterback […]

Three Tight Ends To Avoid In 2024 Fantasy Football Drafts

The tight end position is deeper than ever in fantasy this year. In recent seasons, there were only a few solid options, and the rest were the same. However, that won't be the case in 2024. With young playmakers like Trey McBride, Dalton Kincaid, and Jake Ferguson establishing themselves as consistent fantasy options, there are a […]

Fantasy Football Offensive Line Ranks - Champs and Chumps

Often forgotten about when playing fantasy football, an elite offensive line can boost the play of weekly lineup staples. They can also create a brick wall. For fantasy football, run blocking is more important than pass protection. While sacks can stall drives, quarterbacks don't lose points (at least in standard-scoring leagues) when taken down behind […]

Projecting All 32 Starting Kick Returners for Week 1 - 2024 NFL Outlook

Kick returners can become an invaluable weapon to an NFL team. Give them a gap to burst through, and they can yield impressive runs to the end zone. While Pro Football Hall of Famer Devin Hester made it look easy, delivering favorable returns isn’t easy, especially if 11 opponents are chasing you. That’s why significant […]

Boom or Bust: Three Player Predictions for Fantasy Football Quarterbacks (2024)

2023 was a wild year for quarterbacks. We saw it all last year: outcasts rising to become heroes, aging gunslingers having one last dance at the top, and rising superstars missing significant time due to injury. I am, of course, referring to Baker Mayfield, Matthew Stafford, and Joe Burrow, respectively. These three former first-overall-pick QBs […]

Five Dark-Horse MVP Candidates - 2024 NFL Outlook

The NFL MVP is an extremely prestigious award and one that has an impressive 66-year history. In recent years, however, the award has become synonymous with that season's top-performing quarterback. A quarterback has won the award for 11 straight seasons. The last non-quarterback to win MVP was Adrian Peterson in 2012. While MVP is undoubtedly […]

2024 NFL Win-Loss Totals: Regular-Season Records and Playoff Predictions

We are only two weeks from the start of the 2024 NFL season and what's more fun than making predictions about the upcoming season? I've spent a considerable amount of time studying the latest NFL rosters and every team's schedule and have come up with my predictions for all 32 teams' records as well as […]

NFL DFS Lineup Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel: Preseason Week 3 Fantasy Football (8/23/2024)

We have three games on our slate tonight, with most teams playing backups and roster bubble players. The San Francisco 49ers plan to play their starters for a couple of series, while the Jacksonville Jaguars have said they want to play their starters for the entire first half. I don’t know how much I believe […]

Boom or Bust: Three Fantasy Football Player Predictions for Running Backs

The start of the NFL season is rapidly approaching. That means that we are in the heart of fantasy football draft season. We already have some preseason games in the books, which gives us some insight as to how teams might want to use certain players. The running back position can be tricky in fantasy. […]

Safest First-Round Picks In 2024 Fantasy Football

The average draft position tells us that 10 players are routinely selected in the first round of fantasy football drafts. Christian McCaffrey, CeeDee Lamb, Tyreek Hill, Breece Hall, Bijan Robinson, Ja'Marr Chase, Justin Jefferson, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jonathan Taylor, and A.J. Brown comprise that list. McCaffrey hasn't practiced for weeks due to a strained calf. […]

Every Tight End With Overall TE1 Upside for Fantasy Football - Travis Kelce, Sam Laporta, Mark Andrews, Trey McBride, more

Travis Kelce has finished as the TE1 overall in six of the past eight seasons. During his reign of dominance, there have only been one or two other players in each given season who even had a chance to challenge for the TE1 crown. While Kelce is still an excellent player, he did finish as […]

Fantasy Football Quarterbacks To Avoid in 2024 Drafts

As the days continue to tick off the calendar in August, we are approaching prime fantasy football draft season. We’ve already seen some injuries to noteworthy fantasy players, which can muddy the waters a bit. Everyone is looking for those sexy sleepers who can help be league winners. However, sometimes the players that you avoid […]

Fantasy Football Kicker (K) Rankings for 2024: Harrison Butker, Younghoe Koo, Evan McPherson, Tyler Bass, Ka'imi Fairbairn, Daniel Carlson, more

Howdy folks, and welcome back to our fantasy football kicker (K) draft rankings for the 2024 NFL season! It seems that kickers are slowly being eliminated from fantasy football leagues as managers are starting to exclude the position altogether. But for the traditional and old-school fantasy football leagues that use kickers, we've got you covered […]

Week 1 Fantasy Football Rankings (Half-PPR) - Saquon Barkley, Derrick Henry, Jaylen Warren, Rome Odunze, Stefon Diggs, Austin Ekeler, Kyle Pitts, more

Welcome to our half-PPR fantasy football rankings for Week 1 of the 2024 NFL season! The calendar is fast approaching September, meaning fantasy football season is within reach. Week 1 of the NFL season is key and sets the tone for your fantasy squads, so it's never too early to scan the rankings for the opening […]