Chris Herndon Has Yet To Make A Mark With Vikings

The Minnesota Vikings acquired tight end Chris Herndon in a trade with the New York Jets right before the start of the season. The move came after it was announced that Vikings tight end Irv Smith Jr. (meniscus) would miss extended time due to a torn meniscus. There was speculation that Herndon could fill in […]

Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Football Week 4

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 […]

Michael Florio's Deeper-League Waiver Wire Adds

Welcome back you deeper league players. This is a safe place for you. There will be no judgement here just because you are looking to pickup players that some of your friends may never had heard of. For those of you who are not familiar, this is not an article for the casual players, but […]

Running Back Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 4

After three weeks of the regular season, many of you have already contended with the absence of a player that you had projected to be your team's primary back. Any managers who embraced the opportunity to seize Christian McCaffrey and Dalvin Cook at the onset of their drafts have now been added to that unwanted list. Other backs who […]

Tight End Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 4

Fantasy football’s top tight ends remain unscathed through three weeks of the NFL regular season. Travis Kelce, Rob Gronkowski, T.J. Hockenson and Darren Waller have all been producing for the fantasy GMs that drafted them. Fantasy managers have not had to worry yet about injuries, COVID cancellations or byes decimating their rosters at the tight end […]

Waiver Wire Express - Week 4 Lightning Round

We routinely gather in this space for a rapid reaction waiver piece so you can get a jump on the action to come, but I'd like you to take a moment and think of Mike Tagliere and his family first. In case you missed it, a titan of our industry passed away this weekend. Tags […]

Greg Joseph (K, MIN) - Week 4 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 2.9% of Leagues ANALYSIS: 24. 33. 30. That's how many points the Vikings have scored this season so far. This is a very good offense and fantasy managers need to take notice. Kirk Cousins has been surgical on the gridiron thus far this year. Joseph has six field […]

Video: Waiver Wire Quarterbacks & Tight Ends - Fantasy Football Week 4

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 […]

Tyler Conklin (TE, MIN) - Fantasy Football Week 4 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 4% of Leagues ANALYSIS: The Vikings lost starting-TE Irv Smith prior to Week 1 and Minny has been forced to play their reserves for three games and  going. The main beneficiary: Tyler Conklin, who has led the position for the team in all three games and […]

K.J. Osborn Quiet With Two Catches

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver K.J. Osborn caught only two passes for 26 yards in the team's 30-17 win over the Seahawks in Week 3. One week after Osborn shined in the passing game, he took a back seat behind headliner's Justin Jefferson and Adam Thielen. The Vikings offense is humming right now, but Osborn's fantasy […]

Tyler Conklin Busts Out With 70 Yards, Touchdown

Minnesota Vikings tight end Tyler Conklin caught seven passes for 70 yards with one touchdown in the team's Week 3 win over the Seahawks 30-17. Conklin got the Vikings on the board during their first drive, catching a seven-yard pass for his first score of the season. The 26-year-old came into the game with only […]

Adam Thielen Can't Stop Catching Touchdowns

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen caught six passes for 50 yards with one touchdown in the Vikings Week 3 win over the Seahawks. Water is wet and quarterback Kirk Cousins keeps finding Thielen in the end zone for touchdowns. The veteran now has four this season and 11 touchdowns over his last 10 games […]

Justin Jefferson Explodes For 118 Yards, One Touchdown

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson caught nine passes for 118 yards with one touchdown in the team's 30-17 win over the Seahawks in Week 3. This was the type of performance fantasy managers were waiting for as Jefferson was unstoppable as he racked up a team-high 11 targets. The second-year receiver made some huge […]

Alexander Mattison Racks Up 171 Total Yards In Win

Minnesota Vikings running back Alexander Mattison carried the ball 26 times for 112 yards and added 59 receiving yards in the Vikings 30-17 win over the Seahawks. Filling in for the injured Dalvin Cook, Mattison picked up the slack and then some in the Vikings run offense. Cook's status should be monitored throughout next week […]

Kirk Cousins Comes Up Huge Against Seahawks

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins completed 30-of-38 passes for 323 yards and three touchdowns in the team's 30-17 victory over the Seahawks. The Vikings needed a win desperately and Cousins played one of his more masterful performances in the purple and gold. Cousins tossed all of his touchdowns in a highly efficient first half and […]

Dalvin Cook Officially Out For Week 3

Minnesota Vikings running back Dalvin Cook (ankle) is officially out for the team's Week 3 meeting with the Seahawks. Cook had been trending towards being out all week, so this shouldn't come as a surprise to fantasy managers. With Cook out, Alexander Mattison is a solid RB2 play and a great DFS value option. If […]

Dalvin Cook Expected To Be Out In Week 3

Minnesota Vikings running back Dalvin Cook (ankle) is expected to be out for the team's Week 3 meeting with the Seahawks, according to Jay Glazer of FOX Sports. Cook had been trending towards being out all week, so this shouldn't come as a surprise to fantasy managers. With Cook out, Alexander Mattison is a solid […]

NFL DFS Bargain Bin: Week 3 Value Plays for DraftKings, FanDuel, and Yahoo

Welcome to the Week 3 Sunday slates edition of RotoBaller's NFL DFS Bargain Bin, where the goal is to touch on some potentially mis-priced players across the industry that find themselves in favorable match-ups and/or suddenly expanded roles. Before we go NFL DFS Bargain Bin hunting, a few particulars about format and content: The nature of the beast with value […]

Alexander Mattison Likely To Start Sunday

Minnesota Vikings running back Alexander Mattison is trending towards starting Sunday's game against the Seahawks. Starter Dalvin Cook (ankle) was unable to practice all week, and the team is not particularly confident about his status as of Sunday morning. That would make Mattison, who has made two starts in his career, the lead back against […]

Updated Week 3 PPR Rankings (Top 400)

Welcome to Week 3 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 3 PPR rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: Trey Sermon Expected To See Bulk Of Carries Dalvin Cook (Ankle) Unlikely To Play Darrell Henderson Jr. Is Not Expected To Play Tee Higgins Is Officially Inactive For […]

WR/CB Matchups to Upgrade and Downgrade

Welcome to the third 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 […]

High-Upside Bench Stashes: Week 3

There are numerous high-upside bench stashes to prioritize on league waiver wires entering Week 3. Injuries are ramping up already, and players we expected would sit and develop are instead nearing roles that include opportunities to contribute within their respective offense. Whether a rookie or a veteran in a reasonable situation, please take advantage of […]

Fantasy Football Starts and Sits: Matchups Analysis for Week 3

Welcome back RotoBallers to our Week 3 matchup analysis and start/sit column for fantasy football. Week 2 was another jam-packed week of action, but it's already time for Week 3! For those who are not familiar, each week I'll be analyzing every game from the Sunday slate, helping you optimize your fantasy lineups and take down your […]

Week 3 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2021 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

We had some great games in Week 2 and some surprising DST scores for defense. We also had some games impacted by late-week injury designations, like Carolina moving into the top-10 when we learned about eight New Orleans coaches missing Sunday's game. As always, make sure you bookmark the link to the rankings GoogleSheet, so […]

NFL Survivor Pool Picks (Week 3) - Targets and Avoids

The games get better and more dramatic by the week. It's like the NFL scripts these games. There were three games Sunday that were blowouts all the way through, not counting the Bucs which used two pick-sixes to not only cover the spread, but knock out Falcons teasers (that one really hurt). I won't go […]

Key Starters and Tough Calls: Lineup Spotlights for Week 3

Welcome to the third week of the 2021 season, RotoBallers! Below you will find some of my spotlight choices and players to go with when faced with tough lineup decisions in Week 3. These choices are based off my Premium Weekly Lineup Rankings, available as part of the RotoBaller's NFL Premium Pass. Enter promo code KING […]

Wide Receiver Matchups to Target in Week 3

Through the first two weeks of the season, the league's top cornerbacks have held receivers in check for the most part and some cornerbacks have emerged as guys opposing quarterbacks will likely target on a weekly basis. The wide receiver matchup article from last week was a little better than Week 1 but some of […]

Dalvin Cook Unlikely To Play In Week 3

Minnesota Vikings running back Dalvin Cook (ankle) is looking unlikely to play against the Seattle Seahawks in Week 3, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. Cook injured his ankle during Week 2 and trended down throughout the week as he was unable to practice at all as the week progressed. The team had him listed as […]

Updated Week 3 Running Back Rankings

Welcome to Week 3 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 3 running back rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: Trey Sermon Expected To See Bulk Of Carries Dalvin Cook (Ankle) Unlikely To Play Darrell Henderson Jr. Is Not Expected To Play Josh Jacobs Officially Ruled Out […]

Updated Week 3 Wide Receiver Rankings

Welcome to Week 3 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 3 wide receiver rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: Tee Higgins Is Not Expected To Suit Up Antonio Brown Officially Ruled Out Odell Beckham Jr. Expected To Make His Season Debut DeAndre Hopkins Will Be A Game-Time Decision […]