Pocket Aces: Week 4 WR and TE Waiver Wire Pickups

Host Anthony "Pocket Aces" Aniano of RotoBaller Radio discusses the 2020 fantasy football season and keeps you updated with all the latest news and analysis as he discuses the fantasy football season by breaking down each position. Today he takes a look at some wide receivers and tight ends to consider adding off the waiver wire. Like and subscribe […]

Vikings Suspend Activities Due To COVID-19

The Minnesota Vikings are suspending team activities starting Tuesday after a number of positive COVID-19 tests following their Week 3 loss to the Titans. The Vikings haven't had a reported positive test, but they hosted the Titans last Sunday and Tennessee has since reported three new positive tests for players and five new positive tests […]

James Washington (WR, PIT) - Week 4 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 11% of Leagues ANALYSIS: We've seen the Pittsburgh Steelers returning to their usual pass-happy selves with a healthy Ben Roethlisberger here in the 2020 NFL season. Roethlisberger is a top ten fantasy quarterback so far this year and has thrown for 777 yards on 73 completions, with […]

Carlos Hyde (RB, SEA) - Week 4 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 18% of Leagues ANALYSIS: The injury bug is no joke this year, and another running back that fell victim to an injury in Week 3 was Chris Carson. This was a more disturbing injury as Cowboys defensive tackle Trystan Hill took him down and rolled his leg, […]

Completed Air Yards Over Expectation - Fantasy Football Risers, Fallers

If you play fantasy football, you know your great deal of statistics and metrics. At the end of the day, we need some way to measure production. While the basic numbers (targets, receptions, yards,...) are often enough to give us a solid idea of what we're dealing with, the truth is that the deeper we […]

Adam Thielen Catches Touchdown, Little Else In Loss

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen caught three passes for 29 yards and one touchdown in the Vikings 31-30 loss to the Titans in Week 3. Thielen played decoy as rookie receiver Justin Jefferson enjoyed a monster day with 175 receiving yards and one score. Thielen did get on the board though, catching a pass […]

Justin Jefferson Dynamite With 175 Receiving Yards

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson racked up a team-high seven catches for 175 yards and one touchdown in the team's crushing 31-30 loss to the Titans in Week 3. The rookie finally was able to flash what made him a first-round draft pick, making plays all over the field. He burned the Titans secondary […]

Dalvin Cook Explodes For 199 All-Purpose Yards

Minnesota Vikings running back Dalvin Cook was fantastic in Week 3, rushing for 181 yards, one touchdown and adding 19 receiving yards in the Vikings 31-30 loss to the Titans. Cook was running hard from the jump and took one carry to the house for a 39-yard score. The Vikings are now 0-3 but Cook […]

Kirk Cousins' Interceptions Dooms Vikings

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins completed 16-of-27 passes for 251 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions in the Vikings 31-30 loss to the Titans. The Vikings are now 0-3 and Cousins' fourth quarter interception set up the Titans to kick a game-winning field goal. In a game where the Vikings offense looked crisp in the […]

Tajae Sharpe Healthy Inactive In Week 3

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Tajae Sharpe is a healthy scratch on Sunday against his former team, the Tennessee Titans. Considering Sharpe had taken just 16 offensive snaps this season, this doesn't move the needle at all. Wide receiver Chad Beebe will play for the first time this year, but like Sharpe would have been, Beebe […]

Coaching Matters: Offenses That Will Improve From Week 2

This series carries over from last week, where I dived into offensive areas that will improve or decline based on coaching in order to glean insight as to fantasy football value. After much research, I've developed a broad knowledge of how each team's play-caller historically operates and compiled data to help make informed decisions throughout the […]

FanDuel NFL DFS Lineup Picks for Week 3 - Daily Fantasy Football

Week 2 was chaotic, to say the least. Although some players were lucky to avoid being seriously injured last Sunday, others weren't so fortunate as Saquon Barkley, Nick Bosa, and Courtland Sutton will miss the remainder of the year. While those injuries alone are discouraging enough, there are also a ton of notable players who […]

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: Julio Jones Officially Ruled Out N'Keal Harry Active For Week 3 Michael Thomas Improving, No Guarantee For Week 4 Davante Adams Pushing To Play Julio Jones A […]

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: Julio Jones Officially Ruled Out N'Keal Harry Active For Week 3 Michael Thomas Improving, No Guarantee For Week 4 Davante Adams Pushing To Play Julio Jones […]

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: Duke Johnson A Long-Shot To Play Josh Jacobs Expected To Play In Week 3 Raheem Mostert And Tevin Coleman Officially Ruled Out Zack Moss Ruled Out For […]

Fantasy Football Starts and Sits: Matchups Analysis for Week 3

Hi, y'all! Two weeks of NFL action are in the books and we're moving on to another. Welcome to our Week 3 matchup analysis and start/sit column for fantasy football. Each week we'll be analyzing every game from the Sunday slate, helping you optimize your fantasy lineups and take down your opponent. Be sure to check back […]

Wide Receiver Matchups To Target in Week 3

Week 2 of the NFL season is in the books and the wide receiver position was a little unpredictable. Out of all the wide receivers referenced in last week's wide receiver matchup article, Terry McLaurin finished as WR-4, Mike Evans was WR-5 and Diontae Johnson was WR-6, so we were alright with those calls.  Mitchell Trubisky […]

Week 3 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2020 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

About ten minutes into Week 2, it became clear that the week for fantasy teams would simply be a matter of luck and survival. Some of the NFL's top players on both offense and defense went down with season-ending or multi-week injuries, drastically changing a number of matchups in mere minutes. While injuries are part […]

Week 3 Kicker Streamers and Starts - 2020 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

Week 2 is over, and there were some fireworks involved in just about every game. Kickers had some big performances with the top three marks each clearing 15 points for the week. As we get deeper into the season, these rankings are going to get a bit easier as teams really settle in, however, with […]

Break The Slate: DraftKings NFL DFS Lineup Picks - Week 3

Hi there, RotoBallers, and welcome back to Break The Slate! If you read this article regularly, 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 plays at each position for the DraftKings main slate […]

OwnersBox NFL DFS Lineup Picks for Week 3 - Daily Fantasy Football

Hey there RotoBallers! If you haven't had a chance to check out the weekly fantasy offerings over at OwnersBox, now is the time! OwnersBox is a new weekly fantasy platform that offers plenty of game setups to fulfill your desire to draft throughout the season! Over at OwnersBox,  you can participate in snake drafts and […]

NFL DFS Prop Picks for Week 3 - Monkey Knife Fight

Welcome to Week 3 of the NFL Season! The season is moving right along and has gotten very exciting 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 […]

NFL Betting Picks For Week 3 (9/27/2020) - Moneylines, Totals, and Spreads

Week 2 brought along one of the worst, in terms of injuries, that we've seen in a long time. It didn't quite affect my picks, but Christian McCaffrey going down definitely made things hard for Carolina down the stretch. Green Bay almost hit the over themselves, so that was an easy cash. Then Sunday Night […]

NFL DFS Value Plays (Cash Games) for Week 3 on FanDuel and DraftKings

We are two weeks into the season and oh what a Week 2 it was around the NFL. Injuries galore were the name of the game and that means there will be a lot of backups having to step up this week. Many will run to those "new starters" as value plays, but not all […]

NFL DFS Must Avoids and Injuries for Week 3 (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 (at their price-point) in DFS this week. We'll be adding the injured players to be wary of closer to […]

Wide Receiver Snap Counts and Target Trends - Week 2 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 are contained in this weekly statistical breakdown of multiple categories, which is designed to […]

Is the Buffalo Bills' Offense For Real?

Move out of the way for the NFL's new most explosive offense: the... Buffalo Bills? Through the first two weeks of the NFL season, the Buffalo Bills rank 3rd in the NFL in total yards (928), 3rd in yards per play (6.6), 1st in passing yards (719), 2nd in passing TDs (6), and 5th in […]

Vikings Defense Signing Todd Davis

The Minnesota Vikings are signing former Denver Broncos linebacker Todd Davis to a one-year deal on Thursday, according to a source. It'll give the Vikings some depth at the position following the season-ending injury to Anthony Barr (pectoral). Davis had two straight seasons of 100-plus tackles in Denver, so he could really help the Vikings […]

Evaluating Early Air Yard Data - Week 3

Air yards are becoming a more commonly used statistic for fantasy football purposes. Popularized by Josh Hermsmeyer, who developed metrics like RACR (receiver air conversion ratio) and WOPR (weighted opportunity rating), it is a useful way to dig deeper into receiver performance beyond just targets, receptions, and yards gained. Statistics like Mike Clay's aDoT (average […]

NextGen Stats - Running Back Breakdowns and Takeaways

The season is officially in full swing. Two weeks are gone, and 32 games are already on the books providing some tasty information and data to crunch. To gain the biggest edge in your fantasy football league, it's necessary to understand how to apply the advanced statistics being used in sports nowadays. Back in the […]