Week 4 Busts? Players To Consider Avoiding

As you've probably figured out already, fantasy football is a roller coaster ride. It's give and take. It's one step forward, two steps backwards most of the time. No game in Week 3 encapsulates this more than Bucs-Giants. Tampa's stud wideout Mike Evans had six catches for 89 scoreless yards through two weeks. Then he […]

NFL DFS Prop Picks for 9/29/19 - Monkey Knife Fight

Heading into Week Four of the NFL season, trends are starting to emerge. New stars are starting to make their mark. Questions are being raised about whether this veteran or that veteran still has what it takes. It’s a long season and unexpected things can happen, but there are some players who have established what […]

NFL Survivor Pool Picks (Week 4) - Targets and Avoids

Through three weeks of the season, it sure looks like we'll see a Patriots-Chiefs AFC Championship rematch. Both of those teams look unstoppable. My one qualm with New England is they've yet to face a formidable opponent. The combined record of New England's opponents is 0-9. Now they get a real test on the road […]

Kyle Rudolph Has Minimal Value in Week 4

Minnesota Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph has been non-existent in the offense this season. He has four receptions for 20 yards and has yet to find the end zone through three games. The Vikings are a run-first offense and even their star wide receivers don't have great fantasy value anymore. Rudolph was a touchdown-dependent player […]

Stefon Diggs Has Low Ceiling Against Bears

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Stefon Diggs has been a dud in fantasy leagues through the first three weeks of the season. He has six receptions for 101 yards and one touchdown through three games. The Vikings are a run-first offense with star running back Dalvin Cook healthy. Diggs is obviously a stud and usually a […]

Adam Thielen Has WR2 Appeal in Week 4

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen hasn't played up to his expectations this season, but has made the most of his chances. Thielen has 11 receptions for 173 yards and two touchdowns through three games this season. He would've seen a bigger game in Week 3, if the Vikings didn't run away with the game […]

Alexander Mattison Has Little Value in Week 4

Minnesota Vikings running back Alexander Mattison had a surprisingly solid week during the Week 3 contest versus the Oakland Raiders. Mattison rushed 12 times for 58 yards and a touchdown. This was the first time that Mattison had double digit rushing attempts this season, but that was likely a fluke game. Dalvin Cook is the […]

Dalvin Cook Remains RB1 Despite Tough Matchup

Minnesota Vikings running back Dalvin Cook has been dazzling through the first three weeks of the season. He's rushed for 375 yards and four touchdowns through three games and isn't showing any signs of slowing down. Cook heads into a matchup against an elite Chicago Bears Defense. This is going to be his toughest challenge […]

Kirk Cousins A Shaky Play Against Bears

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins has been a headache for fantasy owners this season, and it's not going to get any easier in Week 4. Cousins is coming off a game where he completed 15 passes for 174 passing yards and a touchdown without an interception. It's not an awful game, but it was against […]

RB Snap Counts and Touch Trends: Week 3 Analysis

Welcome to Week 4! With the season in full swing, it appears that most NFL teams have solidified the roles of their backfields. While some running backs have had a significantly increased workload or have become the workhorse of their respective teams, others have fallen into the dreaded territory of running-back-by-committee (RBBC). So, once again, […]

Olabisi Johnson Ready For Bigger Role

Minnesota Vikings rookie wide receiver Olabisi Johnson is expected to be the team's No. 3 receiver behind Adam Thielen and Stefon Diggs after Chad Beebe (ankle) suffered torn ligaments in his ankle in Week 3. "I’ll be the slot receiver," Johnson said. "I’m going in whenever we go to three-receiver sets and things like that." […]

NFL DFS Must Avoids and Injuries for Week 4 (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 a our expert's top players to avoid for this week. We'll be adding the injured players to be wary of closer to game day. We're […]

Pass Rush vs QB Matchups to Watch - Week 4

In Week 4, there are some great matchups for quarterbacks. several players are getting good defenses against them, but they are playing them at home where life is a little easier. Looking through the matchups, we probably have another four or five guys that are in the plus matchup category. There are still a few […]

The King's Week 4 Buy and Sell Guide

As the bye weeks roll in and the injuries mount, the fantasy football trade market is getting very busy. There are perceived voids at running back that is prompting many discussions in a lot of leagues, and the impact of some QB issues are still being felt. At RB, Le’Veon Bell owners feel needy because […]

Under-The-Radar Booms and Busts: Week 4

There are going to be a few familiar fantasy football faces missing this week, and not because of injuries. The first week of byes are upon us, fantasy folks! If you own any New York Jets (if so, I feel sorry for you) or San Francisco 49ers, you will need to find other alternatives to […]

Wide Receiver Snap Counts and Target Trends - Week 3 Analysis

Wide receivers are essential components in your efforts to achieve 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. Those results provide the foundation for this weekly statistical breakdown of the wide receiver position, which is […]

Josh Doctson Targeting Nov. 10 Return

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Josh Doctson (hamstring), who is currently on Injured Reserve, is targeting a Nov. 10 return at the Cowboys, which is the first game he's eligible to return for. Doctson could take Laquon Treadwell's spot as the No. 3 wideout on the roster, but there are no guarantees. He does have familiarity […]

Kyle Rudolph Expects Vikes To Remain Run-First Team

Minnesota Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph thinks what we've seen from them in the first three games is what they will continue to be throughout the 2019 season. "That’s the kind of offense that coach Mike Zimmer wants to have, that’s the kind of mentality that we’ve had success with in the past. We run […]

Melvin Gordon Returns: Fantasy Scenarios to Consider

Controversy reigned throughout the preseason during the Melvin Gordon holdout. No one knew if and when it was going to end, and when was exactly the right time to take a shot on him during a fantasy football draft. Ultimately, it did not turn out to be a Le’Veon Bell season-long holdout, but it was […]

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

Welcome back, RotoBallers!  Below you will find my Week Four fantasy football lineup rankings. The ranks are available in PPR, Half PPR and Standard formats. They will be updated as needed, so make sure to check back for the latest versions, especially on the weekends. Skill Position analysis versus the FantasyPros industry Expert Consensus Rankings (ECR) […]

Passing Traits Analysis - NFL NextGen Stats

You can officially start panicking. We're already through three weeks of the year, and by next Monday at this time, you'll be looking at the schedule to realize that a quarter of the season is already behind us. It sucks, but it means there are still three more quarters ahead of us! Yay! We are […]

Week 3 Disaster Recovery: Todd Gurley

Welcome to Disaster Recovery, where each week I'll examine why your studs played like duds. This isn't a place to find out why you should have sat a player for somebody on your bench. Disaster Recovery is to examine the guys who you didn't think twice about starting, and deciding if you should be panicking at all about […]

Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers - Week 4

Whether due to their own play, the play of others, or injuries, players' stock increases and decreases on a weekly basis. Perhaps more than any other, the NFL is a league that experiences ups and downs at a rapid pace. With only 16 games, there’s little room for error and seemingly endless opportunities for improvement. […]

FAAB Bidding - Week 4 Waiver Wire Targets

Assisting 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). As a caveat, these prices do not by any means indicate how much these free agent players will […]

Week 4 Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds

Daniel Jones. That's where this article will begin and end. As one of the many analysts who mocked the Giants on draft day and held heavy skepticism about his prospects as an NFL quarterback, let me be the first to issue a formal apology to Mr. Jones. Of course, Giants fans know they can't have […]

Waiver Wire Express - Week 4 Lightning Round

The better part of three weeks is in the fantasy football books, making those early trends very real -- for better or worse. One must still consider the matchups played thus far and those to come, but usage and volume are becoming reliable. Week 4 also brings the first bye week, with the Jets and […]

Running Back Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 4

Some of you have been receiving outstanding results from the running backs that you selected during your draft process. Unfortunately, there are many of you who have endured injuries, disappointing output, and inconsistent patterns of usage with your runners. If that applies to you, then those unwanted outcomes have diminished your enthusiasm for some of […]

Tight End Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 4

There are millions of fantasy football owners who probably need a tight end this week, one that can somehow replace one of the best tight ends in the NFL. The first bye week is upon us, and many fantasy owners will take a J.J. Watt-like hit at the tight end position because San Francisco’s George […]

Week 4 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2019 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

The main story of Week 3 was the fill-in quarterbacks...and how effective some of them were. That's going to throw a lot of our analysis of defenses into turmoil, and we've gotta be ready for Week 4. Below are RotoBaller's Week 4 defense tiers and rankings, or which defenses to stream, start and target off […]

Week 4 Kicker Streamers and Starts - 2019 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

Let us all give thanks for Indianapolis Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri finally getting back to the successful kicking ways that we expect from him. Heading into Monday night's game, he was tied for third among kickers on the week with 10 points. It's good to see the legend get back on track. In Week 4, […]