Kirk Cousins A Decent QB2 In Week 3

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins is coming off a brutal performance in Week 2, but there's some reason for optimism heading into Week 3. The Raiders have been dreadful against the pass so far, allowing 342.5 yards/game and a 68% completion percentage facing Joe Flacco and Patrick Mahomes. They don't have an imposing pass-rush, either, […]

Wide Receiver Snap Counts and Target Trends - Week 2 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 […]

RB Snap Counts and Touch Trends: Week 2 Analysis

Welcome to Week 3! Whether you are undefeated or trying to snag your first win, Week 3 is a turning point in many leagues. At this point, players start to solidify into categories: stud, bust or anything in between. And in most leagues, while wide receivers are a dime-a-dozen on the waiver wire, finding running […]

Is Kirk Cousins Killing His Receivers?

Through two games last season, Minnesota Vikings receivers Stefon Diggs and Adam Thielen had combined for 42 catches, 404 yards, and four touchdowns. Through two games this season, they have just 11 catches, 204 yards, and two touchdowns. Quarterback Kirk Cousins hasn't been doing them favors, and the argument could be made that he's killing […]

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

Welcome back, RotoBallers!  Below you will find my Week Three 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) […]

Under-The-Radar Booms and Busts: Week 3

Now that every quarterback in the NFL is now injured, sick, retired or benched, finding the right booms and busts might be the only way some fantasy players can win this week. If things are not difficult enough for fantasy players, this is the last week before teams starting taking time off for the dreaded […]

Week 2 Disaster Recovery: Alvin Kamara

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 […]

NFL NextGen Stats Analysis: Week 2 Takeaways - Efficient Rushing

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. At this point in time, there is no excuse for you not to access the advanced statistics being used in every sport you follow and their importance. Back […]

The Tape Tells All - Demarcus Robinson's Week 2 Performance

Welcome to another edition of "The Tape Tells All," where I break down some film of an NFL's player performance and try to draw some fantasy football conclusions from that film. This week, I'm looking at Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Demarcus Robinson, who had a huge game in Week 2 against the Raiders. Robinson […]

Minnesota Vikings Defense Subpar In Week 2

The Minnesota Vikings Defense got off to a rough start, allowing Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers to jump out to a quick 21-0 lead in the first quarter. They righted the ship after that, though, holding the Packers scoreless for the rest of the contest. They also notched two sacks, recovered two fumbles, […]

Adam Thielen Sees Team-High Eight Targets

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen had a decent fantasy outing in Week 2, catching five of eight targets for 75 yards in Sunday's 21-16 loss to the Green Bay Packers. Though quarterback Kirk Cousins attempted 32 passes, he only completed 14 of them and had an awful day finding his receivers downfield. The inconsistency from […]

Week 3 Deeper League Waiver Pickups

Injuries have decimated the ranks of the NFL through two weeks, taking down some of the best at each position. Big-name quarterbacks are dropping like flies while notable skill position players are taking turns riding the injury carousel. In deeper leagues, it's kill or be killed on the waiver wire this week. The following players […]

FAAB Bidding - Week 3 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 3 Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds

After the opening week of the NFL season, the toughest decision for fantasy football owners was which rookie receiver to take a chance on. Following Week 2, we now have to decide which 49er has a chance to return fantasy value on a consistent basis. A few key injuries may provide for interesting adds as […]

Waiver Wire Express - Week 3 Lightning Round

Week 2 solidified some waiver-wire adds as more than flashes in the pan, while other Week 1 studs followed that up with a flop. Whether you're coasting towards an easy 2-0 start, in the thick of it at 1-1 or up against it with an 0-2 team, you never stop improving. Stay tuned as injury updates […]

Running Back Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 3

As we enter the decision-making process for your Week 3 rosters, anyone who drafted backs that garnered the top six ADPs have avoided injury concerns. But those of you that selected James Conner or Damien Williams have been confronted with the possibility of losing your coveted starters due to health issues. The current uncertainty regarding […]

Quarterback Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 3

It was another wild and woolly week of NFL football in Week 2, and while there are still no bye weeks to contend with, plenty of owners may be seeking to make a change at quarterback. Owners of Drew Brees and Ben Roethlisberger should be looking at free-agent quarterbacks, as both veteran signal-callers potentially face […]

Alexander Mattison (RB, MIN) - Week 3 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 23% of Leagues ANALYSIS: I refused to believe what happened in Minnesota during their Week 1 game against the Falcons. The Vikings won their season-opener 28-12 with a shocking 10-38 pass-run split on offense. Those numbers belong to the 1970s, not the current football era. Indeed, Week […]

Stefon Diggs Hauls In 45-Yard Touchdown

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Stefon Diggs caught just one of his seven targets for a 49-yard touchdown in the third quarter. Though Diggs saw plenty of targets, Kirk Cousins was abysmal all afternoon and the pair were unable to get anything else going on the road against the Packers Defense. Diggs caught another touchdown in […]

Kirk Cousins Totals Three Turnovers In Loss

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins had a brutal game on Sunday, completing 14 of 32 passes (44%) for 230 yards, one passing touchdown and two interceptions on the day. Cousins also fumbled twice (losing one) and appeared rattled all game with terrible decisions and wild overthrows and underthrows serving as the norm for the eighth-year […]

Dalvin Cook Has Huge Game In Week 2

Minnesota Vikings running back Dalvin Cook rushed 20 times for 154 yards (7.7 YPC) and a touchdown in Sunday's 21-16 loss to the Green Bay Packers. He also caught 3-of-3 targets for 37 yards. Cook's big day included a career-high 75-yard touchdown run in the second quarter as he again looked very explosive and displayed […]

Updated Week 2 PPR Rankings (Top 300)

Welcome to Week 2 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 2 PPR rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: Joe Mixon plans to play in Week 2. Antonio Brown is expected to make his 2019 debut today. Le'Veon Bell was limited in practice Saturday, but expected […]

Week 2 NFL Matchups Analysis: Start/Sit Advice (Part 1)

Welcome to our Week 2 matchup analysis and start/sit column for fantasy football. We'll be covering every contest from the Sunday slate, helping you make the best decisions for your fantasy lineups. Be sure to check back regularly because this article will be updated as news comes in regarding injuries and other important information. I will take […]

Week 2 NFL Matchups Analysis: Start/Sit Advice (Part 2)

Welcome to our Week 2 matchups analysis and starts/sits column for fantasy football. We'll be covering every matchup from every game on Sunday to help you make the best decisions for your fantasy lineups. We'll also update this as injury reports come in, so be sure to check back often. This article will cover all […]

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

Week 2 is here, and for those of us who didn't have Lamar Jackson in Week 1, it's time to get back on track. Be sure to keep an eye on injures as there are plenty of guys who are in danger of not playing, leaving the door open for some solid, low-cost additions to […]

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

What's up RotoBallers and football fans? I hope you were able to Break The Slate last week! We had some nice plays highlighted in this article, with guys like Christian McCaffery, Chris Carson, Mark Ingram, and John Brown hopefully helping you to bring in some nice DFS profits to start the season! These DraftKings lineup recommendations […]

Week 2 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2019 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

Holy cow, my daughter refuses to come out. She's already a week late--but hey, that lets us get our Week 2 defenses ironed out early, right? Below are RotoBaller's Week 2 defense tiers and rankings, or which defenses to stream, start and target off the waiver wire for Week 2 of the NFL and fantasy […]

NFL Survivor Pool Picks (Week 2) - Targets and Avoids

Seattle squeaks by the Bengals and a third of all survivor pools breathe a sigh of relief. On to the next week where hopefully you don’t need to sweat one out again. My other survivor play was the Broncos and they barely showed up. Most love to overreact after Week 1. Such thoughts seem to […]

Minnesota Vikings Defense A Top-12 Start In Week 2

The Minnesota Vikings Defense faces off with Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers on the road in Week 2. The Packers and their new head coach Matt LaFleur racked up just 10 points and 213 yards in Week 1's win against the Chicago Bears. They looked out-of-sync all night and are facing a stiff […]

Stefon Diggs In WR2 Territory For Week 2

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Stefon Diggs should be viewed as a WR2 ahead of Week 2's matchup against the Green Bay Packers, as he appears fully healthy and figures to see more than the two targets he received in Week 1's run-heavy game. His potential CB-matchups are also favorable (he toasted Jaire Alexander for 8/77/1 […]