Kyle Rudolph (TE, MIN) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Stash in Deeper Leagues OWNED IN: 48% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Last week I wrote about Kyle Rudolph and I’ll mention him one last time before it is too late.  The past two seasons Rudolph has battled injuries that have impacted his performance on the field.  Like Owen Daniels, Rudolph has an offensive […]

Adrian Peterson (RB, MIN) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Most Leagues OWNED IN: 70% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: In today's headlines on numerous sports outlets you will see that Adrian Peterson reached a plea deal on his child abuse case.  He has been ordered a fine and community service which would make him square with the law.  Now the question is what will the […]

Minnesota Vikings (DEF, MIN) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All 12+ Team Leagues Owned in 44% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Defensively, the Minnesota Vikings have been superb in real life and fantasy for the past two weeks, and will be a very strong start in week nine. Against the Bills in week seven, the Vikings had six sacks, one interception, and four forced fumbles. […]

Kyle Rudolph (TE, MIN) - Waiver Wire Pickups

 BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues (Standard, PPR) 49% owned in Fleaflicker leagues ANALYSIS: Kyle Rudolph is a player who has disappointed fantasy owners more than once a year for the past two seasons.  Rudolph is currently out with a sports hernia, but he's due back in Week 11, and he has the intangibles to be a good player.  […]

Teddy Bridgewater (QB, MIN) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All 16+ Team Leagues and All 2QB Leagues for Week 8 21% Owned in Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: It’s been a rough couple of weeks for Teddy Bridgewater. In three starts, he has managed just one passing touchdown against five interceptions. Fortunately, the Vikings face a truly awful Bucs team in Week 8. The only worry here is […]

Jerick McKinnon (RB, MIN) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues Owned in 47% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: The Vikings' rookie has really proven himself in Adrian Peterson's absence over the last three weeks, during which he has run for 199 yards on 36 touches, good enough for 5.3 yards per carry. McKinnon was the starter for last Sunday's game […]

Jerick McKinnon (RB, MIN) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues Owned in 30% of Fleaflicker leagues ANALYSIS: There was no official statement to the public before Sunday's game (not appreciated, Vikings), but it appears that Jerick McKinnon is now the lead running back in Minnesota. He didn't have a particularly big day against the Lions, but they are a fantastic defense. […]

Week 6 PPR Waiver Wire Sleepers & Starts for Deeper Leagues

The BYE week madness has already begun, and that means as fantasy football owners we need to be digging deeper on the waiver wire to find weekly sleepers and sneaky starts. I'm here to help you through it with some low ownership players that could have sneaky PPR values coming into Week 6 of the […]

Jerick McKinnon (RB, MIN) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues Owned in 15% of Fleaflicker leagues ANALYSIS: Everyone already knows about the Adrian Peterson situation, and it's not looking good for his chances of returning anytime soon (or at all) to the Minnesota Vikings. Running back Matt Asiata has been filling in as the lead running back, and doing a decent job, although his […]

Teddy Bridgewater (QB, MIN) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team and All 2 Quarterback Leagues Owned in 22% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: In case you missed the Teddy Football show on Sunday, the Vikings' highly touted rookie quarterback was on full display racking up 317 passing yards in addition to 29 rushing yards and a touchdown. That is all before he unfortunately had to […]

Teddy Bridgewater (QB, MIN) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Deeper Leagues as Backup / All Keeper Leagues Owned in 21% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Teddy Bridgewater will make his first career start Sunday at home against the Falcons. The rookie made his debut last week at New Orleans, completing 12 of his 20 passes for 150 yards. He also carried the ball […]

Teddy Bridgewater (QB, MIN) - Waiver Wire Pickups

The below analysis first appeared in RotoBaller's article Week 4 Quarterbacks: Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds. BALLER MOVE: Add in All 2QB Leagues / Stash in Deeper Leagues Owned in 6% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Matt Cassel broke his foot in week three against the Saints. Enter the rookie, Teddy Bridgewater. In his twenty pass attempts in Week Three, Bridgewater threw for […]

Jerick McKinnon (RB, MIN) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add / Stash in All Leagues Owned in 16% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Now that All-Day is all done with playing NFL football for the foreseeable future, it's time for the Minnesota Vikings to go to plan B and find a silver lining in this now dark, looming cloud. What's plan B you ask? Well, it surely […]

Matt Asiata (RB, MIN) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 10+ Team Leagues (PPR & Standard)  Owned in 52% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Although Asiata has been discussed at length on RotoBaller already, and on this waiver wire sleepers list as well, he is still only owned in 52% of Fleaflicker leagues so I'm going to discuss him again. As most of you […]

Matt Asiata (RB, MIN) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues Immediately Owned in 33% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Last week we talked about the AP situation, including his deactivation for Week 2's game and speculating on Matt Asiata as the fill-in running back for the Vikings and waiver wire pickup for your fantasy football teams. Hopefully you were able to snag him […]

Matt Asiata (RB, MIN) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues Owned in 4% of Fleaflicker Leagues Editor's Note: this post has recently been updated and expanded upon as of 9/17, based on the recent breaking news about Adrian Peterson's deactivation for Week 3. You can read more about running back Matt Asiata as a waiver wire pickup for Week 3 right here, including the entire Peterson situation, […]

Greg Jennings (WR, MIN) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues 40% Owned in Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Greg Jennings had a solid Week 1 showing for the Vikings and fantasy football owners. On the day he hauled in 6 of the 7 passing targets thrown his way, racking up 58 yards and a touchdown along the way. Jennings was touted on some […]

Week 1 Fantasy Football Matchups: Start/Sit Advice (Games 1-8)

Each week we will be taking a look around the NFL at all of the weekly fantasy football matchups, and will be trying to help put together your optimal winning lineups. If you aren't sure if you should start or bench a player, or are looking for potential weekly sleepers, you've come to the right place. Below is […]

Greg Jennings (WR, MIN) - Fantasy Football Sleepers

BALLER MOVE: Target ~ 140 (Current ADP: 160, WR: 51) ANALYSIS: It's easy to see why Greg Jennings is ranked where he is this year, coming off of a "mediocre" year with 68 grabs for 804 yards and four touchdowns, but I'm here to convince you those numbers will improve by a decent margin. And as crazy as […]

Kyle Rudolph (TE, MIN) - Fantasy Football Sleepers

BALLER MOVE: Target ~74  (Current ADP: 83, TE:9) ANALYSIS:  First let's get the obvious out of the way, the new Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator Norv Turner has a track record of highlighting TE's in his offense, including Antonio Gates and Jordan Cameron.  At Minnesota he will continue this trend and add Kyle Rudolph to his resume […]

Five Sleepers at Tight End for Fantasy Football

As fantasy football draft season heats up and enters full stride, RotoBaller will be bringing all sorts of high quality analysis and sleepers to target in your drafts.  These are five solid tight end back sleeper value picks for your 2014 fantasy football drafts.   Fantasy Football Breakouts At Tight End Zach Ertz - Eagles Word is starting to […]

Minnesota Vikings: 2014 Fantasy Football Analysis & Team Outlook

If you’ve ever even attempted to play fantasy football, chances are you’re familiar with Adrian Peterson’s reign atop the draft board. Beyond Peterson, the Minnesota Vikings have had trouble establishing more than one relevant fantasy performer over the years.  That should change in the upcoming season due largely in part to new Offensive Coordinator Norv […]