NextGen Stats - Running Back Breakdowns and Takeaways

The season is officially in full swing. Two weeks are gone, and 32 games are already in 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 […]

Early Week 3 Half-PPR Rankings for Fantasy Football: James Conner, Najee Harris, Garrett Wilson, Josh Jacobs, Cam Akers, Kyle Pitts

Week 2 has come and gone, and we're here to help you set those winning Week 3 fantasy football lineups. Below you'll find our NFL team's early Week 3 fantasy football half-PPR rankings for fantasy football, as of September 21st. Our goal as always is to help you set those winning lineups, so let's see […]

PrizePicks NFL DFS Prop Picks - Steelers vs. Browns Thursday Night Football

Hello everybody and welcome! The 2022 NFL season is underway and that means our friends over at PrizePicks have a TON of great props we can look to take advantage of. PrizePicks is a great DFS picks site where you can choose to select plays in terms of fantasy points or single stats. The goal […]

NFL DFS Prop Picks for Monkey Knife Fight - Steelers vs. Browns Thursday Night Football

Welcome to Thursday Night Football between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cleveland Browns! Thursday's game means our friends at Monkey Knife Fight are offering some fantastic props for us to play once again! The good people at Monkey Knife Fight offer some of the coolest, and easiest to win, NFL DFS games in the industry. […]

Steelers vs Browns Start 'Em, Sit 'Em: Najee Harris, Diontae Johnson, Pat Freiermuth, David Njoku, Chase Claypool, George Pickens

The debuts of both Brownie the Elf and Acrisure Stadium were ones to forget. The Steelers, once again, lost a low-scoring match to the Patriots. While the Browns had one of the worst coaching decisions of the season and found a way to lose to the Jets despite leading 30-17 with 1:55 remaining. Unfortunately, the […]

Waiver Wire Express - Week 3 Lightning Round

Sunday night means we've had another filling day of football action and are starting to peek forward to next week's chaos. As a reminder, this column is a quick reaction to get key names on your radar. We're out here sculpting winning rosters out of the early-season marble with the waiver wire lightning round heading […]

Running Back Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 3: Top Free Agent Adds Include Jordan Mason, Mark Ingram, Raheem Mostert

As you now read this week’s recommendations from the waiver wire, we have progressed into planning roster construction for Week 3. The matchups of Week 2 delivered a collection of impressive performances, including three backs who eclipsed 100 rushing yards. Unfortunately, the numbers that were delivered by other runners only led to frustration. Many of […]

Wide Receiver Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 3: Top Free Agent Adds Include Garrett Wilson, Jakobi Meyers, Sterling Shepard, Noah Brown

Week 2 can be described as the week of the rookie wide receiver. Garrett Wilson had two touchdowns. Drake London and Jahan Dotson both had a touchdown and a two-point conversion. Chris Olave was heavily involved in New Orleans too. Some of those names will make an appearance later in this piece. Below, you'll find […]

Deeper-League Waiver Wire Adds for Week 3: Jordan Mason, Jaylen Warren, Nelson Agholor, Jerick McKinnon, D.J. Chark, Greg Dortch

The first two weeks of the NFL's regular season have concluded, so it's time to get back on the hunt for deep-league waiver pickups. These fantasy football waiver wire pickup suggestions are geared toward leagues with deep benches or 14-plus teams, so the Week 2 darlings and obvious pickups such as Garrett Wilson, Jahan Dotson, […]

Week 3 Kicker Streamers and Starts – 2022 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

We're through two weeks of the NFL season, but we'll never get to a place where we can ignore the streamer game at the kicker position in fantasy football. Even though we have two games of data for each team, kicker projections are very elastic week-to-week, so it's time to forget everything we've seen so […]

Jakobi Meyers (WR, NE) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 3

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues ROSTERED IN: 35% of Leagues ANALYSIS: You might like Jakobi Meyers and the New England Patriots more or less than any other person out there, but one thing is clear and that is that Meyers is the go-to weapon of the Patriots offense this season. So much […]

Nelson Agholor (WR, NE) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 3

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues ROSTERED IN: 1% of Leagues ANALYSIS: It feels good to have Nelson Agholor back. No, I'm not entirely talking about his explosion in Week 2, but rather the full two-week package he's brought to the table in full. A stinker, then an absolute bomb of a game […]

Biggest Week 2 Busts: Fantasy Football Reactions for Jonathan Taylor, DK Metcalf, Kyle Pitts, Davante Adams, Chase Edmonds

The second NFL Sunday of the 2022 season has come and gone. Hopefully, you woke up on Monday morning feeling very good about how your week went. However, this week's slate of games was certainly stress-inducing for many fantasy football managers. Part of that stress was caused by a group of players who drastically underachieved […]

Unexpected Boom Performances: Week 2 Fantasy Football Reactions for Noah Brown, Garrett Wilson, Tua Tagovailoa and more

Week 2 may have been one of the most interesting individual weeks of NFL football in recent memory. With massive individual performances and insane comebacks, this Sunday was just a constant dopamine rush for football fans everywhere.  With massive performances from stars around the league, there were also huge statistical outputs from some unlikely sources. […]

Top 10 Running Back Studs - Best Fantasy Football RB Performances from Week 2

Week 2 of the 2022 NFL season was the complete opposite of Week 1 where most of the top running backs dominated. In Week 2 we didn't see too much from Saquon Barkley, Jonathan Taylor, or Najee Harris, but some old faces in Christian McCaffrey, Aaron Jones, Nick Chubb, and Austin Ekeler reminded us that […]

Pierre Strong Jr. Plays Just Three Snaps In Week 2

New England Patriots rookie running back Pierre Strong Jr. played just three offensive snaps in his NFL debut in the Week 2 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. Rhamondre Stevenson led the backfield with 42 snaps, while Damien Harris saw only 27 offensive snaps. Strong didn't have a single carry and wasn't targeted at […]

Video: Wide Receiver Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 3 (2022)

The 2022 fantasy football season continues with our Week 3 wide receiver waiver wire pickups. Anthony Aniano gives his in-depth fantasy football advice, breaking down some of his waiver wire adds to prioritize and free-agent pickups as we head into Week 3 of the fantasy football season. These players should be targets as injury replacements, […]

DeVante Parker Comes Up Empty In Week 2

New England Patriots wide receiver DeVante Parker was held in check with zero catches on two targets in a Week 2 win against the Pittsburgh Steelers. It's been a disappointing start to the season for Parker, who was brought in via trade by the Patriots early this past offseason. Although he has been playing on […]

Nelson Agholor Scores In Week 2 Win

New England Patriots wide receiver Nelson Agholor caught all six of his targets, posting 110 yards and a touchdown in a Week 2 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Agholor scored at the tail end of the first half on an impressive 44-yard contested reception. Although Jakobi Meyers has been operating as the clear WR1 for […]

Jakobi Meyers Sees 13 Targets In Week 2 Win

New England Patriots wide receiver Jakobi Meyers hauled in nine of 13 targets and garnered 95 yards in the team's Week 2 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Just as he was in Week 1, Meyers was the favorite target of Mac Jones but was much more productive this week. Meyers has never been an end […]

Rhamondre Stevenson Quiet In Week 2 Despite Expanded Role

New England Patriots running back Rhamondre Stevenson finished with nine rushing attempts for 47 yards and one reception for four yards on two targets in the team's 17-14 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Although Stevenson did not come through for fantasy purposes, he out-snapped Damien Harris and operated as the clear passing-down back with Ty […]

Damien Harris Totals 87 Yards, Scores In Week 2 Win

New England Patriots running back Damien Harris handled 15 carries for 71 yards and a touchdown, adding two receptions for 16 yards on two targets in the team's Week 2 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Harris was effective despite playing on just 39% of snaps, the same amount he played in Week 1. It was […]

Mac Jones Leads Patriots To Week 2 Victory

New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones completed 21 of 35 pass attempts for 252 yards, one touchdown, and one interception in a 17-14 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Jones did not deliver a huge fantasy performance in this one but got a nice victory on the road. He relied heavily on wide receiver Jakobi Meyers, […]

Pierre Strong Jr. Making His NFL Debut

New England Patriots rookie running back Pierre Strong Jr. (shoulder) is active and will make his NFL debut in Week 2 against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Strong was listed as questionable for this contest, but he will suit up after being a healthy scratch in the season opener. Strong is active with Ty Montgomery (knee) now […]

High-Upside Bench Stashes: Weekend Waiver Wire for Week 2 Includes Robbie Anderson, Jaylen Warren, Marcus Mariota, Carson Wentz

If Week 1 of the NFL season didn't go your way, there is no need to panic. It is easy to forget that it is a long season and many often get caught up in the hype of Week 1 in their excitement and forget to take a long-term approach to the season. In fantasy, […]

Fantasy Football Start Em, Sit Em - Week 2 Matchups Analysis

Welcome back RotoBallers to our Week 2 matchups analysis and Start Em, Sit Em column for fantasy football. Week 1 provided us with many surprises and outstanding performances, all of which we'll consider as we prepare for Week 2. For those who are unfamiliar, each week we'll be analyzing every game from the Sunday slate, helping […]

WR/CB Matchups to Target and Downgrade - Week 2

Week 1 is in the books, and fantasy managers are adjusting their strategies after the first game. The Week 2 version of the WR/CB Matchup Chart has the added "PPGA" (Points Per Game Against) column with the Week 1 point assigned to each matchup. The process for assigning points to a specific matchup has to […]

Updated Week 2 PPR Rankings for Fantasy Football: Gabe Davis, Michael Thomas, Kyle Pitts, CeeDee Lamb, Travis Ettienne Jr.

Fellow RotoBallers, are you ready for Week 2 of fantasy football? We are back today with our updated Week 2 fantasy football PPR rankings for fantasy football, as of September 17th. We will be here to guide you every week of the NFL season, so let's see where key players like Gabe Davis, Michael Thomas, […]

Fantasy Football Injury Reports For NFL WRs: Week 2 Updates for Michael Pittman Jr., Mike Evans, Tee Higgins, Allen Lazard, Julio Jones

Welcome to Week 2 of the fantasy football season and the Saturday edition of our WR injury reports! Below you will find our fantasy football injuries report for wide receivers in Week 2 as of September 16th. The injury statuses for various NFL wide receivers are up in the air for Week 2, including Michael […]

Fantasy Football Injury Reports For NFL RBs: Week 2 Updates for Najee Harris, J.K. Dobbins, D'Andre Swift, Alvin Kamara, Mark Ingram

Below you will find our fantasy football injuries report for running backs in Week 2, as of September 17. The injury statuses for various NFL running backs are up in the air for Week 2 including D'Andre Swift, Najee Harris, Alvin Kamara, J.K. Dobbins, and more. The fantasy football season may be just getting underway, […]