Jason McCourty Returns To Patriots
The New England Patriots re-signed cornerback Jason McCourty to an undisclosed two-year deal on Wednesday, a source told NFL Network's Mike Garafolo. McCourty played a pivotal role in New England's Super Bowl run last year and returns to a defense that will mostly be the same in 2019. He had 70 total tackles, a forced […]
AAF Week 5 Fantasy Football Recap (Sunday)
We continue to the Sunday games, which featured the Atlanta Legends and San Antonio Commanders picking up massive victories for their playoff hopes over the Memphis Express and Arizona Hotshots. Officially being midway through the season, here is how I rank the QB, RB and WR positions going forward : QB RB WR 1. Garrett […]
Running Back Target Leaders - Finding PPR Value at the RB2/Flex
To be successful playing fantasy football, you have to...well, you have to do a lot of things, but one of those things is to get good value on draft night. In PPR leagues, one of those ways to find value is to draft running backs who are active in the passing game. A guy like […]
Patriots Trading For Michael Bennett
The New England Patriots are working on a trade to acquire Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Michael Bennett, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport. New England will send a 2020 fifth-round pick to the Eagles for Bennett and a 2020 seventh-round selection. Bennett will make $7.2 million in 2019 and $8 million in 2020. The 33-year-old […]
2019 Wide Receiver Dynasty Ranking - Tiers and Analysis
As we continue our progression through the offseason, the designation of franchise and transition players is complete. We are about to experience the rapid-fire assortment of roster transformations that will occur during free agency, and these impending changes in destinations and expectations will impact anyone who manages rosters in dynasty leagues. The team at RotoBaller […]
New Coaches in New Places - Who Will Succeed?
Some things in the NFL never change. Tom Brady is going to take the Patriots to a division title and a first-round playoff bye. At least one wide receiver will become such a diva he will be traded from his team (maybe two!). And of course, the Raiders will stink as long as they continue […]
Dynasty Sell-High for 2019 - Running Backs
This is the perfect time of year to sell high on many players in your dynasty football leagues. There are several situations where a player is presumably the starter for a team, but there's a very good possibility that the team will either draft one or obtain one in free agency. Sometimes this can be a […]
Tight End Dynasty Rankings - Tiers and Analysis
2018 was probably the best year for tight ends in the history of fantasy football. Philadelphia’s Zach Ertz set the NFL single-season record for receptions by a tight end with 116, while San Francisco’s George Kittle set the single-season record for receiving yards for a tight end with 1,377. What’s crazy is that neither of […]
AAF Week 4 Fantasy Football Recap (Sunday)
We continue on to the Sunday games, which featured two of the favorites to win the title go down at home. Both Birmingham and Arizona were unable to get anything going on offense and faltered late during their surprising upsets. Before the weekend, the home team had won nine of 12 games throughout the season, […]
Running Back Dynasty Rankings - Tiers and Analysis
In case you didn't know, Rotoballer's 2019 Dynasty Rankings are here in all of their glory! The running back position isn't rife with bell cow backs that the game has had in recent memory, but there are a number of players at the top of the position or deeper in the rankings that can provide […]
Dynasty Takeaways from the 2019 NFL Scouting Combine
The skill position players have wrapped up their workouts at the NFL Combine and now it's time for us in the fantasy football world to overthink what that actually means. Many use the combine as an end-all-be-all in terms of rookie evaluations. But that is far from what should be the case. Same as running […]
Quarterback Dynasty Rankings - Tiers and Analysis
The rankers here at RotoBaller are committed to providing you with detailed fantasy football rankings for dynasty leagues. Our rankings also include tiers which supply a more detailed breakdown on which players to target for your rosters, along with the performers that you should avoid. These rankings are updated continuously and should be used as […]
Early 2019 Fantasy Football Rankings Analysis - Tight End
We wind down our look at the early 2019 fantasy football PPR rankings with the tight end position. Our top rankers (Nick Mariano, Dom Petrillo, and myself) got together to release a pre-draft look at each position for re-draft leagues. We're not including the 2019 rookie class just yet, seeing as how we have no […]
Early 2019 Fantasy Football Rankings Analysis - Wide Receiver
With a long offseason ahead of us, football fans are left with little to do while baseball takes center stage. That doesn't mean we can't start our draft prep though! At RotoBaller, we always look ahead and strive to provide our readers with the best analysis possible. We've assembled some of our top fantasy football […]
Early 2019 Fantasy Football Rankings Analysis - Quarterbacks
After compiling our initial fantasy football staff rankings for 2019 it is now time to look at each position to see where some values or pitfalls could be found. The top players are pretty self-explanatory with the likes of Patrick Mahomes, Aaron Rodgers and Andrew Luck leading the way. After the top tier though, it […]
AAF Week 3 Fantasy Football Recap (Sunday Games)
Now that we are three weeks into the AAF season, some clear trends are starting to emerge. Orlando is the team to beat and clearly has the most fantasy assets on its roster. Atlanta is looking like an unmitigated disaster and Memphis isn't much better, although the QB change to Zach Mettenberger could do wonders. […]
Early 2019 Fantasy Football Rankings Analysis - Running Back
As we progress through these initial weeks of the offseason, the designation of franchise and transition players is underway while we steadily approach the highly anticipated period of free agency. That will create a massive number of roster alterations which will dramatically impact the value of many players. But it is never too early to […]
Top 10 Wide Receiver Rookies - NFL Draft Preview
The 2019 wide receiver draft class may not be stockpiled with potential studs at the NFL level, but it could be one of the deeper positions this year. You may not see many of these receivers make an immediate impact in the league but odds are a few of these names will be making spot […]
AAF Week 3 Fantasy Football Recap (Saturday Games)
I think we discovered a few new things during Week 3 of the AAF season, but many of the same elements that we have become accustomed to seeing held steady. Defensive lines continue to overpower the offensive lines, wide receivers are still dropping easy passes and most quarterbacks are struggling to find a rhythm. Only […]
2019 NFL Draft Class Preview - Running Backs (Part 2)
Over the past few weeks we've been working through this NFL draft class preview series, and today we're going to wrap it up with the second half of the RB position. Last month, we looked at the top six RBs in the class, according the rankings at NFL Draft scout. Today, we'll run through more […]
Dynasty Football and Keepers: Q&A Mailbag with Scott Engel
Every week here on RotoBaller, I will personally help you make those tough fantasy football keeper league decisions and answer any dynasty-related questions you may have. Football season never stops for dynasty owners and neither do we! I’ll be your Assistant GM as you work through the fantasy football offseason. Even if your question is not […]
Rob Gronkowski To Make Decision In Next Few Weeks
New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski's agent, Drew Rosenhaus, said his client will likely make a decision on his playing future "in the next couple of weeks." While Gronk looked somewhat rejuvenated late in the team's Super Bowl run, the 29-year-old has been worn down by injuries throughout his career and has clearly lost […]
AFC West Risers/Fallers - 2018 Season Review
The top of this division was the strongest in the NFL while the bottom of this division saw some of the worst-played football in the NFL. It may remain that way in the near future, be it due to poor coaching or executive leadership or simply lack of talent. The Chiefs and Chargers should control […]
Top 10 Running Back Rookies - NFL Draft Preview
A pivotal debate in the fantasy football community over the last few years has been how the running back position is becoming devalued. That point has merit based solely on the fact of how well rookie running back classes have performed in recent memory. Sure, high-profile names such as Ezekiel Elliott, Todd Gurley, and Saquon […]
AAF Week 2 Recap - Fantasy Risers, Fallers (Sunday Games)
The initial buzz of Week 1 excitement is gone, but Week 2 of the AAF season produced noticeably better football. The Orlando-San Antonio game was a barn burner that qualifies as the first candidate for AAF Game of the Year. We also saw our first 300-yard passer (Garrett Gilbert), 100-yard rusher (Zac Stacy) and 150-yard […]
AAF Week 2 Recap - Fantasy Risers, Fallers (Saturday Games)
Week 2 of the AAF season is officially in the books, and it did not disappoint. Milestones for the first 300-yard passer (Garrett Gilbert), 100-yard rusher (Zac Stacy) and most receiving yards in a game (Charles Johnson) took place during the week, not to mention that the early candidate for game of the year came […]
Rob Gronkowski Still Weighing His Future
New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski remains non-committal about his playing future, but he has shown up to Gillette Stadium multiple times over the last couple of weeks. Gronk might just be receiving treatment for his thigh, but ESPN Boston's Mike Reiss views it as the tight end being in a good place with […]
Early 2019 Fantasy Football Rankings (Top 300): Tiers 1-4
It is the first week of February. Super Bowl LIII has just come to an end, which sadly means the NFL season is over. After eight months of mini-camps, training camps and a season full of big plays and big games, a champion has been crowned and for our purposes here a new fantasy season […]
Early 2019 Fantasy Football Rankings (Top 300): Tiers 5-14
We continue our look at the Never Too Early Player Rankings for our top 300 players and 2019 redraft leagues. These player rankings are brought to you courtesy of RotoBaller NFL writers Pierre Camus, Nick Mariano (11th-most accurate expert on FantasyPros in 2018, 9th-most accurate in 2017), and myself, Dominick Petrillo. These rankings are a fun […]
Early Dynasty Football Mock Draft - Rounds 10-16
The Super Bowl has come and gone, but the RotoBaller staff hasn't given up football. A select group of us participated in the 2019 Way Too Early Dynasty League Startup Mock Draft, which gave us just another reason to keep fantasy football at the forefront of our minds. This will be a 12-team, one-quarterback, PPR […]