Updated Week 17 PPR Rankings (Top 300)

Welcome to Week 17 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 17 PPR rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: Antonio Brown is officially out. Spencer Ware will not play again this week. Davante Adams is inactive for Week 17. Kenny Golladay has been ruled out. Drew […]

FanDuel NFL DFS Lineup Picks (Week 17): Daily Fantasy Football Advice

RotoBallers, welcome to Week 17 of the daily fantasy football season. In this column, you will find my recommended FanDuel DFS Lineup Picks to target for Week 17 of the NFL season. You can also click here to find more DFS analysis articles and tools. The goal is to identify players to start on FanDuel this week based on […]

Week 17 Consistency Reports - Start/Sit Decisions

Week 17 is here and it comes with mixed feelings. On one hand this is one of the most thrilling weeks on calendar. All 32 teams are playing in the space of 12 hours and the playoff scenarios could change hundreds or thousands of times on Sunday. However, this is also the end of regular […]

Week 17 Busts - Overvalued Players to Avoid In Fantasy Football

The NFL regular season ends on Sunday. It was a year that saw the emergence of Patrick Mahomes and the fall-off of Tom Brady, a year where rookie running backs like Saquon Barkley and Phillip Lindsay put up big numbers, and one where the some of the same names continued atop the wide receiver and […]

Flex Heroes and Zeroes - Week 17 Fantasy Football Picks

So you're playing for all the marbles in Week 17? Good for you. I'm serious! Many scoff at leagues which keep playing until the final week of the season but I applaud you for seeing it through to the bitter end and adding an extra element of strategy by relying on the waiver wire in […]

Cordarrelle Patterson Out Against Jets

New England Patriots wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson (knee) is inactive for Week 17 against the Jets. Patterson has been mostly a gadget player with Rex Burkhead, James White and Sony Michel forming a three-headed backfield monster behind Tom Brady. With Josh Gordon no longer with the team, it'll be Julian Edelman, Chris Hogan and Phillip […]

Week 17 Matchups - Fantasy Football Game Breakdowns (Part 1)

Welcome to our Week 17 matchups analysis and starts/sits column for fantasy football. We'll be covering every matchup from every Sunday game to help you make the best decisions for your fantasy lineups. We'll also be updating this as injury reports come in so check back often. This article will cover the early slate of games, beginning […]

Week 17 Rankings Analysis - Nick Mariano vs. Industry ECR

Hello, you faithful Week 17 readers, and welcome to the final (unofficial) edition of my weekly rankings article where I stump for myself against the Expert Consensus Rankings. My hope is to help you understand why I’m significantly higher or lower on players than the crowd, but Week 17 is a bit different. Since the […]

Cordarrelle Patterson Questionable For Week 17

New England Patriots wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson (knee) was limited in practice on Friday and is questionable for Week 17 against the Jets in the regular season finale. Tight end Dwayne Allen (knee) is also questionable. Patterson saw just five touches in Week 16 without Josh Gordon around and remains a desperation fantasy play as […]

Fantasy Football Weekend Warrior Show: A Look Back..A Look Ahead

RotoBaller fantasy football expert Anthony Aniano takes a look at the at latest fantasy football news and notes, and previews each and every game of the NFL week including start/sits, sleepers, and busts for your fantasy football lineup. In this podcast you will hear about: Pat Mahomes, Christian McCaffery David Johnson, Sam Darnold Mike Thomas, Evan […]

Fantasy Bomb - 2018 Fantasy Football Awards

RotoBaller fantasy football lead editor Pierre Camus (@pfunk00) and NFL writer Chris Mangano (@ChrisMangano) hand out their own version of year-end fantasy football awards for the 2018 season. Like and subscribe to the RotoBaller channel on Youtube to get all our latest podcasts and catch us on iTunes and BlogTalkRadio as well! Be sure to also tune […]

Tom Brady Intends To Play Beyond 2019

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady intends to play past 2019, the final year of his current contract. "I absolutely believe I will. I know I've talked about it for a long time: I have goals to not only play next year, but beyond that," Brady said in his weekly interview on Westwood One. The […]

Week 17 Kicker Streamers and Starts - 2018 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

Week 17 of the 2018 season, and, for most of us, the fantasy season is all but over. A large number of fantasy championships took place last week, but there are a few of us that have matchups that have trickled into the final week. If you're still going, you likely still want to win, […]

Week 17 Waiver Wire Pickups - All Positions

The final week of the NFL season always brings a high degree of uncertainty, unexpected breakouts, and a slew of DNPs for star players. This is why the majority of fantasy football leagues play their championship in Week 16. If you are in a league that waits until the final week for its Super Bowl […]

Week 17 Running Backs - Waiver Wire Pickups and Adds

It is literally mind-boggling how rapidly each fantasy season progresses from the anticipation and optimism of Week 1 to the inevitable conclusion in December. Congratulations to those of you whose diligence through the draft process and the regular season has been rewarded with an opportunity to play for your league's championship. If you have embraced […]

Week 17 Tight Ends - Waiver Wire Pickups and Adds

The end of the NFL regular season is here, and if your fantasy football league’s season did not end last week, it surely will this week. If your fantasy football season is heading into its Super Bowl week this weekend and you are lucky enough to be playing in it, let me be the guy […]

Waiver Wire Express - Week 17 Lightning Round

Congratulations to those of you who took down your fantasy title in Week 16! We here at RotoBaller salute you and are happy to have been a part of the journey. But we know there are those of you who play into Week 17 and we never abandon our own! In the interest of getting […]

Julian Edelman Produces In Division-Clinching Win

New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman caught six passes for 70 yards, including a 32-yard touchdown, in the Patriots 24-14 win over the Bills. Edelman appeared to be tackled by two Bills defenders but landed on both of them as he escaped untouched to score his fifth touchdown of the season. Edelman may have […]

Rob Gronkowski Fails To Make A Catch In Week 16

New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski did not catch a pass in the Patriots 24-14 win over the Bills. Gronk was targeted only three times in a game where the Patriots rushed for 273 yards as a team. The Patriots have now clinched the AFC East for the 10th straight season and expect them […]

James White Scores 11th Touchdown Of Season

New England Patriots running back James White sprinted for a 27-yard touchdown, his 11th total score of the year, in the Patriots 24-14 win over the Bills. White racked 54 all-purpose yards in the game and scored the first time since Week 9. It has been a career season for the veteran but has struggled […]

Sony Michel Posts 116 Rushing Yards Against Bills

New England Patriots running back Sony Michel carried the ball 18 times for 116 yards, including a touchdown, in the Patriots 24-14 win over the Bills. The rookie running back gashed the Bills continuously throughout the game and delivered a huge performance for fantasy owners during championship weekend. The Patriots offense is at its best […]

Tom Brady Drops Fantasy Dud In Victory

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady completed 13 of 24 passes for 126 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions in the Patriots 24-12 win over the Bills. The Patriots clinched the AFC East division for the 10th straight season but fantasy owners have to be disappointed in the production from the future Hall of Fame […]

Josh Gordon Had Multiple Violations Of Drug Policy

New England Patriots wide receiver Josh Gordon was suspended indefinitely by the league for multiple violations of the drug policy for more than just marijuana, according to sources. He will now need to show he's clean for a sustained period of time if he's to be reinstated eventually. It's possible that he could be reinstated […]

Updated Week 16 PPR Rankings (Top 300)

Welcome to Week 16 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 16 PPR rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: Julio Jones is officially active. DeAndre Hopkins is officially playing. T.Y. Hilton is suiting up for Week 16. Spencer Ware has officially been ruled out. D'Onta Foreman […]

Wide Receiver Matchups to Target in Week 16

We're in the home stretch of the NFL season. The fantasy football playoffs are upon us, and injuries continue to rack up. Picking on the backups that precede starting defensive backs is a common strategy among DFS players, simply because it's a solid process. Fortunately, we have plenty of data to break down those matchups […]

Week 16 Matchups - Fantasy Football Game Breakdowns (Part 1)

Welcome to our Week 16 matchups analysis and starts/sits column for fantasy football. We'll be covering every matchup from every Sunday game to help you make the best decisions for your fantasy lineups. We'll also be updating this as injury reports come in so check back often. This article will cover the early slate of games, beginning […]

Week 16 Rankings Analysis - Nick Mariano vs. Industry ECR

Greetings to those of you still in the playoff hunt and welcome to the weekly column that puts my rankings up on a projector and compares them against the Expert Consensus Rankings (ECR). I’m currently 11th in FantasyPros accuracy competition after finishing ninth (out of 130) in 2017. I hope this piece gives you a glimpse […]

Under-the-Radar Booms/Busts: Week 16

If you are reading this column because you are playing in your fantasy football league’s Super Bowl this weekend, congratulations! If you are reading it because you are hoping to win a few thousand dollars in a DFS league so you can buy bigger holiday presents for your friends and family, even better! This is […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Football Picks (Week 16): NFL DFS Lineups

Two Saturday games on top of the usual prime time games has really left this slate a little devoid of options. However, more significantly is the loss of the Chiefs, Rams, Chargers and Saints to prime time slots on Thursday, Sunday and Monday. That has left us looking more for defenses to pick against this […]

DraftKings Power Pivots: NFL DFS Week 16

Happy Holidays RotoBallers! Welcome back to Power Pivots, the article where we examine each position in search of players that will offer us leverage in large-field DraftKings tournaments. If you read last week's edition, you might remember that I was concerned about the lack of great matchups in Week 15. Those concerns proved to be […]