Inside the Tent - Week 15 NFL Injury Insight

At RotoBaller, we can't stress enough the importance of keeping up with injuries and playing your best lineup week after week. Players are going to get injured, that's an unavoidable fact. What's avoidable though is making the wrong roster decisions based on the injuries surrounding your fantasy squad. If you want to dominate your leagues […]

Wide Receiver Snap Counts and Target Trends - Week 14 Analysis

Your wide receivers remain essential components toward your primary goal of securing league championships. As many of you prepare for your Week 15 matchups, an expanding assortment of tools is available that can provide you with an extensive level of knowledge regarding this critical position. Those results are contained in this weekly statistical breakdown of […]

Giants Defense Draws Tough Matchup With Browns

The New York Giants Defense will face a tough matchup in Week 15 and shouldn't be trusted in fantasy versus the Browns. Cleveland is firing on all cylinders right now scoring 40-plus points in back-to-back games. To make matters worse for Big Blue, top-cornerback James Bradberry will not be available as he wound up on […]

Graham Gano An Unappealing Option In Week 15

New York Giants kicker Graham Gano has had a solid season, making 96.1 percent of his kicks, with his lone miss coming from 50-plus yards out. Despite the quality kicking from the Florida State product, he'll be a risky option in Week 15 against the Browns. New York has struggled to move the ball in […]

Darius Slayton An Untrustworthy Option Versus Browns

New York Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton has seen his targets vary wildly from game-to-game, making it hard to trust the second-year wideout in fantasy. Slayton saw eight targets last week but managed just three catches. He had only three targets in the previous two games combined and he hasn't found the end zone since […]

Sterling Shepard A Risky Option Against Browns

New York Giants wide receiver Sterling Shepard has seen his production dip in the last couple of weeks as Big Blue's offense has been stuck in neutral. Shepard has just four catches in the last two games and now faces a tough Browns Defense that has stiffened up against opposing wide receivers. It is still […]

Wayne Gallman A Volume-Based RB2 Against Browns

New York Giants running back Wayne Gallman may not be the flashiest name in fantasy football, but he's getting a ton of work and should be started in Week 15 against Cleveland. Gallman has double-digit touches in every game since the team lost Devonta Freeman (ankle) in Week 7. Freeman is eligible to be activated […]

Daniel Jones, Evan Engram Questionable

New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones (ankle, hamstring) and tight end Evan Engram (calf) are listed as questionable for Sunday night against the Browns. Jones has been extremely limited the last couple days and could be a game-time decision against Cleveland after tweaking his ankle in the Week 14 loss to the Cardinals. The second-year […]

Daniel Jones To See First-Team Reps Friday

New York Giants head coach Joe Judge said that quarterback Daniel Jones (ankle, hamstring) will "get his share" of the first-team snaps at practice on Friday. The Giants will keep a close eye on Jones' mobility as they decide whether to start him in Week 15 against the Browns on Sunday night. The Giants listed […]

Devonta Freeman Returns To Practice

New York Giants running back Devonta Freeman (ankle) has returned to practice, opening the three-week window for the team to activate him from Injured Reserve. Freeman was officially activated from the COVID-19 list on Thursday after being placed on it two weeks ago. The former Falcons back could play in Week 15 against the Browns […]

Pivot Plays and Post-Waiver Pickups: Week 15

This is the week fantasy football managers are either in the playoffs or planning for their fantasy basketball drafts. Congratulations if you made your fantasy football league’s playoffs! Now just make sure you do not become the laughingstock of the league because you played a guy who sat while someone on your bench or your […]

James Bradberry Going On COVID-19 List

The New York Giants are placing cornerback James Bradberry on the Reserve/COVID-19 list on Thursday, according to sources. One of the top cornerbacks in the league will now miss the Week 15 game against the Browns on Sunday night. The good news is that Bradberry was deemed a high-risk close contact, which should allow him […]

Daniel Jones Estimated As A Limited Practice Participant

The New York Giants didn't practice on Thursday, but quarterback Daniel Jones (ankle, hamstring) was estimated as a limited practice participant. Tight end Kaden Smith (knee) was also added to the injury report and was estimated to get in a limited practice as well. Jones' status for Sunday night against the Browns is undecided, and […]

Jason Garrett Tests Positive For COVID-19

New York Giants offensive coordinator Jason Garrett tested positive for COVID-19 and will continue to work remotely this week. Tight ends coach Freddie Kitchens will serve as the team's offensive play-caller in Week 15 against the Browns on Sunday night. Quarterback Daniel Jones (ankle, hamstring) is not expected to play after tweaking his ankle in […]

Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers - Week 15

Whether due to their own play, the play of others, or injuries, players' stock increases and decreases on a weekly basis. Perhaps more than any other, the NFL is a league that experiences ups and downs at a rapid pace. With only 16 games, there’s little room for error and seemingly endless opportunities for improvement. […]

Redrafting the 2020 Fantasy Football Season

2020. Man, what a year. We had protests, fires, a global pandemic that shut down everything, and freaking murder hornets. By the way, what happened to them? We do still have a few weeks left in the year, so are they to be the grand finale? Not all was doom and gloom, though, and there […]

NextGen Stats - Running Back Breakdowns and Takeaways

Things finally got serious. If you're here, it's only because one of two reasons: 1) you have followed the series all along and want to keep reading just so you don't feel bad with yourself, or 2) you won your first round of the fantasy playoffs and are still on the lookout for the smallest […]

Coaching Matters: Offenses That Will Improve From Week 14

This series continues into its fourteenth week of where I dive into offensive areas that will improve or decline based on coaching in order to glean insight as to fantasy football value. In Week 14, we saw performances such as the Los Angeles Rams wide receivers combining for 71 receiving yards, Patrick Mahomes throwing for 393 passing yards, or the […]

Daniel Jones' Week 15 Status In Doubt

New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones (ankle, hamstring) sprained his ankle in the second quarter of the Week 14 loss to the Cardinals, according to a source. Jones' status is now in doubt for Week 15 against the Browns on Sunday night. The second-year signal-caller was already a shaky low-end QB2 for fantasy managers coming […]

Daniel Jones Expected To Start Sunday Night

New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones (hamstring) continues to deal with a hamstring injury suffered in Week 12 and didn't look great in the Week 14 loss to the Cardinals, but he's expected to start on Sunday night against the Browns in Week 15. The biggest takeaway is that he didn't aggravate his hamstring by […]

Giants Have Decision To Make On Daniel Jones

New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones (hamstring) didn't aggravate his hamstring injury in the Week 14 loss to the Cardinals, but head coach Joe Judge will make a determination on Tuesday on whether Jones will get some work in practice this week. But as long as Jones is moving around as good as he was […]

The Cut List (Week 15) - Time to Let Go?

I don't know if there is a more frustrating aspect of fantasy football than the double-bladed sword we refer to as "patience." One of those blades will mockingly wound you in grand fashion after you've given up on a player too early. The other will repeatedly lacerate you over time for believing in a player […]

Giants Embrace Daniel Jones As Starter In Week 15

New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones does not have an official injury designation at this stage for Sunday's matchup against Cleveland, but it's rather plain to see that his hamstring injury is still a factor. Head coach Joe Judge said, "we'll play [Jones]," as long as the team believed him healthy enough to be on […]

Waiver Wire Express - Week 15 Lightning Round

We're through most of Week 14 and that means some of you have playoffs approaching and others are knee-deep in the first round. We've pushed through COVID-19 weirdness, key injuries, and incredible performances to this far and we're not stopping now. Let's keep on storming through the playoffs with the waiver wire lightning round heading into […]

Quarterback Waiver Wire Pickups and Streamers - Week 15

Despite Week 14 featuring a bunch of blowouts, quarterback production wasn’t anything special. Only three quarterbacks passed for over 300 yards passing. A bunch of quarterbacks were able to find the end zone through the air, however, with two players (one of which being Drew Lock) throwing for four touchdowns, two players passing for three […]

Giants Defense Has Rough Afternoon Versus Arizona

The New York Giants Defense struggled to slow down Kyler Murray and DeAndre Hopkins as the Cardinals' offense moved the ball with ease all afternoon. The Giants defense allowed 26 points and did not force a turnover while putting up just one sack. With the offense struggling to move the ball, the Giants defense will […]

Evan Engram Disappoints Versus Cardinals

New York Giants tight end Evan Engram made two catches for 18 yards in a loss to the Cardinals on Sunday. Engram saw just four targets after having at least eight in four of his previous five games. The New York offense struggled all afternoon with starting QB Daniel Jones (hamstring) playing through an injury. […]

Darius Slayton Turns Eight Targets Into 31 Yards

New York Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton led the team with eight targets, but only managed to haul in three receptions for 31 yards. Slayton had just three targets in the prior two games combined so he's not someone fantasy managers should start in the playoffs. It's tough to trust anyone in the New York […]

Sterling Shepard Logs Just 35 Yards In Week 14

New York Giants wide receiver Sterling Shepard had his worst game since returning from a toe injury in Week 7, logging just 35 yards on three catches. Shepard had been targeted at least six times in every game since his return, but only saw five targets in a game where New York threw just 21 […]

Golden Tate Makes One Catch Versus Arizona

New York Giants wide receiver Golden Tate made just one catch on two targets in a loss to the Cardinals on Sunday. The entire Giants offense was stuck in neutral all afternoon with quarterback Daniel Jones (hamstring) playing through an injury. Tate doesn't have more than four catches in a game since Week 3 and […]