Week 15 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2018 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

Are you still alive? Below are RotoBaller's Week 15 defense tiers and rankings, or which defenses to stream, start and target off the waiver wire for Week 15 of the NFL and fantasy football season. Our weekly tiered defense rankings are a guide to making waiver wire pickups to improve your lineups, and to decide […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Football Picks (Week 15): 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 15

Hello RotoBallers! Welcome back to Power Pivots, where we are always in search of players that will offer us leverage in DraftKings GPPs. Those of you that read last week's column hopefully had a solid day. Our strategy of fading the cheap chalk RBs in favor of Christian McCaffery and Ezekiel Elliott worked well, while […]

Wide Receiver Matchups to Target in Week 15

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 […]

Updated Running Back Depth Charts for Fantasy Football

Running backs are a critical component and core building block for all fantasy football teams. RB is one of the most volatile positions in fantasy football, and one of the highest turnover positions in the NFL. Each year, running backs drop like flies and many NFL teams make in-season changes due to injuries or poor performance. Stay […]

Fantasy Football Weekend Warrior Show: Week 15 Preview

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: Dak Prescott, Daesean Hamilton Lamar Miller, Marlon Mack Dalvin Cook, Sterling […]

Week 15 Consistency Reports - Start/Sit Decisions

A weird week this week with two Saturday games. If you are reading this on Saturday then make sure you have those lineups set. Thursday Night Football was incredible but for DFS purposes it has taken away a lot of talent. For season long leagues you may already have a good shot of making your […]

Crucial Pivots for Fantasy Football Week 15

Us fantasy folks have a mantra that gets repeated ad nauseam throughout the season. "Start your studs" is the standard cliché you hear when it comes to making obvious lineup decisions. No one should be starting the likes of Derek Carr over Aaron Rodgers just because Carr has an easy matchup...or should they? That's what […]

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 […]

Odell Beckham Jr. Ruled Out

New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. (quadriceps) has been ruled out for Week 15 against the Titans for the second straight game. He was limited in practice on Wednesday but didn't practice on Thursday or Friday. It's terrible timing for OBJ's injury, as his fantasy owners are left in the cold in the […]

Odell Beckham Jr. Says He's Day-To-Day

New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. (quadriceps) said he is doing "much better" on Thursday and is taking it day-to-day. However, his status for Week 15 against the Titans remains up in the air. OBJ will likely be questionable for this weekend, but it appears he has a better chance of suiting up […]

Odell Beckham Jr. Won't Practice Thursday

New York Giants head coach Pat Shurmur said that wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. (quadriceps) is getting "further evaluated" outside the practice facilities on Thursday and will not practice. OBJ took part in individual drills on Wednesday, which was a good sign, but this news makes us wonder if Beckham will play in Week 15 […]

WR Target and Snap Count Risers From Week 14

Congratulations to those of you whose diligence through the draft process and the regular season has been rewarded with an opportunity to participate in the fantasy playoffs. Your wide receivers remain essential components toward accomplishing your unwavering goal of securing a league championship. Since you have now advanced even further toward achieving your objective, it […]

Revisiting Alvin Kamara - Can He Help You Win A Championship?

Many fantasy owners of New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara were panicking after his dud in Week 5 on Monday night against the Washington Redskins when he had a season-low nine touches (six carries for 24 yards and three catches for 15 yards). That game coincided with the return of Mark Ingram from his […]

Odell Beckham Jr. Officially Limited Wednesday

Updating a previous report, New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. (quadriceps) was officially limited in practice on Wednesday, taking part in individual drills during the portion of practice open to the media. While OBJ was a surprise last-minute inactive in Week 14, he should be on track to return against the Titans in […]

Fantasy Bomb - TE Start/Sit Advice (Week 15)

RotoBaller fantasy football lead editor Pierre Camus (@pfunk00) and lead NFL writer Chris Mangano (@ChrisMangano) give their start/sit recommendations at the tight end position for Week 15 of the fantasy football season. Like and subscribe to the RotoBaller channel on Youtube to get all our latest podcasts and listen to us on iTunes and BlogTalkRadio as well! […]

Odell Beckham Jr. Won't Practice Wednesday

New York Giants head coach Pat Shurmur said that wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. (quadriceps) will not practice on Wednesday. "We'll try and get him back as quickly as possible. He is feeling better each day. I don't think he is going to practice today but we'll see as the week progresses," Shurmur said. There's […]

Evan Engram Has Tough Test Against Titans

New York Giants tight end Evan Engram's fantasy arrow has been pointing up over the last two games, posting 143 yards over that span. But he could struggle to out-score his fantasy projections against a Titans defense that is allowing the fewest fantasy points to opposing tight ends. The Titans defense has not allowed a […]

Saquon Barkley Matchup-Proof For Week 15

New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley will go up against a Titans defense in Week 15 that is allowing the fifth fewest fantasy points to opposing running backs. But at this point in the season, tough matchups no longer scare fantasy owners of the fantastic rookie. Barkley has least 100-plus yards from scrimmage in […]

Sterling Shepard No More Than WR5 Despite matchup

New York Giants wide receiver Sterling Shepard will have favorable matchup against a Titans defense that is allowing the ninth most fantasy points to receivers this season. The Titans have surrendered 17 touchdowns to the position but Shepard has been mired in a stagnant offense all season. He will be a touchdown-dependent option as Shepard […]

Odell Beckham Jr. A WR1 If He Plays In Week 15

New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr.'s status will have to monitored all week heading into the team's Week 15 matchup against the Titans. Beckham Jr. sat out Week 14 with a bruised quadriceps but head coach Pat Shurmur told reporters that the star receiver is "feeling a whole lot better". If Beckham Jr. […]

Eli Manning Has Tough Matchup Against Titans

New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning has three multiple touchdown performances over his last five games but will have a tough test in Week 15. The Giants offense will go up against a Titans defense that is allowing the sixth fewest fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks this season. Manning has passed for less than 200 […]

Week 15 Waiver Wire Pickups - All Positions

If at least one of your fantasy teams is still in contention for a championship, congratulations. Rather than wishing you good luck in Week 15, it would be more prudent to offer sage advice on which waiver wire adds could become valuable streamers or backups for the last couple of weeks of the 2018 season. […]

Week 15 Wide Receivers - Waiver Wire Pickups and Adds

Hopefully you survived Week 14 of the football season, a week that was littered with the unexpected. Owners were still battling injuries, including unexpected ones like Odell Beckham Jr and when we ran to look for help, a majority of the players we leaned on where underwhelming at best. So, if your fantasy season is […]

Week 15 Kicker Streamers and Starts - 2018 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

Week 14 is over, and, for some of us, so is our fantasy season. For those of you that are still going, congratulations are in order. Kickers become all the more important during the playoffs, as the weather is getting colder, and the best players are even more difficult to predict. Week 15 is here, […]

Eli Manning (QB, NYG) - Week 15 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team  Leagues OWNED IN: 21% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Not long ago, a road matchup with Washington looked like a tough task. Instead, it was a laugher from the start as New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning tossed three touchdowns and 197 yards in just 22 pass attempts before being relieved by Kyle Lauletta. […]

Odell Beckham Jr. Feeling Better Monday

New York Giants head coach Pat Shurmur said that wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. (quadriceps) "felt a lot better" on Monday after sitting out in Week 14 with a bruised quad. OBJ left a lot of fantasy owners out to dry in the first week of the fantasy playoffs, but you may have him once […]

Sterling Shepard Catches Touchdown In Win

New York Giants wide receiver Sterling Shepard caught two passes for 17 yards, including a three-yard touchdown catch, in the Giants 40-16 win over the Redskins. Shepard's season has been as inconsistent as the entire Giants offense this season. Shepard has only 147 receiving yards over his last six games but has quietly become a […]

Evan Engram Leads Team With 77 Receiving Yards

New York Giants tight end Evan Engram caught three passes for 77 yards in the Giants blowout win over the Redskins 40-16. Engram set up a score on a nice catch-and-run for 30 yards in the first half and led the team in receiving yards for the first time this season. Engram has all the […]

Eli Manning Throws Three Touchdowns In Rout

New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning completed 14 of 22 passes for 197 yards and three touchdowns in the Giants 40-16 win over the Redskins. The Giants offense exploded in the second quarter with 27 points and some of Manning's best plays of the day involved simply handing the ball off to rookie star Saquon […]