Week 5 Half PPR Rankings (Top 300)

What's up RotoBallers. Below you will find our overall Week 5 Half-PPR rankings for fantasy football. Three of our lead fantasy football columnists, Nick Mariano, Bill Dubiel and Ben Ruppert, have analyzed the NFL matchups and game slates for Week 5. Below you will find their consensus staff ranks. Feel free to click those links and give these fine gentlemen a follow, […]

Week 5 Running Back Depth Charts for Fantasy Football

Week 4 brought on the return of a pair of some of the top fantasy running backs from over the past few years. Both Le'Veon Bell and Jamaal Charles made their 2016 debuts in a showdown on Sunday Night Football with two completely different outcomes. Bell was a featured piece of Pittsburgh's offense while Charles […]

Fantasy Football Buy Low & Sell High Candidates for Week 5

The waiver wire isn't the only place to change the course of your team. The right trade can make or break your season. The key is to buy low on cold players and sell overachieving players whose values have skyrocketed. While this is a well-known method, some owners still tend to overreact to a small sample size, so […]

Fantasy Mad Libs - Starts and Sits for Week 5

Think fast - what’s the worst trade you’ve ever made? I’ve been playing fantasy football for more than five years at this point, and trading has always been one of my favorite aspects of playing, not exactly an uncommon feeling. We all love when our teams are good, maybe even great, but there’s not a […]

Players Sending Out Warning Signals Heading Into NFL Week 5

With Week 5 on deck, it's safe to say that players are starting to settle into their year-long fantasy value. There are always going to be exceptions due to injuries and suspensions but Weeks 5-8 are typically the crux of the fantasy season when it comes to hammering down player outlooks. That means we're getting close to […]

Risers and Fallers For Week 5 Fantasy Football

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. Experienced fantasy players know it happens every year. A player gets hot and sees an increased role, while others struggle and […]

Waiver Wire Podcast: Week 5 Targets & Injury Replacements

RotoBaller co-founder Real Talk Raph and esteemed co-host Anthony Aniano of RotoBaller Radio discuss the most relevant fantasy football topics, injury news and waiver wire pickups for Week 5. Be sure to tune into RotoBaller Radio on SiriusXM (channel Sirius 210, XM 87) - every Saturday between 5-7 PM EST. You can also find new weekly shows on BlogTalkRadio live […]

FAAB Auction Bidding - Week 5 Waiver Wire Targets

Welcome to Week 5 everyone. Believe it or not, but we are officially past the first quarter mark of the fantasy football season. Cherish it, folks! You'll start to see teams make trades as they get a grasp of their team's potential and handle bye weeks, so get ready for some weekday action. As for […]

Week 5 QB Pickups & Streamers: One-QB & Two-QB Leagues

RotoBallers, Welcome back. As always this column will aim to highlight Week 5 waiver wire adds for quarterbacks, players that you should consider targeting on your league's waiver wire In recent years, the concept of streaming has become a popular one within fantasy football circles. Particularly with quarterbacks and defense/special teams, the idea of swapping players out […]

Week 5 Kicker (K) Streamers and Starts: 2016 Fantasy Tiers & Rankings

It’s Week 5 and it’s once again time for kicker rankings! This list is here to help all of us figure out who’s gonna kick for our teams this week, and making those streaming or start/sit decisions easier. While finding a good FLEX and starting the right QB are crucial to winning your matchups, anyone […]

Week 4 Monday Night (MNF) Matchups Analysis: Start/Sit for Fantasy Football

What's up RotoBallers. Below you will find our Week 4 NFL Monday Night matchups analysis & fantasy football start/sit recommendations for the 2016 NFL football season. Ben Ruppert breaks down the Week 4 Monday Night matchup between the Giants and the Vikings to help you prepare your lineups to win this week. Be sure to also […]

Monday Morning NFL Recap - Week 4 Surprises, Busts & Laughers

To be honest, I'm not really sure what happened this weekend.  Watching the games this week, I gave it 50-50 odds I somehow drove through some sort of weird sci-fi dimensional portal when I wasn't looking and ended up on Htrae or something and I just can't cope right now.  The Rams are winning the NFC […]

Fantasy Mad Libs - Starts and Sits for Week 4

Week 4, and it’s finally coming up Cliff Clinton. It's celebration time for those of us who spent an early round pick on Le’Veon Bell as we get to watch him tear up the field against the Kansas City Chiefs. Next week, the return of Tom Brady and Josh Gordon will feel like Christmas for owners who rolled the […]

Waiver Wire Express - Week Four Lightning Round

This column is published on Mondays every week, and then updated on a daily basis. Over the course of each week, we also publish more in-depth waiver wire analysis for all positions. But in efforts of bringing you timely information, as fast as possible, consider this the waiver wire lightning round heading into Week 4. […]

Top 10 Fantasy Football Busts for Week 4

You've read about all the sleepers, waiver wire pickups and starter suggestions based on matchups. Now let me burst some bubbles and tell you who I think is going to bust big time in Week 4. This isn't to troll or spread hate - that's what those political sites are for. Think of this as a […]

Week 4 Wide Receiver Rankings & Matchups Analysis

Below you will find our Week 4 wide receivers rankings, to help determine your WR starts/sits for this week, brought to you by Bill Dubiel (@Roto_Dubs), Nick Mariano (@NMariano53) and Ben Ruppert (@Ben_Ruppert_21). Lead columnist Bill Dubiel also highlights some WR rankings and matchups analysis for Week 4, and draws some matchup conclusions. He tells you who he likes, who […]

Week 4 Quarterback Rankings & Matchups Analysis

Below you will find our Week 4 quarterback rankings, to help determine your QB starts/sits for this week, brought to you by Bill Dubiel (@Roto_Dubs), Nick Mariano (@NMariano53) and Ben Ruppert (@Ben_Ruppert_21). Featured writer Ben Ruppert also highlights some QB rankings and matchups analysis for Week 4, and draws some matchup conclusions. He tells you who he likes, who he doesn't, and most […]

Top 5 Boom or Bust Plays For Week 4

The Boom or Bust play is one of the most talked about aspects of fantasy football each week. Boom or Bust players can be used in the deep lineup leagues, when it appears you are a heavy underdog in your head to head matchup or even in Guaranteed Prize Pool Tournaments in DFS. In this […]

Week 4 PPR Rankings (Top 300)

What's up RotoBallers. Below you will find our overall Week 4 PPR rankings for fantasy football. Three of our lead fantasy football columnists, Nick Mariano, Bill Dubiel and Ben Ruppert, have analyzed the NFL matchups and game slates for Week 4. Below you will find their consensus staff ranks. Feel free to click those links and give these fine gentlemen a follow, […]

Week 4 Standard Rankings (Top 300)

What's up RotoBallers. Below you will find our overall Week 4 standard rankings for fantasy football. Three of our lead fantasy football columnists, Nick Mariano, Bill Dubiel and Ben Ruppert, have analyzed the NFL matchups and game slates for Week 4. Below you will find their consensus staff ranks. Feel free to click those links and give these fine gentlemen a follow, […]

Week 4 Half PPR Rankings (Top 300)

What's up RotoBallers. Below you will find our overall Week 4 Half-PPR rankings for fantasy football. Three of our lead fantasy football columnists, Nick Mariano, Bill Dubiel and Ben Ruppert, have analyzed the NFL matchups and game slates for Week 4. Below you will find their consensus staff ranks. Feel free to click those links and give these fine gentlemen a follow, […]

Week 4 Running Back Depth Charts for Fantasy Football

Week 4 is the beginning of bye weeks across the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers rounding off the pair of teams that will have the first rest period in the young 2016 season. Week 3 brought out the best of Atlanta's tumultuous backfield with Devonta Freeman and Tevin Coleman finishing one-two […]

Waiver Wire Podcast: Week 4 Targets & Injury Replacements

RotoBaller co-founder Real Talk Raph and esteemed co-host Anthony Aniano of RotoBaller Radio discuss the most relevant fantasy football topics, injury news and waiver wire pickups for Week 4. Be sure to tune into RotoBaller Radio on SiriusXM (channel Sirius 210, XM 87) - every Saturday between 5-7 PM EST. You can also find new weekly shows on BlogTalkRadio live […]

Week 4 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts: 2016 Fantasy Tiers & Rankings

Below are RotoBaller's Week 4 defense tiers and rankings, or which defenses to stream, start and target at the end of your 2016 drafts for Week 4 of the NFL and fantasy football season. Our tiered defense rankings are your guide to drafting defenses, making waiver wire pickups/adds to improve your lineups, and to decide which defenses […]

Week 4 Kicker (K) Streamers and Starts: 2016 Fantasy Tiers and Rankings

It’s Week 4 and it’s once again time for kicker rankings! This list is here to help all of us figure out who’s gonna kick for our teams this week, and making those streaming or start/sit decisions easier. While finding a good FLEX and starting the right QB are crucial to winning your matchups, anyone […]

FAAB Auction Bidding - Week 4 Waiver Wire Targets

Welcome back readers. We're through three weeks and you are starting to get a sense of your overall team's potential and what focal points to address on your roster. Luckily for you we've dedicated a whole section to finding the right pickups to help your team moving forward. We had a few injuries in Week […]

Orleans Darkwa (RB, NYG) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14- and 16-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 3% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: With Shane Vereen out for the season, Orleans Darkwa would be the main beneficiary in the Giants’ backfield should Rashad Jennings’ thumb injury turn out to be a long-term issue. Darkwa rushed for 53 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries in […]

Cody Kessler (QB, CLE) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Stream in Two-Quarterback Leagues OWNED IN: 1% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Cody Kessler had a solid debut on the road against a bad Miami defense in Week 3, and now heads to D.C. to take on the Redskins in Week 4. Kessler’s first career game saw him throw for 244 yards without any touchdowns or […]

Week 4 NFL Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds

Welcome to the post-Week 3 installment of the Waiver Wire weekly series for the 2016 fantasy football season. Week 2 was filled with a seemingly infinite amount of injury landmines, which led to quite a lot of tough calls heading into Week 3. While this week didn’t yield many injuries, we still saw names like […]

Running Backs Waiver Wire: Week 4 Pickups & Adds

With seemingly every other starting running back injured, the waiver wire was lighting up last week. Did you make the right add? Shane Vereen came up big until news of his season-ending surgery derailed fantasy hopes. Jerick McKinnon predictably faltered against the tough Panthers defense but is still a long-term option. Dwayne Washington got some […]