Week 1 Running Backs: Waiver Wire Pickups, Adds & Rankings Tiers

It's finally here. Opening week of the NFL season is basically Christmas Day for giddy football fans. For rabid fantasy football managers such as myself, this goes double. Admit it - as much as you are following your favorite team to see how they are shaping up this year, you are spending just as much […]

Wide Receivers Waiver Wire: Week 1 Pickups & Adds

Welcome back everyone! Fantasy season is finally upon us, after month and months of anxiously waiting. Now that drafts are done, you may be looking to plug some holes in your lineup, or just looking to grab that Week 1 stud a week early. Without further ado, let's check out some players who are likely […]

Week 1 Tight End Waiver Wire Pickups and Adds

Everyone cannot have Rob Gronkowski or Jordan Reed as their fantasy tight end.  This column is for those of you who hate the tight ends on your fantasy rosters right now. Fantasy football drafts and auctions have come and gone.  If you are not happy with what you have at tight end, there are still […]

Week 1 Daily Fantasy Football Stacks

Hello, old friend. It's great to finally see you again. NFL football returned Thursday night, giving us a thrilling 21-20 Denver Broncos win against the Carolina Panthers. Sure, we all filled our lives with seven months of free agency, trades, the NFL draft, training camp and four weeks of preseason games, but let's be real […]

Week 1 Running Back Depth Charts

Below are the tentative running back depth charts entering Week 1 of the 2016 regular season for all 32 teams in the NFL. We will be updating our depth charts all season long so be sure to stay on top of them. Editor's Note: Purchase a full season NFL Premium Pass (including DFS Premium), and […]

Fantasy Fill-Ins: Week 1

Welcome to Fantasy Fill-Ins, where each week I play a type of “Mad Libs”-style game that gives you perspective about the fantasy football landscape. The guys at RotoBallers were nice enough to let me run wild with the idea of suggesting players to go all in on, and players to avoid, in a different and […]

Jesse James (TE, PIT) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12- and 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 14% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: With Ladarius Green’s status for the season looking bleak, Jesse James should provide Ben Roethlisberger with a huge target over the middle and in the end zone. The 6’7” 22-year-old will play in an offense that is set to put the pedal […]

Eli Rogers (WR, PIT) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14- and 16-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 5% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Since it was announced that Martavis Bryant would miss the entire 2016 season, the hype train has made its way to many stations. First it was Markus Wheaton’s turn, but that quickly subsided for some Sammie Coates hype. Then he fumbled twice […]

Week 1 Half-PPR Rankings (Top 300)

What's up RotoBallers. The NFL season is about to kickoff, and we're ready to rock. Below you will find our overall Week 1 Half-PPR rankings for fantasy football. You can find our Standard and PPR rankings here. Editor's Note: Purchase a full season NFL Premium Pass (including Draft Kit + DFS Premium), and also get MLB Premium + DFS for free […]

Deeper PPR Draft Values & Early Waiver Wire Pickups

Welcome to the 2016 fantasy football season! With Week 1 almost upon us, the wait for the first kickoff is only days away. At this point, you're either getting ready for your final fantasy football drafts, or have already drafted your teams and are now ready to analyze the waiver wire for any overlooked players […]

Week 1 DraftKings: Lineup Picks, FLEX Values & DFS Sleepers

It’s easy to let your DraftKings FLEX spot be left up to the amount of salary remaining after you fill out the rest of the squad. That’s the ‘flex-by-default’ strategy, and the purpose of this Week One DraftKings DFS article is to help you avoid it. You can and should use the FLEX spot to strengthen and […]

Five Dynasty Duds Who Will be Redraft Studs

For those who have played in a dynasty league, the fundamental difference is that every player and every move needs to be viewed through a long-term lens, whereas in redraft we only care what the players will be doing for the current season. Sometimes this change in viewpoint doesn't change player value much, but sometimes […]

The Open and Shut Case for Drafting a QB Late

Let me start by saying that I'm not sold on Zero RB, Zero WR or Zero anything going into drafts. I'm not even sure why "Best Player Available" is considered a strategy. Isn't that just common sense? One thing I am certain of is that taking a QB in the first few rounds is completely unnecessary. […]

Overvalued Wide Receivers for 2016 Fantasy Football Drafts

Each and every season, there is hype surrounding some wide receivers that may not deserve it. It could be because of their name (Larry Fitzgerald) or because of what they did last year (Doug Baldwin). Regardless, there are a group of player that are being highly overvalued and have a ring of caution wrapped around them […]

RotoBaller's Fantastic Four: 2016 NFL Bold Predictions

Oh hot damn, RotoBaller's big dawgs are back for football season. You know you never get sick of bold predictions and hot taeks, and our taeks are the hottest around. Unplug your smoke detectors--here comes the fire. Our "Fantastic Four" is comprised of JB Branson (@RowdyRotoJB), Nick Mariano (@NMariano53), Max Petrie (@Max_Petrie) and yours truly, Bill Dubiel […]

Fooled Me Once, Not Again - Sophomore Wide Receivers Set to Bust, Again

2014 was a banner year for rookie receivers. 2015 was a bummer year for rookie receivers. Only Oakland’s Amari Cooper had 1,000 receiving yards, and no other wideout topped the 900-yard mark. So there is no shortage of candidates for the award of "Sophomore Receiver Ready to Bust for the Second Straight Year".  Here are three […]

Five Wide Receivers Who Could Return to Top Tier Status in 2016

With the changing landscape in fantasy football, locking up two or three star wide receivers is becoming a requirement at draft time. Everyone knows to target Antonio Brown, Odell Beckham, and Julio Jones at the top of drafts, but taking the wide receivers that come after them becomes just as important. Let's take a look […]

Win Your Fantasy Football League in 100 minutes or Less - The Perfect Strategy for the Busy Guy (or Girl)

I love fantasy football, and it's that emotional connection which as led to me frequently telling family, friends, and anyone who will listen that I play and so should they. When I started playing fantasy in 2001, it was smaller. Only a handful of websites had fantasy leagues available, and those same websites had a monopoly on fantasy advice […]

Three Quarterbacks Who Are Being Overvalued in 2016

Quarterbacks are always an interesting position every year for fantasy purposes. Some owners love using a selection on the top QBs in the third round (sometimes, even the second), essentially locking up the spot and never looking back. Others tend to use all of their high picks on other positions, believing they can secure great […]

2016 Fantasy Football Team Outlook - San Diego Chargers

The San Diego Chargers. You can go back less than 10 years ago and the combination of Philip Rivers, LaDainian Tomlinson and Antonio Gates was all promised to finish in the top-12 of their position. Today’s Chargers are not filled with as much certainty. While two of the three previously named players are still active, […]

Player Props And What They Mean For Fantasy

Everyone’s got the $2 friend. I don’t mean a friend who is cheap, or may be considered trashy. It’s the friend who will find himself, every year, placing a buck or two on his team. He may casually bring it up at work, and say “Oh yeah, every year my buddies and I place $20 […]

Three Running Backs Who Will Bounce Back To The Top Tier

2015 was perhaps one of the most disastrous seasons for fantasy owners who spent a high draft pick on a running back. In 2015, Adrian Peterson, Le'Veon Bell, Eddie Lacy, Jamaal Charles, Marshawn Lynch, Jeremy Hill, and C.J. Anderson were all generally first round picks. Of that group, only Peterson finished as a top-10 scorer. The […]

Second Year Running Backs Primed to Breakout in 2016

It seems that the running back position for fantasy has been recently overshadowed by wide receivers. Owners are now looking to draft wideouts first, before running backs. In the past, running backs were flying off the draft board before everybody. Now, it's guys like Antonio Brown and A.J. Green and DeAndre Hopkins that have our […]

RotoBaller Writer Predictions: 2016 Fantasy Football Comeback Player of the Year

This piece continues our series of articles with predictions for the upcoming season from RotoBaller's football writers. In this column, we'll see the predictions on who will be the Fantasy Football Comeback Player of the Year in 2016. What does that mean exactly? The Fantasy Football Comeback Player of the Year is a player who is coming off of […]

Breakout Running Backs You Must Own in 2016 - Mid Round ADP Values

Top-of-the-draft running backs are easy to fall in love with. Players like Todd Gurley, Adrian Peterson, and Le'Veon Bell will all be chosen within the top two rounds of this year’s fantasy football draft. Those are the “gimmies” and the players you already know will most likely be an RB1. As the draft goes on, the […]

2016 Fantasy Football Team Outlook - Arizona Cardinals

This article continues off our team outlook series where we will breakdown each NFL team from a fantasy football perspective. We will cover the major changes on each team in the offseason and project what the team will do in the upcoming season. Today we look at the Arizona Cardinals. Editor's Note: Purchase a full season […]

RotoBaller Experts League - Dynasty League Recap (Rounds 11-17)

Last month, 12 RotoBaller writers came together to do a live dynasty league startup on the internet. This article is the next in a series that will evaluate draft results in order to give readers a look into current dynasty values, and discuss the best and worst values in the draft. Today we take a look at […]

RotoBaller Experts League - Dynasty Draft Recap (Rounds 7-10)

Earlier this month, 12 RotoBaller writers came together to do a live dynasty league startup on the internet. This article is the third in a series of articles on RotoBaller that will analyze the results of the draft to give readers a look into current dynasty values, and discuss the best and worst values in the […]

2016 Fantasy Football MVPs - RotoBaller Writer Predictions

This piece kicks off a series of articles where RotoBaller's football writers will throw out their predictions for the upcoming season. In this article, we will get the predictions on who will be the Fantasy Football MVP in 2016. What does that mean exactly? The Fantasy Football MVP is the player who gets described as a […]

How the Lack of RB1s and Loss Aversion Are Hurting Your Drafts

The most fashionable opinion in fantasy football in 2016 is bemoaning the downfall of the RB position. WRs are going higher than they have ever gone and there is no shortage of Zero-RB articles across the web. But no matter how much our faith in the RB position is shaken, there is one core belief that refuses […]