Unexpected Boom Performances: Week 9 Fantasy Football Reactions for Joe Mixon, Cole Kmet, Cade Otton, and more

Week 9 of the 2022 NFL season was a bit top-heavy as far as fantasy performances go. After Week 8, where it felt like every star player was having their scoring output of the season, things seemed to slow down as just a few players took all the points for themselves.  The stars came out […]

Biggest Week 9 Busts: Fantasy Football Reactions for Justin Herbert, D'Onta Foreman, D.J. Moore, Tyler Higbee, Raheem Mostert

The ninth NFL Sunday of the 2022 season has come and gone. Hopefully, you woke up on Monday morning feeling very good about how your week went. However, this week's slate of games was certainly stress-inducing for many fantasy football managers. Part of that stress was caused by a group of players who drastically underachieved […]

Waiver Wire Express - Week 10 Lightning Round Including Jeff Wilson Jr., Terrace Marshall Jr., Greg Dulcich, Daniel Jones

We saw some gigantic performances rule the first Sunday of November, so cheers to those who had Joe Mixon and Justin Fields! Many fought hard to fill out a lineup with six teams on bye as the FF playoffs creep ever closer. Check RotoBaller often for updates as we bring you an initial waiver wire […]

Wide Receiver Matchups to Target in Week 9: Tyler Boyd, DJ Moore, Joshua Palmer, Terry McLaurin, Adam Thielen and more

Week 9 will be full of exciting and unexpected games like the NFL has given us all year. The NFL has been full of surprises between the Eagles' wild 8-0 start and Tom Brady going on a three-game losing streak. Hopefully, this DFS article will help you win some money while we watch our favorite […]

High-Upside Bench Stashes: Weekend Waiver Wire for Week 9 Includes Malik Willis, Treylon Burks, Isaiah Likely, Greg Dulcich, DeAndre Carter

Bye-mageddon is upon us as the Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers, and San Francisco 49ers are all off this week. If you have been hit hard by the byes and need players to start in your lineup immediately, you may not have the luxury of being able to stash […]

Week 9 PPR Rankings for Fantasy Football: Travis Etienne Jr., Aaron Jones, Joshua Palmer, Amon St. Brown, Deon Jackson, Cam Akers

Week 9 is already here, and we're excited for another action-packed week of NFL action. Let's make sure you are setting your optimal lineups with our updated Week 9 fantasy football PPR rankings for fantasy football, as of November 5th. Fantasy managers will need to get through the bye gauntlet as the Browns, Giants, Steelers, […]

Week 9 Quarterback Rankings for Fantasy Football: Justin Herbert, Joe Burrow, Justin Fields, Derek Carr, Andy Dalton, Jared Goff

Six teams are on the bye this week; fantasy football managers will need to make smarter decisions as their teams get through the bye-week gauntlet. The Browns, Giants, Steelers, Broncos, Cowboys, and the 49ers are off this week. Who can fantasy managers use to replace quarterbacks such as Dak Prescott, Daniel Jones, and Jimmy Garoppolo […]

Week 9 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2022 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

For weeks I was saying that the New Orleans Saints have shown me no reason to play them as a fantasy defense. Even Warren Sharp tweeted out last week that the Saints were the biggest defensive disappointment on the season. So it's only fitting that the Saints completely dominated the Raiders, even without Marshon Lattimore, […]

Key Starters and Tough Calls - Lineup Spotlights for Fantasy Football Week 9 Include Antonio Gibson, AJ Dillon, Gerald Everett

Every week, I share some of my favored players to go with when dealing with challenging lineup decisions. These choices are based on my Premium Weekly Lineup Rankings, available as part of the RotoBaller NFL Premium Pass. Enter promo code KING at checkout for a discount and get access to my ranks in all formats, plus a full […]

49ers Could Pursue Odell Beckham Jr.

San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch didn't shoot down the idea of pursuing free-agent wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. (knee), who continues to rehab from a torn ACL suffered in the Super Bowl in February. Head coach Kyle Shanahan has long been an admirer of Beckham, who is hoping to sign with a team […]

NFL DFS Lineup Sleepers for DraftKings, FanDuel - Week 9 Value Picks Include Justin Fields, Kenneth Walker III, Christian Kirk, Robert Tonyan

We've reached the Armageddon of NFL bye weeks here in Week 9 with the Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers, and San Francisco 49ers all not playing this week. Why the NFL has decided to have two teams on a bye some weeks and six in others makes no sense, […]

Week 9 DraftKings NFL DFS Lineup Picks (2022): Break The Slate With Josh Allen, Travis Etienne, And Justin Jefferson

Hello RotoBallers and welcome back to Break The Slate, our DraftKings NFL DFS Lineup Picks for Week 9! I appreciate you joining me in our season-long quest to find the best plays at each position for every DraftKings Main Slate. As we head into November, it has been an interesting year for DFS, as I […]

FanDuel NFL DFS Lineup Picks for Week 9 - Daily Fantasy Football Targets Include

Can you believe we are already at Week 9? Well, believe it or not, we are. In Week 8, we witnessed some fantastic showings from several players.  In his second game as a 49er, Christian McCaffrey finished with a “TD Trifecta,” becoming the first player to accomplish the feat since LaDainian Tomlinson did it back […]

NFL Betting Picks for Week 9 - Best Bets, Expert Odds and Predictions

"The Middle" by Jimmy Eat World is a perfect song to encapsulate how I've been with picks through the first eight weeks of the 2022 NFL season. Green Bay used garbage time to pull out a double-digit cover, while our 6.5-point, three-team teaser cashed in a lovely fashion. I was very wrong about the Texans […]

Wide Receiver Breakouts for Fantasy Football: Targets, Air Yards, Snaps Trends for Terrace Marshall, Terry McLaurin, Demarcus Robinson

You are already aware that wide receivers will play a critical role in the success of your teams. The undeniable volatility that exists with the running back position has also presented an increasing rationale for prioritizing wide receivers when you build your rosters – both at the onset of your drafts and as you manage […]

Finding Tight End Breakouts for Fantasy Football – What To Do With Kyle Pitts, Gerald Everett, T.J. Hockenson

The truth of the matter is that during the offseason, we as analysts and fantasy managers everywhere spend way too much time trying to decipher this wretched position. We look at the mid-TE1s and wonder who could possibly elevate their game to being top-three. The truth is our time is better spent on the other […]

Should I Start Jeff Wilson Jr. in Fantasy Football Week 9? Fantasy Outlook After Trade

Fantasy managers watched Jeff Wilson Jr.’s fantasy stock plummet overnight in response to news that Christian McCaffrey would be traded to the San Francisco 49ers. Wilson was already living on borrowed time while awaiting Elijah Mitchell’s return to the backfield, and McCaffrey’s arrival sealed his fate as a backup. The Miami Dolphins were slinging running […]

Fantasy Football Injury Reports For Week 9 (Thursday Updates): Brandin Cooks, Cordarrelle Patterson, Jonathan Taylor, James Conner, Chuba Hubbard, Keenan Allen

Today's updated fantasy football injuries report highlights several players for Week 9 including Brandin Cooks, Keenan Allen, James Conner, Chuba Hubbard, Jonathan Taylor, Cordarrelle Patterson as of Thursday November 3rd, 2022. We’ve made it to Week 9 of the NFL season, and about to kick things off with Thursday Night Football. Before you start to […]

The King's Week 9 Lineup Rankings and Analysis (Premium Content)

Scott "The King" Engel issues his full Week 9 lineup rankings in PPR, Half-PPR, and Standard formats. He also includes analysis of key players at each position. The rankings will continue to be updated as news breaks prior to Sunday's games. Following the positional analysis below you'll see the rankings widget. Enter KING at checkout to […]

Updated Week 9 Half-PPR Rankings for Fantasy Football: Kenneth Walker, Travis Etienne, Davante Adams, Tyler Boyd, T.J. Hockenson

The Tuesday trade deadline saw some big-name players being moved, so our Week 9 fantasy football half-PPR rankings for fantasy football, as of November 1st get shaken up at least a little bit. The fantasy football playoffs are going to be here before you know it, so our goal as always is to help you […]

Fantasy Football Trade Targets - Buy/Sell For Week 9 Including Brandon Aiyuk, Amon-Ra St. Brown, David Montgomery, Travis Etienne

How's it going RotoBallers? I'm Joe Nicely and I'll be filling in for a vacationing Jorden Hill this week! With the NFL's trade deadline now come and gone, we've seen some shake-ups around the league. How will the changes impact our fantasy rosters for the rest of the season? As the fantasy trade deadline begins […]

Coaching Matters: Offensive Outliers From Week 8

This is the eighth week of this series where I dive into offensive areas that will improve or decline based on past coaching trends in order to glean insight as to fantasy football value. In Week 8, we saw stat lines such as the Arizona Cardinals running back room combining for 30 rushing yards, the Philadelphia Eagles […]

Week 9 IDP Start Em, Sit Em - Streamers and Fades for Fantasy Football Defensive Players

As I promised in my rankings article earlier this week, today is the day I dive deeper into the NFL’s trade deadline. Below we will discuss the IDP stock of several players impacted by this trade extravaganza. We won't hammer on every player possibly impacted because including the farthest-reaching effects can be arduous and irrelevant. […]

NFL DFS Must Avoids and Injuries for Week 9 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome to our weekly Must Avoids and Injuries series for our NFL DFS Premium Subscribers.  Below, you'll find our expert's top players to avoid this week and a snapshot of the injuries that matter heading into the DFS main slate. We're looking at the […]

Snap Counts, Touches, and Usage Analysis for Fantasy Football Week 9

Welcome to Week 9 of the fantasy football season. This article series takes the recent snap and touch history of skill players into account, and now that we have three weeks in the books there is a bit more of a sample to work with. Week 8 saw a litter of players across the league […]

NFL Trade Deadline Winners and Losers for Fantasy Football - Nyheim Hines, Chase Claypool, Jameson Williams, Calvin Ridley

The NFL trade deadline has come and gone, and like always, nothing happened. Wait. I'm being told that actually a whole lot happened, as we ended up with the most active NFL trade deadline ever. A day that has just been kind of perfunctory forever actually meant something on Tuesday. Now that the trade deadline […]

Week 9 Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Football Pickups Include Isaiah Likely, Rachaad White, Kyren Williams, Ronnie Rivers, Kenyan Drake

Welcome to Week 9 RotoBallers, and another round of waiver wire pickups! We have seen new injuries emerge for fantasy football and players who may be breaking out. As you consider who to pickup for your rosters, as always we're here to help you sift through it. Each week our NFL team puts out a […]

Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers - Week 9

We're onto Week 9 of the NFL season and after a week's worth of surprising studs and duds and a chaotic trade deadline, it's time to see which players are risers and which guys are falling in fantasy football value.  We now have a lot of good information we can use to help make decisions […]

Fantasy Football Injury Reports For NFL RBs: Week 9 Updates for Ezekiel Elliott, Gus Edwards, Mark Ingram, Elijah Mitchell, Kyren Williams

Below you will find our fantasy football injuries roundup for running backs as of November 2nd, coming out of the eighth week of NFL action. There have been new developments surrounding the injury statuses of various NFL running backs, including Ezekiel Elliott, Gus Edwards, Mark Ingram II, Elijah Mitchell, and Kyren Williams. The fantasy football […]

Fantasy Football Injury Reports For NFL WRs: Week 9 Updates for Cooper Kupp, Ja'Marr Chase, Keenan Allen, Mike Williams, Adam Thielen

The injuries continue to pile up for fantasy managers and unfortunately, it seems as though the names are getting bigger and bigger. In Week 8, superstar receiver Cooper Kupp tweaked his ankle, but it seems fantasy managers got lucky with him. There are plenty of receivers fantasy managers are hoping to get back onto the […]