Updated Week 9 PPR Rankings (Top 300)

Welcome to Week 9 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 9 PPR rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries and rankings updates: Chris Carson is officially active for Week 9. Cooper Kupp will make his return this week. Stefon Diggs is officially out for Week 9. A.J. Green is expected to […]

Week 9 Matchups - Fantasy Football Game Breakdowns (Part 2)

Welcome to the second part of our Week 9 matchups analysis and starts/sits column for fantasy football. We'll be covering every matchup from every Sunday game to help you make the best decisions for your fantasy lineups. We'll also be updating this as injury reports come in so check back often. This article will cover the late […]

Week 9 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2018 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

Below are RotoBaller's Week 9 defense tiers and rankings, or which defenses to stream, start and target off the waiver wire for Week 9 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 which defenses to start, […]

Week 9 DFS GPP Stacks For FanDuel And DraftKings

Hey there RotoBallers! Week 9 brings us several tasty matchups from a fantasy standpoint, including a Saints-Rams game with a crazy 60-point over/under. The main slate also boasts three other games with over/unders of 50 points or more. That would include the Chiefs-Browns game (51.5 points), Lions-Vikings (50.5), and Buccaneers-Panthers (54). These are games you […]

Week 9 Consistency Reports - Start/Sit Decisions

It is a really tough week with six teams on a bye. Fantasy rosters will be stretched and owners will be desperately looking for options who can give them solid production. It may not be the most amazing upside in the world but when every team is hurting a solid six or seven points from […]

Week 9 Rankings Analysis - Nick Mariano vs. Industry ECR

Greetings, and welcome to the weekly column that puts my rankings on the projector and compares them against the Expert Consensus Rankings (ECR). My hope is to help you understand why I’m significantly higher or lower on players than the expert crowd. Do note that the ECR will shift! Who am I and why should […]

Week 9 Busts - Overvalued Players to Avoid In Fantasy Football

Last week I joked in this space about how the NFL doesn't make deadline deals, a statement that ended up being very wrong. All kinds of things ended up happening on Tuesday. Do any of those things have a major bearing on this week of action? Any new names hurtling towards a bust, or just […]

Nick Mullens Likely To Start In Week 10

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Nick Mullens will most likely start in Week 10 on Monday night against the Giants, but it's not yet official. “The players have four days off,” head coach Kyle Shanahan explained Friday. “I don’t need to decide right now in front of you guys. I would like to do it in […]

Quarterbacks to Own for the Playoff Stretch

Before the season started, I gave readers a list of quarterbacks who could be drafted based on their fantasy playoff matchups. These picks were obviously based on the stats of the defenses from 2017, as games had not yet been played. Now that the season is half over, I decided it was time to go […]

Raheem Mostert Going On Injured Reserve

San Francisco 49ers running back Raheem Mostert (forearm) will be placed on Injured Reserve after having surgery on his fractured right forearm on Friday. Mostert suffered a gruesome forearm break in the blowout win over the Raiders on Thursday night. It's a shame, too, as he was seeing more work in the backfield at the […]

WR Target and Snap Count Analysis from Week 8

Your wide receivers remain essential components toward accomplishing your unwavering goal of securing a league championship. As the season unfolds, it is crucial for you to utilize the tools that you have available, in order to maintain an extensive level of knowledge regarding the number of opportunities that are being provided to your wide receivers […]

49ers Not Ready To Name Nick Mullens The Week 10 Starter

San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan isn't ready to anoint quarterback Nick Mullens as the Week 10 starter against the Giants on Monday night after the blowout win over the Raiders on Thursday night. “Yeah, definitely we’ll consider it,” Shanahan said of the possibility of making a permanent switch to Mullens. “Definitely not thinking […]

Raheem Mostert Suffers Fractured Forearm

San Francisco 49ers running back Raheem Mostert (forearm) suffered a fractured right forearm in the blowout win over the Raiders on Thursday night, according to head coach Kyle Shanahan. It's assumed that Mostert will be out for the rest of the season. Anybody watching the game knew right away that Mostert wouldn't play another down […]

Kendrick Bourne Converts On Limited Opportunities

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Kendrick Bourne caught two of two targets for six yards and a touchdown in Week 9. Bourne continued to capitalize on his limited chances, picking up his third touchdown on just 31 targets. His score follows up a 71-yard game in Week 8. With Pierre Garcon (knee) healthy, Bourne reverted […]

George Kittle Enjoys Monster Night

San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle collected all four of his targets for 108 yards and a touchdown in Week 9 against the Oakland Raiders. Kittle’s five-yard red zone score followed up a highlight one-hander that he broke for 71 yards. The big night brings his season totals to a monster 692 receiving yards […]

Pierre Garcon Finally Hits Paydirt

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Pierre Garcon pulled in three of five targets for 56 yards and a touchdown in Week 9 against the Oakland Raiders. Garcon was left wide open for a 24-yard score in the first quarter, his first time sniffing the end zone since the 2016 season. Garcon appeared to have a […]

Marquise Goodwin Disappears In Week 9

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Marquise Goodwin caught just one ball on four targets for 11 yards, also rushing for two yards on a single carry. Goodwin’s performance continues to exemplify his high-variance range of outcomes, likely causing headaches for fantasy owners. Goodwin has proven he can explode with limited chances, but the risk that […]

Alfred Morris Appears Only In Mop-Up Duty

San Francisco 49ers running back Alfred Morris collected 13 yards on seven totes in Week 9’s blowout against the Oakland Raiders. Morris squandered his best chance to pay dividends in the second quarter, losing two yards on a goal line carry. The remainder of his touches came late in garbage time. Morris may get more […]

Matt Breida Quiet In Blowout Victory

San Francisco 49ers running back Matt Breida (ankle) rushed for 44 yards on 12 carries, adding one catch for three yards in Week 9 against the Oakland Raiders. The numbers weren’t there, but Breida did not appear limited from his injury, ripping a few solid gains throughout the contest. He ceded touches to a hot […]

Nick Mullens Embarasses Raiders In Debut

In his first career start, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Nick Mullens shredded the Oakland Raiders for 262 yards and three touchdowns. Mullens, 16 for 22 on the evening, sliced the Raiders defense at will, locating wide receiver Pierre Garcon and tight end George Kittle for long scores and finding wideout Kendrick Bourne on a red […]

Raheem Mostert Leaves With Gruesome Injury

San Francisco 49ers running back Raheem Mostert (arm) left the game early after suffering a gruesome arm injury in the third quarter on Thursday night against the Raiders. Mostert clearly broke his arm trying to brace himself and was immediately put in an air cast. We'd be shocked if Mostert isn't out for the rest […]

Matt Breida, Raheem Mostert, Pierre Garcon Active

San Francisco 49ers running backs Matt Breida (ankle) and Raheem Mostert (ankle) and wide receiver Pierre Garcon (knee, shoulder) are all active on Thursday night against the Raiders. With quarterback Nick Mullens making his first career NFL start, San Fran could lean on the ground game, which is good for Breida and Mostert. However, Breida […]

Trent Taylor Inactive On Thursday

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Trent Taylor is a healthy inactive on Thursday night against the Raiders. He's bumped out of the rotation with veteran Pierre Garcon returning this week. Marquise Goodwin, Garcon and Dante Pettis will be in on three-receivers sets, but they all need to be downgraded with quarterback Nick Mullens making his […]

Nick Mullens Will Start Thursday Night

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Nick Mullens will start on Thursday night against the Raiders over C.J. Beathard (wrist), according to a source. Beathard will serve as the backup after struggling to grip the football in practice this week. It will be Mullens' first action in a regular season NFL game, so don't expect much from […]

Nick Mullens Has A Chance To Start Thursday

NBC Sports Bay Area's Matt Maiocco has a hunch that even though San Francisco 49ers quarterback C.J. Beathard (wrist) has been cleared to play on Thursday against the Raiders, that there's still a good chance that backup Nick Mullens will start. The Niners waived third-stringer Tom Savage on Thursday, but Mullens could still start over […]

Matt Breida, Raheem Mostert Expected To Be Active

San Francisco 49ers running backs Matt Breida (ankle) and Raheem Mostert (ankle), who are both questionable, are expected to play on Thursday against the Raiders, according to a source. Breida has been questionable for a handful of games this year but has played through his injuries. This Thursday shouldn't be any different in a great […]

C.J. Beathard 50-50 For Thursday Night

San Francisco 49ers quarterback C.J. Beathard (wrist) is "truly 50-50 for tonight's game (vs. Raiders)," according to a source. Beathard has struggled to grip the football during practices this week, but he made some progress in the walkthrough on Wednesday and will be a game-time decision. Even against a struggling Raiders defense, Beathard would be […]

Alfred Morris Still Not A Fantasy Option

San Francisco 49ers running back Alfred Morris is third in the Niners backfield hierarchy and shouldn’t be trusted despite questionable tags for Matt Breida (ankle) and Raheem Mostert (ankle). Despite his plodding ways (3.6 YPC), Morris continues siphoning snaps each game. That should continue in Week 9 against a horrible Oakland Raiders defense but Morris […]

Matt Breida Worth The Risk In Week 9

San Francisco 49ers running back Matt Breida (ankle) continues to demonstrate his toughness, leading the Niners backfield in Week 8 despite a lingering ankle injury. While questionable for Week 9, he’s nearly certain to suit up again. The upside is tantalizing, the Niners face a bottom-barrel Oakland Raiders run defense that just surrendered 222 rushing […]

Raheem Mostert's Opportunities May Be Limited

San Francisco 49ers running back Raheem Mostert (ankle) was a massive disappointment in Week 8, touching the ball only twice and playing 12 of 66 snaps. Mostert is now questionable in Week 9 against the Oakland Raiders. The Raiders are amongst the worst run defenses in the NFL and just ceded 222 rush yards in […]