Fantasy Football Warning Signals for Week 9: Tom Brady, David Montgomery, and Michael Pittman Jr.

With injuries and middling performances ravaging fantasy teams to start the season, it's okay to consider benching players who were relatively highly drafted (top-100) for this week and moving forward. This may be hard to stomach as you bench your QB1 or RB1 for a free-agent acquisition, but sometimes such measures must be taken to […]

Fantasy Football Injury Reports For NFL WRs: Week 9 Updates for Keenan Allen, DeAndre Carter, Allen Lazard, Ja'Marr Chase, Marquise Goodwin, Josh Reynolds

Welcome to Week 9 of the fantasy football season and the Saturday edition of our WR injury reports! Below you will find our fantasy football injuries report for wide receivers in Week 9 as of November 5th. The injury statuses for various NFL wide receivers are up in the air for Week 9, including Keenan […]

Fantasy Football Injury Reports for TEs: Darren Waller, Mark Andrews, Cameron Brate

Week 9 features six teams on a bye week and with a few key injuries at tight end, the options are thin at an already scarce position in fantasy football. These are the latest injury updates as of Saturday, November 5 for tight ends Darren Waller, Mark Andrews, and Cameron Brate. As always, things can […]

Sneaky Starts, Pivot Plays and Post-Waiver Pickups for Week 9 - Marcus Mariota, Tyler Allgeier and Terrace Marshall Jr.

After a brutal Week 7 that stole many weekly fantasy contributors from our lineup, Week 8 was much more kind. There were some injury scares, but we escaped in relatively good shape. Hopefully, that holds up moving forward. Even without the injuries, Week 9 is already taking away plenty of our usual starters.  There are […]

Cameron Brate, Antoine Winfield Jr. Out For Week 9

Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles said that tight end Cameron Brate (neck) and safety Antoine Winfield Jr. (concussion) are out for Week 9 against the Los Angeles Rams. Brate will miss his third straight game with a neck injury, and he's also missed four of the last five games. The 31-year-old returned to […]

Buccaneers Rule Out Russell Gage

Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles said the team has ruled out wide receiver Russell Gage (hamstring) for the Week 9 game against the Los Angeles Rams. Gage will miss his second straight game after tweaking his hamstring in Week 7. The 26-year-old was a popular sleeper pick in early drafts over the summer, […]

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 […]

Matthew Stafford Faces No. 6 Pass Defense

Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford has a tough matchup in Week 9 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Bucs defense is allowing the sixth-fewest passing yards per game and the tenth-fewest touchdowns per game. Stafford has struggled against top 10 scoring defenses, averaging 247 yards per game and posting a 3/5 TD/INT ratio in […]

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 […]

Russell Gage Misses Another Practice On Thursday

Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Russell Gage (hamstring) missed his second straight practice of the week on Thursday. Gage suffered a hamstring injury in Week 7 and sat out of last week's loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday night. The 26-year-old is trending towards missing his second straight game, so fantasy managers should be […]

Mike Evans, Cameron Brate Limited Again Thursday

Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans (ankle) and tight end Cameron Brate (neck) were both listed as limited participants in practice for the second straight day this week. Evans might garner a questionable tag this weekend against the Los Angeles Rams, but he doesn't appear to be in danger of sitting out. Despite Tampa's […]

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 […]

NFL DFS Lineup Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings - Eagles vs Texans TNF Showdown

Welcome back, RotoBallers! We're back at it again with some Week 9 Thursday Night Football DFS lineups. We had a relatively ugly Thursday night game last week, as the Ravens took care of business against Tom Brady and the Bucs. While that was a relatively close game that came down to the wire, I can't […]

Julio Jones Practices On Thursday

Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Julio Jones (knee) was a full participant during Thursday's practice. This is great news after Jones sat out on Wednesday, but it seems like that was likely just a rest day. It sounds like the 33-year-old is going to be out there for Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Rams. […]

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 […]

NFL DFS Prop Picks for Monkey Knife Fight - Eagles vs. Texans Thursday Night Football

Welcome to Thursday Night Football! Thursday's game means our friends at Monkey Knife Fight are offering some fantastic props for us to play once again! The good people at Monkey Knife Fight offer some of the coolest, and easiest to win, NFL DFS games in the industry. There are no massive tournaments where you have […]

PrizePicks NFL DFS Prop Picks - Eagles vs. Texans Thursday Night Football

Hello everybody and welcome! The 2022 NFL season is underway and that means our friends over at PrizePicks have a TON of great props we can look to take advantage of. PrizePicks is a great DFS picks site where you can choose to select plays in terms of fantasy points or single stats. The goal […]

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 […]

Julio Jones, Russell Gage Miss Wednesday's Practice

Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receivers Julio Jones (knee) and Russell Gage (hamstring) were both non-participants in Wednesday's practice. Jones returned in last Thursday's loss to the Baltimore Ravens for just his third game of the season. He caught just two passes for 21 yards, but he saved his fantasy day with a late touchdown. Gage […]

Mike Evans, Cameron Brate Limited Wednesday

Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans (ankle) and tight end Cameron Brate (neck) were both limited in practice on Wednesday. Evans has been playing through a balky hamstring, but he was limited at all in the Week 8 loss to the Baltimore Ravens and caught six passes for 123 yards. The biggest issue for […]

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 […]

Week 9 Wide Receiver Rankings for Fantasy Football: A.J. Brown, Tee Higgins, Mike Evans, Keenan Allen, Chase Claypool, Mack Hollins

With six teams on a bye, the pool of wideouts on the fantasy radar is as large as ever this season. There was also one notable wideout trade just before the NFL's trade deadline, so that will shake up one wide receiver room moving forward. We've got you covered with our updated Week 9 fantasy […]

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 […]

Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups and Free Agent Adds – All Positions

We are officially heading into the trade deadline week of the 2022 NFL season. The trade deadline has heated up in recent seasons as general managers have become more open to making moves and adjusting their rosters. This is a practice every good fantasy football manager needs to practice, as well. There are several important […]

Week 9 Tight End Rankings For Fantasy Football: T.J. Hockenson, Taysom Hill, Evan Engram, Dawson Knox, Brock Wright

We're inching closer to the fantasy football playoffs, and we just saw one of the biggest tight end trades just before the NFL trade deadline with T.J. Hockenson finding a new home in the NFC North. There are several tight ends on a bye and a few more who are banged up, so our updated […]

Week 9 Running Back Rankings for Fantasy Football: Alvin Kamara, Derrick Henry, Joe Mixon, D'Onta Foreman, Nyheim Hines

The NFL's trade deadline shook up several running back depth charts, so our updated Week 9 fantasy football running back rankings, as of November 2nd should have some shakeups, too. None of the big-name backs were dealt, but there are plenty of backs with affected fantasy football outlooks. Our goal is to help you set […]