Week 11 Matchups - Fantasy Football Starts and Sits
Welcome to our Week 11 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 is crunch time for most leagues so making the […]
Heroes and Zeroes - Week 11 Fantasy Football Picks
We were due for Week 10 to happen and not just in the most obvious, literal sense that Week 10 would inevitably arrive after Week 9. Sometimes up is down, black is white, and dogs and cats live and dine together in harmony. In a week where DeMarco Murray and Kirk Cousins combined for five […]
Week 11 Rankings Analysis - Pierre Camus vs. Industry Consensus
In a week where so many picks went so wrong, it's good to know that many others were just as wrong. Sleepers Eli Manning, Bilal Powell, and Corey Davis were all big whiffs, while purported busts C.J. Beathard, Jonathan Stewart, and Emmanuel Sanders had their best games of the season. I was almost shocked that […]
Week 11 Consistency Report - Floors and Ceilings
On Thursday night, I went to the Titans-Steelers game in person and was uber excited to watch a ton of different players. I was excited as always to see my Steelers play, but also players on the Titans side like Rishard Matthews, Eric Decker, Marcus Mariota, and of course, Corey Davis. I was also very […]
Week 11 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts: 2017 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings
With the playoff push in full swing, streaming knowledge is essential now more than ever! Below are RotoBaller's Week 11 defense tiers and rankings, or which defenses to stream and start for Week 11 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 […]
NFL Survivor League Picks (Week 11): Survivor Pool Targets and Avoids
After 11 weeks we are finally finding out who the elite teams are, the middle class, and the rest. Here are my tiers as we move into Week 11: Tier 1: Patriots, Eagles, Steelers, Rams, Saints, Seahawks Tier 2: Chiefs, Vikings, Cowboys, Panthers Tier 3: Titans, Jaguars, Lions, Falcons Tier 4: The rest of the pack Tier 1 teams can win […]
Dynasty League Buy, Sell - Rookie Round Up for Week 11
Each week, I'll take a look at how NFL rookies are performing from a dynasty fantasy football perspective. Last week, I ran through the rookies and made a buy or sell recommendation for each. This week I'm doing a deeper dive into two polarizing players: John Ross and Mike Williams. Both were prodigious college talents […]
Josh Gordon - Stash Now Before It's Too Late
That which is dead will never die, Josh Gordon returns. Buy now before it's too late! Some fantasy owners have been carrying a torch for Gordon ever since his breakout season in 2013, hoping for a return to glory. Gordon has had a lot of demons to exorcise and a lot of doubters to prove wrong […]
Week 11 PPR Rankings (Top 300)
Welcome back folks. If you are reading this column, and still feverishly setting your fantasy lineups, then you are most likely still in the playoff hunt. Nice work. As we move into Week 11 of the fantasy football season, four teams are still on bye. There are some viable fantasy football players sitting this week, especially on the Panthers, […]
Target Risers and Potential Breakouts for Week 11
The theme for Week 11 has been all about change in opportunity. Most of the names on this list have seen their situations change significantly from what they were in the early part of the season, whether because of an injury to someone else on their team’s depth chart, or by virtue of returning from […]
Do Not Cut Strategy for Playoffs - Endgame Special
Entering our last week of byes, and with the fantasy regular season dying down, we have a much better handle on player values than we did in the first couple of months of the NFL calendar. Before Mother Nature interfered, the plan was to have one more significant round of byes in Week 11, with […]
Wide Receivers Waiver Wire - Week 11 Pickups and Adds
Three weeks. That's all that's left before most teams enter their fantasy playoffs. Because of the playoff implications that waiver wire pickups have at this stage of the game, I will break the below sections up into guys for teams who need help now versus guys who can be stashed for potential upside later. There […]
Waiver Wire Express - Week 11 Lightning Round
In trying to bring you RotoBallers the most timely information, consider this the waiver wire lightning round heading into Week 11. Ezekiel Elliott has left the country and we can finally put that situation to bed, sort of. Stay tuned to the Green Bay scenario with Aaron Jones (knee) and Ty Montgomery (ribs) both ailing. […]
Heroes and Zeroes - Week 10 Fantasy Football Picks
I just couldn't resist the urge, so you'll have to bear with me for a few more sentences while I gloat a bit. Sometimes it feels like we are wrong more than we are right in the world of fantasy football, yet we keep coming back or more like the addicts we are. Nothing feeds […]
10 Lineup Busts and Avoids for Week 10
We're getting closer to the end of the season--we've reached the double-digit weeks now!--which means that the decisions you make become amplified. That can be good if you make some good choices, but it can also come back to bite you if you make some bad ones. Here at Rotoballer, we want to give you […]
Dynasty League Buy, Sell - Rookie Round Up for Week 10
Each week, I'll take a look at how NFL rookies are performing from a dynasty fantasy football perspective. We're already on to Week 10! Whether or not your dynasty team is competing for a title this year, you should always be thinking about the future. One thing that can affect a player's dynasty value -- not […]
Week 10 Rankings Analysis - Pierre Camus vs. Industry Consensus
It finally happened. I think. Ezekiel Elliott will finally come out of double-secret probation and miss an actual game. Does that mean I'm all in on Alfred Morris? Hardly. Dak Prescott on the other hand... and you may be surprised at which receiver benefits most. As an expert ranker for RotoBaller and FantasyPros, I'll put my […]
NFL Rookies To Watch In Week 10
Each week, we will look at rookies who have either performed well the previous few weeks or who have a favorable matchup in the upcoming week. These may be high-profile names or under-the-radar depth players; the only thing that matters is that they are first-year pros ready to make a name for themselves. Hopefully, by […]
Week 10 Daily Fantasy Football Tournament Stacks
The football gods have made us all feel their wrath this season. If you play in a traditional season-long redraft league, the chances are high you've felt the sting of the injury bug (Aaron Rodgers, Deshaun Watson, David Johnson, Dalvin Cook, Julian Edelman, and on and on and on). Hopefully you've sought refuge in the […]
Week 10 PPR Rankings (Top 300)
Welcome back folks. If you are reading this, then you are probably still in the playoff hunt. Nice work. As we move into Week 10 of the fantasy football season, four teams are on bye. There are plenty of viable players sitting this week, especially on the Eagles, Chiefs and some Raiders too. Make sure you […]
Disaster Recovery from Week 9 - Studs Turned Duds
Welcome to Disaster Recovery, where each week I'll examine why your studs played like duds. This isn't a place to find out why you should have benched a player for somebody on your bench. Disaster Recovery is to examine the guys who you didn't think twice about benching, and deciding if you should be panicking at all […]
Waiver Wire Rankings for Week 10
Okay RotoBallers, it's Week 10. For some of you, that mean it might be do or die time. So time to get ruthless, cut the dead weight from your roster, and pickup players off the waiver wire that can help you win now. There are four teams on bye this week, and then four more […]
Corey Davis (WR, TEN) - Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in All PPR Leagues OWNED IN: 45% of Yahoo Leagues ANALYSIS: I wrote about Corey Davis last week in our Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups, and I'm doing it again this week. That's how much of an impact I believe Davis can provide to your fantasy team. His long awaited return to […]
FAAB Auction Waiver Wire Bidding - Week 10 Pickups
Welcome to Week 10 everyone. As we move closer to the fantasy playoffs, fantasy owners need to prepare for the final push and decide their strategy going into the stretch run. Those in FAAB leagues also need to be mindful about both their budget and other owners, as players may be able to be added […]
Waiver Wire Express - Week 10 Lightning Round
In trying to bring you, the esteemed RotoBaller, the most timely information, consider this the waiver wire lightning round heading into Week 10. Alfred Morris headlines the initial WW wave because as of now, he stands to lead Dallas' backfield in Week 10. However, this is a roller coaster with many twists and turns and […]
Wide Receivers Waiver Wire - Week 10 Pickups and Adds
Four weeks until the fantasy playoffs and at this point you are likely in one of three camps: Camp 1 - are teams that are basically a lock for their league's playoffs. Teams that are 9-0, 8-1, 7-2 and possibly 6-3 (if you have a very strong roster) are pretty much in. If this is you, […]
Week 9 Matchups - Fantasy Football Starts and Sits
Welcome to 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. I'll be on Reddit each Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning […]
Heroes and Zeroes - Week 9 Fantasy Football Picks
Sometimes we can outsmart ourselves, can't we? I believe I've said this before, but the Texans-Seahawks game last week is a perfect example of how common sense can just go right out the window when a game defies logic and statistical analysis. At that point, all our best research and prognosticating looks downright idiotic. Hopefully […]
Beating The Waiver Wire - Speculative Stashes for Week 10
It's Wednesday morning. You dropped a player last night expecting to make some moves on the waiver wire, only to wake up and find out you weren't able to get anyone you put a claim in for. What now? If you've got an open roster spot, its always a good idea to plan ahead for […]
10 Lineup Busts and Avoids for Week 9
The Houston Astros won the World Series on Wednesday night. The Houston Texans lost Deshaun Watson for the rest of the season to a torn ACL during practice on Thursday. Houston sports--something good, then something bad. The Watson injury is a big one in terms of its fantasy impact, because Watson was playing not just […]