Week 13 PPR Rankings (Top 300)

Welcome back, RotoBallers. Our very own Nick Mariano was ranked #6 overall last week out of ~130 industry experts. His rankings have been on fire, consistently coming in as one of the most accurate experts for several weeks running: In Week 11, he was ranked #12 overall In Week 10, he was #10 overall In Week 9, he […]

Players Sending Out Warning Signals: Heading Into Week 13

Whether your fantasy playoffs start next week or the week after, Week 13 marks one of the last opportunities you will have to jostle for position and secure a playoff birth. By the same token, one wrong move now could just about eliminate you from contention. Making the right roster decisions has never been more […]

Studs Turned Duds - Disaster Recovery Week 12

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 […]

Wide Receiver Waiver Wire - Week 13 Pickups and Adds

This is it (for most of you). This is the last chance to secure that playoff spot if you already haven't. Win or go home, basically. For those of you that have already locked up your spot, congratulations. Still, you could be playing for positioning or that all important first round bye. Regardless of what […]

Waiver Wire Express - Week 13 Lightning Round

We want to get you RotoBallers the most timely information, so consider this the waiver wire lightning round heading into Week 13. Traditionally, this stands as the final week of the fantasy regular season before the playoffs begin. Whether you’re fighting for that last playoff spot or looking for some stashes as you coast to […]

Week 12 Matchups - Fantasy Football Starts and Sits

Welcome to our Week 12 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 […]

DraftKings Lineup Picks (Week 12) - NFL DFS Advice

RotoBallers, welcome to Week 12 of the daily fantasy football season. In this column, you will find my recommended DraftKings DFS Lineup Picks to target for Week 12 of the NFL season. The goal is to identify players to start on DraftKings this week based on various factors including the opponent, the player's opportunity, analysis of the game's […]

Week 12 PPR Rankings (Top 300)

Welcome back folks, and Happy Thanksgiving! As we move into Week 12 of the fantasy football season, no more teams are on bye anymore. The next two weeks will be a deal-breaker for a lot of fantasy football owners out there, determining if they are going to make a glorious playoff run or not. Setting optimal […]

Week 12 Standard Rankings (Non-PPR): Top 300

Listen up, RotoBallers. Our very own Nick Mariano was ranked #12 overall last week out of ~130 industry experts. In Week 10, he was ranked #10 overall. In Week 9, he was #16 overall. And in Week 8, he was #3 overall. So... be sure to follow his rankings! And tomorrow morning, Nick will be answering all your […]

Week 12 Consistency Report - Floors and Ceilings

As mentioned on Twitter, today’s article is going to focus on a new statistic I created to incorporate the important aspects of a player’s weekly production and consistency. After talking with a follower on Twitter (@seth_cordry), he pointed me in the direction of using Coefficient of Variation (I’ll get there) as a way to “power […]

Playoffs Strategy - Rookies Who Are Ready To Rock

It is hard--very hard--to trust your fantasy season to an unproven rookie late in the season. Early in the year? Whatever-anything goes! That first-round wide receiver playing on a run-first team? Hey, it's Week 2, so I'll take the risk! But by Week 12? The level of trust you have to show at this point […]

Week 12 Dynasty Matchup Previews

Dynasty owners don’t play week to week, they play long term. However, dynasty owners still need to analyze different aspects of weekly matchups to determine the best time to sell or buy a player. Make sure you don’t buy that hot rookie too soon and don’t sell the aging veteran too late. Each week, I […]

Waiver Wire Express - Week 12 Lightning Round

In the interest of bringing you RotoBallers the most timely information, consider this the waiver wire lightning round heading into Week 12. We no longer have any bye weeks to deal with, and the main slate of Sunday games left us without too many injuries to clean up after. That said, there's always gold to be mined […]

Wide Receiver Waiver Wire - Week 12 Pickups and Adds

Just two weeks left before most leagues begin the fantasy playoffs. Mercifully, the bye weeks are over and if you are in the hunt, your roster should be pretty much solidified. At this point, bench spots should primarily be used for guys who can help your team win. This means guys who have upside in […]

Tight Ends Waiver Wire - Week 12 Pickups and Adds

While there were plenty of movers and shakers on the fantasy scene, the tight end position didn't see as much volatility. Injuries have been the biggest story in the tight end world, but the tight ends remained healthy, at least during this past week. So here we are, feverishly looking to analyze statistics and projections to […]

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 […]