Week 2 PPR Rankings (Top 300)

What's up RotoBallers. Below you will find our overall Week 2 PPR rankings for fantasy football. Three of our lead fantasy football columnists, Bill Dubiel, Pierre Camus and Frankie Soler, have analyzed the NFL matchups and game slates for Week 2. Below you will find their consensus staff ranks. Feel free to click those links and give these fine gentlemen a follow, or […]

Week 2 Rankings Analysis - Pierre Camus vs. Industry Consensus

Don't overreact. Don't overreact. Fantasy owners need to repeat this many times before making lineup decisions after one week of regular season football. The same goes for ranking the players and trying to judge relative value. This week, I'll resist temptation to put Kareem Hunt as overall RB1, steer clear of Carson Palmer, and try […]

Waiver Wire Express - Week 2 Lightning Round

This column is published early every week and then updated on a daily basis. Over the course of each week, we also publish more in-depth waiver wire analysis for all positions. In efforts of bringing you timely information, as fast as possible, consider this the waiver wire lightning round heading into Week 2. Waiver pickups […]

Week 2 Running Backs - Waiver Wire Pickups and Adds

Well, that didn't take long. Injuries to star running back David Johnson and fantasy sleeper Danny Woodhead have left openings for their understudies to make an impact in the coming weeks. Other lesser-known RBs have shown glimpses of talent that could be an indicator of future success. While I'd never recommend overspending FAAB or dumping […]

Week 2 Do Not Drop List - Don't Panic Yet

Every NFL season, the early part of the schedule sees players dropped in fantasy leagues that wind up having hugely productive fantasy seasons for a team that didn’t draft them. It’s a phenomenon that is especially important to pay attention to early, as your impatient league mates might cut players that you want on your […]

Week 1 Rankings Analysis - Pierre Camus vs. Industry Consensus

If you've spent the last 24 hours crying your eyes out because you passed on Kareem Hunt, benched Mike Gillislee, or paid up for Gronk, you're not alone my friend. The obvious almost never happens in fantasy football, which of course is what makes it so exciting (and frustrating). I will admit I own no […]

Week 1 Defense (DEF) Streamers, Starts & Draft Targets: 2017 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

We're back, gang! Below are RotoBaller's Week 1 defense tiers and rankings, or which defenses to stream, start and target at the end of your 2017 drafts for Week 1 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 to […]

Week 1 Daily Fantasy Football Tournament Stacks

Football. Is. Back. And, wouldn't you know, it's just as unpredictable as ever. The Kansas City Chiefs opened the 2017 season with a 42-27 romp over the New England Patriots in Foxborough, Mass. Just like everyone predicted, right? If Thursday's outcome was any indication of what's to come in Week 1 and beyond, we should […]

Fantasy Pop Quiz - NFL Week 1

I was faced with this thought the other day when, on Twitter, I joked that the weirdly under-discussed "Red Sox Steal Signs from Yankees" story wouldn't even be the biggest sports story of the day on September 5. And seriously, it wouldn't be; a few hours later the fact that the NFL's arbitrator upheld Ezekiel […]

Week 1 Half PPR Rankings (Top 300)

Welcome back RotoBallers. Below you will find our overall Week 1 Half-PPR rankings for fantasy football. Three of our lead fantasy football columnists, Bill Dubiel, Pierre Camus and Frankie Soler, have analyzed the NFL matchups and game slates for Week 1. Below you will find their consensus staff ranks. Feel free to click those links and give these fine gentlemen a follow, or let them know […]

Week 1 Standard Rankings (Top 300)

Below you will find our overall Week 1 standard rankings for fantasy football. Three of our lead fantasy football columnists, Bill Dubiel, Pierre Camus and Frankie Soler, have analyzed the NFL matchups and game slates for Week 1. Below you will find their consensus staff ranks. Feel free to click those links and give these fine gentlemen a follow, or let them know how much you […]

Week 1 PPR Rankings (Top 300)

What's up RotoBallers. Below you will find our overall Week 1 PPR rankings for fantasy football. Three of our lead fantasy football columnists, Bill Dubiel, Pierre Camus and Frankie Soler, have analyzed the NFL matchups and game slates for Week 1. Below you will find their consensus staff ranks. Feel free to click those links and give these fine gentlemen a follow, or […]

2017 Standard Ranking Analysis - Wide Receiver

With the NFL season just around the corner, it's time to check in with the Rotoballer experts and see what they're thinking about at the wide receiver position. Whether you're getting ready for a last minute draft or trying to figure out your lineup for Week 1, we're here to help. The wide receiver position […]

2017 NFL Team Outlook - Cleveland Browns

The Cleveland Browns were a bit of a fantasy wasteland last season. Their top performer, Terrelle Pryor, signed with Washington in the offseason and they are starting a rookie QB in Week 1. While it's hard to imagine the offense becomes a fantasy juggernaut, there are a few intriguing players here that could provide good […]

Fooled me Once, Not Again - Sophomore Wide Receivers Set to Bust, Again

There were four wide receivers chosen in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft. Those receivers were: Corey Coleman, Will Fuller, Josh Doctson, and Laquon Treadwell. The next two receivers picked were Sterling Shepard and Michael Thomas. You might notice that one of those lists contains four names that are not very high on […]

2017 Standard Ranking Analysis - Running Back

The 2017 season is finally almost here! You've probably drafted your team by now and are looking at your roster while either thinking about how great it looks or thinking about how you really, really messed up. Don't worry! Rotoballer is here to help you figure out what to do with your present mess. Our […]

Half-PPR Rankings Analysis – Tight Ends

You know the fantasy football season is right around the corner when the first starting quarterback tears an ACL and the first top tailback gets suspended for off-the-field fiascos. Tight ends are not as valuable as quarterbacks, running backs and receivers in fantasy football, but the points they provide, especially in half-PPR leagues, can propel […]

Josh Doctson (WR, WAS) - Fantasy Football Draft Value

BALLER MOVE: Target ~140 CURRENT ADP: ~170 ANALYSIS: Many fantasy owners will suffer from recency bias with Washington wide receiver Josh Doctson, who was selected in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft and touted as an athletic freak of nature. After suffering a torn Achilles as a rookie, the Washington receiver missed 14 games last […]

Stop That Hype Train! - Terrelle Pryor

Last year, in his first full season playing wide receiver, Terrelle Pryor finished 18th overall at the position. Catching 77 balls on a ridiculous 140 targets, Pryor finished with over 1,000 yards playing for a Cleveland Browns team that ranked 28th in the NFL in passing, with a total net of just 3,264 yards through […]

RotoBaller's Fantastic Four - 2017 Bold Predictions

Oh hot damn, RotoBaller's big dawgs are back for football season. You know you never get sick of bold predictions and hot taeks, and our taeks are the hottest around. Unplug your smoke detectors--here comes the fire. Our "Fantastic Four" is comprised of JB Branson (@RowdyRotoJB), Nick Mariano (@NMariano53), Max Petrie (@Max_Petrie) and Bill Dubiel (@Roto_Dubs). The […]

Five Deeper Wide Receiver Sleepers for 2017 Fantasy Football

In fantasy football, the wide receiver position has by and far the most depth of any player group. This is not to say that all wide receivers should be passed on in favor of quarterbacks or running backs on draft day, but it does mean that there are plenty of hidden gems lurking in the […]

Half-PPR Wide Receiver Rankings Analysis

Heading into 2016, wide receivers were considered the “safest” fantasy option, but that changed in a hurry. Running backs were three of the top five non-QB scorers according to ESPN scoring in 2016. Every team does need to fill in wide receiver positions, and this year there is certainly an amount of depth at the […]

Half-PPR Running Back Rankings Analysis

Playing in half-point per reception leagues are one of the more difficult things to do in fantasy. Owners need to weight which players not only will catch passes, but also have touchdown upside as well. Running backs that catch more passes should certainly have increased value over backs that are strictly running the football on […]

2017 Rankings Analysis - Quarterback

Hey Rotoballers! The start of the NFL season is right around the corner at this point. With several drafts likely scheduled for Labor Day weekend, or even next week leading up to next Thursday's New England Patriots-Kansas City Chiefs opener, the rankers here at Rotoballer have made some final tweaks to their rankings. That said, […]

Rob Kelley (RB, WAS) - Fantasy Football Draft Value

BALLER MOVE: Target ~75 CURRENT ADP: ~87 ANALYSIS: Rob Kelley going in what basically amounts to the ninth round is pretty absurd to me. He's a starting running back on a great offense who has already shown he can produce. The reason he's being looked over is two-fold. First, folks look at his year-long stat line and […]

2017 NFL Rookies - Dynasty/Keeper Rankings

Rookies are one of the most important parts of dynasty leagues, as they can make or break the future of your team. Generally, there are only a few rookies that have immediate success. There are also rookies that will need a couple years to make an impact in the NFL. In this article, I will […]

The Running Back Handcuff Hedge - Who To Handcuff

We have learned over time that the running back position is without question the most volatile in fantasy football. This understanding is based upon the percentage of injuries versus the other skilled positions, NFL teams increasingly using split back committees, and also takes into account weekly fantasy scoring consistency. Along with this natural order of chaos, […]

2017 Running Back Depth Chart Analysis

Running backs are important--you can't win a fantasy league if you don't get at least solid production from the position. But with the increased usage of committees and the high risk of injuries at the position, picking out who to own from a team can feel like a crapshoot. Quality running backs tend to come […]

Later Round Gems - Deeper PPR Sleepers

What's up RotoBallers. The NFL and fantasy football seasons are right around the corner, and will be kicking off in just a few short days. At this point, you're getting ready for your final fantasy football drafts or anxiously awaiting your first. Today I will help you win. I'm here to discuss some PPR draft values […]

Late-Round Wide Receivers - ADP Draft Values

A general discussion of strategy seems like as good a preface as any for this topic. There’s something to be said for predictability in fantasy football. When you take a player in the early rounds, it makes you feel a little bit more warm and fuzzy to have some idea what that player is going […]