Part II: Top Tight End Targets Leaders From Last Year & Their 2015 Projections

Back to tight ends, and the target expectations for them going into the 2015 season. Unlike the first five guys examined here in part one, we see that the back end of the top 10 tight end targets are less of a certainty and much more of a crapshoot. Such is the NFL as there... Read More

Top Tight End Targets Leaders From Last Year & Their 2015 Projections

The Tight End. A revolutionary position that, over the past twenty years, has undoubtedly played a huge part into the transformation of the NFL to a more pass happy league. Gone are the days when tight ends flanked the offensive line to provide extra blocking for running backs and here are the days when Jimmy... Read More

Jordan Cameron (TE, MIA) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper

BALLER MOVE: Target in Rounds 7-8 Current ADP: 89 STD, 89 PPR ANALYSIS: Last year, Jordan Cameron fell short of the expectations bestowed on him during the preseason, which means that he can be considered an underachiever with high potential to rebound this year. The Miami Dolphins made a big splash this offseason, signing Ndamukong Suh,... Read More

A Sleeper You May Have Forgotten: Tight End Jordan Cameron

You know what can save your fantasy team? Getting an extra receiver. How do you get an extra receiver? Killing your tight end pick. Time for a new case for another sleeper. Jordan Cameron broke the hearts of fantasy owners about halfway through the season when it became abundantly clear that he was going to fall short of the expectations... Read More

The Other Pittsburgh Receiver: Martavis Bryant and Why to Believe the Hype

Remember those ground and pound Pittsburgh Steelers of the decade past? They had the James Harrisons, the Joey Porters, and the Troy Polamalus who were just out there to kick the snot out of people and commit what some would believe to be attempted homicides. Then on offense they would grind out the Jerome Bettis's,... Read More

Why You Should Target RB Joseph Randle in 2015

With the sweet smell of Fantasy Football in the midsummer air, it's about time for us fantasy heads to lead you all in the right direction. While everyone knows you cannot win the league at the draft, you sure can lose it. So we're here for the rest of the summer to let you know... Read More

P.J. Hairston (SG/SF, CHA) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickup

BALLER MOVE: Monitor in All Leagues / Add as a Plug-In OWNED: 0% in Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball Leagues ANALYSIS: Call it my North Carolina favoritism. Call it hopeful thinking for one of the more talented players to play at Chapel Hill during the past few seasons. Maybe its my hopeful thinking that the D-League might eventually become a... Read More

Mike Muscala (C, ATL) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickup

BALLER MOVE: Add in deeper leagues; monitor in all leagues OWNED: 1% of Yahoo! Fantasy basketball leagues ANALYSIS: Mike Budenholzer has given the big man from Bucknell an increase in minutes during the last few games and Muscala has been doing everything he can to make a mark on his coach. Considering he has hit double digit scoring... Read More

Alexey Shved (PG/SG, NYK) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickup

BALLER MOVE: Add in all leagues OWNED: 39% in Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball leagues ANALYSIS: Another Knick benefiting from the dumpster fire that is happening in Madison Square Garden this season, Alexey Shved has been one of the go-to scorers for these Knicks. The 6'6" Russian is a match up nightmare for most guards (especially when he's running the... Read More

Andrea Bargnani (PF/C, NYK) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickup

BALLER MOVE: Add in all leagues OWNED: 34% of Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball leagues ANALYSIS: The former number 1 overall pick out of Italy was been quite the laughing stock during his time in the NBA and it almost pained me to write this but the fact of the matter is clear: Andrea Bargnani is the most talented player... Read More

Nikola Mirotic (SF/PF, CHI) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickup

BALLER MOVE: Add and start in all leagues OWNED: 44% in Yahoo! Fantasy basketball leagues ANALYSIS: Wildly regarded as the top talent not playing in the NBA a year ago, Mirotic has used his rookie season as the perfect audition reel for those questioning his place in the League. With Taj Gibson out, Mirotic is the... Read More

Jonas Jerebko (SF/PF, BOS) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickup

BALLER MOVE: Add in deeper leagues; monitor in all leagues OWNED: 3% in Yahoo! Fantasy basketball leagues ANALYSIS: The four year veteran from Sweden was sent to Boston in the Tayshaun Prince homecoming deal with Detroit and he is proving to be a well designed piece to fit in Brad Steven's spread offense.  Though cooling off after a... Read More

Ray McCallum (G, SAC) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickup

BALLER MOVE: Add in deeper leagues; monitor in all leagues OWNED: 7% in Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball leagues ANALYSIS: Ray McCallum is former top 20 high school player who decided against the big name schools in order to play for his father at the University of Detroit Mercy and gave away his notoriety because of it. Now he's starting... Read More

Henry Walker (SG/SF, MIA) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickup

BALLER MOVE: Add in deeper leagues; monitor in all leagues OWNED: 1% in Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball leagues ANALYSIS: The artist formerly known as Bill Walker has reemerged in Miami now that Chris Bosh will miss the rest of the season with blood clot complications. Henry Walker, who has spent the last two seasons toiling in basketball wastelands, has... Read More

Isaiah Canaan (PG, PHI) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickup

BALLER MOVE: Add in deeper leagues; monitor in all leagues OWNED: 30% of Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball league ANALYSIS: Assuming no spike in the abilities of Tim Frazier or Ish Smith, Isaiah Canaan seems to is slotted into the starting point guard role forthe 76ers for the rest of the season. Brett Brown is going to rely on the... Read More

Tony Snell (SG/SF, CHI) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickup

BALLER MOVE: Add in deeper leagues; monitor in all leagues OWNED: 10% in Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball leagues ANALYSIS: Some experts believed the Bulls to get a gem when they nabbed Tony Snell with the 20th pick in this year's draft. An athletic specimen out of New Mexico (whose team went 79-26 and won two conference championships while he... Read More

Mitch McGary (C/PF, OKC) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickup

BALLER MOVE: Add in deeper leagues; monitor in other leagues OWNED: 3% in Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball Leagues ANALYSIS: Anyone watching the Thunder game against the Clippers on Sunday saw two things. First, Mitch McGary showed why he was considered a lottery pick before a back injury/failed marijuana test changed that with 19 points and 10 boards (5... Read More

Spencer Hawes (C/PF, LAC) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickup

BALLER MOVE: Add in all leagues OWNED: 30% of Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball leagues ANALYSIS: The rocky relationship between Spencer Hawes and the Los Angeles Clippers is about to be thrown into the fire. Following the news that Blake Griffin would need surgery to clean up a staph infection, Doc Rivers and management came to the realization that Hawes... Read More

Cody Zeller (PF/C, CHA) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickup

BALLER MOVE: Add in deeper leagues; consider in all leagues OWNED: 14% of Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball leagues ANALYSIS: Cody Zeller finished January with a career game against the Nuggets with as well rounded a fantasy game you can expect (21 points on 10/11 shooting, eight boards, three assists, three steals, two blocks). His reward? A string of 30+ minute games... Read More

Khris Middleton (SG/SF, MIL) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickup

BALLER MOVE: Add in all leagues OWNED: 55% of Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball leagues ANALYSIS: Please tell me that the 55% mark is not accurate. There is just no way. If you look into your waiver wire pool and see Khris Middleton floating around, you add him yesterday. The Texas A&M product is thriving in the improving Milwaukee... Read More

Lance Thomas (G/F, NYK) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickup

BALLER MOVE: Add in deeper leagues; monitor in all leagues OWNED: 3% of Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball leagues ANALYSIS: We are a few days removed from Thomas's 41 minute outing in Charlotte where he secured his second consecutive 16 point outing. A product of that Coach K fellow who just won his 1000th collegiate basketball game, it shouldn't be... Read More

Jarrett Jack (PG, BKN) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in all leagues OWNED: 51% of Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball Leagues ANALYSIS: Jarrett Jack is a professional. As a 10 year vet, he knows what he needs to do to not only stay alive in the NBA but to thrive in the NBA. So when news came out earlier this week that Deron Williams... Read More

Cole Aldrich (C, NYK) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in deeper leagues OWNED: 23% of Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball Leagues ANALYSIS: Following the expulsion of J.R. Smith and Iman Shumpert from Madison Square Garden, guys like Aldrich must be given extra consideration when scanning over the waiver. Throw in the departure of Samuel Dalembert and the former Kansas Jayhawk has serious potential to produce... Read More

Rudy Gobert (C, UTA) - NBA Waiver Wire pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in all leagues OWNED: 48% of Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball Leagues ANALYSIS: Gobert has been on a tear since January began, especially once he was given the starting nod following Enes Kanter's ankle injury on the 3rd. Averaging just under 10 points per game, Gobert has begun to polish off what was a very raw... Read More

Potential Busts for Week 16: Ranking the Top 5 for Fantasy Football

It's awfully frustrating when the fantasy gods deal us a championship week as low-scoring as the one we saw last week. Fortunately, this writer was able to overcome the lack of scoring explosions and win his lone championship (what's that? You say I also lost out of the RotoBaller playoffs last weekend? That's great. Now, who exactly... Read More

Potential Busts for Week 15: Ranking the Top 10 for Fantasy Football

So you've gotten to this point: The Fantasy Playoffs. You've endured the comebacks, the Monday night losses, the 40 point individual explosions, the weeks where teams approach 200, the weeks where the team playing four injured players ends up winning, the trashtalk, the halted friendships, and the like. And now you're here. Congratulations. Now quit smiling... Read More

Potential Busts for Week 10: Ranking the Top 10 for Fantasy Football

What’s that? Ben Roethlisberger scored six touchdowns last week following my call out? And Marshawn Lynch managed to score over twenty points? Well listen here haters. I hit on Philip Rivers (who posted a dreaded negative game) and Keenan Allen so I’m painting a big ol’ green W on last week’s column. Unfortunately, I don’t... Read More

Potential Busts for Week 9: Ranking the Top 10 for Fantasy Football

  My apologies to all Rotoballers who were looking forward to my bust picks of Week 8 (nothing like a case of strep to upset the balance of your week). Props to Real Talk Raph for holding down the fort and hitting on the Brandon Marshall call (what the heck is happening in Chicago, by the... Read More

Potential Busts for Week 7: Ranking the Top 10 for Fantasy Football

I ran it by my editors upstairs, but they shot down the idea of changing this to a “Nine Potential Busts and One Who Will Inevitably Get 200 Yards” list, and probably rightfully so. I think we will need at least two more weeks of yardage outbursts before we can officially claim correlation between my... Read More

Potential Busts for Week 6: Ranking the Top 10 for Fantasy Football

So sometimes you call someone out as a bust and he actually turns out to be a bust (see: Davis, Knile and/or Morris, Alfred). And sometimes you predict someone to be a bust and he ends up breaking his team’s single-game receiving record and scoring over 40 fantasy points (thanks, Demaryius, for making me question... Read More