Fantasy Football News, Rankings, Waiver Wire, Sleepers

  In-Season Weekly Rankings and Preparing for Fantasy Football Drafts Welcome to our updated fantasy football weekly rankings. To begin your fantasy football preparation during draft season, or weekly once the season starts, our rankings help you research the top players for developments, role changes, and other factors that can influence their updated season projections. […]

Welcome, RotoBallers, to our weekly Start 'em and Sit 'em article! This Week 2 matchups analysis and fantasy football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em piece will hopefully help you make winning lineup decisions every week of the fantasy season.  There's a lot that we learned about the first week of the season. Some players had unexpected […]

Welcome to Week 2 of the 2026 NFL season, and to our updated fantasy football Week 2 start/sit recommendations chart for all remaining player matchups and all games. Today, we'll look at some tough Week 2 start/sit decisions like Jaylen Warren, Kyle Pitts Sr., and more to see how their matchups project for the weekend. […]

Our Key Starters and Tough Calls feature for Week 2 of the 2026 season helps you to make those tough lineup calls. Scott Engel's Week 2 Lineup Spotlights column examines key players to start or sit. "The King" takes a deeper look at players who may be causing some fantasy anxiety. The fantasy football players […]

Hey RotoBallers! The full slate for Week 2 of the NFL is just under 24 hours away. While most are setting lineups, savvy managers should always scan the waiver wire to see if any potential high-upside options are sitting on the free agent market. Below, you will find our updated top 85 waiver wire rankings […]

It's time once again for our RotoBaller staff start-or-sit calls. Four of the industry's best analysts are here to break down potential sleepers and busts ahead of the remaining Week 2 games. We do this every week! The goal is to give you the confidence that you need to make some tough calls, moving a […]

Welcome back to our WR/CB Matchups for Week 2 of the 2026 fantasy football season. Wide receiver injuries headlined Week 1, so several updates will occur throughout the week as injury reports come in. For those unfamiliar, this weekly series looks at fantasy football matchups for wide receivers versus the cornerbacks who are projected to […]

RotoBaller writer Jamie Calandro shares his Week 2 fantasy football lineup rankings for RB, WR, TE, and QB. Last year, Jamie finished as the third-most accurate ranker in the industry among hundreds of other industry experts! This rankings article also includes rankings analysis that will hopefully help you make some tough decisions when it comes […]

Even after just one week of the 2026 NFL season, we all got fresh reminders of the types of players who can bust from week to week. Did you have Colston Loveland, Ja'Marr Chase, or De'Von Achane? Your team was at a disadvantage if you did. But these players will be must-starts when healthy. What […]

Welcome, RotoBallers, to our fantasy football D/ST streamers and starts for Weeks 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the 2026 season. This article will identify the best D/ST to pick up for this week and in the weeks ahead.  If you are someone who likes to stream defenses in fantasy football every week, this should be […]

Welcome to Week 2! We finally have some 2026 data to analyze as we project forward. We'll be careful not to draw conclusions from a one-week sample, but we shouldn't ignore the data just because it's "only Week 1." Last week, we did pretty well on our starts and sits. Tre Tucker and Kenny Gainwell […]

After an exciting start to the season, the NFL is geared up for another full Sunday slate with 13 games on Sunday afternoon to provide a great slate for building NFL DFS lineups! I'm excited to dive into these wide receiver matchups and pick out a few plus plays. Getting the right receiver at the […]

Hey RotoBallers! Welcome to the third edition of our High-Upside Bench Stashes series. Week 1 and the opening game of Week 2 are behind us, which means it's time once again to do a deep dive on the waiver wire. So far, we have spotlighted names such as Kaelon Black, Emmett Johnson, Kenyon Sadiq, Devaughn […]

The main slate of Week 2 NFL games is rapidly approaching, and it's time to start figuring out which running backs we are going to lean on this week. These might just be some of the most important decisions you make for your lineups this week! We had a nice hit last week with D'Andre […]

It’s only Week 2, and there are already injuries that fantasy managers have to maneuver around. There are also players that we may be worried about and want to replace in their starting lineups. While it is far too early to even consider sitting your studs, the more fringe players in your lineup come down […]

What better way to ring in the new season after an avalanche of scoring than with an updated rest-of-season rankings sheet? Everyone felt like they had a solid roster foundation under their feet, and now we've all been jolted around, so it's time to find our bearings. Allow me to provide my map with these […]

The 2026 NFL season rolls on to Week 2, so it's time to continue my weekly bold predictions column. This is where I'm trying to predict which players will hit their ceilings this week. I'll focus on players who you're likely on the fence with in start-and-sit decisions. On this page, you're going to find […]

We're already in Week 2 of the 2026 season, and the slate looks like it could separate careful lineup setters from the rest of the pack. Sunday features several games with real scoring juice -- Dallas and Washington hovering around 50.5, Chicago and Minnesota near 47.5, and the Monday night Giants-Rams tilt in a similar […]

Week 2 of fantasy football is upon us, and we can begin to extrapolate trends from last season based on Week 1 performances. Week 1 provided serious fireworks, more so than usual. Many offenses were in midseason form, which is great for fantasy teams. Week 1 also provided a glimpse into how ready NFL defenses […]

Week 1 was a great week of football. The Bengals finally have a good defense; Caleb Williams and Trevor Lawrence look like they've reached their generational potential coming out of college, and Patrick Mahomes II returned and now has a functional running game to support him. In this weekly series, I'll highlight five players who […]

Welcome back to our NFL Survivor Pool Picks for Week 2 of the 2026 NFL season! I'm pinch-hitting on this feature for my friend Kevin Tompkins, or is the more appropriate sports analogy that I am the backup quarterback coming off the bench? Unfortunately, a lot of folks ran with the Chargers, and I saw […]

Welcome back to our NFL Pick'em Pool Picks for Week 2 of the 2026 NFL season. We were able to learn a lot from the first week of the season, giving us even more data to inform our picks for Week 2! For example, the Cardinals might be a legitimate football team, and it would […]

Happy football season, RotoBallers! After months of waiting, Week 1 of the 2026 NFL season is in the books, and so too is the first week of fantasy football. Are you celebrating your early investments in Ashton Jeanty and Kenneth Walker III? Or are you lamenting placing your trust in players like Jaylen Waddle, Terry […]

otoBaller Senior Writer Scott "The King" Engel reveals his Week 2 fantasy football lineup rankings for PPR, half PPR, and standard formats. He also provides analysis of the positional rankings to help you make the right choices when faced with close lineup calls. Top starting options are also included to ensure that some of your […]

Hey RotoBallers! Fantasy football season is back in full swing with Week 2 of the NFL season already underway. While we already have one game behind us, we still have a full slate to look forward to over the weekend. While the kicker position is often overlooked, it is crucial to find a high-upside option […]

Welcome back, RotoBallers, to our Weekend Cut List Rankings for fantasy football Week 2 of the 2026 NFL season. The opening week is already behind us, and the first game of Week 2 is in the books. Even though it's still early, managers should not wait too long to cut underperforming players. Below, we will look […]

Week 2 has officially arrived, and fantasy managers have more clarity on their rosters. At the wide receiver position, several wild Week 1 developments either helped teams win or left managers searching for answers. Last week, this list had some great calls, including Parker Washington as a start and DK Metcalf and Brian Thomas Jr. […]

Week 1 finally gave us something more useful than depth charts and August speculation. We have carries, targets, snap counts, injuries, and at least a first idea of how teams want to divide their backfields. Of course, one game can also create some bad conclusions. That is what makes the late-week decisions interesting. Most fantasy […]

Welcome to Week 2 of our fantasy football waiver wire watchlist for the 2026 NFL season. Each week, we will do our best to point you in the direction of the five best running backs or wide receivers to claim for your squad in order to help your season-long depth and potentially your starting roster. […]

At RotoBaller HQ, we continue our rankings series and focus on FLEX. One of the most important decisions when setting a fantasy football lineup is choosing the correct FLEX (RB/WR/TE). It can be the difference between winning or losing your league matchup. Use our updated Week 2 FLEX rankings for 2026 to guide you in […]

Week 2 is here! We are coming off a fantastic Week 1 with two nice SGP wins up at +224 and +284! I wish I could say that is going to be the standard every week, but we all know that's not the case. Winning parlays is always tough, so I'll aim for some nice […]

At Rotoballer HQ, we return with more fantasy football rankings to help managers win their Week 2 matchups. Most fantasy managers choose to stream team defenses due to their volatility. If you are looking for a fantasy defense to stream, we've got you covered with our Week 2 defense (D/ST) streamers, starts, and tiered rankings. Find […]