Week 8 Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Football Pickups Include Brashard Smith, Chris Moore, Bam Knight, Xavier Legette, Darnell Mooney, Sean Tucker

The NFL season continues to fly by as Week 8 is officially here. On top of injuries, fantasy managers will have to deal with the bye gauntlet as the Cardinals, Lions, Jaguars, Raiders, Rams, and Seahawks are off this week. At RotoBaller HQ, we are back with more fantasy football advice with our updated Week […]

Week 8 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2025 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

Welcome, RotoBallers, to our fantasy football defense streamers, starts, and tiered rankings for Week 8 of the 2025 season! This article will contain the best and worst defensive options for each week of the fantasy season. This will be your go-to stop for all defensive rankings and streamers for the entire season. With six teams […]

Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups - Fantasy Football Free Agent Adds and Stashes (2025)

We are roughly at the halfway point of the fantasy football regular season. By now, the standings are likely beginning to separate into the haves and have-nots. If you happen to find yourself on the wrong side of the standings, you should be more willing to switch up your roster. Getting wins in the short-term […]

Waiver Wire Express - Week 8 Lightning Round for Kyle Monangai, Brashard Smith, Xavier Legette, Alec Pierce, Chimere Dike, Oronde Gadsden, Marcus Mariota, more

Week 7 brought plenty of highlights and curveballs to the table, with comebacks, bad weather, several injury question marks, and more. We hope you're toasting to many victories already, because the job's not done! It's time to look toward next week with our fantasy football waiver wire pickups lightning round heading into Week 8 of […]

Running Back Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 8 - Kyle Monangai, Woody Marks, Bhayshul Tuten, Brashard Smith, Bam Knight, more

While many of you are contending with injuries, fluctuating workloads, disappointing performances, and other unwanted developments, the ongoing process of bye weeks will demand additional attention this week. The bye weeks that transpired in Weeks 5-7 have already required many of you to alter the composition of your rosters during that sequence.  However, only eight […]

Wide Receiver Waiver Wire Pickups - Top Fantasy Football WR Adds for Week 8 are Kayshon Boutte, Alec Pierce, Xavier Legette, Darnell Mooney, more

What's up, RotoBallers, and welcome back to our Week 8 fantasy football wide receiver waiver wire pickups. Week 7 was loaded with week-winning performances, so hopefully some of them were locked into your lineups. As a position overall, WR scoring saw a modest uptick over this most recent slate of games. That's encouraging, though I'm […]

Tight Ends Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 8 TE Options Include Oronde Gadsden, Kyle Pitts, Harold Fannin, Theo Johnson, Pat Freiermuth

The talent pool is going to be a lot shallower in fantasy football leagues this week. Six teams are on bye this upcoming week. Six! The tight end position will be missing several key players, including Detroit’s Sam LaPorta, Las Vegas’ Brock Bowers, Arizona’s Trey McBride, and Seattle’s A.J. Barner. This is probably the worst […]

Quarterback Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups - Top QB Adds for Week 8 Include Jaxson Dart, Marcus Mariota, Joe Flacco, Aaron Rodgers, Michael Penix

Week 8 is our first “Byemageddon” situation in fantasy football in 2025. Six teams will be on bye, considerably thinning out the quarterback position in fantasy. Add in some potential injuries and a benching, and things will be ugly at the quarterback position in Week 8. Thankfully, there are still some good options on the […]

IDP Waiver Wire Pickups and Streamers for Week 8 Fantasy Football (2025)

Welcome back to our fantasy football IDP Waiver Wire Pickups and Streamers for Week 8. When I drafted my IDP fantasy football team in my home league, I picked a Lions player at DL (Aidan Hutchinson), LB (Jack Campbell), and DB (Brian Branch). Well, now they all go on bye in Week 8, and, with […]

Week 8 Kicker Streamers and Starts - 2025 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

Welcome back to our fantasy football kicker streamers, rankings and starts for Week 8 of the 2025 NFL season. Every week brings a new headline or two when it comes to the kicker position. Week 8 was no different. Brandon Aubrey became the first kicker in league history to knock in five field goals of […]

Top Players To Cut for Week 8 Lineups - TreVeyon Henderson, Justin Fields, Kendre Miller, Jalen Coker, Michael Carter, Darren Waller, Luke McCaffrey, more

Welcome back, RotoBallers, to our Cut List Rankings for fantasy football Week 8 of the 2025 NFL season. In Week 7, managers saw many streaming options fall short of expectations, like Jordan Whittington and Luke McCaffrey seeing despite an increase in playing time. With six teams off in Week 8 including the high-powered Detroit Lions […]

Unexpected Boom Performances: Fantasy Football Risers Include Pat Freiermuth, Xavier Legette, Kyle Monangai, Jaxson Dart, Oronde Gadsden

Week 7 began with a bang on Thursday Night Football as the Bengals eked out a thrilling 33-31 victory over the Steelers. While Sunday provided just four games that were decided by one score, one of those matchups was completely insane. The Broncos scored 33 points in the fourth quarter, 25 of which came in […]

Biggest Fantasy Football Busts of the Week - Fantasy Outlooks for Caleb Williams, Ashton Jeanty, Saquon Barkley, Brian Thomas, George Kittle, Rome Odunze

The seventh Sunday of the 2025 NFL season has come and gone. Hopefully, you woke up on Monday morning feeling very good about how your matchup went. However, this week's slate of games was certainly stress-inducing for many fantasy football managers. Part of that stress was caused by a group of players who drastically underachieved […]

Defenses (DEF) to Start in Week 8 (2025): Best Fantasy Football Streaming Options

With bye weeks and injuries piling up, finding the right defense to stream has become a weekly challenge for fantasy managers. Week 8 offers several intriguing options capable of producing sacks and turnovers against struggling offenses. This week’s slate features multiple matchups where defensive talent aligns perfectly with offensive inefficiency. The Browns, Bengals, Buccaneers, and […]

Top Fantasy Football D/ST Rankings (Weeks 7, 8, 9, 10) - Defense Streamers and Starts (2025)

Welcome, RotoBallers, to our fantasy football D/ST streamers and starts for Weeks 7, 8, 9, and 10 of the 2025 season. Every week of the fantasy football season, we will go through the best defensive streaming options that fantasy managers have to pick up for the upcoming weeks.  Last week, this article featured the Rams as […]

Updated Week 7 Fantasy Football Projections (Half PPR): RB, WR, TE, QB

Welcome back to our updated Week 7 fantasy football projections for all positions. In the projections below, you will see how key players like Jauan Jennings, Rico Dowdle, Courtland Sutton, Ladd McConkey, Darnell Mooney, Tony Pollard, Jordan Addison, Jaylen Waddle, Chuba Hubbard and more are expected to perform. Week 7 brings some tricky lineup questions, […]

Fantasy Football Sleepers, Avoids: Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 7 - RotoBaller Staff Roundtable

It feels like we have never seen injuries ravage the fantasy football landscape as much as this season, but nevertheless, managers must continue to piece together starting lineups in hopes of winning a fantasy championship at year's end. Our experts are here to help with those Week 7 lineup calls. It's time for the next […]

Key Starters and Tough Calls - Week 7 Lineup Spotlights for Fantasy Football Include A.J. Brown, Rico Dowdle, Mason Taylor, Rashee Rice, more

Welcome back to our Key Starters and Tough Calls article for Week 7 of the 2025 season. Scott Engel's Week 7 Lineup Spotlights column features key players to start or sit when faced with challenging lineup decisions like A.J. Brown, Arian Smith, Rico Dowdle, Kayshon Boutte, Isiah Pacheco, Mason Taylor, and more. "The King" features […]

Updated Start/Sit Chart - Fantasy Football Matchup Ratings and Start/Sit Picks for All Players

Welcome back to our updated Week 7 fantasy football start/sit chart for all player matchups and all games this week. The start/sit chart has been updated for the weekend for players like Puka Nacua, Christian Watson, David Njoku, and Josh Downs, who have been ruled out due to injury, and players like George Kittle who […]

Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em - Week 7 Matchups Analysis (2025)

Welcome back, RotoBallers, to our Week 7 matchups analysis and fantasy football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em picks! If you are new to this series, this is our main weekly matchups column where we cover all games. Every week of the season, we will offer in-depth analysis of every player in every game. With injuries starting to […]

Week 7 Fantasy Football Busts? Players Who May Disappoint (2025)

Two more teams take their bye in Week 7, bringing our total to eight. Be prepared, though, the Week 8 bye-pocalypse is coming. Six teams will take the week off next weekend, so it's important to both prepare your roster for Week 8 and secure a win in Week 7 while your roster is (hopefully) […]