Brock Purdy - DraftKings NFL DFS Picks for Week 13

BALLER MOVE: Roster in all game types DRAFTKINGS PRICE TAG: $6,100 ANALYSIS: There is more than one way to skin a cat in DFS. While some QBs are in pass-happy offenses, Purdy excels on elite efficiency rather than massive volume. Purdy hasn't attempted 40 passes in any game this season and has attempted more than […]

Jonathan Taylor - Fantasy Football Injury Update for Week 13

INJURY: Thumb WEEK 13 STATUS: Out ANALYSIS: It's been a roller-coaster season for Jonathan Taylor's fantasy managers and things are taking yet another wild turn ahead of Week 13. Taylor is expected to undergo surgery on his injured thumb as soon as Wednesday and miss multiple weeks, according to The Athletic's James Boyd. BREAKING: Jonathan […]

NFL DFS Week 12 Picks: Top DraftKings Plays for Daily Fantasy Include Josh Allen, Tank Dell, Rachaad White, Rashid Shaheed, Evan Engram

Hello, RotoBallers, and welcome back to Break The Slate. I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and did well on that always-fun DFS slate! With six games taking place off the DraftKings main slate this week, we are relatively limited in some areas. However, it makes for a unique and fun slate. This week's […]

Trey McBride - Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 12

BALLER MOVE: Start in All Leagues POSITIONAL VALUE: TE1 ANALYSIS: The second-year pro continues to spread his wings with veteran tight end Zach Ertz on Injured Reserve. Since Week 8, McBride has amassed 291 receiving yards and a score on 26 catches, while his 35 targets are the third-most at the TE position over that […]

Rashid Shaheed - Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 12

BALLER MOVE: Start in 12+ Team Leagues POSITIONAL VALUE: WR3/4 ANALYSIS: New Orleans deep threat Rashid Shaheed represents an interesting boom/bust option in Week 12. Saints receiver Michael Thomas has been placed on IR with a knee injury. Thomas' absence should lead to increased opportunities for Shaheed, as well as rookie A.T. Perry against the […]

NFL DFS Thanksgiving Day Picks: Top DraftKings Plays for Daily Fantasy Include Dak Prescott, Christian McCaffrey, Amon-Ra St. Brown

Hello, RotoBallers, and welcome back to Break The Slate. It's hard to believe we've already reached one of the most fun NFL DFS days of the year, but here we are...the Thanksgiving Day slate! I hope you all have a great holiday filled with friends, family, great food, and plenty of football! Let's get into […]

Gus Edwards - Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 12

BALLER MOVE: Start in 10+ Team Leagues POSITIONAL VALUE: RB2 ANALYSIS: While electric rookie Keaton Mitchell has been getting all the hype of late, it's the "Gus Bus" that continues to chug along as the true engine of the Baltimore Ravens backfield. Edwards has been a red zone machine over the past month. He's racked […]

Tank Dell - Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 12

BALLER MOVE: Start in 10+ Team Leagues POSITIONAL VALUE: WR2 ANALYSIS: The Houston Texans wide receiver continued his sterling rookie campaign in Week 11. Tank Dell torched the Arizona Cardinals for 149 yards and a score on eight catches. The undersized dynamo has now scored four TDs in Houston's last three games while also topping […]

Tucker Kraft (TE, GB) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 12

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 0% of Leagues ANALYSIS: With news breaking that Green Bay tight end Luke Musgrave will be placed on Injured Reserve after suffering a lacerated kidney in Week 11, rookie Tucker Kraft is in line to be the Packers' new starting tight end. this play alone gives me […]

Rico Dowdle (RB, DAL) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 12

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 16% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Just over a week after a breakout performance in relief of Tony Pollard in a Week 10 victory over the New York Giants, Dowdle has picked up an ankle injury. He played through the issue in Week 11, but was noticeably inefficient […]

Dalton Kincaid – Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 11

BALLER MOVE: Start in 10+ Team Leagues POSITIONAL VALUE: TE1 ANALYSIS: The rookie continues to spread his wings with veteran Bills tight end Dawson Knox on Injured Reserve. Since Week 7, Kincaid has amassed 272 receiving yards and two TDs on 28 catches. That's elite production, folks, and it makes him the fantasy TE4 over […]

Rondale Moore (WR, ARI) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 11

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 11% of Leagues ANALYSIS: A fantasy afterthought for much of 2023, Arizona dual-threat receiver Rondale Moore could be creeping toward fantasy relevance due to quarterback Kyler Murray's return to the lineup. In Murray's first start of 2023 last week, Moore led all Cardinal receivers with eight […]

NFL DFS Week 11 Picks: Top DraftKings Plays for Daily Fantasy Include Kyler Murray, Devin Singletary, CeeDee Lamb

Hello, RotoBallers, and welcome back to Break The Slate. It's hard to believe we're already at Week 11 with the Thanksgiving slate just around the corner! This week's DraftKings lineup recommendations are based on matchups, projected DK points and ownership, overall upside/talent levels, and opportunity, as well as factors such as Vegas odds, home-field advantage, […]

Khalil Herbert - Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 11

BALLER MOVE: Start in 12+ Team Leagues POSITIONAL VALUE: RB2/3 ANALYSIS: This one is ugly business. Herbert has been activated from Injured Reserve and is set to return to the Bears lineup for their Week 11 divisional clash with the Detroit Lions. That's about all we know for sure. Herbert's fantasy outlook remains cloudy due […]

Darrell Henderson Jr. – Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 11

BALLER MOVE: Start in 12+ Team PPR Leagues POSITIONAL VALUE: RB3 ANALYSIS: With at least one more week until Kyren Williams is eligible to return from Injured Reserve, the Los Angeles Rams will again turn to the combination of Darrell Henderson Jr. and Royce Freeman at the running back position. It's been a fairly even […]

Nico Collins – Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 11

BALLER MOVE: Start in 10+ Team Leagues POSITIONAL VALUE: WR2 ANALYSIS: The Houston Texans receiving corps continues to play an injury version of musical chairs, as it appears Nico Collins is set to return to the lineup in Week 11, while Noah Brown is expected to be sidelined with a knee issue. After missing Houston's […]

Matthew Stafford - Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 11

BALLER MOVE: Start in 14+ Team & Superflex Leagues POSITIONAL VALUE: QB2 ANALYSIS: As the Los Angeles Rams come off their bye week, star quarterback Matthew Stafford is set to return from a thumb injury that kept him out of L.A.'s Week 9 loss to the Green Bay Packers. Rams QB Matthew Stafford (thumb) set […]

Luke Musgrave - Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 11

BALLER MOVE: Start in 12+ Team Leagues POSITIONAL VALUE: TE1 ANALYSIS: The rookie tight end seems to get better each week. Musgrave has now topped 50 receiving yards in each of his last two games and set a new career high with 64 receiving yards in Green Bay's Week 10 loss to the Steelers. Packers […]

Christian Watson - Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 11

BALLER MOVE: Start in 12+ Team Leagues POSITIONAL VALUE: WR3/FLEX ANALYSIS: The second-year Packers wide receiver has undoubtedly been one of fantasy football's biggest disappointments this season. Following an often-electrifying rookie campaign, Watson has failed to get rolling in 2023 while battling injuries and a seeming lack of chemistry with new Green Bay quarterback Jordan […]

Ty Chandler – Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 11

BALLER MOVE: Start in 12+ Team Leagues POSITIONAL VALUE: RB3/FLEX ANALYSIS: We're still in "wait and see" mode when it comes to Ty Chandler's true Week 11 fantasy forecast, as his outlook is undoubtedly linked to the availability of Minnesota's incumbent RB1, Alexander Mattison, who suffered a concussion in the team's Week 10 win over […]

Odell Beckham Jr. - Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 11

BALLER MOVE: Sit Him POSITIONAL VALUE: Dart-throw FLEX ANALYSIS: Beckham enters a Week 11 divisional tussle with the Bengals on the heels of two consecutive games with a TD. Despite that seeming hot streak, the veteran profiles as only a desperation fantasy option for the coming week. OBJ TO THE CRIBBBB ✌️ (via @Ravens) pic.twitter.com/ivOH2YCtZB […]

Joe Burrow - Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 11

BALLER MOVE: Start in 10+ Team Leagues POSITIONAL VALUE: QB1 ANALYSIS:  After starting the year off in abysmal fashion thanks in large part to a calf injury, Joe Burrow has rebounded in a big way over the past month. The Cincy superstar has now thrown for multiple TDs in five consecutive games. That streak will […]

Jerome Ford - Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 11

BALLER MOVE: Start in 10+ Team Leagues POSITIONAL VALUE: RB2 ANALYSIS:  Since battling an ankle injury last month, Jerome Ford has regained the clear lead back role in the Cleveland backfield over the last two weeks. While fellow Browns RB Kareem Hunt is still swiping some valuable red zone work, Ford has toted the rock […]

Tony Pollard - Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 11

BALLER MOVE: Start in 10+ Team Leagues POSITIONAL VALUE: RB2 ANALYSIS:  Well...it kind of feels like it's now or never for Tony Pollard and his fantasy managers. While many expected a superstar-making campaign for Pollard when Ezekiel Elliott left Dallas, the Cowboys' longtime backup running back has failed to fully capitalize on his role in […]

De'Von Achane - Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 11

BALLER MOVE: Start in 10+ Team Leagues POSITIONAL VALUE: RB1/2 ANALYSIS: Rookie dynamo De'Von Achane appears set to return from his stint on Injured Reserve this week against the Las Vegas Raiders, according to Bleacher Report's Jordan Schultz. Before going down with a knee injury following Week 5, Achane spent the first month of the […]

Devin Singletary - Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 11

BALLER MOVE: Start in 10+ Team Leagues POSITIONAL VALUE: RB2 ANALYSIS: A week after laying a stone-cold dud as one of the fantasy industry's most popular pickups, Devin Singletary turned in a monster performance in Houston's Week 10 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. With Dameon Pierce sidelined, Singletary turned a massive 31 touches into 161 […]

Overrated and Underrated NFL Teams: Week 11 AFC Contenders and Pretenders

The NFL season can be a roller-coaster ride with lots of twists and turns. Every year, certain franchises capture the spotlight with early-season success, while others silently climb the ranks, avoiding the media's attention. In the world of professional football, the line between being a contender and a pretender is razor-thin, and it's a subject […]

Jordan Love - Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 11

BALLER MOVE: Start in 12+ Team & Two-QB Leagues POSITIONAL VALUE: QB2 ANALYSIS: Since opening 2023 with three straight performances of 20 or more fantasy points, Packers quarterback Jordan Love has cooled off significantly. In his first full year as Green Bay's starter, Love currently stands as fantasy's overall QB13, although the vast majority of […]

Breece Hall - Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 11

BALLER MOVE: Start in All Leagues POSITIONAL VALUE: RB2 ANALYSIS: Since being released from a snap count in Week 5, Hall has been one of fantasy football's most productive -- and busiest -- backs. The Jets' second-year back has averaged an elite 19.8 opportunities per game over New York's last five. Despite the massive workload, […]

Tank Dell - Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 11

BALLER MOVE: Start in 10+ Team Leagues POSITIONAL VALUE: WR2 / WR3 ANALYSIS: Houston Texans rookie wide receiver Tank Dell has quickly proven himself to be an explosive, game-changer at the NFL level. Week 10 was another productive outing from Dell, as he brought in six of 14 targets for 56 yards and a TD […]