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Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix DFS: DraftKings Daily Fantasy F1 Lineup Picks
Formula 1 heads to Singapore this weekend for the Singapore Grand Prix. It's been a few weeks since the last race—the cancelation of the Russian Grand Prix meant that 9/11/22 was the last time these cars hit the track for the Italian Grand Prix, which Max Verstappen won. It was his fifth win in a... Read More
Chiefs Defense Week 4 Outlook For Fantasy Football
The Kansas City Chiefs defense is a risky fantasy play in Week 4 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. While the Bucs rank 22nd in scoring offense this season, they still have Tom Brady at quarterback plus an offensive system that can make big plays happen. Because of the matchup, the Chiefs defense is a fade... Read More
Jerick McKinnon Week 4 Outlook For Fantasy Football
Kansas City Chiefs running back Jerick McKinnon has seen an increased role as the season has gone along, with McKinnon now appearing to share this backfield with Clyde Edwards-Helaire in a near split. McKinnon had seven carries last week, but finished with just 20 yards. With a tough Buccaneers defense on deck this weekend, McKinnon... Read More
Clyde Edwards-Helaire Week 4 Outlook For Fantasy Football
Kansas City Chiefs running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire has put up some strong numbers so far this season, but a lot of his production has come from touchdowns. Last week, he found the end zone, but totaled zero yards on seven carries. Regression is likely coming for Edwards-Helaire. A Week 4 matchup against a Buccaneers team... Read More
JuJu Smith-Schuster - Week 4 Outlook For Fantasy Football
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster is a WR3 play for Sunday night's contest against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Smith-Schuster has had two good showings since joining the Chiefs, but sandwiched in the middle was a 10-yard game against the Chargers. Tampa Bay allows fewer points per game than any team in the NFL,... Read More
Travis Kelce - Week 4 Outlook for Fantasy Football
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce hasn't been as dominant this season as he has in the past, but he remains one of the top tight ends in the NFL and in fantasy football. Kelce has been targeted at least seven times in each game and he's found the end zone twice already, plus... Read More
Patrick Mahomes - Week 4 Outlook for Fantasy Football
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is always a must-start player in season-long fantasy leagues, but Sunday night's matchup against the Buccaneers projects to be a tough one, making him a potential fade in DFS. The Bucs allows the 12th-fewest passing yards per game this season and the fewest points per game, with opponents averaging... Read More
Texans Defense Week 4 Outlook For Fantasy Football
The Houston Texans defense is a risky fantasy option this week against the high-powered Chargers. Even with wide receiver Keenan Allen out, Justin Herbert and the Chargers have one of the league's top offenses, ranking second in the NFL in passing yards per game. Houston has been decent against the pass, allowing the 11th-fewest passing... Read More
Ka'imi Fairbairn's Week 4 Outlook For Fantasy Football
Houston Texans kicker Ka'imi Fairbairn has been a consistent player so far this season, making all seven of his field goal attempts and all three of his extra point attempts. Houston's offense has been decent at getting into field goal range and bad at finishing drives, which has helped give Fairbairn opportunities. That trend is... Read More
Nico Collins' Week 4 Outlook For Fantasy Football
Houston Texans wide receiver Nico Collins had just two receptions for 41 yards in Week 3 against the Bears. Heading into this week's meeting with the Chargers, Collins is a low-end flex option at best in deep leagues. He was targeted nine times back in Week 2, so there's always a chance that quarterback Davis... Read More
Brandin Cooks' Week 4 Oulook For Fantasy Football
Houston Texans wide receiver Brandin Cooks was thought to be a high-floor WR2/3 option in fantasy this season, but the Texans have spread the ball around more than anticipated so far. With a tough matchup against the Chargers on Sunday, Cooks is more of a WR3/4 play than a WR2/3 play. He'll still likely lead... Read More
Dameon Pierce's Week 4 Outlook For Fantasy Football
Houston Texans running back Dameon Pierce is a fantasy RB2 option this week against a Chargers team that allows more rushing yards per game than any other NFL team. Pierce opened the season in a timeshare with Rex Burkhead, but he's emerged as the clear No. 1 option on this team and saw 20 carries... Read More
Davis Mills' Week 4 Outlook For Fantasy Football
Houston Texans quarterback Davis Mills is a risky fantasy football option for Sunday's meeting with the Los Angeles Chargers. While LA has allowed the 20th-most passing yards per game this season, the Chargers have also faced the Chiefs already, which has skewed that number. Mills threw for a season-high 245 yards last week, but was... Read More
NASCAR Xfinity Series: DraftKings DFS Lineup Picks for Talladega Sparks 300 (10/1/22)
The NASCAR Xfinity Series heads to Talladega for the second race of the Round of 12. Last week, Noah Gragson clinched a spot in the next round by winning at Texas, his fourth consecutive victory this season. Gragson swept the Xfinity Series in September. But now, we head to Talladega, the kind of place where... Read More
NASCAR Truck Series: DraftKings DFS Lineup Picks for Talladega Chevy Silverado 250 (10/1/22)
Just three races remain on the Truck Series schedule this season. Saturday, the Trucks will run the second race of the Round of 8. Ty Majeski won last race at Bristol to look his way into the Championship 4. Will someone join him, or will we see someone not in the playoff picture win on... Read More
Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers - Week 4
Week 3 of the NFL season is over and we're onto Week 4. It was a pretty wild week of NFL action this week, with some big surprises, including the Jaguars knocking off the Chargers in a blowout, and the Dolphins doing a butt punt but still winning. In this weekly column, we'll be looking... Read More
Tape Tells All: Analyzing Cordarrelle Patterson's Week 3 Performance
Welcome back to Tape Tells All, the weekly series where I look at film and data for something that happened in the NFL this week. Today, I want to look at a player who set a new career-high in rushing yards in Week 3: Atlanta Falcons running back Cordarrelle Patterson. In Week 3, Patterson had... Read More
Must Have Late Round Picks For Fantasy Basketball (Premium Content)
All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome to RotoBaller's 2022-2023 premium draft kit! We're here to be your secret weapon when it comes to this fantasy basketball season. In this article, I'll be going over some late round picks that I see as must-haves this year in fantasy basketball. All... Read More
Wide Receiver Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 4: Top Free Agent Adds Include Chris Olave, Romeo Doubs, Zay Jones, Isaiah McKenzie
Week 3 featured a lot of yards. Not counting what might happen on the Sunday night or Monday night games, three wide receivers finished with over 150 yards this, with two more in the 140s. Below, you'll find some wide receivers that you should be targeting on the fantasy football waiver wire ahead of Week... Read More
Getting Dubs In Duval: Analyzing The Jaguars In Fantasy Football Going Forward
The Jacksonville Jaguars might be good. Yeah, I'm as surprised as you are, but after beating the Chargers 38-10, the Jaguars look dangerous. The team has scored 22 or more points in each of its games this season, which is notable since in 17 games last season, the team hit that mark just twice. And... Read More
Is Mac Jones healthy or injured? Will Jones be active in Week 4?
New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones had a strong showing in his rookie season, but his 2022 season has gotten off to a slow start, as he's already thrown a league-high five interceptions. To make matters worse, Jones suffered an ankle sprain in Sunday's loss to the Baltimore Ravens. Jones threw for 321 yards in... Read More
Brandin Cooks Struggles In Week 3
Houston Texans wide receiver Brandin Cooks predictably led the team in targets on Sunday with seven, but he caught just two of those for 22 yards. He finished the game fifth on the team in receiving yardage. Cooks was supposedly to be a high-floor fantasy play this week because of his role in this offense,... Read More
Jordan Akins Catches Touchdown In Week 3
Houston Texans tight end Jordan Akins had three catches for 31 yards and a touchdown in Sunday's loss to the Chicago Bears. Akins had been on the Texans practice squad and hadn't appeared in the first two game. Considering he was only elevated because Brevin Jordan (ankle) was out, Akins can safely be left on... Read More
Nico Collins Catches Two Passes In Week 3
Houston Texans wide receiver Nico Collins was targeted four times in Sunday's loss to the Chicago Bears, pulling in two of the passes for 41 yards. Collins is the No. 2 receiver on this Texans team, a role that would normally hold fantasy value. But with the Texans having a fairly low passing volume and... Read More
Chris Moore Leads Texans In Receiving Yards
Houston Texans wide receiver Chris Moore led the team in receiving yards on Sunday against the Bears, finishing with 63 yards on three receptions. Of those yards, 52 came on one play. Moore's not going to put up numbers like these most weeks, so fantasy managers can go ahead and leave him on the waiver... Read More
Rex Burkhead Quiet Against Bears
Houston Texans running back Rex Burkhead has seen his role with the Texans fall off since the start of the season. On Sunday against the Bears, Burkhead had just three carries, finishing with nine rushing yards. He was targeted five times, hauling in four catches for 21 yards, so it's not like Burkhead didn't have... Read More
Dameon Pierce Has Strong Showing In Week 3
Houston Texans running back Dameon Pierce was the lone fantasy bright spot in Sunday's 23-20 loss to the Chicago Bears. The rookie had 20 carries in the game, finishing with 80 yards and a touchdown. He also had two catches for 21 yards. After splitting snaps with Rex Burkhead in Week 1, Pierce has now... Read More
Davis Mills Picked Off Twice In Loss
Houston Texans quarterback Davis Mills was 20-for-32 in Sunday's loss to the Bears, throwing for 245 yards. He had one touchdown pass to Jordan Akins but was picked off twice. Mills hadn't thrown an interception in the first two weeks. Mills has a low floor and a low ceiling in fantasy, so he's best left... Read More
Mecole Hardman Sees Drop In Usage
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Mecole Hardman was targeted just once in Sunday's loss to the Indianapolis Colts, catching the pass for two yards. After being targeted 10 times over the first two games, Hardman saw a major drop in usage this week. Hardman was starting to sneak onto the fantasy radar, but Sunday's game... Read More
Marquez Valdes-Scantling Catches Four Balls
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling was targeted seven times in Sunday's loss to the Colts, finishing with four receptions for 48 yards. It was his best game of the season by yardage. Valdes-Scantling has seen a decent amount of targets this year, but he hasn't been used as the home run threat that... Read More
