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Wide Receiver (WR) Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 1 (2025)
Predicting the unpredictable is the name of the game. Week 1 of last season saw Jayden Reed produce 29.1 fantasy points, Allen Lazard hit 20.9, and even Alec Pierce was a top-6 fantasy wide receiver, manufacturing 18.5 fantasy points. On the flip side, Ja'Marr Chase, Garrett Wilson, and Malik Nabers were all held to under […]
Matt DonnellyQuarterback (QB) Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 1 (2025)
The time for talking is done. The 2025 NFL season is here, as the Dallas Cowboys and the Philadelphia Eagles get it all started this Thursday. I hope you have all put in your two-week notices with your significant others as football takes center stage until next February. With every new NFL season comes new […]
Matt DonnellyTight End (TE) Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 1 (2025)
Welcome back, RotoBaller family. The 2025 season is officially here, and so are your weekly starts and sits analysis at each position. The wait is finally over, and we are excited to get back to the weekly grind, breaking each position down and providing the fantasy analysis to help you win your weekly matchups. With […]
Matt Donnelly$1 Fantasy Football Auction Draft Values - Cheap Sleepers with Upside (2025)
As we enter peak fantasy football draft season, funds get tight. One way to block out how much you have spent in fantasy drafts this offseason is to sign up for an auction draft and find some players in the bargain bin to fill out your roster. It's like a fantasy football Jedi mind trick. […]
Matt DonnellyMatt Donnelly's Fantasy Football "All-Value" Team: 8 Must-Have Draft Targets (2025)
With the Hall of Fame Game now behind us, NFL football officially begins for the other 30 teams and the millions upon millions of fantasy football enthusiasts. As we enter peak draft season, it's crucial to identify and target some of the more underrated players, finding their values that others often overlook. Often, we see […]
Matt DonnellyFantasy Football Offensive Line Rankings: OL Sleepers and Busts Analysis (2025)
More often than not, the play of the offensive line is a forgotten art form in fantasy football. A bad offensive line can make or break a fantasy asset, whether it’s a quarterback not having time to throw or a running back who is often met behind the line of scrimmage. There is a very […]
Matt DonnellyExpensive Dynasty Fantasy Football Buys Worth Paying Up For (2025)
For dynasty football managers, roster construction is similar to managing a stock market portfolio. Savvy managers want to buy low on an asset and maximize their return on investment whenever possible. While that is still a sound strategy, it's okay to do something for yourself and spend a little extra occasionally. With that in mind, […]
Matt Donnelly$5 Fantasy Football Auction Draft Values - Cheap Sleepers with Upside (2025)
Who doesn't like to get a deal? Very few things in life are as rewarding as "bag fries". You know what I am talking about: after you eat all your fries, you throw the bag out, only to discover more fries! For fantasy managers, bag fries is slang for a great player value in an […]
Matt DonnellyFantasy Football Auction Draft Values for $10 or Less - Cheap Sleepers with Upside (2025)
As we close in on the 2025 fantasy football season, NFL fantasy drafts are in full swing. While snake drafts are common practice, if you are a thrill seeker, someone who is seeking a bit of an adrenaline rush, you need to get in on an auction draft today. Any draft you go into is […]
Matt Donnelly6 Fantasy Football Sleepers and Draft Values: Matt Donnelly's Late-Round Draft Targets
Every year, the term "sleeper" is used in fantasy circles; it's almost to the point where it doesn't have the same meaning it once did, much like the term "generational talent." What is a "sleeper?" It's a player who the fantasy football community deems undervalued, usually based on current draft positions, poor circumstances, or a […]
Matt DonnellyDynasty Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers - August 2025 Market Report and Rankings
Building a championship dynasty roster isn't for the faint of heart. It requires patience and the ability to establish a timeline while prioritizing young talent. Adding young talent to your roster is easier said than done. You need to draft well and get some luck along the way. If drafting hasn't worked in your favour […]
Matt DonnellyDefense (D/ST) Fantasy Football Rankings - Top 10 Team Defenses for 2025 Drafts
Training camps are heating up, and I've got my top-10 fantasy football defenses (D/ST) you should target for drafts and preparations for the 2025 fantasy football season. When looking at the top fantasy football defenses, fantasy managers need to find defensive squads that will create turnovers, create sacks, and produce on special teams. It also […]
Matt DonnellyMatt Donnelly's 9 Fantasy Football Bold Predictions: Player Outlooks and Analysis (2025)
Sometimes, bold predictions are seen as "unrealistic predictions pulled out of one's backside," but if everything were predictable, where would the fun be in that? Fantasy football managers should have learned over the years to expect the unexpected. Year in and year out, one player exceeds expectations while another falls short of lofty goals. It's […]
Matt DonnellyDynasty Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers - July 2025 Market Report and Rankings
Please take a deep breath, now exhale, as we are only a few weeks from the Los Angeles Chargers and Detroit Lions kicking off the preseason in Canton on July 31st. With the new season on the horizon, it is time to check back in on the dynasty landscape. As the season continues to close […]
Matt DonnellyWin-Now Dynasty Fantasy Football Trade Targets: 8 Potential League-Winning Buys for 2025
For fantasy managers, the question is usually whether to blow up the roster or go into a complete rebuild. Well, it doesn't have to be that black and white; sometimes the best option is to retool on the fly. For dynasty managers in particular, it's all about managing windows of opportunity. Some managers are always […]
Matt Donnelly7 Fantasy Football Rebound Candidates to Target: Last Year's Busts to Draft in 2025
Set those clocks. As we enter July, fantasy football drafts across the world are being scheduled. NFL football is now just weeks away. Sure, it's preseason football, but it's football nonetheless. Now, I could list some studs due to bounce back, but listing off the likes of Christian McCaffrey, Breece Hall, and Kenneth Walker III […]
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Scott Fish Bowl 15 Fantasy Football Draft Strategy Guide: Expert Tips and Advice
With the first selection of the 2025 Scott Fish Bowl, the Texas State Fighting Armadillos select Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter. Perhaps 1.01 for Hunter is a bit of a stretch, but it’s not ridiculous. Dick Steele said it best, “Crazy is walking down the street with half a cantaloupe on your head, muttering, […]
Matt DonnellyDynasty Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers - June 2025 Market Report and Rankings
It's that time of the month again; it's time to take a deep look at the fantasy landscape and determine which players fantasy football managers need to be making a play for and which ones they should consider taking a loss on. During the summer months, the dynasty market slows down, with much of the […]
Matt Donnelly5 Deep Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Sleepers - Breakout Candidates to Target in Drafts (2025)
A good fantasy football sleeper is like pulling a $20 bill from your jeans pocket after you run them through both the washer and dryer. Not only is it a surprise, but it also puts you in a position to be a buyer when you may not have previously considered it. Let's go deep here. […]
Matt Donnelly5 Third-Year Breakout Candidates: Top Fantasy Football Sleepers to Target in Drafts (2025)
The 2023 NFL Draft infused plenty of top-end talent, as the likes of Bryce Young, C.J. Stroud, Bijan Robinson, Jahmyr Gibbs, Puka Nacua, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Zay Flowers, Jordan Addison, Jayden Reed, Rashee Rice, Tank Dell, Chase Brown, De'Von Achane, Tucker Kraft, and Sam LaPorta have already made significant impacts heading into their third season. A […]
Matt DonnellyDynasty Fantasy Football Trade Chart - Buy Low, Sell High Advice and Top Players to Target (2025)
In the ever-changing climate that is fantasy football, the more things change, the more they stay the same. One of the keys for fantasy managers every season is to pay close attention to the market. In any market, there are ideal periods to buy or sell any given asset, and fantasy football is no different. […]
Matt Donnelly5 Undervalued Fantasy Football Running Backs To Target in Drafts (2025)
Don't look now, but the 2025 fantasy football season is upon us, as best ball drafts have taken center stage and once again captured the nation's curiosity. One strategy that many top ball managers have used, which has trickled over from standard redraft leagues in recent years, is waiting on the running back position and […]
Matt DonnellyDynasty Quarterback Risers and Fallers: 2025 Fantasy Football Offseason Winners and Losers
With the NFL Draft behind us, it is time to turn our attention to the Dynasty fantasy football leagues that never rest. Like the quarterback market, dynasty football is ever-changing, with new wrinkles being thrown at us, constantly changing the received value of the quarterback position. Here are several quarterbacks in dynasty football that have […]
Matt DonnellyDynasty Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers - May 2025 Market Report and Rankings
The dynasty market is again on the move, and the NFL Draft has concluded. Throughout the offseason, we at RotoBaller have been tracking the market's ups and downs from free agency to the draft, and it's been rather telling. We have finally seen where the class of 2025 has ended and which veterans are potentially […]
Matt Donnelly8 Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Risers and Fallers - Dynasty Offseason Winners and Losers (2025)
There are different checkpoints through the NFL offseason that fantasy managers need to pay particularly close attention to. For starters, there is the beginning of free agency, as teams take the first step in instilling hope into their fan bases. Then, once again, after the NFL draft, players who were pencilled in for specific roles […]
Matt DonnellyDynasty Fantasy Football Risers on New Teams: 6 Offseason Winners
Many teams, players, and fantasy football managers look to the NFL offseason as an opportunity to right the wrongs of the previous season. For fantasy managers, this time is often spent focusing on the NFL Draft. However, we mustn't lose sight of veterans who have found new homes. The NFL is a business, and just […]
Matt Donnelly2025 Fantasy Football IDP Rookie Rankings (Post-NFL Draft) - Abdul Carter, Travis Hunter, and more
Are you not entertained? The NFL Draft went just as expected. Okay, that may not be entirely true, but it was entertaining. Young men found themselves in new homes, and fantasy managers finally finalized their rankings based on landing spots and future opportunities. We look at those opportunities closely ahead of fantasy football drafts. Which […]
Matt DonnellyFantasy Football Rookie WR Rankings (Post NFL Draft) - Travis Hunter, Tre Harris, Luther Burden, Jayden Higgins, Matthew Golden, and more
For fantasy managers, the time to reshape those rosters begins now. The NFL Draft is over, and those wide receiver prospects we have been downplaying for nearly a year suddenly look much better today than they did several months ago. That said, here is a look at the top 12 rookie wide receivers for fantasy […]
Matt DonnellyFantasy Football Rookie RB Rankings (Post NFL Draft) - Ashton Jeanty, Omarion Hampton, RJ Harvey, Quinshon Judkins, Cam Skattebo, and more
With fantasy football drafts officially underway and the depth of this year's running back class, ranking the top 10 running backs would not suffice. Let's dig deeper and give a couple of extra backs who fantasy managers should have on their radars with the RotoBaller top 12 rookie running backs for 2025. But first, for […]
Matt Donnelly2025 Fantasy Football TE Rookie Rankings (Post-NFL Draft) - Tyler Warren, Colston Loveland, Mason Taylor, and more
With the NFL Draft now in the rearview mirror, it is time for fantasy managers to start looking toward their fantasy drafts and how to improve their rosters. Those managers seeking to upgrade their tight-end position are in luck, as the 2025 class is as deep as any in recent memory. Depending on where you […]
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