Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups and Free Agent Adds – All Positions

I'm back for my second go around here and after many Reddit suggestions looking for some deeper options, I'm hoping we're going to be able to satisfy and help all different league sizes from 8-team leagues to 12 and 14-team leagues. As always, if you need any suggestions or advice with your waiver claims, you […]

Fantasy Football Injury Reports For NFL WRs: Week 8 Updates for Mike Evans, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Mike Williams, DK Metcalf, Deebo Samuel

Unfortunately, fantasy managers had a lot of receiver injuries to deal with in Week 8. DK Metcalf and Amon-Ra St. Brown both left their contests early with injuries. Keenan Allen was on a big-time pitch count and fellow Chargers receiver Mike Williams also left early. The bye week could not have come at a better […]

Finding Tight End Breakouts for Fantasy Football – Cracking the Code for Week 7

Tight end is a dreadful, empty position and because of that, I understand – to some extent – the appeal and rush to get Taysom Hill on your fantasy rosters after his Week 5 explosion. However, as appealing as those boom weeks are, the reality is he’s simply not playing enough. We touched on that […]

Fantasy Football Injury Reports For NFL WRs: Week 7 Updates for Marquise Brown, Keenan Allen, Michael Thomas, and Rashod Bateman

Unfortunately, Week 6 brought fantasy managers the first big in-season injury of the year. Losing Marquise Brown on the last second of a completely irrelevant play is a tough, tough break for any fantasy manager rostering him. Hollywood was providing his fantasy managers with high-end WR1 production and while he'll return again this season, there […]

The Cut List – Who to Drop for Fantasy Football Week 7 Including Aaron Rodgers, Elijah Moore, Antonio Gibson, Terry McLaurin

One of the most important aspects of being a good fantasy manager is constantly being active on the waiver wire. How you prioritize your bench is very important. It's crucial to have 1–2 players that on any given week you feel okay about them being in your starting lineup. No one likes going to their […]

Week 7 Waiver Wire Pickups and Free Agent Adds – All Positions

Y'all have probably already figured it out, but this isn't Pierre Camus you're reading. I've had the pleasure of having Pierre read and edit my articles since I started at RotoBaller about two years ago and he's always been willing and able to help me out whenever I had a question. However, the real reason […]

Finding Tight End Breakouts for Fantasy Football – Cracking the Code for Week 6

What better way to define the tight end position than to say that a player who has more special team snaps than tight end snaps is currently the TE3 in half-PPR scoring. That is the landscape fantasy managers are being asked to muddle through at this maddening position and there doesn't seem to be any […]

Fantasy Football Injury Reports For NFL WRs: Week 6 Updates for Tyreek Hill, Tee Higgins, Keenan Allen, Michael Thomas, Chris Olave

This past week, fantasy managers had to deal with several injuries to some big-name receivers. Through five weeks, the receiver position has mostly avoided any big injuries, but they are starting to pile up now. It's something fantasy managers will have to continue to navigate as the season rolls along. This is especially true as […]

The Cut List – Who to Drop for Week 6?

In recent seasons, it feels as though the NFL is becoming more and more pass-heavy with each passing – ha! – year. This 2022 NFL season has certainly given off some different vibes, however. Last year, there were nine quarterbacks who had a PPG average of 20 or more. Through five weeks, there are just […]

Finding Tight End Breakouts for Fantasy Football – Cracking the Code for Week 5

Holy T.J. Hockenson! With Amon-Ra St. Brown, D.J. Chark, and D'Andre Swift all out of the lineup, Hockenson was given 12 targets from quarterback, Jared Goff. He turned those targets into 8 receptions, 179 yards, and 2 touchdowns. Opportunity and volume continue to be king for this position. It's not something most tight ends are […]

Fantasy Football Injury Reports For NFL WRs: Week 5 Updates for Michael Thomas, Keenan Allen, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Rashod Bateman

Another week of football, another week of injuries. There's no avoiding them. They are inevitable. The only thing we can do is accept our fate, try to be as prepared as possible for them, and gather as much information beforehand so we can make educated decisions. With that said, RotoBaller is here to keep you […]

The Cut List – Who to Drop for Week 5?

Now that we're officially 25% into the 2022 NFL season, fantasy managers can begin to be confident that what you see is what you're going to get. Certainly, there will be a few breakouts yet and some injuries, but for the most part, you can begin to feel at least semi-confident in what we know. […]

Finding Tight End Breakouts for Fantasy Football – Cracking the Code for Week 4

We all know who the elite tight ends are. You didn’t come here for me to tell you about how awesome Mark Andrews, Travis Kelce, and Dallas Goedert are. This is well known. It’s well documented. Even guys like Darren Waller, George Kittle, and Kyle Pitts, guys who have disappointed a bit so far, you only […]

Fantasy Football Injury Reports For NFL WRs: Week 4 Updates for Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jaylen Waddle, Keenan Allen, Chris Godwin

While we've become accustomed to the running back position dealing with injuries, so far this season, it's been the receivers who have been hit hard. In Week 3, fantasy managers had to deal with star second-year receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown leaving the contest multiple times to deal with a sprained ankle and his status for […]

The Cut List – Who to Drop for Week 4?

We've all heard the, "if it ain't broken, don't fix it" statement, but no fantasy football roster is ever perfect. Fantasy managers should constantly be tinkering with the bottom of their roster. Don't be afraid of making moves and part of that is figuring out who is cuttable. All of these start/sit and who to […]

Finding Tight End Breakouts for Fantasy Football – Cracking the Code for Week 3

One of the hardest things to do in fantasy football, especially in the early part of the season, is determining what data is real and what isn’t. Small samples can create buying windows and sinkholes – all you have to do is bet correctly. Simple, right? Nothing is ever as simple as it seems. That’s […]

Fantasy Football Injury Reports For NFL WRs: Week 3 Updates for Jerry Jeudy, Gabe Davis, Michael Pittman, Keenan Allen, Chris Godwin

The injuries, like they do every year, are starting to pile up. Although we've been accustomed to running backs being the most injury-inflicted position, it might just be the receivers early. Guys like Keenan Allen, Michael Pittman Jr., Chris Godwin, Gabriel Davis, and Michael Gallup have already missed games. Tee Higgins and Jerry Jeudy have […]

The Cut List – Who to Drop for Week 3?

Chicago, we have a problem. I'm pretty sure that's the saying because ladies and gentlemen, the Chicago Bears officially have an offensive problem. After two weeks, fantasy managers are left wondering just how many players actually need to be rostered. Despite the monsoon they were forced to endure in Week 1, the question may be […]

Finding Tight End Breakouts for Fantasy Football – Cracking the Code for Week 2

Last year I approached RotoBaller asking to write a weekly tight end article on their utilization metrics, hoping to find some underlining hints on certain players that might pop in the future or that we should be writing off. They gave me the green light and here we are. I knew going into this article […]

Fantasy Football Injury Reports For NFL WRs: Week 2 Updates for Keenan Allen, Tee Higgins, Allen Lazard, Chris Godwin, Michael Gallup

Below, you will find our fantasy football injuries roundup for wide receivers as of September 14th, coming out of the first week of regular season action. We're onto Week 2 and hopefully all of you out there are 1–0. The reality is, of course, that's simply not the case. For some, the cause of your […]

The Cut List – Who to Drop for Week 2?

Week One is officially in the books. After an excruciatingly long summer, NFL football is finally back. As glorious as the Sundays are – and they are magnificent, make no mistake about that – the new week brings some painstaking decisions. Fantasy managers looking up and down their lineup are often left with impossible choices. […]

Fantasy Football Injury Reports For NFL WRs: Week 1 Updates for Tee Higgins, Allen Lazard, Deebo Samuel, Kadarius Toney, Jaylen Waddle

As exciting as it is to officially have football back – and it most certainly is awesome – but fantasy managers will quickly be reminded that now injuries, practice participation, and the dreaded questionable tag will loom over us all every Monday-Sunday until February. It’s a small price to pay for finally having the NFL […]

Don't Stop Believing in Clyde Edwards-Helaire

At this point, it’s no mystery the Kansas City Chiefs made a mistake when they took Clyde Edwards-Helaire over Jonathan Taylor and D’Andre Swift. That much is crystal clear. Despite that, however, it doesn’t mean Edwards-Helaire is worthless in fantasy football. He has a lot of things working against him and not all of them […]

JuJu Smith-Schuster (WR, KC) - 2022 Fantasy Football Draft Values

BALLER MOVE: Target Around ~50 Overall CURRENT ADP: ~75 ANALYSIS: Everyone is so focused on JuJu Smith-Schuster's last three seasons, but let's add a little context to these numbers. In 2019, JuJu missed four games and finished with a disappointing stat line of just 40 receptions, 552 yards, and three touchdowns. However, to be fair, […]

NFL Players on New Teams Ready to Break Out for 2022 Fantasy Football

Every year, free agency sends shockwaves through the fantasy football community. During the offseason, these moves tend to be magnified because there are so few things for fantasy managers to be focused on. Every once in a while, a free agency move can send a player's value skyrocketing. Sometimes these moves are due to an […]

Running Backs Targets for Zero-RB Fantasy Football Drafts (2022)

There are so many different fantasy football draft strategies nowadays, but no other strategy comes with as much scrutiny and judgment as the zero-running back strategy. For the longest time, the running back position was widely accepted as the most important position in fantasy football. For some, that’s still very much the case. However, with […]

NFL Rookies Most Likely to Make Fantasy Football Impacts (And Those Who Won't)

With the popularity of dynasty leagues growing and the fantasy impact of the last few rookie classes, fantasy managers seem to be flocking to NFL newbies at far higher rates than before. Our expectations increased, oftentimes to unrealistic levels. Guys like Ja’Marr Chase and Najee Harris have spoiled us. They were also drafted into picture-perfect […]

Fantasy Football Kicker Draft Rankings - 2022 Tiered Ranks and Analysis

We're officially in our annual 2022 Fantasy Football Draft Prep part of the season. Fantasy managers everywhere are tracking training camp news and adjusting their rankings to help them dominate their upcoming fantasy football drafts. While there's no doubt the vast majority of your time will be spent focused on the four primary positions – […]

Adam Thielen (WR, MIN) - 2022 Fantasy Football Draft Values

BALLER MOVE: Target Around ~62 Overall CURRENT ADP: ~71 ANALYSIS: Fantasy managers are likely cautious around Thielen because he was injured last year and is 32 years old. Those are all valid reasons, but WR34? In the last five years, he’s been a top-15 receiver four times. In fact, you might be surprised to find out […]

DJ Moore (WR, CAR) - 2022 Fantasy Football Draft Values

BALLER MOVE: Target Around ~30 Overall CURRENT ADP: ~42 ANALYSIS: People are underestimating Baker Mayfield. We forget that he played the majority of 2021 with a torn shoulder labrum that frequently became dislocated. Not only that, but Kareem Hunt missed nine games, Jarvis Landry missed four, and Odell Beckham Jr. only played six games before […]