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About Robert Lorge - RotoBaller
I've been playing fantasy football for close to 20 years. I am a firm believer in following the numbers. I love searching for trends between teams, players and coaching staffs. I look at fantasy football like one big math equation just waiting to be solved and if you're able to find and interpret the right numbers correctly, you're going to do a lot of damage in your leagues.
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Week 15 Kicker Streamers and Starts – 2021 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings
Congratulations to all of you still competing in your fantasy football playoffs! And to those of you fighting in the consolation bracket, while you may need to wait until 2022 to claim bragging rights, hopefully your consolation bracket comes with its own monetary reward to encourage teams to keep playing. At the end of the... Read More
Week 14 Kicker Streamers and Starts – 2021 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings
For many, this is likely the last week of the regular season. One last hurrah. One last chance to claim a spot in the final dance. Every point and every position counts. Yes, even kickers. Possibly, especially the kicker. Now that we're into the month of December it's crucial fantasy managers pay attention to the... Read More
Is Deebo Samuel Injured or Is Deebo Samuel Playing This Week?
There's no way around it – injuries are the absolute worst when it comes to fantasy football. The only thing worse than injuries are the injuries that leave fantasy managers guessing all week long. Not that we ever want players to be hurt or that this silly, but awesome little game we play is more... Read More
Will Joe Burrow Playing This Week? Bengals QB Injury Update vs. 49ers
It's Week 14 and it's time to put up or shut up. Many of us out there are playing for our fantasy football playoff lives. Some of the lucky ones probably already have one of those elusive playoff spots wrapped up and are now fighting for the all-important first-round bye. Then there are some of... Read More
Finding Tight End Breakouts - Champs, Chumps, and Contenders
With just a few more weeks of the season, fantasy managers need to stay on their toes, especially at the tight end position unless you have one of the top-three studs. Four, if Waller is healthy. Even T.J. Hockenson cannot be considered a must-start, as we'll find out below. It's a position filled with land... Read More
The Cut List – Who to Drop for Week 14?
Fantasy managers have one more week to get their playoff rosters in order and if you're still fighting for a playoff spot, fantasy managers need to absolutely be treating this week's matchup as a win or go home contest. Fantasy managers should be keeping tabs on the standings in their leagues and the possible outcomes... Read More
Week 13 Kicker Streamers and Starts – 2021 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings
There is always a player at every position who seems to come out of nowhere. Last year, it was James Robinson at running back and Logan Thomas at tight end. This happens every year, like clockwork. This year, we have Deebo Samuel at wide receiver.......and Nick Folk at kicker. He has been absolutely phenomenal. How... Read More
Finding Tight End Breakouts - Champs, Chumps, and Contenders
There are plenty of injuries fantasy managers need to stay on top of this week. Darren Waller and Cole Kmet both did not practice on Wednesday and Pat Freiermuth is still in the concussion protocol. All three could have big fantasy implications as fantasy managers are surely in win-or-go-home mode, so be sure to keep... Read More
The Cut List – Who to Drop for Week 13?
It's Week 13 and the injuries are really starting to pile up now. It's been a trend all season, but now in the playoff push, some of these injuries and waiver wire adds are going to end up being league winners. And if not league winners, certainly guys who are going to help decide who... Read More
Week 12 Kicker Streamers and Starts – 2021 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings
As the season chugs along, it's important for fantasy managers to keep tabs on injuries across the different offenses in the NFL. That seems like common sense and it is really, but how many times do we think of paying attention to those things for kickers? Prior to Kyler Murray's sprained ankle, Matt Prater was... Read More
Finding Tight End Breakouts - Champs, Chumps, and Contenders
As fantasy football continues to grow in popularity there's a never-ending source of statistics and numbers to dissect a player's value. We often hear the moniker "knowledge is power", but it takes time to comb through all the data. Other positions' key stats are a bit easier and well-known. When it comes to tight ends,... Read More
The Cut List – Who to Drop for Week 12?
In most leagues, there are only four games left before the playoffs, so it's time fantasy managers start thinking about Weeks 15–17 if they have that luxury. This is about the time of the season where I want to start to look at playoff matchups on the waiver wire and aim big. This applies towards... Read More
Week 11 Kicker Streamers and Starts – 2021 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings
Week 11 finally brought us the return of the Kansas City Chiefs' offense and with it a good game for Harrison Butker, who finished with 11 points. However, the No. 1 kicker from Week 11 was Zane Gonzalez of the Panthers. Maybe not coincidentally that lined up with the return of Christian McCaffrey, who at... Read More
Finding Tight End Breakouts - Champs, Chumps, and Contenders
We're officially to the playoff stretch! Hopefully if you've been following this series, it's helped you out with who to play at tight end, the worst position group in all of fantasy football. This series has touched on some of the bigger break-outs we've seen this year, including Dawson Knox who was fantastic prior to suffering... Read More
The Cut List – Who to Drop for Week 11?
The playoff stretch has officially started. Most leagues are now just four weeks out from the start of the fantasy playoffs and fantasy managers are getting down to the nitty-gritty. Tough decisions have to be made as injuries continue to pile up and unfortunately there are still four weeks of bye weeks fantasy managers need... Read More
Finding Tight End Breakouts - Champs, Chumps, and Contenders
Week 9 was almost the first week of the NFL season where everything in the fantasy world of tight ends was right until rookie Pat Freiermuth screwed everything up. Still, we saw George Kittle, Travis Kelce and Darren Waller finish No. 2, 3 and 4 respectively in half-PPR scoring. The rookie out of Penn State... Read More
The Cut List – Who To Drop for Week 10?
Welcome back Brandon Aiyuk! Allen Robinson showed signs of life with over 10 fantasy points this week! Justin Fields looked pretty good on Monday Night Football against the Steelers and it looks like Aiyuk is finally out of Shanahan's dog house. The cute thing about Shanahan's dog house with players is that the coach himself... Read More
Week 10 Kicker Streamers and Starts – 2021 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings
Week 9... what an absolute cluster. The Buffalo Bills lost to the Jacksonville Jaguars, 9–6. The Broncos went and punched the Cowboys in the mouth and the Cowboys didn't even bother to put up a fight. It was quite the week so it only made sense that after a week of championing Greg Joseph and... Read More
Week 9 Kicker Streamers and Starts – 2021 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings
Alright, people! If you're in a league with kickers, you need to be paying attention to kickers otherwise what are we even doing here? Greg Joseph is 59% rostered in ESPN leagues and just 32% in Yahoo! leagues. He's currently third in points per game among kickers with 10.6. Randy Bullock is fourth in points... Read More
Finding Tight End Breakouts - Champs, Chumps, and Contenders
What a lame NFL Trade Deadline. Fantasy managers everywhere were likely hoping for an Evan Engram trade or maybe an Eric Ebron trade. Both would have had monster fantasy implications. Sadly, the NFL Trade Deadline is just about one of the biggest sporting events that always disappoints. With absolutely no movement anywhere, fantasy status quos... Read More
The Cut List – Who To Drop for Week 9?
I feel the need to come clean on two players who have finally made my cut list – and one of them comes with an asterisk. I have been hesitant to include Odell Beckham Jr. or Allen Robinson on the Cut List despite their extremely poor play and I think I need to explain why. When... Read More
Week 8 Kicker Streamers and Starts – 2021 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings
With all the byes across the league last week, fantasy managers should have been expecting some crazy outcomes. In that sense, it did not disappoint. When the Sunday games were done, the top-three kickers were Austin Seibert of the Detroit Lions, Graham Gano of the New York Giants, and Nick Folk of the New England... Read More
Finding Tight End Breakouts - Champs, Chumps, and Contenders
There is nothing more annoying than when the results don't line up with the process. It is, without a doubt, the worst part about fantasy football – and the best, if we're being honest. If the process was always right, this game we love would be a lot less fun if we knew all the... Read More
The Cut List – Who To Drop for Week 8?
Week 7 is done and over with it. To get through it, fantasy managers likely had to make plenty of hard decisions with six teams on byes and plenty of injuries across the league. While saying "it's all smooth sailing from here" might be a tad premature, fantasy managers are unlikely to be so hard-pressed... Read More
Week 7 Kicker Streamers and Starts – 2021 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings
The Jaguars officially made their first field goal in Week 6 and I think it's important we acknowledge this feat. The season has not been easy for the Jaguars. It's been a grind, ya know? Urban Meyer is such a disaster. In fact, the word "disaster" doesn't even seem to sum it up properly. I... Read More
Finding Tight End Breakouts - Champs, Chumps, and Contenders
We're currently in the worst week of NFL byes and it's hitting the tight end position hard. Fantasy managers will need to make do without Dan Arnold, Dalton Schultz, Jared Cook and Dawson Knox. On top of that, Logan Thomas is still on IR. On the bright side, fantasy managers will get Kyle Pitts back... Read More
The Cut List – Who To Drop for Week 7?
We're going to get this out of the way right away. No, Kenny Golladay, Allen Robinson II, A.J. Brown, Robby Anderson and Odell Beckham Jr. are not included in this article. They should not be dropped in traditional 10 and 12-team leagues. Have they been disappointing? Absolutely! Undeniably! I get it, if you roster any... Read More
Week 6 Kicker Streamers and Starts – 2021 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings
The first week of byes are upon us and while bye weeks are not the hardship for kickers as opposed to other positions, decisions still need to be made. Luckily, fantasy managers will not need to make any decisions this week with the Falcons, Jets, 49ers and Saints on bye. The Bengals vs Packers game... Read More
Finding Tight End Breakouts - Champs, Chumps, and Contenders
Through five weeks of the NFL, fantasy managers have had to deal with an ever-changing top-10 at the tight end position. It's really not anything new if you've been playing fantasy football longer than... well, yesterday. This position has long been one with a lot of turnover and very few consistent options on a week-to-week... Read More
The Cut List – Who To Drop for Week 6?
Week 6 brings with it the beginning of the bye week season and with the injury bug starting to hit teams all over the place, fantasy managers in all league sizes are going to be pondering several difficult choices. Our first set of byes will leave teams without Deebo Samuel, Alvin Kamara, Kyle Pitts and... Read More
