Five weeks into the 2026 NFL season, we're starting to see which fantasy players are reliable for our lineups and which ones require us to make tough choices. Injuries are changing offenses across the league, bye weeks are making lineup decisions more difficult, and some big-name players are becoming increasingly hard to trust. This year's […]

The Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos kick off Week 6 of the 2026 NFL season on Thursday Night Football in a matchup between two teams with playoff aspirations, but up-and-down performances. Seattle is coming off a tough 32-29 loss to San Francisco, while Denver picked up an important 23-17 road victory over the Los Angeles […]

Four weeks into the NFL season, it's becoming easier to identify the bad matchups and fantasy football landmines. Last week, we were essentially nine-for-10 in selecting busts. As we have seen, a difficult matchup, a change in offensive philosophy, or an injury to a teammate can turn a reliable starter into a lineup bust. This […]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Dallas Cowboys meet on Thursday Night Football in a Week 5 matchup between two teams headed in different directions. Tampa Bay is still searching for its first victory after falling to 0-4 with a 17-14 loss to Green Bay, while Dallas improved to 2-2 with a dramatic 34-30 comeback victory […]

After three full weeks of the fantasy football season, we finally have enough information to start separating a slow start from players who might actually be having a problem. Roles are changing, injuries are piling up (I mean, they are really piling up!), and some players we felt great about in August and early September […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns are what Thursday Night Football used to be! Low-scoring and unattractive. Both teams enter the game at 2-1 after dramatic Week 3 victories, and Thursday's winner will get an early advantage in the AFC North race, where all teams currently stand at 2-1. Don't expect another offensive explosion like […]

After an absolutely wild and high-scoring opening week of the 2026 fantasy football season, Week 2 reminded us just how quickly things can change in fantasy football due to injuries and even weather. Some of the players who dominated in Week 1 came back to earth, while injuries and changing workloads have already created some […]

Welcome to Week 3 Thursday Night Football, featuring the Atlanta Falcons and the Green Bay Packers! You loved last week's game between the Lions and Bills that produced 72 total points? Well, get ready for two teams in the bottom five of expected points added (EPA) per play. The Falcons and Packers likely don't get […]

Even after just one week of the 2026 NFL season, we all got fresh reminders of the types of players who can bust from week to week. Did you have Colston Loveland, Ja'Marr Chase, or De'Von Achane? Your team was at a disadvantage if you did. But these players will be must-starts when healthy. What […]

Week 2 of the 2026 NFL and fantasy football season kicks off Thursday night with what is probably the best game on the entire schedule. The Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions both escaped Week 1 with dramatic wins, but they did it in very different ways. Buffalo went into Houston and beat the Texans 36-31 […]

Even after just one 2026 NFL game, we were given the sobering reminder that any player can bust in a given fantasy football game. Those who rostered players like A.J. Brown, Rhamondre Stevenson, and Drake Maye now wear the lineup scars of playing their studs in the season's opening game. This year's weekly bust list […]

The 2026 NFL season and the fantasy football season kick off this week, and the second game of the slate is on Thursday night when the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams face off in Australia. The Rams are the betting favorite to win the Super Bowl this season and have loaded up on […]

NFL training camps are one of the best opportunities fantasy football managers have to dissect information and news that can help lead to a better understanding of a player's outlook before the season begins. Preseason game statistics can sometimes be misleading, so information from camp, like usage, personnel patterns, and what unit they are practicing […]

Managing a dynasty roster means you are playing fantasy football all year long. Offseason just means it's time to evaluate your roster, plan for rookie drafts, and anticipate where your team is going in the near future, including at the quarterback position. If your roster includes an elite quarterback like Josh Allen, you presently have […]

Happy Holidays, and welcome to the RotoBaller Christmas Thursday start 'em, sit 'em picks for Week 17! The NFL has recently invaded Christmas Day, and 2025 gives us three compelling matchups to kick off the fantasy football championship week for many teams. So unwrap the presents, pour some eggnog, and let's dive into the last […]

The second round of the 2025 fantasy football playoffs begins on Thursday Night Football, and we've got a great matchup to start the week. Besides the Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks, both being teams with a plethora of fantasy-relevant players, this game could determine who wins the NFC West and takes the top seed […]

Thursday Night Football games are winding down, and so is the fantasy football season. Only Weeks 15 and 16 are left as traditional Thursday night games before we get a triple-header on Christmas Day. This Thursday night brings an intradivisional matchup between two struggling teams as the Atlanta Falcons visit the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Atlanta […]

After a three-game buffet of Thanksgiving football last week, we are back to our regularly scheduled Thursday Night Football. If this is the dessert from a long week of football, we have a matchup that could deliver some tasty fantasy goodness. The matchup between the Dallas Cowboys and the Detroit Lions has the highest implied […]

Happy Thanksgiving, and welcome to the RotoBaller Thanksgiving Thursday start 'em, sit 'em picks for Week 13! Many - including myself - believe Thanksgiving is the single best football day of the year, and 2025 gives us three compelling matchups (including five teams in playoff contention) to fill us up all day long. That is, […]

In the last five weeks of Thursday Night Football games, we have been treated to underwhelming teams such as the New York Jets, Las Vegas Raiders, Cincinnati Bengals, Miami Dolphins, New York Giants, and Minnesota Vikings (J.J. McCarthy? Yikes). Week 12 gives us a reprieve from those underwhelming teams as the Buffalo Bills, one of […]

I'm not quite sure what kind of cruel trick this is from the NFL, but after serving us the Las Vegas Raiders and the Miami Dolphins on back-to-back Thursday Night Football games, now we have the New York Jets to look forward to. At least on the other side, we have a legit Super Bowl […]

Well, the Thursday Night Football streak of quality games is officially over. After the Baltimore Ravens beat the Miami Dolphins by a score of 28-6, it marked three of the last four Thursday games that were decided by more than 17 points. With the Denver Broncos coming in as large favorites, will we have another […]

As the 2025 NFL season moves along, we might expect to get a primetime game or two from time to time against teams with 2-5 and 2-6 records, but the Baltimore Ravens and Miami Dolphins are not your average also-ran teams. Baltimore is favored to win their division in many sportsbooks, while the Dolphins just […]

Just when you thought Thursday Night Football was going to disappoint, they bring you Aaron Rodgers and Joe Flacco last week, who combined for 81 years and 64 points in a turn back the clock kind of night. Can Justin Herbert and Carson Wentz bring some of that offensive magic to this Week 8 Thursday […]

I am quite sure that the NFL schedulers did not expect this Week 7 Thursday Night Football game to feature two quarterbacks whose combined age is the same as Mick Jagger, but here we are. Aaron Rodgers (41 years old) and Joe Flacco (40) will face off in an AFC North battle with their teams […]

If ever you needed more evidence that the wild and wacky always occur on Thursday Night Football, look no further than last week. The junior varsity San Francisco 49ers outlasted the Los Angeles Rams in overtime in a game that gave us many strong fantasy football performances. For Week 6, we have two games with […]

If you didn't get your fill of NFC West football last Thursday night, I've got some good news for you! In Week 5, we get the other two teams in the division as the San Francisco 49ers travel to face the Los Angeles Rams. For fantasy football, some of the game's elite performers are suiting […]

You never know what you're going to get on any given Thursday Night Football game. Last week, the Bills were 12.5-point favorites against the Dolphins before kickoff, but the game stayed within one score for 59 minutes and 38 seconds. It wasn't until a Bills field goal with 22 seconds left that Buffalo put the […]

This week's matchup between the Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins has a very high implied total. Will that matter? Over the years, we have seen a lot of different variations of Thursday Night Football. Some games are mind-numbing punt-fests while others are offensive explosions. But the one thing you never want to see, especially for […]

I'm not quite sure that Week 2 Thursday Night Football can come close to matching the entertainment that we had with the kickoff game last week. After Spit-Gate, a lightning delay, one amazing half of offensive football, and one amazing half of defensive football, something really strange would have to happen this week between the […]