Booms and Busts - Starts and Sits for Week 10 Lineups

Throughout the 2021 season, we have seen some baffling player production every week. But in Week 9, we somehow landed in the Bizzaro world of fantasy football. Sure, there were your traditional names littered among the top of positional rankings. But overwhelmingly, we saw several players come from out of nowhere to produce starter-level statistics... Read More

Fantasy Football Rookies to Watch in Week 10: Elijah Moore, Pat Freiermuth, and more

Every week, this column will spotlight the first-year players who are ripe for a breakout performance. Oftentimes, rookies can provide some of the most value as under-the-radar options. With the league now entering the back half of the season, many of this year's top rookies have already been identified. It is no longer particularly noteworthy... 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

FFPC Dynasty League Buy and Sell Candidates: The Engel Eye

The Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC) dynasty league trade deadline is looming, at the kickoff of Week 12 NFL games. Time is running out to consider what players you should acquire to help you win this season or in the future. You may also be thinking about moving players who may not perform up to... Read More

Top Trade Targets and Avoids for Week 10

In a perfect world, you would have traded away Khalil Herbert two weeks ago as recommended and acquired James Conner before Week 9. I won't tell you to make those moves now because the window to get anything of value for Herbert is completely shut now that David Montgomery is back to a full workload... Read More

Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers - Week 10

Well, that was an interesting week. Heavy favorites fell, cellar dwellers won, and many of the top fantasy scorers were on benches or waivers. It's unlikely that Week 10 will bring the same level of unpredictability but that's the great thing about the NFL - you never know what to expect. In this weekly column,... Read More

Offensive Outliers From Week 9 - Coaching Matters

We now enter the ninth week of this series, where I dive into offensive areas that will improve or decline based on coaching in order to glean insight as to fantasy football value. In Week 9, we saw stat lines such as the Carolina Panthers wide receivers combining for 40 receiving yards, the Denver Broncos running backs combining for... Read More

Fantasy Football Champs and Chumps - Offensive Line Analysis for Week 10

Week 9 finished as one of the most frustrating fantasy football weeks in a long time thanks to a lack of scoring across the league. Offenses we have come to rely on (Buffalo, Kansas City, Dallas) failed to provide much fantasy value. Teams that we have avoided this year (New York Jets, New England Patriots,... Read More

Surprise Fantasy Football Studs, Duds - Real or Mirage?

Week 9 was one of the wildest weeks we've had for fantasy football in quite some time. Matt Ryan came off a very disappointing performance in Week 8, only to crush the stingy Saints defense to finish as QB-3, while Carson Wentz and Josh Johnson finished as top-five options in a Thursday night game that... Read More

NextGen Stats - Quarterback Breakdowns and Takeaways

We're past Week 9 already and entering the home stretch of the season, which means you will be fighting harder than ever to procure that sweet playoff spot. And knowing the importance of having a solid quarterback in your lineups (or two, if you are part of a 2QB/Super-FLEX league!), it's only right we highlight... Read More

Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds

This was one of those "fun" weeks where all the heavy favorites inexplicably lose and things go the opposite of how everyone expected. Josh Allen was supposed to be the QB1 but he was dominated by the Jaguars and... Josh Allen. The Cowboys were a heavy favorite at home versus Denver but got blown out... Read More

FAAB Waiver Wire Bidding - Week 10 Targets

Alongside our famous waiver wire pickups list, and our weekly waiver wire columns by position, this column focuses on suggested waiver wire bidding percentages for fantasy football owners in leagues using a Free Agent Acquisition Budget (FAAB). Week 9 brought its own brand of weirdness, supplying high-caliber duds in lieu of the usual injury twists... Read More

Michael Florio's Deeper-League Waiver Wire Adds for Week 10: D'Onta Foreman, D'Ernest Johnson, Donovan Peoples-Jones, Dan Arnold

With nine weeks in the books, we are starting to get to crunch time. It’s not quite desperation time with must-win weeks, but we are getting close to that point. Right now you should have an understanding if you are a true contender or not. Even if you feel you are not a true contender,... Read More

Top Running Back Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 10: Devonta Freeman, Jeff Wilson, Nyheim Hines, Rhamondre Stevenson

After nine weeks of the regular season, some of you have been able to embrace the numbers that have been assembled by the running backs that are contained on your rosters. Unfortunately, an increasing number of you have been negatively impacted by injuries to your backs, while others have contended with disappointing output due to a... Read More

Top Wide Receiver Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 10: Hunter Renfrow, Rashod Bateman, Elijah Moore, Russell Gage

Another week of NFL action is behind us. Are there any players left on the waiver wire wasteland? Let's find out. Below, you'll find some wideouts that you should be targeting on the waiver wire ahead of Week 10. Not all options are the same. Some players may be better in PPR or deeper leagues,... Read More

Top Tight End Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 10: Dan Arnold, Pat Freiermuth, Tyler Conklin

The playoff race is heating up in fantasy football leagues around the country, so this is not the week to be stuck with Ian Thomas, Tommy Sweeney or Cameron Brate as your top tight end. Another four teams are on bye this week, but the only notable tight ends missing action this week because of... Read More

Top Quarterback Waiver Wire Pickups and Streamers for Week 10: Carson Wentz, Matt Ryan, Trevor Lawrence, Trey Lance

One word sums up the NFL games that took place in Week 9: ugly. 17 teams failed to surpass 30 points scored on offense, including 10 teams that failed to reach 20 points. Numerous offenses struggled this week and unfortunately, a good number of them are teams we rely on for fantasy scoring. Cincinnati, Dallas,... Read More

Booms and Busts - Starts and Sits for Week 9 Lineups

After a week where we saw the cream rise to the top, Week 8 was back to the wild wild west in the world of fantasy football. At quarterback, it was the week of backups performing beyond expectation as Mike White, Geno Smith, and Cooper Rush all finished as QB1 options. Meanwhile, running backs and... Read More

High-Upside Bench Stashes: Week 9

The halfway point of the 2021 fantasy football season came and went, leaving us with the final five weeks to bolster rosters for a run at making the playoffs. A wild week on and off the field has created many opportunities for role players to step up and deliver week-winning production, as Ty Johnson finished... Read More

Game-Time Decisions and Trade Targets: The Engel Eye

There is a lot to consider over the weekend as we head towards kickoff times on Sunday. Once again, there are major injury concerns, but we are here to help you handle them for your fantasy football rosters. The Cardinals-49ers game is causing a great amount of fantasy anxiety regarding top players on both teams.... Read More

Top Trade Targets and Avoids for Week 9

Welcome fantasy friends and foes to the Top Trade Targets and Avoids for Week 9. We hit the halfway point to the fantasy season. How do you feel about your team? Fantasy managers should not stay stagnant on their current rosters. The waiver wire and trading to fill holes on your roster are the fantasy... Read More

Bold Predictions for Week 9

Bold predictions are always meant to be taken with a grain of salt, but ideally, they are not a bunch of takes thrown like you-know-what at a wall with the hope of sticking. These predictions come with backing to make them somewhat substantiated with the obvious caveat that it's playing into a range of outcomes... Read More

Fantasy Football 2021: Week 9 Red Zone Risers and Fallers

In the red zone, it is all about opportunities.  Getting the targets and the touches are important, but so is how  are defenses at keeping the players/teams out of the red zone. Let's see what the stats say on red zone risers and fallers Week 9.   TOP 7 DEFENSES IN RED ZONE TEAM NAME... Read More

Fantasy Football Rookies to Watch in Week 9: Kadarius Toney, Justin Fields, and more

Every week, this column will spotlight the first-year players who are ripe for a breakout performance. Oftentimes, rookies can provide some of the most value as under-the-radar options. This Thursday, we already witnessed a rookie have a major breakthrough. First-year wideout Elijah Moore put up a solid stat line for the New York Jets, tallying... 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

Offensive Outliers From Week 8 - Coaching Matters

We now enter the eighth week of this series, where I dive into offensive areas that will improve or decline based on coaching in order to glean insight as to fantasy football value. In Week 8, we saw stat lines such as the Philadelphia Eagles running backs combining for 37 carries, the Atlanta Falcons tight ends combining for 17... Read More

Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers - Week 9

Week 8 is officially in the books. This week, the Ravens and Raiders are back in action, with the Lions, Seahawks, Buccaneers, and Washington Football Team on Bye. In this weekly column, we'll be looking at players whose arrow may be pointing up, and players whose arrow may be pointing down based on the previous... Read More

Fantasy Football Champs and Chumps - Offensive Line Analysis for Week 9

With the conclusion of Week 8, we are about halfway through the fantasy season. From an offensive line perspective, last week featured some of the best and worst performances we have seen in terms of offensive line play. Six teams finished Week 8 with an average overall blocking grade above a 70 according to PFF.... Read More

The Running Game Is Alive! NextGen Stats Analysis

We're officially past mid-season and if that doesn't make you sad enough, how about the fact that even the trade deadline has passed us now? Eh? Was that what ultimately broke your hopes of football staying on forever? Too bad. The good news, as always, is that a new week full of games is ahead.... Read More