6 Fantasy Football Sleepers or Busts: Value Picks and Draft Fades for the AFC East (2025)

Here at RotoBaller, we're sifting through each division and providing you with a list of players to target and avoid. Dave Ventresca kicked us off with the AFC West division, and more will trickle in throughout the next month. In this article, we'll tap into the AFC East. The Bills are heavily favored to win […]

7 Dynasty Third-Year Wide Receivers to Buy or Sell: Fantasy Football WR Risers and Fallers (2025)

With rookies reporting to the Los Angeles Chargers camp last week, 2025 NFL training camps are officially underway. More teams are set to report the following week, and preseason football will soon begin, marking the start of the 2025 NFL season. While casual redraft players are just beginning to wake from their hibernation, dynasty fantasy […]

7 NFL Players Who Could Put Up Video Game Numbers for 2025 Fantasy Football

Everyone who has ever played Madden or any other sports video game knows that you can put up crazy numbers. Imagine if you got those stats in fantasy football? You would surely dominate. Unfortunately, your create-a-character is not in fantasy drafts. But having Ja'Marr Chase or Saquon Barkley was the closest thing to it last […]

Backup Fantasy Football Running Backs to Chase: 5 High-Upside Handcuff RBs in 2025

Regardless of how adeptly you construct your rosters during draft season, you could encounter a wave of lineup challenges during the regular season. These are often factors that remain beyond your control, including injuries that sideline your starters. This is an unwanted scenario that can emerge at any position, but it frequently impacts your running […]

Adam Koffler's Must-Have Veteran Wide Receivers: Undervalued Fantasy Football Draft Targets

Rookies and ascending young players are always fun to draft. They come with untapped potential and mysterious upside that's hard to pass up. It's fun to draft these guys and be a step ahead of your competition. But what about those old, reliable guys? They've got a place in fantasy football, too. These veteran wide receivers move […]

5 Quarterback ADP Value Picks and Sleepers for Fantasy Football (2025)

Quarterback is arguably the most important position in all of professional sports. If a team can find a stud quarterback, it makes their life much easier. This applies to fantasy football managers and their teams as well. While paying up for a quarterback is a necessity in the NFL, it’s not always the most prudent […]

Analyzing Elusiveness to Find Fantasy Football Running Back Sleepers and Busts in 2025

Elusiveness is one of the most underrated and most crucial skills a running back can have in the NFL. Gone are the days when big power backs were all every NFL team wanted. Constantly crashing into defenders at high speed is a great way to shorten a career. Additionally, there's more than one way to […]

Predicting All First-Time 1,000-Yard Rushers in 2025 - NFL Fantasy Football Outlook

Rushing for 1,000 yards is a goal for many running backs entering the season. In 2024, 16 different running backs crossed the 1,000-yard threshold, and some of those running backs achieved this for the first time in their careers. Rico Dowdle, Bucky Irving, and Chuba Hubbard were some first-time 1,000 rushers last year. With another […]

One Fantasy Football Sleeper For Each AFC Team: 16 Late-Round Draft Targets and Value Picks

2025 fantasy football drafts are just around the corner, as we are now in July. Soon, teams will be in training camps and preseason games will be kicking off. One of the best ways to build your fantasy team is to take upside plays in the late rounds that can round out your team’s depth. […]

Fantasy Football Quarterbacks With Underrated Rushing Upside: 3 Sneaky Dual-Threat QBs

Rushing production for quarterbacks is often hailed as the "X-Factor" for fantasy football. Nearly every season, most of the top-five quarterbacks in fantasy points per game scored get to where they are because of their legs. This is fundamentally obvious when looking at scoring rules. Rushing yards count for 2.5 times the value of passing […]

4 Dynasty Fantasy Football Sleepers to Buy Before They Break Out: Sneaky Trade Targets

We all love dynasty fantasy football. Sure, it takes a lot of effort to manage a team, but that's part of the fun. It's like managing a real football team, and seeing one of the young players you drafted become a star is so rewarding. Of course, it's fairly obvious that the biggest names have […]

10 Fantasy Football Sleepers and Busts: Draft Targets and Avoids for 2025

The 2025 fantasy football season is fast approaching. Experienced managers know that there is a significant amount of work ahead to adequately prepare their drafts. Whatever your approach is on draft day, it’s always important to remember one thing. You can’t win your league on draft day, but you sure can lose it. To that […]

Undervalued Fantasy Football Running Back Sleepers: Mid-Round RBs To Target In 2025 Drafts

After you have dedicated your efforts toward assembling a competitive roster during the initial rounds of your drafts, you should maintain the same degree of diligence as you construct your teams through the middle rounds. That also applies to your strategic approach at the running back position, which remains critical regardless of how you have […]

6 NFC South Fantasy Football Draft Targets or Avoids: Undervalued/Overvalued Players

The NFC South used to be one of the most competitive divisions in football, but it has developed a reputation as a bad division in recent seasons. The Buccaneers have won the division every season since 2021, but have failed to make the NFC Championship Game in these four seasons, so they could hardly be […]

Dynasty Start-Up Draft Targets: 5 Rookies and Sophomores to Chase in Fantasy Football

It's crucial to draft the right players in your dynasty fantasy football startup leagues, and certain players can be had for massively cheap. Those are generally the players you should target, though it's important to try to chase value in every round. Taking a holistic view of the player and their situation can help you […]

8 Fantasy Football Rookies to Target or Fade - Undervalued Sleepers, Overvalued Busts in Best Ball Drafts (2025)

Every year, we see rookie players shoot up draft boards throughout the summer. It is easy to fall in love with the potential of a young player in a new landing spot, especially when recent seasons have seen rookies have massive fantasy impacts. Rookies do have the ability to make or break fantasy teams. Find […]

7 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 […]

4 Cheap Dynasty Trade Targets: Bargain-Bin Fantasy Football Buys in 2025

What a weekend! I was in charge of organizing the Scott Fish Bowl Live Drafts in Dallas. This is Dallas' (and my) third year hosting the event, and it was such a fun time. It's weird hosting an event when nothing goes off the rails, especially since all the other years felt so stressful. Shout […]

10 Fantasy Football League-Winners to Draft After Round 10: Breakout Candidates, Sleepers, Value Picks

As we approach the redraft season, mock drafts are unfolding left and right to predetermine who you can get in each round to build your dream team. If you're coming off the 2024 season, where you drafted Bo Nix as a late-round flyer at his QB23 ADP, Bucky Irving at his RB53 ADP, or even […]

Evaluating Ambiguous Fantasy Football Backfields: Bears, Cowboys, Jaguars, Patriots

With drafters getting smarter every year, trend-breaking strategies that felt like well-kept, league-winning secrets just a few short years ago can now seem commonplace. At the same time, it's important to always be ready to zag as soon as the rest of your league starts zigging -- or zig once more as zagging becomes the […]

6 Fantasy Football Rookie Values and Sleepers for Redraft Leagues: First-Year Draft Targets for 2025

The 2025 NFL Draft is already two months in the past. That means it is time for fantasy managers to lock in and do the research necessary for their upcoming fantasy drafts. With the elite seasons that rookies Jayden Daniels, Brian Thomas Jr., Brock Bowers, and more had last year, it would be wise to […]

6 Fantasy Football Undervalued or Overvalued AFC West Draft Picks: Top Targets/Avoids for 2025

Every year in fantasy football drafts, there are players we want to target and those we want to avoid. It’s one of the core strategies to winning your league. The Kansas City Chiefs have long dominated the AFC West, and they have been a fantasy gold mine for years in the process. Be that as […]

NFC West Fantasy Football Draft Targets and Avoids: 5 Sleepers or Busts for 2025

The Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers have dominated the NFC West in recent seasons. In fact, both teams have won seven of the last eight division titles. While that generally means it’s a good idea to target players on their rosters, it doesn’t mean there aren’t other fantasy-relevant players in this division. As […]

5 Undrafted Rookie Fantasy Football Wide Receivers Sleepers: Late-Round Draft Targets (2025)

For NFL teams, drafting is an imperfect science, and every year, quality players fall through the cracks, with a small percentage later signing on as undrafted free agents. Some will never be viewed as much more than roster long shots, serving primarily as camp bodies to help get through the grueling weeks of training camp. […]

3 Fantasy Football Wide Receivers to Target in PPR, Fade in Standard Leagues (2025)

For fantasy football, many scoring formats exist, like standard, which was the preferred scoring system from fantasy football’s inception. Then, half-PPR and full-PPR took over as the most popular formats, and that continues today. With many different archetypes of wide receivers in the NFL, some lend themselves to being better values in full-PPR leagues rather […]

Fantasy Football Running Back Sleepers and Breakout Candidates: 5 Sophomore Risers to Target

In the 2024 NFL season, a total of 33 rookie running backs managed to play in at least one game. However, only 14 of them managed to record 30+ carries in their rookie season. That number is a slight improvement from 2023 (13 RBs), but is worse than 2022 (16 RBs). If we keep looking […]

5 Fantasy Football Breakout Candidates or League-Winners: Late-Round Draft Targets for 2025

In the later rounds, which can be anything after the fifth round in redraft fantasy football leagues, it becomes much, much harder to find serious talent. Nearly all the players that most fantasy managers agree will have nice seasons are taken in the first four rounds. In the fifth round, things start to dry up, […]

5 Dynasty Wide Receivers to Buy or Sell: Fantasy Football WR Risers and Fallers (2025)

In recent years, we have seen more rookie wide receivers provide immediate high-end production than ever before. This has been a fun development and has helped many rebuilding managers quickly turn around their teams. While this has been a positive trend, it’s also important to recognize that we have been incredibly spoiled by the number […]

Fantasy Football Discounted Veteran Running Backs to Target in 2025

Running backs are often considered the foundation, the backbone, of any fantasy football roster. For a 10- or 12-team league, it's much easier to fill quarterback or wide receiver spots, considering there are 32 starting quarterbacks and at least 64 starting wide receivers. But most leagues require two starting running backs, and there are only […]