Breakout Running Backs You Must Own in 2016 - Mid Round ADP Values

Top-of-the-draft running backs are easy to fall in love with. Players like Todd Gurley, Adrian Peterson, and Le'Veon Bell will all be chosen within the top two rounds of this year’s fantasy football draft. Those are the “gimmies” and the players you already know will most likely be an RB1. As the draft goes on, the […]

2016 Fantasy Football Team Outlook - Arizona Cardinals

This article continues off our team outlook series where we will breakdown each NFL team from a fantasy football perspective. We will cover the major changes on each team in the offseason and project what the team will do in the upcoming season. Today we look at the Arizona Cardinals. Editor's Note: Purchase a full season […]

What To Do If Everyone Is Going Zero RB

In today's draft strategy piece, we are going to take a look at what do if you have a sense that the majority of your league is going to use a Zero RB strategy. In case you aren't familiar with Zero RB, it is a strategy where the drafter selects wide receivers in the first […]

RotoBaller Experts League - Dynasty League Recap (Rounds 11-17)

Last month, 12 RotoBaller writers came together to do a live dynasty league startup on the internet. This article is the next in a series that will evaluate draft results in order to give readers a look into current dynasty values, and discuss the best and worst values in the draft. Today we take a look at […]

Booms or Busts? Alshon Jeffery, Dez Bryant, and T.Y. Hilton

When picking wide receivers in a fantasy football draft, one must look closely at specific facts in order to pick the right player who will separate himself from the rest. Some players may be bunched together in rankings, but who will be the one that takes the bar to new heights? Conversely, there are players who […]

Draft Booms or Busts - Foster, Hyde, Brady, Mariota & More

The middle rounds of your fantasy draft make all the difference in your fantasy league.  It’s easy to hit on studs, but finding players that could potentially make or break your season in rounds 5-10 can decide whether you get that first round bye or miss the playoffs entirely. Today I’ll be bringing up a […]

Jimmy Graham - The Road to a TE1 Overall Season

Thus far in our "Road To" series, the focus has been on projection and fulfilling peak season ceilings. We've discussed Eli Manning becoming QB1, Carlos Hyde breaking tackles to RB1, and Brandin Cooks converting his targets into WR1. These players all had one major thing in common in that they had room for growth on top […]

Three Quarterbacks Who Will Bounce Back to Top Tier Status in 2016

Everyone has been there at some point in a fantasy draft. You take the plunge and draft a quarterback a little early, thinking you've locked up the position for the entire season. Then you come to find out that you got the 2014 version of Cam Newton or 2015 Andrew Luck. In this article we are […]

How the Lack of RB1s and Loss Aversion Are Hurting Your Drafts

The most fashionable opinion in fantasy football in 2016 is bemoaning the downfall of the RB position. WRs are going higher than they have ever gone and there is no shortage of Zero-RB articles across the web. But no matter how much our faith in the RB position is shaken, there is one core belief that refuses […]

Two Tight Ends Who Will Outperform Their ADPs in 2016

The tight end is a very important position in rounding out your fantasy football line-up. Sometimes it pays to wait on taking a tight end until the later rounds if you can find good value. Listed below are two veteran tight ends that could pay huge dividends for your team from the 12th round and on. […]

Top Five Reasons Why I Love Going Zero-RB: 2016 Draft Strategy

In 2004, I was commissioner of a league with nine of my close friend, one of whom was playing fantasy football for the first time. For ease of storytelling, let’s call him Goldie. After explaining the concept and rules to Goldie, you could see how excited he was for his first fantasy draft. His excitement was increased exponentially […]

Three Late Round Running Backs Who Will Outperform Their ADP

For most of our fantasy-playing lives, running backs have dominated the first round in drafts. In recent years, that trend has been shifting more and more to wide receivers with fewer running backs meeting the “bellcow” moniker. After last year’s mess where several of the top running backs didn’t even come close to producing at […]

Fooled Me Once, Not Again - Sophomore Running Backs Set to Disappoint

Fool me once, shame on you.  Fool me twice, shame on me!  In fact, shame on me so much I should be kicked out of my fantasy league. Just like any human being, fantasy football owners do not like getting fooled twice. If a player burns them, and costs them the chance of winning their league […]

Three Sophomore Wide Receivers Who Will Surprise in 2016

Back in the medieval days of fantasy football (early 2000s), it was largely assumed that the third year of an NFL wide receiver's career was destined to be his breakout season. In fact, many magazines and websites ran articles on which receivers to tab simply due to to the number next to their Years of Experience column. […]

Late Round Quarterback Voltron - Streamers Who Can Make a QB1

Many savvy fantasy drafters have begun to wait until the middle rounds to take their starting quarterback. The rationale for this strategy is that the quarterback position is the most predictable of the fantasy positions and even a bad quarterback has a good shot at putting up good numbers against a poor pass defense. But […]

2016 Top 15 Wide Receiver Keeper Values

Keeper Value Rankings are intended for Keeper Leagues in which a fantasy owner must forfeit a designated draft round in order to keep a player into the up-coming season. These rankings are based on Keeper "Values". In the marketing world, Value can be defined as: the extent to which a good or service (player) is […]

Boom or Bust Quarterbacks - Kirk Cousins, Andy Dalton, and Tyrod Taylor

The top tier of quarterbacks is easy to figure out. Telling you that Drew Brees might have a pretty good year won't help you out on draft day. With quarterbacks being drafted later and later each year, many fantasy owners are dipping below the top ten to find a starter or pairing up second and third tier […]

Four Reasons Why Zero WR Is Not A Viable Strategy in 2016

I am one of the many fantasy writers who loves the "Zero RB" strategy. My colleague Matt Terrelle wrote a great article about how the strategy, which focuses on ignoring running backs until at least the fourth round (though the round in which it is acceptable to start taking RBs is a point of contention), […]

Target Acquired - Who To Target In Rounds 8-15 Of Your Fantasy Draft

It’s officially draft season, which means it's time to have your big board ready. Here’s a list of players who represent good value at their ADP, broken down round by round for rounds 8-15. Where there’s a major difference between a player’s PPR performance vs. their standard performance, I’ve given an alternative pick in the same round. […]

Five Rookie Wide Receivers With Big Fantasy Football Potential

Over the last two seasons, wide receivers like Sammy Watkins, Mike Evans, Odell Beckham Jr., Kelvin Benjamin, Amari Cooper and Stefon Diggs have all made big fantasy impacts in their rookie seasons. This year’s draft class should continue that trend. Whether it’s the result of a perfect fit or an overwhelming bundle of talent, several […]

Mid-Round Draft Targets and Values for 2016 Fantasy Football

The first five rounds of a typical fantasy football draft hold few surprises, as the top tiers of running backs and receivers soon disappear. Many casual fantasy footballers show up to their draft with fantasy football magazine in-hand and can figure out how to assemble a solid starting lineup in the early rounds. However, often times, the biggest […]

Is Rookie Running Back Ezekiel Elliott Overvalued?

Ezekiel Elliott, the crop-top connoisseur and 4th overall pick of the Dallas Cowboys in April’s draft, has the weight of the fantasy world on his shoulders. In addition to having the honor of being the highest drafted running back since Trent Richardson in 2012 (3rd overall to the Browns, and we know how that turned […]

RotoBaller Experts League - Dynasty League Recap (Rounds 2-3)

Last week, 12 RotoBaller writers came together to do a live dynasty league startup on the internet. This article continues our series of articles on RotoBaller that will analyze the results of the draft to give readers a look into current dynasty values and discuss the best and worst values in the draft. Today we […]

Handcuff or Running Back by Committee? Analyzing Backfields For Fantasy Football

Workhorse Backs Are Now A Rare Breed The days of the workhorse running back in the NFL are gone. Long, long gone. Blasphemy, you say? Let's consult the raw numbers on this one. From 2006-2013, at least 22 running backs carried the ball 200 or more times in each season except 2011, when the total […]

Tiered Rookie Wide Receiver Rankings

Generally, dynasty leagues allow as many keepers as each team pleases, while having a draft that is filled with rookies and free agents. It’s impossible to know what free agents will be available in everyone’s leagues, so these rankings are only for rookies. If you want to see where I have ranked other players ranked, […]

Going Against the Late-QB and Zero-RB Tide: 2016 Fantasy Football Draft Strategy

There are plenty of strategies that get thrown around in fantasy football war rooms, with terms like “zero-RB” or “late-round QB” becoming household phrases over the past few seasons. What do those mean though? And what should they mean to you entering the 2016 season? Let's find out. Editor's Note: Purchase a full season NFL Premium […]

RotoBaller Experts League - Dynasty Draft Recap (Round 1)

Last week, 12 RotoBaller writers came together to do a live dynasty league startup on the internet. This article is the first in a series of articles on RotoBaller that will analyze the results of the draft to give readers a look into current dynasty values, and discuss the best and worst values in the […]

2016 Fantasy Football ADP Analysis - Larry Fitzgerald vs. Michael Floyd vs. John Brown

It's never too early to start preparing for your fantasy football drafts, and RotoBaller is here to help. In this series, two RotoBaller experts will discuss the merits of players with similar value and average draft position (ADP). Remember that situations will change for all players over the course of the preseason and it may impact where […]

2016 Fantasy Football Tiered Tight End PPR Rankings (August)

Welcome to the next round of analyzing our 2016 fantasy football rankings here at RotoBaller, as our best and brightest have put their minds (and numbers) together to drop some serious knowledge on the world. The rankings come from Nathan Powell, Zach Wilkens, Nick Mariano, Frankie Soler and myself, Bill Dubiel. This will be an in-depth look […]