
Jacob Tamme Developing Chemistry with Matt Ryan
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12- and 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 9% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Jacob Tamme outperformed Julio Jones against the Redskins, by catching eight passes for 94 yards. Tamme had a 77-yard game two weeks ago against the Giants that included a sweet 41-yard reception, so this 94-yard effort did not come completely out of nowhere. Atlanta […]

Marvin Jones Could Light up the Bills' Secondary
BALLER MOVE: Add in 10- and 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 48% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: After a strong start to the season, Marvin Jones laid an egg in Week 4, catching just one pass for four yards. In Week 5, however, he had another solid showing, catching five balls for 61 yards. He has shown a lot of […]

Mohamed Sanu's Role May Be Growing
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12- and 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 17% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Mohamed Sanu finally seems to have gotten the ball rolling after a slow start to the season. Through the first three weeks, he caught just five balls for 77 yards, but followed that up with a huge two-week stretch. In Weeks 4 and […]

Take Advantage of Marquess Wilson's Playing Time
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 10% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Marquess Wilson has been one of the offensive leaders for the Bears over their two-game winning streak. With both Alshon Jeffery and Eddie Royal dealing with injuries, Wilson has gotten a chance to prove himself. The third-year receiver from Washington State has caught 12 balls […]

The Texans Need Cecil Shorts, and So Do You
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12- and 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 14% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Cecil Shorts could be back in Week 6, and is only owned in 14% of leagues. What makes Houston's number two wide receiver an interesting waiver wire target is how much Houston struggled without him in their loss to the Colts. DeAndre Hopkins […]

Allen Hurns (WR, JAC) - Fantasy Football Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues OWNED IN: 62% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Despite yet another big week, Allen Hurns is still available in a ton of leagues. Just a week after catching 11 balls for 116 yards and a touchdown against the Colts, Hurns dispayed his home run-hitting ability in his Week 5 game against the Buccaneers, in […]

While Ravens Are Aching, Roll with Kamar Aiken
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 18% owned in Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: With Breshad Perriman out indefinitely and Steve Smith Sr. out with his rib injury, Kamar Aiken caught four balls on nine targets for 78 yards in week 5. As was said here last week: he's not a world beater out there, but […]

Joe Flacco (QB, BAL) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 58% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Perhaps people dropped him for a hotter option since Steve Smith Sr. went down with an injury, and it is noteworthy that most of Flacco's value against the Browns came from his legs (two rushing touchdowns). That said, he gets to […]

Kamar Aiken (WR, BAL) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 24% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: With Breshad Perriman out indefinitely with his PCL injury requiring more rehabilitation and Steve Smith Sr. dealing with his rib injury, Aiken caught four balls on nine targets for 78 yards in Week 5. Aiken is not an elite talent out there, but […]

Rueben Randle (WR, NYG) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 51% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: First things first, Rueben Randle had to sit out the end of the Giants’ Sunday night game against the 49ers with a hamstring issue so you’ll need to keep an eye on that. He should be okay though, the Giants have […]

Michael Crabtree (WR, OAK) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 53% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: It can be difficult to talk yourself into adding players who are going into their bye week, but that is all the more reason to be aware of Michael Crabtree heading into this next week. Owners might have dropped him after […]

Matt Jones (RB, WAS) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 47% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: The Redskins backfield is becoming very troublesome for owners, but Matt Jones did get a touchdown this past week. Unfortunately it came with less than two yards per carry (11 carries for 20 yards) and Jones did not come out of […]

Ryan Mathews (RB, PHI) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 50% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: A lot of people are going to look at the box score of the Eagles-Saints game and notice how well DeMarco Murray did. What cannot be lost is that Ryan Mathews also had a fantastic game, turning eight carries into 73 […]

Darren McFadden (RB, DAL) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues OWNED IN: 35% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: While no one likes to talk about the upside of someone suffering an injury, there is little doubting that Darren McFadden benefits greatly from Lance Dunbar’s season ending knee injury. While McFadden had failed to break the 10 point barrier […]

Duke Johnson (RB, CLE) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues OWNED IN: 49% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Duke Johnson had a lot of preseason hype around him get crippled by a concussion, and then when he was activated by Week 1 a lot of owners wondered if he could usurp Isaiah Crowell for starting duties in Cleveland. […]

Jamison Crowder: Deep League PPR Stash
BALLER MOVE: Continue Monitoring in Shallow Leagues OWNED IN: 6% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: With DeSean Jackson out of the lineup, Jamison Crowder has played the high-percentage slot receiver role for Washington since week 3. During that time Kirk Cousins has utilized him as his security blanket targeting him 26 times (~9 targets per game). The bad news is that DeSean […]

Time to Buy In on Rodgers to Rodgers Connection
BALLER MOVE: FAAB Bid: $4 - 6 OWNED IN: 42% owned in Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Richard Rodgers is the only real tight end the Packers have left, and it's becoming clear that Aaron Rodgers does notice Richard Rodgers out there as the weeks go along. While Rodgers didn't find the end zone in Week 5, he […]

Three's Not a Crowd For Jamison Crowder
BALLER MOVE: FAAB Bid: $1 - 2 OWNED IN: 6% owned in Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: DeSean Jackson returning is going to cut into Jamison Crowder's snaps, but Washington can't be too picky when it comes to having someone effective on the offensive end. DeSean Jackson and Pierre Garcon will be good for them, but with Jordan Reed […]

Thomas Rawls a Nice Stash For Rest of Season
BALLER MOVE: FAAB Bid: $6 - 10 / Lynch Owner: $16 - 20 OWNED IN: 30% owned in Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: With Marshawn Lynch out in Week 5, Thomas Rawls was "the guy" again for Seattle over the veteran Fred Jackson. Rawls had another stellar day, with 169 yards and a touchdown on 23 carries. It's almost a shame […]

Don't Let Brandon LaFell Fall into Another Owner's Hands
BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep 12 Team Leagues; FAAB Bid: $6 - 8 OWNED IN: 39% owned in Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Brandon LaFell is eligible to return from the PUP list in Week 7, and while that's a tough draw against the Jets, you are going to want to get ahead of the curve on this one […]

Richard Rodgers (GB, TE) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Pickup in 12+ team PPR leagues OWNED IN: 42% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: When the Green Bay Packers lost Andrew Quarless to an MCL sprain in week 3 there was a hole to fill in the offense. The player who has stepped up has been Richard Rodgers. In the following two weeks since losing Quarless to injury Rodgers […]

Week 6 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts: 2015 Fantasy Tiers & Rankings
Below are RotoBaller's Week 6 defense tiers and rankings, or which defenses to stream and start for Week 6 of the NFL and fantasy football season. Our tiered defense rankings are your guide to making waiver wire pickups and adds to improve your lineups, and to decide which defenses to start, sit, target, avoid or stream […]

Derek Carrier Is A Sneaky Tight End Waiver Option
FAAB Bid: $1-2, 3% owned in Fleaflicker In deep leagues maybe a lot of the fun tight end options to date have been owned for a while, but Jordan Reed's injury opened the door for Derek Carrier to come in and produce. While he didn't see a lot of volume, he still turned three targets into […]

Richard Rodgers (GB, TE) - Waiver Wire Adds & FAAB Bids
FAAB Bid: $4 - 6, 42% owned in Fleaflicker Richard Rodgers is the only real tight end the Packers have left, and it's becoming clear that Aaron Rodgers does notice Richard Rodgers out there as the weeks go along. While Rodgers didn't find the end zone in Week 5, he saw eight targets, ending with six […]

How Much To Bid On Kamar Aiken - Week 6 Waivers
FAAB Bid: $4 - 6, 18% owned in Fleaflicker With Breshad Perriman out indefinitely and Steve Smith Sr. out with his rib injury, Aiken caught four balls on nine targets for 78 yards. As was said here last week: he's not a world beater out there, but he's talented enough to convert additional targets into production that you're […]

Stash Brandon LaFell Off The Waiver Wire
FAAB Bid: $6 - 8, 39% owned in Fleaflicker Brandon LaFell is eligible to return from the PUP list in Week 7, and while that's a tough draw against the Jets, you are going to want to get ahead of the curve on this one if you can. The Patriots' offense is a juggernaut, and LaFell is […]

Week 6 Kicker (K) Streamers and Starts: 2015 Fantasy Tiers & Rankings
It's Week 6 RotoBallers and we're obsessing over place kickers again! Yes, that’s right – kickers. After all, points are points, and even though kickers are very difficult to predict for fantasy points week to week, having the right one in your Week 6 lineup could be a difference maker. We're here to give you that life […]

Thomas Rawls Still A Priority Waiver Wire Add?
FAAB Bid: $6 - 10 / Lynch Owner: $16 - 20, 30% owned in Fleaflicker With Marshawn Lynch out, Thomas Rawls was "the guy" again for Seattle over the veteran Fred Jackson. Rawls had another stellar day, with 169 yards and a touchdown on 23 carries. It's almost a shame that Lynch is going to be coming back […]

Blake Bortles, An Elite Waiver Wire Pickup?
FAAB Bid: $6 - 8, 38% owned in Fleaflicker Don't move too quickly to the waiver wire, as Bortles still looks very skittish and easily alarmed in the pocket and is now reportedly dealing with a Grade 1 sprain in his AC Joint (which has a small effect on throwing motion, but the worst is when […]

Is Brian Hoyer A Worthy Waiver Add for Week 6
FAAB Bid: $2 - 3, 8% owned in Fleaflicker I've got to include a desperation option, or for those in competitive two quarterback leagues. Ryan Mallett needed to take a play off, and Brian Hoyer never gave the starting gig back on Thursday night. Texans' Head Coach Bill O'Brien has pivoted back to Brian Hoyer as […]