P.J. Walker (QB, CAR) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 8

BALLER MOVE: Add in 2QB Leagues ROSTERED IN: 2% of Leagues ANALYSIS: P.J. Walker performed admirably in his start against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, completing 72.7% of his passes for 177 yards and two touchdowns with zero interceptions. The Panthers are expecting both Sam Darnold and Baker Mayfield to practice next week, but Walker’s performance […]

Juwan Johnson (TE, NO) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 8

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 3% of Leagues ANALYSIS: I'm writing this post after TNF and before Sunday's games. Although that clearly impacts the counting stats of the Cardinals/Saints that appeared in last Thursday's game, it is not that it changes things that much. I'm talking mostly about Juwan Johnson's 327 snaps […]

D'Onta Foreman (RB, CAR) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 8

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 48% of Leagues ANALYSIS: In case you have missed the breaking news: the Carolina Panthers traded their no. 1 rusher (and fourth-best fantasy RB in PPR leagues) Christian McCaffrey to the San Francisco 49ers for a handful of draft picks before Week 7 games. The aftermath […]

Tyler Boyd (WR, CIN) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 8

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 65% of Leagues ANALYSIS: We're at the point where Tyler Boyd's fantasy value gets a boost: bye weeks. I love having a guy like Boyd to help me get through byes because he has a consistent role on a good offense. And that's not to mention […]

Mecole Hardman (WR, KC) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 8

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 24% of Leagues ANALYSIS: The Chiefs have a bye next week, so Hardman can't help you immediately, but we can't ignore a player who scored three touchdowns this week, even if two of them came on run plays, something that's pretty fluky. Hardman's found the end zone […]

Rondale Moore (WR, ARI) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 8

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 51% of Leagues ANALYSIS:  If you target waiver-wire players only basing those decisions on their most-recent outing, then you're going to find it hard to make sense of this post. That is, obviously, because Rondale Moore comes off his second-worst game of the season and one […]

Daniel Jones (QB, NYG) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 8

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ROSTERED IN: 40% of Leagues ANALYSIS: The New York Giants of all teams keep winning games in the NFL. Now, that's shocking. As is the freaking 6-1 record Big Blue is boasting with Week 7 already in the books. One of the main reasons the Giants have been able […]

Chuba Hubbard (RB, CAR) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 8

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+Team PPR Leagues ROSTERED IN: 36% of Leagues ANALYSIS: In case you have missed the breaking news: the Carolina Panthers traded their no. 1 rusher (and fourth-best fantasy RB in PPR leagues) Christian McCaffrey to the San Francisco 49ers for a handful of draft picks before Week 7 games. The aftermath […]

Kalif Raymond (WR, DET) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 8

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 0% of Leagues ANALYSIS:  Kalif Raymod's season is easy to describe in just one word: evolution. Raymond, mind you, has played five games only missing Week 2 and getting a bye a couple of weeks ago. Raymond has gone from appearing in 8 snaps to doing […]

Isiah Pacheco (RB, KC) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 7

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ROSTERED IN: 19% of Leagues ANALYSIS: On Sunday morning, it was announced that Isiah Pacheco received first-team reps during practice this week, and he's expected to start over Clyde Edwards-Helaire in Week 7: A backfield change: The #Chiefs gave rookie RB Isiah Pacheco first-team reps this week and he’s […]

Gus Edwards (RB, BAL) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 7

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 37% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Gus Edwards was been designated to return from the reserve/PUP list, and he has now officially been  activated to the 53-man roster. He will be active in Week 7 since being injured last preseason: Players returning to action Sunday include Dak Prescott, Jonathan […]

Chuba Hubbard (RB, CAR) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 7

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 25% of Leagues ANALYSIS: In case you have missed the breaking news: the Carolina Panthers just traded their no. 1 rusher (and fourth-best fantasy RB in PPR leagues) Christian McCaffrey to the San Francisco 49ers for a handful of draft picks. The hole created by this trade […]

D'Onta Foreman (RB, CAR) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 7

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 42% of Leagues ANALYSIS: In case you have missed the breaking news: the Carolina Panthers just traded their no. 1 rusher (and fourth-best fantasy RB in PPR leagues) Christian McCaffrey to the San Francisco 49ers for a handful of draft picks. The hole created by this trade […]

Kenyan Drake (RB, BAL) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 7

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 4% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Allow me to start this post with a little breakdown of how Baltimore used its backfield last Sunday, courtesy of Mike Florio. #Ravens Week 6 RB Usage - Kenyan Drake: 57% snaps, 10 carries, 2 targets (127 yards, TD)- J.K. Dobbins: 28% snaps, […]

Hunter Henry (TE, NE) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 7

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 36% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Jonnu Smith, who had missed two games in the two weeks before the last one, returned in Week 6 ahead of the clash against Cleveland. That didn't mean that he was fully available, though, so Hunter Henry stayed on the field for […]

Robert Tonyan (TE, GB) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 7

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 38% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Only a very particular situation made it possible for Robert Tonyan to have one of the best performances by a tight end this season last Sunday. It was all related to 1) a positive game script for him with Green Bay losing […]

Alec Pierce (WR, IND) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 7

BALLER MOVE: Add in 10+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 38% of Leagues ANALYSIS:  Did QB Matt Ryan have anything to do with Alec Pierce's top-24 wideout performance this past Sunday? Probably, but what's a wide receiver without a quarterback? Nothing, that's what. And even then, it is not that Pierce finished Week 6 with double-digit […]

Darnell Mooney (WR, CHI) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 7

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 55% of Leagues ANALYSIS:  Considering Darnell Mooney has had to endure a quarterback that is just coming off his second game with 14+ completions and 22+ passing attempts, well, it's not that you can ask Mooney to do much more than he's done to date. Mooney […]

Deon Jackson (RB, IND) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 7

BALLER MOVE: Add in 10+Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 43% of Leagues ANALYSIS: This is a savage and ballsy move in equal parts. Deon Jackson entered the fantasy talk just a couple of weeks ago ahead of Week 5 when it was confirmed that Indianapolis' RB1 Jonathan Taylor would miss that game. That, along with Nyheim […]

Zay Jones (WR, JAX) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 7

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues ROSTERED IN: 20% of Leagues ANALYSIS: You have to dig a bit deeper to find Zay Jones' value but only once you look at the finer details will you realize how valuable he is for someone available in four of every five Yahoo leagues. Jones' case as […]

Joshua Kelley (RB, LAC) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 7

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 17% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Joshua Kelley sustained a knee injury early in the Chargers' Week 6 matchup with Denver, and his status should be monitored. However, he had bypassed Sony Michel to capture RB2 responsibilities for Los Angeles in Week 5. That positioned Kelley to operate with […]

Chase Claypool (WR, PIT) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 7

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 41% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Finding Chase Claypool in any waiver pool would have been ridiculous just a year ago considering his top-24 2020 season. Claypool, of course, regressed a bit last year and came down to earth finishing as a borderline WR3 in 2021. The trend […]

Matt Ryan (QB, IND) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 7

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 28% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Find me a more exciting quarterback than Matt Ryan, I challenge you! Alright, alright, that's not hard, but looking at Ryan's Week 6 stat line you'd think otherwise, wouldn't you? Ryan is coming off a matchup in which he put up the […]

Mike Boone (RB, DEN) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 7

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 39% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Mike Boone is not a candidate to ascend into lead back responsibilities, and the 27-year-old back will be functioning within a backfield rotation for the Broncos. Making moves, @_lococinco📺: @NFLonPrime pic.twitter.com/yUP2GkFLS7— Denver Broncos (@Broncos) October 7, 2022 However, that will not preclude Boone […]

Jaylen Warren (RB, PIT) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 7

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 10% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Jaylen Warren garnered attention within the fantasy community during August, as his performance during training camp and the preseason propelled him into Pittsburgh’s RB2 responsibilities. That elevated him among the league’s more enticing handcuff options, as he would ascend into the threshold of […]

Jimmy Garoppolo (QB, SF) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 7

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 39% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Some things never change. For example, the NFL always comes back at the end of every summer, the San Francisco 49ers play football, and Jimmy Garoppolo turns into an under-the-radar QB1/QB2 without mistake. That's right, folks. For all of the Trey Lance […]

Daniel Jones (QB, NYG) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 7

BALLER MOVE: Add in 2QB Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 28% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Daniel Jones continues to provide a solid fantasy floor despite a complete lack of pass-game weapons in New York. Jones has at least 12.0 fantasy points in all six games this season. However, he’s only scored over 14.0 fantasy points twice this […]

J.D. McKissic (RB, WAS) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 7

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 27% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Washington’s backfield remains more congested than fantasy managers would prefer, but J.D. McKissic is still collecting enough opportunities to operate as a flex option for anyone who participates in PPR leagues. McKissic’s snap share has remained above 40% during five of his six […]

Cade Otton (TE, TB) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 7

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 6% of Leagues ANALYSIS: If you had any doubts that Cade Otton was going to become Tampa Bay’s top tight end before the season’s end, they should have been erased when Cameron Brate has carried off the field this past Sunday. We do not know how […]