NextGen Stats - Week 11: RB Breakdowns and Takeaways

Folks, it's time to put on your battle armor and get ready for war. We've completed 11 weeks and I can see the playoffs on the horizon already. And let me tell you something: nobody is pushing me out of them. If you too have a chance at making the playoffs at this point in... Read More

The Cut List – Who to Drop for Fantasy Football Week 12

After having to deal with bye weeks for the past six weeks, fantasy managers everywhere will get a short reprieve in Week 12 with zero teams on a bye. This will give fantasy managers more options than they've had for a long time and with the injuries piling up, it'll be a much-needed break. With... Read More

Biggest Week 11 Busts: Fantasy Football Reactions for Josh Allen, Saquon Barkley, Dalvin Cook, Nick Chubb, Justin Jefferson

The 11th NFL Sunday of the 2022 season has come and gone. Hopefully, you woke up on Monday morning feeling very good about how your week went. However, this week's slate of games was certainly stress-inducing for many fantasy football managers. Part of that stress was caused by a group of players who drastically underachieved... Read More

Fantasy Football Week 11 Busts? Players Who May Disappoint: Derek Carr, James Conner, D.J. Moore, D'Onta Foreman

Welcome to Week 11 RotoBallers! The season has been flying by, and it is now crucial to make the optimal lineup decisions on a weekly basis. As injuries and bye weeks pile up, it is essential to start racking up some wins as the playoff race is in full force. Heading into the eleventh week... Read More

Fantasy Football Warning Signals for Week 11: Derek Carr, Darrell Henderson, and Adam Thielen

With injuries, bye weeks, and middling performances ravaging fantasy teams as we enter Week 11, it's okay to consider benching players with "name value" moving forward. Today I'll be looking at Derek Carr, Darrell Henderson, and Adam Thielen. This may be hard to stomach as you bench your QB1 or RB1 for a free-agent acquisition,... Read More

Booms and Busts: Week 11 Fantasy Football Studs and Duds Including David Montgomery, Kirk Cousins, Joshua Palmer, A.J. Brown

Hello everyone! My name is Ellis Johnson, and yes, this isn't the Thursday night Start 'Em Sit 'Em article. For the last three years, I have been writing the RotoBaller Thursday night preview, along with original articles. So why am I here? Well, I am now picking up this article as well for the rest... Read More

Finding Tight End Breakouts for Fantasy Football – Injury Impact Across the Tight End Position

Injuries are a part of football. There's no escaping them. No way around them. We've seen plenty of injuries to the running back and wide receiver positions, but the injury bug finally made its way to the tight end position. As if fantasy managers needed this dreaded position made even more difficult, but here we... Read More

Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers - Week 11

Week 10 is now officially in the books. We have a lot of good information we can use to help make decisions as we head into Week 11 and beyond. In this weekly column, we'll be looking at players whose arrows may be pointing up, and players whose arrows may be pointing down based on... Read More

Offensive Line Champs and Chumps - Fantasy Football Matchups To Target, Avoid (Week 11)

Week 10 is in the books and the bye weeks keep on coming. Fantasy managers have been forced to not only navigate a consistent stream of bye weeks, but also significant injuries amongst different skill players. In general, offenses continue to struggle throughout the 2022 NFL season. We did get seven 30-point performances in the... Read More

The Cut List – Who to Drop for Fantasy Football Week 11

Fantasy managers have officially made it through two of the worst bye weeks of the NFL season, but with the injuries piling up, things won't get any easier. This season has been more challenging than any in recent memory. Between the low scoring and the injuries, fantasy managers have often been left having to make... Read More

Biggest Week 10 Busts: Fantasy Football Reactions for Alvin Kamara, Derrick Henry, D'Andre Swift, Amari Cooper, George Kittle

The 10th NFL Sunday of the 2022 season has come and gone. Hopefully, you woke up on Monday morning feeling very good about how your week went. However, this week's slate of games was certainly stress-inducing for many fantasy football managers. Part of that stress was caused by a group of players who drastically underachieved... Read More

Fantasy Football Week 10 Busts? Players Who May Disappoint: Aaron Rodgers, Najee Harris, Brandin Cooks, Michael Pittman, D'Andre Swift

Welcome to Week 10, RotoBallers! It's hard to believe we're already in Week 10 of the NFL season. As we eye the back stretch of the year, our fantasy decisions become even more important. Heading into the 10th week of action, we are well past the season's early stages, as fantasy managers who have gotten... Read More

Fantasy Football Warning Signals for Week 10: Kirk Cousins, Melvin Gordon, and Josh Palmer

With injuries and middling performances ravaging fantasy teams to start the season, it's okay to consider benching players who were relatively highly drafted (top-100) for this week and moving forward. This may be hard to stomach as you bench your QB1 or RB1 for a free-agent acquisition, but sometimes such measures must be taken to... Read More

Finding Tight End Breakouts for Fantasy Football – An Extensive In-Season Tight End Review

Now that we are right around the halfway point of the 2022 NFL season, we're going to be looking at tight ends currently ranked between TE3–TE28 in half-PPR PPG to determine how fantasy managers should be valuing these players moving forward. We'll be looking at their per-game averages of targets, receptions, and receiving yards. We'll... Read More

Finding Tight End Breakouts for Fantasy Football – An Extensive In-Season Tight End Review Part 2

Now that we are right around the halfway point of the 2022 NFL season, we're going to be looking at tight ends currently ranked between TE3–TE28 in half-PPR PPG to determine how fantasy managers should be valuing these players moving forward. This is a two-part article and the first part came out yesterday and can... Read More

Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers - Week 10

Week 9 is officially in the books and believe it or not, we're now halfway through the 2022 season. We have a lot of good information we can use to help make decisions as we head into Week 10 and beyond. In this weekly column, we'll be looking at players whose arrows may be pointing... Read More

Offensive Line Champs and Chumps - Fantasy Football Matchups To Target, Avoid (Week 10)

Navigating the bye weeks was probably a nightmare for fantasy managers. Thankfully, we finally got some explosive offensive performances from the teams that were playing. However, offensive line play continued to be inconsistent despite the uptick in offensive production. Thankfully, there weren’t many significant injuries across offensive line units in the NFL in Week 9.... Read More

NextGen Stats - Week 9: QB 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

The Cut List – Who to Drop for Fantasy Football Week 10

Fantasy managers have officially made it through two of the worst bye weeks of the NFL season, but with the injuries piling up, things won't get any easier. We're officially in the second half of the season and fantasy teams are starting to gear up for the playoff stretch. Now is not the time to... Read More

Biggest Week 9 Busts: Fantasy Football Reactions for Justin Herbert, D'Onta Foreman, D.J. Moore, Tyler Higbee, Raheem Mostert

The ninth NFL Sunday of the 2022 season has come and gone. Hopefully, you woke up on Monday morning feeling very good about how your week went. However, this week's slate of games was certainly stress-inducing for many fantasy football managers. Part of that stress was caused by a group of players who drastically underachieved... Read More

Fantasy Football Week 9 Busts? Players Who May Disappoint: Jared Goff, Brian Robinson, D.K. Metcalf, Ty Conklin

Welcome to Week 9 RotoBallers! The season has been flying by, and it is now crucial to make the optimal lineup decisions on a weekly basis. As injuries and bye weeks pile up, it is essential to start racking up some wins to stay in the thick of the playoff race, as teams with three... Read More

Fantasy Football Warning Signals for Week 9: Tom Brady, David Montgomery, and Michael Pittman Jr.

With injuries and middling performances ravaging fantasy teams to start the season, it's okay to consider benching players who were relatively highly drafted (top-100) for this week and moving forward. This may be hard to stomach as you bench your QB1 or RB1 for a free-agent acquisition, but sometimes such measures must be taken to... Read More

Finding Tight End Breakouts for Fantasy Football – What To Do With Kyle Pitts, Gerald Everett, T.J. Hockenson

The truth of the matter is that during the offseason, we as analysts and fantasy managers everywhere spend way too much time trying to decipher this wretched position. We look at the mid-TE1s and wonder who could possibly elevate their game to being top-three. The truth is our time is better spent on the other... Read More

NFL Trade Deadline Winners and Losers for Fantasy Football - Nyheim Hines, Chase Claypool, Jameson Williams, Calvin Ridley

The NFL trade deadline has come and gone, and like always, nothing happened. Wait. I'm being told that actually a whole lot happened, as we ended up with the most active NFL trade deadline ever. A day that has just been kind of perfunctory forever actually meant something on Tuesday. Now that the trade deadline... Read More

Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers - Week 9

We're onto Week 9 of the NFL season and after a week's worth of surprising studs and duds and a chaotic trade deadline, it's time to see which players are risers and which guys are falling in fantasy football value.  We now have a lot of good information we can use to help make decisions... Read More

The Cut List – Who to Drop for Fantasy Football Week 9

Through seven weeks of NFL football, the 43.4 total points per game average is the lowest it has been since 2010. This, of course, is resulting in much lower fantasy matchups, but it's making what to do with the backend of our fantasy rosters an absolute nightmare. In recent years, fantasy managers seemed to be... Read More

Offensive Line Champs and Chumps - Fantasy Football Matchups To Target, Avoid (Week 9)

Week 8 provided a glimmer of hope for offensive football in 2022. Eight teams (a 2022 season high!) scored at least 30 points in Week 8. Collectively, offensive line play didn’t improve immensely, but we also dodged any significant long-term injuries for the first time in a long time. Unfortunately, Week 9 is one of... Read More

NextGen Stats - Week 8: RB Breakdowns and Takeaways

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

Biggest Week 8 Busts: Fantasy Football Reactions for Josh Jacobs, Daniel Jones, Davante Adams, Gave Davis, Tyler Higbee

The eighth NFL Sunday of the 2022 season has come and gone. Hopefully, you woke up on Monday morning feeling very good about how your week went. However, this week's slate of games was certainly stress-inducing for many fantasy football managers. Part of that stress was caused by a group of players who drastically underachieved... Read More