Biggest Fantasy Football Busts of the Week - Fantasy Outlooks for James Cook, Woody Marks, Jameson Williams, Mark Andrews, Juwan Johnson

The fifth Sunday of the 2025 NFL season has come and gone. Hopefully, you woke up on Monday morning feeling very good about how your matchup 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 […]

Week 5 Fantasy Football Busts? Players Who May Disappoint (2025)

Welcome back to the Week 5 edition of potential busts, players you'll want to give a second thought about before confirming them in your fantasy football starting lineup. Running-back roulette is in full force this week. Multiple backups, with great matchups no less, may be getting the starting nod. Could they bring more value to […]

Booms and Busts - Fantasy Football Starts and Sits for Week 5 Lineups (2025)

October is here, and we have officially entered the second month of the fantasy football season. Much to the chagrin of fantasy gamers, that means bye weeks have also begun. The Bears, Packers, Falcons, and Steelers are all off this week. Fantasy managers will need lineup replacements for these players. If you’re missing a few […]

Fantasy Football Landmines to Avoid for Week 5? Jaylen Waddle, Bo Nix, Jordan Mason, and more

For the first time this season, your roster is feeling the squeeze as four teams take a much-needed rest during their byes, shrinking the available player pool and testing the depth you’ve worked hard to build. With fewer options on your bench, every single starting spot carries more weight, and a dud performance from a […]

Fantasy Football Sleepers, Avoids: Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 5 - RotoBaller Staff Roundtable

Welcome to the RotoBaller Staff Roundtable for start 'em, sit 'em picks in Week 5. Going into any fantasy football season, we know there will be a flurry of injuries, but they have come early and often so far in 2025. Injuries to Joe Burrow, Malik Nabers, James Conner, and more have complicated fantasy lineup […]

Buy Low, Sell High - Week 5 Fantasy Football Trade Values and Avoids

We’ve officially wrapped up the first quarter of the fantasy season, and this is one of the most critical times to make trades. The early part of the season often produces misleading numbers, as some players start slow before heating up, while others ride unsustainable production that’s bound to regress. Identifying who to buy before […]

Fantasy Football Warning Signals for Week 5? Isiah Pacheco, Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Khalil Shakir, more

Another week of fantasy football is in the books, and the next one is getting underway, so it is time to assess options and get those lineups set for Week 5. Determining which of your players might be set up for a bust week is an important first step in deciding who will start in […]

Tight Ends Start 'Em, Sit 'Em and Fantasy Football Trends for Week 5 (2025)

The tight-end position is filled with dismay and sorrow every year. There are weekly disappointments consistently, and while four weeks is far too early to be calling anyone a bust, there are several tight ends who have yet to live up to their draft capital. Brock Bowers, Trey McBride, Travis Kelce, and Mark Andrews have […]

Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers - Week 5 (2025)

Welcome back to another edition of Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers as we head into Week 5 of the 2025 NFL season! After about a month of football, we're starting to see some players emerge for fantasy managers, and other players not live up to expectations. For example, some rookie running backs are figuring out […]

The Cut List - Time to Let Go? Who to Drop for Fantasy Football Week 5

With every action comes an equal, but opposite reaction. Everyone remembers Newton's third law of motion, right? He must've anticipated the weekly burden of having to set our waiver claims, because if we want to add a new player, we must drop one. Generally, no one has a problem buying or acquiring something new. It's […]

Dynasty League Cut List - Top Fantasy Football Drop Candidates for Week 5

After four weeks of professional football, maybe your dynasty team is feeling more like an expansion team. We’ve all been there. But we’re not going to be rash, even when it feels right. Is your season feeling over-ish with New York Giants receiver Malik Nabers (knee) out for the year? Did you have Baltimore Ravens […]

Biggest Fantasy Football Busts of the Week - Fantasy Outlooks for Derrick Henry, A.J. Brown, Chris Godwin, Ladd McConkey, Juwan Johnson

The fourth Sunday of the 2025 NFL season has come and gone. Hopefully, you woke up on Monday morning feeling very good about how your matchup 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 […]

Fantasy Football Sleepers, Avoids: Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 4 - RotoBaller Staff Roundtable

If your fantasy team is off to a hot start, then you have done something right, but things can change quickly with role changes and injuries, so continue to stay diligent with your start-sit calls. And if you're struggling through three weeks of NFL action, there is still plenty of time to turn the tide. […]

Week 4 Fantasy Football Busts? Players Who May Disappoint (2025)

Welcome back to our fantasy football bust candidates for Week 4 of the 2025 NFL season. Three weeks of data is just the beginning, but enough to form conjectures. There are some statistical outliers. Seattle is giving up the second-most receptions to running backs, but they've played against some of the league's best backfield pass-catchers […]

Fantasy Football Landmines to Avoid for Week 4? Dak Prescott, Xavier Worthy, Zach Ertz, and more

We’re through the initial chaos of the season, and by Week 4, you should have a decent read on your fantasy roster. The problem is, so does everyone else. With no teams on a bye week, your lineup decisions just got tougher, with a full complement of players to choose from. This is where championships […]

Buy Low, Sell High - Week 4 Fantasy Football Trade Values and Avoids

After three weeks of NFL football, fantasy busts and breakouts are taking shape. Now is a critical time to buy players before they ascend and jump off the bandwagon of players overperforming. It is not uncommon for league winners, especially rookies, to get off to slow starts. The window to buy and sell these players […]

Booms and Busts - Fantasy Football Starts and Sits for Week 4 Lineups (2025)

As we approach Week 4, we are preparing to flip the calendar to October. Feels just like yesterday that we were discussing breakouts, busts, and sleepers while sizzling in the sun. Now we are bracing for fall weather while loading up on Halloween candy. Time sure does fly once the NFL season begins! Last week’s […]

Time to Panic? Underachieving Big-Name Players - Fantasy Football Outlooks

Week 4 is here, and the fantasy panic meter is already on full tilt. Plenty of early-round picks are underperforming, with Terry McLaurin being one of the underperformers. He skipped most of training camp, so a slow start was always on the table, but fantasy managers didn’t draft him for patience; they drafted him for […]

Tight Ends Start 'Em, Sit 'Em and Fantasy Football Trends for Week 4 (2025)

With three weeks of data, we can begin to see some real trends at the tight end position. We can examine the data trends to determine which tight ends we should bet on and which ones we should steer clear of. The tight end position is always the most difficult to read. We'll be looking […]

Fantasy Football Warning Signals for Week 4? Jerry Jeudy, Travis Hunter, Trey Benson, Zach Ertz

Hello, RotoBallers, and welcome to the Week 4 edition of my fantasy football Warning Signals column. Each week, I lean into the pessimism I’m feeling about the coming slate of games and give you a handful of players to consider benching and the reasons I’m out on them. In Week 4, I’m staying away from […]

Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers - Week 4 (2025)

Welcome back to our fantasy football risers and fallers for Week 4 of the 2025 NFL season. Three weeks into the 2025 season, we're beginning to get a feel for things in fantasy leagues. With enough of a sample size to make some educated decisions, the pieces are falling into place for your teams (or […]

The Cut List - Time to Let Go? Who to Drop for Fantasy Football Week 4

Welcome back to the Cut List for Week 4 of the 2025 fantasy football season. When it comes to the waiver wire and who we cut, we want to be bold, but not too reactionary. It's a fine line to walk. If we ignore concerning data points, we end up holding onto players too long […]

Dynasty League Cut List - Top Fantasy Football Drop Candidates for Week 4

We’re officially three games into the NFL season. Maybe we’re a little worse for the wear. Maybe some things didn’t break our way. Maybe the guy who you were certain about in the draft a couple years ago is -- and I’m sorry to be the one to tell you this -- isn’t good. But […]

Biggest Fantasy Football Busts of the Week - Fantasy Outlooks for Jordan Love, Chase Brown, Ashton Jeanty, Brian Thomas Jr., Calvin Ridley

The third Sunday of the 2025 NFL season has come and gone. Hopefully, you woke up on Monday morning feeling very good about how your matchup 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 […]

Fantasy Football Sleepers, Avoids: Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 3 - RotoBaller Staff Roundtable

Whether you're 2-0, 1-1, or 0-2, it's early in the season, and injuries, role changes, and matchups will shake up the fantasy football landscape in the coming weeks. Surprise breakouts and unexpected busts always happen in the first two weeks of a new campaign, but it's far too early to overreact. We're here to help […]

Week 3 Fantasy Football Busts? Players Who May Disappoint (2025)

It's that time of the year again, when the season-long busts begin to separate themselves from the one-offs. You won't find the likes of Mark Andrews or Isiah Pacheco here. Their rest-of-season outlooks aren't looking very rosy. Instead, I'm here to crush your optimism about the good players on your fantasy roster. I do it […]

Booms and Busts - Fantasy Football Starts and Sits for Week 3 Lineups (2025)

Week 3 is upon us already. We had a mixed bag of results here last week. Our Sonic Boom did not work out so well after Breece Hall totaled just 29 rushing yards on 10 carries. Things looked great after Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Ed Oliver was ruled out with an ankle injury, but so […]

Fantasy Football Landmines to Avoid for Week 3? Tee Higgins, James Conner, Bo Nix, more

Two weeks are in the books, and the fantasy football landscape is beginning to take shape. The early-season chaos is slowly giving way to discernible trends, and the line between legitimate contenders and waiver-wire fodder is becoming clearer. This is a critical juncture where managers are tempted to overreact—chasing last week’s points, panicking over a […]

Buy Low, Sell High - Week 3 Fantasy Football Trade Values and Avoids

We got our second look at the landscape of the NFL, and while storylines are starting to take shape, there are opportunities that fantasy managers can take advantage of. The overreactions are still in play, which leaves the door open to trading busts and buy breakouts before it’s too late. Here are three players to […]