Disaster Recovery, Week 1 - Studs Turned Duds

Welcome to Disaster Recovery, where each week I'll examine why your studs played like duds. This isn't a place to find out why you should have benched a player for somebody on your bench. Disaster Recovery is to examine the guys who you didn't think twice about benching, and deciding if you should be panicking at all […]

Week 2 Cut List - Players on the Chopping Block

Plainly and simply, this will be your weekly list of those end-of-roster guys that you can safely let go of, with the occasional unfortunate star player that finds his way here due to injury. Below are my Week 2 cuts and drops for fantasy football. Each week from now until the end of the season, I’ll […]

Week 2 Do Not Drop List - Don't Panic Yet

Every NFL season, the early part of the schedule sees players dropped in fantasy leagues that wind up having hugely productive fantasy seasons for a team that didn’t draft them. It’s a phenomenon that is especially important to pay attention to early, as your impatient league mates might cut players that you want on your […]

Under-the-Radar Lineup Booms and Busts (Week 1)

 The opening week of the NFL season is as exciting for fantasy football owners as the opening night of The Last Jedi will be for Star Wars nuts. With Kansas City’s Kareem Hunt and Tyreek Hill already lighting up the scoreboard for fantasy squads against the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots, fantasy football is […]

Top 10 Lineup Busts for Week 1

It's time! Football is here. You're setting your lineups and getting pumped up about your Week 1 matchups. You're looking over your lineup and thinking about how it has absolutely zero holes in it and you are going to be undefeated and all your starters are definitely must starts right now and always. I'm going […]

Jordan Howard - This Year’s Todd Gurley?

Many are quick to make the connection between Todd Gurley and Jordan Howard, but it remains to be seen how accurate that connection actually is. I understand the rush to equate the two, as wasting a 1st round pick is devastating in fantasy football. However, upon closer examination, there really isn’t much to tie the […]

Stop That Hype Train! - Joe Mixon

Joe Mixon was known just as much for his off-the-field problems as he was for his on-the-field awesomeness when he came out of college and made himself available for the NFL draft in April. Mixon’s brilliant but brief two-year college career at Oklahoma was overshadowed by a video of him punching a woman in the […]

Fooled me Once, Not Again - Sophomore Wide Receivers Set to Bust, Again

There were four wide receivers chosen in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft. Those receivers were: Corey Coleman, Will Fuller, Josh Doctson, and Laquon Treadwell. The next two receivers picked were Sterling Shepard and Michael Thomas. You might notice that one of those lists contains four names that are not very high on […]

Stop That Hype Train! - Terrelle Pryor

Last year, in his first full season playing wide receiver, Terrelle Pryor finished 18th overall at the position. Catching 77 balls on a ridiculous 140 targets, Pryor finished with over 1,000 yards playing for a Cleveland Browns team that ranked 28th in the NFL in passing, with a total net of just 3,264 yards through […]

Fooled me Once, Not Again - Sophomore Running Backs Set to Bust Again

There were some really strong performances by rookie running backs in 2016. Ezekiel Elliott was a top pick and performed up to--if not better than--expectations. Jordan Howard came out of nowhere to establish himself as a fantasy stud, someone who is getting drafted very high this season. There was...you know, actually there wasn't much happening […]

Stop that Hype Train! - Kenny Golladay

It's not the easiest thing to distinguish between legitimate hype and preseason buzz. Kenny Golladay should not be a legitimately hyped prospect. Not yet. While he makes for a tantalizing dynasty pick, he's gaining traction enough that he's appearing on ADP lists in re-draft leagues. This is a clear call to stop the hype train […]

Bold Predictions for 2017 Fantasy Football - Pierre

If you think about it, everything we do is a bold prediction in this industry. We know not what the future holds, yet we are tasked with ranking players, suggesting waiver wire adds and evaluating trades. That's what makes it so fun. There is a chance that every single one of these predictions becomes laughably incorrect […]

Stop that Hype Train! - Jameis Winston

Before you think it, I’m going to address the issue straight up. Is Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ quarterback Jameis Winston really a sleeper at this point? He has seemingly been hyped up by countless analysts as slated to improve his overall play and take the leap into the upper echelon of fantasy quarterbacks. Couple that with […]

Stop That Hype Train! - Mike Gillislee

Hey there Rotoballers! Today we are going to continue our new series on overhyped players with Mike Gillislee, running back for the New England Patriots. This series will take a look at several overhyped sleepers across the fantasy football landscape, so be on the lookout for other articles highlighting players who have earned way more […]

Preseason Depth Chart Risers and Fallers

Over the course of the offseason, training camp, and the preseason, many names will be floated around as potentially having fantasy value. The preseason is typically when all that gets cleared up as depth charts are finalized, roster cuts are made, and we get some clarity on who is positioned where on each team. The […]

ADP Warning Signs - High-Risk Wide Receivers

Everybody loves a good fantasy hype train, especially when players join new teams and enter new situations. But the guys riding high on hype often see themselves overdrafted and end up busting at their ADPs. A new paint of coat doesn't always make the room look better. All three of these potential bust receivers are […]

Five Redraft Studs Who Will Be Dynasty Duds

There is not a season that goes by in the NFL where a new superstar isn't made. Whether it’s a rookie first-round draft pick or a player that finally got their big break due to injury, the NFL is an ever-changing landscape. When those new stars are made other players, either veterans who are on […]

Stop the Hype Train! - Jamaal Williams

One of the dirty secrets of football is that the preseason and training camps are actually incredibly boring. For every team that has an interesting quarterback battle like the Browns, there are five teams like The Packers that don’t have much of anything going on. People need to talk about something, so each snap, every […]

Overvalued Running Backs and Potential Busts for 2017

Sleepers and busts, sleepers and busts. Go ahead and open Google and just type in either of those words without mentioning anything about football. One of the first few results will be directly related to fantasy. That's because that's what every owner obsesses over most. Who can I get as a steal? Who do I […]

Target Decline Candidates - Tight Ends

The NFL might be a pass-first league these days, but that does not mean all tight ends will be seeing the same amount of targets as they did last season. Tight ends are being utilized by offensive coordinators more than ever in the NFL, yet some of them will be have fewer passes thrown in […]

Three Overvalued Quarterbacks in 2017 Fantasy Football

Although quarterbacks may seem less important to fantasy football success than running backs and wide receivers, it’s very easy to set yourself up for failure by overpaying for them on draft day. Of all the players in your starting lineup, it can be argued that it is most imperative to draft quarterbacks close to their […]

Boom or Bust - Three Player Predictions for WR

Infrequently does something equate to the feeling of having a late round sleeper pay off tremendously for your fantasy team. In similar fashion, nothing is more devastating than investing a top 30 pick on a player who underperforms consistently on a week by week basis. There’s no denying the value of running backs in fantasy […]

Four Bold Predictions for the 2017 Season

Now that the NFL season is nearly here, it's time to put away our spreadsheets and calculators, and let's rip a few bold predictions. I think that in order to be considered bold, a prediction has to be unlikely, so I'm not expecting a great success rate here. On the other hand, these aren't ridiculous […]

Overvalued PPR Wide Receivers and Who To Draft Instead

When it comes to PPR formats, wide receivers are king. 2017 presents a unique opportunity for early wide receiver drafters as running backs are being scooped up at a record pace. Despite running backs' perceived dominance in 2016, wide receivers should once again assume their role on the top of the mountain. Still, even the […]

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie - Sleepers to Avoid in 2017

I'm sure you've heard this expression before. Every year, the word "sleeper" is thrown around a lot as we're all anxious and eager to find the next big thing that no one is really talking about. Well, sometimes you just have to let the sleeping dogs lie. As tempting as it may be to believe […]

Draft Targets - Five Fantasy Football ADP Values

This article first appeared in the Metro news publication. As the NFL preseason rolls on, we'll be releasing analysis on players to target and avoid for your fantasy football drafts. Below you will find a few undervalued picks, players that should perform better than their ADPs or draft day costs, and an overvalued player as […]

Fantasy Bomb Podcast - Running Back Risers and Fallers

RotoBaller lead NFL editor Pierre Camus and fellow RotoBaller writer and co-host Adam Hammer break down their running back rankings to see who's climbing up the ADP chart and who is falling this preseason. Mitchell Renz from Gridiron Experts and FantasyPros joins the conversation to give us in-depth analysis on fantasy backfields. Be sure to […]

Frankie Soler's Bold Predictions for 2017

Now this is going to be a fun little piece where a bunch of us here at RotoBaller get to swing for the fences. Bold Predictions, as the name implies, are all about calling your shot on some unconventional outcomes for the upcoming fantasy season. I'll be putting on my Infinity Gauntlet and rubbing my […]

Five Undervalued Targets for Fantasy Football Drafts

This article first appeared in the Metro news publication. Welcome back RotoBallers. Training camps are underway, and we are putting out columns about undervalued and overvalued draft picks for 2017 fantasy football drafts. Last week I covered a few guys to target and avoid in your approaching drafts. Below are a few other players to keep […]

Boom or Bust - Running Back Projections for 2017

There is one guarantee that can be made about the fantasy football season: there will be players who boom and players who bust. Many of us, myself included, have had our fantasy dreams crushed by a disappointing season from a player who we expected to perform at a high level (I still cringe at the name […]