Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers: Week 17

Whether due to their own play, the play of others, or injuries, players' stock increases and decreases on a weekly basis. Perhaps more than any other, the NFL is a league that experiences ups and downs at a rapid pace. With only 16 games, there’s little room for error and seemingly endless opportunities for improvement. […]

Running Backs Waiver Wire - Week 17 Pickups and Adds

It's the final week of the NFL season and you're still fighting for something, even if it's just pride. Good for you. While many dedicated fantasy managers deride leagues where Week 17 counts for anything at all, there's something to be said for for seeing things through to the end. Plus, with the potential for […]

Week 17 Quarterback Pickups and Streamers: Standard and Two-QB Leagues

Happy Holidays Rotoballers! With Week 16 almost in the books, it's already time to turn an eye toward the waiver wire in Week 17. As always, this column will aim to highlight Week 17 waiver wire adds and streamers for quarterbacks, players that you should consider targeting on your league's waiver wire. Sadly, this installment brings us to […]

Heroes and Zeroes - Week 16 Fantasy Football Picks

This season, we are treated to a full slate of games on Christmas Eve in the most important fantasy week of all! (Cue inspiring holiday music set to the tune of Hank Williams Jr.'s MNF anthem). Although the NFL is most closely associated with Thanksgiving in terms of holidays, it really makes the perfect allegory […]

Week 16 PPR Rankings (Top 300)

He can't stop, won't stop. Our very own Nick Mariano was ranked #22 overall last week (Week 15) out of ~120 industry experts, and now sits at a very impressive 10th overall expert for the season. Nick continued his white hot streak, and has now been ranked in the top 25 experts for nine weeks straight. He's absolutely on fiiiiiire! (NBA […]

Week 16 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts: 2017 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

Time to go for the whole enchilada! Below are RotoBaller's Week 16 defense tiers and rankings, or which defenses to stream and start for Week 16 of the NFL and fantasy football season. Our tiered defense rankings are your guide to drafting defenses, making waiver wire pickups/adds to improve your lineups, and to decide which defenses to start, […]

Saturday Football Matchups and Starts/Sits (Week 16)

The fantasy season is coming to a close... For many leagues, Week 16 represents the culmination of all the hard work put into offseason preparation, start/sit decisions, and waiver wire adds. All that is left between you and fantasy glory is one final week where it all comes together. The championship is on the line […]

Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers: Week 16

Whether due to their own play, the play of others, or injuries, players' stock increases and decreases on a weekly basis. Perhaps more than any other, the NFL is a league that experiences ups and downs at a rapid pace. With only 16 games, there’s little room for error and seemingly endless opportunities for improvement. […]

Smashmouth - Offensive Lines Impacting Fantasy Football For Week 16

Congratulations to those that have made the finals of their fantasy leagues. Those that have made it this far should be proud of this accomplishment. That being said, all fantasy owners want to win their league’s championship. There is a ton of advice on who to start in the finals, but there is a reason […]

Wide Receiver Waiver Wire - Week 16 Pickups and Adds

This is it, Championship week! Congratulations to those of you still playing. We had some breakout wide receiver performances this week, so if you lost Antonio Brown (like yours truly) or you need a flex start, we've got you covered. If you are not exactly sure who you should add (or drop) from your teams, or […]

Week 16 Quarterback Pickups and Streamers: Standard and Two-QB Leagues

Hey there RotoBallers! With Week 15 almost in the books, it's already time to turn an eye toward the waiver wire in Week 16. As always, this column will aim to highlight Week 16 waiver wire adds and streamers for quarterbacks, players that you should consider targeting on your league's waiver wire. In the past few seasons, streaming the […]

Monday Night Football Matchups and Starts/Sits (Week 15)

Week 15 Monday Night Football has more of a feeling like Thursday Night Football this week. A divisional matchup of the 8-5 Atlanta Falcons and 4-9 Tampa Bay Buccaneers has two of the most underachieving teams of 2017. With a win, Atlanta could stay alive for a playoff spot while Tampa Bay just wants to […]

Week 15 Matchups - Fantasy Football Starts and Sits

Welcome to our Week 15 matchups analysis and starts/sits column for fantasy football. We'll be covering every matchup from every Sunday game to help you make the best decisions for your fantasy lineups. We'll also be updating this as injury reports come in so check back often. For the vast majority of leagues it is playoff time! […]

Heroes and Zeroes - Week 15 Fantasy Football Picks

Let's start by addressing the fluffy, pink elephant wearing a tutu and dancing on your forehead in the room, which is the fact that you're here looking for QB advice because you've ridden Carson Wentz to the playoffs and now he's gone. Poof, just like that. Rather than another diatribe about how it's the worst […]

Week 15 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts: 2017 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

Still hangin' in there? Below are RotoBaller's Week 15 defense tiers and rankings, or which defenses to stream and start for Week 14 of the NFL and fantasy football season. Our tiered defense rankings are your guide to drafting defenses, making waiver wire pickups/adds to improve your lineups, and to decide which defenses to start, sit, target, avoid or […]

Don't You Forget About Me - Dynasty Injury Targets

If you’ve watched “The Breakfast Club” you know how the final scene goes. The day is over, the kids get in their cars and drive off. While that is happening, “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” by Simple Minds is playing through your speakers. If you grew up in the 80s, you’ve probably seen this movie several times. […]

Smashmouth - Offensive Lines Impacting Fantasy Football For Week 15

Congratulations to those that have either advanced in the playoffs or made the playoffs due to their performance in Week 14. Now as teams push even closer to a fantasy championship, they need to be sure of who they are starting week in and week out. Those owners need to not only determine the best […]

Thursday Night Football Matchup Analysis (Week 15)

Hopefully many owners survived last week's notable injuries... From Saints running back Alvin Kamara being knocked out of Thursday night's game with a concussion and Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz tearing his ACL, there were certainly enough key injuries to go around in Week 14. For those still hanging on to their championship hopes, here's to […]

Week 15 Quarterback Pickups and Streamers: Standard and Two-QB Leagues

Hey there RotoBallers! With Week 14 almost in the books, it's already time to turn an eye toward the waiver wire in Week 15. As always, this column will aim to highlight Week 15 waiver wire adds and streamers for quarterbacks, players that you should consider targeting on your league's waiver wire. In the past few seasons, streaming the […]

Monday Night Football Matchups and Starts/Sits (Week 14)

RotoBallers – another week, another Monday, and another Tom Brady primetime game! Stop me if you've heard this before: the Patriots enter tonight looking to extend their league-best win streak as they look to take another step towards securing the #1 overall seed in the AFC. Though this seems to be a yearly tradition, here […]

Risk it All to Win it All - Fantasy Playoff Hail Marys

If you’ve made the playoffs, you’re either a Have or Have Not. You’re either a team that feels confident having seen your team boom over the past few weeks, or you’ve limped in with some luck and face an uphill battle against juggernaut teams. Are you really going to put that same team out there that […]

Heroes and Zeroes - Week 14 Fantasy Football Picks

"This is it. This is where it all happens." Those words are the somber introduction to an old NFL commercial that showed an empty Lambeau Field on a Sunday morning hours before kickoff. The rest of the commercial goes on about how it's some sort of holy ground and miracles happen every week, or something […]

Week 14 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts: 2017 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

It's Week 14, which is the playoffs for most leagues. If you haven't looked ahead with defenses, it's more important now than ever to stream effectively. Below are RotoBaller's Week 14 defense tiers and rankings, or which defenses to stream and start for Week 14 of the NFL and fantasy football season. Our tiered defense rankings are your guide […]

Beating the Waiver Wire - QB/DEF Streamers for Week 15

It's Wednesday morning. You dropped a player last night expecting to make some moves on the waiver wire, only to wake up and find out you weren't able to get anyone you put a claim in for. What now? If you've got an open roster spot, its always a good idea to plan ahead for […]

Smashmouth - Offensive Lines Impacting Fantasy Football For Week 14

It’s finally here, the fantasy football playoffs. All of the countless hours avoiding our “real” jobs researching who to pick up on the waiver wire, wondering if that potential trade really makes your team better and if you should cut that rookie third string running back for a quarterback streaming option come down to this […]

Wide Receiver Waiver Wire - Week 14 Pickups and Adds

If you're still reading, congratulations, you are more than likely playing in your fantasy leagues playoffs. From this point on it's win or go home, so you can't afford to make a mistake. If you're hurting at the receiver position there isn't a whole lot left, but we'll help you unlock some potential hidden gems. […]

Week 14 Quarterback Pickups and Streamers: Standard and Two-QB Leagues

Hey there RotoBallers! With Week 13 almost in the books, it's already time to turn an eye toward the waiver wire in Week 14. As always, this column will aim to highlight Week 14 waiver wire adds and streamers for quarterbacks, players that you should consider targeting on your league's waiver wire. In the past few seasons, streaming the […]

Monday Night Football Matchups and Starts/Sits (Week 13)

RotoBallers – another week, another Monday! And a big Monday at that, as many fantasy owners take their final stab at a playoff spot. Coming off of the lowest-scoring Monday night game since Week 6, the football gods have blessed us with plenty of fantasy goodness as the red-hot Steelers travel to Cincinnati to face the […]

Top Wide Receiver vs Cornerback Matchups: Week 13

Nothing is more important than matchup analyzation when it comes to fantasy football. Playing your teams’ best players on a regular basis is important, but picking apart the top matchups on a week to week basis can win you a championship, or even better, some cold hard cash in DFS. Matchups for the wide receiver […]

Beating The Waiver Wire - Speculative Adds for Week 14

It's Wednesday morning. You dropped a player last night expecting to make some moves on the waiver wire, only to wake up and find out you weren't able to get anyone you put a claim in for. What now? If you've got an open roster spot, its always a good idea to plan ahead for […]