NFL Podcast: Week 1 Studs & Sleepers for Fantasy Football

  Fantasy Football Analysis: Week 1 Sleepers Jon and Kia discuss which NFL players they think will have a big first week in fantasy football, and could be sleepers for your fantasy football teams, including Marques Colston, Colin Kaepernick, Zach Ertz, Travis Kelce, Emmanuel Sanders the Jets defense and many more. Listen in on their […]

Week 1 Fantasy Football Matchups: Start/Sit Advice (Games 13-16)

Below is part three of our Week 1 start/sit and fantasy football matchups analysis, providing advice and recommendations on matchups that we love, matchups that we hate, and some high risk/high reward players as well. Check back for part two of our matchups piece tomorrow. Also see: Start/Sit Analysis for Games 1-8 and Games 9-12. Editor's Note: make sure to also bookmark our famous fantasy […]

Week 1 Waiver Wire Pickups Overview for Fantasy Football

Week 1 Waiver Wire for Fantasy Football We have many great waiver wire articles at RotoBaller that will be coming out weekly, covering individual players and digging deeper into each position for fantasy football. This waiver wire piece is an overview for all the position players, and highlights who I believe to be the best waiver wire […]

Tight Ends To Draft Late: TE Sleepers & Draft Values

All Tight Ends Are The Same, But Different Tight end has become one of the more perplexing positions in all of fantasy football due to the fact that there are clear tiers at the position and also a strange level of sameness after a certain point. The key to differentiating between players who fall into that […]

Quarterbacks To Draft Late: QB Sleepers & Draft Values

  Quarterback Sleepers for Shallower Leagues (1 QB) Today’s NFL is more pass-happy than it has ever been and that doesn’t appear to be changing any time soon. Fortunately for fantasy owners, that means there are a plethora of quarterback options that extend beyond the typical 10-team format.  It’s been said throughout the summer’s fantasy […]

Running Backs You Should Draft, While Others Are Avoiding

If you've come to this article wondering why I believe running backs to be so important for fantasy football, whether it's a PPR or standard league, then you should probably first go and read my last RB article where I discuss this in depth. Okay, welcome back. This article today is meant to discuss 2014 fantasy football running […]

2014 Fantasy Football Sleepers: Article Roundup & Analysis

  Potential NFL Sleepers for 2014 Fantasy Football A lot has happened in the 2014 NFL Preseason, and with respect to fantasy football, ADP sleepers have been anointed many times over.  Busts too, but finding the diamond in the rough is always the sexiest proposition in fantasy. We've published a ton of sleepers articles over the […]

2014 Fantasy Football Sleepers: PPR Wide Receivers & Running Backs

In this article, we look around the NFL and provide analysis on some fantasy football PPR sleepers for both running backs and wide receivers. A majority of the fantasy football leagues that I'm a part of each year are Point Per Reception (PPR) leagues, where fantasy owners are rewarded with extra points for each reception that a […]

2014 Fantasy Football Sleepers: Tight End (TE) Targets & Dynasty

  Tight End Draft Strategy The position of tight end can be fairly unexciting for fantasy football, especially in non-PPR leagues, unless you are the fantasy football owner with Jimmy Graham or another elite TE on your team.  After the "Big Three" tight ends come off the board (Graham, Rob Gronkowski, and Julius Thomas), your choice at the […]

NFL Podcast: PPR Draft Strategies & Potential PPR Sleepers

  Fantasy Football Analysis: PPR Leagues Jon & Kia gave their own unique breakdown of PPR leagues, and discuss which wide receivers and running backs they think will have larger impact in this type of fantasy football scoring format. Some of the player analysis includes Shane Vereen, Rashad Jennings, Pierre Garcon, Jordan Reed, Jordan Cameron, Danny […]

Four Late Round Wide Receiver Sleepers You Should Be Drafting

Every year there are at least a dozen sleeper candidates at each position, some for standard leagues and some for PPR, so it can be hard to pinpoint which ones to target when preparing your draft strategy. Luckily I'm here to help! To define a late round WR for this piece I am going to […]

Fantasy Football Stock Rising After Preseason Week 3

  News, Notes and Fantasy Football Analysis NFL Pre-Season Week 3 Risers Week 3 of the preseason is the most important week as starters get to play significant snaps. ADP and player analysis abounds as we begin to get a feel for the real risers/fallers and Week 1 start/sit and plan our draft strategy accordingly.Be […]

Rookie Sleepers: RBs to Target & Avoid in 2014 Fantasy Football

Everyone knows that the NFL is becoming more of a pass-friendly league with every season.  Quarterbacks rack up stats that would have seemed insane just ten years ago, but the true bell cow running back is quickly becoming a dying breed.  This scarcity, of course, means that landing a stud RB on your roster puts […]

2014 Fantasy Football Sleepers: Quarterback (QB) Draft Values

  Quarterback Draft Values & Potential ADP Sleepers Two QB leagues are crazy. I recently drafted one, and the draft almost made no sense to me. It's contrary to what most of us do, because you want to draft your first quarterback pretty high in the draft. It also means that you could end up with […]

Live Fantasy Football Q&A Tuesday 8/26 at 8pm EST: Edward Gorelik

Have a Burning Fantasy Football Question? RotoBaller Edward Gorelik (@bantspandit), also lead writer at Rotoback, will be answering your fantasy football questions on Tuesday August 26th from 8:00 to 9:00 PM EST. Come join in on the fun, and get your fantasy football draft, sleeper, risers/fallers, ppr, keeper, dynasty, player analysis, and rankings questions answered.  We'll do our best to answer all questions […]

Deeper PPR Sleepers: Running Back (RB) Draft Values

When you're analyzing ADPs to prepare your fantasy football draft strategy, identifying preseason risers/fallers, sleepers, potential busts, and knowing which rookies to pounce on or stay away from is of the utmost importance. Today we are here to try and help out with running backs for deeper PPR leagues, and to make sure that your fantasy […]

Live Fantasy Football Q&A 8/25 at 8pm EST: Zach Wilkens & Bobby Koch

Have a Burning Fantasy Football Question? RotoBaller Zach Wilkens (@LopsidedTrades) and Bobby Koch (@RekedFantasy) will be answering your fantasy football questions on Monday August 25th from 8:00 to 9:00 PM EST. Come join in on the fun, and get your fantasy football draft, sleeper, risers/fallers, ppr, keeper, dynasty, player analysis, and rankings questions answered.  We'll do our best to […]

2014 Fantasy Football Sleepers: Wide Receiver (WR) Draft Values

With such a high emphasis on the passing game in today’s NFL, you can pretty much find a potential fantasy sleeper on nearly every NFL roster. The key is to choose which ones have the highest chance of succeeding based on their talent, role, and quality of offense, and also how high their ADPs are. […]

RotoBaller's Expert Fantasy Football Mock Draft (Part II)

Courtesy of our good friends over at Fleaflicker, we hosted a RotoBaller fantasy football mock draft with a bunch of the RotoBaller football experts.  Our own Frankie Soler (@Frankie_Soler) was kind enough to write up a thorough post-draft analysis.  As you're preparing for your own fantasy football drafts, developing your draft strategy, identifying ADP sleepers, quality rookies, breakouts and […]

2014 Fantasy Football Sleepers: Running Back (RB) Draft Values

Reading player analysis, analyzing ADPs, identifying the risers/fallers and potential busts, following the pre-season team outlooks, learning the rookies and putting together your rankings are all key components for your draft strategy. And today we are here to help out with running backs, and making sure your teams are prepared in the critical rounds. In […]

Fantasy Football Stock Rising / Falling After Preseason Week 2

  News, Notes and Fantasy Football Analysis Week 2 of NFL Preseason Action With another week of preseason football in the books, several key fantasy contributors have once again had their draft stock altered in one way or another. There are risers/fallers, sleepers being made, busts in sight, rookies to scout, injuries and more. It’s […]

2014 Fantasy Football Draft Tools - ADP Arbitrage: Wide Receivers (WR) Sleepers

  Fantasy Football Wide Receiver ADP Draft Sleepers RotoBaller is partnering with our friends over at Rotoviz to bring you this nifty little ADP arbitrage tool for fantasy football wide receivers.  You can use this tool to help you find sleepers for the 2014 fantasy football season.  It's simple: select a player, and results are returned […]

Three Running Backs Who Won't Break Out in 2014

Depending on how many different analysts you read, there are probably thirty different breakout and sleeper candidates at running back every year. Some do break out (Ryan Mathews, Rashad Jennings, Knowshon Moreno last year) and some don't (David Wilson and Daryl Richardson). There are less candidates for busts, because let's face it that's just not […]

Rookie Wide Receivers You Should Target and Avoid in Your Drafts

Late-round draft picks in fantasy football drafts are like lottery tickets: you invest a minimal amount with the expectation of minimal returns, but with a chance at a big payout.  The big payouts are the deep sleeper candidates we search for every year, and no draft strategy is complete without those types of players.  Obviously, […]

Four Wide Receivers Primed For An Increase In Touchdowns

An important aspect of having a successful fantasy season is being able to project which players are likely to improve their numbers from the previous season. In other words, finding sleepers based on current ADPs is key to any sound fantasy strategy, for PPR or non-PPR leagues.  It sounds obvious because it is and yet […]

Four Deep Sleepers to Target in Fantasy Football Leagues

Let’s take a look at the some 2014 fantasy football deep sleepers that have the potential to return nice fantasy value this season. When planning your draft strategy, you should always consider sleepers and even the deep sleepers who will be available extremely late in drafts. These players (and one defense) can all be drafted in the last round […]

RotoBaller's Expert Fantasy Football Mock Draft

Courtesy of our good friends over at Fleaflicker, we hosted a RotoBaller fantasy football mock draft with a bunch of the RotoBaller football experts.  Our own Frankie Soler (@Frankie_Soler) was kind enough to write up a thorough post-draft analysis.  As you're preparing for your own fantasy football drafts, developing your draft strategy, identifying ADP sleepers, quality rookies, […]

Antonio Brown is Being Overvalued Based on a Historic Season

This post was originally featured on Rotoback   Antonio Brown's ADP Makes Him Overvalued in 2014 Just like my article on Alshon Jeffery being slightly undervalued, this is another Rotoballer debate turned article. The conversation about Antonio Brown was a real back and forth with a RotoBaller writer adamant that Brown was worth a top pick […]

Fantasy Football Stock Rising / Falling after Preseason Week 1

  News, Notes and Fantasy Football Analysis Week 1 of NFL Preseason Action Let’s face it: the main reason to be excited about preseason football isn’t simply that there are “games” on, but that the actual ones that matter are rapidly approaching. For fantasy, that means it’s crunch time for monitoring which sleepers are worth […]