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 […]

8 Running Back Committees With Upside: Key Fantasy Football Takeaways for Week 5

We've reached the portion of the fantasy football schedule where managers will have to navigate teams taking their bye weeks over the next several weeks. Hopefully, all the planning and depth built into your roster pays off, but stay active since you'll probably have to make adjustments to get a full lineup on the field […]

High-Upside Bench Stashes: Sneaky Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Adds Before Week 4

Hey RotoBallers! Week 3 taught us the importance of stashing upside players on our roster, as injuries will always play a key role in the season's storylines. We saw James Conner suffer a season-ending foot injury and top wideout CeeDee Lamb suffer a high ankle sprain, which could keep him out for over a month. […]

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. […]

Fantasy Football Matchups We Love - Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 4 (2025)

Week 3 was strange in the NFL. We watched a lot of fantasy players completely flop in their respective games. Blowouts were common in Week 3, which kept many fantasy scores down. However, if you had players on teams that were actively blowing out the competition, you likely came away from this week a happy […]

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 […]

Week 4 Fantasy Football Rankings Analysis - Laghezza vs. Mariano Rankings Comparisons

Let's get freaky! Friday can only mean one thing, people... another round of RotoBaller's Week 4 Rankings: Clash Of The Titans! You want to be the best? You have to beat the best, so all season I'll be putting my own custom work up against our resident living legend, Nick Mariano. Last week, I took […]

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 […]

Targets, Air Yards, Snap Counts Analysis - Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers for Week 4 (2025)

Welcome back to our fantasy football targets and snap counts analysis for Week 4 of the 2025 NFL season. Targets are paramount when it comes to evaluating pass-catchers for fantasy football. There are no air yards, receiving yards, receptions, or touchdowns without first earning a target. There’s a reason the biggest and most consistent target-earners […]

Running Back Snap Count Risers and Fallers - Fantasy Football Breakout Watch for Week 4

Week 4 means somehow a quarter of the football season is about to be in the books, even though it feels like we just started yesterday. Every NFL slate shakes up the Etch-A-Sketch, rewriting team trajectories and our fantasy futures with them. At the end of the day, though, some things do stay the same […]

5 Running Back Committees With Upside: Key Fantasy Football Takeaways for Week 4

In the modern NFL, many teams are rotating running backs and employing a committee approach to keep their backs fresh throughout the game and utilize their backs' specific skill sets. The committees can be hard to navigate for fantasy football, but they do sometimes offer excellent value if you take the time to dive in […]

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 […]

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 […]

High-Upside Bench Stashes: Sneaky Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Adds Before Week 3

Hey RotoBallers! Two weeks of NFL action (and the opening game of Week 3) are already in the books. Even though we are just a few games into the season, several young players have already begun to climb the depth chart and are making a push to earn a starting job. This week, we will […]

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 […]

Week 3 Fantasy Football Rankings Analysis - Laghezza vs. Mariano Rankings Comparisons

Freaky Friday can only mean one thing ... RotoBaller's Week 3 Rankings: Clash Of The Titans! You want to be the best? You have to beat the best, so all season I'll be putting my work up against our resident living legend, Nick Mariano. Last week, I took down the round, pushing James Cook against […]

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 […]

Targets, Air Yards, Snap Counts Analysis - Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers for Week 3 (2025)

Targets are paramount when it comes to evaluating pass-catchers for fantasy football. There are no air yards, receiving yards, receptions, or touchdowns without first earning a target. There’s a reason the biggest and most consistent target-earners are among the top fantasy point scorers; they can be relied on by not just their team’s offense to […]

Tight Ends Start 'Em, Sit 'Em and Fantasy Football Trends for Week 3 (2025)

The tight end position can be one of the most challenging and frustrating for fantasy managers to figure out. There are often not many good options, and the differences between players can be incredibly small. And they don't often show up where we'd like to think they would. When it comes to other positions, more […]

Fantasy Football Matchups We Love - Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 3 (2025)

Our fantasy studs were back in fine form last week. Ja'Marr Chase, Malik Nabers, and Puka Nacua were among the league's best this week. Week 1 is often a feeling-out period for NFL teams. Week 2 is when the real fun begins. With that type of excitement back for NFL fans, it is time to […]

Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers - Week 3 (2025)

Week 2 is in the books. It's not the time to panic about underperforming players, but we need to examine why they're underperforming. Conversely, are there trends to follow that we need to monitor? The same question applies to overperforming players: are they here to stay? We have another week of data to analyze, which […]

Running Back Snap Count Risers and Fallers - Fantasy Football Breakout Watch for Week 3

Whether it's Week 3 or Week 10, the fantasy football season can pass you in a blink once it hits full swing. Every NFL slate rewrites team trajectories, and weeks feel like an eternity at times. At the end of the day, some things stay the same -- regardless of format or flavor, touches, targets, […]

Fantasy Football Sleepers, Avoids: Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 2 - RotoBaller Staff Roundtable

As always, the opening week of the fantasy football season brought plenty of surprise boom and bust performances. Several big-name receivers were silenced in the opening week of the NFL season, while players like Quentin Johnston and Daniel Jones delivered big-time performances. It's important not to overreact to Week 1, but we can take those […]

High-Upside Bench Stashes: Sneaky Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Adds Before Week 2

Hey RotoBallers! With the first week of football in the books (and the first game of Week 2), it is time to begin planning ahead on the waiver wire. Last week, several recommendations, like Michael Penix Jr., became highly sought-after assets on the wire. If you have stashed them before you, you likely saved some FAAB, which is […]

Week 2 Fantasy Football Rankings Analysis - Laghezza vs. Mariano Rankings Comparisons

Welcome back to our Week 2 RotoBallers' Rankings Clash Of The Titans! They say if you want to be the best, you have to beat the best — so here goes nothing. Last week, Nick and I battled to a tie thanks to Ricky Pearsall, though I'm granting him an undisputed win for the epic […]

Fantasy Football Matchups We Love - Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 2 (2025)

The opening week of NFL action did not bring much in the way of fantasy studs. Oh boy, were the duds plentiful. In a week in which hardly any games hit the over on their scoring line, fantasy managers paid with many fantasy teams failing to score 100 points in PPR formats. This is not […]

Buy Low, Sell High - Week 2 Fantasy Football Trade Values and Avoids

Welcome back to my buy low, sell high trade targets for Week 2 of the 2025 season. The opening week of the NFL season is complete, and that means fantasy managers are overreacting to both the good and the bad. This opens up prime opportunities to sell players who overperformed and buy players who underperformed. […]