Fantasy Football Breakouts? Snap Count Risers and Fallers Watch for Week 7

Is it just me, or is fantasy football even more fun when chaos is the norm? It's all about being proactive, and the best way to stay ahead of the curve is by being the first to identify changes in playing time. When the dust settles, regardless of format or flavor, touches, targets, and opportunities […]

Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers - Week 7 (2025)

Each week of NFL action feels like a roller coaster as a fantasy football manager. Players breaking out, seemingly breaking out but really just having fluky games, falling off a cliff to irrelevancy, or just having down weeks can be hard to keep up with. Digging into the context of each situation can be helpful, […]

6 Running Back Committees With Upside: Key Fantasy Football Takeaways for Week 7

Across the NFL, several teams are using more than one running back in a rotation, dividing the work and production. The situation can be a great opportunity for fantasy football managers since more players are involved every week, but it can also be very unpredictable and rapidly changing from week to week. To help you […]

Fantasy Football Sleepers, Avoids: Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 6 - RotoBaller Staff Roundtable

All of a sudden, we're already onto Week 6 of the fantasy football season, and the flurry of injuries is surely requiring many fantasy managers to identify sleepers and streaming options to put together viable starting lineups. Our experts are here to help with those Week 6 lineup calls. It's time for the next edition […]

High-Upside Bench Stashes: Sneaky Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Adds Before Week 6

Injuries have been the storyline of the 2025 campaign. Managers have seen many high-end players, such as Lamar Jackson (hamstring), Omarion Hampton (ankle), and James Conner (foot), miss time, which has caused many to look to the waiver wire. However, a key to winning fantasy football is getting ahead of your league. Stashing the potential […]

Fantasy Football Matchups We Love - Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 6 (2025)

We are finally at a point in the NFL season where we have a solid idea of matchup difficulty. We now have five weeks' worth of data on offenses and defenses around the league that will allow us to make sound decisions in fantasy. Several offenses around the league look like good bets to continue […]

Booms and Busts - Fantasy Football Starts and Sits for Week 6 Lineups (2025)

The fantasy football season marches on, and we are already barrelling toward the middle of October. We had a few good calls in this space last weekend. We correctly labeled C.J. Stroud and Mason Taylor as boom calls. Stroud lit up the Baltimore Ravens defense and finished as the overall QB1, while Taylor caught nine […]

Tight Ends Start 'Em, Sit 'Em and Fantasy Football Trends for Week 6 (2025)

Fantasy managers will get Tucker Kraft and Kyle Pitts Sr. back from their bye, but it sounds like they'll need to wait another week for George Kittle to return. Only the Texans and Vikings are on bye this week, so fantasy managers won't be tasked with dealing with too many bye weeks. Only T.J. Hockenson […]

Buy Low, Sell High - Week 6 Fantasy Football Trade Values and Avoids

Five weeks down, and the terrain for the 2025 fantasy football landscape has been established. However, things can change in an instant, as we see players break out much like Jacory Croskey-Merritt did in Week 5. Whether your fantasy team is at the top of the standings or all hope seems lost, keep grinding, as […]

Targets, Air Yards, Snap Counts Analysis - Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers for Week 6 (2025)

Welcome back to our fantasy football targets, routes, and snap counts analysis for Week 6 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 […]

Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers - Week 6 (2025)

We're back with another edition of Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers. It's crazy to think we're already over a quarter of the way through the season! As we head into Week 6, there's a lot of good data to dissect. Some players have stepped up in the wake of injuries, and others have seen increased […]

7 Running Back Committees With Upside: Key Fantasy Football Takeaways for Week 6

Love them or hate them, running back committees are a way of life in the modern NFL. While there are still a few every-down backs, more and more teams are working with multiple options as part of their solution in the backfield. With bye weeks stretching rosters thin, the good news of the running back […]

Running Back Snap Count Risers and Fallers - Fantasy Football Breakout Watch for Week 6

Without fail, both real-life and fantasy teams know it gets late early every football season. Sadly, those plans of patience go right out the window the instant injuries meet bye weeks -- don't sweat it, it's human nature. The best way to stay ahead of the curve and keep those teams afloat in tumultuous times? […]

High-Upside Waiver Wire Bench Stashes - Fantasy Football Pickups for Week 6

Throughout the opening month of the NFL season, fantasy managers have likely seen many of their high-end players suffer an injury. This past week, the Chargers placed star running back Omarion Hampton (ankle) on the IR, and now Tampa Bay running back Bucky Irving (shoulder/foot) is slated to miss another week of action. As a […]

Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups - RotoBaller Staff Fantasy Football Roundtable

Five weeks into the 2025 NFL season, there are tons of injuries to navigate, and bye weeks are making lineup calls even trickier. We must find potential startable options on the waiver wire, and some of the best waiver options have already been picked up as we continue to move into the second month of […]

High-Upside Bench Stashes: Sneaky Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Adds Before Week 5

Hey RotoBallers! Week 4 taught us the importance of stashing upside players. We saw many high-end players suffer season-ending injuries, and even earlier this week, top players like Trey Benson (knee) were placed on the injured reserve. As we approach Week 5, we will spotlight several players who have begun to carve out prominent roles […]

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 Matchups We Love - Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 5 (2025)

Fantasy football scores were way up in Week 4. NFL offenses seem to have found their footing in a week that featured a slate of high-scoring games and exciting matchups. The crown jewel of the week happened to be a Sunday night matchup between the Packers and the Cowboys that turned out to be 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 […]

Week 5 Fantasy Football Rankings Analysis - Laghezza vs. Mariano Rankings Comparisons

Thank goodness it's Friday. Not only is football and a lovely ten-hour date with my couch fast approaching, it’s also time for another round of RotoBaller’s Week 5 Rankings: Clash Of The Titans! Like I always say, you want to be the best? You have to beat the best — so all season long, I'll […]

Targets, Air Yards, Snap Counts Analysis - Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers for Week 5 (2025)

Welcome back to our fantasy football targets, routes, and snap counts analysis for Week 5 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 5

Turning the calendar to October, it is right around the time we start to trade patience for panic. Being so wildly unpredictable, every NFL slate shakes up the fantasy Etch-A-Sketch, rewriting team trajectories and our teams' futures with them. However, at the end of the day, some things do stay the same -- regardless of […]

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 […]