7 Fantasy Football Breakout Candidates and Sleepers: NFC East Edition (2025)

Winning a fantasy football championship requires drafters to strike a balance between picking the best players and uncovering the best gems in fantasy drafts. Being able to identify solid sleepers and breakouts helps fantasy teams survive through bye weeks and the injuries that occur throughout a season. Training camps are underway, and in a few […]

5 Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Values: Standard League Targets to Fade in PPR (2025)

In recent years, more and more fantasy leagues have transitioned to point-per-reception scoring. Unlike standard-scoring leagues where running backs dominate the early rounds of drafts, PPR formats allow for a higher valuation of the wide receiver position. Since most wide receiver analysis uses a PPR-centric lens, those in standard leagues must remember that a player’s […]

10 QBs and TEs Who Could Put Up Video Game Numbers for 2025 Fantasy Football

Everyone wants that player who will put up video game numbers in fantasy football. For QBs, that means one who can run. Just look at Joe Burrow, who put up video game passing numbers last year. He finished as the QB3 in fantasy PPG, well behind the top two. It is possible that Burrow, or […]

Top NFL Training Camp News - 23 Fantasy Football Depth Chart Battles to Watch (2025)

We made it. The grueling, football-less summer is finally winding to a close. All 32 teams are in training camp, and real, tangible football news is flowing through the summer air. In a few more weeks, it will be full-blown football season. As a matter of fact, the first preseason game is under a week […]

Frank Ammirante's Fantasy Football Sleepers and Busts: AFC/NFC West Edition (2025)

We're now in the thick of fantasy football draft season, so let's dive into my targets and avoids for the AFC West and NFC West for 2025. We'll review Underdog ADP as of July 21 to identify three targets and three avoids from each of these divisions. With that in mind, find out why players […]

PPR Fantasy Football Running Back Sleepers and Draft Values: Undervalued Pass-Catchers

Running backs run the ball, but they also catch the ball. Yes, I know that was probably the simplest opening statement ever in a fantasy football article, but sometimes you've just got to spell it out. Running backs are more than just runners. You can get an edge in PPR leagues by identifying backs whose […]

6 Fantasy Football Running Back Sleepers: Late-Round RBs to Draft in Superflex Leagues

Your involvement in a Superflex league automatically raises your incentive to secure quarterbacks early in the draft process. The opportunity to capitalize on the increased scoring potential that exists by promptly pursuing signal callers will ensure that quarterbacks will be selected at an accelerated pace during the initial rounds of each draft. That factor will […]

5 NFL Rookie Targets To Draft In 2025 Fantasy Football Leagues (Premium Content)

In this article, I will make cases for five rookie draft targets. While I expect these five players to be among my most highly rostered players this draft season, I will still be aggressively targeting many other rookies – and I suggest you do too. This includes Ashton Jeanty. I didn't feel the need to […]

5 Fantasy Football Rookies To Target In Dynasty, Avoid in 2025 Redraft Leagues

This is a tricky process because we typically want to build our redraft teams like dynasty ones. After all, rookies and young players impact fantasy squads. One way to filter through which players to examine involves looking at the differences between the Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC) Average Draft Position (ADP) in redraft and one-quarterback […]

Fantasy Football All-Value Team: 7 Draft Targets and Sleepers for 2025

Every season, there are value picks throughout fantasy football drafts. These players go under the radar for multiple reasons and wind up being consistent fantasy options. A few players who fell under that category in 2024 were Jayden Daniels, Chase Brown, Bucky Irving, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, and Jerry Jeudy.  With another fantasy season right around the […]

8 Fantasy Football Sleepers: NFC East/NFC North Undervalued Draft Picks for 2025

The NFC East and NFC North have a plethora of fantasy-relevant football players that would be nice to target in fantasy football leagues. Of course, this isn't Pokemon -- you can't have them all, but you can help out your fantasy team quite a bit by targeting the undervalued players. There are always situations in […]

Aging Fantasy Football Players: Should You Draft Aaron Rodgers, Adam Thielen, Travis Kelce, and more?

When it comes to fantasy football content in July, it's rare to find a topic that hasn't been covered by multiple analysts in the industry. But here at RotoBaller, we truly enjoy analyzing angles that you can't find from just any talking head on a sports blog or radio show. For the second year in […]

Dynasty Fantasy Football Buys and Sells: Third-Year Running Backs

The running back position is one of the difficult ones to navigate in dynasty leagues because things change so quickly. It was at this time one year ago that Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Rachaad White was considered a top dynasty asset. He just finished as the RB4 in PPR formats and still had a […]

Best Ball Fantasy Football Dart Throws: Round 18 Underdog Targets and Sleepers to Draft

Finding late-round players that can enter your lineup throughout the season is key to building a strong best ball roster. Just two seasons ago, we saw the Best Ball Mania winner on Underdog take down the final week thanks to a massive week from their 18th-round running back, Kyren Williams. Drafting players in the final […]

Fantasy Football All-Bench RB Strategy: Round Out Your Draft With These Backup Running Backs (2025)

Every year, I write about the merits of an #AllBenchRB strategy during the season. It is a strategy employed in fantasy football leagues that can lead to success for fantasy players if implemented correctly. Then I had an epiphany when @RealTalkRaph said to me, “Brett, your All-Bench RB strategy would work for the draft!” Mind […]

5 Fantasy Football Late-Round WR1 Candidates: Wide Receiver Value Picks and Sleepers for 2025

Regardless of the size or skill level of your fantasy football league, there are core strategy elements that always remain the same. Finding quality wide receivers is one of them. This allows you to balance out your roster and thus focus on other areas of your team once the season begins. However, it’s equally important […]

Top 10 Fantasy Football Running Backs for Zero-RB Builds (2025)

The zero-RB strategy, despite its flaws, will never cease to be one of the most popular team-building strategies in existence for fantasy football managers. It makes sense because most leagues have Point Per Reception, or PPR, scoring systems, in which a catch counts for a full point, the equivalent of gaining 10 yards. This makes […]

Early-Season Fantasy Football Sleepers and Values: 5 Running Backs to Target (2025)

Fantasy football is a marathon, not a sprint. Many players throughout the NFL will not help your team for the entirety of the season. Some players get off to a hot start before defensive coordinators figure them out. Other players do not have a breakout opportunity until the second half of the season. As such, […]

6 Fantasy Football Sleepers, Busts: Undervalued/Overvalued NFC East Players

Since 2021, the NFC East has sent at least two teams to the playoffs every season, and this past season was no exception. Actually, it might have been the peak of the NFC East, as the Commanders made the Conference Championship Game and the Eagles won the Super Bowl in dominant fashion. This division is […]

Fantasy Football QB1 Candidates: 5 Quarterbacks Who Could Dethrone Lamar Jackson in 2025

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson finished as the overall QB1 last season behind an incredible fantasy campaign. He averaged a whopping 25.6 fantasy points per game and was one of just two players to score over 400 PPR fantasy points on the season. Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase was the other (403 PPR fantasy […]

7 Second-Year Fantasy Football Players to Draft or Fade: Sophomore Sleepers and Busts (2025)

Not every player who comes into the league will immediately make a strong impact. While several rookies do, it takes most players at least one full year to get accustomed to the pro level. That was certainly the case last season, as we saw Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Tucker Kraft, and Bryce Young all show promise in […]

Fantasy Football RB1 Candidates: Top-5 Contenders to To Dethrone Saquon Barkley in 2025

Saquon Barkley's move to the Eagles last season was the kind of move that redefined how we think of a player's career. Suddenly, Barkley wasn't just a former No. 2 overall pick whose career numbers were good, but not great. Instead, Barkley will be remembered for rushing for over 2,000 yards and winning a Super […]

5 Mid-Round Sleepers and Potential League-Winners for 2025 Fantasy Football

Fantasy football drafts will soon be underway as we are now just a few weeks away from the start of NFL training camps. Much emphasis is placed on the players going in the early rounds of fantasy football drafts. This is understandable, as Rounds 1-3 are the most essential picks and can make or break […]

Florio's Fantasy Football Breakout QBs: Player Outlooks and Analysis for 2025

Breakouts win fantasy football championships. I wrote an entire article last year about chasing margin gains in ADP, which is an approach that works well for fantasy baseball but not for a game like fantasy football. That is especially true at the quarterback position. There is a clear-cut advantage with the top five QBs, but […]

10 Fantasy Football Must-Have Draft Targets: Sleepers at Every Position for 2025

One of the best parts about playing fantasy football is finding potential sleepers in your draft. Whenever you hear one of your league mates exclaim, "Who?" immediately after your pick, you know you've done something right. There are sleepers available in drafts every year. If you correctly identify a few, it can be what propels […]

Aging Alpha Wide Receivers: Fantasy Football Outlooks for Tyreek Hill, Davante Adams, Mike Evans, Calvin Ridley (2025)

Wide receivers are key in fantasy football, and one of the most surefire ways to build a title contender is to pick the right ones early in your draft. Of course, in Round 1, this is a fairly easy task. Superstars at the position like Ja'Marr Chase, Justin Jefferson, and Amon-Ra St. Brown are almost […]

Best Fantasy Football Targets for Every Round: Potential League-Winners in Rounds 9-16

Nailing your later-round draft picks is crucial to winning your leagues in fantasy football if your earlier-round picks don't hit. This is also true if they get injured. The truth is that picks after the first eighth round matter quite a bit. You need players to fill in for bye weeks, for injuries, and if […]

The RB Dead Zone In Fantasy Football: What Is It And Do You Need To Avoid It?

The running back dead zone examines players going in the early to middle rounds at the position. We'll use Rounds 4 through 8 as arbitrary markers for running backs going in Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC) leagues. However, these running backs have been pushed up the draft board, and they might be riskier than anticipated. The […]

Must-Have Fantasy Football Slot Wide Receivers: 2025 Draft Targets and Value Picks

Last offseason, we wrote about notable slot receivers, including Jayden Reed and Chris Godwin. We're back here again, examining slot receivers heading into the 2025 season. There's value in researching team-level trends before deep-diving into the player data. The teams that targeted the slot at the highest rate include the Panthers, Seahawks, Cowboys, Bills, and […]