Updated Week 1 Running Back Rankings
Welcome to Week 1 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 1 running back rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: Saquon Barkley Medically Cleared, Set To Return Week 1 Austin Ekeler Expected To Play In Week 1 Tests Confirm Torn ACL For Gus Edwards Le'Veon Bell... Read More
Updated Week 1 Flex Rankings (Top 200)
Welcome to Week 1 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 1 Flex rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates. These Flex rankings are geared towards making decisions for your Flex spot (RB/WR or RB/WR/TE), which in most leagues consists of running backs, wide receivers and in... Read More
Updated Week 1 Wide Receiver Rankings
Welcome to Week 1 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 1 wide receiver rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: Odell Beckham Jr. Likely To Play Against Chiefs Preston Williams Likely Out In Week 1 A.J. Brown Good To Go For Week 1 Tyler Lockett Not... Read More
Updated Week 1 Tight End Rankings
Welcome to Week 1 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 1 tight end rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: Kyle Rudolph Good To Go For Week 1 Adam Trautman Is Healthy For Week 1 Maxx Williams Ready For Season-Opener Evan Engram Won't Practice Wednesday O.J.... Read More
Updated Week 1 Quarterback Rankings
Welcome to Week 1 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 1 quarterback rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates. Trey Lance Good To Go Against Lions Carson Wentz Practicing In Full, Will Be Ready For Week 1 Deshaun Watson Officially Ruled Out These rankings are a... Read More
Week 1 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings
It’s officially that time for you to set your lineups for Week 1 of the 2021 football season. We are done with drafts and big picture thinking, and we are now forced to dive into the weeds of weekly contests. That means we must look more closely at individual matchups on a weekly basis, knowing... Read More
Week 1 Chat - Live Fantasy Football Game Day Q&A
Welcome to Week 1 RotoBallers! It's Sunday Morning... Do You Know Who to Start? Each Sunday morning of the NFL season, RotoBaller's experts will be moderating the industry's leading live chat room and answering a bunch of your fantasy football lineup and start/sit questions, from around 10:30 AM to 12:45 PM ET. Come join in... Read More
Fantasy Football Starts and Sits: Matchups Analysis for Week 1
Welcome back RotoBallers to our Week 1 matchup analysis and start/sit column for fantasy football. It's great to have the NFL season back, and I'm here to help make sure that you secure the dub in Week 1! For those who are not familiar, each week we'll be analyzing every game from the Sunday slate, helping you... Read More
Booms and Busts for Week 1 Lineups
It feels like it has taken forever, but the 2021 NFL season is finally upon us! No longer do we have to worry about projecting players out and setting up draft boards to get rosters ready. No, instead we now go to the grind of setting weekly lineups is on the agenda. With the rosters... Read More
Key Starters and Tough Calls - Lineup Spotlights for Week 1
Welcome to the 2021 season, RotoBallers! Below you will find some of my spotlight choices and players to go with when faced with tough lineup decisions in Week 1. These choices are based off my Premium Weekly Lineup Rankings, available as part of the RotoBaller's NFL Premium Pass. Enter promo code KING at checkout for a... Read More
Week 1 Busts? Players Who May Disappoint
As we kick off the 2021 NFL season, Week 1 is an opportunity for fantasy managers to start off on the right foot as they look to achieve fantasy glory. Having said that, some players will inevitably underperform or disappoint. Whatever happens in the opening week shouldn't drastically change your opinion of a particular player.... Read More
NFL Survivor Pool Picks (Week 1) - Targets and Avoids
It's one of the oldest pools out there. It used to be the most popular league during football season until fantasy came along. But picking a team to win each week, not being able to take them again, is as simple as it gets. You don't need to worry about every little injury like you... Read More
WR/CB Matchups to Target and Avoid: Week 1
Welcome to the first WR/CB Matchups article of the 2021 NFL season. My goal last year was to create the first fully free WR/CB matchups article to share with the fantasy football community. I appreciate all the support and feedback I received. If you enjoy my work, please follow me on Twitter @draft32teams. My process... Read More
Week 1 Warning Signs - Risky Plays and Potential Duds
If you are faced with some challenging lineup decisions in Week 1, we can help you make them here. Tight lineup calls can be nerve-wracking and lead to a lot of second-guessing, but this is the central location to find out who to potentially sit and feel comfortable with it. In this article, I will... Read More
Week 1 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2021 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings
Oooh, baby! We are back! Last season was a doozy, covering the streaming defenses each week and even getting an FSWA nomination for the column. However, I'm not one to rest on my laurels, so I tried to take it up a notch for you this season and created my own defensive ranking formula: DOWN (Defenses... Read More
Week 1 Kicker Streamers, Starts and Busts - 2021 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings
Alright, football fans! We have officially made it. This week officially starts our march to Fantasy Football Glory. The first week of the NFL season comes with those agonizing start/sit decisions that we all love to hate so much. The first week of the NFL season is often the easiest as it pertains to our... Read More
Break The Slate: DraftKings NFL DFS Lineup Picks - Week 1
Hi there, RotoBallers, and welcome back to Break The Slate! If you read this article last year then you know what we're about here, but if you are a new reader, let me quickly summarize our goals with this article. We'll spend each week discussing a few NFL DFS plays at each position for the... Read More
FanDuel NFL DFS Lineup Picks for Week 1 - Daily Fantasy Football
While it is bittersweet to see the warm weather drift away little by little, the return of football certainly helps lessen the blow that the Fall and Winter months ahead will ultimately bring. With the defending champs taking down America's team on Thursday night, thanks to a last-second field goal, Week 1 is already off to... Read More
NFL DFS Value Plays (Cash Games) for Week 1 on FanDuel and DraftKings
Week 1 of the NFL season is finally upon us, which means I am back with your weekly cash game values for DraftKings and FanDuel. Each week I will bring the plays I feel are the top values for your cash games based on price, projected roster percentages, or a combination of different things. In... Read More
NFL DFS Bargain Bin: Value Plays for DraftKings, FanDuel, and Yahoo
Welcome to the Week 1 Sunday slates edition of RotoBaller's NFL DFS Bargain Bin, where the goal is to touch on some potentially mis-priced players across the industry that find themselves in favorable match-ups and/or suddenly expanded roles. Before we go NFL DFS Bargain Bin hunting, a few particulars about format and content: The nature of the beast with value... Read More
Week 1 NFL DFS GPP Stacks for FanDuel, DraftKings
Week 1 of the NFL season is here! If you aren’t pumped up that we are finally here well…. You probably aren’t reading this article! This will be a weekly feature where I go through three recommended stacks to consider for your GPP lineups this week. Before just diving into the picks, thought I should share... Read More
NFL DFS Strategy: DraftKings Tournament Tips
This is the second installment of my NFL DFS Strategy Series. I will be writing a weekly article highlighting tips and general strategies to help you with your NFL DFS Tournaments, too! You can catch the first one here on bankroll management, contest selection, and goals. Hello, RotoBallers, my name is Mark Kieffer and I'm... Read More
5 Things You Should and Shouldn't Do in NFL DFS - Thunder Dan's 2021 NFL DFS Strategy Guide
Week one is almost here and that means that the NFL (and of course fantasy football, NFL DFS, and betting on props/games) is back in our lives! Welcome to my 2021 NFL strategy guide for both FanDuel and DraftKings. I am “Thunder Dan” and I will assume that if you are reading this, you want to... Read More
Video: NFL DFS Lineup Picks - DraftKings, FanDuel Week 1 Roundtable
Host "Thunder Dan Palyo" is joined by RotoBaller writers Joe Nicely and Frank Ammirante to discuss their favorite games and players to target on FanDuel and DraftKings in week one as well as several other NFL DFS topics. Be sure to also tune into RotoBaller Radio on SiriusXM (channel Sirius 210, XM 87) - every weekday morning... Read More
Sunday Night Football DFS Lineup Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings - Week One (9/12/2021)
Happy Sunday and happy football season Rotoballers! In what feels like the longest wait ever, NFL football is finally back. This will be my first week of football articles writing for you all, and I'm totally stoked to share my thoughts with you. Most of us started our fantasy journies with football, so it's always... Read More
Wide Receiver Matchups to Target in Week 1
Week 1 of the NFL season is upon us and it feels like things are really starting to come into focus since final roster cutdowns were made on August 31st. Entering 2021, cornerbacks like James Bradberry, Marcus Lattimore, Jaire Alexander, Jalen Ramsey, and Marlon Humphrey are likely to be matchups we want to avoid when... Read More
OwnersBox Week 1 NFL Lineup Picks - Weekly Fantasy Football Contests
Welcome back RotoBallers! The NFL season kicks off this week and we have a wonderful salary cap contest for you over at OwnersBox! This week's free RotoBaller contest has a whopping $100,000 cash prize pool - it's completely free to enter with code DREW9 In case you're not yet familiar, OwnersBox is a fantastic new weekly fantasy sports... Read More
NFL Betting Picks for Week 1 (9/12/2021) - Spreads, Totals, and Moneylines
“We are baaaaaack. We are getting Doug (football) baaaaack!” For all you The Hangover fans, I think you can understand the movie reference in terms of my excitement that we get a full weekend of football again. Sure, we had NFL last season, but I don’t think many fans felt it was the “real” thing.... Read More
Week 1 NFL - Single Stat DFS Prop Picks for PrizePicks
Hello everybody and welcome! The 2021 NFL season is finally underway and that means our new friends over at PrizePicks have a TON of great props we can look to take advantage of. PrizePicks is a great DFS props site where you can choose to select plays in terms of fantasy points or single stats.... Read More