Video: NFL DFS Lineup Picks - DraftKings, FanDuel Week 2 Roundtable
Host "Thunder Dan Palyo" is joined by RotoBaller writers Joe Nicely and John Brubaker to discuss their favorite games and players to target on FanDuel and DraftKings in week two 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
Week 2 NFL DFS Cheat Sheet: Expert Picks and Lineups (Premium Content)
All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome to Week 2 of the 2020 NFL Season! Each week, I'll be bringing you our famous NFL DFS Cheat Sheet with expert research and picks for cash games and GPPs. Here are a few notes about the sheet. For the first three weeks of... Read More
NFL Week 2: Thunder Dan's NFL DFS Tiered Rankings (Premium Content)
All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome, RotoBallers, to my official tiered rankings for week 2 of this NFL season! You can find my core plays at RB and WR each week in my Anchors column as well as the rest of my favorites plays in our premium cheat sheet.... Read More
NFL DFS Stacks: Week 2 (Premium Content)
All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Hi RotoBallers, and thanks for joining me! I'm very proud to bring you our weekly tournament stacks article this season for you, our loyal RotoBaller reader, and valued premium subscriber. The NFL season is in full swing, so it's time to dig deep and... Read More
NFL DFS Value Plays for Week 2 (Premium Content)
All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome to Week 2, Rotoballers! After a topsy-turvy Week 1, we quickly turn to another featured slate with 13 games on the schedule. Several top quarterbacks are playing in primetime this weekend, and it takes Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson, and Aaron Rodgers off the board... Read More
NFL DFS Must Avoids and Injuries for Week 2 (Premium Content)
All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome back to our weekly Must Avoids and Injuries series for our NFL DFS Premium Subscribers. Below, you'll find our expert's top players to avoid this week. We'll be adding the injured players to be wary of closer to game day. We're looking at... Read More
NFL DFS RB and WR Anchors For Week 2 (Premium Content)
All other Week 2 Premium Tools and Content can be accessed on the premium dashboard. In this piece, we're looking at the top running backs or wide receivers to build your cash or tournament lineups around. Most weeks I am going to recommend two running backs and two wide receivers who you can use as... Read More
Finding Tight End Breakouts - Champs, Chumps, and Contenders
The tight end position is undoubtedly the worst position in all of fantasy football. Luckily for fantasy managers, this year might just be one of the best. There looks to be, by my count, six really solid tight ends fantasy managers should be able to depend on from week to week. We all know the... Read More
Video: Wide Receiver Must-Starts and Sits - Week 2
Pierre Camus (@Roto_Chef) gives his must-start and must-sit wide receivers to help with tough fantasy football lineup decisions for Week 1 of the 2021 NFL season. Who should you start or sit in WR3/4 or Flex spots? Like and subscribe to the RotoBaller channel on Youtube to get all our latest podcasts and catch us... Read More
Fantasy Football Rookies to Watch in Week 2
Every week, this column will spotlight the first-year players who are ripe for a breakout performance. Oftentimes, rookies can provide some of the most value as under-the-radar options. Last week, three first-round rookie receivers made huge marks on their games. Cincinnati's Ja'Marr Chase, Miami's Jaylen Waddle, and Philadelphia's DeVonta Smith combined for 15 receptions, 233... Read More
Week 2 Red Zone Alert - Risers and Fallers
We finally have a week of data. So was Week 1 a trend or an aberration? We can look at last year's red-zone stats and see if players are continuing on a path or trailblazing a new one, be it good or bad. Let's begin with a look back at the top red-zone passers and... Read More
Inside the Tent - Week 2 NFL Injury Insight
At RotoBaller, we can't stress enough the importance of keeping up with injuries and playing your best lineup week after week. Players are going to get injured, that's an unavoidable fact. What's avoidable though is making the wrong roster decisions based on the injuries surrounding your fantasy team. If you want to dominate your leagues... Read More
The Book of Eli - Who is Elijah Mitchell?
It's crazy that just a few short weeks ago, millions of fantasy managers around the globe were proudly smashing the draft button to acquire 49ers rookie running back Trey Sermon on their rosters. Thousands of articles were written and plenty of tweets were carefully crafted, detailing just how perfect Sermon would fit into head coach... Read More
Early-Season Dynasty Trade Targets
After one week of NFL action, the fantasy overreaction is already at a critical mass. Seasoned dynasty league managers have learned to take a patient, long-term approach to roster construction. Others are in the business of making knee-jerk reactions and filling their trade block with underperforming players from the results of a single game. We... Read More
Fantasy Football Live Chat @ 12 PM - Start or Sit?
It's officially the fantasy football season... do you know who to start? RotoBaller's Frank Dyevoich (twitter @fantasy_giant) will be hosting a live Q&A chat session on Friday, September 17th at 12:00 pm ET. Come join in on the fun and get your fantasy football questions answered, or just stick around for some NFL talk! All... Read More
Wide Receiver Snap Counts and Target Trends - Week 1 Analysis
After months of research, conversation, and recommendations regarding potential usage and production for wide receivers, we can finally shift into the analysis of actual regular-season matchups. The results of Week 1 provided a collection of impressive performances, including several surprising developments. It also delivered our first opportunity to examine the massive assortment of numbers that... Read More
Week 2 Busts? Players Who May Disappoint
After Week 1 of the NFL season, fantasy managers might be panicking on some top players like Ezekiel Elliott, but it is important to realize that it is a long season. It would be nice to start the fantasy season on a tear, but it isn't the end of the world if players come out of... Read More
Week 2 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings
Everything went according to plan in Week 1, right? No injuries to key pass rushers, no mysterious benching of a young WR without warning, and no goose eggs laid by defending MVPs? No late-night trips to a certain fast-food chain that tied you to your toilet and rendered you physically unable to claim Elijah Mitchell... Read More
Week 2 Fantasy Football Sleepers, Start 'Em and Value Plays: The King and Pocket Aces
In this episode of The King and Pockets Aces, RotoBaller's Scott "The King" Engel and Anthony "Pocket Aces" Aniano share their highly charged Fantasy insights. They look at the latest and upcoming NFL player moves, NFL player rankings and lineup strategy to best prepare you for each week of the 2021 fantasy football season. Scott... Read More
The King's Week 2 Fantasy Football Rankings And Analysis (Premium Content)
Scott "The King" Engel issues his full Week 2 lineup rankings in PPR, Half-PPR and Standard formats. He also includes analysis of key players at each position. The rankings will continue to be updated as news breaks prior to the season opener. Following the positional analysis below you'll see the rankings widget. Enter KING at checkout... Read More
Top Trade Targets and Avoids for Week 2
Welcome fantasy friends and foes to the first weekly edition of 2021 Fantasy Football Trade Targets and Avoids. I will provide weekly advice on which players you can profit from by "buying low" and when to take the opportunity to "sell high" on players to gain the best return on investment. After a wild Week... Read More
Pivot Plays and Post-Waiver Pickups: Week 2
Fantasy football general managers must be prepared to make last-minute waiver wire pickups if their leagues allow it. In this crazy age of nonstop injuries, failed COVID tests, weather-related postponements and drug-related suspensions, fantasy footballers never know when one of their star players (or kickers) might not suit up on Sunday. That is what this... Read More
What We Know About the Jaguars' Offense in 2021
What a Week 1 we had! I know what you're feeling. The urge is building up inside of you to make a move, cut a struggling player, jump on the next big thing, or trade with a concerned manager. However, I urge you not to be rash. We spend months doing research into these players... Read More
Will Nyheim Hines Hold Jonathan Taylor Down in Fantasy?
Fresh off his new three-year, $18.6M extension, Nyheim Hines got nine carries and eight targets on 47% of the snaps in Week 1 vs. the Seattle Seahawks. Second-year running back Jonathan Taylor played on 54% of the snaps, handling 17 carries while seeing seven targets from Carson Wentz. Together, Taylor and Hines had a target... Read More
Believing in Jameis Winston Again
Well, that was a pretty wild Week 1, wasn’t it? We saw underdogs go 9-7 against favorites with several high-profile teams that made the playoffs a season ago getting knocked off in Week 1. One of the most notable upsets of the week was the New Orleans Saints’ 38-3 drubbing of the Green Bay Packers,... Read More
Fantasy Football Warning Signals for Week 2
Week 1 is in the rearview mirror. We learned a lot from one slate of games, but it’s important to remain patient and not jump off the deep end. We saw a few players that did better than expected. On the contrary, we saw some household names face plant on our fantasy lineups. Paying attention... Read More
Snap Count and Usage Analysis from Week 1
NFL snaps are not the be-all-end-all for fantasy production but they paint a clear picture with necessary context. Every snap is an opportunity for a player to make his presence felt and if their snaps go up or down, you get an idea of what the team thinks of their skill-set. A running back can... Read More
Offensive Outliers From Week 1 - Coaching Matters
This series enters the second season of where I dive into offensive areas that will improve or decline based on coaching in order to glean insight as to fantasy football value. In Week 1, we saw performances such as Jameis Winston throwing for five touchdowns, Joe Mixon carrying the ball 29 times for 121 rushing yards, and the Cowboys wide... Read More
Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers - Week 2
Week 1 of the 2021 NFL season is officially in the books. We finally have real data to dissect. Overreactions will undoubtedly be made, but there's also a lot of good information we can use to help make decisions as we head into Week 2 and beyond. In this weekly column, we'll be looking at... Read More
Tape Tells All: The Houston Texans Week 1 Performance
Welcome to a new season of Tape Tells All, the weekly series where I look at film for something that happened in the NFL this week. Usually, I focus on one player. This week, I'm focusing on a whole team, because that team did some very surprising things. Let's talk about the Houston Texans and... Read More