Week 2 Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Football Pickups Include Joshua Palmer, Quinshon Judkins, Dylan Sampson, Romeo Doubs, Kayshon Boutte

What an incredible Sunday of football we had, and the first week of fantasy football will officially be in the books once the Monday Night game is completed. No time to panic if you started the season (0-1). It's time to scour the waiver wire for players who help your teams this season. At RotoBaller […]

The Cut List - Time to Let Go? Who to Drop for Fantasy Football Week 2

The opening week of NFL games is in the books, but it’s important we’re not too reactionary. Bad games happen. Flukey stuff happens, and when it occurs in the first week, it’s far more exaggerated, because we don’t have any other data to say, “yeah, but…”. So, as we look forward to this year’s first […]

Wide Receiver Waiver Wire Pickups - Top Fantasy Football WR Adds for Week 2 Include Hollywood Brown, Keenan Allen, Cedric Tillman, Troy Franklin

Welcome back to our fantasy football wide receiver waiver wire pickups for Week 2 of the 2025 season. Did that feel as long for you as it did for me? Football is back (!), and opening week was not short of storylines. Everything we've planned for and adjusted to for the last seven months is […]

Running Back Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 2 - Dylan Sampson, Quinshon Judkins, Trey Benson, Kyle Monangai, Kenneth Gainwell, more

Welcome back to our fantasy football running back waiver wire pickups for Week 2 of the 2025 season! The framework for the creation of your rosters evolved as the offseason unfolded, through your diligent efforts in planning and constructing each team that was ultimately assembled to compete for league championships. The first installment of this […]

Tight Ends Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 2 TE Options Include Zach Ertz, Brenton Strange, Jonnu Smith, Hunter Henry, more

One week down, three tight ends down. It did not take long for the injury bug to bite some tight ends on the backside. San Francisco’s George Kittle, Denver’s Evan Engram, and Las Vegas’ Brock Bowers all got banged up. Now, fantasy football managers are scrambling like Justin Fields to find tight ends. That is […]

Quarterback Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups - Top QB Adds for Week 2 Include Trevor Lawrence, Geno Smith, Daniel Jones, Aaron Rodgers, more

As usual, defenses were ahead of offenses in Week 1 of the NFL season. Just three teams scored 30 or more points. Conversely, 10 teams failed to score more than 15 points. It wasn’t the greatest week of fantasy production, but we did still get some excellent performances from quarterbacks. Nine different quarterbacks scored at […]

IDP Waiver Wire Pickups and Streamers for Week 2 (2025)

Welcome back to our fantasy football IDP waiver wire pickups and streamers for Week 2 of the 2025 season! Defensive players on new teams made big impacts in one of the most exciting Week 1 showcases of recent NFL seasons. Micah Parsons crashed down on Jared Goff in the fourth quarter, creating a "Welcome to […]

Unexpected Boom Performances: Fantasy Football Risers Include Quentin Johnston, Keenan Allen, Daniel Jones, Aaron Rodgers, Calvin Austin III

The NFL regular season is finally here. Starting with a tense opener between Dallas and Philadelphia, Week 1 gave audiences some exciting finishes. It also gave fantasy managers a lot of action to sate their appetites. With the highs, lows, and everything in between, fantasy football is officially back. The two big stars of Sunday […]

Waiver Wire Express - Week 2 Lightning Round Including Quentin Johnston, Marquise Brown, Trey Benson, Quinshon Judkins, Harold Fannin Jr., more

It's already time to look ahead with our rapid waiver piece that puts every relevant player on your roadmap. This is a delicate time, as we'll balance all of our pre-draft evaluation with a one-week sample size. Balance your immediate needs with a capacity for long-term stashes as we navigate our fantasy football waiver wire […]

Defenses (DEF) to Start in Week 2 (2025): Best Fantasy Football Streaming Options

Projecting fantasy football defenses early in the season is always a challenge. NFL parity ensures that even the league’s worst teams can close the gap quickly, while offseason roster turnover reshuffles depth charts on both sides of the ball. A defense that looked vulnerable last year may suddenly become competent, and an offense that struggled […]

Top Fantasy Football D/ST Rankings (Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4) - Defense Streamers and Starts (2025)

Welcome, RotoBallers, to our fantasy football D/ST streamers and starts for Weeks 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the 2025 season -- looking at the first four weeks and identifying the best D/ST matchups. Some leagues have gone away from carrying a defense position. The reasoning has to do with the overall inconsistency of starting a […]

Waiver Wire Planning A Week Ahead: High-Upside Bench Stashes Before Fantasy Football Week 1

Hey RotoBallers! It's time to look ahead, and plan for waiver wire stashes who may emerge in Week 1 games. Even though we have only had two games so far in Week 1, it is never too early to begin to look at the top options on the waiver wire. It is crucial to get […]

Waiver Wire Express - Week 1 Including Quinshon Judkins, Chris Rodriguez Jr., Ollie Gordon II, Dont'e Thornton Jr., Jayden Higgins, more

Welcome back to our first 2025 installment of the quick-hitting waiver piece that aims to put buzzy players on your radar! Soon enough, we'll be in the thick of the season, but most players have a blank canvas yet to be painted. Let's start the year on the right foot with our fantasy football waiver […]

Week 1 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2025 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

Welcome, RotoBallers, to our first weekly defensive rankings article. Every week of the fantasy football season, this article will contain the best and worst defensive options. Each defense will be ranked No. 1 through No. 32 every week until the end of the fantasy football season. This will be your go-to stop for all defensive […]

Updated Week 1 Waiver Wire Rankings Fantasy Football - Bhayshul Tuten, Jerome Ford, Ollie Gordon, Dont'e Thornton, Quinshon Judkins, Elic Ayomanor

The fantasy football draft season is coming to an end, and Week 1 is finally here! With most fantasy football drafts completed by now, it's time to scour the waiver wire for players who help your team in 2025. Today we're back with our updated Week 1 fantasy football waiver wire rankings before Week 1 […]

Week 1 Kicker Streamers and Starts - 2025 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

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Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Watchlist for Week 1

Welcome to Week 1 and our fantasy football waiver wire watchlist article for the 2025 season! While a good draft is key to winning your fantasy league, making smart moves on the waiver wire can be a sneaky-good way to make up for a bad draft or strengthen a good one. Young and/or unproven players […]

Quarterback Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups - Top QB Adds for Week 1 Include Trevor Lawrence, Michael Penix Jr., Geno Smith, more

Week 1 of the NFL season is finally here. After spending months strategizing and preparing for the season, it is now time to start the journey towards winning a fantasy championship. The 2025 season hasn’t even started yet, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t scour the waiver wire to try and find ways to […]

Sneaky Starts, Pivot Plays, and Waiver Wire Stashes for Week 1 Fantasy Football (2025)

We are officially back with our sneaky starts, pivot plays and waiver wire pickups for Week 1 of the 2025 season! Every week, you can get sneaky starts and pivot options for your fantasy football starting lineups right here. The one caveat for this week is that you should not have to dive too deeply. […]

Week 1 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups and Stashes - After The Draft (2025)

Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen to our Week 1 fantasy football waiver wire pickups and stashes for 2025! It’s officially NFL season. Sure, no games have been officially played yet, but fantasy football drafts are (almost) all in the rear-view window, and now, we are all patiently waiting for the season to get officially underway. […]

Running Back Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 1 - Ray Davis, Ollie Gordon, Kyle Monangai, Dylan Sampson, Jaydon Blue, Woody Marks, more

Any emotional letdown that you may have experienced due to the conclusion of the 2024 fantasy season was eventually replaced by a transition toward extensive draft planning and savvy roster construction during the 2025 draft season.  You have devoted countless hours to researching data, absorbing analysis, examining tape, and developing strategy, which were essential as […]

Tight Ends Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 1 TE Options Include Brenton Strange, Dalton Schultz, Darren Waller, Cade Otton, more

Welcome back everyone to our tight ends fantasy football waiver wire pickups for Week 1 of the 2025 season! You do not have to wait for the NFL season to start to add players to your roster via the waiver wire – at least in some leagues. Maybe you are bummed you did not get […]

Deeper League Waiver Wire Pickups for Fantasy Football Week 1 (2025)

Welcome back to our deeper league fantasy football waiver wire pickups for Week 1. We have finally made it to Week 1 of the 2025 NFL season! It is time to stop projecting and start reacting to the weekly data points and information we receive on the field. A lot of analysis focuses on leagues […]

Week 1 Waiver Wire Pickups - Chris Rodriguez Jr., Will Shipley, Keaton Mitchell Fantasy Football Outlooks

There are plenty of injured players fantasy managers might have selected in the middle-to-late rounds of drafts. If you drafted Brandon Aiyuk, Chris Godwin, Joe Mixon, or even Jalen Coker in fantasy, you can put those players in one of your IR spots. That means an extra roster spot is available for you on your […]

Week 1 Waiver Wire Rankings (2025) - Ollie Gordon, Joshua Palmer, Romeo Doubs, Woody Marks, Luther Burden, Chris Rodriguez, Dont'e Thornton, more

The 2025 fantasy football season is almost here RotoBallers! It's an exciting time, and after your drafts are completed it's always time to check the waiver wire for pickups. Below you'll find our first waiver wire article of the season -- our Week 1 fantasy football waiver wire rankings for 2025 to help guide you […]

Week 1 Waiver Wire Pickups - Jerome Ford, Ollie Gordon II, Roschon Johnson Fantasy Football Outlooks

Picking up the right players before the start of the season could really go a long way for your fantasy team. That means now is the perfect time to get rid of that extra defense or that third tight end on your roster and pick up a player who could emerge as an underrated fantasy […]

High-Upside Bench Stashes: Sneaky Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Adds Before Week 1

Football time is here! We are in the heat of draft weekend, and the regular season begins tonight. You can feel it in the air, and it is a wonderful time to be a fan of this great sport. With drafts in full swing, many managers have likely already begun to peek at the waiver […]

All-Waiver Wire Fantasy Football Team - 2024 Undrafted Players Who Exceeded Expectations

The casual fantasy football managers draft a team and ride it out, hoping their selections push them into the playoffs. The savvy fantasy managers utilized the waiver wire to make a good team great. Every year, undrafted players go on to be fantasy football darlings. This season was no exception. Below is the All-Waiver Wire […]

Week 18 Kicker Streamers and Starts - 2024 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

Although many of us wrapped up our fantasy football season in Week 17, some leagues are still trucking through Week 18. If you've gotten this far rolling out the same kicker every week, you'll probably stick with him for your league's finale. But what if you have been streaming kickers this season? Many managers prefer […]