Booms and Busts - Fantasy Football Starts and Sits for Week 13 Lineups

Week 13 is finally here, and it might be the most important week for those fantasy managers still fighting for a playoff spot. With most leagues having their playoffs start in Week 15, there are just two regular season games left. That means if your fantasy team is on the bubble, you have to win […]

NFL Survivor Pool Picks (Week 13) - Targets and Avoids

Detroit's defense was completely exposed by Jordan Love and the Packers on Thanksgiving day. Green Bay scored the most points they have all season, 29. Love threw for 268 yards and three touchdown passes. The Lions defense has been getting shredded, though. In the last three games, they've given up 41, 26, and 29 points, […]

Wide Receiver Matchups to Target in Week 13: Brandon Aiyuk, DeAndre Hopkins, Courtland Sutton, Josh Downs, Diontae Johnson

Welcome to Week 13 WR Matchups to Target for the main slate. Last week three of our five picks hit the two-times multiplier on DraftKings (fantasy points per $1,000 in salary), including two picks that finished top 10 at the position in DraftKings points. We’ll use the same principles to make picks for this week. […]

NFL Pick 'Em Pool Picks (Week 13) - Targets, Avoids, Predictions for Pickem Contests

"Bye-nado: The Sequel". Coming this Sunday to your TV. For the second time this season, six teams are taking a mini-vacation. Baltimore, Buffalo, Chicago, Las Vegas, Minnesota, and the New York Giants are all on bye in Week 13. Each week of the NFL season, I’ll share my picks for each game, and rank the […]

Week 13 IDP Start Em, Sit Em - Streamers and Fades for Fantasy Football Defensive Players

Perspective means a lot in sports, as in many areas of life. An example of this would be Shaquille Leonard. We mention him here frequently because he remains a legend in many IDP circles. Even this year he's been a pretty productive tackler, despite limited snaps and conflicts with his team/coaching staff. So, obviously a […]

Week 13 Kicker Streamers and Starts - 2023 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

The fantasy football regular season is winding down; we only have two weeks left. We are back with more fantasy football advice to help you set those winning lineups with our Week 13 fantasy football kicker streamer and starts. Selecting the right kicker could be the difference between winning or losing your league matchup.  We'll […]

Bengals vs. Jaguars MNF Start 'Em, Sit 'Em - Trevor Lawrence, Travis Etienne Jr., Calvin Ridley, Christian Kirk, Evan Engram, Ja'Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, more

The Week 13 schedule closes out with the Joe Burrow-less Cincinnati Bengals visiting the Trevor Lawrence-led Jacksonville Jaguars. Below you can read our Monday Night Football matchups analysis article for the Bengals vs. Jaguars game to help make any fantasy lineup decisions for both season-long and DFS. This is a matchup of two teams headed in […]

Seahawks vs. Cowboys TNF Start 'Em, Sit 'Em - Tony Pollard, Jake Ferguson, Geno Smith, DK Metcalf, Tyler Lockett, Zach Charbonnet, more

Thursday Night Football for Week 13 will be a tale of two teams headed in opposite directions. The Dallas Cowboys are winners of five of their last six games, and those five wins have come with an average margin of victory of 23.2 points. The Seattle Seahawks, on the other hand, have lost three of […]

Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em - Week 12 Matchups Analysis

Welcome back RotoBallers to our Week 12 matchups analysis and Start Em, Sit Em column for fantasy football. Happy Thanksgiving! The injury train just keeps on rolling, taking out superstars like flies on a windshield. Last week was another wild one with plenty of booms and busts, several of which came from individuals that very few […]

WR/CB Matchups to Target and Downgrade - Week 12 (2023)

Happy Thanksgiving! Welcome to Week 12 of the WR/CB Matchups article. For those who are not familiar, this is a weekly series looking at fantasy football matchups for wide receivers versus the cornerbacks who are projected to cover them. During the past three seasons, I have tweaked my process to make the chart more user-friendly […]

Week 12 Fantasy Football Matchups We Love: The Fantasy Matchmaker

Welcome back to the Week 12 Fantasy Matchmaker article looking at Week 12 matchups we love! This is my weekly series for RotoBaller where I look at the matchup strength for pretty much every viable fantasy football player across the fantasy skill positions. With only three weeks left in the fantasy football regular season, each […]

Booms and Busts - Fantasy Football Starts and Sits for Week 12 Lineups

As we gather around the Thanksgiving table, indulging in the feast of both turkey and football, fantasy managers find themselves faced with tough decisions on who to start and sit in Week 12. Just like the carefully planned Thanksgiving menu, constructing the perfect fantasy football lineup requires strategic thinking and a dash of intuition. In […]

Week 12 Fantasy Busts? Players Who May Disappoint Include Tua Tagovailoa, Garrett Wilson, James Cook, Amari Cooper

A trio of Thursday games. The first-ever Black Friday game. The regularly scheduled Sunday slate. And for dessert, Monday Night Football. A lot of football (and food) is on tap, and hopefully, the only thing busting is your belt buckle. But that's the nature of the game. Not everybody will put up the stat line […]

Top Fantasy Football D/ST Rankings (Weeks 12, 13, 14, 15) - Defense Streamers and Starts

It's crazy to think we are almost done with the fantasy football season. With most playoffs starting in Week 15, there are just three regular season games left until the postseason. That means, if you stream defenses in fantasy, you have come to the right place. Now is the perfect time to start lining up […]

Week 12 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2023 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

Week 11 just wrapped up with a close, relatively low-scoring Super Bowl LVII rematch between the Eagles and Chiefs on Monday Night Football, with the Eagles sending a stadium full of Chiefs fans home disappointed. This means it’s already Week 12 and the fantasy decisions we are faced with can be the difference between making […]

NFL Survivor Pool Picks (Week 12) - Targets and Avoids

When it looks too easy, sometimes it is. The Commanders were 7.5-point favorites against Tommy Devito and the Giants. The G-Men could not have looked worse in recent weeks. Washington, with a losing record, was more than a touchdown favorite. But New York came out and played really good football, winning outright and dealing the […]

NFL Pick 'Em Pool Picks (Week 12) - Targets, Avoids, Predictions for Pickem Contests

Thanksgiving has all but arrived, which means the NFL schedule gets spread out with a plethora of satellite games. Three games on Thanksgiving, the first-ever game on Black Friday, and then the regular Sunday and Monday night slate. It's one of the best times of the year for football fans. Each week of the NFL […]

Wide Receiver Matchups to Target in Week 12: Puka Nacua, Mike Evans, Michael Pittman Jr., Diontae Johnson, Khalil Shakir

Welcome to Week 12 WR Matchups to Target for the main slate. Last week, four of our five picks finished in the top 10 at the position in DraftKings points, with multipliers for those picks ranging from 2.9 to 5.4 DK points per $1,000 in salary. We’ll use the same principles to make picks for […]

Week 12 IDP Start Em, Sit Em - Streamers and Fades for Fantasy Football Defensive Players

IDP managers have been hit with an onslaught of defender headlines as we hit mid-week of the Thanksgiving season. As of Tuesday, multiple impact fantasy defenders have been lost this week for various reasons. These aren’t minor losses, either. They are significant losses with long-term ramifications. Some of them we saw coming, and some we […]

Wide Receiver Matchups to Target for Week 12 Thanksgiving Slate: CeeDee Lamb, Romeo Doubs, Jahan Dotson

Welcome to a special Thanksgiving edition of WR Matchups to Target. Last week four of our five picks finished in the top 10 at the position in DraftKings points, with multipliers ranging from 2.9 to 5.4 DK points per $1,000 in salary. We’ll use the same principles to make picks for this week. The Thanksgiving […]

Week 12 Kicker Streamers and Starts - 2023 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

The fantasy football regular season is winding down; we only have three weeks left. We are back with more fantasy football advice to help you set those winning lineups with our Week 12 fantasy football kicker streamer and starts. Selecting the right kicker could be the difference between winning or losing your league matchup.  We […]

Dolphins vs. Jets Start 'Em, Sit 'Em (Black Friday) - Raheem Mostert, Jeff Wilson, Tua Tagovailoa, Jaylen Waddle, Garrett Wilson

RotoBallers, we have a cool twist to the NFL schedule with today's special Black Friday matchup! Below you can read our Black Friday matchups analysis article for the Dolphins vs. Jets game to help make any fantasy lineup decisions for both season-long and DFS. This game features a pair of AFC East squads that appear […]

Thanksgiving Thursday Start 'Em, Sit 'Em - AJ Dillion, Jayden Reed, Romeo Doubs, Brandin Cooks, Tony Pollard, Tyler Lockett, DK Metcalf

Happy Thanksgiving, and welcome to the RotoBaller Thanksgiving Thursday start 'em, sit 'em picks for Week 12! Many - including myself - believe Thanksgiving is the single best football day of the year, and 2023 gives us three compelling matchups to fill us up all day long. That is, of course, if the turkey and […]

Wide Receiver Matchups to Target in Week 11: Brandon Aiyuk, DK Metcalf, Tank Dell, Terry McLaurin, DJ Moore

An exciting Week 10 is in the books, which saw four receivers score over 33 DraftKings points, including Cowboys teammates CeeDee Lamb and Brandin Cooks. Cooks and Tyler Boyd were the only newcomers to the weekly top 10 at receiver, with Lamb scoring his third straight top-two performance at the position. Week 11 brings an […]

Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em - Week 11 Matchups Analysis

Welcome back RotoBallers to our Week 11 matchups analysis and Start Em, Sit Em column for fantasy football. Last week featured a combination of massive performances with some real duds. It also included six walkoff game-winning field goals, which made for an exciting slate. After managing without three of the top offenses, we lose the Atlanta […]

Week 11 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2023 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

Week 10 just wrapped up with the Broncos stunning the Bills in Buffalo on Monday Night Football. And it’s on to Week 11 and the fantasy decisions we are faced with can be the difference between making your playoffs or not this late in the season. We have four bye teams again this week with […]

Week 11 Fantasy Football Matchups We Love: The Fantasy Matchmaker

Welcome RotoBallers to another edition of The Fantasy Matchmaker. I will be taking this article over in Week 11 and will help fantasy managers with tough lineup decisions. If you are new here, this piece will show the players with the best and worst matchups this weekend. Each position (QB, RB, WR, and TE) will […]

Week 11 Fantasy Busts? Players Who May Disappoint Include Isiah Pacheco, Puka Nacua, Gabe Davis, Amari Cooper, more

Now armed with 10 weeks of data, we know everything and we know nothing. It's widely regarded that Philadelphia has the best run defense in football and that's a matchup worth avoiding when setting lineups. Ditto with the Jets and wide receivers. But are we sure that defenses like Minnesota and Seattle are bad? Have […]

WR/CB Matchups to Target and Downgrade - Week 11 (2023)

Welcome to Week 11 of the WR/CB Matchups article. For those who are not familiar, this is a weekly series looking at fantasy football matchups for wide receivers versus the cornerbacks who are projected to cover them. During the past three seasons, I have tweaked my process to make the chart more user-friendly and predictive, […]