
Quarterback Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Fantasy Football Week 2 (2025)
Week 2 of the NFL season has arrived. Hopefully, you kicked off your fantasy football season with a victory last week. If things didn't go your way, try not to worry. There is still a long way to go before the fantasy playoffs begin. A lot will change from now to December, so there is […]

Week 2 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2025 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings
Welcome, RotoBallers, to our fantasy football defense streamers, starts, and tiered rankings for Week 2 of the 2025 season! Every week of the fantasy season, this article will contain the best and worst defensive options. Each defense will be ranked No. 1 through No. 32 until the end of the fantasy football season. This will […]

Booms and Busts - Fantasy Football Starts and Sits for Week 2 Lineups (2025)
Well, Week 1 has come and gone. Hopefully, you started your fantasy football season with a victory. If not, don't worry. 0-1 is not a huge deal, and there is plenty of time to turn things around. That starts with making some good lineup calls for Week 2. We'll do our best to help you […]

Week 2 IDP Rankings for Fantasy Football (2025) - Defense Positional Rankings for LB, DL, DB
Welcome back to our fantasy football IDP rankings for Week 2 of the 2025 NFL season! It happens every year, but fantasy disappointments abounded in the opening week. There is a very real team, we won't name names, that went into their dynasty season with Ja'Marr Chase, Drake London, Malik Nabers, Joe Burrow, Jahmyr Gibbs, […]

Week 2 Kicker Streamers and Starts - 2025 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings
Welcome back to our fantasy football kicker streamers, starts and tiered rankings for Week 2 of the 2025 season. If you want to convince folks that kickers aren't boring, direct them to the opening week. Chris Boswell drilled a 60-yard field goal, the longest of his career. Matt Prater, just called up from the practice […]

IDP Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em for Week 2 - Streamers, Fades, Matchups for Defensive Players
Welcome, RotoBallers, to my IDP fantasy football start 'em, sit 'em article digging into the top matchups, streamers, and fades for Week 2 of the 2025 NFL season. As the season gets fully underway and we launch into another streamers and fades article, it is worthwhile to remind readers that streamers and fades should be […]

Tight Ends Start 'Em, Sit 'Em and Fantasy Football Trends for Week 2 (2025)
The tight end position is a much more difficult one to decipher for fantasy football enthusiasts. That's because so often a touchdown can be the difference between finishing as a top-five tight end for the week and finishing outside the top-15. The difference between TE9 and TE20 can be incredibly small. In fact, the difference […]

Wide Receiver (WR) Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 2 (2025)
With the opening week officially in the books, it is time to turn our attention to Week 2 of the 2025 NFL schedule and identify the matchups most likely to produce for fantasy managers. Given what we saw last week, the fantasy picture is starting to take shape. That said, several landmines were planted to […]

Quarterback (QB) Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 2 (2025)
With the Vikings and Bears concluding Week 1 of the fantasy football season, it is time to crunch the film and data and paint a picture of what to expect as we look at the slate of games set for Week 2. Week 1 saw several surprises in the top 10, including Daniel Jones, Aaron […]

Running Back (RB) Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 2 (2025)
How is everybody holding up after the conclusion of the opening week of the NFL and fantasy football season? Remember, whether you won or lost last week does not define your season. However, what you do next could have even more lasting implications. Often, when our fantasy teams underperform and players post underwhelming performances, fantasy […]

Tight End (TE) Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 2 (2025)
Every year, the tight end position has us questioning what we think we know. Just a few weeks ago, no one would touch Kyle Pitts Sr. However, entering Week 2, it would appear that he and Noah Fant are destined to be a top-10 fantasy option at the position. The secret to fantasy success is […]

Commanders vs. Packers TNF Start 'Em, Sit 'Em: Zach Ertz, Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Austin Ekeler, Matthew Golden, Jayden Reed, Terry McLaurin, Romeo Doubs
I'm not quite sure that Week 2 Thursday Night Football can come close to matching the entertainment that we had with the kickoff game last week. After Spit-Gate, a lightning delay, one amazing half of offensive football, and one amazing half of defensive football, something really strange would have to happen this week between the […]

Must-Start Defenses (D/ST) for Week 2 Fantasy Football (2025)
RotoBaller analyst Matt Donnelly drops his fantasy football must-start defenses (D/ST) for Week 2 of the 2025 season. Get these dynamic defenses in your lineups now! The 2025 NFL season is underway, which means fantasy football decisions are coming at you hot and heavy! We are here to help with your Week 2 D/ST streamers […]

Vikings vs. Bears Start 'Em, Sit 'Em: Monday Night - J.J. McCarthy, Caleb Williams, Aaron Jones, D'Andre Swift, D.J. Moore, T.J. Hockenson, Rome Odunze
The 2025 NFL season is officially underway! It's been an exciting Week 1 slate that kicked off on Thursday, and will close with a NFC North rivalry matchup between the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears on Monday Night Football. Minnesota will look to break in new quarterback J.J. McCarthy, while Chicago is starting the Ben […]

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 […]

Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em - Week 1 Matchups Analysis (2025)
Welcome, RotoBallers, to another year of our weekly start 'em and sit 'em article! It's finally time to welcome you back -- it's the inaugural 2025 article for our Week 1 matchups analysis and fantasy football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em picks, which will hopefully help you make winning lineup decisions in Week 1 of the […]

Key Starters and Tough Calls - Week 1 Lineup Spotlights for Fantasy Football Include TreVeyon Henderson, Jerry Jeudy, Ricky Pearsall
Welcome back to our Key Starters and Tough Calls article for Week 1 of the 2025 season! Scott Engel's weekly Lineup Spotlights showcase key players to consider for your fantasy football lineups. "The King" features players to go with when dealing with challenging lineup calls. The players that are covered in this article are based […]

Week 1 Fantasy Football Busts? Players Who May Disappoint (2025)
The managers completed their research, the players have been drafted, and now there's one thing left to do before kickoff: Set the all-important Week 1 lineup. Week 1 may have the fewest roster decisions to make. You essentially set your lineup when you completed your draft, because bye weeks have yet to come into play, […]

WR/CB Matchups to Upgrade and Downgrade - Fantasy Football Week 1 (2025)
Welcome back to our WR/CB Matchups for Week 1 of the 2025 fantasy football season. After a long offseason, we're thrilled to be back and kick off the 2025 season! For those unfamiliar, this weekly series looks at fantasy football matchups for wide receivers versus the cornerbacks who are projected to cover them. We're using […]

Wide Receiver Matchups to Target in Week 1 (2025) - Nico Collins, Brian Thomas Jr., Courtland Sutton, Tee Higgins, Josh Downs, more
Welcome to the first installment of our Wide Receiver Matchups to Target column for Week 1 of the 2025 NFL season. Since we don’t have any 2025 data yet, we’ll lean on last year’s numbers - but remember to take those with a grain of salt. Early in the season, factors like implied totals, projected […]

Running Back Matchups to Target in Week 1 (2025) - James Conner, Chuba Hubbard, Bucky Irving, more
Every week of the NFL season, we have to weigh the opportunities that we project for each running back against the quality of the opposing run defense. There are only a handful of backs that are guaranteed so many touches that we can look past their matchup and plug them into lineups without hesitation (the […]

Booms and Busts - Fantasy Football Starts and Sits for Week 1 Lineups (2025)
Week 1 of the 2025 season is finally here, and so is our fantasy football Booms and Busts article for Week 1! The 2025 NFL season has officially started. It feels just like yesterday we were watching the Philadelphia Eagles hoist their second Lombardi Trophy after defeating the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX. […]

Wide Receiver Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Fantasy Football Week 1 (2025)
The wide receiver position is always fraught with difficult start-sit decisions for fantasy managers, and this is especially true in Week 1, where much is yet to be known about players in their new landing spots, or WRs that just joined the league with the 2025 NFL Draft. Predicting which players will perform well, other […]

NFL Survivor Pool Picks: Week 1 Targets and Avoids
Welcome back to our NFL Survivor Pool Picks for Week 1 of the 2025 NFL season! Football is back, and the options are endless -- there are so many different pools, fantasy leagues, weekly bets, and futures bets that it's hard to decide what to do with these choices. But survivor pools are the oldest […]

NFL Pick 'Em Pool Picks (Week 1) - Targets, Avoids, Predictions for Pickem Contests (2025)
It's time for football RotoBallers! The Week 1 slate of the 2025 NFL season brings some big-time matchups, such as the Cowboys visiting the Eagles. The anticipation is building for that game in particular, with the Micah Parsons bombshell trade to the Packers a week before the season opener. What surprises will the Week 1 […]

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 […]

Week 1 Kicker Streamers and Starts - 2025 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings
I'm currently in Alaska, and we got to do one of the coolest excursions today. We took a helicopter to the Meade Glacier, walked around, and had the opportunity to drink clean water straight from the source. (If you ever get the chance to do this, do not pass it up!) I knew I was […]

IDP Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em for Week 1 - Streamers, Fades, Matchups for Defensive Players
Welcome back to our fantasy football IDP Start 'Em, Sit 'Em picks for Week 1 of the 2025 season! As was made clear in our Week 1 IDP fantasy football rankings column earlier this week, putting too much weight into early season matchups can lead to disaster in fantasy football. Certainly, there are many trends, […]