Must-Start Defenses (D/ST) for Week 5 Fantasy Football (2025)

The 2025 fantasy football season is heading into Week 5, which means the introduction of bye weeks for the first time. Looking for help at the D/ST spot? Get these high-impact defenses on your roster now! RotoBaller analyst Matt Donnelly drops his fantasy football must-start defenses (D/ST) for Week 5 of the 2025 season. With […]

Top Fantasy Football D/ST Rankings (Weeks 4, 5, 6, 7) - Defense Streamers and Starts (2025)

Welcome, RotoBallers, to our fantasy football D/ST streamers and starts for Weeks 4, 5, 6, and 7 of the 2025 season. Every week of the fantasy football season, we will go through the best defensive streaming options that fantasy managers have to consider picking up weeks in advance.  In last week's article, we recommended picking up […]

Defenses (DEF) to Start in Week 5 (2025): Best Fantasy Football Streaming Options

Finding the right defense to stream each week can make all the difference in fantasy football. While top-tier units like the Vikings and Seahawks are usually locked into starting lineups, sharp managers know that matchups are king. Targeting defenses facing turnover-prone quarterbacks, shaky offensive lines, or teams struggling to move the ball consistently can often […]

Who Should I Start? Sunday Fantasy Football Lineup Decisions for Week 4 (2025) - Omarion Hampton, DK Metcalf, Ashton Jeanty, Nick Chubb, Woody Marks, Brock Purdy, Quinshon Judkins, Javonte Williams

Who Should I Start? Who Should I Sit? Some common Week 4 fantasy football lineup decisions are regarding players like Omarion Hampton, DK Metcalf, Ashton Jeanty, Nick Chubb, Woody Marks, Brock Purdy, Quinshon Judkins and Javonte Williams. But not to worry, we are here to help make these decisions and build winning lineups in Week […]

Key Starters and Tough Calls - Week 4 Lineup Spotlights for Fantasy Football Include Drake London, Quentin Johnston, Harold Fannin, Romeo Doubs

Welcome again to our Key Starters and Tough Calls feature for Week 4 of the 2025 season. Scott Engel's Week 4 Lineup Spotlights column showcases significant players to start or sit when faced with tough lineup choices. "The King" focuses on starting options that could be causing fantasy anxiety. The fantasy football players included in […]

Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em - Week 4 Matchups Analysis (2025)

Welcome back, RotoBallers, to our Week 4 matchups analysis and fantasy football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em picks! For anyone new here, this is our main weekly matchups column where we cover all games. Every week of the fantasy season, we will offer in-depth analysis of every player in every game. Last week, players like Caleb Williams, […]

Week 4 Fantasy Football Busts? Players Who May Disappoint (2025)

Welcome back to our fantasy football bust candidates for Week 4 of the 2025 NFL season. Three weeks of data is just the beginning, but enough to form conjectures. There are some statistical outliers. Seattle is giving up the second-most receptions to running backs, but they've played against some of the league's best backfield pass-catchers […]

Wide Receiver Matchups to Target in Week 4 (2025) - Puka Nacua, Nico Collins, Ladd McConkey, Rome Odunze, Jakobi Meyers

Welcome to the Wide Receiver Matchups to Target column for Week 4 of the 2025 NFL season. We now have a decent three-game sample size in 2025, so we'll factor that in while giving more weight to other factors, such as implied totals, projected pace, and Vegas lines. This article hit on Nico Collins in […]

WR/CB Matchups to Upgrade and Downgrade - Fantasy Football Week 4 (2025)

Welcome back to our WR/CB Matchups for Week 4 of the 2025 fantasy football season. We have a decent sample of three weeks in the offensive and defensive advanced metrics. The narratives have somewhat shifted over the past few weeks. For those unfamiliar, this weekly series looks at fantasy football matchups for wide receivers versus […]

Week 4 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2025 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

Welcome, RotoBallers, to our fantasy football defense streamers, starts, and tiered rankings for Week 4 of the 2025 season! Every week of the 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 be […]

Running Back Matchups to Target in Week 4 (2025) - James Cook, Kyren Williams, Bucky Irving, More

If you're looking for some confirmation bias as to why you should deploy matchup-proof running backs like Christian McCaffrey or Bijan Robinson this week, then look elsewhere, friends! I'm breaking down DVOA data, offensive line matchups and ratings, and various other metrics in an attempt to validate some of those matchups that pop at first […]

IDP Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em for Week 4 - Streamers, Fades, Matchups for Defensive Players

As is the case every year, impactful injuries in fantasy football are beginning to add up already. We are only three weeks into the season, yet injuries have already robbed us of multiple starting quarterbacks and defensive star Nick Bosa. Worse, injuries are already hobbling players who remain on the field, seemingly turning players like […]

Jets vs. Dolphins Start 'Em, Sit 'Em: Monday Night - Justin Fields, Tyreek Hill, Breece Hall, Jaylen Waddle, Garrett Wilson, De'Von Achane, Tua Tagovailoa

Week 4 of the NFL season brings another Monday Night Football double-header, meaning tons of fantasy matchups will go down to the wire and be decided on the final day of the slate. It's important to nail those start-sit calls, and we're here to help with this AFC East clash. Below, read about the fantasy […]

Bengals vs. Broncos Start 'Em, Sit 'Em: Monday Night - Ja'Marr Chase, Courtland Sutton, Chase Brown, J.K. Dobbins, Tee Higgins, Bo Nix, Evan Engram

The final game of the Week 4 NFL slate looked like an incredible matchup on paper before the season began, but the Broncos' early-season struggles and the injury to Joe Burrow have negatively affected the fantasy upside of this AFC clash. That said, this game will decide plenty of fantasy matchups, and we're here to […]

Packers vs. Cowboys Start 'Em, Sit 'Em: Sunday Night Football - Jordan Love, Dak Prescott, Josh Jacobs, Javonte Williams, Tucker Kraft, George Pickens

We close out the Week 4 Sunday slate with a primetime matchup between to of the league's most prominent franchises in what some are calling "The Micah Parsons Bowl". The Packers and Cowboys pulled off the stunning blockbuster trade for Parsons just before the season started, and will now square off in Week 4. We […]

Vikings vs. Steelers Start 'Em, Sit 'Em: Dublin Game - Carson Wentz, Aaron Rodgers, Jordan Mason, Jaylen Warren, DK Metcalf, Jordan Addison, TJ Hockenson

As the NFL season heads into Week 4, we get our first Sunday morning game of 2025 with the Vikings taking on the Steelers in an International Series matchup from Dublin. Both of these squads enter with somewhat fortunate records of 2-1. Minnesota has battled through injuries to key starters J.J. McCarthy and Aaron Jones, […]

Running Back Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Fantasy Football Week 4 (2025)

Week 3 saw the running back position get crushed with injuries. Najee Harris (Achilles) and James Conner (foot) are both out for the remainder of the season, which has opened the door for many young running backs to take a lead role. As a result, we will have some new faces enter the "fringe" lineup […]

Wide Receiver Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Fantasy Football Week 4 (2025)

Wide receivers in fantasy football have a ton of volatility. As you'll see later in this article, the first player we mention is a perfect example of this. There are plenty of examples of why players can have such variance in their scoring, as we'll get into later, of course, and trying to find the […]

Tight End Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Fantasy Football Week 4 (2025)

Being able to identify tight ends who have the potential to put up huge fantasy production is essential if you didn’t invest an early pick in your fantasy draft in the position. Finding those values can unlock the ceiling of your fantasy team without using a premium pick. Several tight end performances swung fantasy matchups […]

Quarterback Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Fantasy Football Week 4 (2025)

We had a pretty decent showing in this column last week. Caleb Williams and Drake Maye were a few of our recommended starts. Williams threw for 298 passing yards, four touchdowns, and finished Week 3 as the overall QB1. Maye had a few turnovers but threw two passing touchdowns, ran for 45 rushing yards, and […]

Booms and Busts - Fantasy Football Starts and Sits for Week 4 Lineups (2025)

As we approach Week 4, we are preparing to flip the calendar to October. Feels just like yesterday that we were discussing breakouts, busts, and sleepers while sizzling in the sun. Now we are bracing for fall weather while loading up on Halloween candy. Time sure does fly once the NFL season begins! Last week’s […]

NFL Survivor Pool Picks: Week 4 Targets and Avoids

Welcome back to our NFL Survivor Pool Picks for Week 4 of the 2025 NFL season! 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 and simplest leagues out there. All you have to […]

Week 4 Kicker Streamers and Starts - 2025 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

We're back with another look at fantasy football kickers: the streamers, starts, and tiered rankings for Week 4 of the 2025 season. With three weeks in the books, kickers have been doing more than just chipping in a few points. Some of them are outscoring the position players we took early! Look at Spencer Shrader, […]

Tight Ends Start 'Em, Sit 'Em and Fantasy Football Trends for Week 4 (2025)

With three weeks of data, we can begin to see some real trends at the tight end position. We can examine the data trends to determine which tight ends we should bet on and which ones we should steer clear of. The tight end position is always the most difficult to read. We'll be looking […]

NFL Pick 'Em Pool Picks (Week 4) - Targets, Avoids, Predictions for Pick'em Contests (2025)

Welcome back to our NFL Pick'em Pool Picks for Week 4 of the 2025 NFL season. We have our first international game of the year this week, with the Steelers and Vikings playing the first NFL game in Ireland. Also, with three games down, we can start to think about winless and undefeated teams and […]

Running Back (RB) Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 4 (2025)

It's hard to believe we are already entering Week 4 of the NFL season. In just three months, we will be discussing which players to start for our fantasy playoffs, but let's not get too far ahead of ourselves. You can't win it if you aren't in it. Last week, the big names at the […]

Quarterback (QB) Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 4 (2025)

If you have questions, we have answers, especially if they involve who you should start at the quarterback position in Week 4. We all know Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson are smash starts every week, so you won't find them on this list. We want to go deeper and dig into the matchups to find […]

Seahawks vs. Cardinals Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Thursday Night - Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Kenneth Walker III, Zach Charbonnet, Trey Benson, Kyler Murray, Trey McBride

You never know what you're going to get on any given Thursday Night Football game. Last week, the Bills were 12.5-point favorites against the Dolphins before kickoff, but the game stayed within one score for 59 minutes and 38 seconds. It wasn't until a Bills field goal with 22 seconds left that Buffalo put the […]

Wide Receiver (WR) Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 4 (2025)

If you had Tre Tucker as your WR1 for Week 3, you either need to get a lottery ticket or, my friend, you are a liar. Seriously, no one had a 40.9-point fantasy performance on their bingo card, or that Tucker would be averaging 19.7 fantasy points per game after three weeks. Tucker isn't alone […]