The Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos kick off Week 6 of the 2026 NFL season on Thursday Night Football in a matchup between two teams with playoff aspirations, but up-and-down performances. Seattle is coming off a tough 32-29 loss to San Francisco, while Denver picked up an important 23-17 road victory over the Los Angeles […]

Welcome back to our WR/CB Matchups for Week 6 of the 2026 fantasy football season. Wide receiver injuries may cause fantasy managers to consider risky options, so several updates will occur throughout the week as injury reports come in. For those unfamiliar, this weekly series looks at fantasy football matchups for wide receivers versus the […]

Welcome, RotoBallers, to our Week 6 defense (D/ST) streamers, starts, and tiered rankings. Each week of the fantasy football season, we will rank every defense from No. 1 to No. 32 and break them into tiers along with matchup analysis. This article will be your go-to stop for all defensive rankings and streamers. Last week, […]

Heading into Week 6 of the season means four teams are on their bye week, which enhances the demand for our beloved kicker streamers. You will have to weigh up whether you want to carry a second kicker when this happens. Of course, as ardent fans of simply streaming them, we'd rather use that slot […]

Welcome back to our NFL Pick'em Pool Picks for Week 6 of the 2026 NFL season. You know we are deep into the thick of the season when teams are on bye left and right. As a result, we're able to determine which teams are the real deal and which ones can't be trusted. Some […]

Welcome back to our NFL Survivor Pool Picks for Week 6 of the 2026 NFL season! For anyone who isn't familiar, each week we give you our recommended Survivor Pool picks to target and also avoid for 2026 Survivor leagues. This week I'm pinch-hitting on this feature for our friend Kevin Tompkins -- kind of […]

Week 6 is upon us. Where has the time gone? It seems like we just finished fantasy drafts and were excited to watch this year’s breakout players. Now we’re a month into the season, and Halloween is only a few weeks away. The fantasy football season stops for no one. What also never stops is […]

Week 6 is here, and fantasy managers are already debating which wide receivers to start and sit in this week's matchups. Several bye weeks are also making the decision even more difficult. Managers are weighing their options, including bounce-back candidates, elite matchups, and players whose usage hasn’t matched their original price tag. Josh Downs is […]

Matchups mean more than ever before this year, more than the names on the back of jerseys. We’ve seen star tight ends stumble against tough defenses and mid-tier fantasy tight ends win weeks for managers against mediocre defenses. After five weeks of football, it’s safe to say we can compile a list of defenses to […]

After an eventful Week 5, the fantasy football season rolls on. This year has brought plenty of breakouts, busts, and surprises at quarterback. That’s left some gamers in tough spots. Bye weeks are now underway, and fantasy owners will have to manage that factor moving forward. Joe Burrow, Jared Goff, and Kyler Murray are the […]

Welcome, RotoBallers, to our fantasy football D/ST streamers and starts for Weeks 6, 7, 8, and 9 of the 2026 season. This article will identify the best D/ST to pick up for this week and in the weeks ahead.  Every week, we look at the defenses fantasy managers should target for the coming weeks. If you […]

Hey RotoBallers! It's already time to begin turning our attention to Week 6 of the NFL season. With now more than a month of data in the books, it is becoming even easier to spot potential lineup landmines. Below, we will look at one player from each position (QB, RB, WR, TE) who could disappoint […]

As good as some tight ends have been this season, more than a handful have been semi-to-massive disappointments. Unfortunately, disappointment only happens when expectations are high. Looking back at preseason ADP (average draft position), five tight ends have been a negative investment so far. This week, we're focusing on these five early-season disappointments. Call this […]

Suspensions have been the name of the game this week, with the NFL handing down multiple swift, well-deserved suspensions to kick off the league’s business week. Rams offensive lineman Alaric Jackson was suspended for an after-game punch, 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw was suspended for a headbutt, and Montez Sweat got a PED ban. Conspicuously absent […]

Week 6 of the NFL season kicks off Thursday night as the reigning Super Bowl Champions will travel to Denver to face the Broncos. In addition to our start/sit recommendation and matchup ratings for each player, you can also read the fantasy football outlooks for key players like RJ Harvey, Emanuel Wilson, J.K. Dobbins, Jaylen […]

Finding the right defense to stream can give you an advantage in fantasy football, especially when you target favorable matchups before your league mates. As is always the case in this article, we're looking a week ahead, focusing on defenses rostered in fewer than 30% of Yahoo! leagues, giving you some potential options on the […]

Week 5 of the NFL season closes with a Monday Night meeting between a pair of Super Bowl hopefuls, as the Buffalo Bills travel cross-country to face the L.A. Rams. Both teams have serious postseason aspirations, but each has already hit some bumps in the road. The Bills dropped a matchup to the Patriots at […]

The NFL will take another trip to London this Sunday. This time, the Jacksonville Jaguars will face the Philadelphia Eagles in a game that kicks off at 9:30 AM EST. The Eagles enter this game with major questions, as top wideout DeVonta Smith and running back Saquon Barkley are both ruled out, leaving Dontayvion Wicks […]

Our Key Starters and Tough Calls rundown for Week 5 of the 2026 season helps you make tight lineup calls and find useful streamers. Scott Engel's Week 5 Lineup Spotlights column includes recommended starters and plug-in options. "The King" gives his takes on players who may be generating fantasy anxiety. The NFL players included in […]

Welcome to main slate of Week 5 of the 2026 NFL season, and to our updated fantasy football Week 5 start/sit recommendations chart for all remaining player matchups and all games. Today, we'll look at some tough Week 5 start/sit decisions like Ollie Gordon II, Emanuel Wilson, Will Shipley, and more to see how their […]

Saquon Barkley is out, Miami has lost De'Von Achane for the season, and Seattle remains without Jadarian Price. Those absences have pushed backup running backs into Week 5 lineups, but some have shown considerably more than others. Emanuel Wilson has already handled at least 21 carries twice this season. Ollie Gordon II just delivered his […]

The first quarter of the season has officially ended, and fantasy managers are looking to attack the next 12 weeks. Bye weeks and injuries are factors heading into Week 5, and starting the right wide receiver is crucial. Last week, we had some misses, starting Josh Downs and Jordan Addison, but we also had some […]

Week 5 brings the first bye weeks of the season and another London matchup, leaving 11 games on the main Sunday afternoon slate for DFS fantasy football. Even with some big offenses on bye weeks or in primetime matchups, the 22 teams in the player pool offer some solid matchups to attack. Getting the right […]

The Week 5 NFL DFS main slate is shaping up to be a fun one. We have another international game (Philly vs. Jax) and two teams on byes (KC and Carolina) that make this a smaller slate than usual, so we are going to see some condensed rostership at the running back position. Jahmyr Gibbs […]

Welcome, RotoBallers, to our weekly Start 'em and Sit 'em article! This Week 5 matchups analysis and fantasy football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em piece will hopefully help you make winning lineup decisions every week of the fantasy season.  Week 4 had some unexpected fantasy performances that we called in this very article last week. Jameis […]

It's hard to believe we're almost a quarter of the way through the 2026 NFL season. But here we are, entering Week 5, a make-or-break week for a lot of fantasy managers. Last week, our start calls weren't the best. Mack Hollins looked like he was going to crush it, but suffered a mid-game injury, […]

Four weeks is enough to stop treating every spike like a trend. Week 5 still has a split personality. Detroit at Arizona and Buffalo at the Rams both sit near a 54.5 total, with the Lions’ implied team total around 30 and the Rams near 28.5, the two highest marks on the board. Houston at […]

Welcome back to our WR/CB Matchups for Week 5 of the 2026 fantasy football season. Wide receiver injuries may cause fantasy managers to consider risky options, so several updates will occur throughout the week as injury reports come in. For those unfamiliar, this weekly series looks at fantasy football matchups for wide receivers versus the […]

Four weeks into the NFL season, it's becoming easier to identify the bad matchups and fantasy football landmines. Last week, we were essentially nine-for-10 in selecting busts. As we have seen, a difficult matchup, a change in offensive philosophy, or an injury to a teammate can turn a reliable starter into a lineup bust. This […]