Welcome to Week 3 Thursday Night Football, featuring the Atlanta Falcons and the Green Bay Packers! You loved last week's game between the Lions and Bills that produced 72 total points? Well, get ready for two teams in the bottom five of expected points added (EPA) per play. The Falcons and Packers likely don't get […]

Welcome back to our WR/CB Matchups for Week 3 of the 2026 fantasy football season. Wide receiver injuries impacted Week 2, 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 cornerbacks who are projected to […]

Welcome to Week 3 of the 2026 NFL season, and to our fantasy football Week 3 start/sit recommendations chart for all player matchups and all games. Today, we'll look at some interesting Week 3 lineup decisions for players like Rhamondre Stevenson, Rome Odunze, Khalil Shakir, and more -- and how their matchups project for the week. […]

Hey RotoBallers! Week 2 of the NFL season is in the books, which means it's already time to look ahead to Week 3. Even though we may only be two weeks into the season, managers now have access to more data and can begin to identify lineup landmines much earlier than before. Below, we will […]

When does overreaction turn into simple acceptance? How long do smart managers wait on talent and ignore concerning usage, or health, before giving up and accepting it just may not happen this season? Colston Loveland has been a hot prospect all summer because he closed the 2025 season as the second-most dominant tight end in […]

Welcome back to our NFL Pick'em Pool Picks for Week 3 of the 2026 NFL season. Differentiating between signal and noise after the first week was tricky, but our sample size has now doubled from 16 to 32 games, giving us even more data to inform our picks for Week 3! Some questions do still […]

Welcome, RotoBallers, to our fantasy football D/ST streamers and starts for Weeks 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the 2026 season. This article will identify the best D/ST to pick up for this week and in the weeks ahead.  This week, we will focus on the best defenses to stream for the next few weeks. We […]

Welcome back to our NFL Survivor Pool Picks for Week 3 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 -- kinda like […]

After a high-octane first week of NFL action, scoring declined significantly in Week 2. According to ESPN, the 4.5-point plunge in points per team tied for the third-largest dip from Week 1 to Week 2 since 1970. This was visible across fantasy leagues, as even a mediocre performance from your squad may have been enough […]

Two weeks into the fantasy football season, we’re getting a much clearer picture of running back workloads. We’ve seen which players are dominating touches, which backfields are becoming committees, and which backs are earning valuable work in the passing game and red zone. Now it’s about using that information without overreacting to a small sample […]

We’re starting to see which wide receivers are earning consistent targets and which ones are still searching for their role. Early-season production can be misleading, but target share, route participation, air yards, and red-zone usage give us valuable clues about where the fantasy opportunities are coming from. Week 3 also brings some very favorable matchups […]

Week 3 is where the early-season fantasy football picture starts to come into focus. We’ve now seen two games of usage, targets, routes, and red-zone opportunities, giving us a much better idea of which tight ends are actually involved in their offenses—and which ones are relying on touchdowns to save their fantasy weeks. At tight […]

Week 3 is where the early-season fantasy football picture starts to come into focus. Two weeks of usage, matchups, and production give us more information to work with, but it’s still important not to overreact to a small sample. Some quarterbacks are showing signs of sustainable fantasy production, while others are benefiting from circumstances that […]

Finding the right defense to stream can give you a valuable edge in fantasy football, especially when you target favorable matchups before your league mates. As always 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 waiver wire. […]

Week 3 of the NFL season kicks off on Thursday night as the Green Bay Packers will host the Atlanta Falcons at the historic Lambeau Field. The Falcons will get a major boost at QB as Michael Penix Jr. is set to make his season debut, which changes the outlook for their offense. In addition […]

Welcome, RotoBallers, to our Week 3 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, […]

A modest second week followed the outpouring of points seen in Week 1, but surely you pressed the right buttons, and Lady Luck brought you the win. Kickers remain the beloved, exceptionally volatile pieces of our game, but that doesn't mean you trip yourself up by simply locking one into place for the entire year. […]

Welcome, RotoBallers, to our weekly Start 'em and Sit 'em article! This Week 2 matchups analysis and fantasy football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em piece will hopefully help you make winning lineup decisions every week of the fantasy season.  There's a lot that we learned about the first week of the season. Some players had unexpected […]

Welcome to Week 2 of the 2026 NFL season, and to our updated fantasy football Week 2 start/sit recommendations chart for all remaining player matchups and all games. Today, we'll look at some tough Week 2 start/sit decisions like Jaylen Warren, Kyle Pitts Sr., and more to see how their matchups project for the weekend. […]

Our Key Starters and Tough Calls feature for Week 2 of the 2026 season helps you to make those tough lineup calls. Scott Engel's Week 2 Lineup Spotlights column examines key players to start or sit. "The King" takes a deeper look at players who may be causing some fantasy anxiety. The fantasy football players […]

Welcome back to our WR/CB Matchups for Week 2 of the 2026 fantasy football season. Wide receiver injuries headlined Week 1, 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 cornerbacks who are projected to […]

Even after just one week of the 2026 NFL season, we all got fresh reminders of the types of players who can bust from week to week. Did you have Colston Loveland, Ja'Marr Chase, or De'Von Achane? Your team was at a disadvantage if you did. But these players will be must-starts when healthy. What […]

Welcome, RotoBallers, to our fantasy football D/ST streamers and starts for Weeks 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the 2026 season. This article will identify the best D/ST to pick up for this week and in the weeks ahead.  If you are someone who likes to stream defenses in fantasy football every week, this should be […]

The main slate of Week 2 NFL games is rapidly approaching, and it's time to start figuring out which running backs we are going to lean on this week. These might just be some of the most important decisions you make for your lineups this week! We had a nice hit last week with D'Andre […]

After an exciting start to the season, the NFL is geared up for another full Sunday slate with 13 games on Sunday afternoon to provide a great slate for building NFL DFS lineups! I'm excited to dive into these wide receiver matchups and pick out a few plus plays. Getting the right receiver at the […]

We're already in Week 2 of the 2026 season, and the slate looks like it could separate careful lineup setters from the rest of the pack. Sunday features several games with real scoring juice -- Dallas and Washington hovering around 50.5, Chicago and Minnesota near 47.5, and the Monday night Giants-Rams tilt in a similar […]

Welcome back to our NFL Survivor Pool Picks for Week 2 of the 2026 NFL season! I'm pinch-hitting on this feature for my friend Kevin Tompkins, or is the more appropriate sports analogy that I am the backup quarterback coming off the bench? Unfortunately, a lot of folks ran with the Chargers, and I saw […]

Welcome back to our NFL Pick'em Pool Picks for Week 2 of the 2026 NFL season. We were able to learn a lot from the first week of the season, giving us even more data to inform our picks for Week 2! For example, the Cardinals might be a legitimate football team, and it would […]

Did the high-scoring action from Week 1 make you feel alive?! Although we can't simply take one set of box scores and extrapolate the entire year, there is still intel to be gleaned and priors to adjust. We saw several double-digit fantasy performances from kickers; I count 12 by standard scoring measures going into Monday […]