Week 1 Wide Receiver Rankings & Matchups Analysis

Below you will find our Week 1 wide receivers rankings, to help determine your WR starts/sits for this week, brought to you by Edward Gorelik (@EdwardGorelik) and Zach Wilkens (@LopsidedTrades). Lead fantasy football editor Edward Gorelik also highlights some WR rankings and matchups analysis for Week 1, and draws some matchup conclusions. He tells you who he likes, who he doesn't, and […]

NCAA College Football Heisman Trophy Watch: Week 1

  2015 Heisman Watch: Week 1 Check out all of RotoBaller's NCAA College Football articles, including top 40 team rankings and NFL draft rankings.   Rank, Player, Position, School Stats *Number in parenthesis indicates position on chart last week. 1. Ezekiel Elliot(1) RB Ohio State 11-122-1 TD Ohio State didn't need to ride Elliot as the […]

College Football Rankings: NCAA Fierce 40 Poll Week 1

Fierce 40 - Top 40 College Football Teams as of Week 1 Check out all of RotoBaller's NCAA College Football articles, including top 40 team rankings and NFL draft rankings.     Rank, Team, Record, Result Last Week 1 Ohio State 1-0 W:#21 Virginia Tech 42-24 1 2 Alabama 1-0 W:#18 Wisconsin 35-17 4 3 TCU 1-0 W:Minnesota […]

Aldon Smith Will Thrive in Oakland According to Raiders GM Reggie McKenzie

Disgraced former San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith signed a 1-year deal with the team across the bridge, the Oakland Raiders, on Friday. San Francisco let Smith, who has had 3 DUI arrests since 2011, walk after yet another altercation with the law. The deal is worth up to a cool $8 million with roster […]

Week 1 Wide Receivers: Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds

At this point, you've either already drafted your teams, or are preparing for the last ones to take place. Maybe you didn't love your bench players, or are looking to add some more depth to your wide receivers? Either way, we are here to analyze the waiver wire for any overlooked wide receivers (in both PPR […]

Week 1 Quarterbacks: Waiver Wire Pickups, Sleepers & Streamers

The regular season is right around the corner and we know you're just as excited as us! As someone who likes to wait on a QB on draft day and plays in multiple 2QB leagues, I will be scouring the waiver for the best streaming QBs on a weekly basis. For this article I will […]

Week 1 Running Backs: Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds

Up until this point of the fantasy season, the draft is the pick topic of discussion. What pick do you have? Who did you get? Who are your sleepers? The draft is definitely a huge factor in winning your fantasy league, but it's important to remember that the roster that you leave your draft with […]

Defenses (DEF) to Start in Week 1: Fantasy Tiers & Rankings

For those of you fantasy football owners out there who are streaming defenses, RotoBaller has got you covered with around-the-league analysis of the Week 1 NFL matchups. Week 1 has some enticing defensive matchups, so be sure to pay extra attention if you're still drafting, or stay on top of your league’s waiver wire options if your drafts are […]

Daily Fantasy Football Strategy: 4th and Long, Let's Punt

4th and Long: Let’s Punt Last week, we talked a bit about “fading” and what that entailed. Today, our main topic of conversation will be “punting,” which is a daily fantasy sports strategy that is very similar to fading, but used for a slightly different purpose. If you have yet to read the “To Fade, […]

NFL Survivor League Picks: Top Targets & Avoids for Survivor Pools (Week 1)

The NFL season is ready to begin and in turn so is all the contests that comes with it. Fantasy leagues of all kind and my favorite, survivor pools, are also starting up. Week 1 brings new hope to each and every team, similarly to each person starting his or her survivor pool. I will be […]

Part II: Top Tight End Targets Leaders From Last Year & Their 2015 Projections

Back to tight ends, and the target expectations for them going into the 2015 season. Unlike the first five guys examined here in part one, we see that the back end of the top 10 tight end targets are less of a certainty and much more of a crapshoot. Such is the NFL as there […]

AFC East: Strength of Schedule Analysis & Players to Target or Avoid

We’ve previously published an article series analyzing and grading all the NFL defenses, division by division. Now we’re going to look at the strength of schedules of each NFL team, division by division, to help you identify players with the best matchups vs. the league’s weakest defenses. Today we provide AFC East strength of schedule analysis. For each […]

Pre-Week 1 Post-Draft: Risers and Fallers

We are a few days away from the beginning of the fantasy football season. Soon you will be pumping your fist as touchdowns are scored, as well as rolling out very creative strings of expletives as RedZone shows your wide receiver being overthrown on a fade route. Can’t you feel it? You will never be […]

Daily Fantasy Football Strategy: Know Your DFS Scoring

Over the course of the 2015 NFL season we'll be exploring DFS Strategy for FanDuel and DraftKings GPPs and cash games. Daily fantasy football is huge and growing, and RotoBaller's DFS strategy experts are here to help you win big! Last week we looked at how to use NFL Vegas lines and prop bets in […]

The Top Running Back Handcuffs for 2015: Who To Own?

Close your eyes and imagine this. You’re in the midst of a beautiful season, your studs are doing work, you hit on your sleepers, your team is firing on all cylinders. And then your RB1 crumbles into a heap. You don’t have the backup, that stupid smug schmuck Steve does. Steve is now blowing up […]

Fierce 40: College Football 2015 Rankings – Florida State Seminoles (#10)

Welcome to the Fierce 40 series of my 2015 College Football Rankings, where I will be counting down the top 40 ranked teams in the NCAA. Today I will be analyzing the Florida State Seminoles, 10 overall for the 2015 college football season. I will be releasing one NCAA team preview per day, providing my analysis on each team in […]

Can QB Ryan Fitzpatrick Bring Fantasy Value To The Jets?

By now everyone who has internet or has watched eight seconds of Sports Center knows that Jets quarterback Geno Smith was sucker punched by an irrelevant former late round draft pick and will miss 6-10 weeks with a broken jaw. While oddly enough sports stations talk wall-to-wall about how this incident perfectly encapsulates the 40 […]

Fierce 40: College Football 2015 Rankings – Georgia Bulldogs (#11)

Welcome to the Fierce 40 series of my 2015 College Football Rankings, where I will be counting down the top 40 ranked teams in the NCAA. Today I will be analyzing the Georgia Bulldogs, 11 overall for the 2015 college football season. I will be releasing one NCAA team preview per day, providing my analysis on each team in the top […]

Daily Fantasy Football Strategy: To Fade, or Not To Fade

What Is “Fading” If you are new to the daily fantasy sports world (or if you are not new and know what fading means already, skip ahead to “When To Fade”), a few terms that the veterans use are sure to confuse you. “Why would you ever play a cash game in baseball? The variance […]

Fierce 40: College Football 2015 Rankings – Notre Dame Fighting Irish (#12)

Welcome to the Fierce 40 series of my 2015 College Football Rankings, where I will be counting down the top 40 ranked teams in the NCAA. Today I will be analyzing the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 12 overall for the 2015 college football season. I will be releasing one NCAA team preview per day, providing my analysis on each team […]

What the Hell is Going On in D.C.?

Supposedly, according to Washington Redskins coach Jay Gruden, the words “we completely stand behind Robert Griffin III as starter” is code for “we’re lying straight through our teeth and totally know you're not buying it, lol”. But anyone who has been paying attention to the unfolding debacle in Redskins territory could have told you that. […]

Who is Tyrod Taylor?

Right on cue, quarterbacks all over the league are placed inside the octagon to fight to the death (otherwise known as “preseason” – that third circle of Hell where players fall victim to season ending injuries during games that mean about as much as a reality show solely focused on watching paint dry) until only […]

Bills Cut Fred Jackson, Dallas Not Interested

The Buffalo Bills got the seven-year itch after 10 solid years with running back Fred Jackson. Bills GM Doug Whaley announced on Monday that the 34-year old Jackson was one of the 12 players that Buffalo were forced to cut in order to reduce their roster. “Today, we had to make the difficult decision to […]

Fierce 40: College Football 2015 Rankings – Clemson Tigers (#14)

Welcome to the Fierce 40 series of my 2015 College Football Rankings, where I will be counting down the top 40 ranked teams in the NCAA. Today I will be analyzing the Clemson Tigers, 14 overall for the 2015 college football season. I will be releasing one NCAA team preview per day, providing my analysis on each team in the top […]

Fierce 40: College Football 2015 Rankings – LSU Tigers (#16)

Welcome to the Fierce 40 series of my 2015 College Football Rankings, where I will be counting down the top 40 ranked teams in the NCAA. Today I will be analyzing the LSU Tigers, 16 overall for the 2015 college football season. I will be releasing one NCAA team preview per day, providing my analysis on each team in the top […]

Michael Vick Signs 1-Year Deal with Steelers… No, Seriously He Did

The waiting game is over for former New York Jets quarterback behind the quarterback, behind the other quarterback, behind the quarterback’s assistant, behind that one limping towel boy, Michael Vick. It was announced Tuesday night that 35-year old Vick signed a one-year contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers and will serve as the team’s backup QB […]

So You Drafted Jordy Nelson - Now What?

So you’re one of the poor souls who held/attended your fantasy football draft right smack dab in the middle of the NFL injury apocalypse known as preseason? Not only that, but you went ahead and drafted Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson all of six minutes before he supposedly tore his ACL during a […]

And How Is LeSean McCoy Feeling Today?

With running back LeSean McCoy, the Buffalo Bills are the DirectTV of the AFC East. Without - they’re cable. Oh, who are we kidding? The Bills aren’t even good enough to be considered cable – they’re an ill functioning Etch-A-Sketch, only 86 percent less entertaining. And that’s WITH McCoy in top shape. The only entertaining […]

Good to Know Victor Cruz Hurt His OTHER Goddamn Leg

Well, New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz fell victim to a calf strain that will keep him out of practice and off the preseason field for a beat. Now before your rear end clinches up tighter than Aaron Hernandez during a prison riot free-for-all, rest assured that it’s not the same leg Cruz injured […]

RGIII's Timing Couldn't Possibly Be Worse, Taken Out of Preseason Game

Concussions in the NFL are no laughing matter. At all. That being said… What the f**k, RGIII? Or, actually in this case: What the f**k, Redskins? During Thursday night’s preseason game against the Detroit Lions, starting quarterback for the Washington Redskins, Robert Griffin III, had to leave the game early due to some pretty heavy […]