Week 5 Matchups: Start 'Em, Sit 'Em
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 […]
Booms and Busts: Players With Big Upside
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 […]
Week 5 Fantasy Football Rankings: All Formats
In-Season Weekly Rankings and Preparing for Fantasy Football Drafts Welcome to our updated fantasy football weekly rankings. To begin your fantasy football preparation during draft season, or weekly once the season starts, our rankings help you research the top players for developments, role changes, and other factors that can influence their updated season projections. […]
Fantasy Football Breakout Candidates: Week 5
Welcome to Week 5 of our fantasy football breakout candidate piece for the 2026 NFL season. Each week, we will do our best to point you in the direction of the emerging players who are not only top pickups but could see their fantasy values surge by the end of the weekend. All players listed […]
10 Potential Busts - Fantasy Football Week 5
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 […]
Buy Lows? Unlucky Star Players (Week 5)
There are typically only a small handful of elite players who don't have extended stretches of mediocre or poor games and simply dominate all season. Those seasons become legendary in fantasy football lore, such as the 2019 season of San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey. In his third year with the team that drafted […]
Frank Ammirante's Bold Predictions for Week 5
The 2026 NFL season rolls on to Week 5, so it's time to continue my weekly bold predictions column. This is where I'm trying to predict which players will hit their ceilings this week. I'll focus on players who you're likely on the fence with in start-and-sit decisions. Last week, I had some good calls, […]
Top D/ST Matchups: Weeks 5, 6, 7, 8 Streamers
Welcome, RotoBallers, to our fantasy football D/ST streamers and starts for Weeks 5, 6, 7, and 8 of the 2026 season. This article will identify the best D/ST to pick up for this week and in the weeks ahead. For this week, we will dive into the best defenses to pick up for the next couple […]
Updated Waiver Wire Rankings for Week 5
Hey RotoBallers, now that the first waiver run is complete in most leagues, we are back with more waiver wire advice. Bye weeks are here, with the Chiefs and Panthers off. Several key injuries hit heading into Week 5, including Lamar Jackson, Ja'Marr Chase, Saquon Barkley, DJ Moore, and Ladd McConkey. Below are our updated […]
WR/CB Matchups to Target and Avoid
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 […]
Tight End Stats, Sleepers & Surprises
The tight end position is off to one of its hottest starts in recent memory and shows few signs of slowing down. With the rise of 12-personnel and the multitude of receiver injuries, tight ends are an integral part of NFL offenses. However, a four-game sample size is still relatively small. Small sample sizes can […]
Fantasy Football Warning Signals for Week 5
Week 5 of the NFL season is here, and with it comes a fresh edition of my Warning Signals column. In this piece, I highlight a handful of players whose recent body of work, team trends, real-life roster changes, or upcoming matchups make me wary about their fantasy football production in the near term. I […]
QB Power Rankings: All Starting QBs (2026)
Quarterback play around the league has hit an inconsistent lull. Even some of the game's biggest stars, such as Josh Allen and Matthew Stafford, have been up-and-down this season. Luckily, there are a handful of young guns such as Bryce Young and Michael Penix Jr. who are picking up the proverbial slack. Now that we […]
Week 5 Best NFL Player Props
We are back for the Week 5 NFL Props article! This week brings another opportunity to capitalize on emerging trends, identify favorable matchups, and find value before the betting market fully adjusts. The mission here is to uncover value on the top player props as the season unfolds. With three weeks in the books, we're... […]
CFB Betting Picks ATS (Week 6)
I finished at .500 on the picks for the second straight week, but I lost points because of the state of Michigan and the MAC. I'll do better this week. I'm off to a good start. The black cloud is lifting. I can feel it. I only pick FBS vs. FBS games. The lines are […]
Week 3 Waiver Wire Pickups and Stashes
Hey RotoBallers! The first full week of the NHL season is behind us, and we're already turning the page to Week 3. Time flies when you are having fun! As we did last week, we will spotlight several widely available players across Yahoo formats (all positions) that managers should target in points and category leagues. […]
Fantasy Basketball Unicorns Series Part 1
First of all, let me congratulate you for clicking on an article with a title like this one. I hope you'll join me on a three-part voyage into the deep crevasses of 9-CAT head-to-head fantasy basketball. Maybe you love fantasy basketball as much as I do and are a true die-hard player. Or maybe you're […]
Sneaky Bench Stashes: Pre-Week 5
Hey RotoBallers! Welcome to the fifth edition of our High-Upside Bench Stashes series. With another week of NFL action on the horizon, it's time for our weekly dive into sneaky stash options available in all formats. Week 4 of the NFL season showed the importance of stashing as the injury bug hit many high-end players, […]
Sneaky Starts, Pivot Plays and Waiver Stashes
Injuries continue to pile up. It has made it tough to navigate for some, but as I said last week, you just have to stay afloat during this stretch. Your team will get healthy, and other teams will get bitten by the injury bug. All you have to do right now is field the best […]
Players to Buy or Sell - Week 5
We are nearly a quarter of the way through the 2026 fantasy football season already, and it still feels like there are more questions than answers when it comes to player values and rest-of-season outlooks. Can we rely on Drake Maye after a QB1 overall finish last week? Which pass-catcher in Chicago is the one […]
Smash Spots and Avoids: Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Em
Week 5 has arrived, and the fantasy season is getting interesting. Depending on your league format, you are likely roughly one-third of the way through your regular season. However, there is a lot of football left to be played, and no one can count themselves out just yet, regardless of record. Once we get through […]
5 Injured Players To Stash
Football is a highly physical sport, and unfortunately, that leads to injuries for the players we love to cheer on. Even in just four weeks, many high-profile players have already gotten hurt this season. Jadarian Price, Travis Etienne Jr., and A.J. Brown, among others, remain on injured reserve due to their current ailments. Those three […]
MLB Uniform Power Ranking (Home/Away Jerseys)
The 2026 MLB season is quickly nearing an end, as we now have only four teams standing in each league. However, let's take a quick detour from the postseason action and rank every team's home/away jersey from worst to best. While some jerseys are iconic (which may give the team an edge), many have recently […]
Friday DraftKings CFB Picks: 10/9/26
We have a nice Friday slate with five games tonight. We have some sluggish offenses like Iowa, BYU, and Wyoming. We have some good offenses like Louisville, Florida State, and maybe Iowa State. We also have offenses that can't quit self-sabotage, like Washington, Washington State, and San Jose State. What more can you ask for? […]
Saturday Main DraftKings CFB Picks: 10/10/26
We have another 12 games on the main slate this week, and there are some big ones. The Red River Shootout is going to be a nightmare for DFS this year, but there are plenty of other spots. We have an undefeated matchup in Lincoln between Nebraska and Indiana. We have some really good backs […]
Week 5 Defense (D/ST) Streamers and Starts
Welcome, RotoBallers, to our Week 5 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. For Week […]
Kicker Streamers, Starts and Tiered Rankings
With four weeks of our beloved 2026 fantasy football season in the rearview mirror, we know that the impulse is to simply ignore kickers altogether as the initial wave of excitement and sweating lineups wears off. However, looking for edges wherever possible is how you win the most over time! And when the bye weeks […]
Fantasy Football DST Streamers for Week 6
Finding the right defense to stream can give you an edge 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 […]
Running Back Committees With Upside (Week 5)
We're four weeks into the NFL season, and we've officially reached bye-week season, when fantasy managers have an extra layer of strategy to navigate. As you work through your roster choices each week, it's critical to have the right depth options available, especially at critical positions like running back. With multiple players sharing the load […]
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