Booms and Busts - Starts and Sits for Week 7 Lineups

Although we did see some surprising performances (Jaylen Waddle and Donovan Peoples-Jones), Week 6 in fantasy football saw somewhat of a return to normalcy. More of your well-known and upper-echelon players put in solid weeks and brought forth plus production. Whenever we see these types of weeks, it can set fantasy managers' minds at ease... Read More

Wide Receiver Matchups to Target in Week 7

The wide receiver matchup article from last week was a little underwhelming as most of the recommendations underperformed in great spots. On a positive note, Tyreek Hill (WR-12), Brandin Cooks (WR-19) and Ja'Marr Chase (WR-25) each had decent performances. On the downside, D.J. Moore (WR-38) had a whopping 13 targets but only snagged five of them for 73 yards... Read More

Week 7 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2021 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

We talked last week about just trusting good defenses and keeping them in your lineup, just as you would trust a struggling wide receiver or running back who was still getting a good opportunity share. I mentioned that we were beginning to narrow down metrics that supported future defensive production, like pressure rate and quarterback... Read More

Week 7 Kicker Streamers and Starts – 2021 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

The Jaguars officially made their first field goal in Week 6 and I think it's important we acknowledge this feat. The season has not been easy for the Jaguars. It's been a grind, ya know? Urban Meyer is such a disaster. In fact, the word "disaster" doesn't even seem to sum it up properly. I... Read More

NFL Survivor Pool Picks (Week 7) - Targets and Avoids

We are now a third of the way through the football season and it seems that we already have some of the division winners. In the AFC, the Bills, Ravens, and Titans all seem to be in control. In the NFC, the Cowboys, Packers, and Bucs have at least a two-game lead. The only two... Read More

High-Upside Bench Stashes: Week 7

Injuries and the onset of bye weeks have stripped quite a few talented teams and their top players from lineup viability, making roster depth a necessity and no longer just a luxury. Five of the six teams with a Week 7 bye have at least a .500 record or better, meaning role players on less... Read More

Sneaky Starts, Pivot Plays and Post-Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 7

It might be Week 7, but that does not mean it is going to be a lucky week for fantasy footballers on the waiver wire. A half-dozen teams are on bye this week, which means 20 percent of the waiver wire crop cannot be picked since their teams will not be on the field. The... Read More

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (10/24/21): NBA DFS Lineups

We have a fairly light slate with the NFL still the center of the sports universe on Sunday. With it comes smaller tournaments on DraftKings, but there are still some ways out there to come away with more than we put in. We have five evening games after the afternoon tilt. We start off in... Read More

Bold Predictions for Week 7

Bold predictions are always meant to be taken with a grain of salt, but ideally, they are not a bunch of takes thrown like you-know-what at a wall with the hope of sticking. These predictions come with backing to make them somewhat substantiated with the obvious caveat that it's playing into a range of outcomes... Read More

Grayson Allen (SG/SF, MIL): Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 18% of leagues ANALYSIS: I wrote so much about Grayson Allen's WW worthiness last year that ended losing the count at some point through the season. Allen, in case you don't know, was traded to the reigning-champs Milwaukee Bucks this past offseason in order to bulk a... Read More

Gary Trent Jr. (SG/SF, TOR): Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 51% of leagues ANALYSIS: I haven't really thought about it this way, but the Gary Trent Jr. for Norman Powell trade from last season was probably the most hockey-trade in the recent history of NBA transactions. No team lost, not team won, and things stayed pretty much the... Read More

Hassan Whiteside (PF/C, UTA): Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 19% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Jazz have been one of--if not the--most continuist teams this offseason when it comes to changing things around its rotation. One of the very few changes of names (not roles, mind you) was that in which Utah flipped Derrick Favors for Hassan Whiteside.... Read More

Pat Connaughton (SG/SF, MIL): Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 19% of leagues ANALYSIS: With Brook Lopez and Bobby Portis injured and expected to be out for a few days (already missed one and two games respectively), the Bucks seem to have moved into a downsized lineup using Giannis at C, Khris Middleton at PF, and Pat... Read More

Patty Mills (PG/SG, BKN): Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ROSTERED IN: 41% of leagues ANALYSIS: I don't think, even you've been living under a rock for the past month, that you don't know about the whole saga surrounding Kyrie Irving and his anti-COVID-vax position. Let me boil it down to the simplest of terms for you: Irving is... Read More

Nemanja Bjelica (SF/PF, GSW): Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 38% of leagues ANALYSIS: It was very clear that Nemanja Bjelica was not going to be able to replicate his G1 outing against the Lakers his second time out, but it is also very clear how important Bjelica will be for this iteration of the Warriors before... Read More

Devin Vassell (SF/PF, SAS): Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 20% of leagues ANALYSIS: Devin Vassell is entering his sophomore and age-22 season with the Spurs. He already appeared on 62 games last year (starting 7 of them) and he, once more, projects to get off the pine more often than not in 2022 as San Antonio... Read More

Derrick Rose (PG/SG, NYK): Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 48% of leagues ANALYSIS: Tom Thibodeau is still the head coach of the New York Knicks. That's it. That's all you need to know in order to have a solid reason for acquiring some shares of the current sixth-man and former great-Bull (MVP) Derrick Rose. I mean,... Read More

Raul Neto (PG, WAS): Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 1% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Wiz decided to move on from Russell Westbrook this past offseason, and in doing so they revamped their roster as they acquired a ton of players from multiple places. This meant a change in Washington's philosophy of pairing Bradley Beal with another superstar,... Read More

Ricky Rubio (PG, CLE): Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 42% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Cavs acquired Ricky Rubio earlier this summer while he was thriving in Toky with the Spanish national team, and the trade for the Spaniard seemed like a steal (not totally reasonable given his age and the presence of Collin Sexton/Darius Garland on the team)... Read More

Eric Gordon (SG/SF, HOU) - Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 9% of leagues ANALYSIS: With a flurry of offseason moves, the Houston Rockets have declared that the rebuild is well and truly underway. They drafted four players in the first round of the NBA draft and told John Wall to rest up for an eventual mid-season trade.... Read More

Gorgui Dieng (PF/C, ATL): Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 3% of leagues ANALYSIS: Did you know Gorgui Dieng is now a member of the Atlanta Hawks? He’s on his fourth team in the last three years but looks to be locked into the backup center role behind starter Clint Capela. That is at least until second-year... Read More

Franz Wagner (SG/SF, ORL): Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 12% of leagues ANALYSIS: Wagner was taken with the eighth overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, but he was never expected to start right out of the gates. But then Chuma Okeke got injured, and Wagner has stepped into the starting rotation. And he hasn't disappointed.... Read More

Fantasy Basketball Night In Review: Saturday, October 23

Welcome to the RotoBaller NBA Recap. In this feature, we will highlight a few key fantasy basketball takeaways from the games played during last night's slate. These viewpoints can be both positive and negative and will hopefully help to provide insight into different roster moves you should consider making based on trends and statistical nuggets... Read More

Daily MLB Injury Roundup for October 24th, 2021

RotoBaller has assembled a list of daily MLB injury updates to help you prepare both your seasonal and daily fantasy baseball (DFS) lineups, every day of the MLB season. Below is our updated list of injured MLB players for October 24th, 2021. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below... Read More

Daily NBA Injury Roundup for October 24th, 2021

RotoBaller has assembled a list of daily NBA injury updates to help you prepare both your seasonal and daily fantasy basketball (DFS) lineups, every day of the NBA season. Below is our updated list of injured NBA players for October 24th, 2021. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below... Read More

NHL DFS Lineup Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (10/24): Value Plays, Goalies, Stacks

Welcome back to hockey season, RotoBallers! For those first-time readers, my name is Brandon and I write both “The First-Serve” and “The Kick-Off” for Tennis and Soccer, respectively. If you have not checked those out then make sure you do! It is the return of the NHL which means it's time to sharpen our MLB... Read More

DraftKings NFL DFS Lineup Picks for Week 7: Break The Slate

Hi there, RotoBallers, and welcome back to Break The Slate! After a (much-needed) family vacation last week, it is great to be back talking NFL DFS with you! Before we dive into the Week 7 DraftKings slate, I'd like to give a huge shoutout of thanks to my good friend Thunder Dan Palyo for covering... Read More

FanDuel NFL DFS Lineup Picks for Week 7 - Daily Fantasy Football

Week 7 began with the short-handed Browns taking on the visiting Broncos. Despite being without Baker Mayfield, Nick Chubb, and Kareem Hunt, Cleveland was catapulted to the victory, thanks to the fantastic play of D'Ernest Johnson, who had 146 rushing yards and a touchdown. Week 6 was highlighted by the stellar performance from Derrick Henry. The... Read More

NASCAR DFS Prop Picks for 10/24 - PrizePicks

Hello once again everyone!  We hit the Kansas Motor Speedway for the Hollywood Casino 400 this week and another edition of NASCAR DFS on PrizePicks. Now, that means our new friends over at PrizePicks have a TON of great props we can look to take advantage of. PrizePicks is a great DFS props site where you... Read More