Carlos Hyde (RB, SF) - Fantasy Football Stock Falling?

After Week 1, some people were questioning their thoughts about the San Francisco 49ers. Carlos Hyde ran for 168 yards and two touchdowns in a dominant Monday Night victory over the Minnesota Vikings. Since then, the Niners have come crashing back down to Earth. They rank dead last in the league in points scored, including […]

Gary Barnidge (TE, CLE) - Fantasy Football Risers

Perhaps the most surprising revelation of the year has been the Cleveland Browns' Gary Barnidge. The 30-year old tight end had a career high 13 receptions last year. Through four weeks, he already has 16 catches and has become a preferred target of quarterback Josh McCown. In the last two weeks, he’s caught 12 passes […]

Wide Receivers Sending Out Warning Signals Going Into Week 5

The wide receiver position is typically more consistent on a year-to-year basis than the running back position, yet this season is off to a bit of an odd start. There have been a surprising number of bounce-backs like Keenan Allen and Larry Fitzgerald, while presumed studs Calvin Johnson and Mike Evans have turned out to be inconsistent. The […]

Pierre Garcon (WR, WAS) - Fantasy Football Risers

The Washington Redskins have fared better than many people expected early in the season, but they are not on solid ground yet. If they want to stay at the top of the NFC East, Kirk Cousins will need to find Pierre Garcon in big spots. Garcon caught the game-winning touchdown for the Redskins on his […]

Nick Foles (QB, STL) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues as QB2 OWNED IN: 12% of fleaflicker leagues ANALYSIS: Nick Foles has yet to throw for more than 297 yards in a game so far this season (which occurred against Seattle in the season opener). However, he is keeping all of the points he earns. Foles owns a […]

Justin Forsett (RB, BAL) - Fantasy Football Risers

The early season was a struggle. Plenty of fantasy football managers had already benched Forsett, and were looking to deal him before he broke out against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday night. He came into the game with a total of 124 rushing yards, but he ate up 150 yards on 27 carries in the […]

Ted Ginn Jr. Can Be Your Boom/Bust WR4

BALLER MOVE: Add as WR4 in Deep Leagues OWNED IN: 22% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: In Ted Ginn's seven seasons he has never played less than 13 games and has also never had more than 790 yards receiving. The speedster out of Ohio State has made his NFL career as a returner and fourth or fifth […]

Blake Bortles (QB, JAX) - Fantasy Football Risers

Common wisdom says to stay away from anybody under center in Jacksonville, but Blake Bortles has been surprisingly consistent in his second year. Although accuracy is still an issue, head coach Gus Bradley is giving him every opportunity to throw the ball around. Bortles has 116 pass attempts in the last three weeks and has […]

MLB DFS Lineup Picks & Sleepers - DraftKings Advice for 10/08/15 ALDS Games

Below are my DraftKings picks for Thursday, October 8th, 2015. As always, remember to check your players to make sure they are in their MLB starting lineups before lineups lock. My goal with these DFS picks, as always, is to try and identify MLB players who will outperform their expectations today and tomorrow, based on their matchups and FanDuel prices. […]

Steve Smith Sr. Highly Unlikely for Week 5

Steve Smith Sr. missed practice on Thursday and seems very doubtful to suit up for the Baltimore Ravens Week 5 matchup against the Cleveland Browns. Smith Sr. is currently dealing with four microfractures in his back. No timetable has ever been given for Smith Sr.'s return to the football field, but it seems highly likely […]

Colin Kaepernick Afraid to Throw the Football?

In order to be a great quarterback in the NFL, you have to have all of the obvious skills: a strong arm, an accurate arm, able to read defenses, etc. One skill that usually goes unmentioned is having a short-term memory. Even the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history made mistakes and threw the occasional interception, […]

Karlos Williams and LeSean McCoy Not Seen at Practice Thursday

Buffalo Bills running backs Karlos Williams and LeSean McCoy were not seen at practice on Thursday. McCoy was already considered highly doubtful for Week 5 due to a hamstring injury, but Williams (concussion) was thought to have an outside chance at playing against the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. Although there's still a chance Williams will […]

Patriots Lock Up Dion Lewis Through 2017

Dion Lewis has been a pleasant surprise for the New England Patriots and fantasy football owners. Rarely does Bill Belichick enter contract negotiations with players during the season, but he made an exception for Lewis. The Patriots and Lewis agreed to a two-year contract extension, worth $4.4 million, which will keep the running back in […]

Matt Hasselbeck to Start Tonight Against Texans

Indianapolis Colts QB Matt Hasselbeck is expected to get the start in Thursday night's game vs the Houston Texans.  The Colts were optimistic that starting QB Andrew Luck would be back in action tonight after missing last Sunday's game vs the Jaguars, but Luck's shoulder injury on a short week of rest will likely keep […]

Week 5 Fantasy Football Risers, Fallers & Trade Candidates

We’re through the first quarter of the NFL season and things are starting to get tight in the fantasy world. As the temperature falls, the heat rises, and not just in the offices of daily fantasy CEOs. Rosters are a bit thinner now that byes are upon us and your fellow managers have had four […]

Thursday Night NFL Matchups Analysis: Week 5 Start/Sit for Fantasy Football

A lot of question marks are hoping to get answered during the Thursday Night Football prime time matchup between AFC South opponents. The Houston Texans and Indianapolis Colts have both experienced time without their star player and have both had less than stellar starts to begin the 2015 season. The big story here is that […]

Dorial Green-Beckham (WR, TEN) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 10+ team leagues. OWNED IN: 18% of Fleaflicker leagues. ANALYSIS: At 6'5'' and 237 pounds, Dorial Green-Beckham is a big-body wide receiver whose potential and upside are almost as impressive as his vertical leap. Savvy fantasy football owners will notice that his performance has been trending up in every week. In Week 1, Beckham […]

Marshawn Lynch Will Be a Game-Time Decision ...Again

Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll isn't going to make life easy for Marshawn Lynch's fantasy football owners. The running back will once again be a game-time decision. “We’re going day-to-day on this thing, and it will take us all the way to the end of the week before we know," Carroll said, according to […]

Andrew Luck Likely Out vs. Texans

Heading into Week 5 preparations, the Indianapolis Colts were optimistic that quarterback Andrew Luck would be able to play on tonight against the Houston Texans. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like he'll be able to go. NFL Network's Ian Rapoport is reporting that the team expects Luck to miss the game tonight. Luck still plans on […]

Chris Givens Expects Big Things With Joe Flacco

When the Baltimore Ravens acquired wide receiver Chris Givens from the St. Louis Rams, nobody was happier than Givens himself. Throughout his previous three seasons in the NFL, he has flashed signs of greatness, but this year he found himself at the bottom of a stacked receiver depth chart with the Rams. But the Ravens […]

Titans Do Not Have a Starting Running Back

If you plan on starting a Tennessee Titans running back in your fantasy football lineups for Week 5, good luck guessing which guy will get the bulk of the carries. And don't expect head coach Ken Whisenhunt to make things easy for you. He recently told ESPN that he "really don't care" which running back […]

Daily Fantasy College Football - DraftKings CFB DFS Picks for 10/8-10/9

Going into Week 6 in College Football, the line-up of usual under-the-radar games on Thursday and Friday's slates will be the most watched so far of games broadcasted at those times this season. While selecting the players you know the most about on Saturday seems the more appealing choice, there are many advantages to selecting […]

Week 5 Running Back Depth Charts for Fantasy Football

Week 4 is in the books and trends are starting to emerge in the NFL. The league's running back situation is surprising to say the least. Four of the top-10 fantasy RBs were assumed to be backups at the beginning of the year. Heck, some of them are still backups capitalizing on injuries in their […]

Boobie Dixon: Viable Injury / Bye Week Replacement in Week 5?

With week five a few days away, the Buffalo Bills find themselves in a situation where healthy running backs are hard to come by. Lead back LeSean Mccoy is doubtful for Sunday's contest against the Tenessee Titans because of a nagging hamstring injury that kept him out of last week's game against the Giants. Second […]

Devonta Freeman is a Top RB1 as Long as Tevin Coleman is Out

Devonta Freeman of the Atlanta Falcons has busted out in a huge way. The first two weeks of the season, Freeman split carries with rookie running back Tevin Coleman and only managed 22 carries for 43 yards for an abysmal 1.95 yards per carry. Following Coleman's rib injury that has sidelined him for the past […]

Willie Snead and Stefon Diggs: Deep Sleeper WRs to Target

As week five slowly approaches, the waiver wire and free agency becomes a major way to deepen your bench with players potentially ready to bust out. With bye weeks and injuries cramping your style, look into these two players to add and potentially use as the weeks move on: Willie Snead, WR New Orleans Saints - […]

RotoBaller Radio Podcast: NFL Week 5 DFS Preview & Matchup Sleepers

RotoBaller is very excited about the launch of our very own radio station. You can now find our new shows on BlogTalkRadio live or on demand, and on iTunes under podcasts. Every Wednesday night, RotoBaller co-founder Real Talk Raph (@RealTalkRaph) will be talking all things DFS and fantasy football to give you an edge on sites like […]

NCAA College Football Heisman Trophy Watch: Week 5

  2015 Heisman Watch: Week 5 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. Leonard Fournette(1) RB LSU 99-864-11 TD Yards per carry are usually going down for the top […]

DeSean Jackson Participating in Individual Drills

DeSean Jackson's fantasy football owners will be happy to hear that the speedy receiver participated in individual drill on Wednesday. Jackson has been out of action since Week 1 after suffering a hamstring injury. Jackson's status for the Redskins' Week 5 matchup against the Atlanta Falcons is still very much in the air. Since Jackson […]

Julio Jones Limited in Practice: Can He Stay Healthy All Season?

Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones has given fantasy football owners everything they could have hoped for heading into the season and then some. Through the first four games of the season, Jones has hauled in 38 passes for 478 yards and four touchdowns. But everyone who owns him has been keeping their fingers crossed […]