4 Fantasy Football Tight End Sleepers: Undervalued ADP Value Picks for 2025

Most agree there are three elite tight ends in fantasy football this season. Brock Bowers, Trey McBride, and George Kittle are all deserving of an early-round pick, but what happens after that? According to Yahoo's average draft position (ADP), only four tight ends go between picks 40 and 80. That's Sam LaPorta, T.J. Hockenson, Mark […]

Thunder Dan's Fantasy Football Rookie Wide Receiver Draft Targets: 5 Potential League-Winners (2025)

If there is one position in the NFL where rookies can often make a big impact in year one, it's at wide receiver. This year’s rookie class is loaded with talented players, but there are several who stand out as solid options for fantasy managers looking to find value and upside. Whether you’re hunting for […]

Week 1 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2025 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

Welcome, RotoBallers, to our first weekly defensive rankings article. Every week of the fantasy football season, this article will contain the best and worst defensive options. Each defense will be ranked No. 1 through No. 32 every week until the end of the fantasy football season. This will be your go-to stop for all defensive […]

Identifying WR2 Fantasy Football Breakouts: Build-A-Breakout Workshop

With just mere days until the NFL kickoff, there's no turning back now. Welcome back for the fifth installation of my RotoBaller breakout series -- it's been such a blast, and I'm shaping my personal plan while we're at it. By now, we've all but solved this puzzle, now sitting on the verge of fantasy […]

Running Back Fantasy Football Sleepers for ZeroRB Builds: Middle-Round Draft Values (2025)

For years, Zero RB has been a favorite and highly effective draft strategy for many fantasy football gamers. This approach works best in full PPR leagues, where you can start up to four wide receivers in your starting lineup. The idea is that you lean away from the fragility of the running back position and […]

The Fantasy Football Running Back Handcuff Hedge - Mastering The Art of RB Handcuffs (2025)

It's been almost seven years since I last wrote this article, and my philosophy on the fantasy football running back "handcuff hedge" has only strengthened since then. We have learned over time that the running back position is, without question, the most volatile in fantasy football. This understanding is based on the percentage of injuries […]

Adam Koffler's Fantasy Football League-Winners: 5 Must-Draft Players (2025)

The Eagles and Cowboys kick off in just about a week. Football is officially BACK. It's time to prepare for our fantasy football drafts. What better way to start than by having a list of five breakout players with league-winning upside? That's exactly what we have in this article. Five players with Yahoo! average draft […]

9 Fantasy Football Breakout Wide Receivers: Florio's Mid-Round and Later-Round Picks

You may have heard that breakouts win championships! It is why I am a big believer in taking upside shots in the middle and later rounds of your fantasy football drafts rather than going after safe floor plays. If you can build a safe core in the early rounds, a breakout player or two elevates […]

Fantasy Football Rookie Breakouts - Draft Targets With Big Upside

Every year, NFL teams rely more and more on rookies to be immediate difference-makers. Rookies like Jayden Daniels, Brian Thomas Jr., and Brock Bowers were able to catapult not only their organizations, but fantasy managers as well. According to ESPN Fantasy, four of last season’s 10 most common players on championship teams were rookies! The […]

QB Fantasy Football Draft Values: Later-Round Quarterback Sleepers (2025)

Fantasy drafts are not always won in the early rounds. In fact, hitting big in the middle and later rounds is what determines if your team goes from a middling contender to a championship favorite. Especially at QB, identifying a late-round player with legitimate upside is a proven formula for fantasy success. That said, we're […]

Middle-Round TE Sleepers, Fantasy Football Draft Values - Tucker Kraft, Evan Engram, Colston Loveland, Tyler Warren, Jake Ferguson

At RotoBaller HQ, we are back with more middle-round value picks to help you crush your upcoming fantasy football drafts. Today, we provide some draft values for our middle-round fantasy football tight ends (TE) sleepers and draft values for the 2025 season. We take a look at Tucker Kraft, Evan Engram, Colston Loveland, Tyler Warren, […]

Identifying Running Back Fantasy Football Breakouts: Build-A-Breakout Workshop

Another football season on the horizon means plenty of well-defined fantasy lines drawn in the sand between spreadsheet quants, tape bros, and ball-knowers alike. Sure, a short list of the most elite players in the game draws consensus, but fantasy football's won on the margins. Anyone can auto-draft a fantasy squad through a half dozen […]

Wide Receiver Target Hogs - Upside Fantasy Football Picks for 2025

Ja'Marr Chase, Justin Jefferson, and CeeDee Lamb will lead their team in targets. They have high odds to lead the league in targets, something each has done once in the last three seasons. But they play with good, if not great, secondary options. Chase has Tee Higgins. Jefferson has former first-round pick Jordan Addison opposite […]

Top Fantasy Football D/ST Rankings (Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4) - Defense Streamers and Starts (2025)

Welcome, RotoBallers, to our fantasy football D/ST streamers and starts for Weeks 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the 2025 season -- looking at the first four weeks and identifying the best D/ST matchups. Some leagues have gone away from carrying a defense position. The reasoning has to do with the overall inconsistency of starting a […]

Updated Fantasy Football Kicker Rankings for Drafts- Brandon Aubrey, Will Reichard, Evan McPherson, Wil Lutz, Chad Ryland, Tyler Bass, Brandon McManus

The movement to ban kickers in fantasy football is growing, but many leagues still require fantasy managers to start one. For managers who still draft and start kickers, we've got you covered with our updated 2025 fantasy football kicker draft rankings. Find out where kickers such as Brandon Aubrey, Evan McPherson, Will Reichard, Chad Ryland, Tyler […]

Mid-Round Running Back League Winners for Fantasy Football (2025)

The early rounds of fantasy football drafts can often be quite predictable, with players being taken right around their ADP as managers look to secure safe production from top fantasy producers in previous seasons. The saying goes that you don't usually win your league in the first three rounds, but you can certainly lose it […]

5 Fantasy Football Auction Values to Draft: $1 Undervalued Sleepers

2025 fantasy football drafts are already underway. While most prefer a traditional snake draft, many fantasy managers prefer to play in auction leagues. If you’ve never joined an auction league (sometimes referred to as salary cap leagues), I highly suggest doing so. It’s a unique fantasy football experience and is a great alternative to traditional […]

Week 1 Waiver Wire Pickups - Dont'e Thornton Jr., Jayden Higgins, Luther Burden III Fantasy Football Outlooks

With draft season in full swing, many managers may have already begun checking the waiver wire for options to improve their teams. It is never too early to look to the wire, as several must-start options are typically the top targets after the first month of the season. In this piece, we will analyze three […]

NASCAR DFS and Betting Preview for Darlington-2 - Cook Out Southern 500

The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs kicks off this weekend with the Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. This is also Throwback Weekend, so there should be plenty of awesome paint schemes on display. Absolute fire. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/TcySk5NM7G — Jordan McAbee (@FanRacingOnline) August 27, 2025 Darlington is one of the most storied race tracks […]

College Football Picks Against the Spread: Expert Betting Predictions for Thursday, Friday Slates (Week 1)

Last weekend was the appetizer. Thursday and Friday are the soup and salad leading up to Saturday's 25-plate main course. We finish with dessert on Sunday and coffee on Monday. Labor Day weekend is such a blast without the NFL getting in the way! There are 28 games over the next two days, but only […]

Week 1 Waiver Wire Pickups - Rashid Shaheed, Keenan Allen, Marvin Mims Jr. Fantasy Football Outlooks

During the preseason, many wide receivers have begun to emerge as potential fantasy options. While there were concerns about their playing time, recent transactions have bumped these players up their respective depth charts. In this piece, we will look at one veteran wideout who recently changed teams, and two big-play wideouts who could have a […]

Updated Fantasy Football QB Draft Rankings - Joe Burrow, Patrick Mahomes, Justin Fields, Caleb Williams, Bo Nix, Drake Maye, Trevor Lawrence

It's fantasy football season, as countless drafts are taking place every day, all the way up until the Thursday night kickoff between the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles. We're here to help you crush your drafts with our updated 2025 fantasy football quarterback draft rankings. Dig into our fresh cut of QB rankings below to […]

11 Fantasy Football Breakout Running Backs - Florio's Mid-Round and Later-Round Picks

Breakouts are what win fantasy football championships. Those players that you get in the middle and late rounds of your drafts who turn into one of the best players at their position are what win leagues. It is why I believe you should be chasing players with that kind of upside with most of your […]

Overall WR1 Contenders for Fantasy Football - Potential League-Winners

Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase finished the season as the dominant, clear WR1 overall last season. Powered by a horrible Bengals defense, elite quarterback play from QB Joe Burrow, and his own transcendent talent, Chase won the receiving Triple Crown. He caught 127 passes for 1,708 yards and 17 touchdowns, easily beating all other […]

Fantasy Football Rookie Tight End Rankings (August Updates): Tyler Warren, Elijah Arroyo, Harold Fannin, Colston Loveland, Mason Taylor, Gunnar Helm

Identifying impact rookies is key to winning fantasy football leagues, and we've seen several Year-1 tight ends become must-start studs over the last few seasons. Ahead of your redraft or rookie drafts, we're back with our updated 2025 fantasy football rookie tight end rankings. Below, check out the rookie TE pecking order to see where […]

2025 Fantasy Football Draft Guide: Where To Target Each Position

One of the great things about fantasy football is that every year is different, and if you simply deploy the same strategy and approach to your drafts every season, you're probably not going to give yourself the best chance to win every year. Everyone has their favorite way to approach drafts, and there are multiple […]

Fantasy Football Wide Receiver (WR) Matchups - Strength of Schedule Analysis (2025)

Like any projection, we're basing our information on a relatively small sample of the previous season or multiple seasons. NFL teams discuss dividing their seasons into quarters or sections, allowing them to make adjustments. Even within those quarters or chunks, those teams will evolve and look different at various points in time. The same process […]

MLB Home Run Player Prop Bets Today: Best Hitter HR Props (8/27/2025)

I'm back with another batch of home run props for this wonderful Wednesday slate of MLB action! If you're new here, all we do is hunt for dingers every day. Some of my fellow writers will offer up three or four home run props, but lately I have been going with a "more is more" […]

Will Quinshon Judkins Play in Week 1 or in 2025? Fantasy Football Outlook and Rookie Update

After not opting to resign longtime running back Nick Chubb, the Cleveland Browns opted to find their next franchise running back in the second round of the NFL Draft in Ohio State standout Quinshon Judkins. Judkins was viewed as one of the top prospects at the position and was widely considered the RB1 in Cleveland […]