Zero RB Fantasy Football Sleepers - Later Round Running Back Draft Targets

Zero RB is a draft strategy where you wait until the ~sixth round to select your first running back. The idea here is to stack your wide receiver room, perhaps adding an elite quarterback and/or tight end before taking the most volatile position in fantasy football. From there, you mix in some floor picks with […]

Fantasy Football Running Backs With a Potential Workhorse Role in 2025

We recognize that a “workhorse running back” no longer means what it used to. The rise of committee backfields continues to grow, and we, as fantasy managers, must adjust to the times. Fewer set-and-forget RBs handling the vast majority of touches push up the best of the bunch, while also lowering expectations across the board. […]

2025 Fantasy Football Rankings - Draft Rankings

  Preparing for Fantasy Football Drafts To begin your fantasy football preparation, start by researching the top players for developments, role changes, and other factors that can influence their updated season projections. It's never a better idea to review last season's performance along with offseason news to identify potential early-round targets that will serve as […]

High-Upside Bench Stashes: Sneaky Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Adds Before Week 1

Football time is here! We are in the heat of draft weekend, and the regular season is just days away. You can feel it in the air, and it is a wonderful time to be a fan of this great sport. With drafts in full swing, many managers have likely already begun to peek at […]

Fantasy Football Quarterbacks to Avoid in Drafts: 5 QB Bust Candidates (2025)

While most astute fantasy managers know to prioritize the running back and receiver positions first on draft day, nailing your quarterback selection is still a critical piece for fantasy success. A breakout quarterback can lead your team all the way to the promised land, but a bust can leave you scrambling for reinforcements. Here are […]

Late-Round Best Ball Wide Receivers to Target: Fantasy Football Value Picks (2025)

We are a week away from the first game of the 2025 NFL season. For many, that means it is time to finally start drafting teams in redraft formats. However, there is also still time left to keep attacking best ball drafts. At this point in the summer, we have all the information we can […]

6 Fantasy Football Bold Predictions - Dave Ventresca's 2025 Picks

We are less than a week away from the start of the 2025 NFL season. While many fantasy drafts are already in the books, there are numerous more that will be completed within the next few days. Whenever your fantasy draft takes place, one thing remains true. If you want to win your league’s championship […]

5 Running Back Fantasy Football Draft Avoids: Overvalued RBs to Fade

As summer winds down, we are drawing ever closer to the beginning of another fantasy football season. With this upcoming weekend being the final one before the start of the 2025 NFL season, many leagues will host their annual fantasy football draft. While much of fantasy gamers' draft preparation focuses on which players to draft, […]

NFL Survivor Pool Picks: Week 1 Targets and Avoids

Welcome back to our NFL Survivor Pool Picks for Week 1 of the 2025 NFL season! Football is back, and the options are endless -- there are so many different pools, fantasy leagues, weekly bets, and futures bets that it's hard to decide what to do with these choices. But survivor pools are the oldest […]

Sneaky Fantasy Football RB1 Candidates - Running Back Values With Upside (2025)

You can feel the electricity of fantasy draft season in the air... It's awesome. Months of preparation boil down to a small handful of drafts you really care about, and it's my job to get your running back plan in perfect working order. Especially in wild home league drafts where you need to expect the […]

Later-Round Draft Gems - Fantasy Football Value Picks and Lotto Tickets

With many leagues’ annual fantasy football draft quickly approaching, managers must leave no stone unturned during their preparation. Any edge you can gain over the competition could be the difference in winning your league. One way gamers can turn their team into a powerhouse is by making the most of their late-round picks. Many drafters […]

Running Back Landmines to Avoid - Fantasy Football Bust Candidates

Everyone loves breakouts and sleepers. However, the players to avoid might be just as important as the breakouts and sleepers. We've discussed the dead zone at running back, which has evolved throughout the years. Typically, the market pushed up running backs who had projected volume to begin the season. However, drafters weren't thinking about how […]

Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em - Week 1 Matchups Analysis (2025)

Welcome RotoBallers to another year of our weekly start 'em and sit 'em article! It's finally time to welcome you back -- it's the inaugural 2025 article for our Week 1 matchups analysis and fantasy football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em picks, which will hopefully help you make winning lineup decisions in Week 1 of the […]

Week 1 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups and Stashes - After The Draft (2025)

Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen to our Week 1 fantasy football waiver wire pickups and stashes for 2025! It’s officially NFL season. Sure, no games have been officially played yet, but fantasy football drafts are (almost) all in the rear-view window, and now, we are all patiently waiting for the season to get officially underway. […]

Later-Round Fantasy Football RB, WR Sleepers: Ryan's Must-Have Picks With Upside

We are officially deep into draft season with the NFL kickoff ~1 week away. While the first two weeks of March Madness will always be untouchable for me, the end of August -> early September span is somewhere in the top five. It's really hard to beat non-stop fantasy draft action. Undoubtedly one of the […]

Sneaky Fantasy Football Bench Sleepers and Stashes: Late-Round Dart Throws (2025)

There are a variety of strategies you can deploy in your 2025 fantasy football draft. From Zero RB to late-round quarterback, there’s much debate regarding which approach is best to build a championship-caliber team. One strategy that’s not up for debate, though, is using your last few picks to select bench players with upside. It's […]

High-Upside Fantasy Football RB Value Picks - Draft Targets for Middle Rounds (2025)

One of the best feelings for fantasy managers is finding a gem at the running back position in the middle-to-late rounds of drafts. We saw plenty of that last year, as Chase Brown, Bucky Irving, and Chuba Hubbard all finished as top-14 fantasy running backs after going outside the top 100 picks in most drafts. […]

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 […]

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 […]

Fantasy Football Bold Predictions - Scott Engel's 2025 Picks for Every Team

Fantasy football analysts very often get things wrong. Sure, we love to boast when we make correct calls. Because the goal is to help readers, listeners, and viewers win their own leagues. When a player forecast misses the mark, though, we must admit it was a whiff. Several months from now, I can look back […]