Fantasy Football News, Rankings, Waiver Wire, Sleepers

  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. […]

Welcome, RotoBallers, to our weekly Start 'em and Sit 'em article! This Week 3 matchups analysis and fantasy football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em piece will hopefully help you make winning lineup decisions every week of the fantasy season.  Now that we have two weeks under our belt, we have much more information at our disposal. […]

This special edition of our Key Starters and Tough Calls feature for Week 3 of the 2026 fantasy football season includes unique and necessary recommendations. Scott Engel's Lineup Spotlights columns usually focus tightly on a limited selection of players. This week, with widespread injury issues stirring so much fantasy anxiety, we advise you on how […]

Welcome to main slate of Week 3 of the 2026 NFL season, and to our updated fantasy football Week 3 start/sit recommendations chart for all remaining player matchups and all games. Today, we'll look at some tough Week 3 start/sit decisions like Tony Pollard, Rome Odunze, Dontayvion Wicks, and more to see how their matchups […]

While most fantasy leagues have already run their waiver wires, fantasy managers should be scouting the waiver wire for any potential pickups to help out in Week 3 or to add a high-upside bench stash. At RotoBaller HQ, we have updated our waiver wire rankings to account for the latest injuries and news. In this […]

Week 3 in the NFL brings another glorious 13-game main DFS fantasy football slate for Sunday afternoon. With bye weeks and more standalone matchups coming soon, let's enjoy the full spread of options once again in what should be a wild and crazy Week 3. I'm excited to dive into these wide receiver matchups and […]

It's the weekend - you made it! Now you're ready to start building DFS lineups, placing prop bets, and adjusting your season-long lineups for Sunday afternoon. Week 3 brings us another crop of interesting matchups and perhaps our best collection of backs on the main Sunday slate, with Jahmyr Gibbs, Christian McCaffrey, Derrick Henry, and […]

Welcome to Week 3! Maybe you got off to a hot start and are sitting at 2-0, or maybe things haven't gone your way, and you're 0-2. Either way, the time to lock in is now, and it starts with start/sit decisions. Last week, we did really well on our starts and sits. Stefon Diggs, […]

After an absolutely wild and high-scoring opening week of the 2026 fantasy football season, Week 2 reminded us just how quickly things can change in fantasy football due to injuries and even weather. Some of the players who dominated in Week 1 came back to earth, while injuries and changing workloads have already created some […]

Welcome back to our WR/CB Matchups for Week 3 of the 2026 fantasy football season. Wide receiver injuries impacted Week 2, 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 cornerbacks who are projected to […]

RotoBaller writer Jamie Calandro shares his Week 3 fantasy football lineup rankings for RB, WR, TE, and QB. Last year, Jamie finished as the third-most accurate ranker in the industry among hundreds of other industry experts! This rankings article also includes rankings analysis that will hopefully help you make some tough decisions when it comes […]

After a fun Thursday Night Football matchup that saw the promising return of Michael Penix Jr. and an eruption by Bijan Robinson, which is sure to make his fantasy managers extremely happy, we're headed to the main Week 3 slate! In this weekly series, I'll highlight five players who could disappoint due to several factors, […]

Week 3 is the first week that actually feels like a season. Two games of usage, snap counts, and defensive tape are now on the board, and the remaining schedule is full of mismatches that will either inflate or crush a player’s ceiling. The Sunday-Monday slate alone has the Ravens and Cowboys in Brazil sitting […]

Hey RotoBallers! Welcome to the third edition of our High-Upside Bench Stashes series. Week 3 of the NFL season kicked off last night, but that doesn't mean we can't scan the waiver wire for any potential lottery tickets. This week, we will look at an emerging rookie running back in Tennessee who could find more […]

Week 2 was a bloodbath. If you came out unscathed, consider yourself lucky. Many other fantasy managers did not have that fortune. A whole lot of fantasy managers out there are in need of replacement options. There are also disappointing players who need to hit the bench. We are still early in the season, but […]

The 2026 NFL season rolls on to Week 3, 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. On this page, you're going to find […]

We are already entering Week 3 of the NFL season. Injuries are upon us in a big way, which makes weekly lineup decisions that much more difficult. Fantasy managers are already digging into the bench and waivers to fill a lineup. With important players such as Caleb Williams, J.K. Dobbins, and Malik Nabers dealing with […]

Sometimes, it's best to bite the bullet and cut bait with underperforming players in fantasy football. Being tempted to put them in your starting lineup, even for upcoming matchups that may look easy on paper, can put you in a hole and make it difficult to win your fantasy games in your leagues. The worst […]

Let's look forward to Week 3 and beyond with an updated rest-of-season rankings sheet. There were myriad injuries and role changes across the NFL last weekend, which means we've got plenty of adjustments to make and reactions to fire off. Let me help out with these Week 3 fantasy football half-PPR and full-PPR rankings for […]

Welcome, RotoBallers, to our fantasy football D/ST streamers and starts for Weeks 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the 2026 season. This article will identify the best D/ST to pick up for this week and in the weeks ahead.  This week, we will focus on the best defenses to stream for the next few weeks. We […]

Welcome back to our NFL Survivor Pool Picks for Week 3 of the 2026 NFL season! For anyone who isn't familiar, each week we give you our recommended Survivor Pool picks to target and also avoid for 2026 Survivor leagues. This week I'm pinch-hitting on this feature for our friend Kevin Tompkins -- kinda like […]

Two weeks into an NFL season is when dynasty managers start talking themselves into moves they would have laughed at in August. A slow start looks permanent. A veteran scores three touchdowns and feels safe again. That creates opportunities. That does not mean the first two games should be ignored. We have snaps, touches, targets, […]

We're now headed to the third week of the 2026 NFL season, and we've already seen plenty of unexpected things happen. The Houston Texans and Los Angeles Chargers are 0-2, while the Carolina Panthers have one of the best offenses in football. In this unexpected landscape, it won't hurt to get bold every once in […]

Welcome to our Monday Night Football start/sit chart for Week 3 of the 2026 NFL season. Below you will find our start/sit matchup charts for all players in the MNF game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago Bears. With several superstars playing in this game, fantasy matchups may come down to this. In addition to […]

Hey RotoBallers! The fantasy football season is well underway, and the "full" slate of Week 3 will kick off in just under a day. Still, managers have plenty of time to put the finishing touches on their starting lineup. In this piece, we will look at some sneaky kicker options to pick up off the […]

Rookies are the subject of plenty of intrigue in fantasy football, and with good reason. Everyone's chasing the first-year breakout seasons of players like wide receiver Puka Nacua (groin), WR Ja'Marr Chase, and RB Ezekiel Elliott, all of whom were legitimate league-winners in their inaugural NFL seasons. They are, of course, outliers. But in fantasy […]

Welcome back, RotoBallers, to our Weekend Cut List Rankings for fantasy football Week 3 of the 2026 NFL season. With many top players in danger of missing the weekend action, many managers may need to cut ties with some underperforming players to fill their lineup. Below, we will look at some of the most dropped […]

Injuries are becoming a major factor in the 2026 NFL season, and the Start/Sit list is getting more complicated. With several key players dealing with injuries, Week 3 brings even tougher decisions for fantasy managers. Last week, I did incredible work on this list. All three of my Start Em receivers had big games, including […]

Week 1 finally gave us something more useful than camp buzz and depth-chart guesses. Week 2 brought a second data point. Not every backfield is settled, but a few are starting to show what they actually want to be. The tougher calls are still in the middle. Nobody needs help starting Jahmyr Gibbs. The work […]

We're heading into Week 3 of the NFL season, and the honeymoon phase is starting to wear off for fantasy managers, with some fantasy superstars off to a slow start. Patience is a quality we fantasy managers are not often accused of having. We need our fantasy points, and we want them now! We're going […]

New England Patriots wide receiver A.J. Brown (ankle) didn't make it through a single game with his new team in 2026 before picking up an ankle injury and being ruled out for the rest of the contest. He wasn't able to play in Week 2, either. It's an unfortunate start to what should have been […]

Welcome RotoBallers! Week 3 of the NFL season kicks off in one day, and many managers still need to set their lineups. Below you will find our updated TE PPR Rankings for Week 3 to reflect recent injury updates at the position, including Brock Bowers being listed as questionable and Oronde Gadsden II now sitting atop […]