Kyler Murray, Jameis Winston Unlikely To Land With Bucs

The Athletic's Greg Auman doesn't expect the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to land Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray or New Orleans Saints impending free-agent quarterback Jameis Winston this offseason to replace Tom Brady. Murray is only 24 years old, is a former No. 1 overall pick and has made the Pro Bowl the last two years. […]

Chez Reavie Is A Risky Play At The Phoenix Open

Chez Reavie comes to Scottsdale on a run of very poor golf. Reavie has missed two of his first three cuts and mixed in a 70th-place finish at the Farmers Insurance Open. As expected, Reavie's iron play continues to be the lone bright spot in his game, but the rest of his game has been […]

Brooks Koepka Looks For Third Career Win In Phoenix

Brooks Koepka returns to TPC Scottsdale looking for his third career win at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Koepka, the champion in 2015 and 2021, started off strong in 2022 with a T28 finish in his first event of the season. However, he missed his last cut at the Farmers Insurance Open in January. Koepka […]

Rickie Fowler One To Fade Despite Course History

Rickie Fowler is hoping to get back on track this week at TPC Scottsdale, a course he won at in 2019. In addition to the victory, Fowler has had three other top-10 finishes at this event. Despite the strong history here, it is nearly impossible to trust the 33-year-old veteran this week. The former Oklahoma […]

Starting Pitchers Home Run Luck Analysis for Fantasy Baseball

The three best predictors of earned run average turn out to be strikeouts, walk, and home runs allowed. These are the three components of most advanced ERA metrics (like FIP, xFIP, SIERA, etc.). Adding on stats into these ERA prediction models can help accuracy a bit more, but most of the heavy lifting is done […]

DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (2/9/22): Top NBA DFS Lineups

Happy Wednesday, RotoBallers! I hope last night's slate of NBA DFS treated you well. I'm continuing to work on my NBA model, trying to gather more information to make sure all of you are as armed as possible going into each slate. Even with the small adjustments I've made so far, it seems to be […]

Noteworthy Hitting Leaders (Chase Rates) - Statcast Review for Fantasy Baseball

As the MLB and MLBPA keep working towards ending the lockout and getting baseball back into our lives, we've been keeping the offseason content going by digging into some 2021 stats. While we all obviously want the lockout to end, this is a useful time to do your research and have a better understanding of […]

Free NBA Betting Picks - Today's Best Bets, Expert Predictions, Odds (2/9/22)

Another really solid night last night as the Suns and Kings took care of business as our main bets. Brandon Ingram came up short of his prop despite a good matchup, but the fourth bet that I added mid-day hit as Reggie Bullock hit four threes to go over his 2.5 prop. I'll take 3-1 […]

Louis Oosthuizen Makes 2022 Debut At TPC Scottsdale

Louis Oosthuizen starts his year in Arizona at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, coming off an impressive run in 2021. Of his 16 starts on the PGA tour last year, he had 11 top-20 performances, including a runner-up finish in both the U.S. Open and PGA Championship. It's hard to find a more well-rounded golfer […]

Best Fantasy Baseball Fits for Oakland's Trade Chips

The Oakland A’s might be rebuilding. Or at least something that resembles it to a degree. Of course, that’s purely speculative but Bob Melvin, Mark Canha, and Starling Marte have all departed this winter, and more could follow once the lockout ends. MLB Network’s Jon Heyman tweeted the following on November 9: GM David Forst of the cash-strapped A’s […]

Gary Woodland Looks To Return To Form At Phoenix Open

Former major champion Gary Woodland has had quite a tough time finding consistent success on the PGA Tour since the restart after the COVID-19 pause in June of 2020. Woodland did have five top-15 finishes in 2021, but the season was littered with missed cuts and disappointing performances. Luckily for Woodland, he is back at […]

Panthers Hire Steve Wilks To Coach The Secondary

The Carolina Panthers hired Steve Wilks as their new secondary coach and defensive pass-game coordinator on Wednesday. Wilks will return for his second stint with the Panthers after initially coaching for them in 2012 as the defensive backs coach. He also served as Carolina's assistant head coach from 2015-17 and the defensive coordinator in 2017. […]

Scottie Scheffler A Perfect Fit In Scottsdale

Scottie Scheffler is hoping to secure his first PGA Tour victory this week at TPC Scottsdale, a venue he finished T7 a year ago. The 25-year-old enters this week red-hot with his irons, gaining over five strokes on approach in his last event, The Farmers Insurance Open. Over his last five events, the former Longhorn […]

Lovie Smith Aware Of Davis Mills' Potential

New Houston Texans head coach Lovie Smith is very aware of quarterback Davis Mills' potential and promise after a strong rookie year in which he took over as the team's starting quarterback due to injuries to Tyrod Taylor and Deshaun Watson's legal situation. "He played about as well as any of the rookie quarterbacks did […]

Bengals Offensive Line Has A Tall Task In Super Bowl

The Cincinnati Bengals offensive line going up against Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald and the rest of their defensive line is considered the biggest mismatch in Super Bowl LVI. The Bengals aren't concerned with how they are being viewed heading into Sunday's game against a Rams defensive front that is one of the […]

Ed Donatell The Favorite For Vikings Defensive Coordinator Job

Ed Donatell has emerged as the favorite for the Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator position, according to sources. The Seattle Seahawks were hoping to hire him as a defensive assistant, but they are now bracing to losing him to Minnesota. Soon-to-be Vikings head coach and Los Angeles Rams offensive coordinator Kevin O'Connell will get a coordinator […]

Saints Hire Doug Marrone To Help With Offense

The New Orleans Saints hired Alabama offensive line coach and former Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Doug Marrone for a key role on their offensive staff on Wednesday, according to a source. The Saints are also considering hiring former New York Jets offensive coordinator John Morton as an assistant under new head coach Dennis Allen. Marrone […]

PGA DFS: DraftKings Value Plays - WM Phoenix Open (Premium Content)

All other PGA Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome back RotoBallers, and thanks for joining me for the WM Phoenix Open! My name is Joe Nicely and in this article, you will find my favorite DraftKings DFS value plays for this week's PGA tournament. It can be tough to define "value" and […]

PGA DFS DraftKings Pivots: Sleepers and Value Picks - Waste Management Phoenix Open

Hello RotoBallers, my name is Rob Giltner and in this article, you will find my top PGA DFS Pivots for DraftKings and the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. I am excited to join RotoBaller and assist in any way possible to help make us all some money in DFS! Pivoting can be easily defined as shifting […]

NBA DFS Prop Picks for 2/9/22 - Monkey Knife Fight

There might only be six games Wednesday, but two massive trades yesterday make the last games of the night enormous question marks right until tip-off. C.J. McCollum and Larry Nance Jr. were traded to the Pelicans in exchange for Josh Hart, and Nickeil Alexander-Walker essentially, and Domantas Sabonis, Justin Holiday, and Jeremy Lamb were traded […]

Rhamondre Stevenson To Focus On Pass-Catching

New England Patriots running back Rhamondre Stevenson had a strong rookie year in 2021 by just about all measures. He was second on the team in rushing behind Damien Harris as he rushed 133 times for 606 yards and five scores while averaging 4.6 yards per carry. He also caught 14 of his 18 targets […]

Rob Gronkowski Pairing With Joe Burrow Next Year?

Star tight end Rob Gronkowski is entering free agency this offseason and the market for quarterback pairings won't include his long-time companion Tom Brady, who recently announced his retirement. In an interview with Autograph NFTs on Tuesday, Gronk tipped his hand a bit on where he may be leaning toward signing for 2022. The four-time […]

Mike McDaniel Sees "Greatness" In Tua Tagovailoa

All signs are pointing towards quarterback Tua Tagovailoa being under center for the Miami Dolphins yet again in 2022. In a recent, semi-cringey video shared on the Dolphins Twitter account, new Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel speaks to his new quarterback through a video on his phone. He tells Tagovailoa, "One thing I know about […]

Byron Allen To Submit Bid To Buy Broncos

Media mogul Byron Allen, who owns the entertainment company Entertainment Studios, told Bloomberg in an interview on Tuesday that he is preparing to submit a bid to purchase the Denver Broncos. If the purchase winds up going through, it would make Allen the first Black majority owner of an NFL franchise. Allen was first approached […]

Vikings Interview Sean Desai For Defensive Coordinator

The Minnesota Vikings brought in Sean Desai to interview for the team's defensive coordinator role, according to Jeremy Fowler of ESPN. Desai has spent the past decade as a defensive coach for the Chicago Bears, frequently facing off against the Vikings. He served as the team's defensive quality control coach from 2013 to 2018 before […]

Daily NBA Injury Roundup for February 9th, 2022

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 February 9th, 2022. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below […]

Sidney Crosby Scores 499th Career Goal

Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby scored the game-winning goal in Tuesday's 4-2 win against the Bruins. Crosby's power-play goal helped him reach 499 career goals, and he is now one goal away from becoming the 46th player in NHL history to reach the 500-goal mark. Crosby's next chance to get to the historic goal scoring […]

Jason Simmons Heading To Raiders As Secondary Coach

Former Carolina Panthers defensive passing-game coordinator and secondary coach Jason Simmons is heading to the Las Vegas Raiders for the same role, according to a source. The Panthers also lost wide receivers coach Frisman Jackson to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Tuesday, meaning head coach Matt Rhule will have six new assistants on his coaching staff […]

Adam Scott A Sleeper This Week

Adam Scott will make his first career start at TPC Scottsdale this week. The Australian is returning to the States off back-to-back top-10 finishes in the Middle East. Although Scott has never played this event, he should be a great fit for the course given his fantastic ball-striking abilities. The 41-year-old veteran has gained strokes […]

Marcus Morris Sr. Ejected Versus Grizzlies

Los Angeles Clippers forward Marcus Morris Sr. has been ejected from Tuesday's game against the Memphis Grizzlies. He committed a Flagrant 2 foul during the third quarter. Morris took down guard Ja Morant on a layup attempt with an unnecessary hit to the face. Morris finishes with night with three points, four rebounds, and three […]