Lucid's Best Bets - Premium MLB Betting Picks for 10/6/2021

Happy Wednesday, RotoBallers, and welcome to the Postseason! John 'LucidMedia' Brubaker here, filling in for Tommy Bell for the rest of the season. I'm privileged to be able to do this for you guys and am extremely excited to help you crush the sportsbooks in this final push of the MLB season. This will be […]

DraftKings Core Four (PGA DFS) - Shriners Hospitals for Children Open (Premium Content)

All other PGA Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Hello RotoBallers and thank you very much for joining me for the Shriners Hospital for Children Open! The PGA Tour's Swing Season heads to Las Vegas this week and the Shriners presents us with perhaps the strongest full-field of entrants we'll see this […]

Ryder Cup Star Scottie Scheffler Returns To Action In Las Vegas

Scottie Scheffler is coming off an impressive performance at the Ryder Cup, where he both successfully partnered with Bryson DeChambeau and took down the No. 1 player in the world in singles. There is certainly reason to believe that the young Texas native can carry the momentum to this week's PGA Tour event in Las […]

Mito Pereira Looks To Continue Elite Ball-Striking In The Desert

Mito Pereira has been a popular option for fantasy managers since bursting onto the scene last summer at the Barbasol Championship. Fantasy managers are justifiably enamored with the young Chilean due to his gaudy ball-striking numbers. Pereira is coming off a performance at the Sanderson Farms Championship where he gained 2.2 strokes off the tee […]

Sam Burns Looks To Go Back-To-Back In Las Vegas

Sam Burns is coming off his second career PGA Tour victory last week at the Sanderson Farms Championship. Burns' ball-striking was downright unbelievable in Mississippi. The LSU product gained 6.1 strokes off the tee, 8.3 strokes on approach, and was able to win the tournament despite losing two strokes putting. What's most encouraging about Burns […]

J.D. Martinez Not A Lock For ALDS Roster

Boston Red Sox designated hitter J.D. Martinez's left ankle sprain looks pretty bad and he may not be able to be on the team's roster for the American League Division Series against the Tampa Bay Rays, but he's expected to fight to be on the roster. The good news is that he doesn't have any […]

Panthers Defense Acquires Stephon Gilmore

The Carolina Panthers acquired cornerback Stephon Gilmore in a trade with the New England Patriots on Wednesday. The Patriots will receive a 2023 sixth-round pick in return. New England was prepared to release Gilmore after failing to agree to a contract extension, and he'll miss at least the first six games of the season. But […]

Anthony McFarland Jr. Designated To Return From Injured Reserve

Pittsburgh Steelers running back Anthony McFarland Jr. (knee) has been designated to return from Injured Reserve and will return to practice on Wednesday. The Steelers will now have 21 days to activate McFarland from Injured Reserve. The 22-year-old should compete for the primary backup role behind rookie Najee Harris when he's ready. To this point, […]

Justin Fields Named Bears Starter Going Forward

The Chicago Bears have named rookie quarterback Justin Fields as the starter going forward. Head coach Matt Nagy had been adamant up to this point that veteran Andy Dalton (knee) was the team's starter when healthy, but something obviously changed in the last few days. The 22-year-old Fields had a disastrous first NFL start in […]

Darrynton Evans Designated To Return From IR

The Tennessee Titans designated running back Darrynton Evans (knee) to return from Injured Reserve on Wednesday. The Titans are hoping that Evans can return to practice this week after going on Injured Reserve to start the season. It's unclear if he'll be active for the Week 5 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, but this is […]

Elijah Moore Cleared From Concussion Protocol

New York Jets rookie wide receiver Elijah Moore (concussion) has been cleared from the league's concussion protocol, according to head coach Robert Saleh. Receiver Jeff Smith remains in the concussion protocol. Moore missed the Week 4 win over the Tennessee Titans after suffering a concussion in Week 3, but it looks like he'll return to […]

Dalvin Cook Expected To Keep Playing Through Injury

Minnesota Vikings running back Dalvin Cook (ankle) said he's "not 100% yet" but is planning to keep playing through his ankle injury. Cook said "part of the game is playing through pain" and that he doesn't think his injury is getting worse. The 26-year-old had just nine carries for 34 yards and caught two of […]

Johnny Walker Takes Unanimous-Decision Loss Saturday

Unfortunately for Johnny Walker, his inability to pull the trigger and land big shots cost him a chance to win Saturday's main event against Thiago Santos, with Santos taking the victory via unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47). Statistically, Walker only landed 48 significant strikes in 25 minutes of action. With the loss, Walker has now […]

Texans Cut Anthony Miller

The Houston Texans cut wide receiver Anthony Miller on Wednesday, according to a league source. The Texans acquired Miller from the Chicago Bears several months ago, but they have already decided to move on. He suffered a dislocated shoulder in the preseason and wasn't active the first two weeks of the regular season. In Miller's […]

Giants Have The Worst Red-Zone Offense

The New York Giants 33.3 percent red-zone touchdown percentage is the worst in the NFL through four weeks of the season. Offensive coordinator Jason Garrett's play-calling in the red area continues to leave a lot to be desired. The Giants like to feature tight ends Evan Engram and Kyle Rudolph near the end zone, but […]

How Cordarrelle Patterson Is Winning Leagues

We are entering Week 5 and Cordarelle Patterson has started the season off strong. He has been one of the best waiver wire acquisitions of the season to this point. Is this legit? Should we expect continued success moving forward or is this just all smoke? The idea here is to dive into the usage […]

Thiago Santos Does Enough To Win Saturday's Main Event

Saturday's main even didn't exactly produce the fireworks that fans expected, but Thiago Santos still walked out of the fight with the victory by unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47). In 25 minutes of action, Santos only landed 44 significant strikes, and neither fighter landed a takedown. Regardless, Santos was able to snap his three-fight losing […]

No Restrictions For Saquon Barkley

New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley's right knee is structurally sound after he had surgery to fix a torn ACL and meniscus, and he has played at least 84 percent of the offensive snaps in each of the last three games. It's a signal that the coaching staff no longer has any reservations about […]

Kyle Daukaus' Bout Ends In No Contest

An unfortunate accidental headbutt ended Kyle Daukaus' bout with Kevin Holland in the first round of action on Saturday night. With only 3:43 of cage time racked up, Daukaus landed just nine significant strikes (19 total strikes) and only landed one of his five takedown tries. Knowing the UFC, this potential fight of the night […]

Rams Want To Get Robert Woods More Involved

Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Robert Woods averaged more than 132 targets per season in the last three years with Jared Goff under center. In four games with Matthew Stafford, Woods has just 25 targets, catching 15 of them for 172 yards and two touchdowns. "We just need to get him some more opportunities and […]

Teddy Bridgewater Not Expected To Practice Wednesday

Denver Broncos quarterback Teddy Bridgewater (head) is progressing through the league's concussion protocol and is feeling better, but he's not expected to practice on Wednesday, according to a source. Drew Lock will take the first-team repetitions in practice. Bridgewater suffered the first documented concussion of his career in the Week 4 loss to the Baltimore […]

Peyton Barber Dealing With Mild Turf Toe

Las Vegas Raiders running back Peyton Barber (toe) was diagnosed with mild turf toe, according to sources. Barber didn't suffer a fracture and is seeking more opinions, but it sounds like he could be out for a few weeks. In the Monday night loss to the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 4, Barber returned one […]

Will Fuller Being Placed On Injured Reserve

Miami Dolphins wide receiver Will Fuller (finger) will be placed on Injured Reserve after breaking his finger in the Week 4 loss to the Indianapolis Colts. Fuller will now be out for at least three games and possibly longer. The 27-year-old missed the first two weeks of the season while finishing up his suspension, and […]

Accidental Headbutt Leads To No Contest For Kevin Holland

In what had the potential of being the fight of the night on Saturday, Kevin Holland walked out of the cage with a no contest in his bout with Kyle Daukaus. An accidental headbutt in the first round 3:43 into the action caused an early end to the bout. In the short amount of cage […]

Alex Oliveira Drops Decision, Loses Third Straight

Alex Oliveira was unable to ride out of the Octagon with a win, dropping a unanimous decision to Niko Price on Saturday night. In 15 minutes of action, Oliveira tallied 65 significant strikes (83 total strikes) and only landed one of his two takedown tries on the night. With the loss, Oliveira has now lost […]

DraftKings PGA DFS Value Plays - Shriners Hospitals for Children 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 Shriners Hospitals for Children 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 […]

Top 10 Fantasy Basketball Rookies For Redraft (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome to the NBA, rookie! After being the top-dog on their high school and college teams, they become small fish in an extremely large pond. Some rookies handle the transition in an impressive fashion, while others need some time to adjust. Regardless, there always […]

Week 5 Player Rankings and Waiver Wire- Woo Fantasy Podcast

Rotoballer analyst Brandon (@RotoSuperstar) and c0-host Nick (@therealffgoat) are back with a new episode of the Woo Fantasy podcast! In this episode the guys go over the latest new from around the world of the NFL. Including the devastating injury to David Montgomery, which now has him sidelined for four to five weeks. In his […]

Defenses to Stream AGAINST - Favorable Upcoming Matchups to Target

We're four weeks into the NFL season, which means that while we still don't know a lot about the teams in the league, we do know slightly more than we knew a month ago. For example, we have some data about defenses now, which means we can start to think about how we can target […]

Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers - Week 5

Week 4 of the 2021 NFL season is officially in the books. Just like in Weeks 1, 2, and 3, overreactions will undoubtedly be made, but there's also a lot of good information we can use to help make decisions as we head into Week 5 and beyond. In years past, we'd be a quarter […]