49ers Defense Has Upside In Week 15

The 49ers Defense has a promising matchup against the Dallas Cowboys in Week 15. The Cowboys have been held under 20 points in two of their past three matchups as they've struggled both on the ground and through the air. The 49ers defense, meanwhile, has played moderately well over the past month. They contained the […]

Cardinals Defense Could Deliver In Week 15

The Cardinals Defense had one of their best performances of the year in Week 14 against the New York Giants. They held the Giant to just 159 yards of offense and seven points. This week, the Cardinals face the Philadelphia Eagles, who are averaging just 21.3 points per game on the year. Last week, the […]

Dan Arnold Hard To Trust In Week 15

Arizona Cardinals tight end Dan Arnold has scored three touchdowns over his past two games. He's been the only Cardinals pass-catcher apart from DeAndre Hopkins to make much of an impact on the stat sheet over the past two weeks. Unfortunately, his target share is still extremely low. He's only seen seven targets total over […]

Larry Fitzgerald Shouldn't Be On Fantasy Radars

Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald made his return to action in Week 14 against the New York Giants after a two-game absence. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to make much of an impact on the stat sheet. He caught just two of his three targets for 10 yards. The Cardinals passing game has struggled significantly […]

Christian Kirk Not A Starting Option In Week 15

Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Christian Kirk has caught just seven passes for 35 yards over his past three games. The Cardinals passing game has struggled significantly lately. The only Cardinals receiver who is a safe starting option in fantasy is DeAndre Hopkins, who has dominated targets with 24 over his past two games. Kirk had […]

DeAndre Hopkins Set For Heavy Workload In Week 15

Arizona Cardinals wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins carried the team's offense in Week 14 against the New York Giants. He caught nine of his 11 targets for 136 yards. No other Cardinal had over five targets or more than 30 receiving yards in the game. Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray has struggled lately, but locking onto Hopkins […]

Chase Edmonds A Risky Start In Week 15

Arizona Cardinals running back Chase Edmonds (ankle) missed Wednesday's practice while nursing an ankle injury and he is currently questionable for this week's game against the Philadelphia Eagles. Edmonds has been seeing about six carries and five targets per game over the past month. He has a consistent and reliable role in the offense, but […]

Kenyan Drake A Strong RB2 Option In Week 15

Arizona Cardinals running back Kenyan Drake has been a workhorse for the team all year and has especially come on strong lately. Over his past four games, he's scored four rushing touchdowns. He's also seen over 20 rushing attempts in two of his past three games. In Week 15, Drake and the Cardinals face the […]

Year-In-Review: Diego Castillo and Nick Anderson

As I created my early 2021 Relief Pitcher rankings, I realized how wide open so many bullpens are right now due to free agency. But there is at least one team that can sleep well knowing the back end of their bullpen is solid as bedrock and that's the Tampa Bay Rays. Diego Castillo and […]

Kyler Murray Is A Low-End QB1 In Week 15

Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray has seen his fantasy value plummet over the past month or so. He was a no doubt QB1 over the bulk of the season, but lately he's become a lot more risky to trust. While his most recent outing against the New York Giants in Week 14 didn't inspire a […]

Preseason NBA DFS Primer for 12/17 - Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice for FanDuel, DraftKings

Welcome back my fellow preseason DFS degenerates! We have two big slates left this preseason with seven games tonight and then eight games on Friday. Then we are looking at only three games on Saturday and a few days off until opening night next Tuesday! We have a few rematches tonight as the Spurs and […]

Preseason NBA DFS Primer for 12/18 - Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice for FanDuel, DraftKings

It's the final big preseason slate! Like last night, we have seven games on this Friday night slate. The core was solid last night as Vucevic and Curry went off and Luka did his thing. For today's core I am giving you three duos to consider rolling out together as a different little wrinkle. I'm […]

Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers - Week 15

Whether due to their own play, the play of others, or injuries, players' stock increases and decreases on a weekly basis. Perhaps more than any other, the NFL is a league that experiences ups and downs at a rapid pace. With only 16 games, there’s little room for error and seemingly endless opportunities for improvement. […]

Redrafting the 2020 Fantasy Football Season

2020. Man, what a year. We had protests, fires, a global pandemic that shut down everything, and freaking murder hornets. By the way, what happened to them? We do still have a few weeks left in the year, so are they to be the grand finale? Not all was doom and gloom, though, and there […]

NextGen Stats - Running Back Breakdowns and Takeaways

Things finally got serious. If you're here, it's only because one of two reasons: 1) you have followed the series all along and want to keep reading just so you don't feel bad with yourself, or 2) you won your first round of the fantasy playoffs and are still on the lookout for the smallest […]

Fantasy Football Warning Signals For Week 15

We are in the thick of the fantasy playoffs. Every decision from here could be the factor that determines if fantasy gamers will be able to advance further into the playoffs. Knowing the warning signals from the previous week is crucial to all of our roster management decisions. There are only three weeks left of […]

Coaching Matters: Offenses That Will Improve From Week 14

This series continues into its fourteenth week of where I dive into offensive areas that will improve or decline based on coaching in order to glean insight as to fantasy football value. In Week 14, we saw performances such as the Los Angeles Rams wide receivers combining for 71 receiving yards, Patrick Mahomes throwing for 393 passing yards, or the […]

College Football Betting Expert Picks for Week Sixteen (12/19/2020)

After a tumultuous season, conference championship weekend has finally arrived. Last week's picks were a bit of a mixed bag. Illinois' offensive play-calling was underwhelming down the stretch in a game that cost coach Lovie Smith his job. Toledo made things closer than they needed to, but were able to cover the first-half spread with […]

Daily NBA Injury Roundup for December 17th, 2020

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 December 17th, 2020. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below […]

Ravens Defense Still Fighting Through Injuries

Baltimore Ravens defensive end Calais Campbell (calf) and cornerbacks Marcus Peters (calf) and Jimmy Smith (ribs, shoulder) did not practice on Wednesday. Campbell returned from the COVID-19 list to play in Week 13 against the Cowboys, but he's been dealing with this calf injury since Week 9 against the Colts. He doesn't have a sack […]

No Practice For Robert Woods

Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Robert Woods (thigh) was a non-participant at practice on Wednesday. Fantasy managers will want to keep a close eye on Woods' practice status the rest of the week, as he'll be a must-start wideout with obvious WR1 upside this weekend against the winless Jets and their woeful defense if he's […]

Jamison Crowder Doesn't Practice Wednesday

New York Jets wide receiver Jamison Crowder (calf) didn't practice on Wednesday. Crowder battled through the injury in the Week 14 blowout loss to the Seahawks, but he was clearly not 100 percent and caught just two of five targets for a season-low seven yards. Against a Rams Defense in Week 15 that is allowing […]

Ezekiel Elliott Misses Practice Wednesday

Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott (calf) did not take part in practice on Wednesday. Elliott didn't aggravate his calf in the Week 14 win over the Bengals, but the Cowboys are giving him a little extra rest late in the season. Barring a setback, we'd expect Elliott to be active this weekend. The 25-year-old, […]

Brandin Cooks, Duke Johnson Limited In Practice

Houston Texans wide receiver Brandin Cooks (neck) and running back Duke Johnson (neck) were both limited in practice on Wednesday. This is really good news for Cooks after he sat out of the Week 14 loss to the Bears. The 27-year-old could still be considered questionable, though, so continue to track his progress through the […]

David Johnson Back From COVID-19 List

The Houston Texans activated running back David Johnson from the COVID-19 list on Wednesday after he was deemed a high-risk close contact and was forced to miss the Week 14 game. Johnson did not practice on Wednesday. The 29-year-old should be back in action this weekend against the Colts, but he'll be more of an […]

Jeff Driskel Activated From COVID-19 List

The Denver Broncos activated quarterback Jeff Driskel from the Reserve/COVID-19 list on Wednesday and they also signed cornerback Parnell Motley off the 49ers practice squad. Driskel was put on the list after testing positive for COVID-19 three weeks ago. It led to the debacle that was practice-squad wide receiver Kendall Hinton taking snaps under center […]

Chase Edmonds, Zane Gonzalez Miss Practice Wednesday

Arizona Cardinals running back Chase Edmonds (ankle) and kicker Zane Gonzalez (back) didn't practice on Wednesday. Head coach Kliff Kingsbury said that Edmonds would be a game-time decision in Week 15 against the Eagles on Sunday. Edmonds has had fantasy relevance behind Kenyan Drake this year with 751 all-purpose yards and four touchdowns, and he's […]

James Robinson On The Week 15 Injury Report

Jacksonville Jaguars rookie running back James Robinson (knee) was listed as a limited practice participant on Wednesday. There's nothing to suggest that Robinson's injury is very serious, so he should remain a strong RB1 choice for fantasy managers in the fantasy semifinals this week. As long as the Jaguars aren't blown out again, which is […]

DeVante Parker, Jakeem Grant Sr. Limited In Practice

Miami Dolphins wide receivers DeVante Parker (hamstring) and Jakeem Grant Sr. (hamstring), linebacker Kyle Van Noy (hip) and guard Ereck Flowers (ankle) were limited in practice Wednesday. Parker and Grant were at least able to practice some, but their statuses for Week 15 against the Patriots are very much up in the air. In a […]

Mike Gesicki Doesn't Practice Wednesday

Miami Dolphins tight end Mike Gesicki (shoulder) and safety Bobby McCain (ankle) didn't practice on Wednesday. Gesicki has scored four touchdowns in his last three games and has 14 catches on 17 targets for 153 yards and three touchdowns in the last two contests. He'll be a high-end TE2 if he can somehow get in […]