Curtis Samuel (WR, CAR) - Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 29% of Leagues ANALYSIS: What the Panthers are doing should be praised way more than it has this season. They're featuring a new quarterback (Teddy Bridgewater) and also brought a new no. 1 wide receiver (Robby Anderson) yet both have played quite nicely this season while developing […]

Wayne Gallman (RB, NYG) - Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 25% of Leagues ANALYSIS: The only thing that might prevent you from adding Wayne Gallman to your roster and keeping them ROS should be his bye week coming in Week 11. Other than that, the schedule looks good for him to close the fantasy season, as Gallman […]

Jordan Wilkins (RB, IND) - Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 27% of Leagues ANALYSIS: This is not about who had a better game this past Sunday among Colts' running backs, but rather how Indianapolis is using them and how things could develop further down the road. Last week marked a turning point in the Jordan Wilkins-Jonathan Taylor […]

Derek Carr (QB, LV) - Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 42% of Leagues ANALYSIS: After all, fantasy GMs seem to be catching up with Derek Carr's exploits. It took time, and perhaps this is not the best moment to throw compliments toward Carr given his last two outings, but he's a must-have player in pretty much every deeper […]

Drew Lock (QB, DEN) - Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+Team Leagues ROSTERED: 20% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Somehow, for some reason, Drew Lock keeps flying under the radar all around the Yahoo! landscape. Lock is still available in four of each five fantasy leagues out there, which makes no sense at all. While Lock finished his first three games out of […]

Tua Tagovailoa (QB, MIA) - Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 2QB Leagues ROSTERED: 24% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Tua knows no defeat. Three times has he been on an NFL field, three times he's gone home with the W. Sure, he just threw a couple of passes in garbage time against the Jets, so that shouldn't count, but he won his first […]

Richie James Jr. (WR, SF) - Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 1% of Leagues ANALYSIS: It is going to be hard--way hard, in fact--to see Richie James Jr. reach the amount of playing time he got against Green Bay last Thursday, let alone watching him play to league-winning levels. The 49ers have been ravaged by injuries this season, […]

Nick Mariano's Early 2021 Fantasy Baseball Catcher Rankings

Let's cut right to it: the 2021 baseball season is not guaranteed to be a normal one. But for now, let's just close our eyes and dream of a world unencumbered by COVID-19 and talk about our silly little game as if a 162-game season will come next spring. It is time to decide how […]

Bubba and Bat Flip 57: 2021 Fantasy Baseball Catcher Preview - Benched with Bubba (Episode 320)

Bubba (@bdentrek) is joined by Bat Flip Crazy (@BatFlipCrazy) to start their positional previews with the wonderful catcher position. They will go over the Top 10 in NFBC ADP, go over some later round targets, and then a ton of awesome listener questions to get you ready for the catcher position. Be sure to subscribe […]

2021 First Look Fantasy Values: Outfielders

The baseball offseason may officially begin with the end of the World Series but the projections offseason began last Thursday night with the release of the first Steamer projections for 2021. Created and maintained by mathematics teacher Jared Cross and his former students, Steamer remains the industry standard for non-aggregated projection systems, as well as […]

Mike Gesicki Finally Makes An Impact

Miami Dolphins tight end Mike Gesicki has been a tough option to trust during most of the regular season. Heading into this game, Gesicki had one reception for eight yards over his last two games. Luckily, Gesicki was able to make some noise against the Arizona Cardinals in Week 9. He finished with three receptions […]

Preston Williams Suffers Injury During Week 9

Miami Dolphins wide receiver Preston Williams (foot) was carted off the field during the Week 9 win over the Arizona Cardinals. It's a shame because Williams was looking like he was developing strong chemistry with rookie quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. Before exiting the game, Williams hauled in four of his five targets for 60 yards and […]

DeVante Parker Rebounds In Week 9

Miami Dolphins wide receiver DeVante Parker has put together some disappointing performances over the last few weeks. However, he was able to bounce back during the Week 9 victory over the Arizona Cardinals. Parker hauled in six of his seven targets for 64 yards in this one. Fantasy owners can be happy knowing that Parker […]

Salvon Ahmed Rushes For 38 Yards

Miami Dolphins running back Salvon Ahmed received his first snaps of the 2020 season against the Arizona Cardinals in Week 9. He was actually the best running back for Miami this week, which doesn't mean too much. Ahmed rushed seven times for 38 yards in the win. Both Matt Breida (hamstring) and DeAndre Washington should […]

Jordan Howard Finds The End Zone In Week 9

Miami Dolphins running back Jordan Howard was given the lead back duties with Myles Gaskin (knee) sidelined in Week 9. Heading into this matchup, Howard had been inactive each of the last three weeks due to his poor performance earlier in the season. Sadly, sitting on the bench for a few weeks did not help […]

Tua Tagovailoa Has Promising Outing Versus Cardinals

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa had an underwhelming performance during his first career NFL start last week. However, he showed up to play against the Arizona Cardinals in Week 9. Tagovailoa completed 20 of 28 passing attempts for 248 yards with two touchdowns and zero interceptions in the win. He also added seven rushing attempts […]

Saints Defense Bulldozes Buccaneers

The New Orleans Saints Defense had their best performance of the season, registering three sacks and three interceptions in a 38-3 blowout of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Saints put pressure on Tom Brady the whole night, consistently forcing him into errant throws or poor decisions. The defense pressured Brady on many dropbacks and hit […]

Wil Lutz Makes All Six Kicks In Blowout Win

New Orleans Saints kicker Wil Lutz made his lone field-goal attempt and all five extra points in a 38-3 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Lutz didn't have many field-goal chances with his offense operating as efficiently as it did, though he was perfect on extra points. This gave him a nice floor for fantasy […]

Jared Cook Catches Two Passes, Loses Fumble

New Orleans Saints tight end Jared Cook caught two of three targets for 30 receiving yards and lost a fumble in a win over the Buccaneers. Cook hauled in a Drew Brees pass at the 2-yard line and tried to rumble into the end zone for a score, but lost the ball. It was not […]

Tre'Quan Smith Finds The End Zone Against Buccaneers

New Orleans Saints wide receiver Tre'Quan Smith caught one of two targets for 14 receiving yards and a touchdown in a blowout victory over the Buccaneers. Smith may have only had one catch, but he certainly made it count, as he got the scoring started with a nice grab in the back of the end […]

Emmanuel Sanders Scores For Third Time This Year

New Orleans Saints wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders hauled in four of five targets for 38 yards and a touchdown in a 38-3 win over the Buccaneers. Sanders helped the Saints cash in on their first points of the second quarter, as he brought in a red zone score. The veteran wideout probably won't have many […]

Michael Thomas Returns With 51 Receiving Yards

New Orleans Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas caught five of six targets for 51 yards in a 38-3 blowout of the Buccaneers. Thomas seemed to move well and was involved early, registering much of his production before the half. With the game essentially in hand by halftime, New Orleans rested Thomas as much as possible […]

Latavius Murray Paces Team In Carries

New Orleans Saints running back Latavius Murray led the team in carries with 10 but rushed for just 39 yards in a dominant 38-3 victory over the Buccaneers. Murray got more run in this one with the game essentially out of hand by halftime. Running room was hard to come by against this Tampa Bay […]

Alvin Kamara Finds End Zone In Blowout Win

New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara carried the ball nine times for 40 rushing yards with a touchdown and caught five of six targets for nine receiving yards. The receiving line seems like a typo, but that's the kind of night it was for Kamara. Fortunately, he was able to salvage his day with […]

Drew Brees Dissects Buccaneers With Four Touchdowns

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees completed 26 of 32 passes for 222 yards and four touchdowns in a 38-3 blowout of the Buccaneers. It was a classic performance from Brees, as he picked apart the league's number one pass defense by DVOA, registering a completion to 12 different receivers. The veteran signal-caller wasn't needed […]

Rob Gronkowski Manages One Catch

Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski could only muster one catch for two yards on six targets in the Week 9 loss to the Saints. Gronk had a rough night and this comes after a four-game stretch where he had at least 41 yards in each game and three total touchdowns. The TE has […]

Antonio Brown Has Three Catches

After a year off the field, Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown appeared in a game once again and finished with three receptions for 31 yards on five targets in his Tampa debut. The entire team had an off-night so it's still hard to assess Brown's value on this offense. Nevertheless, he should be […]

Chris Godwin Accumulates 41 Yards

Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Chris Godwin had three receptions for 41 yards on six targets in Week 9. The WR dealt with a finger injury that caused him to miss last week but he had a modest outing this week. When he's on the field, Godwin brings huge potential and remains an integral part […]

Mike Evans Has 64 Yards

Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans finished Week 9 with four receptions for 64 yards on six targets. Despite the Bucs struggling the entire game, Evans paced the team in yards and had a decent outing. The WR now has over 50 yards in the past two games and will look to build some […]