WR/CB Matchups to Upgrade and Downgrade - Fantasy Football Week 7 (2025)

Welcome back to our WR/CB Matchups for Week 7 of the 2025 fantasy football season. We have a decent sample of six weeks in the offensive and defensive advanced metrics. Injuries have taken a toll on the wide receiver and cornerback positions. For those unfamiliar, this weekly series looks at fantasy football matchups for wide […]

IDP Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em for Week 7 - Streamers, Fades, Matchups for Defensive Players

Expectations are a tricky thing with IDP leagues, especially those that don't use Premium Scoring. While those in Premium Scoring leagues see defenders score on par with receivers or running backs regularly, the most widely used scoring systems for IDP typically have an average defender score on par with a good kicker or D/ST. With […]

WR/CB Matchups to Upgrade and Downgrade - Fantasy Football Week 6 (2025)

Welcome back to our WR/CB Matchups for Week 6 of the 2025 fantasy football season. We have a decent sample of five weeks in the offensive and defensive advanced metrics. Injuries have taken a toll on the wide receiver and cornerback positions. For those unfamiliar, this weekly series looks at fantasy football matchups for wide […]

IDP Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em for Week 6 - Streamers, Fades, Matchups for Defensive Players

Patience is always a virtue, especially in fantasy football. This is why we added a “Patience Preach of the Week” segment in this column this year. Patience is particularly important in IDP leagues, where points for many defenders come in waves rather than consistent streams. In fact, there is no more mercurial position in fantasy […]

WR/CB Matchups to Upgrade and Downgrade - Week 5

Welcome back to our WR/CB Matchups for Week 5 of the 2025 fantasy football season. We have a decent sample of four weeks in the offensive and defensive advanced metrics. Injuries have taken a toll on the wide receiver and cornerback positions. For those unfamiliar, this weekly series looks at fantasy football matchups for wide […]

IDP Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em for Week 5 - Streamers, Fades, Matchups for Defensive Players

As we mentioned in our IDP Rankings article this week, fantasy football has felt particularly punishing this year. For example, Joe Burrow's injury didn't just hurt his managers. It also tanked Tee Higgins' value and caused real problems for Ja'Marr Chase. The Jaguars aren't helping either, considering their refusal to feature Travis Hunter in any […]

WR/CB Matchups to Upgrade and Downgrade - Fantasy Football Week 4 (2025)

Welcome back to our WR/CB Matchups for Week 4 of the 2025 fantasy football season. We have a decent sample of three weeks in the offensive and defensive advanced metrics. The narratives have somewhat shifted over the past few weeks. For those unfamiliar, this weekly series looks at fantasy football matchups for wide receivers versus […]

IDP Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em for Week 4 - Streamers, Fades, Matchups for Defensive Players

As is the case every year, impactful injuries in fantasy football are beginning to add up already. We are only three weeks into the season, yet injuries have already robbed us of multiple starting quarterbacks and defensive star Nick Bosa. Worse, injuries are already hobbling players who remain on the field, seemingly turning players like […]

WR/CB Matchups to Upgrade and Downgrade - Fantasy Football Week 3 (2025)

Welcome back to our WR/CB Matchups for Week 3 of the 2025 fantasy football season. Don't overreact to one week of fantasy football, but we'll have a decent sample of data after four or more weeks. We saw one-week samples flip in the opposite direction from Weeks 1 to 2 based on the matchup and […]

IDP Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em for Week 3 - Streamers, Fades, Matchups for Defensive Players

Considering this article is all about streaming and sitting defenders in fantasy, it seems relevant to talk about the King of IDP in the 2020s: T.J. Watt. While we warned you that Watt's advanced metrics and production were dipping last year, he remained the top defender on most IDP boards entering the season, including ours. […]

WR/CB Matchups to Upgrade and Downgrade - Fantasy Football Week 2 (2025)

Welcome back to our WR/CB Matchups for Week 2 of the 2025 fantasy football season. Don't overreact to one week of fantasy football, but we'll have a decent sample of data after a few weeks. For those unfamiliar, this weekly series looks at fantasy football matchups for wide receivers versus the cornerbacks who are projected […]

IDP Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em for Week 2 - Streamers, Fades, Matchups for Defensive Players

Welcome, RotoBallers, to my IDP fantasy football start 'em, sit 'em article digging into the top matchups, streamers, and fades for Week 2 of the 2025 NFL season. As the season gets fully underway and we launch into another streamers and fades article, it is worthwhile to remind readers that streamers and fades should be […]

WR/CB Matchups to Upgrade and Downgrade - Fantasy Football Week 1 (2025)

Welcome back to our WR/CB Matchups for Week 1 of the 2025 fantasy football season. After a long offseason, we're thrilled to be back and kick off the 2025 season! For those unfamiliar, this weekly series looks at fantasy football matchups for wide receivers versus the cornerbacks who are projected to cover them. We're using […]

IDP Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em for Week 1 - Streamers, Fades, Matchups for Defensive Players

Welcome back to our fantasy football  IDP Start 'Em, Sit 'Em picks for Week 1 of the 2025 season! As was made clear in our Week 1 IDP fantasy football rankings column earlier this week, putting too much weight into early season matchups can lead to disaster in fantasy football. Certainly, there are many trends, […]

College Football True Freshmen Breakouts: Top 10 First-Year Stars to Watch in 2025

Last season, freshman wide receivers Jeremiah Smith (Ohio State) and Ryan Williams (Alabama) took the college football world by storm with their electrifying play. Who will be the top true freshmen in 2025? We might not have receivers of the Smith and Williams caliber in this class, but that doesn't mean there aren't a number […]

Travis Hunter Rookie Fantasy Football Outlook and Profile

The Jacksonville Jaguars were a mess in 2024, going 4-13. QB Trevor Lawrence looked like a shell of his previous self, and the defense was one of the league's worst. Head coach Doug Pederson was fired and replaced by Buccaneers offensive coordinator Liam Coen. To accelerate their rebuild, the team took a big swing in […]

2025 NFL Draft First-Round Team Needs: Picks 1-16

Having an early pick in the NFL Draft and nailing the selection is the best way to pick up a cornerstone of a franchise for many years to come. Whether it's a franchise quarterback, an elite wide receiver, a highly disruptive pass-rusher, or a highly skilled offensive lineman, talented players are coming out of college […]

Three-Round Post Free Agency 2025 NFL Mock Draft

NFL Free Agency has been up for more than a week, and very few impact players are left available. Because of that, any player a team signs from now until the NFL Draft is unlikely to alter their draft-day plans significantly. However, the early portion of free agency can substantially impact which players and which […]

2025 NFL Mock Draft: Best Case Scenario for All 32 Teams

Predicting the first round of the NFL Draft is a futile exercise. The “best” mock drafts have a hit rate lower than Anthony Richardson's completion percentage, which probably explains why so many are floating about. Here, we won’t be trying to predict the future of the 2025 NFL Draft. Instead, we will be doing an […]

Fantasy Football IDP League Sleepers and Draft Targets: Early 2025 IDP Rankings

As any manager in an IDP league can tell you, adding defensive players to a fantasy draft changes the math. IDP formats not only require wider knowledge of league-wide rosters, it asks managers to create value systems like the real NFL Draft.  Managers having wildly different value systems are often part of the fun. Is […]

Grading The Six Players Taken Ahead Of Josh Allen In The 2018 NFL Draft

Fresh off his first NFL MVP award, Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen is putting together a legendary career as one of the best QBs in the league and certainly will be the best his team has ever seen once his career is over. However, NFL scouting whiffs on great players all the time. It's not […]

WR/CB Matchups to Upgrade and Downgrade - Super Bowl Fantasy Football Picks (2024-25)

Welcome back to our WR/CB Matchups for the Super Bowl of the 2024-2025 fantasy football season. Congrats to all of you who won a championship or reached the title game! For those unfamiliar, this weekly series looks at fantasy football matchups for wide receivers versus the cornerbacks who are projected to cover them. The data […]

2025 NFL Mock Draft 1.0 - Pre-Senior Bowl Mock for First Round (Matt Donnelly)

With the Senior Bowl here, the NFL Combine just a few weeks away, and the 2025 NFL Draft closing in, it's time to get our mock on and predict where some of the top players in college football will be taking their talents to in 2025 The 2025 draft class is deep and talented, with […]

2025 NFL Mock Draft 4.0: First Round Mock

The 2024 NFL regular season has come to a close, and the first 18 picks of the 2025 NFL Draft order are now etched in stone! We ended up with a few surprise teams in the top two after the Las Vegas Raiders and New York Giants had the top spots locked down for a […]

Re-Drafting The 2024 NFL Draft: Entire First Round Do-Over

Is Caleb Williams or Jayden Daniels the better prospect? What about Drake Maye? The answer seemed obvious last April. It's not so clear now. With a year of NFL tape, franchises alter how they view rookies. Would management make the same selections or jump at the chance to snag a different prospect? Below, I redraft […]

WR/CB Matchups to Upgrade and Downgrade - Fantasy Football Conference Championship Round (2024-25)

Welcome back to our WR/CB Matchups for the conference championship round of the 2024 fantasy football season. Congrats to all of you who won a championship or reached the title game! For those unfamiliar, this weekly series looks at fantasy football matchups for wide receivers versus the cornerbacks who are projected to cover them. The […]

WR/CB Matchups to Upgrade and Downgrade - Fantasy Football Divisional Round (2025)

Welcome back to our WR/CB Matchups for the Divisional Round of the 2024 fantasy football season. Congrats to all of you who won a championship or reached the title game! For those unfamiliar, this weekly series looks at fantasy football matchups for wide receivers versus the cornerbacks who are projected to cover them. The data […]

WR/CB Matchups to Upgrade and Downgrade - Fantasy Football Wild Card Round (2025)

Welcome back to our WR/CB Matchups for the Wild Card Round of the 2024 fantasy football season. Congrats to all of you who won a championship or reached the title game! For those unfamiliar, this weekly series looks at fantasy football matchups for wide receivers versus the cornerbacks who are projected to cover them. The […]

Top Five Candidates To Be The No. 1 Overall Pick In The 2025 NFL Draft

The 2024 NFL regular season has ended, which means the first 18 picks in the 2025 NFL Draft order are now set. Several quarterback-needy teams pick in the top three of the draft, which has led to plenty of speculation about who the first pick might be. Will the Tennessee Titans select a quarterback with […]

WR/CB Matchups to Upgrade and Downgrade - Fantasy Football Week 18 (2024)

Welcome back to our WR/CB Matchups for Week 18 of the 2024 fantasy football season. Congrats to all of you who won a championship or reached the title game! For those unfamiliar, this weekly series looks at fantasy football matchups for wide receivers versus the cornerbacks who are projected to cover them. The data we […]