Week 8 Thursday Night NFL Matchups Analysis: Start/Sit for Fantasy Football

It's time for the Week 8 installment of Thursday night matchups with my start/sit recommendations. This week, two AFC South teams battle to stay out of last place in the division as the Jacksonville Jaguars take on the Tennessee Titans. Each week of the NFL season, we will be breaking down every game and providing you with […]

Week 8 PPR Rankings (Top 300)

What's up RotoBallers. Below you will find our overall Week 8 PPR rankings for fantasy football. Three of our lead fantasy football columnists, Nick Mariano, Bill Dubiel and Ben Ruppert, have analyzed the NFL matchups and game slates for Week 8. Below you will find their consensus staff ranks. Feel free to click those links and give these fine gentlemen a follow, […]

Week 8 Standard Rankings (Top 300)

What's up RotoBallers. Below you will find our overall Week 8 standard rankings for fantasy football. Three of our lead fantasy football columnists, Nick Mariano, Bill Dubiel and Ben Ruppert, have analyzed the NFL matchups and game slates for Week 8. Below you will find their consensus staff ranks. Feel free to click those links and give these fine gentlemen a follow, […]

Week 8 Half PPR Rankings (Top 300)

What's up RotoBallers. Below you will find our overall Week 8 Half-PPR rankings for fantasy football. Three of our lead fantasy football columnists, Nick Mariano, Bill Dubiel and Ben Ruppert, have analyzed the NFL matchups and game slates for Week 8. Below you will find their consensus staff ranks. Feel free to click those links and give these fine gentlemen a follow, […]

Week 8 Rankings Analysis: Nick Mariano vs. Industry Consensus

Week 7 makes for another solid week in the books. While Matt Ryan wasn’t really part of Atlanta’s festivities, the process was sound as Atlanta still scored 30+ points. Andy Dalton held his own even with Jeremy Hill stealing the spotlight, and we were right to be bearish on Russell Wilson, Jordan Howard and Brandon […]

Fantasy Football Buy Low & Sell High Candidates for Week 8

The waiver wire isn't the only place to change the course of your team. The right trade can make or break your season. The key is to buy low on cold players and sell overachieving players whose values have skyrocketed. While this is a well-known method, some owners still tend to overreact to a small sample size, so […]

NFL Survivor League Picks – Survivor Pool Targets and Avoids (Week 8)

What's up RotoBallers. Welcome back to my weekly column for survivor league pools, giving you my NFL teams to target as survivor league picks - and those to avoid as well. This will be one of the hardest weeks to make your survivor pick. The Rams, 49ers, Ravens, Steelers, and Giants are on bye. With six […]

Players Sending Out Warning Signals Heading Into Week 8

Hey folks, first and foremost, apologies for missing last week's Warning Signals. But I'm back, so let's preview what lies ahead of Week Eight. The most notable aspect of not having a piece in week seven is that we're looking at busier piece than the norm this time around, specifically in the "Updates From Last Week" section. Other than that, […]

Waiver Wire Podcast: Week 8 Targets, Sleepers & Injury Replacements

RotoBaller co-founder Real Talk Raph and esteemed co-host Anthony Aniano of RotoBaller Radio discuss the most relevant fantasy football topics, injury news and waiver wire pickups for Week 8. Be sure to tune into RotoBaller Radio on SiriusXM (channel Sirius 210, XM 87) - every Saturday between 5-7 PM EST. You can also find new weekly shows on BlogTalkRadio live […]

Week 8 NFL Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds

Welcome to the post-Week 7 installment of the Waiver Wire weekly series for the 2016 fantasy football season. Hopefully none of you were overly reliant on the banged-up Jamaal Charles and LeSean McCoy, and now Tevin Coleman (hamstring) is looking very questionable for Week 8. Week 8 is heavy on the byes, with Baltimore, Los […]

Waiver Wire Express - Week Eight Lightning Round

This column is published early every week, and then updated on a daily basis. Over the course of each week, we also publish more in-depth waiver wire analysis for all positions. But in efforts of bringing you timely information, as fast as possible, consider this the waiver wire lightning round heading into Week 8. Waiver […]

FAAB Auction Bidding - Week 8 Waiver Wire Targets

Welcome to Week 8 everyone. This may sound like a recurring theme, but it is once again a quiet waiver wire going into Week 8. This is one of the rare seasons when they have been few players worthy of significant FAAB spending; consider Ty Montgomery and Jacquizz Rodgers both had news boosting their values after waivers process […]

Week 8 QB Pickups & Streamers: One-QB & Two-QB Leagues

RotoBallers, Welcome back. As always this column will aim to highlight Week 8 waiver wire adds for quarterbacks, players that you should consider targeting on your league's waiver wire. In recent years, the concept of streaming has become a popular one within fantasy football circles. Particularly with quarterbacks and defense/special teams, the idea of swapping players out every […]

Week 8 Deeper Waiver Wire Pickups: Standard Leagues

What's up RotoBallers. Welcome to my deeper standard league sleepers column for Week 8 of the NFL season. In this weekly article we are going to take a look at some deeper waiver wire options for standard leagues, who could help out your team in this upcoming week. For reference's sake, we are looking at standard scoring […]

The Cut List (Week 8): Players To Consider Cutting Bait On

Welcome to Week 8's edition of The Cut List, RotoBaller's weekly column filled with advice on who is fat to be trimmed from your roster and who deserves a little more time on your plate. Each player receives both statistical and social media analysis, providing both real and ridiculous reasons why we--Tony Peters and Ben […]

Carson Wentz (QB, PHI) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Stream in 12- and 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 48% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: After starting his career with four straight games of efficient quarterback play, the past two have not been great for Carson Wentz. He’s thrown for a combined 307 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions with a 54% completion rate over that span. […]

Alex Smith (QB, KC) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Stream in 12- and 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 38% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Coming off a strong performance against the Saints in Week 7 in which Alex Smith throw for two scores, odds are his favorable schedule will once again lead to a solid performance at Indianapolis in Week 8. Indianapolis’ defense is surrendering 293.5 […]

Sam Bradford (QB, MIN) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Stream in 14- and 16-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 17% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Sam Bradford was not good in his return to Philadelphia, completing 24-of-41 pass attempts for 224 yards and a touchdown, but the damage was done with three turnovers (one interception, two fumbles lost). He was constantly under pressure from an underrated Eagles […]

Jared Goff (QB, LA) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Two-Quarterback Leagues OWNED IN: 1% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Case Keenum stunk yet again in Week 7, and there’s really no better time to transition to Jared Goff, the Rams' No. 1 overall pick, than during a bye week that grants you two weeks worth of preparation for a matchup against a terrible […]

Colin Kaepernick (QB, SF) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Stream in Two-Quarterback Leagues OWNED IN: 11% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Colin Kaepernick’s arm was poor yet again against a Bucs defense that is known for making opposing quarterbacks look good, but Kaep only logged 143 yards passing on a less than 50% completion rate (16-for-34). Luckily, he was able to float his value with […]

Jay Cutler (QB, CHI) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Stream in Two-Quarterback Leagues OWNED IN: 5% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Chicago has a horrible date with the Vikings on Monday night in Week 8, and then they hit their bye week, but after that they’ll face the Bucs in Week 10. Hopefully Jay Cutler’s thumb is healthy by then, and he’ll be able to […]

Ryan Fitzpatrick (QB, NYJ) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Stream in 14- and 16-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 19% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Ryan Fitzpatrick had become the laughing stock of the NFL over the past five weeks, which led to him getting benched at the end of Week 6. Geno Smith drew the Week 7 start, but subsequently hurt his knee on a sack […]

Monday Morning NFL Recap - Week 7 Surprises, Busts & Laughers

I feel like we as a country needed this week to happen, you know?  To fall back into the comforting routine of Roger Goodell's catching heat for his complete, almost sociopathic lack of regard for the health or happiness of women.  I'm not saying he's secretly a sci-fi version of Donald Trump who's discovered a […]

Week 7 Monday Night NFL Matchups Analysis: Start/Sit for Fantasy Football

It's time for the Week 7 installment of Monday night matchups with my start/sit recommendations. This week, it's a clash of two division leaders as the Houston Texans travel to the Mile High city to battle the Denver Broncos. Each week of the NFL season, we will be breaking down every game and providing you with some fantasy […]

Week 7 NFL Matchups Analysis (Part 1) - Start/Sit for Fantasy Football

What's up RotoBallers. Below you will find part one of our Week 7 NFL matchups & fantasy football start/sit analysis for the 2016 NFL football season. Ben Ruppert breaks down the first half of the Week 7 matchups to help you prepare your lineups to win this week. Be sure to also check out part […]

Week 7 NFL Matchups Analysis (Part 2) - Start/Sit for Fantasy Football

Welcome back, RotoBallers! Below you will find part two of our Week 7 NFL matchups & fantasy football start/sit analysis for the 2016 NFL football season. Pierre Camus (@pfunk00) breaks down the second half of the Week 7 matchups to help you prepare your lineups to win this week. Be sure to also check out part one of this week's matchup […]

10 Fantasy Football Lineup Busts for Week 7

You've read about all the sleepers, waiver wire pickups and starter suggestions based on matchups. Now let me burst some bubbles and tell you who I think is going to bust big time in Week 7. This isn't to troll or spread hate - that's what those political sites are for. Think of this as a […]

Week 7 Rankings Analysis: Nick Mariano vs. Industry Consensus

Editor's Note: Last week, Nick was ranked #7 overall on the experts accuracy results. And two weeks ago, he was ranked #3 overall. His rankings have been among the most accurate in the fantasy football industry. Pretty impressive stuff.  Below he compares his ranks to the rest of the industry again for Week 7, and tells you who he […]

Fantasy Aces DFS Advice: Week 7 NFL - Daily Fantasy Football Picks

Hey there RotoBallers! In this article I will be taking a look at some of my favorite FantasyAces DFS lineups plays for Week 7 of the NFL slate. These picks are based on a multitude of factors including matchup, talent, recent performance, and pricing on Fantasy Aces. Let's get to the picks! Editor's Note: Be sure […]

Week 7 Daily Fantasy Football Tournament Stacks

Fantasy players that paired Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers with Davante Adams (132 yards, two TDs), Randall Cobb (95 yards, TD) or even Ty Montgomery (126 total yards) for Thursday night's game are sitting pretty right now. Those that paired Rodgers with Jordy Nelson (nine yards)? Not so much. This, in a nutshell, displays the […]