Brian Hoyer (QB, CLE) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Start him in 2-QB leagues, but set him aside in 1-QB leagues this week. Owned in 23% of leagues on Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Brian Hoyer is a a guy I can’t seem to emphasize enough, as he is ridiculously consistent. He will put up a respectable point total again this week in a matchup with a miserable […]

Ryan Fitzpatrick (QB, HOU) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Start in all 2-QB leagues, as well as deep 1-QB leagues Owned in 23% of leagues on Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: I know. You might all be saying, “But Nathan, Fitzy hasn’t thrown for over 300 yards once this year! And he has seven interceptions on the year! How can I trust him?” Simply put, […]

Alex Smith (QB, KC) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Deeper Leagues / Stream in Week 9 Owned in 50% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: In recent weeks, Alex Smith has been quietly impressive in nearly all of his performances. While many of us get distracted with the works of Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, and Ben Roethlisberger, the 30-year-old QB has been excellent in […]

Teddy Bridgewater (QB, MIN) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All 16+ Team Leagues and All 2QB Leagues for Week 8 21% Owned in Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: It’s been a rough couple of weeks for Teddy Bridgewater. In three starts, he has managed just one passing touchdown against five interceptions. Fortunately, the Vikings face a truly awful Bucs team in Week 8. The only worry here is […]

Ryan Tannehill (QB, MIA) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All 12+ Team Leagues for Week 8 50% Owned in Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Ryan Tannehill has now had three straight decent games in a row. While the Jaguars are not the guaranteed points they were at the beginning of the season, I would start Tannehill with confidence. He has been over 240 yards and […]

Joe Flacco (QB, BAL) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Start in All Leagues in Week 8 Owned in 76% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Joe Flacco has played excellent football of late, racking up ten TDs in the last four weeks while only throwing three INTs. Excluding a lackluster performance at Lucas Oil Stadium in week five, Flacco has bolstered his fantasy value by […]

Kyle Orton (QB, BUF) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Start in 2-QB leagues and deep 1-QB leagues in Week 8 9% Owned in FleaFlicker ANALYSIS: Kyle Orton has been nothing but consistent since he took over the role of starting QB for the Bills in week five. In all three games, he has thrown for around 300 yards, at least one touchdown, and […]

Ryan Tannehill (QB, MIA) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Deeper Leagues / All 2 QB Leagues Owned in 37% of Fleaflicker leagues ANALYSIS: Ryan Tannehill has now had three straight decent games in a row for fantasy football owners. While the Jaguars are not the guaranteed points they were at the beginning of the season, I would start Tannehill in Week 8 […]

Carson Palmer (QB, ARZ) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in leagues 12+ teams  Owned in 63% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Coming into this season Carson Palmer was highlighted as a sleeper QB pick.  In week 1 Palmer showed right away that those who predicted that were correct (304 yards 2 TDs 0 Int).  Sadly Palmer missed the next 3 games due to a […]

Ryan Tannehill (QB, MIA) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All 2 QB leagues / Stream in 12+ Team Leagues ANALYSIS: I really thought this year would be the year that Tannehill took a huge step forward for the Dolphins. He didn't seem to agree with me, at least not for the first 3 games. In standard leagues for the first 3 […]

Joe Flacco (QB, BAL) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Most Leagues / Start on Bye Weeks or 2 QB Leagues Owned in 51% of Yahoo leagues ANALYSIS: Following Flacco's thrashing of the Tampa Bay secondary, fantasy owners may be quick to trust him as a starter on a week-to-week basis. If you are lucky enough to have Baltimore's signal caller as […]

Ryan Tannehill (QB, MIA) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues / Stash for BYE Weeks Owned in 38% of Fleaflicker leagues ANALYSIS: Following his coach's suggestion that he might be benched, Tannehill has silenced any critics over the last two weeks of the fantasy football season. Over that time, he has racked up ~19 points and ~22 points in back to […]

Brian Hoyer (QB, CLE) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All 2 QB Leagues / Stream in Deeper Leagues Owned in 22% of Fleaflicker leagues ANALYSIS: I realize that Hoyer is about the least exciting quarterback option you can stream, but he's been very safe and reliable, if nothing else. He hasn't gone below 12 fantasy points on the season yet for any […]

Alex Smith (QB, KC) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues / Streamer for Week 7 Owned in 50% of Fleaflicker leagues ANALYSIS: Okay, so he's already owned in 50% of leagues. But that still doesn't mean he should be sitting on the waiver wire in 50% of leagues. Two great signs point to Smith being your quarterback stream of the week. First, I […]

Austin Davis (QB, STL) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Pick up in 2-QB leagues, 12 team dynasty leagues and consider as a QB streamer Owned in 21% of Fleaflicker leagues ANALYSIS: 2014 has seen the Rams go through Sam Bradford, Shaun Hill, and now finally Austin Davis. I believe that that the Rams have found their guy in Davis, and a few […]

Brian Hoyer (QB, CLE) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues / All 2 QB Leagues Owned in 14% of Fleaflicker leagues ANALYSIS: After a dramatic comeback win at Tennessee that saw three touchdowns and 292 yards from the hands of Hoyer, the Browns host a middle-of-the-road Pittsburgh defense that gives up 229 yards per game on average. Three touchdowns […]

Austin Davis (QB, STL) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues / All 2 QB Leagues 11% owned in Fleaflicker leagues ANALYSIS: Austin Davis has been a very solid fantasy QB for the last couple of weeks (Weeks Three and Five), posting three touchdowns and three-hundred plus yards in each start while only throwing two picks over those games. Though he has […]

Eli Manning (QB, NYG) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues / All 2 QB Leagues Owned in 51% of Fleaflicker leagues ANALYSIS: Anyone who picked up Eli vs. the Redskins in Week 4 knows they might have gotten a career fantasy performance. His 4 passing TDs and 1 rushing TD were a thing to behold.  While we don’t expect him to […]

Blake Bortles (QB, JAX) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All 2 QB Leagues / Add in 12+ Team Leagues Owned in 23% of Fleaflicker leagues ANALYSIS: Though I find Bortles a bit over-hyped, he has a decent matchup this week and has legitimate value vs. the secondary that blew a big second half lead to Mike Glennon. Bortles looked good in week […]

Mike Glennon (QB, TB) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All 2 QB Leagues / Stream in 14+ Team Leagues Owned in 4% of Fleaflicker leagues ANALYSIS: The Saints defense is one of the worst in the NFL, and they proved that again vs. the Dallas Cowboys in week four. They handed Romo and the ‘Boys 24 first downs and 445 total yards, 255 […]

Week 5 Quarterbacks: Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds

Hello once again my friends, and welcome to week five quarterback prep for fantasy football. I hope everyone had a solid week last week. Let’s take a look at some of the best matchups for week five if you’re streaming a QB this week. In addition to a few streamers that I'll dig into, I’ll […]

Teddy Bridgewater (QB, MIN) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team and All 2 Quarterback Leagues Owned in 22% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: In case you missed the Teddy Football show on Sunday, the Vikings' highly touted rookie quarterback was on full display racking up 317 passing yards in addition to 29 rushing yards and a touchdown. That is all before he unfortunately had to […]

Teddy Bridgewater (QB, MIN) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Deeper Leagues as Backup / All Keeper Leagues Owned in 21% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Teddy Bridgewater will make his first career start Sunday at home against the Falcons. The rookie made his debut last week at New Orleans, completing 12 of his 20 passes for 150 yards. He also carried the ball […]

Geno Smith (QB, NYJ) - Waiver Wire Pickups

The below analysis first appeared in RotoBaller's article Week 4 Quarterbacks: Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds. BALLER MOVE: Add in Deeper Leagues / All 2QB Leagues Owned in 6% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Geno Smith played very well vs. the decimated Bears’ secondary on Monday night, throwing 26 completions on 43 attempts for 316 yards and a touchdown, while adding in 20 yards […]

Teddy Bridgewater (QB, MIN) - Waiver Wire Pickups

The below analysis first appeared in RotoBaller's article Week 4 Quarterbacks: Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds. BALLER MOVE: Add in All 2QB Leagues / Stash in Deeper Leagues Owned in 6% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Matt Cassel broke his foot in week three against the Saints. Enter the rookie, Teddy Bridgewater. In his twenty pass attempts in Week Three, Bridgewater threw for […]

Week 4 Quarterbacks: Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds

Welcome to week four of NFL football.  It's crazy how quickly things are moving this year, and even though the season feels like it's flying by, you can't let those potential waiver wire additions fly by as well. Hopefully you’re all coming off of a win in week three, but win or loss, I am […]

Blake Bortles (QB, JAX) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Deeper Leagues / All 2QB Leagues Owned in 14% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Rookie phenom Blake Bortles finally got his chance to play today, after the Jaguars decided to bench Chad Henne at halftime. Many people have been waiting for this, to see how Bortles can perform on the NFL level and for fantasy football […]

Kirk Cousins (QB, WAS) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues or Deeper Owned in 29% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: If you read my Week 2 Risers and Fallers article last week, you knew that I was not very high on Robert Griffin III. Little did I know that he was going to dislocate his ankle, paving the way for Kirk […]

Jake Locker (QB, TEN) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Deeper Leagues / All 2QB Leagues Owned in 43% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Locker is a guy I have liked since he came out of college as the Titans 1st round pick in 2011. His first couple of years he didn't really do anything. He was the only one of the four first round […]

Geno Smith (QB, NYJ) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Stream in Week 1 ANALYSIS: Geno Smith is up against the Oakland Raiders at home, up against a weak pass rush and pass coverage. With all the shiny new toys the Jets added into their arsenal and Geno's newfound tendency to run for yards in addition to the Jets using the read option […]