Week 7 Outliers Analysis - We Must Overreact!

In Week 6 scoring was a little down and Deshaun Watson led the way with 32 fantasy points. That was not the case in Week 7 as Justin Herbert, Kyler Murray, Tom Brady, Joe Burrow and Russell Wilson all accounted for at least three touchdowns and exceeded 32 fantasy points in the process. Week 7 was a […]

FAB Bidding - Week 8 Waiver Wire Targets

Don't get caught sleeping at the midseason curve, as bye weeks, injuries, and breakouts yield several paths to victory. Alongside our famous waiver wire pickups list and our weekly waiver wire columns by position, this column focuses on suggested waiver wire bidding percentages for fantasy football owners in leagues using a Free Agent Budget (FAB). In […]

Tua Tagovailoa (QB, MIA) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 2QB Leagues ROSTERED: 29% of Leagues ANALYSIS: It's Tua Time, folks. We made it. It took us--or rather, Miami--seven weeks after a full offseason to make the decision, but here we are. You gotta feel bad for mighty Ryan Fitzpatrick after his great start to the season, but this is the […]

Derek Carr (QB, LV) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 29% of Leagues ANALYSIS: I'm just a guy writing from his mom's basement, so I'm no one to tell you what to do... unless it has to do with Derek Carr. It doesn't take a genius to see what's going on, but somehow and for some reason, […]

Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds

As the bye weeks necessitate constant waiver wire action, injuries at the running back position have yet to cease. Aaron Jones, Chris Carson, and Kenyan Drake are the latest to pull the rug from under fantasy teams without warning. The pickings may be slim these days but between byes and injuries, you might have no […]

Quarterback Waiver Wire Pickups and Streamers - Week 8

Explosive passing attacks continue to be the name of the game in 2020. In Week 7, eight quarterbacks attempted 40 or more passes. Eight teams surpassed 300 passing yards and 15 quarterbacks with multiple passing touchdowns. Five quarterbacks had three or more passing scores. Bye weeks continue to chug along and assuming there isn’t any […]

Teddy Bridgewater Has Upside Against Falcons

Carolina Panthers quarterback Teddy Bridgewater gets a great matchup in Week 8 against the Falcons. Bridgewater had arguably his best game of the year against Atlanta back in Week 5, as it's the only game where he's thrown for at least 300 yards and multiple touchdown scores this season. The Falcons Defense has been the […]

Drew Brees Not A Strong Option In Week 8

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees is not a strong option at QB in Week 8 against the Bears. Chicago allows the fewest fantasy points to QBs and Brees may be without Michael Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders once again this week. Therefore, this week will pose a stiff challenge for Brees if he doesn't have […]

Cowboys Expected To Sign Cooper Rush

The Dallas Cowboys are expected to sign quarterback Cooper Rush to their practice squad once he passes COVID-19 protocols and a physical, which is likely to be next week, according to a source. With Dak Prescott (ankle) out for the season and Andy Dalton (concussion) looking doubtful to play in Week 8 against the Eagles, […]

Josh Allen A QB1 Versus Patriots

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen has slowed down a bit after his monster beginning to the season. He completed 30 of 43 passing attempts for 307 yards and zero touchdowns with zero interceptions in the victory over the New York Jets in Week 7. It was a game where Allen was expected to have a […]

Kirk Cousins Has Shaky Matchup

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins will have his hands full against a talented Packers team in Week 8. Cousins passed for 343 yards with three touchdowns in Week 6 but three first-half interceptions doomed the Vikings in a 40-23 loss to the Falcons. The stat-line looks promising but those touchdowns all came with the team […]

Aaron Rodgers Has Juicy Matchup Against Vikings

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will try and stay hot against a familiar foe, the Vikings, in Week 8. Rodgers is coming off a dynamite performance, passing for 283 yards and four touchdowns last week against the Texans. The veteran now has 17 touchdowns through his first six games and now will face a […]

Can Nick Foles Get Offense On Track?

Chicago Bears quarterback Nick Foles will try and shake the team's offense out of a huge slump in Week 8 against the Saints. Foles has three touchdowns and four interceptions over his last three games, a span in which the Bears offense is averaging only 15 points a game. Things are not trending in the […]

Drew Brees Likes Facing The Bears

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees is 4-0 in his last four meetings with the Chicago Bears, who he will face once again in Week 8. Brees is averaging 308 passing yards per game while completing 78.7 percent of his passes for an 8-0 touchdown-to-interception ratio and a passer rating of 124 in his last […]

Matthew Stafford Has Tough Test Against Colts

Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford will try and get his team over .500 in Week 8 against a talented Colts Defense. Stafford passed for 340 yard last week but has only two touchdown passes over his past two games. Now he will take on a rested Colts defense that is allowing the second fewest fantasy […]

Ben DiNucci Looking Likely To Start In Week 8

Dallas Cowboys rookie quarterback Ben DiNucci is looking more and more likely to get the start in Week 8 against the Philadelphia Eagles. Starter Andy Dalton (concussion) still hasn't been cleared to play and was not even able to practice on Wednesday. DiNucci played in Week 7 after he replaced Dalton, going 2-for-3 for 39 […]

Baker Mayfield Better Without Odell Beckham Jr.?

Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield had his fourth career game with a 125-plus passer rating in Week 7 against the Bengals when wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. (knee) suffered a torn ACL. The other three games came in 2018 before Beckham was with the team. OBJ's 53.5 catch rate this year was the second-lowest among […]

Carson Wentz Sneaks Into The QB1 Rankings For Week 8

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz hasn't been as good on the field as most people expected this season, but he's still the seventh overall fantasy quarterback in standard scoring and has been third in the past three games. He's somewhat quietly having one of those better-in-fantasy-than-in-real-life seasons. He's been mostly buoyed by his rushing stats, […]

Andy Dalton Hasn't Progressed In Concussion Protocol

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Andy Dalton (concussion) attended meetings on Wednesday morning, but he hasn't progressed enough in the concussion protocol to attend position meetings and will not practice on Wednesday. Head coach Mike McCarthy doesn't expect Dalton to be available until the "end of the week at the earliest." It's looking increasingly likely that rookie […]

Texans Close Facility Due To Positive COVID-19 Test

The Houston Texans will close their facility on Wednesday due to a player testing positive for COVID-19, according to a source. They are testing all other players, but the good news is that the Texans are currently on their bye week. With an extra week to get everything sorted out and to allow the necessary […]

Disaster Recovery - Week 7's Studs Turned Duds

Every week is a bad week for injuries in the NFL. As the non-Michael Thomas wide receivers finally return to lineups around the league, running backs hit the bench. Christian McCaffrey remains out. Aaron Jones, Joe Mixon, and Miles Sanders also hit the sidelines this week. They remain joined by Saquon Barkley, Nick Chubb, Austin […]

Bears Sticking With Nick Foles

Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy doesn't intend to bench quarterback Nick Foles in favor of Mitchell Trubisky after the team's 24-10 Monday night loss to the Rams in Week 7. The Bears are 5-2 but rank 27th in points per game (19.7), 30th in yards per play (4.8), 30th in yards per run (3.8), […]

The Cut List (Week 8) - Time to Let Go?

A handful of high-profile inactives opened the door for some bench stashes and waiver adds to find their way into starting fantasy lineups in Week 7. In the Week 8 edition of the Cut List, we'll spend some time breaking down which of those fill-ins are worth keeping around after seeing what they did or […]

Deeper League Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 8

It’s unbelievable that we are entering the middle portion of the season already, but things are now starting to get more serious in both the NFL and fantasy leagues everywhere. This week brought about another devastating injury, this time to Browns WR Odell Beckham Jr. The importance of the waiver wire remains incredibly important with […]

Philip Rivers Faces Crucial Swing Game Sunday

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Philip Rivers has not been much of a season-long fantasy commodity in 2020, aside from superflex leagues in which you can start two QBs. But after a three-touchdown, 371-yard passing performance last weekend, it appears that Rivers has plenty of zing left in his right arm. He gets a middle-of-the-road showdown against […]

Trevor Lawrence Leaves Door Open On Skipping 2021 Draft

Clemson Tigers quarterback Trevor Lawrence is the prohibitive favorite to be the first overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, no matter what franchise sits atop the list to acquire his services. But on Tuesday, Lawrence, a junior, said that he hasn't ruled out the possibility of returning to the Tigers for his senior season, […]

Bears Not Looking To Change Play-Calling Duties

Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy doesn't think now is the time for him to give up play-calling duties after the Monday night loss to the Rams. The Bears offense currently ranks 27th in the league in scoring. "Right now, where we're at, that's not where we think it's at, but at the same point […]

Adam Gase Gives Sam Darnold A Vote Of Confidence

New York Jets head coach Adam Gase gave quarterback Sam Darnold a vote of confidence after one of the worst statistical games of his career in the Week 7 loss to the Bills. Darnold was expected to make a second-year leap under Gase, but instead he's showed signs of regression for the 0-7 Jets. It […]

Waiver Wire Express - Week 8 Lightning Round

Week 7 saw us skirt further COVID-19 postponements with big performances across the league. Key injuries included Odell Beckham Jr., Diontae Johnson, Deebo Samuel, Jeff Wilson Jr., Phillip Lindsay, N'Keal Harry, Breshad Perriman, Tim Patrick, and Andy Dalton. And then both Chris Carson and Kenyan Drake left SNF with injuries. Week 8 byes are Arizona, […]

Jared Goff Efficient In Week 7 Win

Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff didn't put up a hefty yardage total in Week 7 against the Chicago Bears on Monday night, but he still managed to put together a solid fantasy outing. He completed 23 of 33 passes for 219 yards and two touchdowns. Goff continues to hover in the lower end of […]