Backfield Breakdowns and Target Shares - Fantasy Football Week 4 Outlooks for Aaron Rodgers, Diontae Johnson, Malik Nabers, and More (2024)

Let’s unpack the fantasy football lowdown from Week 3 of the 2024 NFL season because if you’re not tracking snaps, targets, and those sneaky emerging trends, you might just be missing out on the gold mines. This intel? It’s the secret sauce for nailing those make-or-break start/sit decisions and one-upping your buddies on the waiver […]

Isaac Guerendo (RB, SF) – Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 4

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 3% of Yahoo Leagues ANALYSIS: San Francisco 49ers running back Isaac Guerendo was a popular sleeper heading into the NFL Draft. However, the hype stopped after he landed in a crowded 49ers backfield. Jordan Mason has been the team’s featured guy, with Christian McCaffrey (calf/Achilles) and Elijah […]

Chuba Hubbard (RB, CAR) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 4

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 52% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Hubbard is coming off his best game of the season after putting up 169 scrimmage yards and a touchdown in a win over the Las Vegas Raiders. Chubetta believe that was a touchdown pic.twitter.com/H0sSsQKwjr — Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) September 22, 2024 He […]

Braelon Allen (RB, NYJ) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 4

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 36% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Allen began the season as the RB2 on the Jets’ depth chart and the clear backup to Breece Hall. However, Allen is carving out his own role in the offense and has legitimately looked like a good running back at the NFL […]

Cam Akers (RB, HOU) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 4

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 46% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Akers took over as the Texans RB1 this past week with Joe Mixon and Dameon Pierce sidelined. Unfortunately, things did not go well as Akers only averaged 2.33 yards per carry and was game-scripted out when Houston fell behind Minnesota. He did […]

Buyer’s Remorse: Fantasy Football Disappointments You Probably Regret Drafting - Outlooks for Mark Andrews, D'Andre Swift, Brandon Aiyuk, Travis Kelce

Three weeks of the 2024 fantasy football season is in the books, and everyone has handled it well. Actually, it’s full-on panic mode for many fantasy football players. Several big-name players have been massive busts to start the year. Some are dealing with significant injuries, others are off to a slow start, and a few […]

Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups List

Welcome RotoBallers to the 2024 NFL season, and our famous Fantasy Football Sleepers and Waiver Wire Pickups List. Use our other fantasy football lineup tools as well and win big! This is your cheat sheet during drafts or the regular season, for quickly finding mid-to-late round draft values or waiver wire pickups. This waiver wire list compliments […]

Deeper-League Waiver Wire Adds for Week 4: Emanuel Wilson, Kareem Hunt, Jalen Nailor, Braelon Allen, Andy Dalton, Wan'Dale Robinson, more

With three weeks of NFL action under wraps, this year's matchup data is starting to mean something, but we're a few weeks away from getting the big picture. As always in deep leagues, the waiver wire starts to thin out with each week, but there are still plenty of players to target or stash ahead […]

Running Back Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 4: Top Free Agent Adds Include Braelon Allen, Bucky Irving, Chuba Hubbard, Cam Akers

Hopefully, you are among the fantasy managers who benefitted significantly from impressive performances that were delivered by running backs during their Week 3 matchups. This included Derrick Henry, Saquon Barkley, Jonathan Taylor,  Chuba Hubbard, David Montgomery, and Aaron Jones who all generated 100+ rushing yards. Unfortunately, some of you have not been the recipients of […]

Week 4 Fantasy Football FLEX Rankings (RB, WR, TE) for Half-PPR: Jaylen Waddle, DeAndre Hopkins, Zack Moss, Zamir White, Khalil Shakir, Tank Dell, DJ Moore

Whether you're 0-3, 1-2, 2,1, or 3-0 heading into the fourth week of the NFL season, it's important to remember that the fantasy football campaign is a marathon and not a sprint. There is plenty of time for things to change. To get things rolling, use our Week 4 fantasy football FLEX rankings for 2024 […]

Cordarrelle Patterson (RB, PIT) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 4

BALLER MOVE: Stash In Very Deep Leagues ROSTERED IN: 1% of Leagues ANALYSIS: The Steelers are the surprise of the league as they are off to a 3-0 start behind the strength of their defense and running game. But their backfield took some hits in Sunday's win over the Chargers as Jaylen Warren left with […]

RB Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 4 (2024)

As we enter week 4 of the fantasy football season, fantasy managers everywhere are trying to determine whether their players are contenders or pretenders. One thing we have learned is that Sam Darnold is, indeed, not a pretender. Who else is emerging, and who is losing the trust of fantasy football managers? There are many […]

WR Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 4 (2024)

Week 3 of the NFL season has some explaining to do. But I need to apologize to those who started Rasheed Shaheed last week. Although he managed 105 air yards on five targets, sometimes the deep shots did not hit. We also need to acknowledge that Malik Nabers has earned must-start status every week from […]

Chase Brown Leads Bengals In Rushing In Week 3

Cincinnati Bengals running back Chase Brown rushed seven times for 62 yards to lead the team in rushing in a loss to Washington on Monday night. Brown was out-carried 12-7 by starter Zack Moss but was the more efficient runner on Monday night. Moss got the 1-yard TD at the end of the game and […]

Khalil Herbert - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 4

BALLER MOVE: Leave On Waivers ROSTERED IN: 13% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Chicago Bears running back D'Andre Swift is one of the biggest busts of the season. That doesn't mean you should add Khalil Herbert. Focusing specifically on Swift. In game: run on 39% of plays, 2.4 yards/run, 3.0 yards/pass Out of game: run on 30% […]

Ray Davis (RB, BUF) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 4

BALLER MOVE: Add Only as Handcuff ROSTERED IN: 19% of Leagues ANALYSIS: While Buffalo Bills running back Ray Davis had a touchdown in Week 3 against the Jacksonville Jaguars, it didn't come until the fourth quarter when the game was already a massive blowout. Davis punched it in from three yards out, providing a crucial […]

Alexander Mattison (RB, LV) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 4

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 46% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Alexander Mattison and the Las Vegas Raiders are in quite a unique position through three games of the 2024 NFL season, as they have two running backs who are capable of leading their backfield and have made no commitment to play either […]

Carson Steele (RB, KC) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 4

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 70% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Carson Steele, the undrafted rookie, has been tasked to step in for the injured Isiah Pacheco (broken fibula), who will be out for an extended period of time. In his first career start in Week 3, Steele tallied up 17 carries, 72 […]

Fantasy Football Injuries To Watch for Week 4 Lineups - Justin Herbert, Sam Darnold, Jaylen Warren, Sam LaPorta, more

Week 3 continued the chaotic start to this NFL season, as we saw many upsets and unlikely outcomes. Offenses looked better compared to the previous two weeks, and things are really starting to heat up. Unfortunately, as is the case in every week of NFL action, there were some injuries. Seeing which players are dealing […]

NFL DFS: First Look of Week 4 - Totals, Salaries, Slates, and more

The NFL season has been wild through three weeks but we're back with more NFL DFS in Week 4. Let us dive into the data and get a head start on researching for this week's slate. This piece is intended to be a one-stop shop for readers to begin their DFS research for the week. […]

Waiver Wire Express - Week 4 Lightning Round Including Bucky Irving, Jauan Jennings, Cole Kmet, Sam Darnold

Welcome to another quick scan of the waiver landscape after another chaotic week of football. The first three weeks have brought all kinds of upsets, injuries, and heroic performances. We hope you've started hot because it's time to further crank it up with our fantasy football waiver wire pickups lightning round heading into Week 4 […]

Travis Etienne Jr. Puts Up Respectable Performance In Blowout Loss

Jacksonville Jaguars running back Travis Etienne Jr. was solid despite game script being against him in a 47-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills. Etienne Jr. didn't get a touchdown this week for the first time this season, but he put up a solid 68 yards rushing on 11 attempts as well as 17 yards on […]

Bengals Right Tackle Trent Brown On Crutches With Knee Injury

Cincinnati Bengals right tackle Trent Brown (knee) exited Monday night's game with a knee injury. He was seen in the locker room with a full brace on his right leg and using crutches after the game. Brown went down during a pass protection play in the second quarter, immediately grabbing his right knee before being […]

Ray Davis Scores Touchdown In Garbage Time

Buffalo Bills running back Ray Davis rushed seven times for 22 yards and a touchdown in the team's 47-10 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. He also caught one pass for one yard. Davis' first NFL touchdown came with just over four minutes remaining in the game to put the Bills ahead by 37 points. With […]

Cowboys vs. Giants TNF Start 'Em, Sit 'Em: Rico Dowdle, Devin Singletary, Wan'Dale Robinson, Dak Prescott, Daniel Jones, Jake Ferguson, Brandin Cooks

We had our first Thursday Night Football dud last week for fantasy football when the Jets blew out the Patriots, and only a few players mattered with fantasy relevance. There is a potential for that in Week 4 Thursday Night Football as we have one team (the Dallas Cowboys) with several fantasy starters and one […]

James Cook Scores On The Ground, Catches Four Passes

Buffalo Bills running back James Cook rushed the football 11 times for 39 yards and a touchdown while adding four catches for 48 yards in the team's 47-10 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Bills opened the game throwing more often than running, although Cook finished the first drive with his touchdown. Due to another […]

Brian Robinson Jr. Finds The End Zone In Victory

Washington Commanders running back Brian Robinson Jr. ran for 33 yards and a score on 16 carries in their victory on Monday evening against the Cincinnati Bengals. He caught his lone target for four yards through the air. After posting a career-high in rushing yards last week, Robinson saw a steep drop in production but […]

Zack Moss Plays Well In Loss To Washington

Cincinnati Bengals running back Zack Moss played well in Monday's loss to the Commanders. The 26-year-old finished the night with 12 carries for 58 yards and a touchdown, finding the end zone off a one-yard carry late in the contest. He also got involved as a pass-catcher, bringing in five of his six targets for […]

Austin Ekeler Won't Return On Monday Night

Washington Commanders running back Austin Ekeler (concussion) won't return to Monday's meeting with the Cincinnati Bengals. The veteran had only three touches. However, he ran for 35 yards and scored a touchdown off a 24-yard carry in the second quarter, adding two catches for 22 yards. Ekeler hasn't been the reliable fantasy option he was […]

Austin Ekeler Being Evaluated For Concussion

Washington Commanders running back Austin Ekeler (head) is uncertain to return to Monday's Week 3 matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals. The veteran back is currently being evaluated for a concussion after hitting his head during the third quarter of Monday's game. It wouldn't be shocking to see the Commanders play it safe and hold out […]