BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 31% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Even after two monster games in Weeks 9 and 10 that helped Marquez Valdes-Scantling finish as a WR2 (19.3 PPR) and a WR1 (24.9) respectively, he still didn't seem to earn the benefit of the doubt from fantasy GMs as he entered W11 […]
Full Story »Kirk Cousins (QB, MIN) - Week 12 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 42% of Leagues ANALYSIS: For someone who has dropped below 14 FP just twice this season, and below 10 just once, finding Cousins available in more than half of Yahoo! leagues is a little incredible. Oh, and it is not that Kirk Cousins is averaging just those […]
Full Story »Derek Carr (QB, LV) - Week 12 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 36% of Leagues ANALYSIS: It wouldn't be smart trying to sell Carr for what he's not: a weekly fantasy winner. Although Carr's start to the season was impressive, with five straight 15+ FP performances in the span going from Week 2 to Week 7, he later proceeded […]
Full Story »Larry Fitzgerald (WR, ARI) - Week 12 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 10% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Larry Fitzgerald is at a point in his infinite career where I don't think nobody would mistake him for what he is not, at least no more. Fitz was a league winner back in the day, but he's just a role player (and […]
Full Story »Digging Deeper Into Shadow Coverage Impact on Wide Receivers
If you only play redraft fantasy football, you know that no matter what you have to play your studs week in and week out. That is non-negotiable, and your lineup decisions mostly come down to who to play at lower-level spots such as WR3 or FLEX. If you play DFS contests, though, you know that […]
Full Story »Monday Night Football Matchups Analysis: Buccaneers vs Rams
After an explosive Thursday Night matchup, we get rewarded with a potential defensive slugfest on Monday Night Football. Both the Buccaneers and Rams recorded impressive Week 10 victories thanks to stifling defenses doing their jobs. In the case of the Rams, they were able to hold Russell Wilson to his worst performance of the season […]
Full Story »NFL DFS Value Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel - Week 12 DFS Cash Games
We have made it to Week 12 of the NFL season, and we have some serious COVID issues to monitor. The Ravens/Steelers game was moved from Thanksgiving night to Sunday, and that game is still unlikely to play as there are more positive cases, including Lamar Jackson. The Broncos, Falcons, and other teams have positive […]
Full Story »Fantasy Football Starts and Sits: Matchups Analysis for Week 11
Hi, y'all! Ten weeks of NFL action are in the books and we're moving on to another. Welcome to our Week 11 matchup analysis and start/sit column for fantasy football. Each week we'll be analyzing every game from the Sunday slate, helping you optimize your fantasy lineups and take down your opponent. Be sure to check back […]
Full Story »Wide Receiver Matchups To Target in Week 11
The Week 10 wide receiver matchup article didn't yield the greatest results. As expected JuJu Smith-Schuster torched the Bengals and finished as WR-8 on the week and Terry McLaurin was WR-20 which was decent, but short of expectations. John Brown was on his way to having a huge day, but he suffered an injury and needed to leave after catching […]
Full Story »Sunday Night Football DFS Lineup Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings - Chiefs vs. Raiders
Sunday Night Football has arrived and there's no better way to cap off a great day of football than having a classic AFC West rivalry take place as the Kansas City Chiefs head to Vegas to take on the Las Vegas Raiders. This is a big-time game for both teams as it carries both AFC West […]
Full Story »NFL DFS Prop Picks for Sunday (11/22/20) - Monkey Knife Fight
Week 11 of the NFL season offers plenty of chances to play props and win with Monkey Knife Fight. The New Orleans Saints are tied with the Green Bay Packers for the best record in the NFC. Both teams are 7-2 but there is one obvious difference as they head into Week 11. The Saints, […]
Full Story »Break The Slate: DraftKings NFL DFS Lineup Picks - Week 11
Hi there, RotoBallers, and welcome back to Break The Slate! If you read this article regularly, then you know what we're about here, but if you are a new reader, let me quickly summarize our goals with this article. We'll spend each week discussing a few plays at each position for the DraftKings main slate […]
Full Story »FanDuel NFL DFS Lineup Picks for Week 11 - Daily Fantasy Football
Week 11 is here and things are starting to heat up as we navigate our way through the month of November. As usual, there are some big-time injuries to consider as Christian McCaffrey will miss another week with a shoulder injury which opens the door for Mike Davis to absorb all of the carries and […]
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