Cordarrelle Patterson - Week 7 Outlook for Fantasy Football

Atlanta Falcons running back Cordarrelle Patterson has been an unexpected fantasy star this season. Patterson has exceeded the 10-carry mark just once this season but has seen at least 11 touches every week, topping out at a whopping 21 in Week 5 against the Jets, en route to finishing as the RB10 in half-PPR formats […]

Mike Davis - Week 7 Outlook for Fantasy Football

Atlanta Falcons running back Mike Davis has seen his workload even out with fellow halfback Cordarrelle Patterson over the last few weeks. Davis is still one of 10 active backs playing at least 65 percent of the snaps while averaging no less than 16 touches per contest heading into a matchup against a Dolphins team […]

Matt Ryan - Week 7 Outlook for Fantasy Football

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan has been on a tear recently. Ryan has thrown for 868 yards and eight touchdowns while completing 69.2 percent of his passes over the last three weeks. The veteran signal-caller will get back two of his best projected weapons in Calvin Ridley and Russell Gage ahead of a Week 7 […]

Wide Receiver Snap Counts and Target Trends - Week 6 Analysis

Your wide receivers remain essential components toward your primary goal of securing league championships. As the season unfolds, an expanding collection of tools are available that can provide you with an extensive level of knowledge regarding this critical position. Those results provide the foundation for this weekly statistical breakdown of the wide receiver position, which […]

Fantasy Football Trading Tips and Advice for Week 7: The Engel Eye

To me, one of the fun “assignments” for a fantasy football analyst is regularly providing advice on trade offers. I manage well over a dozen of my own teams, but I am not a frequent trader. I trade on as “as needed” basis, which means it is time to start pursuing deals when I have […]

Russell Gage Cleared Of Injury

Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Russell Gage (ankle) was not on the team's injury report Wednesday. Gage hasn't played since Week 2 as he has been dealing with an ankle injury, but his full practice session Wednesday indicates that he is on track to return to the field Sunday against the Dolphins. The 25-year-old could potentially […]

Receivers On Bad Teams to Target in Trades

The fantasy season is well underway, with six weeks done and the middle stretch of the season soon coming. By now, many managers know what their team is made of and who is a consistent contributor.  At this time, many trades to enhance rosters may be going on and you could be one of those […]

NextGen Stats - Quarterback Breakdowns and Takeaways

It's been a month since the last time we took a look at our beloved quarterbacks. Numbers are numbers, and numbers don't lie. You can twist them, but looking at them objectively, numbers say that no matter what, rushing the ball is almost always a worse option than passing it in today's game. That's why […]

Surprise Fantasy Football Studs, Duds - Real or Mirage?

Week 6 of the NFL season is now in the books and your top three quarterbacks were Josh Allen, Kirk Cousins and Dak Prescott. Both Cousins and Prescott took advantage of the overtime period to add a third touchdown, while Prescott threw for a whopping 445 yards. Matthew Stafford, Jalen Hurts, Kyler Murray, Patrick Mahomes, Aaron Rodgers […]

Quarterback Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 7

The quarterback position struggled to provide much upside during Week 6, which unfortunately coincided with the first round of bye weeks in 2021. On the positive side, Dak Prescott was able to give us a rare 400-yard passing day in his overtime win against the New England Patriots. Patrick Mahomes (397 yards) just missed the […]

Matt Ryan (QB, ATL) - Fantasy Football Week 7 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 55% of Leagues ANALYSIS: A Week 6 bye may cause people to forget the strong play of Matt Ryan the last few weeks. From Weeks 3 to 6, Ryan completed 85 of 123 pass attempts (69%) for 868 yards and eight touchdowns with zero interceptions. Ryan […]

Russell Gage Returns To Practice Monday

Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Russell Gage (ankle) returned to practice on Monday after missing the team's last three games. But coming out of the team's Week 6 bye, it looks as if Gage is ready to return to the field for a Week 7 matchup against the Miami Dolphins. The Falcons were without both Gage […]

Calvin Ridley Returning To Practice

Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Calvin Ridley, who missed the trip to London in Week 5 due to personal reasons, is returning to practice this week, according to head coach Arthur Smith. The Falcons just had their bye in Week 6, so it appears that Ridley has moved beyond his personal issues and is ready to […]

Fantasy Football Rookies to Watch in Week 6: Rashod Bateman, Khalil Herbert and more

Every week, this column will spotlight the first-year players who are ripe for a breakout performance. Oftentimes, rookies can provide some of the most value as under-the-radar options. Last week was perhaps the best in the history of this column. The six rookies featured here for Week 5 averaged 23.48 PPR points. Most notably, Giants […]

NFL DFS Stacks: Week 6 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Hi RotoBallers, and thanks for joining me! I'm very proud to bring you our weekly tournament stacks article this season for you, our loyal RotoBaller reader, and valued premium subscriber. The NFL season is in full swing, so it's time to dig deep and […]

Key Starters and Tough Calls: Lineup Spotlights for Week 6

Below you will find some of my spotlight choices and players to go with when dealing with challenging lineup decisions in Week 6. These selections are based off my Premium Weekly Lineup Rankings, available as part of the RotoBaller NFL Premium Pass. Enter promo code KING at checkout for a discount and get access to all of […]

Trade your Studs?

I debated writing this article and risking my reputation as a super famous sportswriter by suggesting such a controversial strategy. But then I realized without risk, like grabbing Ja’Marr Chase in the sixth round, there is no glory. Back to the topic at hand, I will pose this question, “Is depth more valuable than star players […]

Top Trade Targets and Avoids for Week 6

The trade market is heating up in many fantasy football leagues entering Week 6. While trade strategy varies widely depending on league size and individual team needs, we will do our best as always to identify some players who are ideal targets in the current market. We will again focus on three players that should […]

Finding Tight End Breakouts - Champs, Chumps, and Contenders

Through five weeks of the NFL, fantasy managers have had to deal with an ever-changing top-10 at the tight end position. It's really not anything new if you've been playing fantasy football longer than... well, yesterday. This position has long been one with a lot of turnover and very few consistent options on a week-to-week […]

Wide Receiver Snap Counts and Target Trends - Week 5 Analysis

Your wide receivers remain essential components toward your primary goal of securing league championships. As the season unfolds, an expanding collection of tools are available that can provide you with an extensive level of knowledge regarding this critical position. Those results provide the foundation for this weekly statistical breakdown of the wide receiver position, which […]

NFL DFS Strategy: 2021 DraftKings Scoring Analysis

We talk a lot about NFL DFS here at RotoBaller. It is a wildly popular game and in fact, it proves to be much more strategic and beatable than season-long fantasy football. By that I mean that the best players will win at a higher rate in DFS than the best players will win in […]

Devontae Booker (RB, NYG) - Fantasy Football Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ROSTERED IN: 5% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Devontae Booker through Week 4: 6.6 PPR points. Devontae Booker in Week 5: 20.8 PPR points. That's it. That's the post. Nah, not really, but if you paid the tiniest bit of attention to the developments taking place in the Giants game at […]

The Running Game Is Alive! NextGen Stats Analysis

With five weeks of play in the books and things starting to settle a bit, it's time to get back to studying some of the rushers around the league and see how they have performed through (almost) the first third of the season. To gain the biggest edge in your fantasy football league, it's necessary […]

Surprise Fantasy Football Studs, Duds - Real or Mirage?

Week 5 of the NFL season is now in the books and as expected Justin Herbert, Lamar Jackson, Tom Brady, Josh Allen and Dak Prescott finished as QB1's. On the unexpected side of things Davis Mills shocked the world and threw for three touchdowns against the Patriots to finish as QB-6 and Jameis Winston carved up Washington for four […]

Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers - Week 6

We're officially more than a quarter of the way through the 2021 NFL season. We now have over five weeks of data to analyze that will help us manage our fantasy teams during the next quarter of the season. As I always say, things change from week to week, but more data points are always […]

The Cut List – Who To Drop for Week 6?

Week 6 brings with it the beginning of the bye week season and with the injury bug starting to hit teams all over the place, fantasy managers in all league sizes are going to be pondering several difficult choices. Our first set of byes will leave teams without Deebo Samuel, Alvin Kamara, Kyle Pitts and […]

Running Back Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 6

After five weeks of the regular season, some of you have been able to embrace the numbers that have been assembled by the running backs that are contained on your rosters. Unfortunately, an increasing number of fantasy managers have encountered injuries, while others have contended with disappointing output due to a collection of unexpected developments. The […]

Tight End Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 6

Fantasy football managers’ worst fear of the year is here – the start of the dreaded bye weeks. The tight end position was already causing problems for fantasy footballers due to the injuries of Tampa Bay’s Rob Gronkowski and San Francisco’s George Kittle. Now four teams will be on bye this week, including the Atlanta […]

Video: Waiver Wire Quarterbacks & Tight Ends - Fantasy Football Week 6

Host Anthony Aniano of RotoBaller Radio discusses the 2021 fantasy football season and keeps you updated with all the latest news and analysis as he discuses the fantasy football season by breaking down the waiver wire for each position. Today he takes a look at some tight ends and quarterbacks  to consider adding off the waiver wire. Be sure […]

Matt Ryan (QB, ATL) - Fantasy Football Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 54% of Leagues ANALYSIS: As much as the Falcons have truly stunk through Week 4, they finally got things right in last Sunday's Week 5 trip to London to face the Jets abroad. The same goes, by extension, for Matt Ryan's season to date. Ryan started […]