Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers - Kenny Stills, Brandin Cooks, David Montgomery

Whether due to their own play, the play of others, or injuries, players' stock increases and decreases on a weekly basis. Perhaps more than any other, the NFL is a league that experiences ups and downs at a rapid pace. With only 16 games, there’s little room for error and seemingly endless opportunities for improvement. […]

Warning Signs: Zach Ertz, David Johnson, Mitch Trubisky

Week 7 brought some new warnings our way. The Bears stink, or maybe just Mitch Trubisky. Todd Gurley still can’t get it going despite a dominant team performance. Finally, as has become a regular routine at this point, Will Fuller has another hamstring injury. So, what do we really need to pay attention to going […]

Week 7 Disaster Recovery: Evan Engram

Welcome to Disaster Recovery, where each week I'll examine why your studs played like duds. This isn't a place to find out why you should have sat a player for somebody else on your bench. Disaster Recovery is here to examine the guys who you didn't think twice about starting and to help you decide if you should […]

Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds

It's Chase Edmonds' world, we're just living in it. Wait, what? Hopefully you added him, as suggested in this column the past two weeks, because even if David Johnson is deemed healthy enough to actually play, it's likely Edmonds continues to see action. In QB news, by the halfway point of Thursday night, we already had […]

FAAB Bidding - Week 8 Waiver Wire Targets

Assisting 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 Acquisition Budget (FAAB). As a caveat, these prices do not by any means indicate how much these free agent players will […]

Matt Ryan Expected To Play This Week?

Atlanta Falcons head coach Dan Quinn expects quarterback Matt Ryan (ankle) to play in Week 8 against the Seahawks. Ryan got in some practice on Wednesday, putting him on track to play this weekend after limping off in the fourth quarter of the team's Week 7 blowout loss to the Rams. Atlanta's offense went off […]

How To Properly Look At Quarterbacks - NFL NextGen Stats

Okay, folks, I'm about to bring you bad news. If you're reading this it is because you're trying to get an edge over your league mates to beat them this weekend. That means you're here to get informed on what to do and how to tackle your week's most pressing decisions. The bad news: these […]

Anthony Miller (WR, CHI) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 12% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Heading into the 2019 season, the Chicago Bears offense in general was one that many fantasy football owners were banking on a breakout from. Between Mitch Trubisky, Allen Robinson, second-year wide receiver Anthony Miller, and the running backs, it made sense. Unfortunately […]

Jaron Brown (WR, SEA) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 1% of Leagues ANALYSIS: One of my favorite breakout candidates for the 2019 fantasy football season was Tyler Lockett of the Seattle Seahawks. After drafting DK Metcalf and losing Doug Baldwin to retirement, the WR2 role for the Seahwawks appeared to be up for grabs with […]

Cole Beasley (WR, BUF) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 29% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Cole Beasley is someone that you can target in your deeper fantasy football leagues heading into Week 8. Beasley is currently the WR44 in PPR formats, after catching a touchdown last week against the Miami Dolphins. While he hasn’t seen a ton […]

Teddy Bridgewater (QB, NO) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 2QB Leagues OWNED IN: 16% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Unfortunately for Saints fans, Drew Brees has missed the majority of the season so far with a thumb injury in Week 2 against the Chargers. Teddy Bridgewater has stepped up in a big way and the Saints are currently 6-1. While Brees is […]

Brandon Bolden (RB, NE) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 3% of Leagues ANALYSIS: After demolishing the New York Jets in Monday Night Football, it’s time to look at the next player on the New England Patriots to target on the waiver wire. The next one I’m looking at in the deepest of leagues would be […]

Noah Fant (TE, DEN) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 17% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Heading into the 2019 NFL season, there were two rookie tight ends that should’ve been on your radar. T.J. Hockenson and Noah Fant. Both tight ends played together at Iowa and are extremely talented and athletic freaks. Tight ends don’t typically burst […]

We Must Overreact Immediately! Week 7 Outliers

Week 7 seemed extremely fluky for fantasy football purposes. Devonta Freeman was ejected, and players like Will Fuller, Adam Thielen and Kerryon Johnson were both forced from their games very early on which hurt a lot of fantasy owners. The Rams wide receivers were supposed to light the world on fire against a Falcons secondary that […]

The Cut List - Players on the Chopping Block (Week 8)

This is your weekly list of players to drop. I will do my best to limit this list to injured players and players you might consider holding. If you roster pure handcuffs or backups, obviously you can let them go at any time. The players on this list will, ideally, be guys that aren't clearly […]

Quarterback Waiver Wire Pickups and Streamers - Week 8

Tragedy struck a few top quarterbacks this week, as both Patrick Mahomes and Matt Ryan left games with injuries. We already know Mahomes will miss 3-6 weeks, while more will be revealed about Ryan's status later today. Either way, owners of these quarterbacks will need a backup plan in place, and this week the waiver […]

Benjamin Watson (TE, NE) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 4% of Leagues ANALYSIS: After being released by the Patriots, Benjamin Watson was recently signed after Matt LaCosse suffered a sprained MCL against the Giants. Watson made his debut against the Jets on Monday Night and saw five targets. He caught three of them for just […]

Brian Hill (RB, ATL) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 0% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Entering his third season in the NFL, running back Brian Hill might finally have his opportunity to see the field in the next week or so. Devonta Freeman left last week’s game against the Rams after getting ejected and Ito Smith left […]

Waiver Wire Express - Week 8 Lightning Round

The better part of seven weeks is in the fantasy football books, making those early trends very real -- for better or worse. One must still consider the matchups played thus far and those to come, but usage and volume are becoming reliable. Week 8 sees the Ravens and Cowboys hit their bye week. To […]

Week 7 Start/Sit: Monday Night Football Matchups Analysis

Even if this doesn’t turn out to be great MNF game, at least it's a divisional game with some importance. This is what Jets fans need to tell themselves heading into their second Monday Night Football game of the season. With the New England Patriots coming to town off their annual semi-bye in which they […]

Mohamed Sanu Held To Just One Catch In Week 7

Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Mohamed Sanu was a no-show in Week 7, catching his only target in the game for three yards. It was a rough offensive day overall for the Falcons offense as they were held under 300 air yards for the first time this season. Quarterback Matt Ryan (ankle) left the game in […]

Calvin Ridley Held To Just 30 Receiving Yards In Week 7

Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Calvin Ridley had four catches on six targets in Week 7, but managed just 30 yards and was held out of the end zone. The Falcons offense struggled mightily on the day and didn't score their first, and only, touchdown until the fourth quarter, when backup quarterback Matt Schaub had taken […]

Austin Hooper Scores Only Falcons Touchdown In Week 7

Atlanta Falcons tight end Austin Hooper caught four of his five targets for 46 yards and a touchdown in Week 7. He was the only Falcon to find the end zone and one of only two Falcons, alongside Julio Jones, with over 30 yards from scrimmage on the day. It was an ugly offensive day […]

Julio Jones Catches Six Passes For 93 Yards

In a week where just about everything went wrong for the Atlanta Falcons, wide receiver Julio Jones luckily escaped with a passable fantasy day. Jones led the team with nine targets and caught six of them for 93 yards. The two Falcons quarterbacks on the day, Matt Ryan and Matt Schaub, only threw for a total of […]

Ito Smith Leaves Game In First Quarter With Head Injury

Atlanta Falcons running back Ito Smith (head) was carted off the field after sustaining an injury in pass protection. Smith only had one touch in the game, a seven-yard carry, before his day was over. The injury looked like a bad one and he will likely be headed into concussion protocol. The team's starting running […]

Devonta Freeman Struggles And Gets Ejected

Atlanta Falcons running back Devonta Freeman wasn't able to do much with his nine touches in Week 7. His day was shortened when he was ejected early in the third quarter for throwing a punch at Rams defensive lineman Aaron Donald. Freeman carried the ball seven times for 19 yards and caught two of his […]

Matt Ryan Has Disastrous Game, Leaves With Injury

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan (ankle) exited Week 7's game against the Rams with an ankle injury in the fourth quarter. The injury came on a play in which Aaron Donald sacked Ryan and also forced and recovered a fumble. It capped a horrendous day for Ryan, who completed 16-of-27 passes for just 159 yards […]

Matt Ryan Injured Against Rams

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan (ankle) limped off the field in the fourth quarter in Week 7 against the Rams and has been ruled out. This one adds injury to insult for a Falcons offense that has been atrocious on Sunday against the Rams. Backup running back Ito Smith was carted off the field with […]

Devonta Freeman Ejected Sunday

Atlanta Falcons running back Devonta Freeman was ejected from the Week 7 game against the Rams in the third quarter for throwing a punch during a scuffle. With Ito Smith also out with a head injury, it'll be Brian Hill and Kenjon Barner for the Falcons in the backfield the rest of the way. Hill […]

Ito Smith Carted Off The Field

Atlanta Falcons running back Ito Smith was carted off the field in Week 7 against the Rams after being run over and slammed to the turf while trying to block a pass-rusher. It's unclear exactly what Smith's injury is, but he did hit his head hard on the turf when he landed. Consider him questionable […]