Julio Jones Quiet Amidst Big Offensive Day For Falcons

Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones finished Week 5 with a disappointing line, catching just three of his seven targets for 42 yards. Matt Ryan threw for 330 yards in the game and the team scored a total of four touchdowns, but Jones was far from center stage in the offensive outburst. Calvin Ridley led […]

Mohamed Sanu Scores His First Touchdown Of The Year

Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Mohamed Sanu has now put together three straight strong outings dating back to Week 3. This week, Sanu caught all five of his targets for 42 yards and a touchdown, his first score of the year. Sanu now has 20 receptions over his last three games. The Falcons' passing attack is […]

Austin Hooper Catches Six Passes For 56 Yards In Week 5

Atlanta Falcons tight end Austin Hooper continued his strong start to the season in Week 5, catching six of his nine targets for 56 yards. He's now caught six-or-more passes in four of five games this year, a fantastic clip for a tight end, especially in PPR leagues. Hooper tied with Calvin Ridley for the […]

Calvin Ridley Leads Falcons In Receiving In Week 5

Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Calvin Ridley had a solid bounce-back game in Week 5 after two straight disappointing outings. Ridley caught five of his nine targets for 88 yards and a touchdown in Week 5. He led the team in receiving yards in the game and tied with Austin Hooper for the team lead in […]

Ito Smith Gains 64 Total Yards In Week 5

Atlanta Falcons running back Ito Smith had his biggest yardage output on the season in Week 5. He rushed five times for 19 yards and caught all six of his targets for 45 yards. He's still the clear No. 2 behind Devonta Freeman but he actually received one more target than Freeman this week, which […]

Devonta Freeman Scores First Touchdown In Week 5

Atlanta Falcons running back Devonta Freeman found the end zone for the first time this season in Week 5. Freeman carried the ball 11 times for 30 yards and caught five passes for 40 yards and a touchdown. Freeman's struggled to run the ball effectively this year, but he's been productive in the passing game […]

Matt Ryan Throws For 330 Yards, Scores Four Touchdowns

In an absolute shootout of a game, Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan completed 32-of-46 passes for 330 yards, three touchdowns and one interception. He also ran in a touchdown, giving him four total touchdowns on the day. Unfortunately for Ryan, his team couldn't hold off the Texans and the team fell to 1-4 on the […]

Updated Week 5 PPR Rankings (Top 300)

Welcome to Week 5 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 5 PPR rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: JuJu Smith-Schuster, Terry McLaurin, Vance McDonald are officially active. Tyrell Williams, Kenny Stills, Devin Singletary are all officially out. JuJu Smith-Schuster A "True Game-Time Decision." T.Y. Hilton (quad) […]

Fantasy Football Starts and Sits: Matchups Analysis for Week 5

Welcome to our Week 5 matchup analysis and start/sit column for fantasy football. We'll be covering every single contest from the Sunday slate in one convenient location, helping you make the best decisions for your fantasy lineups. Be sure to check back regularly because this article will be updated as news comes in regarding injuries and other […]

Don't Let Me Down - What to Do with Disappointing Offenses

The key to drafting a quality fantasy team is to find players on high-powered offenses and draft them. By doing this, you give yourself a piece of good teams who should score a lot. But what if it all goes wrong? What if teams with high expectations like the Vikings, Browns and Texans disappoint? All […]

Wide Receiver Matchups To Target in Week 5

In Week 4, Cooper Kupp and Kenny Golladay came through in a big way if you rolled them out in your DFS lineups. The other wide receivers that were recommended in this weekly piece didn't have the greatest days at the office. D.J. Moore had a great matchup, but he simply wasn't targeted often enough […]

Break The Slate: NFL DFS DraftKings Lineup Picks - Week 5

Hello again RotoBallers and NFL DFS fans! Thanks for joining me here at Break The Slate, a weekly article in which we try to pinpoint the best DraftKings plays available on the main slate. Unfortunately, Week 4 didn't exactly go as planned and was just one of those strange weeks that we see a couple […]

FanDuel NFL DFS Lineup Picks for Week 5 - Daily Fantasy Football

Week 5 is here (already), and 12 games are scheduled throughout the afternoon. All of the matchups are fairly even, with the exceptions being New England at Washington (obviously) and New York Jets at Philly, with the Eagles being favored by 13 points. In this article, I will be providing you with daily fantasy football picks […]

The King's Key Starters and Tough Calls - Lineup Spotlights for Week 5

Welcome to Week 5, RotoBallers! Below you will find some of my spotlight plays and tough lineup decisions for the upcoming week of the fantasy football season. These player selections are based off my Premium Weekly Lineup Rankings, available as part of the RotoBaller's NFL Premium Pass. Enter promo code KING at checkout for a […]

Week 5 Busts? Players To Consider Avoiding

A quarter of the season is in the books. So what have we learned? The Dolphins are by far the worst team in the NFL and could lose all 16 games, but the Redskins aren't far behind and are turning to Colt McCoy at quarterback. The undefeated Chiefs, as expected, have the best offense in […]

Week 5 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2019 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

That Patriots have to play a legitimate offense at some point, right? This week they've got...sigh. Never mind. Below are RotoBaller's Week 5 defense tiers and rankings, or which defenses to stream, start and target off the waiver wire for Week 5 of the NFL and fantasy football season. In case you missed it, this is […]

NFL DFS Prop Picks for Week 5 - Monkey Knife Fight

We're in Week 5 of the NFL season, and our friends at Monkey Knife Fight are offering some of the coolest, and easiest to win, NFL DFS games in the industry. On MKF, there are no massive tournaments where you have to get ridiculously lucky just to cash. You're just playing against the house, and the […]

NFL DFS Prop Picks for 10/6/19 - Monkey Knife Fight

Four weeks into the National Football League season, trends are emerging, both in terms of individual offensive performance and in terms of how defenses fare against a particular position. Tampa Bay, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Miami are each allowing more than 300 passing yards per game, and the Dolphins offer the added bonus of allowing an […]

NFL DFS RB and WR Anchors For Week 5 (Premium Content)

All other Week 5 Premium Tools and Content can be accessed on the premium dashboard. In this piece, we're looking at some attractively priced running backs or wide receivers to build your cash or tournament lineups around. Make sure you're thoroughly informed before you start building your lineups for FanDuel or DraftKings, and check out […]

Week 5 DFS Cash Game Value Plays For FanDuel And DraftKings

Week 5 brings a fresh new look to the NFL as the games head to London for the first time. The good news is that the game remains in the 1 pm window and therefore ensures we have a nice juicy 12-game slate for our perusal. However, with the Lions on the bye this week […]

Week 5 DFS GPP Value Plays For FanDuel And DraftKings

In what's becoming a trend, the Week 4 DFS slate was chock full of surprising performances. Sure, we saw some of the top-tier players mixed in atop the leaderboard, but when players such as Jacoby Brissett and Joe Flacco finish inside the top-10 you know it was a tough week to predict. There were the […]

Week 5 DFS GPP Stacks For FanDuel And DraftKings

Hey there RotoBallers! Week 4 saw an epic shootout between the Rams and the Buccaneers while the Chiefs just edged past the Lions in an exciting finish. Meanwhile, the expected shootout between the Seahawks and Cardinals resulted in a disappointing 27-10 final score. The goal of this weekly column will be to locate some of the […]

Sony Michel Has Been Predictably Frustrating to Own

Remember those days of August and September? Remember when the season was still a few days away and you're signing up in a bunch of leagues and drafting your season-long rosters? Remember that decision you had to make on whether drafting Sony Michel, Mark Ingram, or Derrick Henry in the third round was the best […]

Ito Smith Not A Viable Starting Option In Week 5

Atlanta Falcons running back Ito Smith has shown some promising potential so far this year. He has the lone Falcons rushing touchdown this season and his 5.7 yards per carry average is far superior than starting running back Devonta Freeman's 3.3 yards per carry average. However, Smith only saw four touches in Week 4 and […]

Matt Bryant A Potential Starting Option In Week 5

Atlanta Falcons kicker Matt Bryant has connected on three of his five field goal attempts and all seven of his extra-point attempts this year. The Falcons have had a good deal of turnovers through four games, which has prevented Bryant from having more opportunities. This week, the Falcons face the Texans in a game they […]

Falcons Defense Should Be Avoided In Week 5

The Falcons Defense has allowed 24 or more points in each of the team's first four games of the season. This week, they take on the Texans in Houston. The Texans have underwhelmed a bit so far this year, compared with their preseason expectations. However, quarterback Deshaun Watson and star receiver DeAndre Hopkins are most […]

Mohamed Sanu A Low-End Starting Option in PPR

Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Mohamed Sanu outperformed his teammates and fellow receivers Julio Jones and Calvin Ridley in Week 4. Sanu caught nine of his team-high 12 targets in Week 4 for 91 yards. Sanu is a solid veteran receiver who would be a must-own player in all leagues if either Jones or Ridley were […]

Austin Hooper Looks To Keep Rolling In Week 5

Atlanta Falcons tight end Austin Hooper has been one of the clear offensive highlights for the team this year. He's caught 28 of his 33 targets on the year and led the team in receiving yards with 130 in Week 4. After being a low-end TE1 at best the first three years of his career, […]

Calvin Ridley A Solid WR2 In Week 5

After a promising start to the season, Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Calvin Ridley has cooled off significantly the past two weeks, totaling just four catches for 38 yards. Ridley is an exceptionally talented receiver, but the Falcons just have a lot of weapons in the passing game. Mohamed Sanu's nine-catch outing in Week 4 is […]

Devonta Freeman A Solid RB2 Option In Week 5

Atlanta Falcons running back Devonta Freeman has had an exceptionally underwhelming start to the season. Part of it has been poor play on his end, but part of it has also been bad luck. The Falcons have been playing from behind a lot this year, forcing the team to abandon the running game a great […]