Isaiah Likely Almost Caps Off Comeback

Baltimore Ravens tight end Isaiah Likely posted a huge performance in the 20-27 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday and almost became the game's savior. The 24-year-old saw 12 targets in the season opener and caught nine of them for 111 yards and a touchdown. His biggest play of the night came during […]

Ravens Place Rasheen Ali On Injured Reserve

The Baltimore Ravens on Thursday placed rookie running back Rasheen Ali (neck) on Injured Reserve and signed linebacker Josh Ross to the active 53-man roster in a corresponding move. The Ravens also activated defensive back Ka'dar Hollman and running back John Kelly from the practice squad for Thursday night's season opener against the Kansas City […]

Updated Fantasy Football Team Defense (D/ST) Rankings for Week 1 - Buccaneers, Seahawks, Jets, Bengals, Browns, Chargers, Falcons, Saints, Giants

Welcome to Week 1 RotoBallers - we are here to guide you on starting the right defense with our updated team defense (D/ST) fantasy football rankings for Week 1 of the 2024 season. Fantasy football managers usually stream team defenses, except when it comes to elite DSTs like the Jets, Browns, Ravens, 49ers, and Cowboys. […]

Workhorse Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings for All 32 Teams - Expected Snap Counts Analysis

There have been increasingly fewer "workhorse" running backs in the NFL. More teams are shifting towards "committee" roles in their backfields for various reasons. This can frustrate fantasy football managers, as it reduces the concentration of fantasy points for RBs and makes it more difficult to obtain league-winning or even high-scoring RBs. The situation varies […]

Updated Fantasy Football Rankings for Week 1 PPR: Derrick Henry, Rashee Rice, Xavier Worthy, Devonta Smith, Chase Brown, Christian Watson, Stefon Diggs

Football is back! Week 1 officially kicks off with the Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens on Thursday. It's time to set those winning fantasy lineups with our updated fantasy football rankings for Week 1 of the 2024 NFL season. Use our overall Week 1 rankings for all positions (QB, RB, WR, TE, FLEX, K, […]

Week 1 Waiver Wire Pickups - After The Draft Free Agent Adds for RB, WR, TE, QB (2024)

Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen! It’s officially NFL season. Sure, no games have been officially played yet, but fantasy football drafts are (almost) all in the rear-view window, and now, we are all patiently waiting for the season to get officially underway. All the preseason games are done. The rosters are at 53 men. This […]

Fantasy Football Injury Reports For Week 1 (Thursday Updates): Puka Nacua, Jaylen Waddle, Keenan Allen, Kyle Pitts, Davante Adams, and more

The 2024 NFL season kicks off tonight as the defending Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs host Lamar Jackson, Derrick Henry, and the Baltimore Ravens. Unfortunately, injuries are already a factor before the opening slate of the fantasy football season. Our injury updates and reports for Week 1 as of Friday, September 4, 2024, will […]

Aidin Ebrahimi's Five Bold Predictions for the 2024 Fantasy Football Season

We've waited over 200 days for NFL football to return, but we're just hours away from the kickoff game. I've had a lot of fun looking at rookies and sleepers during the offseason, but now it's time to get even bolder. Living in a region with no NFL fans, my friends typically ask me why […]

2024 Week One NFL Betting Picks (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools and Content can be accessed on the premium dashboard.   Background My name is Jamie Calandro (@jac3600 on X) and I have been a high-volume DFS player for over a dozen years now, but ever since the legalization of sports betting in Maine a year ago I've embraced the grind of […]

Updated FLEX Fantasy Football Rankings for Week 1 (PPR) - Jaylen Warren, Chuba Hubbard, Rico Dowdle, Joshua Palmer, Dontayvion Wicks, Tyjae Spears, more

The fantasy draft season is pretty much over, and now our focus shifts to Week 1. Most fantasy leagues start one or two flex spots when filling out a starting lineup. At RotoBaller HQ, we are here to help you decide on those all-important FLEX spots with our updated FLEX fantasy football rankings for Week […]

Updated Tight End Fantasy Football Rankings for Week 1 (PPR) - Evan Engram, Brock Bowers, Jake Ferguson, David Njoku, Taysom Hill, Tyler Conklin

Football is officially back, and it's time to start thinking about setting those winning Week 1 lineups! We are back with more fantasy football rankings -- this time, we are zeroing in on tight ends. In this article below we've got you covered with our updated tight end (TE) fantasy football rankings for Week 1 […]

Isaiah Likely – Week 1 Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Fantasy Football Picks

BALLER MOVE: Sit in all leagues POSITIONAL VALUE: TE25 ANALYSIS: Isaiah Likely might be the NFL's best No. 2 tight end. The former Coastal Carolina star was the TE22 last season, averaging 5.1 half-point PPR fantasy points per game. He ended the year with 30 receptions on 40 targets for 411 receiving yards and five […]

Updated Kicker Fantasy Football Rankings: Week 1 - Jake Elliott, Jason Meyers, Matt Gay, Ka'imi Fairbairn, Jason Sanders, Tyler Bass, Younghoe Koo, more

Rarely do fantasy managers get excited about kickers, but the 2024 NFL season opens with a matchup of arguably the two best kickers in the NFL. Kansas City's Harrison Butker and Baltimore's Justin Tucker have been strong fantasy options for years, and they should remain top scorers among kickers in 2024. However, the position as […]

Updated Quarterback Fantasy Football Rankings for Week 1 - Anthony Richardson, C.J. Stroud, Will Levis, Jordan Love, Jayden Daniels, Brock Purdy, Jared Goff

The new NFL season is finally here, and Week 1 kicks off with an exciting matchup, especially at the QB spot. Patrick Mahomes and the defending Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs will take on Lamar Jackson and last year's AFC runner-ups, the Baltimore Ravens, on Thursday night. We combed through the quarterback position and […]

Updated Running Back Fantasy Football Rankings for Week 1 (PPR) - Jahmyr Gibbs, De'Von Achane, James Conner, Chase Brown, J.K. Dobbins, Alvin Kamara

After a long offseason wait, Week 1 of the 2024 NFL season has finally arrived. With Thursday and Friday night games kicking things off, it's time to start digging into Week 1 rankings. Our team's updated running back (RB) fantasy football rankings for Week 1 of the 2024 season will help you make head-scratching decisions at […]

Updated Wide Receiver Fantasy Football Rankings for Week 1 (PPR) - Tank Dell, Nico Collins, Brandon Aiyuk, Chris Olave, Jayden Reed, Jaylen Waddle

The opening slate of the 2024 NFL season is set to begin, meaning it's time to start digesting Week 1 rankings! Our updated wide receiver (WR) fantasy football rankings for Week 1 of the 2024 season are here to help you make those tough start-or-sit decisions to get a "W" in your first matchup of […]

Rashod Bateman – Week 1 Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Fantasy Football Picks

BALLER MOVE: Sit in all leagues POSITIONAL VALUE: WR64 ANALYSIS: Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Rashod Bateman is a former first-round NFL Draft pick with massive upside. Unfortunately, he has struggled in the league because of injury. The former Minnesota star has missed 33.3% of the games in his career because of various injuries. However, he […]

Derrick Henry – Week 1 Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Fantasy Football Picks

BALLER MOVE: Start in all leagues POSITIONAL VALUE: RB7 ANALYSIS: Derrick Henry was a polarizing draft pick this year. The future Hall of Famer signed with the Baltimore Ravens in free agency after eight seasons with the Tennessee Titans. While the veteran isn’t the superstar he was years ago, Henry was still a fantasy star […]

Lamar Jackson - Week 1 Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks

BALLER MOVE: Start in 10+ Team Leagues POSITIONAL VALUE: QB1 ANALYSIS: Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson is coming off his second NFL MVP season and finished as the No.4 QB in PPR scoring last season. He threw for a career-high 3,678 yards, 14 passing scores, and added 821 yards on the ground with an additional […]

Week 1 Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Football Pickups Include Brian Thomas Jr., Rico Dowdle, Jaleel McLaughlin, Bucky Irving, Greg Dortch, Jaylen Wright

Welcome RotoBallers to the 2024 fantasy football season! Once fantasy football drafts have been completed, it's time to start looking at ways to improve your rosters through the waiver wire. We kick off our series of waiver wire articles with our Week 1 fantasy football waiver wire rankings for 2024 to help you make the […]

FAAB Waiver Wire Bidding - Fantasy Football Pickups to Target for Week 1

Hello, RotoBallers, and welcome to another FAAB-tastic fantasy football season. While early adds have hundreds of context-laden wrinkles, we must do our job in presenting waiver options here. As always, joining our famous waiver wire pickups list and our weekly fantasy football waiver wire columns by position, this column focuses on suggested waiver wire bidding percentages […]

Running Back Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 1: Top Free Agent Adds Include Ray Davis, Jordan Mason, MarShawn Lloyd, Kimani Vidal, more

We have arrived at the threshold of another long-awaited NFL regular season, as the first kickoff of Week 1 is rapidly approaching. The collective euphoria that engulfs the fantasy football community in anticipation of season openers for all 32 teams is also fueled by the first opportunity to evaluate the players you assembled on your […]

Deeper-League Waiver Wire Adds for Week 1: Samaje Perine, Tyrone Tracy Jr., Darnell Mooney, Andrei Iosivas, Sam Darnold, Jonnu Smith, more

After a long and painful offseason of waiting, the 2024 fantasy football season is just around the corner! While fantasy drafts are still taking place, many of them have been completed, and it's never too early to check the waiver wire for potential lotto-ticket bench stashes ahead of Week 1. Even if you love your […]

Tight Ends Fantasy Football Waiver Wire - Week 1 TE Pickups Include Taysom Hill, Chigoziem Okonkwo, Hunter Henry, more

If you are already looking for a tight-end upgrade when the season has not even started yet, you should fire yourself as general manager and hand the job to your dog, cat, spouse, or best friend. The tight-end pool might be top-heavy, but there is some serious depth when it comes to low-end TE1s and […]

IDP Waiver Wire Pickups and Defensive Streamers for Week 1 (2024)

This preseason has given us hints about how some teams might deploy their defenses, hints that could help us make last-minute waiver wire adds in IDP fantasy football before the season starts. There are still some unanswered questions. When the Rams traded their leading tackler, Ernest Jones IV, to the Titans for just a 2026 […]

Week 1 Kicker Streamers and Starts - 2024 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

The 2024 NFL season is almost here! I know that is something you have been patiently waiting for. Now, with fantasy drafts either done or finishing up, you should take another look (or 10) when setting your lineup for Week 1. Picking the right kicker to start for Week 1 is more important than you […]

2024 NFL QB Power Rankings: All 32 Starting Quarterbacks for Week 1

We’ve finally made it. Week 1 of the 2024 NFL season is here and after a long spring and summer, your favorite team is ready to break your heart yet again.  The quarterback landscape will be interesting this season with a few old faces in new places (Kirk Cousins, Aaron Rodgers, Russell Wilson) and three […]

Ravens Defense Has A Tough Task In Season Opener

The Baltimore Ravens defense/special teams draws one of the toughest matchups in the very first game of the year against the Kansas City Chiefs. For the most part, this defense has a lot of the same pieces from last year which saw them as one of the best units in the NFL. Two big losses […]

Justin Tucker Remains A Top Kicking Option

Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker continues to stick at the top of the kicking ranks heading into his 13th season in the NFL. The Texas product finished as the second-best fantasy kicker last year in what turned out to be more of a down year for the league's most accurate kicker. He made the third-most […]

Rashod Bateman Entering Season With A Lot To Prove

Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Rashod Bateman has endured an injury-riddled career so far and hasn't lived up to the expectations that come with a first-round draft pick. The former 27th-overall pick enters this year with a lot to prove and some added expectations after the team didn't retain Odell Beckham Jr. All of the talk […]