Introducing Value Over Starter Football Metrics

When it comes to fantasy sports, we're always looking for the highest possible Return On Investment or ROI. This concept is easy to understand: in both Daily Fantasy and re-draft/fantasy leagues, ROI would come down to how many points a player returns relative to his salary, or the price you paid (given his ADP on […]

Eli Manning To Announce Retirement Friday

New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning will hold a news conference on Friday to announce his retirement, according to sources. The writing has been on the wall for Manning after the Giants replaced him with rookie Daniel Jones during the 2019 season. The 39-year-old former first overall pick played in just four games for the […]

Running Back ADP Winners and Losers: 2019 Season Review

I've always believed that it is easier to lose a fantasy championship than to win it on draft day. It makes sense, a sure-fire player is expected to reward his owners with a lower risk-factor than the other way around and thus they're always drafter earlier. If they end up as a season-long dud, though, […]

Wide Receiver Risers and Fallers: 2019 Season Review

We continue our series covering the biggest risers and fallers of 2019 with the wide receiver position. I'll look at both 2018 and 2019 statistical outcomes from every player, contrast their performances, calculate differences in each category and come up with the most prominent names going forward. This past season, receivers didn't dominate in fantasy, […]

XFL Fantasy Football Rankings (Preseason)

As of this writing, there is exactly one month until XFL regular-season action begins. On February 8, the latest upstart professional league will kickoff (again) with spring football. It goes without saying that we hope it goes better than the first time, back in 2001, and lasts longer than the AAF. Before you settle in […]

Tight End Risers and Fallers - 2019 Season Review

With the 2019 fantasy season over, it's time to start studying what happened this past year and what is ahead of us in order to plan accordingly for the 2020 drafts. In this series, I'll be tackling this year's biggest risers and fallers at each of the four skill positions. In order to do that, I'll […]

Quarterback Risers and Fallers: 2019 Season Review

This article will examine the biggest risers and fallers at the quarterback position, which proved to be the most impactful in fantasy leagues as is often the case. Of the top-25 players in fantasy this season, 18 of them played the QB position and none of the 18 scored less than 280 fantasy points on […]

2020 Early Quarterback Sleepers and Draft Targets

Heading into 2020, Lamar Jackson, Dak Prescott, Russell Wilson, and Deshaun Watson will surely be the most-coveted quarterbacks in fantasy football drafts. Similar to Patrick Mahomes in 2018, Lamar Jackson took the NFL by storm in his first year as a full-time starter and set an NFL record for rushing yards by a quarterback. Personally, […]

Strategies that Worked (or Not) in 2019 Fantasy Football

Everyone's an expert before the season begins. Our sleepers are all going to pan out, we know who to avoid, and we'll easily compensate for any bad luck through trades or waivers during the year. Then fantasy football happens. That means everything that can go wrong will go wrong and that high-floor player on a […]

How'd We Miss That? Lamar Jackson's 2019 Breakout

Fantasy football analysts say a lot of things, and often those things turn out to be true. But the nature of saying a lot of things is that sometimes those things turn out to be not true, and sometimes a lot of us say the same thing that turns out to be not true. I'll […]

Fantasy Football Starts and Sits: Conference Championships Matchups Analysis

Welcome to our NFL Conference Championships matchups analysis and start/sit column for fantasy football. We'll be covering both of the AFC and NFC contests from the Sunday slate, helping you make the best decisions for your DFS contests this weekend. Be sure to check back regularly because this article will be updated as news comes in regarding injuries […]

NFL DFS GPP Stacks for FanDuel, DraftKings (Conference Championship Round)

Hey there RotoBallers! With the end of the NFL regular season, there aren't any season-long league concerns left for us fantasy gamers. That makes the Conference Championship Round of the playoffs a perfect time to focus on making some DFS lineups. Since there are only four teams in action on the slate, I will be […]

Four and Out: Fantasy Outlooks for Divisional Round Losers

For the four teams that were eliminated in the Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs, the offseason has begun. For many fantasy football owners, the days have already started counting down to next season. Owners in dynasty leagues have started to mull over their decisions.  How some guys perform in the playoffs can certainly alter […]

How the Titans-Ravens Upset May Alter Fantasy Outlooks

Saturday’s AFC Divisional Playoff Game between the Titans and Ravens may have been much more than just the biggest upset of the NFL season. It was also an event that might have quickly changed perceptions about two prominent players in the early part of 2020 fantasy football drafts and altered some thoughts about them as […]

DFS Wide Receivers To Target In The Divisional Round

In the Wild Card Round of the NFL Playoffs, there were several disappointing performances from quarterbacks which contributed to low production from some wide receivers. D.K. Metcalf ended the week as the No. 1 receiver and was a bright spot, but on the low side, Mohamed Sanu was absolutely dreadful, hauling in just one of […]

NFL DFS GPP Stacks for FanDuel, DraftKings (Divisional Round)

Hey there RotoBallers! With the end of the NFL regular season, there aren't any season-long league concerns left for us fantasy gamers. That makes the Divisional Round of the playoffs a perfect time to focus on making some DFS lineups. With eight teams in action on the Saturday/Sunday slate, this is the perfect-sized player pool […]

Joe Judge To Be Giants Next Head Coach

The New York Giants are hiring Patriots special teams and wide receivers coach Joe Judge to be their next head coach on Tuesday, according to a source. Judge had an offer to be the head coach at his alma mater at Mississippi State, but he delayed the decision long enough for the Giants to offer […]

Next Gen Stats Season Review: Wide Receivers and Tight Ends

Time's up! The 2019 fantasy season is done and gone for good. Whether you play in a redraft league or are part of a dynasty format, the days of sitting at the edge of your couch and biting your nails are over. We have a tough eight-month desert to walk through ahead of us, but […]

Break The Slate: NFL DFS DraftKings Lineup Picks - Wild Card Round

Hi RotoBallers, and thanks for joining me here for the NFL Playoffs! Wild Card Weekend offers us a Thanksgiving-Day-like slate of four games spread over Saturday and Sunday. While this obviously limits our choices to a degree, it's a big enough slate that we can still find some ways to make our rosters unique. We'll […]

DFS Wide Receivers To Target In The Wild Card Round

In Week 17, John Brown was inactive and Robert Foster played in his place. Even though Foster played 98.4% of the snaps, he failed to haul in a single target and ended up with a goose egg. Instead, Duke Williams led the way for the Bills receivers, hauling in six passes for 108 yards. I turned […]

NFL DFS GPP Stacks for FanDuel, DraftKings (Wild Card Round)

Hey there RotoBallers! With the end of the NFL regular season, there aren't any season-long league concerns left for us fantasy gamers. That makes the Wild Card Round of the playoffs a perfect time to focus on making some DFS lineups. With eight teams in action on the Saturday/Sunday slate, this is the perfect-sized player […]

Running Back Risers and Fallers: 2019 Season Review

With the 2019 fantasy season over, it's time to start studying what happened this past year and what is ahead of us in order to plan accordingly for the 2020 drafts. Whether you won the championship or fell short, it's never too early to start thinking about how to tackle next year; that is why […]

Broken Hearts Club: Dealing With Underperforming Rookies in Dynasty

Every summer we become obsessed with rookies who are going to take the fantasy world by storm. We tune into preseason games or watch highlights and get excited by the Amir Abdullah big runs, the Mike Boone shiftiness, or the Deon Cain receptions. We all swear we see the rookie that is going to take […]

Wide Receiver Snap Counts and Target Trends Season Review

Congratulations to all team owners whose tireless dedication toward winning a league title resulted in the fulfillment of your championship aspirations. For those of you who were unsuccessful in achieving the ultimate goal of capturing your league, your diligent efforts should also be commended. Regardless of whether your teams were negatively impacted by injuries, inadequate […]

Next Gen Stats Season Review: Quarterbacks

Time's up! The 2019 fantasy season is done and gone for good. Whether you play in a redraft league or are part of a dynasty format, the days of sitting at the edge of your couch and biting your nails are over. We have a tough eight-month desert to walk through ahead of us, but […]

NCAA Prospects To Watch For Dynasty Leagues: Bowl Week Three

I hope everybody enjoyed the holidays. We're a day away from ending this decade and bringing in a new year. The NFL playoffs are set, the majority of the teams have turned their attention to the NFL Draft, and the bowl games are heating up. It's quite an exciting time of year. After two previous […]

Evan Engram Expects To Make Full Recovery

New York Giants tight end Evan Engram (foot), who had surgery to fix a Lisfranc ligament in his foot, expects to make a full recovery and should resume training in the spring. "It wasn’t a full-blown tear, but it needed some fixing," Engram said. His foot injury limited him to just eight games in 2019, […]

Giants Fire Pat Shurmur On Black Monday

The New York Giants fired head coach Pat Shurmur on Monday after two seasons with the team, but they will retain general manager Dave Gettleman. Baylor head coach Matt Rhule is a focus of the team's coaching search, according to sources. He was the team's assistant offensive line coach in 2012. They've also requested permission […]

How the 2019 NFL Season Screwed (Most of) Us Over

The sun has set on the 2019 fantasy football season and I'm glad it's all over. Don't get me wrong, I love football and have been a fan going on 35 years now, 28 of which I've played fantasy. I spend sunrise to sundown each Sunday watching, analyzing, and agonizing over a multitude of statistics, […]

Darius Slayton Ends Impressive Rookie Season on Flat Note

New York Giants rookie wide receiver Darius Slayton caught four passes for 50 yards in the season finale against the Eagles. The Auburn product saw the third-most targets on the team and remains Daniel Jones' preferred deep target, but his consistency has been hurt by his limited routes and the emergence of Kaden Smith. Slayton […]