Chase Claypool (WR, PIT) - Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ROSTERED: 13% of Leagues ANALYSIS: That's it, that's all I needed to watch to confirm the suspicions: Chase Claypool is the freaking real deal. Let me throw some numbers around. This is the 2020 NFL season, and through five weeks Chase Claypool is 1) the only WR with 4 […]

Devin Duvernay (WR, BAL) - Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 1% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Coming up next: your deep-league WW-flier of the week, Devin Duvernay! Yay! See, I know what you're thinking: Antonio has lost his damn head. Not going to blame you, honestly, but bear with me for a minute. Duvernay has played between 6 and […]

Keelan Cole (WR, JAX) - Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 25% of Leagues ANALYSIS: I already wrote about Keelan Cole last week, and here I am back it once more. After two great games to start the season (15.7 and 17.8 PPR points), Keelan dropped his numbers a bit in the next two (back-to-back 8-FP games) but […]

Laviska Shenault (WR, JAX) - Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 34% of Leagues ANALYSIS: While Shenault started the year flying under the radar, a quick look at his current rostership rate tells you all you need to know about his growth in Jacksonville's offense. The rookie only featured in 31 snaps in Week 1 but hasn't played […]

Henry Ruggs (WR, LV) - Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 44% of Leagues ANALYSIS: This is probably the last time I will be able to (reasonably) write about Henry Ruggs as a WW target. His rostership is already at a high 44% in Yahoo! leagues, and the only thing keeping that value from sky-rocketing this week is […]

Kirk Cousins (QB, MIN) - Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 2QB Team Leagues ROSTERED: 32% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Cousins is playing to the level of a borderline-QB2 this season. In an offense that relies on the run quite heavily, Cousins has only attempted 139 passes through five games, while all Vikings players combined have logged 154 rushing attempts over the year. […]

Derek Carr (QB, LV) - Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 2QB Team Leagues ROSTERED: 20% of Leagues ANALYSIS: The idea of considering Derek Carr a great QB--let alone a superstar--is a little farfetched. And winning a game against mighty Kansas City is not going to change that perception. But. I have to say that I have always liked Carr's fantasy upside […]

Andy Dalton (QB, DAL) - Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 2% of Leagues ANALYSIS: What is to be explained about this post? Not much, if you ask me. You know what happened on Sunday: Dak Prescott got injured (like, ultra-injured for the remainder of the season and maybe even further), Andy Dalton had to back him up, […]

Ryan Fitzpatrick (QB, MIA) - Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 20% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Of course, this being Ryan Fitzpatrick we're discussing here when the rumors started to get hot about a potential benching in favor of Tua, our beloved Fitzmagic had his best game in ages. The Dolphins paid a no. 5 pick to draft Tua […]

Tyler Johnson (WR, TB) - Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 0% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Welcome to the party, Tyler! It took a bunch of banged-up players for Johnson to have his final, true chance of playing big-time snaps for Tampa, but he finally was able to do so last TNF. After debuting in W3 but playing only […]

Cordarrelle Patterson (WR, CHI) - Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 7% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Cordarrelle Patterson has played in all five Chicago's games so far this season. He is the wide receiver with the most rushing attempts (21) through TNF game against the Bucs, but chances are even if I don't update this post he will retain […]

Jimmy Graham (TE, CHI) - Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 41% of Leagues ANALYSIS: George Kittle is on a league of his own (24.7 PPG). Then, Travis Kelce, Jonnu Smith, Robert Tonyan, and Darren Waller are all averaging between 16.4 and 14 PPR points per game. Behind those five, though, the TE position is just a mess […]

Nick Foles (QB, CHI) - Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 2QB Leagues ROSTERED: 11% of Leagues ANALYSIS: While Nick Foles might not be what you think of when you try to picture quarterback-greatness, he's getting the job done and not flopping at it. That doesn't mean he's someone you need to add or stream in shallow, one-QB leagues, but he should […]

Low-Usage Running Backs Bound For A Explosion

If you're not familiar with Expected Points (EP), here's a quick definition per RotoViz: EP are the number of fantasy points that a target or carry should score based on game situation (down, distance, and field position, based on similar past plays). They transform raw opportunities (carries and targets) directly into fantasy points. As we […]

MMA DFS Value Picks - UFC Fight Night 179: Moraes vs. Sandhagen (Premium Content)

Shout-out to Abu Dhabi, as they are getting to hold another UFC event amid the ongoing pandemic situation. This weekend's event will start at 4am local time because it will be held behind closed doors, so it's not that anyone will notice and American folks will enjoy the show at a proper, prime time on […]

DraftKings MMA, UFC DFS Lineup Picks - Moraes vs. Sandhagen (UFC Fight Night 179)

Shout-out to Abu Dhabi, as they are getting to hold another UFC event amid the ongoing pandemic situation. This weekend's event will start at 4am local time because it will be held behind closed doors, so it's not that anyone will notice and American folks will enjoy the show at a proper, prime time on […]

NextGen Stats - Wide Receiver/Tight End Breakdowns and Takeaways

I can't believe it. Months of waiting, painful empty weekends, and now a quarter of the NFL season is suddenly gone! But I'm not going to lie, I love the moment when the whistle blows to end the week on Monday nights. It is just the confirmation that we have another full round of data […]

Robert Tonyan (TE, GB) - Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 29% of Leagues ANALYSIS: There is George Kittle, and then there is Robert Tonyan. Or at least that is what the fantasy points leaderboards tell me through Week 4. I'm not surprised at Kittle being the only TE to have played a 40-PPR-point game this season (Week […]

Jamaal Williams (RB, GB) - Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 13% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Nothing has changed in Green Bay's backfield through four weeks of play. Aaron Jones keeps racking up touches, rushing the ball 15+ times a game, and scoring all touchdowns on the ground (4 and counting). What has changed, though, is that the Packers […]

Damien Harris (RB, NE) - Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 31% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Damien Harris started the season stuck in the Injured Reserve and virtually every fantasy GM forgot about him. That, added to the headache that New England's backfield often is (how many players can share that thing!?), kept Harris rostership down to 30%... until […]

Keelan Cole (WR, JAX) - Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 31% of Leagues ANALYSIS: If I know something, it is that the cream always rises to the top. That is why the Jaguars offense will most probably end the season with DJ Chark Jr. leading all of its receivers in PPR points. Although close to that position, […]

Darrius Shepherd (WR, GB) - Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 6% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Somehow Green Bay keeps winning games, is 4-0 on the season, and that is considering they have missed WR1 Davante Adams for two games in a row, WR2 Allen Lazard for W4, and operated with basically no other trustworthy weapons on offense other […]

Olamide Zaccheaus (WR, ATL) - Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 2% of Leagues ANALYSIS: If you were lucky enough to find Zaccheaus in the WW during the past two weeks, congratulations. It is not that it was hard (he's still rostered in just 2% of Yahoo! leagues...), but he definitely merited a chance given Julio Jones' injury […]

N'Keal Harry (WR, NE) - Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 35% of Leagues ANALYSIS: After an injury-derailed rookie season, N'Keal Harry is finally enjoying a full-time playing year as a sophomore. He has already surpassed his receptions, targets, and receiving yards from last season in just over half the games he played a year ago, has one […]

Damiere Byrd (WR, NE) - Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 1% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Let's make things clear here: New England's offense stinks quite a bit. Not even veteran Julian Edelman (49.6 PPR over four games) is producing good numbers at just 12.4 PPG. Second-year man N'Keal Harry is the second-best WR at just 38.8 PPR so […]

Darnell Mooney (WR, CHI) - Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ PPR Team Leagues ROSTERED: 1% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Somehow, fantasy GMs keep forgetting about Darnell Money and have him rostered in just 1 percent of Yahoo! leagues, which is to say have him pretty much unrostered at all. See, Chicago is far from a great team, has already benched its […]

Gabriel Davis (WR, BUF) - Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 2% of Leagues ANALYSIS: While Josh Allen could very well win you the league, Gabriel Davis probably won't. That doesn't matter if you happen to play in a deeper competition, though, as Allen's season and current run should raise the upside of every receiver near him going […]

Tre'Quan Smith (WR, NO) - Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 27% of Leagues ANALYSIS: This is definitely a temporary fix and patch to apply in your lineups, not much more. But that rostership near-30% tells you all you need to know, though. With stud WR Michael Thomas injured and Jared Cook also missing time at the TE […]

Laviska Shenault Jr. (WR, JAX) - Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues ROSTERED: 24% of Leagues ANALYSIS: A second-round draftee, the rookie Laviska Shenault Jr. is turning into one of the most reliable receivers out there this season. Although he's third in snaps played for the Jaguars, Shenault is just three shy of DJ Chark Jr.'s mark (159) for […]

Scotty Miller (WR, TB) - Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues ROSTERED: 16% of Leagues ANALYSIS: In an offense that features the likes of Mike Evans, O.J. Howard, Chris Godwin, and Rob Gronkowski, you'd be forgiven for not paying much attention to whatever Scotty Miller is doing. That'd be if he wasn't actually the second-best receiver playing for […]