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Top Quarterback Waiver Wire Pickups and Streamers for Week 9: Derek Carr, Carson Wentz, Tua Tagovailoa, Mike White
Week 8 was a breath of fresh air after the onslaught of teams on bye in Week 7. Only two teams were missing from action in Week 8, although they did feature two strong fantasy producers in Lamar Jackson and Justin Herbert. Unfortunately, a bigger slate of games didn’t necessarily mean offensive fireworks in Week... Read More
Mike White (QB, NYJ) - Fantasy Football Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues, 2QB/SuperFlex Leagues ROSTERED IN: 1% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Mike White put together a highly efficient NFL debut against a Bengals’ defense that has been improved throughout the course of 2021. White completed 37 of 45 passes (82%) for 405 yards and three touchdowns with two interceptions. When all... Read More
Ben Roethlisberger (QB, PIT) - Fantasy Football Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues, 2QB/SuperFlex Leagues ROSTERED IN: 21% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Ben Roethlisberger’s best days are clearly behind him, but he can still generate some solid fantasy statistics. Roethlisberger led the Steelers to a big win against Cleveland in Week 8, completing 64% of his passes for 266 yards and a... Read More
Derek Carr (QB, LV) - Fantasy Football Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ROSTERED IN: 61% of Leagues ANALYSIS: The number of teams on bye the last two weeks likely forced Derek Carr to the waiver wire, and if that’s the case in your league, then you need to grab him immediately. Carr went into the bye week on a hot streak,... Read More
Monday Night Football Starts and Sits: Chiefs vs Giants
After a streak of great Monday night games, last week’s matchup between the Saints and Seahawks was an absolute clunker. Alvin Kamara had a stellar day, carrying the ball 20 times for 51 yards while adding 10 receptions on 11 targets for 128 yards and a touchdown. Jameis Winston failed to throw for 225 yards... Read More
Fantasy Football Champs and Chumps - Offensive Line Analysis for Week 8
Week 7 was an absolute onslaught of bye weeks, but thankfully it has passed and we once again have 15 games of football. Despite the lack of total games, there were plenty of good and bad performances across the NFL, especially in the trenches. There were some truly excellent performances on the offensive line across... Read More
Top Quarterback Waiver Wire Pickups and Streamers for Week 8: Trevor Lawrence, Daniel Jones, Teddy Bridgewater
The onslaught of bye weeks in Week 7 was brutal for fantasy managers, but thankfully several quarterbacks were able to deliver quality performances to help fantasy lineups navigate the loss of top-end production. Joe Burrow paced the quarterback position with an excellent 416-yard, three-touchdown performance against the Baltimore Ravens. Four other quarterbacks (Matt Ryan, Matthew... Read More
Tyrod Taylor (QB, HOU) - Fantasy Football Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues, Superflex / 2QB Leagues ROSTERED IN: 4% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Tyrod Taylor is on the cusp of coming back from his hamstring injury which gives him fantasy relevance assuming he takes the job back from rookie Davis Mills. Taylor played well his first two weeks as a starter, completing 31... Read More
Teddy Bridgewater (QB, DEN) - Fantasy Football Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues, Superflex / 2QB Leagues ROSTERED IN: 20% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Teddy Bridgewater struggled in the first half of Thursday night’s game against Cleveland before putting together a strong second half. Bridgewater finished the day with a pedestrian 13 fantasy points thanks to 187 yards passing and two touchdowns with... Read More
Sam Darnold (QB, CAR) - Fantasy Football Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 60% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Starting Sam Darnold is tough to stomach given his last three weeks in Carolina. Darnold has completed just 54 of 103 passes (52%) for 495 yards and two touchdowns with five interceptions. Darnold has struggled to replicate his hot start to the... Read More
Daniel Jones (QB, NYG) - Fantasy Football Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues, Superflex / 2QB Leagues ROSTERED IN: 29% of Leagues ANALYSIS: It isn’t pretty, but Daniel Jones continues to be a viable dual-threat quarterback for fantasy. Jones completed 23 of 33 passes for 203 yards and a touchdown against Carolina in Week 7. He also added 28 rushing yards.... Read More
Monday Night Football Starts and Sits: Seahawks vs Saints
Week 7 is here with a vengeance. Bye weeks and injuries are ravaging fantasy lineups everywhere, forcing fantasy managers to make uncomfortable decisions between two lackluster options. After a string of awesome Monday night football games, it feels like this one is bound to disappoint while delivering some fantasy headaches. The Seahawks come into this... Read More
Fantasy Football Champs and Chumps - Offensive Line Analysis for Week 7
Six weeks of the season have officially passed, and bye weeks and injuries continue to ravage fantasy lineups. As we enter the grind of the NFL (and fantasy) season, finding any little edge possible becomes important to building a fantasy roster that has a chance to take home the championship. One of the crucial (yet... Read More
Quarterback Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 7
The quarterback position struggled to provide much upside during Week 6, which unfortunately coincided with the first round of bye weeks in 2021. On the positive side, Dak Prescott was able to give us a rare 400-yard passing day in his overtime win against the New England Patriots. Patrick Mahomes (397 yards) just missed the... Read More
Matt Ryan (QB, ATL) - Fantasy Football Week 7 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 55% of Leagues ANALYSIS: A Week 6 bye may cause people to forget the strong play of Matt Ryan the last few weeks. From Weeks 3 to 6, Ryan completed 85 of 123 pass attempts (69%) for 868 yards and eight touchdowns with zero interceptions. Ryan... Read More
Monday Night Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em: Titans vs Bills
Fans have become spoiled by fantastic Monday night games, punctuated by a massively entertaining game between the Colts and Ravens in Week 5. Indianapolis looked to be in control heading into the fourth quarter, but huge performances by Lamar Jackson, Mark Andrews, and Marquise Brown brought the game to overtime and ultimately a Ravens’ win.... Read More
Fantasy Football Champs and Chumps - Offensive Line Analysis for Week 6
The NFL season is flying by and we are starting to get a great feeling for the contenders and pretenders in the 2021 NFL season. More importantly, we are starting to see offensive line units begin to gel and establish themselves across the league. Through five weeks, the Washington Football team has been the best... Read More
Quarterback Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 6
Week 6 marked the last week with a full complement of games before bye weeks start coming into effect. Thankfully, we had a bunch of excellent offensive performances out of the quarterback position before having to start paying attention to waiver-wire streamers. Tom Brady led the way in Week 5 with 411 passing yards and... Read More
Geno Smith (QB, SEA) - Fantasy Football Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues and 2QB/Superflex Leagues ROSTERED IN: 1% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Russell Wilson will be out for roughly a month after having surgery on a finger tendon, which makes Geno Smith an intriguing add at the quarterback position to navigate bye weeks (Seattle has a Week 9 bye). Smith looked... Read More
Mac Jones (QB, NE) - Fantasy Football Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues and 2QB/Superflex Leagues ROSTERED IN: 18% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Mac Jones hasn’t been the most prolific passer for the Patriots, but he is getting plenty of volume throwing the ball. Jones has at least 30 attempts in all five of his games this season and has thrown for at least... Read More
Trevor Lawrence (QB, JAX) - Fantasy Football Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 50% of Leagues ANALYSIS: After two bad weeks against the Broncos and Cardinals, Trevor Lawrence is showing the upside that made him the consensus top overall draft pick in the 2021 NFL draft. Lawrence followed up a 17-point performance on Thursday night in Week 4 with a 21-point... Read More
Sam Darnold (QB, CAR) - Fantasy Football Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 59% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Sam Darnold came down to Earth in Week 5 against the Eagles after beginning the season on fire. Coming into the week, Darnold had three straight games with at least a 67% completion percentage, 300 passing yards with four total rushing touchdowns.... Read More
Monday Night Football Starts and Sits: Ravens vs Colts
Week 4’s Monday night matchup between the Raiders and Chargers looked like it wasn't going to deliver after a random 35-minute lightning delay for an indoor stadium. Las Vegas struggled to move the ball in the first half and went into the half trailing the Chargers 21-0. The Raiders found a spark in the third... Read More
Offensive Line Champs and Chumps - Week 5
It has officially been four weeks of the 2021 season and NFL teams are being forced to figure out how much depth they have in their offensive line group. 19 teams started the week missing at least one of their starting offensive linemen from Week 1. In addition, 10 different teams had a starter go... Read More
Quarterback Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 5
Through three weeks it seemed like defenses had the advantage in the NFL. However, Week 4 gave fantasy managers hope that the explosive offenses we saw for much of 2020 could get back on track again. 13 teams scored at least 27 points in Week 4 and 11 games went over a 40 point total.... Read More
Trevor Lawrence (QB, JAC) - Fantasy Football Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 53% of Leagues ANALYSIS: It had been tough sledding for Trevor Lawrence in his rookie year, but he seemingly turned the corner against the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 4. Lawrence had struggled out of the gate for Jacksonville, completing just 54% of his passes for 669 yards and... Read More
Matt Ryan (QB, ATL) - Fantasy Football Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 53% of Leagues ANALYSIS: After beginning 2021 with two rough performances, Matt Ryan has found his level in the passing game. In his last two games, Ryan has completed 52 of 78 passes for 526 yards and six touchdowns with zero interceptions. Atlanta still features a... Read More
Monday Night Football Starts and Sits: Chargers vs Raiders
Week 3’s Monday night matchup turned into a bit of a clunker of a game that had significant fantasy implications for players with Ezekiel Elliott and Jalen Hurts. Dallas handled Philadelphia for a majority of the game and had the result in hand well before the final whistle. Thankfully, we have another shot at a... Read More
Offensive Line Champs and Chumps - Week 4
The unders struck again in Week 3 with 11 of 16 NFL games failing to hit their projected point total. Thankfully football fans were still treated to big plays thanks to a 109-yard kick return in the Jacksonville and Arizona game and a game-winning crossbar bank shot by Justin Tucker to fight off an upset... Read More
Taylor Heinicke (QB, WAS) - Week 4 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues, 2QB/SuperFlex Leagues OWNED IN: 6% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Taylor Heinicke has put together consecutive solid passing performances which firmly puts him on the radar of players to add at the quarterback position. Heinicke’s first start against the Giants' disappointing defense was one thing (336 yards and two touchdowns... Read More
