2015 Retrospect - David Johnson

David Johnson's 2015 season taught fantasy owners valuable lessons on the importance of foresight. Johnson, a rookie drafted in the third round out of Northern Iowa, tallied exactly zero rushing attempts in the Cardinals' season opener, but he did electrify with a 55-yard receiving touchdown on his only offensive touch of the game. Johnson saw […]

Heath Miller (TE, PIT) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ team leagues for TE-deprived owners OWNED IN: 39% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Steelers tight end Heath Miller has had an uneven season, intermittently sidetracked by injury, ineffectiveness, and the loss of quarterback Ben Roethlisberger at various points in 2015. Before last Sunday’s tilt in Seattle, Miller had submitted two fantasy-starter worthy performances. After […]

The 2015 Fantasy Football Season In Review (Through Week 8)

All is well on draft day as fantasy owners in leagues of all stakes and sizes scan their rosters and smile. There’s Jamaal Charles, winking from the RB1 spot, the type of bell cow that heads a championship unit. Yes, Le’Veon Bell might be down two games due to his penchant for a certain plant, […]

Is Brandon LaFell A Must-Own In All Fantasy Leagues?

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues OWNED IN: 47% of leagues ANALYSIS: You want the presumptive third option on New England’s prolific offense. You want Brandon LaFell. One bedrock of my fantasy philosophy is this: always seek players on good offenses with good quarterbacks. It sounds simple, and it is. Any offense led by Tom Brady is […]

Antonio Gates is Your Must-Add Tight End Pickup of the Week

BALLER MOVE: Add in All 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN:: 53% of Fleaflicker leagues ANALYSIS: August, 2014. I sat in my friend's backyard, in the midst of our hotly-anticipated keeper league draft. As we rolled along past the middle rounds, it became apparent that I had shorted myself at tight end. I noticed that two San Diego […]

How Ben Roethlisberger's Injury Impacts The Steelers

Are Your Steelers Still Valuable Without Big Ben? The worst nightmare of every Pittsburgh fan (and Ben Roethlisberger owner) became a stark reality Sunday afternoon. Everything about it screamed "season-ending". There was the sack by Mark Barron, illegal but not intentional in nature, vaguely reminiscent of similar tackles which chopped down Carson Palmer and Tom Brady […]

The Effect Of Tony Romo's Injury (Joseph Randle, Jason Witten & Brandon Weeden)

One broken right foot. One broken left clavicle. One broken offense for fantasy owners to, by and large, avoid. The injuries suffered in consecutive weeks by wide receiver Dez Bryant and quarterback Tony Romo have all but drained the fantasy productivity expected from Dallas. Two words on Romo's replacement Brandon Weeden: stay away. Do not take a […]

Heath Miller (TE, PIT) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep Leagues OWNED IN: 46% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Pittsburgh tight end Heath Miller has quietly been one of the best tight ends in the NFL for nearly a decade. In contrast to the new-age, physical freak tight ends like Rob Gronkowski and Jimmy Graham, Miller is a utilitarian player who does everything well […]

Nate Washington (WR, HOU) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Very Deep Leagues OWNED IN: 5% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: The injury bug wastes no time buzzing about this game we call fantasy football. Week One saw Dez Bryant felled for 4-8 weeks with a broken foot. T.Y. Hilton escaped structural knee damage but is still expected to miss a game or two […]

Andy Dalton: He Is What He Is, and a Fantasy Starter He Ain't

Dalton should be considered no more than a serviceable back-up; if he ends up as your starter, something went terribly wrong. Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton was christened “The Red Rifle” soon after entering the league. Dalton was a pleasant surprise his rookie season, as the former second-round pick threw for 3,398 yards and 20 touchdowns while […]

Keenan Allen (WR, SD) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper

BALLER MOVE: Target in Rounds 5-6 as a potential WR2. CURRENT ADP: 54.3 standard/48.8 PPR ANALYSIS: Allen will bounce back from a disappointing sophomore season to re-establish himself as a top-24 fantasy receiver. Opposing defenses didn't sleep on Keenan Allen in 2014. After forfeiting the right to fly under the radar by posting an impressive 71/1,046/8 stat line in his rookie […]