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I am a fantasy baseball and football fanatic. I've been playing for 8 years now and I like to think I learn more every year. I grew up a Yankees fan but came to appreciate the sport as a whole. Follow my Twitter for more sports updates @LopsidedTrades
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Zach - RotoBaller has written 314 articles so far, you can find them below.
Nick Foles (QB, STL) - Waiver Wire Analysis
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues / Week 2 Matchup Stream OWNED IN: 34% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: I can't lie, I didn't expect anything out of Nick Foles against the Seahawks. Even with some overtime, his 297 yards and no interceptions were extremely impressive. He did lose two fumbles, but saved his fantasy day with a rushing... Read More
Colin Kaepernick (QB, SF) - Waiver Wire Analysis
BALLER MOVE: Add as Backup QB / Week 2 Matchup Stream OWNED IN: 57% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Kaepernick is above 50% as of this writing, but once the waiver period passes, I'm guessing that a lot of people will be dropping Kaep to pick up Marcus Mariota or maybe even a guy like Alex Smith or Andy... Read More
Week 2 Quarterbacks: Waiver Wire Pickups, Sleepers & Streamers
The first week of the season was good to me. Both Alex Smith and Andy Dalton had top ten days, and my deeper league pickup Tyrod Taylor exceeded my expectations as well. I'll look to continue that success in Week Two. On the bright side, we do have meaningful data in real games to work... Read More
Tyrod Taylor (QB, BUF) - Waiver Wire Analysis
BALLER MOVE: Stash in Two-QB Leagues / Backup QB in Deeper Leagues OWNED IN: 15% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Taylor is a bit of a wildcard, having never started a game in his career. He has played extensively just once, but he did flash fantasy potential in that one game. He played the majority of Baltimore’s 2012... Read More
Week 1 Fantasy Football Rankings: Standard and PPR Analysis
What's up RotoBallers. We've finally made it, the NFL and fantasy football seasons are right around the corner. To celebrate, today we are bringing you our Week 1 fantasy football rankings to help prepare you for your opening weekend matchups. Below you will find both PPR rankings and standard league rankings for Week 1, brought to you by Zach... Read More
Week 1 NFL Matchups Analysis: Start/Sit for Fantasy Football (Part 1)
Zach Wilkens breaks down the first half of the Week 1 matchups for the 2015 NFL football season. Each week of the NFL season, we will be breaking down each of the NFL matchups and providing you with some fantasy football advice and lineup recommendations based on matchups that we love, matchups that we hate, and some high-risk/high-reward players, as... Read More
Live Q&A Recap - Fantasy Football Draft Strategy Advice with Zach Wilkins & Bobby Koch (9/9)
Live Fantasy Football Lineups and Start/Sit Q&A RotoBaller writer and lead NFL columnist Zach Wilkins (@LopsidedTrades), along with Bobby Koch (@RekedFantasy), answer all of your fantasy football questions every Wednesday night all through the fantasy football season. Zach and Bobby have been studying tape all summer to prepare for the NFL season and help you win your fantasy leagues!... Read More
Week 1 Quarterbacks: Waiver Wire Pickups, Sleepers & Streamers
The regular season is right around the corner and we know you're just as excited as us! As someone who likes to wait on a QB on draft day and plays in multiple 2QB leagues, I will be scouring the waiver for the best streaming QBs on a weekly basis. For this article I will... Read More
Alex Smith (QB, KC) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Target in Later Rounds as 2nd QB / Matchup Streamer CURRENT ADP: 162 STD, 211 PPR ANALYSIS: The new and improved Chiefs offense gives Alex Smith a legitimate WR1 in Jeremy Maclin, plus an emerging star receiver and tight end in Travis Kelce. They also have potential impact players in WRs Albert Wilson and Chris Conley. For these... Read More
Andy Dalton (QB, CIN) – 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Target in Later Rounds for QB1 Upside / Matchup Streamer CURRENT ADP: 188 STD, 168 PPR ANALYSIS: Andy Dalton is probably my favorite streaming QB for Week 1. He is also being drafted very late, but has the upside to return more production that his cost. Dalton struggled tremendously in his preseason Week 2 game against the Buccaneers... Read More
Kendall Wright (WR, TEN) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Target in Rounds 11- 13 Current ADP: 123 STD, 106 PPR ANALYSIS: Even with sub-par quarterback play from Ryan Fitzpatrick, Jake Locker, Zach Mettenberger and Charlie Whitehurst, Kendall Wright still managed to put up 1,079 and 715 yards in his second and third seasons, respectively. With Mettenberger, Wright was on pace for over 1,000 yards... Read More
DeVante Parker (WR, MIA) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Target in Rounds 12-14 Current ADP: 149 STD, 117 PPR ANALYSIS: DeVante Parker has a history of injuries, but he should still debut early in the season. His size and speed, combined with his college production -- 140 yards per game over six games as a senior -- make him a solid weapon. Should Ryan Tannehill... Read More
Larry Fitzgerald (WR, ARI) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Target in Rounds 8-10 Current ADP: 94 STD, 87 PPR ANALYSIS: Larry Fitzgerald understandably struggled with Drew Stanton and Ryan Lindley at quarterback last season. However, in the six starts made by Carson Palmer, Fitzgerald managed five catches for 80 yards and two touchdowns. Fitzgerald is not what he used to be, but he should... Read More
Tyler Eifert (TE, CIN) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Target Towards End of Mid Rounds CURRENT ADP: Overall #178 / TE #22 ANALYSIS: Eifert is a guy I’ve talked about before, but he is worth writing about again. Despite the fact that I have seen some buzz around Eifert in the fantasy community and that his Fantasy Pros consensus rank is TE11, Eifert’s... Read More
Richard Rodgers (TE, GB) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Target In Last Rounds or as Waiver Pickup CURRENT ADP: Overall #298 / TE #29 ANALYSIS: I was pretty bummed when Jordy Nelson went down with a torn ACL. He is a fantastically productive receiver that was Aaron Rodgers's favorite red zone target. With a QB as talented as Rodgers though, nearly all... Read More
Live Q&A Recap - Fantasy Football Draft Strategy Advice with Zach Wilkins & Bobby Koch (9/2)
Live Fantasy Football Draft Prep Q&A RotoBaller writer and lead NFL columnist Zach Wilkins (@LopsidedTrades), along with Bobby Koch (@RekedFantasy), answer all of your fantasy football questions every Wednesday night through the NFL preseason, and all through the fantasy football season. Zach and Bobby have been studying tape all summer to prepare for the NFL season and help you win... Read More
Brandon Coleman (WR, NO) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Target In Late Rounds of 14 Team Leagues CURRENT ADP: Overall #233 / WR #74 ANALYSIS: There has been a lot of buzz about Brandon Coleman over the past couple of weeks so I wouldn’t be surprised if his current ADP is actually quite a bit higher than what is listed. When you are... Read More
Matt Jones (RB, WAS) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Add In 14+ Team Leagues CURRENT ADP: Overall #228 / RB #71 ANALYSIS: Matt Jones wasn’t big on my radar until the Redskins took him in the third round despite the steady production of Alfred Morris. Per Player Profiler, Jones isn’t very athletic (SPARQ-x score in the 48th percentile) and wasn’t very dominant... Read More
Blake Bortles (QB, JAX) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Target in Late Rounds of 2QB Leagues CURRENT ADP: Overall #221, QB #26 ANALYSIS: Blake Bortles has looked like a much improved quarterback this entire preseason, and it was most apparent in week three against the Detroit Lions. He played the majority of the game with his starting receivers (Though Marqise Lee and Julius Thomas... Read More
Jeremy Maclin (WR, Chiefs) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Target In Rd 4/5 As WR2 CURRENT ADP: Overall #56, WR #25 ANALYSIS: Alex Smith made 18 throws against the Titans and completed 16 of them in week three of preseason. Seven of those completions were to his new WR1, Jeremy Maclin. That led to a 7-65-1 line for Maclin in just 27 snaps. The... Read More
Live Fantasy Football Draft Prep Q&A with Zach Wilkens and Bobby Koch (9/2)
Thursday Evening – Live Fantasy Football Draft Prep Q&A RotoBaller writer and Lead NFL columnist Zach Wilkens (@LopsidedTrades) and Bobby Koch (@RekedFantasy) will be answering all of your fantasy football questions and talking football every Wednesday night until the end of the NFL season. Tonight’s chat is happening Wednesday September 2nd at 8:00 PM EST. Draft Prep, sleepers, rankings, dynasty questions... Read More
Jeremy Maclin (WR, KC) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Target in Rounds 4-6 Current ADP: 56 STD, 49 PPR ANALYSIS: Alex Smith's super conservative pass attack has had a lot to do with a dreadful receiver corps. Smith has never had a 1,000-yard receiver over one season, but in his final sixteen games as a starter with the 49ers between 2011-12, Michael... Read More
Fantasy Football Stock Rising / Falling After Preseason Week 3
The third week of the preseason is usually the most important. For the most part, this is the one week where coaches keep their starters in for an extended period of time and we get a long look at the first team offense. That held true this past week. By my count we saw 17... Read More
Four Deeper Sleepers to Target in 2015 Fantasy Football Drafts
I love late round fliers. What’s not to like? They are your last few picks on draft day (besides DEF/K) so there is very little risk involved, and if they hit, you look like a fantasy football genius. If they don’t hit, you just cut them and move on to the hot waiver pickup of the... Read More
Rueben Randle (WR, NYG) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Target in Rounds 15-16 Current ADP: 205 STD, 167 PPR ANALYSIS: In the midst of Odell Beckham Jr's insane rookie season, Reuben Randle had himself a mini breakout of his own as the Giants WR2. Randle posted a respectable line of 71-938-3, which put him as the WR35 for the season. Last season, he had... Read More
Five Undervalued Wide Receivers to Draft: ADP Value Picks
If you’ve been reading my articles this preseason, you know I am a big fan of waiting on wide receiver this year. There are just so many good values at the position throughout the draft. Early this preseason I wrote an article on the zero WR strategy which is a good overview explaining my love... Read More
Fantasy Football Draft Strategy Advice - Live Q&A Recap with Zach Wilkins (8/27)
Live Fantasy Football Draft Prep Q&A RotoBaller writer and lead NFL columnist Zach Wilkins (@LopsidedTrades) answers all of your fantasy football questions every Thursday night through the NFL preseason, and all through the fantasy football season. Zach has been studying tape all summer to prepare for the NFL season and help you win your fantasy leagues! Last night he held... Read More
Brandon Bolden (RB, NE) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Target in Last Round CURRENT ADP: 296 STD, 304 PPR ANALYSIS: In college at Mississippi, Brandon Bolden averaged over 10 yards per catch in each of his four seasons. In three seasons with the Patriots, Bolden has scored six touchdowns on 164 touches. When Shane Vereen went down with a fractured wrist in 2013, Bolden saw... Read More
Live Fantasy Football Draft Prep Q&A with Zach Wilkins (8/27)
Thursday Evening – Live Fantasy Football Draft Prep Q&A RotoBaller writer and Lead NFL columnist Zach Wilkins (@LopsidedTrades) will be answering all of your fantasy football questions and talking football every Thursday night until the end of the NFL season. Tonight's chat is happening Thursday August 27th at 8:00 PM EST. Draft Prep, sleepers, rankings, dynasty questions -- Ed has been... Read More
Preseason Week 2: Fantasy Football Stock Rising and Falling
Every single week of the preseason players are making the most of their opportunities and catching the attention of their coaches and fantasy analysts alike. At the same time, other players are getting hurt and making mistakes that can jeopardize their playing time and fantasy relevance. Week two of the preseason was certainly not without... Read More
