Week 2 PPR Rankings for Fantasy Football: Austin Ekeler, Alvin Kamara, Aaron Jones, Cam Akers, Tee Higgins, Mike Williams, Kyle Pitts
Week 1 came and went, and hopefully you were able to lock up a win! We're back again with our Week 2 fantasy football PPR rankings for fantasy football, as of September 15th. Our goal as always is to help you set those winning lineups, so let's see where key players like Austin Ekeler, Alvin... Read More
Sneaky Starts, Pivot Plays and Post-Waiver Pickups for Week 2
After months of watching prospect tape, debating free agent signings and draft picks, and plenty of debates – the fantasy football season returned in grand fashion in Week 1! Whether you won or lost or even tied, you have to admit that it was awesome having football, particularly fantasy, back in our lives. Now it's... Read More
Fantasy Football Week 2 Busts? Players Who May Disappoint: Dameon Pierce, Brandin Cooks, James Robinson, Pat Freiermuth
Welcome to Week 2 RotoBallers! After some players sent fantasy managers into an early panic after disappointing performances in Week 1 (Najee Harris and Aaron Jones), we need to realize that it is still early and these poor performances aren't as meaningful as one may think. Heading into the second week of action, it is... Read More
Break The Slate: Week 2 DraftKings NFL DFS Lineup Picks (2022)
Hello RotoBallers and welcome back to Break The Slate! A huge word of thanks to my good friend "Thunder" Dan Palyo for covering for me in Week 1. It's no surprise that Dan knocked it out of the park with his selections in the season-opening slate. So, the pressure has been firmly applied as we... Read More
Fantasy Football Start Em, Sit Em - Week 2 Matchups Analysis
Welcome back RotoBallers to our Week 2 matchups analysis and Start Em, Sit Em column for fantasy football. Week 1 provided us with many surprises and outstanding performances, all of which we'll consider as we prepare for Week 2. For those who are unfamiliar, each week we'll be analyzing every game from the Sunday slate, helping... Read More
The (L)Earning Curve Sports Betting Podcast - Week Two Monday Night Football Preview
Thunder Dan Palyo (@ThunderDanDFS) and Eric Samulski (@SamskiNYC) preview the two Monday night football games in Week Two and give their initial recommendations for spread bets, over/under bets, and money line bets. Be sure to also tune into RotoBaller Radio on SiriusXM (channel 87) - every weekday morning between 6-7 AM ET, Saturdays from 3-5 PM,... Read More
Booms and Busts - Fantasy Football Starts and Sits for Week 2 Lineups
Week 1 of the 2022 NFL season has come and gone. With it comes a little more clarity when it comes to player evaluation. Some players saw usage a little higher than anticipated and others were a bit of a disappointment as well. Heading into the week, the assumption was that the Rams backfield would... Read More
Free MLB Betting Picks - Today's Best Bets, Expert Predictions, Odds (9/15/22)
Happy Friday, RotoBallers, we're back for another weekend of MLB betting picks! Make sure you're following my Twitter, as I can't guarantee that I'll always be able to get the added plays written here in the article, but I will typically add whatever else I'm playing throughout the day. The entire RotoBaller team has been... Read More
Week 2 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings
We say this every year, but… man, that Week 1 was weird! We saw potential stars unexpectedly benched (Kadarius Toney and Cam Akers). We saw numerous fantasy-relevant QBs play like they were passing kidney stones (Joe Burrow, Dak Prescott, Tom Brady, Trey Lance, etc.). We also saw some of the highest drafted players in all... Read More
Quarterback Starts/Sits for Week 2 - QB vs. Pass Rush Matchups for Lineup Decisions
Week 2 is here, and the NFL season is finally underway. Through one week, the Seattle Seahawks are atop the NFC West, and the AFC South went winless in Week 1 despite two of the teams playing each other. The NFL really is back when these are real storylines and not made up. Due to... Read More
Rest of Season Half-PPR Rankings: Fantasy Football Top 200 for Week 2
We've got one week of football to react to so how about we mix things up with some rest-of-season rankings? We want to help you craft the best roster imaginable, so today we present Week 2 fantasy football half-PPR rankings for the rest of 2022, as of September 15th. Check where key players shifted to,... Read More
DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (9/16/22): Today's Top MLB DFS Lineups
Fridays are big MLB DFS days and offer a nice respite from the NFL, who command our attention on Thursdays, Sundays, and Mondays. This slate, like most Friday slates, is a big one as all MLB teams are in action today and 28 of those teams are on tonight's 14-game DFS slate. This was a... Read More
Week 2 IDP Start Em, Sit Em - Streamers and Fades for Fantasy Football Defensive Players
Week 1 was incredibly inconsistent for fantasy managers and analysts alike. One of our favorite boom prospects (Kyle Hamilton) barely saw the field, and one of our busts (Tremaine Edmunds) barely hit the over on our bet against him registering double-digit tackles, though he did fail to produce a big play as we anticipated. Luckily,... Read More
Wide Receiver Snap Counts and Target Trends - Risers and Fallers for Week 2 (2022)
You are already aware that wide receivers will play a critical role in the success of your teams. The undeniable volatility that exists with the running back position has also presented an increasing rationale for prioritizing wide receivers when you build your rosters - both at the onset of your drafts and as you manage... Read More
Fantasy Football Flukes Or Gold Mines? Eight Performances From Week 1
We all know that in fantasy football we should not overreact too much after Week 1, but a handful of players really stood out. It does not feel good to miss the opportunity to add a breakout player, and even worse watch that player beat you in an upcoming matchup. So we are here today... Read More
Fantasy Football Warning Signals for Week 2: Tom Brady, Najee Harris, Christian Kirk
This is only the second week of fantasy football, but every lineup decision is important to your team’s success. You either want to change your fortunes from last week if you lost or keep the success train rolling if you won your first match-up Roster moves are important even this early in the season. Monitoring... Read More
Snap Counts, Touches and Usage Analysis for Fantasy Football Week 2
Typically, this article series takes the recent snap and touch history of skill players into account but given that we are merely one week into the season, there is not much of a sample to work with! Nevertheless, Week 1 saw a litter of players across the league see curious usage and that is always... Read More
NFL Survivor Pool Picks (Week 2) - Targets and Avoids
Mayhem in Week 1. About 60 percent of many survivor pools were eliminated thanks to losses by the 49ers, Bengals, Titans, Broncos and a tie from the Colts. Imagine the damage if the Saints didn't score 17 points in the final 11 minutes including a 51-yard field goal with 19 seconds left. This carnage isn't... Read More
Video: Defense (DST) Starts, Studs and Sleepers for Fantasy Football Week 2 (2022)
The 2022 fantasy football season continues with our Week 2 defenses (DST) to start or fade. Eric Samulski (@SamskiNYC) presents his Pick 3(DST), which gives you three defenses he likes in the upcoming week and one defense that he thinks you should avoid based on their current ranking. Some of these defenses can be found... Read More
Finding Tight End Breakouts for Fantasy Football – Cracking the Code for Week 2
Last year I approached RotoBaller asking to write a weekly tight end article on their utilization metrics, hoping to find some underlining hints on certain players that might pop in the future or that we should be writing off. They gave me the green light and here we are. I knew going into this article... Read More
Down and Out in Dallas - Fantasy Outlook for the Cowboys Without Dak Prescott
The final minutes of the Sunday Night Football contest between Dallas and Tampa Bay was a quintessential example of injury being added to insult. The Cowboys were atrocious on offense all night, scoring all of three points, bringing the boo birds out even as quarterback Dak Prescott was jogging to the locker room before the... Read More
Top Hitter Streamers and Starts for Fantasy Baseball - Week 24
There are only two weeks left of fantasy baseball! It's going to be very sad when the season comes to an end, but the impending end of the season means that these are the most important, and therefore most fun weeks of the year – for those of you still competing, at least. I have... Read More
Tap That: Episode #73: McMann Up
Brady Grove hosts the full-card rundown for the official RotoBaller MMA podcast, "Tap That", bringing you analysis of each fight and picks for DFS and straight-up wagers. In addition to this podcast, you can catch our team discussing other sports and topics as well. Like and subscribe to the RotoBaller channel on Youtube to get... Read More
Closers and Saves Waiver Wire Report for Fantasy Baseball - Week 23
Another mostly quiet bullpen week as we wind down to the end of the season. After a wild season that routinely saw bullpens all over the league lose their collective metaphorical minds multiple times a week, we're now two weeks into a very quiet period. It's either the calm before the storm or finally a... Read More
NFL Betting Picks For Week 2 - Best Bets, Expert Odds and Predictions
We got off to a positive start for the 2022 NFL season, going 2-1 including a +118 money line whit with the Browns winning in walk-off field goal style over the Panthers. I'll continue to look for these +EV moneyline plays as the season rolls on, but finding value earlier in the season is much... Read More
Draft Room 101: Keys to Building a Contending Roster
Ask anybody that plays a fantasy sport what the best part of the season really is, and most of them will say it's the draft itself. Almost all of us know why too. Not unlike when you were a kid and got to be a captain for dodgeball on the playground, picking your own team... Read More
Week 2 NFL Stacks for DraftKings, FanDuel
It was a decent start to the NFL season for me from a DFS prognostication standpoint. My Jalen Hurts-to-A.J. Brown advice was sound, Miami’s passing attack played well, Michael Thomas looked strong, and Saquon Barkley ended up exceeding expectations. However, none of my lineups had all the right pieces fit together, so I didn't have... Read More
College Football Betting Picks: Against The Spread 9-16-22 And Week 2 Results
We had 47 FBS vs. FBS games again in Week 2, and boy were there some great ones! Even the FCS had a good week with Eastern Kentucky beating Bowling Green in SEVEN overtimes. I hope you got to watch that one. It was great, and not just because I picked EKU as my FCS... Read More
DraftKings CFB DFS Lineup Picks: Week 3 Daily College Fantasy Football - Saturday Main Slate (9/17/22)
Week 3 features a good old-fashioned rivalry that was ruined by the Big 12, then ruined for good when Nebraska bolted to the Big Ten(14) to be bullied by Ohio State instead of Texas. Like they thought there was a difference between the two... There are 12 other games on the main slate aside from... Read More