IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 2
I woke up on a bright Monday morning in a cabin adorned with photos of Tibetan people and locations, prayer flags, and masks. I pulled out my phone and pulled up the Red Zone Network. Although I was lying in a sleeping bag on a wooden bed under a wool blanket, I couldn't have been... Read More
IDP Leagues Waiver Wire Pickups and Streamers for Fantasy Football: Week 1
So you took my advice and drafted Blake Martinez as a great value linebacker in the 15th round. Now Martinez is on the street without a team, and you are without a linebacker--at least until Martinez finds a new home. Blame me. Or maybe it wasn’t my fault. Maybe you were banking on Harold Landry... Read More
Week 1 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings
It's time again for big men in pads to grapple and hit each other while we (the fans) pretend there's nothing homo-erotic about it at all! That's right, the NFL season is beginning in just two days! That means it's time for our weekly IDP Positional Rankings to be reborn. But before we get to... Read More
Updated IDP Rankings for Fantasy Football Drafts: Top NFL Defensive Players - T.J Watt, Devin White, Micah Parsons, Nick Bosa
Welcome back to more of RotoBaller's fantasy football rankings for your 2022 drafts prep. Today we're looking at our revised 2022 fantasy football IDP rankings, specifically focused for IDP formats, as of August 19th. Three of RotoBaller's lead fantasy football IDP analysts - Pierre Camus, Chris Gregory, and Mitchell Blatt - have put together their... Read More
Introducing RotoBaller’s Standard IDP Scoring System and IDP Players to Target
Earlier this summer, I was given a tough mission. I was asked to come up with an IDP scoring system to use as a standard for doing analysis for RotoBaller. Now we are three weeks away from NFL kickoff. If you haven't set the scoring in your IDP league, you have to get on it.... Read More
IDP Draft Bargains and Busts for Fantasy Football - Linebackers Edition
With the offseason finally slipping into our rearview mirror, we at RotoBaller want to give IDP managers an early look at how each defensive position is playing out in the fantasy realm. To do that, we will look at how IDP analysts and managers value players at every defensive position. Based on that, we will... Read More
2022 IDP Rankings - Top 125 Defensive Players for Fantasy Football
Welcome RotoBallers to more fantasy football rankings! In this article you'll see our NFL team's updated 2022 fantasy football IDP rankings (top 125) for IDP formats. For anyone who may not be familiar with fantasy football IDP leagues, this type of league format requires that individual defensive players (IDP) get drafted by fantasy football managers.... Read More
Rookies Ready to Start in IDP Leagues - Kyle Hamilton, Devin Lloyd, Nakobe Dean, and more
Towards the latter part of the 2021 season, we advised our regular IDP readers that the 2022 NFL Draft class would be a bit of an outlier. We warned that those playing in standard or Superflex dynasty leagues should try to trade their 2022 assets for comparable 2023 picks if possible because the quarterback and... Read More
Week 18 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings
In our IDP Waivers column earlier this week, we offered you a bare-bones account of which NFL teams worried us going into the NFL's Seventh Day (aka the week of rest). In that bare-bones account, we promised to offer you more details and insight into which teams may cost you valuable fantasy snaps on defense.... Read More
IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 18
With Week 18 finally upon us, a vast majority of you are done with your fantasy season. It's increasingly common for most custom fantasy football leagues to avoid the final week in any NFL season for fear of a fantasy championship being influenced by stars on top-seeded teams being rested before their playoffs. It's typically... Read More
Week 17 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings
Yet another development in the NFL’s COVID drama occurred this week, with the league again changing its position on when COVID positive players are eligible to play. It is a development that looks great on paper, as both vaccinated and unvaccinated players can get back on the field faster. Still, it's also a change that... Read More
IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 17
Many were excited by the news. You had waited all week for news on the best fantasy DB in the game, and finally they told you what you wanted to hear. Derwin James was active again! Rejoice, for he is an automatic starter the second he’s activated. Right? As those who follow my Twitter timeline may... Read More
Week 16 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings
Before you even ask, yes, we are aware that our COVID-centered intros are becoming a bit of a broken record. That said, we must keep coming back to this particular record because it continues to be the biggest factor in fantasy football right now. While COVID went much of this year without impacting any NFL... Read More
IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 16
This past NFL weekend was one of the most frustrating in recent memory, especially considering it was a playoff matchup for most fantasy managers. The superstars who put up putrid numbers for playoff managers include the legendary Tom Brady, Michael Pittman Jr., Alvin Kamara, Taysom Hill, Ja’Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, Najee Harris, Micah Parsons, Derwin... Read More
Week 15 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings
I will be the absolute first in the world to say this, but COVID-19 isn’t great. In fact, at the risk of being controversial, I’ll say COVID is bad! I know that’s a hot take, but I’m sticking with it. If COVID were a food, it’d be the equivalent of taking a wonderful Taco Bell... Read More
IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 15
As most fantasy managers enter into their playoffs, more and more of you are going to take note of “nagging” injuries that follow your stars into matchups. This is especially true after most of us watched banged-up stars enter and leave games early over the past few weeks. Situations in which players like T.J. Watt... Read More
Week 14 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings
This past Sunday, the Texans' Kamu Grugier-Hill and the 49ers’ Azeez Al-Shaair put in two of the best fantasy performances of the season. Few casual fans knew who these players were, and only a few more know who they are now, but IDP managers are taking notice of these players. With breakouts like this, we... Read More
IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 14
As we’ve discussed in the past, this IDP Waiver column is intended to help everyone who enjoys the IDP format. That means we offer additions for those in standard IDP formats and those who play in deeper fare. We also strive not to repeat ourselves too much and to give you a variety of options... Read More
Week 13 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings
Most of us remember the unprecedented disaster that was Week 6 of the 2021 NFL season. That perfect storm of bye weeks rendered countless offensive stars unavailable, forcing some to start backups at every position on their team. Remember that? Well, Week 13 could be even worse for IDP managers. This week we lose Myles... Read More
IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 13
As most of you know, this year marks the latest attempt by the NFL to turn your pockets inside out as they suck the last crumbs of dignity from your soul. I mean, this is the first 17-game regular season the NFL has ever seen. With this wonderful change comes an extra day of delicious... Read More
Week 12 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings
Thanksgiving without football is something many of us have never had to experience. The Detroit Lions have been Turkey Day mainstays since 1934, and the Dallas Cowboys since 1966. So few of us have even experienced a Thanksgiving without pigskin…and yet some have mixed feelings about the fantasy implications of three games on Thursday. This... Read More
IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 12
We all do it. We get overconfident in our projections and we start making calls we shouldn’t. Whether you’re a desperate manager who started Tua and his terrific matchup over a "slumping" Aaron Rodgers this week, or a cheap dad who thinks Dr. Thunder is the same as Dr. Pepper (it isn't), everyone makes these... Read More
Week 11 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings
If you play in a long-standing keeper or dynasty league, now is the stage at which you commit to one of two things. You are either tuning your contender like an F1 going into Monaco, or you are scrapping it for parts. If you aren't doing one of these two things in dynasty, then you're... Read More
IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 11
It happens every NFL season. It’s something we warned you against early in these columns and it’s something few find attractive on a dating profile. It’s something most children and many adults struggle with until the day they die, and no, we are not talking about IBS. It's called impatience. Others may know it as... Read More
Week 10 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings
As we enter Week 10, we find ourselves more than halfway through the fantasy football season. That means some of you are in the thick of a final playoff push, while many others have begun rebuilding their dynasty rosters. For those out of the race and looking to hoard young assets, now is a good... Read More
IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 10
After a Week 9 that many might call the "Week that went wrong," IDP managers must be baffled. Namely, managers and experts have to ask themselves how some of the NFL's brightest pass-blocking units suddenly collapsed on themselves like dying stars at the center of a fake universe. Seriously, what transpired on Sunday was more... Read More
Week 9 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings
Earlier this week, we handed out some fancy awards to our waiver-eligible defenders. You have no idea how fancy these were. They were presented in a decorated affair for which men donned their flashiest tuxedos and women their most revealing pantsuits. There was a red carpet, several very unimportant individuals considered attending, and fun was... Read More
IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 9
With Week 8 in our rearview and nearly half the season done, this is an excellent time for us to consider some of the most disappointing and most surprising fantasy defenders this year. What better way to address that ever-popular issue than with our first-ever Mid-Season IDP Waiver Wire Awards?! With that in mind, we... Read More
Week 8 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings
If you want an idea of just how valuable fantasy defenders can be, look no further than Antonio Gibson…. While this statement may seem odd at first glance, just consider that Gibson (PPR's RB16) is outscoring the RB30 in PPR scoring by 25%. Now consider that T.J. Watt is outscoring fantasy’s DL9 by 23%, while... Read More