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Logan Thomas - Week 13 Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks
Shaun Draughn the Back to Own in San Fran?
BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep Leagues OWNED IN: 1% owned on Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Perhaps the most available pickup of the week, Draughn was the lead back in San Francisco in Carlos Hyde's absence. Draughn grabbed 20 touches, turning them into 96 total yards in a surprising win over the Atlanta Falcons. Popular week 9 pickup,... Read More
Scoop Up Richard Rodgers if You Need TE Help
BALLER MOVE: Add in Deeper Leagues OWNED IN: 33% owned in Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: The hype surrounding "the other Rodgers" in his rookie season has not come to fruition in his sophomore year. Still, for desperate owners, Rodgers plays with the best QB in the NFL and could start putting together touchdowns if the offense can... Read More
Don't Sleep on This Lion: Eric Ebron
BALLER MOVE: Add in all 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 37% Ownership on Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: In my opinion, the second best waiver option out there for this position is Eric Ebron. Ebron is somehow the 10th highest ranked fantasy tight end and yet only sees ownership in a third of leagues. With Calvin Johnson injured,... Read More
Austin Sefarian-Jenkins a Great Injury Stash
BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues OWNED IN: 50% Ownership on Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: The hardest market to find waiver pickups is always at tight end. ASJ should be returning to the lineup next week (or soon), and should have the highest upside of any tight end you can find on the waivers. The Buccaneers are going... Read More
Antonio Andrews Named Starter for Rest of 2015
OWNED IN: 40% Owned on Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: There probably won't be many weeks this season where Andrews faces a defense nearly as bad as the Saints, but at least when he does you can be sure that he'll be startable. Andrews was recently blessed by Mike Mularkey as the starter for the rest of... Read More
James White/Brandon Bolden: Deep League Additions
BALLER MOVE: Add James White in Deeper Leagues OWNED IN: (White) 19% Owned on Fleaflicker / (Bolden) 19% Owned on Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Dion Lewis is currently undergoing an MRI for what's being called a "loose ACL", whatever that means. As injury news comes out detailing how long Lewis will be out for, the race will be... Read More
James Starks a Must-Own Moving Forward
BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues OWNED IN: 40% Owned on Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: James Starks has been able to outplay top five fantasy pick Eddie Lacy this season - and although it seemed like Lacy had returned last week, Starks was quick to re-establish himself as the best option for the Packers after he was... Read More
Karlos Williams Continues to Reward Owners
BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues OWNED IN: 47% Owned on Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Karlos Williams has been one of the biggest surprises in this year's rookie RB crop. He came out of the draft with nearly no hype (in fact, most of what I've seen on him was negative) and barely saw his stock rise... Read More
Week 9 Deeper Sleepers: Things Are Going to Get Wild
Welcome to our season-long segment at RotoBaller where we will be targeting players owned in 25% or less of Fleaflicker leagues. Week 8 was not kind to fantasy owners or my picks. Le'Veon Bell, Steve Smith Sr., Reggie Bush, Matt Forte, and Ryan Fitzpatrick all went down with injuries, with the first three names out... Read More
FAAB Auction Bidding - Week 9 NFL Waiver Wire Targets
Week 8 was deemed an injury wasteland before the early games were even over. Some notable names that left the field yesterday: LeVeon Bell, Matt Forte, Steve Smith, Reggie Bush, Khiry Robinson, Orleans Darkwa, Larry Donnell, Keenan Allen, Kendall Wright, Eddie Royal, Nate Washington, and Ryan Fitzpatrick. Bell, Smith and Bush are confirmed out for the... Read More
Heath Miller a Great Plug N' Play for Week 9
BALLER MOVE: Add as Bye Week Fill-In OWNED IN: 38% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: The ageless Miller brushed the grey hair out of his eyes this past Sunday and saw the passes coming to him clearly. After catching just 17 balls all season coming into last weekend’s action, Miller shocked the fantasy world (and probably... Read More
Benjamin Watson Continues to Roll
BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues OWNED IN: 42% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Watson was the top tight end to sign up in my column two weeks ago, but most fantasy owners either ignored him or grabbed him for just one week and then dropped him again. Watson is available in more than half of... Read More
Nate Washington a Garbage-Time Stud?
BALLER MOVE: Add in Deeper Leagues OWNED IN: 9% owned on Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: How about a little love for Nate Washington? The 32-year-old wide receiver was simply a favorite target for Brian Hoyer in their brutal loss to the Miami Dolphins on Sunday. Yes, the Houston Texans were literally playing from behind the entire game, but... Read More
Week 7 NFL Recap: Injuries, Breakout Performers & Game by Game Analysis
The most common text I sent this Sunday was “this is by far the ugliest week of football of the year” and I don’t think that’s even up for debate right now. From top to bottom, from Thursday night to Sunday night, nearly every game had some serious flaws. In a weird sort of way,... Read More
Mariota a High Upside Play in Week 8
BALLER MOVE: Start as Bye Week Replacement OWNED IN: 48% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Everyone just saw what Ryan Tannehill did to the Texans right? This will be a morally defeated team. Tannehill’s game was an outlier, but this is still a bad defense that was already allowing the 6th most points to opposing QBs... Read More
Alex Smith a Safe Bye Week Play in Week 8
BALLER MOVE: Play as Bye Week Replacement OWNED IN: 40% of Fleaflicker leagues ANALYSIS: I really wanted to recommend Derek Carr again, but I just can’t do it against the Jets. So I am settling for Alex Smith. All things considered, I felt Smith played very well against the Steelers in Week 7 without Jeremy... Read More
Titans a High Risk/Reward Unit in Week 8
BALLER MOVE: Add as Streamer Defense OWNED IN: 15% Owned on Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: You want a crazy punt play? Here's as crazy as it can get. Brian Hoyer isn't immune to throwing INTs. He also has the 10th highest sack rate in the league right now. The Texans just lost Arian Foster for the season,... Read More
Eric Ebron Roaring for Lions
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12 Team Leagues or Deeper OWNED IN: 33% Owned on Fleaflicker ANALYSIS:There was a lot of hype about Eric Ebron when he entered the draft. Some people even believed he'd have first year value at a position that has almost never had first year value. Obviously, that didn't happen- but now... Read More
Redskins Will Look to Feed Jordan Reed
BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues OWNED IN: 45% Owned on Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Jordan Reed returned to the Redskins in grand fashion with the top scoring performance amongst TE's, putting together 11 catches for 72 yards and two touchdowns. As the only special target on the Redskins, Reed is going to demand targets and continue... Read More
Danny Amendola's Role Growing?
BALLER MOVE: Add in Deeper Leagues OWNED IN: 16% Owned on Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: I don't believe any notion that Amendola is breaking out all over again but the situation might be a lot more positive than we're assuming. Julian Edelman is hurting with drops, Dion Lewis is injured and may continue to stay injured, and... Read More
Stefon Diggs Quickly Ascending WR Ranks
BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues OWNED IN: 38% Owned on Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: He was the #1 priority waiver last week, and it's going to be no different this week. Diggs is on his way to being the waiver WR breakout for the 2015 season and should be owned. Against the Detroit Lions Diggs managed... Read More
Go to the Dark Side with Orleans Darkwa
BALLER MOVE: Add in Very Deep Leagues OWNED IN: 1% Owned on Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: I was really interested in Darkwa entering this season, listing him constantly in my version of the running back depth charts as a player to watch. Last year he saw limited action but in his one game where he got some... Read More
Alfred Blue the Cure to Your Foster Blues
BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues OWNED IN: 48% Owned on Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Arian Foster's 2015 is unfortunately over much earlier than anticipated, and that makes Blue the next man up. Blue was decently ineffective his first time around as the starter, but the offense has changed since then and being optimistic about his potential... Read More
Cutler a Cut Above Other Bye Week Options
BALLER MOVE: Add as Bye Week Replacement OWNED IN: 39% Owned on Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Jay Cutler is returning from a bye-week, just in time to cover yours. Cutler hasn't been killing it this year but has been able to put together some high end QB2 performances since returning from injury. This week he'll face the... Read More
NFL Survivor League Picks – Targets & Avoids (Week 7)
Last week was not the greatest week with the Titans getting blown out and Browns losing in overtime to the Broncos. Week 7 does not get any easier with a couple tough divisional matches. The Bengals, Broncos, Bears, and Packers are on their bye. For those of you unfamiliar with survivor pools it’s very simple;... Read More
Week 7 Deeper Sleepers: Time to Take Stefon Diggs Seriously
Welcome to our season-long segment at RotoBaller where we will be targeting players owned in 25% or less of Fleaflicker leagues. Last week resulted in mixed success for those that followed along. Ryan Fitzpatrick, Ben Watson, and Minnesota D/ST were excellent plays, while Willie Snead had a mediocre game and DeVante Parker was invisible (again).... Read More
Harvard Grad Ryan Fitzpatrick A Smart Play in Week 7
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 22% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: "Fitzmagic" had a rushing touchdown in Week 6, but he still would have been considered a success without it. The Jets have two great receivers to throw to and that has allowed Fitzpatrick to avoid a bad fantasy day all season.... Read More
Benjamin Watson; A Saintly TE Option This Week
BALLER MOVE: Add in Deeper Leagues OWNED IN: 10% Owned on Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Honestly, there aren't good tight end options appearing on the waiver this week. However, for people looking at tight ends, your current options probably aren't very good either. Watson is coming off one of his best games as a pro and has... Read More
Go Big or Go Home with Landry Jones in Week 7
BALLER MOVE: Add in Very Deep Leagues OWNED IN: 0% Owned on Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Landry Jones' viability as a waiver pickup obviously hinges on whether or not Ben Roethlisberger is ready to return this week. If not, here's all that needs to be said about Jones: he plays on an offense that has Le'Veon Bell,... Read More
Brian Hoyer a Diamond in the Rough for Week 7
BALLER MOVE: Add as Bye Week Streamer OWNED IN: 13% Owned on Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: I talked up Brian Hoyer last week, along with his Week 7 opponent Blake Bortles, and both players finished amongst the top 10 scorers in standard QB scoring. Hoyer's going to be up here for another week as he's facing the Dolphins next. DVOA... Read More
