Key Starters and Tough Calls - Lineup Spotlights for Fantasy Football Week 2
Every week, I share some of my favored choices and players to go with when dealing with challenging lineup decisions. These selections are based on my Premium Weekly Lineup Rankings, available as part of the RotoBaller NFL Premium Pass. Enter promo code KING at checkout for a discount and get access to my ranks in all formats, plus... Read More
DraftKings CFB DFS Lineup Picks: Week 3 Daily College Fantasy Football - Saturday Late Night (9/17/22)
Had enough? I didn't think so! I could really get used to this! Our nightcap on this Saturday features a rather large five-game slate with a pair of top-15 teams on it and a top-five team...in FCS. That's right...we have the fabled Bison on a DFS slate finally! They visit the Wildcats in Arizona in... Read More
DraftKings CFB DFS Lineup Picks: Week 2 Daily College Fantasy Football - Saturday Prime Time (9/17/22)
The fun doesn't end with the main slate! It never does, right? We have a beautiful selection of games on this slate, including a personal favorite: UTSA in Austin playing Texas. Texas Tech heading to Raleigh is impressive as well. The Spartans a road dog to unranked Washington? Oh yeah! I want some of that... Read More
FanDuel NFL DFS Lineup Picks for Week 2 - Daily Fantasy Football
Week 1 began with the Bills handling the Rams on Thursday night. On Sunday, the excitement continued, with the Browns narrowly defeating Baker Mayfield and the Carolina Panthers. Of course, then there was the injury to long-snapper Clark Harris, causing issues in Cincinnati's kicking game and allowing the Steelers to pick up an overtime win.... Read More
Fantasy Football Dynasty Watch: Breakout CFB Performances From Week 2
We have a new piece here at RotoBaller to highlight those college football players that are turning heads at the collegiate level that could be playing for your favorite team, and fantasy team, sometime very soon. You don't want the first time you hear of a player being their name called at the NFL draft,... Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The King's Week 2 Lineup Rankings and Analysis (Premium Content)
Scott "The King" Engel issues his full Week 2 lineup rankings in PPR, Half-PPR, and Standard formats. He also includes analysis of key players at each position. The rankings will continue to be updated as news breaks prior to Sunday's games. Following the positional analysis below you'll see the rankings widget. Enter KING at checkout to... Read More
Coaching Matters: Offensive Outliers From Week 1
This is the third year of this series where I dive into offensive areas that will improve or decline based on past coaching trends in order to glean insight as to fantasy football value. In Week 1, we saw stat lines such as the Washington Commanders' wide receiver room combining for four receiving touchdowns, the New Orleans... Read More
Is Mac Jones Hurt or Healthy? Is Mac Jones Playing in Week 2 for Fantasy Football?
New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones was apparently dealing with a back injury in the Week 1 loss to the Miami Dolphins. His ailment could be an explanation for a lackluster offensive showing for New England, so this is worth monitoring moving forward. Although Jones showed some flashes of upside in his rookie season, we... Read More
What's Gotten Into Washington? Commanders Fantasy Football Outlooks
Not only did the Washington Commanders win their game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 1, but their skill players also had good fantasy performances as well. The Commanders spent much of the off-season being ridiculed for their new moniker and most experts expected them to be a below-average football team. But as much time... Read More
Is Carson Wentz A Good Fantasy Football Pickup for Week 2? Waiver Wire Outlook
Carson Wentz played just like Carson Wentz does in Week 1. Wentz had his moments of brilliance where he showed why he was drafted second overall in the 2016 NFL draft. He made some pinpoint passes to shred the Jacksonville Jaguars defense for 313 yards and four touchdowns. Wentz looked energized quarterbacking a new team... Read More
Chargers vs Chiefs Start 'Em, Sit 'Em: Mike Williams, Juju Smith-Schuster, Austin Ekeler, Josh Palmer, Isiah Pacheco, Gerald Everett
Welcome to Week 2! Last week, we went 2-0 with our picks against the spread and on the over/under. Let’s not slow down as we head into arguably the best matchup of the week for fantasy football fans. After shaking off the remaining ghosts from last season, Justin Herbert and company head over to Arrowhead.... Read More
DraftKings CFB DFS Lineup Picks: Friday Week 3 Daily College Fantasy Football (9/16/22)
It has been quite a start to the 2022 college football season. We are starting to learn more about teams and players. One coach has already been fired. And that was after two weeks! We have another two-gamer on Friday night, but they are both conference games and both should be hotly contested. We begin... Read More
Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers - Week 2
Week 1 of the 2022 NFL season is officially in the books. We finally have real data to dissect. Overreactions will undoubtedly be made, but there's also a lot of good information we can use to help make decisions as we head into Week 2 and beyond. In this weekly column, we'll be looking at... Read More
Offensive Line Champs and Chumps - Fantasy Football Matchups To Target, Avoid (Week 2)
Week 1 of the NFL season has come and gone and we can finally break down some actual NFL film and data. It was a slow start for offenses across the league with 11 of 16 games going under on the projected Vegas totals. Part of that problem stemmed from some questionable offensive line play... Read More
Is It Already Time to Bail on the Bay? 49ers Fantasy Football Outlooks
Considering the expectations for the San Francisco 49ers and the fantasy totals their players were projected to produce, Week 1 could not have gone much worse for their fans and investors. Playing on a field that had to be regularly squeegeed like a windshield covered in bugs, Trey Lance and company were disappointing in a... Read More
NFL DFS Lineup Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings - Chargers vs Chiefs TNF Showdown
Welcome back, RotoBallers! It's so nice that football is back, and we're back at it again with some Week 2 Thursday Night Football DFS lineups. We have one of the more fun matchups on a Thursday night, as the Chargers head into Kansas City to take on the Chiefs. It should be electric, high-scoring matchup... Read More
Week 2 Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Football Pickups Include Tyler Boyd, DJ Chark, Joshua Palmer, Rachaad White, Rex Burkhead
Welcome to Week 2 RotoBallers! We finally made it to Week 1, and it did not disappoint as we were treated to an action-packed weekend filled with big fantasy football performances, disappointments and of course injuries. As always we're here to help you sift through it. Each week our NFL team puts out a complete... Read More