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Chargers vs Chiefs Start 'Em, Sit 'Em: Mike Williams, Juju Smith-Schuster, Austin Ekeler, Josh Palmer, Isiah Pacheco, Gerald Everett
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
Alexander Mattison (RB, MIN) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 2
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 61% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Running backs who are rostered in at least 60% of current leagues are normally excluded from these WW posts. However, there are occasional exceptions when it is beneficial to include a back with expanding availability. This applies to Mattison, whose percentage has... Read More
Kenneth Gainwell (RB, PHI) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 2
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 48% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Gainwell became the featured recommendation during last week’s waiver wire column, in anticipation of his expanded involvement in Philadelphia’s increasingly potent attack. His Week 1 workload was not mammoth, although he has secured a role within the Eagles’ backfield. Gainwell accumulated seven... Read More
Rachaad White (RB, TB) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 2
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 37% of Leagues ANALYSIS: White was the fourth running back to be selected during last April’s NFL draft when Tampa Bay selected him in Round 3. This placed him in a Buccaneer backfield that is utilizing Leonard Fournette as the primary back. However, White has quickly... Read More
Isiah Pacheco (RB, KC) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 2
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 30% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Pacheco accumulated 563 rushing attempts (13.1 per game) and 2,442 yards (56.8 per game), during his career at Rutgers, while also collecting 47 receptions (1.1 per game) and generating 249 yards (5.8 per game) as a receiver. He later became the 24th... Read More
Is Dameon Pierce or Rex Burkhead the Houston Texans Starting RB?
Houston Texans running backs Dameon Pierce and Rex Burkhead were candidates to be the Texans' RB1 in 2022 throughout the offseason, and although Pierce looked to have a clear leg up, Week 1 has muddied the situation. Fantasy managers usually root for the young rookie to supplant the "boring" and "unexciting" veteran, but that's not... Read More
Should I Pickup Darrell Henderson or Jeff Wilson Jr.? Fantasy Football Waiver Wire
After Week 1 concluded, two NFC West running backs, the Rams’ Darrell Henderson Jr. and the 49ers’ Jeff Wilson Jr., who both started the season number two on their respective teams’ depth charts, are among the hottest waiver wire pickups. Wilson is the top trending player on Sleeper, with 1.5 million adds since Sunday. Henderson... 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
Jeff Wilson Jr. (RB, SF) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 2
BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ROSTERED IN: 16% of Leagues ANALYSIS: San Francisco 49ers running back Elijah Mitchell suffered a knee injury on Sunday and is expected to miss two months. With how much the 49ers run, this presents a pretty big opening for snaps for someone. Who will that someone be? Probably Jeff... Read More
Jaylen Warren (RB, PIT) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 2
BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ROSTERED IN: 4% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Heading into the 2022 season, the Steelers backfield belonged to Najee Harris. But after one week, things have changed. Harris suffered a foot injury against the Bengals on Sunday, leaving the game and not returning. It sounds like Harris could be back this... Read More
Is Jamaal Williams A Good Fantasy Football Pickup for Week 2? Waiver Wire Outlook
The Detroit Lions entered the 2022 season with D'Andre Swift installed as their starting running back and Jamaal Williams expected to serve as his backup. Both Swift and Williams came up big in a Week 1 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, with the latter rushing 11 times for 28 yards and two touchdowns while adding... 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
Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups and Free Agent Adds - All Positions
The time for overreaction is nigh. The first week of the NFL season, just like every other, was filled with surprises. It's too soon to say which standout performers are legit and can provide rest-of-season fantasy value. For now, we'll look at players who might be worth consideration on the waiver wire based on very... Read More
FAAB Waiver Wire Bidding - Fantasy Football Pickups to Target for Week 2
RotoBallers, allow me to welcome you to another season of superior FAAB waiver additions over the archaic ways of the past. Week 1 provided plenty of chaos and some key injuries that open up some opportunities moving forward. As always, joining our famous waiver wire pickups list and our weekly fantasy football waiver wire columns by... Read More
Waiver Wire Express - Week 2 Lightning Round
Hello, RotoBallers, and welcome to the first lightning waiver reaction piece of the 2022 season. We're here as a quick reaction force to get key names on your radar. Let's start strong and take our first step towards the title with the waiver wire lightning round heading into Week 2. This column is published early... Read More
The Cut List – Who to Drop for Week 2?
Week One is officially in the books. After an excruciatingly long summer, NFL football is finally back. As glorious as the Sundays are – and they are magnificent, make no mistake about that – the new week brings some painstaking decisions. Fantasy managers looking up and down their lineup are often left with impossible choices.... Read More
Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups List
Welcome RotoBallers to the 2022 NFL season, and our famous Fantasy Football Sleepers and Waiver Wire Pickups List. Use our other lineup tools as well and win big! This is your cheat sheet during drafts or the regular season, for quickly finding mid-to-late round draft values or waiver wire pickups. This same list can be found in... Read More
Running Back Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 2: Top Free Agent Adds Include Jeff Wilson, Jaylen Warren, Khalil Herbert, Isiah Pacheco
As you now read this week’s recommendations from the waiver wire, you have already experienced the first installment of this year’s highly-anticipated regular season matchups. This has provided you with a chance to evaluate the running backs on your rosters as they performed during their season openers. Many of you should be satisfied with the... Read More
Deeper-League Waiver Wire Adds for Week 2: Hayden Hurst, Kyle Philips, Boston Scott, Zack Moss, Donovan Peoples-Jones and more
Welcome to the first deep league waiver wire hunt of the year. These fantasy football waiver wire pickup suggestions are geared toward leagues with deep benches or 14-plus teams, so the obvious Week 1 darlings and obvious pickups such as Jeff Wilson Jr., Jarvis Landry, Dontrell Hilliard, and Isiah Pacheco won't be featured in this... Read More
Top 10 Running Back Studs - Best Fantasy Football RB Performances from Week 1
Week 1 of the 2022 NFL season came and went in a fury while some familiar faces in the running back landscape re-emerged as the potential dominant backs of 2022. As many of the bell-cow types of running backs have become fewer in recent years, those who are left getting the lion's share of their... Read More
Don't Overreact! Underperforming Week 1 Fantasy Football Players Who'll Bounce Back
NFL football is here and Week 1 was full of exciting football—minus the Sunday night game. Relegate the Cowboys. While a lot of stars excelled this week, especially wide receivers like Cooper Kupp and Justin Jefferson, there were some players who we expected to see more from. Below, I'll look at some of the players... Read More
Jamaal Williams (RB, DET) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 2
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 47% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Two players from the Detroit Lions finished Week 1 inside the top-12 at their respective position: WR Amon-Ra St-Brown and RB D'Andre Swift (top-3 pending MNF). So, what makes Jamaal Williams so appealing as to have him featured in the WW weekly... Read More
Khalil Herbert (RB, CHI) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 2
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 41% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Whether this game was a fluke or not, you'd be smart adding Khalil Herbert to your roster before other fantasy GMs catch up and you miss on the opportunity. The consensus opinion is and has always been that of David Montgomery being... Read More
Zack Moss (RB, BUF) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 2
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 7% of Leagues ANALYSIS: I have to assume when the Bills drafted James Cook with a second-round pick they definitely did not envision what happened to the rookie in his first game--actually first snap--as a pro: one snap played, one fumbled, and just one more snap... Read More
Broncos vs. Seahawks Start 'Em, Sit 'Em: Melvin Gordon, D.K. Metcalf, Tyler Lockett, Kenneth Walker, Javonte Williams
Welcome to Week 1 and Monday Night Football! Fellow RotoBallers. It was an exciting Week 1 of NFL and fantasy football action, and we get one more game on Monday night to finish it off. Below you will find our matchups analysis for the Monday Night Football game between the Denver Broncos and the Seattle... Read More
NFL DFS Lineup Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel: Broncos vs. Seahawks MNF Showdown Slate
It's officially Week 1, RotoBallers! I can't believe football is back and I'm extremely excited for this upcoming season. Not only does my favorite team, the Philadelphia Eagles, looking primed to make a serious run to the playoffs, but I'm also super excited for the weekly betting and DFS on the greatest sport in the... Read More
