Running backs are the rocks of fantasy football teams, but they are not without risk. One of the most volatile positions due to injuries and teams using a committee approach, avoiding a bust at the position has become paramount to drafters. While you can't control your stud running back getting hurt, or getting benched for fumbling, you can control the risks you take when drafting early round backs. Here are three that should be avoided unless you want to end up with a bust on your team. [...]

BALLER MOVE: Target ~105 CURRENT ADP: ~115 ANALYSIS: Kelvin Benjamin is clearly the Buffalo Bills No. 1 wide receiver. At first look that may not mean much as the Bills offense is expected to struggle with youngsters Nathan Peterman or Josh Allen at quarterback, and a shaky offensive line. Peterman will start behind center in Week 1. Benjamin was not heavily involved the Bills offense after coming over from Carolina during last season. Still he pulled in 16 of his 27 targets for 217 y[...]

The tight end position may seem thin this year, but whatever you do, don't draft these guys! After in-depth evaluations on all of the top tight ends, these are the player who come with too much risk based on injury concerns as well as other factors outlined below. Inside Injuries predicts the impact of injuries on player performance by using data analytics, medical expertise and statistical modeling. You can read all about them and the great work they do on Twitter @InsideInjuries. Today[...]

We're back and it feels so good! Below are RotoBaller's Week 1 defense tiers and rankings, or which defenses to stream, start and target at the end of your 2018 drafts for Week 1 of the NFL and fantasy football season. Our tiered defense rankings are your guide to drafting defenses, making waiver wire pickups/adds to improve your lineups, and to decide which defenses to start, sit, target, avoid or stream for Week 1. Starting the right defense every week can be a difference-maker, so we h[...]

Selecting which rookies to invest in can be a major headache for fantasy owners. Early on it is really tough to know what role a rookie will have early or whether his game can translate from college. At least now we can see roughly what role rookies are expected to have with their teams in year one, as well as having a feeling for what they might give you going forward. The other issue when looking at what rookies to draft is weighing up the short- and long-term benefits in a dynasty league. [...]

It's reasonable to be a little bearish on the Teddy Bridgewater's chances of playing a real NFL snap in 2018. In fact, it's actually a safe bet. Las Vegas sports books would agree with that assertion, by the way. Of five prominent sports books that provided futures odds on quarterbacks to win the passing yards title in 2018, none had Bridgewater as even an option, while listing teammates Josh McCown and Sam Darnold as far greater bets to take the lead heading into the season opener at Detroit on[...]

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen (head) completed just six of his 12 pass attempts for 34 yards in his preseason start over the weekend against the Cincinnati Bengals. He was sacked five times, and eventually checked out of the game in the second quarter to be checked for concussion. The rookie checked out and was cleared to return to the game, but the offensive line is going to have to strengthen and protect the franchise quarterback if he is going to last very long into the season. It's s[...]

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen is about to start his first official NFL game. Allen and the Bills draw the Cincinnati Bengals this Sunday. To date, even though playing with and against lower-level talent, first impressions on the rookie QB have all been positive. A total of five quarterbacks were chosen in the first round (Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold, Josh Rosen, Lamar Jackson); Allen was the third QB chosen and is likely the future for the Bills at the position. Along with many reporters [...]

As teams have now played two exhibition games, things are starting to get more clear. You'll hear a lot of overreaction from other sites, but we're here to tell you what really matters this early in the exhibition season. There are two things that really matter this early in the preseason: injuries and player roles. Ignore noise like big-splash plays, or long runs against third stringers, and look deeper to see how the coaching staff appears to view players in accordance with the depth chart.[...]

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen will start the third preseason game on Sunday night when the Cincinnati Bengals pay a visit to New Era Field in Orchard Park, a source said Monday. The rookie gets the nod over Nathan Peterman and AJ McCarron (collarbone). It's not necessarily a lock that Allen ends up being the guy under center heading into [...]