Road to #1 Receiver - AFC North rotoballer.com Mon 7/23/18 4:30 AM

Each year, elite wide receivers are some of the mainstays of fantasy football rosters. With high target shares and production values, these consensus top-tier wide receivers are some of the first names off of draft boards and consistently perform well throughout the season. However, there is also a good amount of unpredictability at the position, with breakout players appearing from out of nowhere year-in and year-out. Whether they dominate for stretches over the year or end up as top-level t[...]

Road to #1 Receiver - AFC West rotoballer.com Sun 7/22/18 4:15 AM

Each year, elite wide receivers are some of the mainstays of fantasy football rosters. With high target shares and production values, these consensus top-tier wide receivers are some of the first names off of draft boards and consistently perform well throughout the season. However, there is also a good amount of unpredictability at the position, with breakout players appearing from out of nowhere year-in and year-out. Whether they dominate for stretches over the year or end up as top-level t[...]

Michael Crabtree 2018 Outlook: Only The Touchdowns Can Save Crabtree rotoballer.com Fri 7/20/18 8:35 PM

The Ravens wide receivers were a mess last season. Amid injuries and inefficient play, only Mike Wallace was able to offer some fantasy relevance. The past two seasons the Ravens have preached becoming a more balanced offense instead of throwing the ball so much. In 2015 and 2016, the Ravens led the NFL with 42 pass attempts per game. Cutting that down to 35 attempts per game in 2017 was no easy task, but it showed in the stats. The revamped receiving corps in Baltimore has Michael Crabtree[...]

2018 Fantasy Sleeper: Devin Funchess (WR, CAR) rotoballer.com Mon 7/9/18 6:43 AM

BALLER MOVE: Target ~60 CURRENT ADP: ~70 ANALYSIS: Carolina Panthers wide receiver Devin Funchess put together a very solid season last year and finished as the 19th most targeted receiver with 113, in addition to doubling his end zone output from the previous year with eight touchdowns. Funchess has seen no fewer than 13 red zone targets in any of his first three years, which is no small feat on a team with a quarterback that has run for 21 rushing touchdowns in that same span. His 15 re[...]

Rookie Roulette - Which QB Should Go First in Dynasty Drafts? rotoballer.com Mon 7/9/18 4:30 AM

The talk about who is the first rookie taken in dynasty drafts this year begins and ends with Giants running back Saquon Barkley. Any discussion that answers with a different name is doing so just to be a contrarian. The real question this year comes with the quarterback position, where a host of early draft picks will vie to be the first quarterback off the board in dynasty. So, who should that quarterback be? Here are the players worth at least some consideration: Cleveland's Baker Mayfield[...]

Bear Down - Players Who Will See Market Share of Targets Decrease rotoballer.com Sat 7/7/18 4:30 AM

In order for an NFL wide receiver to have a successful fantasy season, that wide receiver has to have the ball thrown to him. It seems so simple, but predicting how the share of a team's targets will shake out is difficult stuff when you factor in the combination of rookies and free agents that a team has brought in mixed with the natural progression or regression of each player in the league. Below are six players -- four wide receivers and two tight ends -- who I'm projecting will see the b[...]

Best-Ball Rankings Analysis (June) - Quarterback rotoballer.com Fri 6/29/18 4:15 AM

At Rotoballer, we are MFL10 fanatics. So much so, that we assembled our very own Best-Ball rankings at each position. This will help you formulate a plan as you proceed through your upcoming MFL10 drafts. Our rankings also include tiers in order to provide you with a more detailed breakdown on which players you should target for your rosters at each draft spot. This article will focus on the quarterbacks, who present a variety of strategic opportunities in MFL10 drafts. If you understand diff[...]

Joe Flacco Praises Michael Crabtree In May rotoballer.com Tue 5/29/18 10:18 PM

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco is already praising new wide receiver Michael Crabtree. Flacco stated recently about Crabtree "(He's) the guy, because he's got a little different way that he runs the routes. He's really crafty with it, and he knows when to break away from guys and how to get open". Crabtree will be given the chance to be the top receiver for Baltimore, which could offer a solid floor to his value. [...]

Ravens Decline To Exercise Breshad Perriman's Option rotoballer.com Thu 5/3/18 9:48 AM

The Baltimore Ravens did not exercise wide receiver Breshad Perriman's fifth-year option for the 2019 season. Perriman hasn't earned it after recording only 43 catches for 576 yards and three touchdowns after being selected 26th overall in the first round in 2015. After all the wideout additions Baltimore made in free agency (Michael Crabtree, John Brown, Willie Snead), Perriman is certainly no lock to make the final roster out of training camp this summer.

Raiders Exercise Amari Cooper's Fifth-Year Option rotoballer.com Mon 4/23/18 11:19 AM

The Oakland Raiders exercised wide receiver Amari Cooper's fifth-year option on Monday. Even after posting career lows in catches (48) and yards (680) in 2017, the Raiders had planned to do this all along. With Michael Crabtree now out of the picture in Oakland, Cooper is expected to become even more of a focal point on offense under new head coach Jon Gruden. That could make Cooper in line for a bounce-back season as a value play in fantasy drafts this fall.