This article references A, Ameer Abdullah, Antonio Gates, Bishop Sankey, C, C.j. Spiller, Calvin Johnson, Carlos Hyde, Carson Palmer, Colin Kaepernick, David Cobb, DeMarco Murray, Doug Martin, Drew Brees, Eli Manning, Harry Douglas, Jimmy Graham, John Brown, Joique Bell, Julio Jones, Keenan Allen, Ladarius Green, Lamar Miller, Larry Fitzgerald, Malcom Floyd, Marcus Mariota, Mark Ingram, Mark Sanchez, Matt Ryan, Mike Evans, Nick Foles, OF, Philip Rivers, QB, RB, Rob Gronkowski, Roddy White, Sam Bradford, SP, SS, Stevie Johnson, T.Y. Hilton, TE, Tony Gonzalez, Tony Romo, Vincent Jackson, WR and more! By the time the NFL slate reaches the late games, a good part of your matchup will likely be decided. Maybe you are trying to make a gallant comeback after your opponent had Rob Gronkowski on Thursday. Or maybe your team will be comfortably ahead and you just need to pad that lead enough to help you sleep easy on Sunday/Monday night. Anyway, here are my picks for who will boom and bust in the late games (which includes the annual two Monday Night Football games in [...]Keep on reading: Booms/Busts Week 1: Late Games

This article references A, Adrian Peterson, Ameer Abdullah, Anquan Boldin, Antonio Gates, Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Branden Oliver, Brandon Pettigrew, Brent Celek, Breshad Perriman, C, Calvin Johnson, Carlos Hyde, Cruz, Danny Woodhead, Darren Mcfadden, Darren Sproles, Delanie Walker, DeMarco Murray, Detroit Lions, Devonta Freeman, Dez Bryant, Doug Martin, Emmanuel Sanders, Giovani Bernard, Golden Tate, Greg Little, Jameis Winston, Jason Witten, Jeremy Hill, Joe Flacco, Joique Bell, Jordan Matthews, Joseph Randle, Julio Jones, Julius Thomas, Justin Forsett, Kamar Aiken, Kendall Wright, Latavius Murray, Marcus Mariota, Marvin Jones, melvin gordon, Michael Crabtree, Mike Evans, Mohamed Sanu, Nelson Agholor, OF, Peyton Manning, Philip Rivers, QB, Rashad Jennings, RB, Rex Burkhead, Roddy White, Ryan Hewitt, Ryan Mathews, Shane Vereen, SP, SS, Steve Smith, Stevie Johnson, TE, Teddy Bridgewater, Terrance Williams, Tevin Coleman, Tyler Eifert, Vereen, Vernon Davis, Victor Cruz, Vincent Jackson, Virgil Green, WR, Zach Ertz and more! Vladimir De Wet breaks down the second half of the Week 1 matchups for the 2015 season. Below, you will find part two of our Week 1 NFL matchups & fantasy football start/sit analysis, which should help you prepare your lineups to win this week. It’s essential to analyze the weekly NFL matchups to find lineup sleepers and gems, while also avoiding those players who may turn out to be busts. Each week of the NFL season, we will be breaking down each of the NFL matchups and prov[...]Keep on reading: Week 1 NFL Matchups Analysis: Start/Sit for Fantasy Football (Part 2)

This article references A, A.j. Green, Alshon Jeffery, Antonio Brown, Brandin Cooks, Brandon Coleman, Brian Quick, C, C.j. Spiller, Eddie Royal, Jay Cutler, Jimmy Graham, Keenan Allen, Kenny Stills, Kevin White, Ladarius Green, Malcom Floyd, Markus Wheaton, Marques Colston, Martavis Bryant, Martellus Bennett, Marvin Jones, Mohamed Sanu, Nick Foles, Nick Toon, OF, RB, SP, SS, Stevie Johnson, TE, Tyler Eifert, WR and more! At this point, you've either already drafted your teams, or are preparing for the last ones to take place. Maybe you didn't love your bench players, or are looking to add some more depth to your wide receivers? Either way, we are here to analyze the waiver wire for any overlooked wide receivers (in both PPR and standard leagues), and potentially make minor roster tweaks. Sifting through your league's waiver wire is something that you should be doing consistently, but I'm here to help highlig[...]Keep on reading: Week 1 Wide Receivers: Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds

This article references A, Alex Smith, Amari Cooper, Andre Johnson, Antonio Brown, Antonio Gates, C, C.J. Anderson, Cody Latimer, Demaryius Thomas, Derek Carr, Doug Martin, Eli Manning, Emmanuel Sanders, Green Bay Packers, Heath Miller, Jamaal Charles, Jeremy Maclin, Keenan Allen, Knile Davis, Ladarius Green, Latavius Murray, latim, melvin gordon, Michael Crabtree, OF, Owen Daniels, Peyton Manning, Philip Rivers, QB, Randall Cobb, RB, Ryan Tannehill, San Diego Chargers, SP, SS, Stevie Johnson, TE, Travis Kelce, Trent Richardson, WR and more! We’ve previously published an article series analyzing and grading all the NFL defenses, division by division. Now we’re going to look at the strength of schedules of each NFL team, division by division, to help you identify players with the best matchups vs. the league’s weakest defenses. Today we provide AFC West strength of schedule analysis. For each team, we will identify players that we like and don’t like. You will see four categories: players to target, players to avoid, pla[...]Keep on reading: AFC West: Strength of Schedule Analysis & Players to Target or Avoid

This article references A, A.j. Green, Alex Smith, Allen Hurns, Allen Robinson, Alshon Jeffery, Amari Cooper, Andre Johnson, Andrew Hawkins, Anquan Boldin, Antonio Brown, Brandin Cooks, Brandon Coleman, Brandon Lafell, Brandon Marshall, Breshad Perriman, Brian Quick, C, Calvin Johnson, Carson Palmer, Cecil Shorts, Charles Johnson, Chris Matthews, Cody Latimer, Cole Beasley, Cordarrelle Patterson, Cruz, Davante Adams, Deandre Hopkins, Demaryius Thomas, Derek Carr, DeSean Jackson, DeVante Parker, Devin Funchess, Dez Bryant, Donte Moncrief, Dorial Green-Beckham, Doug Baldwin, Dwayne Bowe, Eddie Royal, Emmanuel Sanders, Eric Decker, Golden Tate, Greg Jennings, Jaelen Strong, Jarvis Landry, Jeremy Maclin, John Brown, Jordan Cameron, Jordan Matthews, Josh Huff, Jr., Julian Edelman, Julio Jones, Justin Hunter, Kamar Aiken, Keenan Allen, Kendall Wright, Kenny Britt, Kenny Stills, Kevin White, Larry Fitzgerald, latim, Malcom Floyd, Marqise Lee, Marques Colston, Martavis Bryant, Marvin Jones, Michael Crabtree, Michael Floyd, Mike Evans, Mike Wallace, Nelson Agholor, Odell Beckham, OF, Percy Harvin, Phillip Dorsett, Pierre Garcon, QB, Randall Cobb, Rashad Greene, Reggie Wayne, Riley Cooper, Roddy White, Rueben Randle, Sammy Watkins, SP, SS, Stedman Bailey, Steve Johnson, Steve Smith, Stevie Johnson, T.Y. Hilton, Tavon Austin, Taylor Gabriel, TE, Teddy Bridgewater, Terrance Williams, Torrey Smith, Tyler Lockett and more! As we continue through through the 2015 fantasy football draft season, our updated tiered rankings columns are wrapping up. We've already published lots of awesome fantasy football rankings & analysis throughout the entire preseason, for all positions. And over the course of this week, we have been releasing our updated tiered fantasy football rankings. Today we wrap up the tiers series with our tiered wide receiver standard rankings for the 2015 season, along with analysis by Zach [...]Keep on reading: Tiered Standard Wide Receiver Rankings for 2015 Fantasy Football

This article references A, A.j. Green, Aaron Rodgers, Adrian Peterson, Alfred Blue, Alfred Morris, Andre Ellington, Andrew Luck, Antonio Brown, Antonio Gates, Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Bishop Sankey, Brock Osweiler, C, C.J. Anderson, Calvin Johnson, Cam Newton, Carlos Hyde, Charles Sims, Chris Ivory, Chris Johnson, Cruz, David Johnson, Deandre Hopkins, DeMarco Murray, Demaryius Thomas, Devin Funchess, Dez Bryant, Dorial Green-Beckham, Doug Martin, Eddie Royal, Eric Ebron, Frank Gore, Giovani Bernard, Greg Olsen, Isaiah Crowell, Jamaal Charles, Jeremy Hill, Jermaine Gresham, Jimmy Graham, John Brown, Jonathan Stewart, Jordan Matthews, Joseph Randle, Julio Jones, Justin Forsett, Juwan Thompson, Kelvin Benjamin, Kendall Wright, Lamar Miller, Latavius Murray, Luke Willson, Marshawn Lynch, Martavis Bryant, Matt Forte, Michael Floyd, Nelson Agholor, OF, Owen Daniels, QB, Randall Cobb, RB, Reggie Bush, Ronnie Hillman, SP, SS, Stevie Johnson, TE, Torrey Smith, Travis Kelce, Tyler Eifert, Victor Cruz, WR, Zach Ertz, Zach Miller and more! Live Fantasy Football Draft Prep Q&A RotoBaller writer and lead NFL editor Edward Gorelik  (@EdwardGorelik) answers all of your fantasy football questions every Monday night through the NFL preseason, and all through the fantasy football season. Ed has been studying tape all summer to prepare for the NFL season and help you win your fantasy leagues! Last night he held a live advice session to answer your fantasy football draft prep, sleepers, rankings dynasty, rookie and draft strate[...]Keep on reading: Fantasy Football Draft Prep Advice – Live Q&A with Ed Gorelik

This article references A, Anquan Boldin, Brandon Lloyd, C, Colin Kaepernick, Eddie Royal, Keenan Allen, Michael Crabtree, OF, QB, RB, SP, SS, Stevie Johnson, TE, Vernon Davis, WR and more! BALLER MOVE: Target in Rounds 12-15 as high-end WR4 CURRENT ADP: 209 Standard, 148 PPR ANALYSIS: The fantasy football community has written Stevie Johnson off way too early into his career. If we go back to 2012, Johnson was finishing his third consecutive season with at least 76 receptions, at least 1,000 receiving yards and at least six touchdowns. In each one of those seasons, Johnson finished no worse than a WR2 in fantasy. An injury-plagued down year in 2013 got him traded to the S[...]Keep on reading: Stevie Johnson (WR, SD): 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper

TRADING SPACES: Stevie Johnson By Luke Grilli (@LGrilli88) Senior Writer for Dynasty Football Warehouse KEY VITALS It seems like only yesterday that Stevie Johnson finished the 2012 season with over 1,000 receiving yards, and was a WR2 for your fantasy team, for the third consecutive season. After signing a 5-year contract worth $36.25 million with the […]

People are reluctant to draft Stevie Johnson, who is coming off of two down seasons, but he's primed for a bounceback 2015 campaign.

This article references Anquan Boldin, Colin Kaepernick, Derek Carr, SP, Vernon Davis, WR and more! BALLER MOVE: Add / Stash in Deeper LeaguesOwned in 48% of Fleaflicker LeaguesANALYSIS: Last week, Stevie Johnson had a breakout game for the 49ers as he caught all 9 of his targets from Colin Kaepernick for 103 total yards. Johnson benefited from TE Vernon Davis being out, and replacement tight end Derek Carrier only being targeted twice. It should be noted that Johnson was the #3 target behind Michael Crabtree and Anquan Boldin in Week 3, but will be pushed back to #4 again when[...] Keep on reading: Stevie Johnson (WR, SF) -- Waiver Wire Pickups