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Fantasy football waiver wire: Best Week 7 pickups at QB, RB, WR, TE Original
Welcome to the Week 7 waiver wire brought to you by injuries and breakout games. Injuries have been the one constant this season, and they’ve had most of us scrambling to the wire to put in our claims for some painful and not so painful backups, especially at running back. If you picked up Najee Harris or Jaleel McLaughlin for spot starts in Week 6, you were not happy with your decision.
Printable fantasy football rankings for 2026 drafts Original
Welcome to fantasy football draft weekend! We have printable PPR drafting tiers and today you’ll get printable overall rankings for you and your kin as you get your rosters set for the 2026 NFL season. We’ve had some injury news trickling in. We also have some injury and suspension news we continue to wait on.
Best running back handcuffs for 2026 fantasy football Original
Running backs get hurt, but each season is different, and the percentage of early round backs who lose significant time to injuries fluctuates year to year. The last couple seasons have been good for running backs, as injuries to the top players have been down. But, that could easily change and we need to be ready. There are only a few players who can truly call themselves three-down running backs who also get a majority of the work around the goal-line and passing game.
Top 300 fantasy football dynasty rankings for 2026 Original
Don’t go wild drafting rookies. Sure, Jeremiyah Love is young and poised for a long, positive career, but he’s still unproven. Your imagination can push a rookie into the stratosphere. Let someone else reach for unproven guys. Trade your rookie picks. Expanding on my first point, people overvalue rookie upside. Let them pay you for the chance to roster unproven players while you go after young, ascending players already starting to prove themselves.
Top 35 fantasy football kicker rankings for 2026 Original
So you’ve decided to delve into the exciting world of fantasy kickers. I commend you on your fortitude, tenacity and downright good looks. Like D/STs, kickers are tough to project, as teams rather score touchdowns than kick field goals. There are some kickers who do have a leg up on the competition though. If your kicker can hit 50+ yard field goals with some regularity, they will get used more often than those that can’t. If teams can score points instead of punting, they’ll take that shot.
Top 32 fantasy football D/ST rankings for 2026 Original
The fantasy football season is here! The fantasy football season is here! Huzzah! Ok, now keep that excitement at that level while we look for a defense to roster. And since you clicked, you must need to draft one, unlike many leagues out there who have dropped their D/ST in favor of another flex or IDP or whatever you’re down with. First off, don’t draft a defense early. D/ST scoring is way too matchup dependent and flukey to use a pick before your last pick.
Second-year breakout candidates for 2026 fantasy football Original
Sometimes it takes rookies a season to get on track, especially when facing injuries, stiff competition, or just a bad offensive environment. Second-year players are sometimes hard to pin down. It doesn’t take much to derail a rookie in the NFL, but coming back the next year with some experience with the offense and having adjusted to the speed of the game can help a player take a big step in production.
Fantasy football draft strategy: Who should I pick in the first round in 2026? Original
The 2026 fantasy football season is upon us, which means we need to come up with a plan of attack for drafting our fake football teams. The last two seasons have been good for those grabbing a top running back in the first round. A lack of injuries and defenses taking away the deep ball have given those early round backs extreme value recently.
Running back sleepers for 2026 fantasy football Original
The 2026 NFL season is knocking on our door and it’s time we reluctantly peeked through the peep-hole to see what is in store for us this year. Injuries! Yep, injuries are the bane of the fake footballer.
D/ST sleepers for 2026 fantasy football Original
Many leagues have tossed D/STs to the side, but I still enjoy looking at all the mediocre quarterbacks who are just itching to throw a pick-six or two to a defense I just picked up off the waiver wire. There’s no reason to reach in your draft for a D/ST, as ADP and total fantasy points scored don’t coincide all that much. There are just too many variables that can keep a good defense from putting up a lot of points. Turnovers are too random, while also being a huge part of the scoring.
Tight end sleepers for 2026 fantasy football Original
Welcome to the 2026 fantasy football season. In this article we’ll dig for some late value at the tight end position. This is not a place where many strong fantasy tight ends come from though. Many a late-round tight end has ended up back on waivers after Week 1. But, it is possible to find some value late, especially when “value” for a fantasy tight end has a fairly low bar.
Wide receiver sleepers for 2026 fantasy football Original
Welcome to the 2026 fantasy football season! Today we’ll look at wide receivers who we can get a bit later in drafts, who also have good enough upside to beat their average draft position. Every year there are many WR sleepers, as there are many that are on the field most of the game and are cheap in fantasy drafts. But, there are plenty of receivers who get lots of playing time, but can’t win targets or are on a team that can’t move the ball.
Quarterback sleepers for 2026 fantasy football Original
Yes, yes, sleepers aren’t a thing anymore because there is just too much information out there for even the most out-of-touch fake footballer. But, that doesn’t mean we can’t predict players to far outplay their ADP, which is my definition of a “sleeper.” Last season the best QB sleeper was Matthew Stafford. I bet you’ve heard of him before. Everyone was worried about his back and age and he went on to put up over 4,700 yards and 46 touchdowns. Will he repeat?
Printable drafting cheat sheet for 2026 PPR fantasy football leagues Original
Hello all! Fantasy football is back for yet another year! Can you believe it? The NFL has been given the go-ahead for another season! This plucky upstart of a league may just make it after all. And as long as the NFL is still churning out football games, I’ll have my drafting tiers for all of you fake footballers. There is plenty of drafting software out there now that can help when you sit down to pick your team, but will they be FREE like my tiers? Will they! No. They probably won’t.
Fantasy football 2026: Top 75 rookie overall rankings Original
Below you will find our dynasty rankings for the year’s NFL rookies. We of course need to take a long view in dynasty leagues, but we know that an offensive rookie who doesn’t get playing time in year one is going to have an uphill battle for fantasy relevancy. That means we want to pick players with at least a decent path to playing time, and it wouldn’t hurt if they are also on a team with a strong base offensively.
Fantasy football 2026: Top 15 rookie quarterbacks Original
Good quarterbacks are tough to find. And even generational talent coming out of college doesn’t always end up being as generational as you’d hoped. I’m looking at you Trevor Lawrence. This also wasn’t the best year for quarterbacks in the draft. But, so much depends on coaching, opportunity and the players around quarterbacks, that some fantasy value could come out of this draft class, but we may need to wait on it.
Fantasy football 2026: Top 30 rookie running backs Original
The 2025 draft was not brimming at the seams with offensive talent that will quickly transition into big time fantasy football, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t quality running backs to be had from this group. Unfortunately, none of the top backs landed somewhere they’ll quickly be asked to be a bell-cow back. Last year Ashton Jeanie landed with the Raiders to be the no-doubt starter his rookie year, but that didn’t work out quite as well as many, including myself, hoped.
Fantasy football 2026: Top 40 rookie wide receivers Original
The 2026 wide receiver draft class wasn’t filled with transcendent players, but that’s not going to stop us from grabbing some high upside rookies this year. In dynasty, I want my rookie running backs to get on the field quickly and show that they can be fantasy relevant sooner than later. With receivers, I’m willing to take a longer look but I still don’t want them to be buried on the depth chart going into their rookie season. I like this group of receivers.
Fantasy football 2026: Top 25 rookie tight ends Original
Remember the days when rookie tight ends took a year or two to get up to speed with the offense and contribute in fantasy football? Those days are over. Last season three rookie tight ends cracked the the fantasy tight end top 12. If the player is good and the situation is right, coaches are going to get them on the field. This year the rookie tight end class isn’t as deep as previous years, but there is talent there.
Fantasy football rankings: Top 45 TEs for 2026 Original
Last year was a tough one for top-end tight ends, as both George Kittle, Tucker Kraft and Brock Bowers had injury trouble that derailed their fantasy seasons. That left Tre McBride to pick up the slack, catching a crazy 126 passes to set the NFL record for receptions in a season.
Fantasy football rankings: Top 300 PPR overall players for 2026 Original
Welcome to the 2026 fantasy football PPR draft rankings! The last couple years have been great for early round running backs, as injuries haven’t been as devastating as previous seasons. Are we back to drafting running backs early? I just think we might be. Much depends on your draft spot and who was taken ahead of you, but I’m wanting at least one stud running back in my first two picks and I’m not afraid of going with back-to-back backs to start this season.
Fantasy football rankings: Top 100 RBs in PPR leagues for 2026 Original
The 2026 NFL season is trying to sneak up on us, but we’re prepared and poised to take on all challengers! Below are my running back PPR rankings for this season. We have a couple clear studs that should go first and second in most of your drafts, and for good reason. After that, it’s the usual free-for-all. After a few years of “Zero-RB” draft strategy winning due to running back injuries, the tables have turned and running backs are back in the forefront.
Fantasy football rankings: Top 100 WRs for 2026 Original
Here we are again. The NFL season is right around the corner and it’s time to get all our ducks in a row. Below you will find my PPR wide receiver rankings for the season, along with injury news and a couple late round targets. Overall, we saw the fewest 100+ reception games from wide receivers last season as we’ve had in a long while. With just six receivers hitting that mark, we can see that teams are spreading the ball around a bit more, while also relying more on the run game.
Fantasy football rankings: Top 35 QBs for 2026 Original
Your fantasy football drat day is around the corner. Are you ready? Are you excited? Let’s do this! The 2026 season will once again be led by the many great to okay quarterbacks in the league. There are plenty of questions that need to be answered about this group of quarterbacks this season. Can Sam Darnold do the unthinkable and lead his team to another Super Bowl victory? Or will Drake Maye continue his assent and get his team back to the promised land?
Fantasy football rankings: Top 100 RBs in PPR leagues for 2026
The 2026 NFL season is trying to sneak up on us, but we’re prepared and poised to take on all challengers! Below are my running back PPR rankings for this season. We have a couple clear studs that should go first and second in most of your drafts, and for good reason. After that, it’s the usual free-for-all. After a few years of “Zero-RB” draft strategy winning due to running back injuries, the tables have turned and running backs are back in the forefront.
Fantasy football rankings: Top 35 QBs for 2026
2 hours ago The NFL season is mere weeks away, which means fantasy football leagues are revving back up for action. In group chats across America, managers are haggling over draft availability, and the smack talk has commenced. The most dedicated players are poring over stats and spreadsheets, looking for deep …
Patriots-Texans DFS picks: Best plays for the Divisional round Original
The Houston Texans travel to Foxboro to take on the New England Patriots in the Divisional round this Sunday afternoon. The Patriots are 3-point favorites at home after beating the Los Angeles Chargers in the Wild Card round, while the Texans took care of the Steelers. This matchup has the lowest over/under of the weekend, with 40.5 total points. We have two good defenses here, as well as a concussion for the Texans best offensive player, WR Nico Collins.
Bears-Rams DFS picks: Best plays for the Divisional round Original
The Chicago Bears host the Los Angeles Rams this Sunday. The Rams are currently 3.5-point favorites on the road, with the over/under set at 48.5 points. The weather will be chilly, as the temperature will be in the teens and the wind chill will likely be around zero to below zero. Below we will take a look at the best DFS plays for this Divisional round showdown. He’s the most expensive player going in this game, but for good reason. He had a crazy 18 targets last week in the Wild Card round vs.
49ers-Seahawks DFS picks: Best plays for the Divisional round Original
The San Francisco 49ers head to Seattle to take on the Seahawks for the third time this year. They’ve split the regular season series, but the 49ers won in Week 1, while the Seahawks won in Week 18, which also gave them the No. 1 seed. That Week 18 game was ugly for the 49ers who had no answer for the Seahawks defense while being unable to stop them from running the ball at will.
Broncos-Bills DFS picks: Best plays for the Divisional round Original
The No. 1 AFC seed Broncos host the Buffalo Bills in Denver this Saturday as 1.5-point underdogs. Josh Allen and company won a close game against the Jaguars in Jacksonville in the Wild Card round and now head to the mile high elevation to take on the well rested Broncos. The Bills are slight favorites, which is a little surprising, but there is no doubt Josh Allen can elevate his team to great heights when push comes to shove. He’s not 100% healthy, but I’m sure he will play.
2 NFL upset picks for Divisional Round in 2026 Playoffs Original
We made it to the Divisional round of the 2025 NFL playoffs! Congrats! This is arguably the best weekend of football every season. Our upset picks for last week were, how do I say this politely, crap. The Jags couldn’t keep Josh “Hero Ball” Allen from hero ballin, while the Chargers lack of offensive line remained a huge impediment to moving the ball forward. But, we’re going back to the well this week. Let’s see if that sweet underdog water is palatable this week.
NFL head coaching predictions for every opening, including Giants, Browns, Falcons Original
Black Monday took a week to finish, but it looks like teams are done firing head coaches for now. We have eight teams in need of a new coach as we head into the second round of the 2025 NFL Playoffs. More assistants will become available as teams are eliminated, but we know who will likely garner interest. We also have a group of assistants and ex-head coaches interviewing already and we should see some teams ink their new head coach sooner than later.
Best DFS picks for Jaguars-Bills in the Wild Card round matchup Original
In what might be the best matchup of the Wild Card round, the Buffalo Bills head to Jacksonville to take on the Jaguars in the first round of the playoffs. The Bills come in as slight 1.5-point favorites and the total sits at 52.5, the highest of the weekend by six points. The Jaguars defense has faced Cam Ward (injured), Brandon Allen, Phillip Rivers, Bo Nix, Brady Cook, Riley Leonard, Daniel Jones (injured), Cam Ward, and Jacoby Brissett over their last seven games.
Best DFS picks for Eagles-49ers in Wild Card round matchup Original
The Philadelphia Eagles host the San Francisco 49ers this Saturday afternoon. The Eagles are 4.5-point home favorites after an inconsistent post-Super Bowl winning season. Both teams have holes that they’ll need to cover up to win in the playoffs, but at this point, the 49ers defense looks the holiest out of both teams, hence the 4.5-point spread. Below, we will take a look at the best DFS plays for this Wild Card showdown.
Best DFS picks for Patriots-Chargers in Wild Card round matchup Original
The Los Angeles Chargers head to Foxboro this Saturday evening to take on the New England Patriots in the first round of the playoffs. The Patriots are 3.5-point favorites in this matchup, with the total at 46.5 points. The Patriots have been on fire, going 13-1 after an inauspicious 1-2 start to the season. The Chargers have dealt with injuries to their best two offensive linemen, but their defense has stepped up to help mitigate some offensive lapses.
Best DFS picks for Panthers-Rams Wild Card round matchup Original
The Carolina Panthers will host the Los Angeles Rams this Saturday afternoon in the first matchup of the Wild Card round. The Panthers won the NFC South with an 8-9 record, while the Rams finished second in the NFC West with a 12-5 record. Carolina had a negative 69 point differential this season, while the Rams had a positive 172 point differential. The Rams are big 10.5-point favorites on the road. And amazingly, the Panthers beat the Rams 31-28 in Carolina just six games ago.
Bears- and Packers DFS picks: Best plays for the Wild Card round Original
The Bears and Packers will meet for the third time this season on Saturday evening. They split the regular season games, but the Bears ended up winning the NFC North and getting home field against their division rivals. These two teams know each other well, so we should expect another close game, as both of their regular season games came down to the wire. The Bears could get Rome Odunze back this weekend, which will impact these DFS picks.
Miami Dolphins’ 5 best head coaching options after Mike McDaniel firing
Black Monday has been extended into Thursday, as the Miami Dolphins have let head coach Mike McDaniel go after four seasons and a 35-33 record. Daniels did get a playoff berth after an 11-6 record in his second season, but the team has regressed the last two seasons with 8-9 and 7-10 records and no playoffs.
NFL picks: All the Wild Card round upsets we predict in the 2026 NFL Playoffs Original
The 2025 NFL playoffs are here! We get six games spread out from Saturday afternoon to Monday night, and only one has a spread higher than 3.5-points at the moment. Also, four of the favorites are road teams. This sets up well for some upsets, especially after a season where no teams really dominated consistently. Even the Rams, who are the biggest favorites this weekend at 10.5-points, lost to their Wild Card opponent, the Panthers, just six weeks ago.
Baltimore Ravens’ 5 best head coaching options after John Harbaugh firing Original
In a surprise move, the Baltimore Ravens have let go head coach John Harbaugh after 18 seasons. Harbaugh has plenty of accolades, including a 2012 Super Bowl title. Despite being the the 12th-most winning coach in league history with 193 victories, Harbaugh hadn’t gone deep enough into the playoffs with the two-time MVP Lamar Jackson, and it cost him his job. The Ravens came into the 2025 season as the Super Bowl favorites, but ended with Baltimore missing the playoffs with an 8-9 record.
New York Giants head coach: 5 options after Brian Daboll firing Original
Black Monday has come and gone and we now have six NFL head coaching vacancies to fill — Raheem Morris (Falcons), Kevin Stefanski (Browns), Jonathan Gannon (Cardinals), Pete Carroll (Raiders), Brian Callahan (Titans), and Brian Daboll (Giants) have all been sacked. Below, we’ll take a look at the New York Giants, who let go of their head coach Brian Daboll back in November. He finished his tenure with a 20-40-1 record and had gone 11-33 over these last two and half seasons.
6 Atlanta Falcons head coaching options after Raheem Morris firing Original
Black Monday is here and so far we’ve lost four head coaches to the proverbial axe — Raheem Morris (Falcons), Kevin Stefanski (Browns), Jonathan Gannon (Cardinals), and Pete Carroll (Raiders). During the season, we also saw two Brians get ushered out early, Brian Callahan (Titans) and Brian Daboll (Giants). Below, we’ll take a look at the Atlanta Falcons, and who they might hire to lead the way in 2026.
Top 30 fantasy football TEs for the Wild Card round
This was a crazy year for tight ends in fantasy, as only one player really showed up for the entire season. His name is Trey McBride and he was fantasy’s No. 1 tight end by a wide, wide margin. The No. 1 tight end in overall points, who also made it to the playoffs, is the Eagles’ Dallas Goedert, who was TE7 on the season. In PPR, he had 130 fewer fantasy points than McBride though.
Top 60 fantasy football WRs for the Wild Card round
The playoffs are here and it is time to rank some wide receivers for the first round. We’ve got some of the top receivers in the league going in the playoffs, with the fantasy and receptions leader in Puka Nacua and the touchdown leader in Davante Adams. The yardage leader, Jaxson Smith-Njigba, gets a bye this first week, but he’ll be making an appearance soon. The question is, who will step up this year in the playoffs?
Top 35 fantasy football RBs for the Wild Card round
The fantasy playoffs are over and now we get the real NFL playoffs so we can play some more fantasy football! That’s why they play the game right? So we can play fantasy? I say yes. Below we have the running back rankings for the first round of the playoffs. We have six games through three days this weekend and plenty of good running backs to choose from. There’s both the rushing leader in James Cook and the fantasy leader in Christian McCaffrey (who did not get injured!).
Top 12 fantasy football QBs for the Wild Card round
Welcome to the first round of the NFL playoffs! We have six games on tap for the Wild Card round, and only one game with a spread of more than 3.5-points. Each of these games should be close, as even the Rams as 10.5 favorites in Carolina, lost to the Panthers less than a couple months ago. Close games in the playoffs are always good for fantasy points, as teams have no choice but to leave it all out on the field. For quarterbacks, that often means more rushing attempts.
Playoff fantasy football: Overall rankings for the 2026 NFL Playoffs Original
We made it! Another fantasy football season in the books. Hopefully you fared well, but either way, we’ve got another season to make some fake teams — the playoffs! As usual, there are a multitude of playoff fantasy leagues out there. Of course, there are plenty of different types of settings, but for these rankings we’ll work off the “best ball” type of game, where you draft a team for the who playoffs and then let the chips fall where they may.
Buffalo Bills opponents 2026: Who’s on the schedule, how easy or hard will their schedule be Original
After five straight AFC East championships, the Bills relinquished the division back to the Patriots this season. Buffalo still finished second and split their series with New England, but a middling to bad defense at times, along with a weak receiving group made for some up and down play. Running back James Cook had a breakout season though, passing 1,900 total yards and 14 touchdowns. His stability as a runner helped anchor the offense throughout the season.
Indianapolis Colts opponents 2026: Who’s on the schedule, how easy or hard will their schedule be Original
The Colts held a competition between Anthony Richardson and Daniel Jones for the Week 1 starter and after getting out to an 8-2 record, the choice of Jones was obviously the correct one. Unfortunately, things fall apart at some point for 31 teams each season and for the Colts it became a full blown disaster when Jones suffered a torn Achilles against the Jaguars in Week 14.
Los Angeles Chargers opponents 2026: Who’s on the schedule, how easy or hard will their schedule be Original
As is the norm for the Los Angeles Chargers, they had some bad injury luck on the offensive line this season. And under head coach Jim Harbaugh, the offensive line is the key to everything. But, quarterback Justin Herbert played well through adversity and helped the team to 12 wins and a playoff berth. Bad losses to the Commanders and Giants early in the season ended up killing their AFC West dreams, but a fairly easy schedule and some key big wins kept them afloat.
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