Mike Loyko’s Week 8 Thursday Night Preview: Bucs at Vikings

RosterWatch Scouting Director Mike Loyko gets you up to the speed on all of Thursday Night Football’s fantasy matchups for Week 8 here, and make sure to follow RosterWatch on Google Plus as we will be starting our NFL Draft Series with Mike starting next week: Good Luck on Thursday Night.

The Week 8 Trade Exchange

The Week 8 Trade Exchange Byron Lambert, Rosterwatch.com If you split hairs, it’s probably more important to buy low than to sell high. Rich Dad Poor Dad says you make your money when you buy. I say of “buy low” and “sell high,” always try to do both. It’s a bit more of a sellers

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Cut Bait or Just Wait: Players You Should or Should Not Drop- Week 8

Cut Bait or Just Wait Dorian “The Trashman” Colbert, Rosterwatch.com Photo Credit: Getty Images Should they stay or should they go? We’ll make the decision easier for you: Donnie Avery WR, Colts: And we had such high hopes. Avery burst on the scene this season with a couple of noteworthy games, but the former Ram

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RWi Week 8 Matchup Tool

Week 8 Matchup Tool Alex Dunlap, Rosterwatch.com This is a weekly tool provided by RosterWatch, designed to be a decision-making tie-breaker for gauging the defensive opponents your fantasy players face. It should optimally be used in conjunction with the snap count reference tool. The rankings are derived via a proprietary algorithm which takes into account

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RWi Week 8 Waiver Wire and Free Agent Pickups

Who You Should Pick Up This Week Byron Lambert, Rosterwatch.com Byes – Buffalo, Cincinnati, Baltimore, Houston Quarterbacks Carson Palmer, QB OAK He’s scored over 15 points in 5 out of 6 games. Palmer has been a yardage monster. Through six games he is on pace to throw for over 4,600 yards. Brandon Weeden, QB CLE

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Josh Gordon Is Just a Bye Week Fill-In… For Now

Josh Gordon Is Just a Bye Week Fill-In… For Now Joe Owens, Rosterwatch.com Featured Analyst Cleveland Browns WR Josh Gordon was thrown at by Browns rookie quarterback, Brandon Weeden on nine separate occasions Sunday. End stat line for Cleveland’s rookie wide receiver: 59 yards on two receptions; with one of those receptions finding fantasy paydirt

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RWi Week 8 Snap Count Tool

Week 8 Snap Count Tool Alex Dunlap, Rosterwatch.com Here we take a look back at Week 7 to see who was on the field the most, in position to score fantasy points for their owners, and who was not. For every previous week of the 2012 season, visit our Tools section to compare and contrast

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Garbage Grab: Week 7

Garbage Grab: Week 7 Dorian “The Trashman” Colbert, Rosterwatch.com\ Don’t be a victim in this bye week massacre. We can help. Baron Batch RB, Steelers: Rashard Mendenhall and Isaac Redman are out this week, leaving Jonathan Dwyer, Chris Rainey, and Batch to lead the rushing attack against the Bengals. Dwyer is probably scooped up by

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The NFL Beat: Week 7

Check out Alex’s rundown of this week’s matchups for the Austin Chronicle by clicking the “NFL Beat” image below.

RWi Week 7 WR Touchdown Dependency Ratios

Week 7 WR Touchdown Dependency Ratios Byron Lambert, Rosterwatch.com Here they are. I’ve provided the data sorted by total points on the season as well as by dependency ratio. After seeing the results for several weeks, the ideal range that has emerged is 15-30% – neither touchdown dependent or deficient. Players in this range are

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