Skip navigation
Favorites
Sign up to follow your favorites on all your devices.
Sign up

Fantasy Sports

Rotoworld Player News Headlines

All Player News
  • MIA Safety #8
    Personalize your Rotoworld feed by favoriting players
    Holland is on track to hit free agency as one of the top safeties on the market without a franchise tag. The Dolphins have seemingly declined to use the $19.6 million tag, a number that would have put Holland between Antoine Winfield Jr. and Derwin James among the highest paid safeties in the league. Instead, the Dolphins will have a chance to negotiate a long-term deal with Holland as he also tests free agent waters. Expect the 24-year-old to get a contract near the top of the market.
  • TB Wide Receiver #14
    Godwin’s contract was set to void, which would have triggered $18 million in dead money against the Buccaneers’ salary cap. By delaying the contract void date, the Bucs and Godwin have time to hammer out a potential new contract and the team can save more money. Since being drafted by the Bucs in 2017, Godwin has been a productive starter opposite Mike Evans and is set to hit free agency for a payday. He is coming off a broken ankle and with the Bucs not franchise-tagging him, Godwin has a chance to either re-up with the team or test the free agent waters.
  • CAR Quarterback #14
    Dalton briefly started for the Panthers in 2024, finishing with a 989/7/6 passing line in five starts before a car accident left him out long enough for Bryce Young to take the reins again. Young shockingly re-established himself as a starting option going forward down the stretch, leaving Dalton to the backup duties. Over his last five seasons as a backup, Dalton has thrown for 7,906 yards, 49 touchdowns, and 32 interceptions in 35 starts. He’ll turn 38 in October. He is probably a mid-level backup quarterback at this point in his career, but Dalton is now at an age where a potential regression is firmly in play each season. This is a fine contract for that level of player.
  • NYJ Quarterback #8
    “And the Rams could probably get him for a lower cost than it would be for Matthew Stafford,” Schefter added, noting that the Rams would then be able to trade Stafford for draft picks. Notably missing from this report is any idea of why the Rams would want to go through the Aaron Rodgers experience, but let’s leave that aside. The Rams and Stafford look to be in a contract standoff and this is the first major leaked idea from the scoops crew on what the Rams would do if they couldn’t come to terms with Stafford. It sure seems like keeping Stafford remains Los Angeles’ first choice. If Rodgers is the best alternative, they should probably just bump up their offer.
  • NO Tight End #7
    We’re hearing the boys could be back in town. Kosmider describes Johnson as the “target who may make the most sense” for the Broncos and says Johnson could give the Broncos a “down-the-field element from the tight end position they haven’t had during Payton’s tenure.” Hill is listed more as another “player to watch,” but that seems to mostly be because we’re not sure if and when he’ll play in 2025 following a December ACL tear. Hill turns 35 in August and, though he’s under contract with the Saints, they’d save $10 million in cap space by making him a post-June 1 release. If you thought Payton was trying to prove a point with his earlier usage of Taysom, just wait until you see what happens next December.
  • CAR Wide Receiver #19
    It’s a bit of a complex situation because Thielen will turn 35 before the season and has also debated retirement, so the Panthers can’t exactly sign him to a long-term contract. Person speculates that the Panthers could convert Thielen’s per-game bonuses into guaranteed money as a sign of good faith. Thielen has been hinting that he wants a new contract and he certainly showed great chemistry with Bryce Young in Thielen’s 10 appearances last year.
  • MIN Quarterback #14
    Seifert says that this doesn’t mean that Minnesota has ruled out placing the franchise tag on Darnold, and that they also haven’t ruled out signing him to a multi-year deal. The Vikings could pull off a tag-and-trade with Darnold if a potential destination he’s interested in wants to jump the market. This will be a situation to monitor over the coming weeks, as it sounds like the Vikings will try to gather as much intelligence as they can before making the decision on the March 4 franchise tag deadline.
  • KC Guard #65
    Smith is expected to be one of the prizes of free agency after finishing with a 75.1 PFF blocking rating at right guard, the fourth year in a row that the 25-year-old has been above-average in their metrics. His only real demerit is the staggering amount of penalties he’s called for — 39 in four seasons. The projected transition tag for 2025 would assign a salary of $22,745,000 to Smith — a savings of about $3 million from the franchise tag — and would give the Chiefs the right to match any offer Smith receives.
  • CIN Wide Receiver #1
    “Whether Cincinnati can pull it off remains uncertain, but the team’s messaging behind the scenes is that it’s certainly going to try,” Fowler writes. The latest is that the Bengals will franchise tag Higgins in order to have time to get a deal done. Fowler adds that Chase is expected to be “looking to be the highest-paid wide receiver in the NFL -- possibly by a wide margin.” Hendrickson finished second in Defensive Player of the Year voting and was named first-team All-Pro for the first time in 2024 after leading the league with 17.5 sacks. The star Bengals edge player was disgruntled with his contract last offseason, and we imagine the gruntles have only grown as it was mostly left unresolved. The Bengals have a lot of room to work with and can generate more by pushing Joe Burrow’s cap hits into the future. It would absolutely be the best-case scenario for both the league and fantasy managers if Burrow, Chase, and Higgins all stayed in Cincinnati.
  • MIN Quarterback #13
    Boyd said Jones would make sense as a signing who could push Anthony Richardson in training camp and fill in for him should Richardson have yet another injury-marred season in 2025. Jones’ “abilities on the ground mean the offense won’t have to change much should Richardson miss more time due to injury,” Boyd said, adding Justin Fields could be another option for a Colts team hedging their bets on Richardson. Richardson is reportedly working with a biometrics coach to hone his throwing motion ahead of the 2025 season. Without a major leap in intermediate accuracy, Richardson could lose out to Jones after being benched for Joe Flacco in 2024.

Podcasts

MUST-SEE CLIPS

Could Jeanty fall to Broncos in NFL draft?
The Rotoworld Football Show highlight the Broncos as a landing spot they "love" for RB Ashton Jeanty if he falls in the NFL draft, but they also believe pick No. 6 is where the watch begins.

NFL

Travis Hunter and Abdul Carter lead the way in Connor Rogers’ 2025 NFL Draft Big Board leading into the combine.
Kelce says he’s mulling retirement after what was by far the worst season of his Hall of Fame career.
Cam Ward and Shedeur Sanders both go inside the top five picks in Kyle Dvorchak’s first mock draft of the 2025 offseason.

NBA

The Rotoworld basketball staff discusses a few topics that will impact the stretch run of the fantasy basketball season.
Nikola Jokic and Victor Wembanyama lead the way in Rotoworld’s rest of season Top 200 rankings.
Donovan Clingan, Alexandre Sarr, and Bol Bol are among players who fantasy managers should target for the post-All-Star break portion of the season.
“Cling Kong” finished Wednesday’s loss to Denver with his first career 20-rebound game.

MLB

Where should rising stars like Paul Skenes, Jackson Chourio, and James Wood be drafted in dynasty formats?
Roki Sasaki, Matt Shaw, and Brandon Woodruff are among the players to watch as spring training gets underway.