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CBB DFS
College Basketball DFS Picks and Strategy for Sunday (3/17)
It’s Selection Sunday! The final day of conference tournaments is here, and by the time this night ends we will have a full bracket to analyze endlessly. This breakdown will focus on the four-game slate which will include the top options for each matchup and provide you with a core to build around in all […]
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Walter Waddell
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Impact of Bears Trading Justin Fields to Pittsburgh
(FTN Fantasy is reacting to all the big fantasy news of the offseason! Follow along in our transaction tracker.) A day after trading away their 2023 starter, the Pittsburgh Steelers have added a different former first-round quarterback to serve as backup in 2024, acquiring Justin Fields from the Bears. The Steelers are reportedly giving the […]
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Daniel Kelley
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CBB Bets
Big East Finals Best Bets
The 2023-24 college basketball season is winding down, and we are in thick of conference tournaments. We have loads of great matchups across the country. Below is my favorite bet of Conference Tournament Saturday.    Big East Championship Game Marquette vs. UConn  (UConn -9.5, DraftKings Sportsbook) We get a treat in the Big East Final […]
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FTN Staff
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NHL DFS
NHL DFS Strategy and Core Plays for March 16
There are nine games on the NHL DFS main slate Saturday, with puck drop set for 7 p.m. ET. I ranked my favorite line stacks and a few value plays below, as well as contrarian plays to consider in tournaments.  Before we get after it, the team here at FTN Daily featuring Kenneth Le, Griffin […]
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Chris Meaney
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CBB DFS
College Basketball DFS Picks and Strategy for Saturday (3/16)
It’s Selection Sunday weekend, and the last remaining conference tournaments will be wrapping up around college basketball. We have a plethora of games on deck, with this DFS breakdown focusing on Saturday’s eight-game early slate. As always, I will highlight the top options for each game while also providing you with a core to build […]
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Walter Waddell
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NBA DFS
5 Stats to Know: NBA DFS March 16
There are another six games on Saturday’s NBA DFS main slate, and despite one game standing out from the rest, it’s not a bad slate overall. Most of the games are definitely more enjoyable for fantasy than real-life hoops, but let’s dive in and see who we like.    1. The Pacers allow the most […]
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Adam Strangis
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NFL Fantasy
4 Fallers in Underdog Best Ball ADP After Free Agency
This year’s free agency period felt particularly impactful from a fantasy football perspective — so let’s take a look at four free agency ADP fallers in these early best ball drafts.   This piece will focus on the actual free agents — not other players impacted by free agency moves or other news. For example: […]
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Tyler Loechner
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CBB DFS
College basketball DFS picks and strategy for Friday (3/15)
Conference championship week has been nothing but chaos in college basketball, but we expected this as this season has been full of parity. Anybody can win in a “one-game season,” and I can’t wait for this tournament. In this breakdown, I will be highlighting the top options in each matchup on Friday’s 11-game DFS slate […]
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Walter Waddell
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NBA Bets
NBA Best Bets of the Day (3/15)
Welcome to Hoops with Noops! The NBA seasons grind on with a six-game slate Friday. To be honest, it’s a messy group of games. We do get to see Nikola Jokic go against Victor Wembanyama, but any other potential marquee matchups are marred by player availability concerns. 82 games is a lot to play in […]
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FTN Staff
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CBB Bets
2024 NCAA Tournament Fantasy League Player Rankings
One of the best ways to enjoy March Madness is with a fantasy league player draft. Everyone enjoys filling out a bracket, but drafting individual players is a great way to stay invested in March Madness even if one of your Final Four teams is eliminated.    Whether you draft a group of players overall, […]
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FTN Staff
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CFB NFL Fantasy
2024 NFL Draft Scouting Report: Rome Odunze
Last Updated: 3/15/2024   Rome Odunze is fresh off a season of 1,640 receiving yards, tops in the NCAA and a Washington single-season record. This was his second straight 1,000-yard season, making him only the second Husky to accomplish this feat. His 92 receptions were the second most in Washington history and led the Pac-12. […]
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Jeremy Popielarz
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NFL Fantasy
Worst Free Agent Signings in Recent NFL History
The goal for every team during free agency is to add players that can fill holes in their roster. Obviously. But it doesn’t always work out. Plenty of players disappoint, whether due to injury, scheme fit, decline in play, etc. So after previously highlighting some of the best free agency additions in recent history, let’s […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NBA DFS
5 Stats to Know: NBA DFS March 15
FanDuel and DraftKings are very different in how they’re approaching Friday’s NBA DFS slate. DraftKings has a six-game slate but has gone back to non-late swap, while FanDuel has elected to trim the slate to just five games. Let’s get into who we’re targeting for this Friday night slate.    1. Bradley Beal might sucker […]
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Adam Strangis
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CBB Bets
Big East Semifinals Best Bets
The Big East Tournament never disappoints. Ever. It was a fantastic quarter of Day 2 matchups, with drama filling Madison Square Garden from start to finish. We are set for a brilliant pair of quarterfinal matchups Friday night.  In Thursday’s first matchup, the No. 9 seed Xavier Musketeers trailed No. 1 UConn by just one […]
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FTN Staff
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MLB Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2024: Digging into ADP Underperformers
In the interest of full confessions, I don’t especially like writing pieces about the known quantities in drafts. It’s far sexier to me to try to find the next star-in-the-making, the outfielder at pick 465 in a draft-and-hold who returns value like a top-150 player. But while scouring for deep sleepers is fun, it’s not […]
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Robert Orr
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Impact of Marquise Brown to Kansas City
(FTN Fantasy is reacting to all the big fantasy news of the offseason! Follow along in our transaction tracker.) There was never much question about whether the defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs would be adding a receiver this offseason. It might have taken a day or two longer than expected, but they did finally land […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Bears Pull Off Stunner, Trade for Keenan Allen
(FTN Fantasy is reacting to all the big fantasy news of the offseason! Follow along in our transaction tracker.) After the Chargers cut Mike Williams and restructured Joey Bosa and Khalil Mack this week, the thought was that they were set from a cap perspective and wouldn’t be shedding anymore big contracts. Instead, the team […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Bills Make WR Splash, Sign Curtis Samuel
(FTN Fantasy is reacting to all the big fantasy news of the offseason! Follow along in our transaction tracker.) After three seasons in Washington, WR Curtis Samuel is on the move again, signing a reported three-year deal worth up to $30 million with the Buffalo Bills. Samuel, who turns 28 in August, is the Bills’ […]
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Daniel Kelley
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CBB DFS
College Basketball DFS Picks and Strategy for Thursday (3/14)
We have a colossal number of college basketball games this week, and it’s going to be a grind working through all of the applicable news as well as starting lineups DFS. Make sure you’re checking socials as well as the FTN CBB DFS Discord to stay on top of it all. Let’s jump right into […]
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Walter Waddell
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NHL Bets
NHL Prop Bets with Chris Meaney (3/14)
We have 12 games on the NHL slate for Thursday, so there’s plenty of action to be had on the ice. Below you’ll see a list of three of my favorite NHL props, with a couple of bonus NHL prop bets as well. The odds change pretty quickly in the NHL, so take advantage of […]
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Chris Meaney
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NBA Bets
NBA Best Bets of the Day (3/14)
Welcome to Hoops with Noops! You may be distracted by college basketball and something called “March Madness,” but the NBA has my full attention. This is a TNT Thursday, which means we have a few marquee matchups and a few other games of varying quality.   Injuries are a part of the long, 82-game season […]
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FTN Staff
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MLB Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2024: Who is This Year’s Yelich?
“The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.” – Pliny the Elder No matter what format we play, the name of the fantasy baseball game is profit.  We set ourselves up for league championships by correctly identifying ADP/AAV (market) inefficiencies – targeting the positive and letting our opponents fall for the negative. Our […]
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Vlad Sedler
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NBA DFS
5 Stats to Know: NBA DFS March 14
Thursday’s NBA DFS slate has a chance to be a truly crazy one because there are a ton of injuries we don’t have answers for yet. Multiple players left games Wednesday early, not to return. March typically brings us a lot of injuries and some teams are already playing for next season anyway. Let’s get […]
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Adam Strangis
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NFL Fantasy
Best Free Agent Signings in Recent NFL History
The 2024 NFL free agency period has been absolutely crazy with so many different moves set to alter the fantasy football landscape. But it raises the question: What have been some of the most impactful free agency moves in recent history from a fantasy football perspective?  Let’s take a trip down memory lane.   Quarterback […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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CBB Bets
Big East Quarterfinals Best Bets
The Big East Tournament never disappoints.  In front of a boisterous crowd for Day 1, the Big East Tournament provided excitement and fantastic storylines for Thursday’s quarterfinals matchups.  In Wednesday’s first matchup, the No. 9 seed Xavier Musketeers scored a mild upset over No. 8 seed Butler, 76-72. The Xavier trio of Demond Claude, Dayvion […]
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FTN Staff
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MLB Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Spring Training Roundup (3/14)
Spring training is a wild time for fantasy baseball players, as we see considerable overreactions to tiny sample sizes, changes in player value due to velocity jumps or drops and other big swings.   So as we head toward the start of the 2024 MLB season, we’re going to go around all the news from […]
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Jake Kucheck
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NHL DFS
NHL DFS Strategy and Core Plays for March 14
The puck drops for Thursday’s 12-game NHL DFS slate at 7 p.m. ET. Once again, I’ll be providing GPP stacks, positional rankings, and pick’ems on Underdog.  As always, I’ll also be on Discord throughout the day to answer all of your questions.    Below you’ll see a list of all the games on the NHL […]
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Kenneth Le
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NFL Fantasy
Titans Surprise, Sign Calvin Ridley — Fantasy Fallout
(FTN Fantasy is reacting to all the big fantasy news of the offseason! Follow along in our transaction tracker.) The Titans made a splash a few hours after the new league year officially started Wednesday, signing former Falcons and Jaguars receiver Calvin Ridley to a reported four-year deal worth up to $92 million, with $50 […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NBA Bets
NBA Best Bets of the Day (3/13)
Welcome to Hoops with Noops! I’m sure you’re surprised to see me on a Wednesday, but I thought I would do something special for all you wonderful people. We are nearing the end of the 82-game marathon that is the NBA season and teams have 17 or 18 games left to find success.   The […]
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FTN Staff
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NHL DFS
NHL DFS Strategy and Core Plays for March 13
There are only four games on the NHL DFS main slate Wednesday, with puck drop set for 7:30 p.m. ET. I ranked my favorite line stacks and a few value plays below, as well as contrarian plays to consider in tournaments.  Before we get after it, the team here at FTN Daily featuring Kenneth Le, […]
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Chris Meaney
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PGA DFS
The Core and More: DFS Notes for the 2024 Players Championship
Turning our attention toward TPC Sawgrass this week, we ready for 2024 Players Championship. This is the flagship PGA Tour event, and it features the deepest non-major field we see all season.  With so many talented players in the field, there is plenty of paths to lineup-building this week. Let’s talk through some of my […]
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Josh Culp
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football’s One-Game Wonders of 2023
Many teachers let you drop your lowest test score when factoring your final grade, so one outlier doesn’t color the impression of your entire experience. Today, we apply that to fantasy football. In the beginning, we looked at fantasy point total for the season. Because it’s a season-long game, right? Ten points in Week 1 […]
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Daniel Kelley