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MLB DFS
KBO DFS: Previewing the slate for July 23
DraftKings is offering a five-game slate for the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) on Thursday, July 23rd, with lock set at 5:30 a.m. ET. I am here to give you my top KBO DFS pitchers and some stacks to consider as well as three hitters I am rostering as part of my cash core. Reminders: The […]
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DFS Chaser
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MLB DFS
MLB DFS preview: National League Central
With the Major League Baseball season set to (finally!) start this week, the FTN team is breaking down every division with an eye toward DFS possibilities, ways to approach using each team and best strategies. NL EAST / NL WEST / AL EAST / AL CENTRAL / AL WEST Today, the National League Central: National League Central Team: Chicago Cubs Manager: David […]
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Matt Kupferle
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MMA DFS
UFC Fight Island 3 DraftKings breakdown
We have made it to our last fight card at Fight Island for the foreseeable future, although UFC president Dana White has confirmed that we will be back at a later date to be determined. And with the card, we’re back with our DFS breakdown. Last week’s card had some surprises but ultimately played out […]
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Jon Kelly
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PGA DFS
Statistical deep dive for the 3M Open
This week the PGA Tour heads back to TPC Twin Cities, which hosted one of the most electric finishes in all of 2019. The kids Matthew Wolff and Collin Morikawa were fearless in their fourth professional start attacking pins like they were 20-year vets. The infamous eagle Wolff holed from the fringe on 18 to […]
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Skylar Hoke
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NFL Fantasy
Biggest bust candidates at wide receiver in fantasy football
Last week, we discussed some WR breakouts who could help win you your league. It is important to consider the other side of that coin as well. There are players in drafts who are essentially land mines, ones who will destroy a roster and make it extremely difficult to succeed. The later into a draft you get, […]
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Anthony Amico
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MLB DFS
MLB DFS preview: National League West
With the Major League Baseball season set to (finally!) start this week, the FTN team is breaking down every division with an eye toward DFS possibilities, ways to approach using each team and best strategies. NL EAST / NL CENTRAL / AL EAST / AL CENTRAL / AL WEST Today, the National League West: Team: Arizona Diamondbacks Manager: Torey Lovullo 2019 […]
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Matthew Davis
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PGA DFS
PGA DFS: Course preview and core plays for the 3M Open
Welcome back everyone! This week we get to experience an extreme drop in Field Strength as the PGA Tour heads to Minnesota for the 3M Open. This event was played for the first time last year and we witnessed Matthew Wolff take down Bryson DeChambeau on the final hole to secure his first win. This […]
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Drew Mathews
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NFL Fantasy
100 Questions: The pressing fantasy issues for the Miami Dolphins
(You can’t answer a question if you don’t know what the question actually is. As we head toward the start of training camps after the weirdest offseason of our lives, FTN editor-in-chief Daniel Kelley asks — and attempts to answer — 3-4 fantasy-related questions about each team’s coming season. This is 100 Questions.) Everything was […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
100 Questions: The pressing fantasy issues for the Los Angeles Rams
(You can’t answer a question if you don’t know what the question actually is. As we head toward the start of training camps after the weirdest offseason of our lives, FTN editor-in-chief Daniel Kelley asks — and attempts to answer — 3-4 fantasy-related questions about each team’s coming season. This is 100 Questions.) The speed […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Bets
Daily Odds Boost check for Wednesday, July 22
This is a great time to be a sports bettor. As sports betting becomes legal in more and more locations, the various sportsbooks are all vying for your business. Targeting daily odds boosts bets can be one of the best ways to take advantage. Four days a week, I’ll be highlighting some of the best […]
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Matt LaMarca
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NFL Fantasy
Training camp position battles to watch for fantasy: RB
NFL training camps are finally opening up, and with them come the usual selection of camp battles featuring varying degrees of fantasy football intrigue. All this week, we’re looking at training camp battles for 2020 from a fantasy perspective. Up today: RBs. (Check out our QB position battles to watch.) Detroit Lions: D'Andre Swift vs. […]
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Tyler Loechner
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MLB Bets
The strategy behind betting on MLB futures
After the most chaotic, tumultuous offseason (and maybe six-month period) in history, we finally have MLB almost back. Weeks of planning, preparing, modeling, calculating, contrasting, and comparing plus a metric ton worth of napkin math brings us to here; The physical gameplan. It’s time to bet! There’s so much that goes into the execution of […]
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FTN Staff
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Soccer DFS
DFS Showdown Slate plays for Chelsea/Liverpool
The English Premier League is back in action, and FTN has you covered. For this game between Chelsea and Liverpool, I’ll be offering a DFS-catered approach to help pack your bankroll with profit. We are getting to the end of the season and there are a lot of things to factor in. You need to […]
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Blake Hampton
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NFL Fantasy
Booms, Busts and Breakouts: Miami Dolphins
As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp opens, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Jeff Ratcliffe, profile their favorite booms, busts and breakouts for every NFL team. Today’s topic: The Fightin’ Fish.  Booms Mike Gesicki, TE After doing a whole lot of nothing over his first season and a […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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Soccer DFS
DFS Showdown Slate plays for Manchester United/West Ham
The English Premier League is back in action, and FTN has you covered. For this game between West Ham and Manchester United, I’ll be offering a DFS-catered approach to help pack your bankroll with profit. We are getting to the end of the season and there are a lot of things to factor in. You […]
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Blake Hampton
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Soccer Bets
Handicapping the EPL slate 7/22
The English Premier League is back in action, and FTN has you covered. For this two-match slate, which includes West Ham-Manchester United and Liverpool-Chelsea, I’ll be offering a catered approach to help pack your bankroll with profit. We are getting to the end of the season and there are a lot of things to factor […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Fantasy
First Down Blog: Fantasy football in a COVID-19 world
Multiple times each week, Brad Evans, in this space, will ramble on about whatever random, likely tequila-influenced fantasy football/betting thoughts are coursing through his often-moronic mind. Today’s topic: How to adjust to the outside world on draft day. As the old adage implies, change is very much hanging in the air.  The times we’re living […]
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Brad Evans
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NFL Bets
Prop Bet of the Day: Kenyan Drake is ready to impress
Looking to scratch an action itch? You bet we got you covered. Every day our ravenous bettors scour the web for their favorite player props to boost the bankroll. Kenyan Drake over 975.5 -110 – DraftKings – 1 Unit AND Kenyan Drake leads the league in rushing +2200 – FanDuel – 0.25 units Drake was […]
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Eliot Crist
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PGA DFS
Picking out DFS core plays for the 3M Open
For those of you diving into golf, I will be posting my core plays for PGA DFS every week. This will be focused around what I’ll be doing for my five main lineups, plus my max-entry builds for contests like the Milly Maker. I’m going to focus on a few core guys and dive deep […]
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Javi Prellezo
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Esports DFS
Core plays and lineup construction for LoL (7/22)
There’s a two-game slate for League of Legends on Wednesday, beginning at 5:00 am ET. I’m here to break down my top DFS builds, as well as my strategy around what I’m doing for this slate. The building itself is especially important. If you haven’t had a chance, please, please read up on the Esports […]
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Javi Prellezo
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Esports DFS
CS:GO core plays and lineup constructions (7/22)
There’s a two-game Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CSGO) slate on Wednesday, at 3:00 am ET and a two-game slate on Wednesday, at 12:00 pm ET. I’m here to break down my top DFS builds and my strategy around what I’m doing tomorrow. I’m focusing on building the best lineups possible. If you haven’t had a chance, […]
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Javi Prellezo
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MLB DFS
KBO DFS: Previewing the slate for July 22
DraftKings is offering a five-game slate for the Korean Baseball Organization Wednesday, July 22, with lock set for 5:30 a.m. ET. I am here to give you my top KBO DFS pitchers and some stacks to consider as well as three hitters I am rostering as part of my cash core. Reminders: The biggest edge […]
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DFS Chaser
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NHL DFS
Fantasy hockey rankings for the NHL restart
In our DFS preview series for the return of the NHL (Eastern Conference, Western Conference) we looked at team-by-team breakdowns of player options because the daily schedule will not consist of the same teams every time, but when we do a fantasy pool for the full playoffs there is no need to break down the […]
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Russell Prentice
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Soccer DFS
DFS Showdown Slate plays for Arsenal/Aston Villa
The English Premier League is back in action and FTN has you covered. For this showdown slate between Arsenal and Aston Villa, I’ll be offering a DFS-catered approach to help pack your bankroll with profit. Aston Villa has everything to play for heading into this game. These two matchups could be key in deciding who […]
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Blake Hampton
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MLB Bets
The best MLB over/unders to target for bettors
Ladies and gentlemen, we are now a mere handful of days away from meaningful Major League Baseball. I must be having all sorts of fun putting this betting guide together because the second hand on my desk clock is jumping ticks. There’s still a ton of work to do and not a lot of time […]
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FTN Staff
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NHL DFS
Predictions, DFS plays for the EC qualifying round
We’re about to get started back with NHL action, which means we’re about to get started back up with hockey DFS. For those of you that don’t know, I’m originally from South Florida and I’m a huge Florida Panthers fan. Hockey is my favorite sport, even though Floridians have no idea what cold or ice […]
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Javi Prellezo
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MLB DFS
MLB DFS preview: American League West
With the Major League Baseball season set to (finally!) start this week, the FTN team is breaking down every division with an eye toward DFS possibilities, ways to approach using each team and best strategies.   NL EAST / NL CENTRAL / NL WEST / AL EAST / AL CENTRAL Today, the American League West: Team: […]
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Chris Meaney
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MLB DFS
Playing MLB DFS Showdown on DraftKings
Major League Baseball is almost here. It is going to be a whirl-wind season with 60 games over 70 days for most teams. I love playing the MLB Showdown format on DraftKings throughout the season, especially on marquee matchups. The Showdown format presents multiple angles to attack from captain choice and use of relief pitchers […]
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DFS Chaser
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NFL Bets
Primer on closing line value for NFL betting: Part 3
In the previous installment of this series, I talked about things to avoid when mining for closing line value (CLV). Specifically, the “dead zone” in NFL sides with a spread between -1 and +2. Today, I’m going to show you a couple of different things to look for when searching for CLV, using classification trees as […]
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Anthony Amico
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NFL Fantasy
Training camp position battles to watch for fantasy: QB
NFL training camps are finally opening up, and with them come the usual selection of camp battles featuring varying degrees of fantasy football intrigue. All this week, we’ll look at training camp position battles for 2020 from a fantasy perspective. Up first: QBs. New England Patriots: Cam Newton vs. Jarrett Stidham Who fantasy players should […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
100 Questions: Pressing fantasy issues for the Los Angeles Chargers
(You can’t answer a question if you don’t know what the question actually is. As we head toward the start of training camps after the weirdest offseason of our lives, FTN editor-in-chief Daniel Kelley asks — and attempts to answer — 3-4 fantasy-related questions about each team’s coming season. This is 100 Questions.) The Los […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
100 Questions: The pressing fantasy issues for the Las Vegas Raiders
(You can’t answer a question if you don’t know what the question actually is. As we head toward the start of training camps after the weirdest offseason of our lives, FTN editor-in-chief Daniel Kelley asks — and attempts to answer — 3-4 fantasy-related questions about each team’s coming season. This is 100 Questions.) Fun news […]
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Daniel Kelley