Derek Brown's Articles

Offensive line play never grabs the headlines it deserves, but it’s an integral part of discussing fantasy football. From the highly talked about first-round picks to late-round sleepers to the top fantasy quarterbacks, offensive line play can make or break all of these draft picks. Today we’re going to discuss the top offensive lines in […]

After the hype of rookie draft and training camp, the NFL action has died down. Now is the time to capitalize on values to trade for in dynasty fantasy football. Not every play on this list will fit every team build whether you are contending or rebuilding, but where their values currently sit in dynasty […]

With Week 1 quickly staring us in the face, fantasy football draft season is in full swing. Every league has its own quirks, whether starting lineup structure, scoring or league size. While 12-team leagues are commonly referred to as the default league size, plenty of 10-team fantasy football leagues exist. The difference of two more […]

The NFL preseason has wrapped up, and now we sit here impatiently waiting for Week 1 to arrive. With three weeks of NFL action and the deepest recesses of depth charts running routes and bowling over defenders, five players have emerged or cemented themselves as must-adds in all of your dynasty leagues. You can find […]

We conclude this beautiful preseason of DFS with five wondrous games of backup merriment. Before we dive into the deep recesses of these teams to uncover snaps and sneaky players to roster, let’s discuss the preseason DFS approach first. Daily I’ll be diving into the weeds in beat reports looking for nuggets in practice reports […]

We continue the final week of NFL preseason with an amazing six-game DFS slate. The Cardinals/Saints game has been canceled with a hurricane inbound for New Orleans. Before we dive into the deep recesses of these teams to uncover snaps and sneaky players to roster, let’s discuss the preseason DFS approach first.  Every game day, […]

We kick off the final week of NFL preseason with a beautiful four-game DFS slate. Before we dive into the deep recesses of these teams to uncover snaps and sneaky players to roster, let’s discuss the preseason DFS approach first.  Every game day, I’ll be diving into the weeds in beat reports looking for nuggets […]

Every fantasy football season, we mine the later rounds of drafts hoping to strike gold. Last year’s later rounds were plentiful with breakout players like Chase Claypool. This year we have a new crop of new and familiar faces to target with the last picks of our Drafters rosters. Let’s dive into the players who could sparkle […]

And just like that, Sony Michel is a Los Angeles Ram, throwing a wrench into our preseason fantasy football plans. Michel enters a depth chart with Darrell Henderson as the de facto RB1 with undrafted free agents Xavier Jones and Otis Anderson and seventh-round pick Jake Funk. With Jones and Funk failing to stand out […]

Stacking is one of the first fantasy football concepts usually mentioned when discussing best ball, and for very good reason. Especially if you’re entering into large-field tournaments against thousands of other people, the aim is to capture weekly upside and the lion’s share of production from a top-flight offense. The same theory is deployed in […]

Touchdowns are among the hardest stats to predict in fantasy football. Yearly we chase volume at each position, hoping that the workload for the players we love can outkick variance. Sadly, this isn’t the case, and when we also factor in injuries and personnel changes, the equation can quickly go sideways. As we stand at […]

As Week 1 is right around the corner, we are firmly in the midst of Drafters best ball season. In this format, it’s important to spread out your exposures on players and teams, so all of your rosters are not a victim to injury or variance if a handful of players bust. In saying that, […]

Every year, we have players ascend from the basement levels of NFL depth charts to fantasy football prominence. Some of those candles burn brightly for the entire season (i.e., James Robinson), and some spark and fizzle out (Travis Fulgham). Let’s discuss some players that you didn’t possibly know about that have the chance to catch […]

Telling players on your dynasty fantasy football rosters that it’s time to pack their bags and say hello to their new teammates can be difficult but is necessary to sustain competitive squads. Knowing when to push the accept button on a dynasty deal is equally challenging. Sometimes this requires saying “Auf Wiedersehen” to players at […]

When it comes to playing fantasy football, one of the keys to winning is finding deep sleepers to win your league. There is no more important position than running back to find these players. On average, the running back position accounts for 50% of the picks being made in the first four rounds of best […]

Right now is the perfect time to be sending out those dynasty trade offers. This stretch of time is prime for pouncing. NFL rosters are loaded with players that could see massive value spikes in 2021 or are undervalued dynasty circles. Whether you are rebuilding a currently vomit-inducing roster to compete in 2022 or loading […]

As Week 2 of the NFL preseason comes to a close in all of its backup and bottom-of-the-depth chart glory. Before we dive into the deep recesses of these teams to uncover snaps and sneaky players to roster, let’s discuss the preseason DFS approach first.  Every game day, I’ll be diving into the weeds in […]

After a profitable Week 1 preseason DFS slate, we’re back for more action in Week 2. Before we dive into the deep recesses of these teams to uncover snaps and sneaky players to roster, let’s discuss the preseason DFS approach first. Daily I’ll be diving into the weeds in beat reports looking for nuggets in […]

After a profitable Week 1 preseason DFS slate, we’re back for more action in Week 2. Before we dive into the deep recesses of these teams to uncover snaps and sneaky players to roster, let’s discuss the preseason DFS approach first.  Every game day, I’ll be diving into the weeds in beat reports looking for […]

After a profitable Week 1 preseason DFS slate, we’re back for more action in Week 2. Before we dive into the deep recesses of these teams to uncover snaps and sneaky players to roster, let’s discuss the preseason DFS approach first. Every game day, I’ll be diving into the weeds in beat reports looking for […]

After a profitable Week 1 of preseason DFS, we’re back for more action in Week 2. Before we dive into the deep recesses of these teams to uncover snaps and sneaky players to roster, let’s discuss the preseason DFS approach first.  Every game day, I’ll be diving into the weeds in beat reports looking for […]

Touchdowns are among the hardest stats to predict in fantasy football. Yearly we chase volume at each position, hoping that the workload for the players we love can outkick variance. Sadly, this isn’t the case, and when we also factor in injuries and personnel changes, the equation can quickly go sideways. As we stand at […]

As fantasy football draft season motors along through training camp season, we have players who see their ADPs zoom up the board every year. Whether it’s because of hype or gamers chasing the cheapest piece of a top offense, it happens every offseason. Let’s discuss some players who are overvalued and are massive avoids at […]

As we mow through the dog days of summer every fantasy football season, ADPs shift with news, narratives, and new information. Yet we still find players who are still being drafted too late in fantasy each year. Players where their upside doesn’t match their ADP. Here are just a few players who should be going […]

Touchdowns are among the hardest stat to predict in fantasy football. Yearly we chase volume at each position, hoping that the workload for the players we love can outkick variance. Sadly, this isn’t the case, and when we also factor in injuries and personnel changes, the equation can quickly go sideways. As we stand at […]

(FTN’s Derek Brown and Matt Jones are going team-by-team to look at the coaching tendencies of every team and how that matters for fantasy football in 2021. Follow the whole coaching/coordinators series.) A critical point projecting players for fantasy football is forecasting their roles and the overall context of the team philosophies on both sides of […]

As Week 1 of the preseason comes to a close in all of its backup-and-bottom-of-the-depth chart glory. Before we dive into the deep recesses of these teams to uncover snaps and sneaky players to roster, let’s discuss the preseason DFS approach first.  Every game day, I’ll be diving into the weeds in beat reports looking […]

Week 1 of the preseason is here in all its backup-and-bottom-of-the-depth chart glory. Before we dive into the deep recesses of these teams to uncover snaps and sneaky players to roster, let’s discuss the preseason DFS approach first. Every game day, I’ll be diving into the weeds in beat reports looking for nuggets in practice […]

Week 1 of the preseason is here in all its backup-and-bottom-of-the-depth chart glory. Before we dive into the deep recesses of these teams to uncover snaps and sneaky players to roster, let’s discuss the preseason DFS approach first. Every game day, I’ll be diving into the weeds in beat reports looking for nuggets in practice […]

Week 1 of the NFL preseason is here in all of its backup-and-bottom-of-the-depth chart glory. Before we dive into the deep recesses of these teams to uncover snaps and sneaky players to roster in DFS, let’s discuss the preseason DFS approach first. Every game day, I’ll be diving into the weeds in beat reports looking […]

Touchdowns are maybe the hardest stat to predict in fantasy football. Yearly we chase volume at each position, hoping that the workload for the players we love can outkick variance. Sadly, this isn’t the case, and when we also factor in injuries and personnel changes, the equation can quickly go sideways. As we stand at […]

(FTN’s Derek Brown and Matt Jones are going team-by-team to look at the coaching tendencies of every team and how that matters for fantasy football in 2021. Follow the whole coaching/coordinators series.) A critical point projecting players for fantasy football is forecasting their roles and the overall context of the team philosophies on both sides of […]