Derek Brown's Articles

Fantasy football rankings can be assembled in a variety of manners. Whether relying on projections, factoring in injury risk to the equation, or playing the ADP, you can approach them in many ways. After sorting through each team situation, my PPR rankings are now live at FTN Fantasy. When comparing my ranks versus the expert […]

As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp openings, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Derek Brown, profile their favorite Booms, Busts, Breakouts and Bets for every NFL team. Giddy up, gamers. Today’s topic: The Juggernaut Jaguars. Fantasy Football Booms – Jaguars D.J. Chark, WR There’s replacement-level quarterback play, and there’s […]

As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp openings, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Derek Brown, profile their favorite Booms, Busts, Breakouts and Bets for every NFL team. Giddy up, gamers. Today’s topic: The Juggernaut Jaguars. Fantasy Football Booms – Jaguars D.J. Chark, WR There’s replacement-level quarterback play, and there’s […]

Stacking is one of the first 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 by many, including […]

As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp openings, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Derek Brown, profile their favorite Booms, Busts, Breakouts and Bets for every NFL team. Giddy up, gamers. Today’s topic: The Helpless Texans. Fantasy Football Booms – Texans Brandin Cooks, WR Cooks reprises the alpha role he […]

As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp openings, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Derek Brown, profile their favorite Booms, Busts, Breakouts and Bets for every NFL team. Giddy up, gamers. Today’s topic: The Helpless Texans. Fantasy Football Booms – Texans Brandin Cooks, WR Cooks reprises the alpha role he […]

One of the most interesting and widely speculated topics of the offseason for fantasy football has been “who will start at quarterback for the New Orleans Saints in 2021?” Today we’re going to peek at Sean Payton’s offensive scheme over the years and examine the skill sets for Jameis Winston and Taysom Hill. At the same […]

With rookie draft season slowing down, the dynasty calendar flips back to all-day, everyday trade season. With the market still salivating with racing pulses from the lavish hype of the NFL Draft, let’s discuss some players whose markets have dipped or are still undervalued. Open the apps and update the trade blocks. It’s time to […]

As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp openings, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Derek Brown, profile their favorite Booms, Busts, Breakouts and Bets for every NFL team. Giddy up, gamers. Today’s topic: Indiana’s Show Ponies. Fantasy Football Booms – Colts Jonathan Taylor, RB  After a slow start to […]

As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp openings, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Derek Brown, profile their favorite Booms, Busts, Breakouts and Bets for every NFL team. Giddy up, gamers. Today’s topic: Indiana’s Show Ponies. Fantasy Football Booms – Colts Jonathan Taylor, RB  After a slow start to […]

Staring down the pass-catching depth chart for Tennessee after A.J. Brown is a scary proposition. After Brown lies a laundry list of no-names and cast-offs with Josh Reynolds, Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, Chester Rogers, Dez Fitzpatrick and Cameron Baston, to name a few. This is precisely why I’m bringing Anthony Firkser to your attention. Firkser now sits atop the […]

As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp openings, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Derek Brown, profile their favorite Booms, Busts, Breakouts and Bets for every NFL team. Giddy up, gamers. Today’s topic:The Fightin’ Air McNairs. Fantasy Football Booms – Titans A.J. Brown, WR Regardless of which metric you utilize to […]

As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp openings, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Derek Brown, profile their favorite Booms, Busts, Breakouts and Bets for every NFL team. Giddy up, gamers. Today’s topic:The Fightin’ Air McNairs. Fantasy Football Booms – Titans A.J. Brown, WR Regardless of which metric you utilize to […]

After landing in Washington via the third round of the 2020 NFL Draft, Antonio Gibson exploded onto the fantasy football scene last year. The raw talent for a player with a 99th percentile speed score was never the question. Projecting a player’s rookie season is difficult enough, but when said player amasses a total of […]

After some flashes as a consistent starting quarterback in fantasy football with Miami, Tennessee Titans QB Ryan Tannehill reached another level over the last two seasons. Free from the fantasy shackles of Adam Gase, Tannehill enjoyed new life breathed into his career with a scheme tailored to his strengths with Arthur Smith. With Smith now […]

As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp openings, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Derek Brown, profile their favorite Booms, Busts, Breakouts and Bets for every NFL team. Giddy up, gamers. Today’s topic: The J-E-T-S. Fantasy Football Booms – Jets Michael Carter, RB The newest addition to the Jets’ […]

As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp openings, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Derek Brown, profile their favorite Booms, Busts, Breakouts and Bets for every NFL team. Giddy up, gamers. Today’s topic: The J-E-T-S. Fantasy Football Booms – Jets Michael Carter, RB The newest addition to the Jets’ […]

With the NFL Draft long gone and rookie camps closed, many will turn their attention to other sports, but this is the time to take advantage of best-ball drafts. Before the redraft fantasy gamers wake from their nap, you need to get into hop into these drafts. Several high-profile wide receivers are lagging in ADP […]

As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp openings, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Derek Brown, profile their favorite Booms, Busts, Breakouts and Bets for every NFL team. Giddy up, gamers. Today’s topic: The New England Patriots. Fantasy Football Booms – Patriots Nelson Agholor, WR New England’s frantic free-agent spending made us […]

As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp openings, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Derek Brown, profile their favorite Booms, Busts, Breakouts and Bets for every NFL team. Giddy up, gamers. Today’s topic: The New England Patriots. Fantasy Football Booms – Patriots Nelson Agholor, WR New England’s frantic free-agent spending made us […]

As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp openings, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Derek Brown, profile their favorite Booms, Busts, Breakouts and Bets for every NFL team. Giddy up, gamers. Today’s topic: The Miami Dolphins. Fantasy Football Booms – Dolphins Myles Gaskin, RB Myles Gaskin enters the season looking to reprise […]

As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp openings, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Derek Brown, profile their favorite Booms, Busts, Breakouts and Bets for every NFL team. Giddy up, gamers. Today’s topic: The Miami Dolphins. Fantasy Football Booms – Dolphins Myles Gaskin, RB Myles Gaskin enters the season looking to reprise […]

With the NFL Draft in the rearview mirror, it’s officially best ball season. Attacking these early drafts can be exceptionally profitable while monitoring player average draft positions (ADP) that rise and fall like tides. As players hype oceans swell or dry up, the approach can be varied. Depending on your thoughts regarding the player, situation, […]

With the NFL Draft in the rearview mirror, it’s officially best ball season. Attacking these early drafts can be exceptionally profitable while monitoring player average draft positions that rise and fall like tides. As players hype oceans swell or dry up, the approach can be varied. Depending on your thoughts regarding the player, situation and […]

As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp openings, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Derek Brown, profile their favorite Booms, Busts, Breakouts and Bets for every NFL team. Giddy up, gamers. Today’s topic: The Bills Mafia. Fantasy Football Booms – Bills Stefon Diggs, WR Entering the 2020 season, Stefon […]

As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp openings, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Derek Brown, profile their favorite Booms, Busts, Breakouts and Bets for every NFL team. Giddy up, gamers. Today’s topic: The Bills Mafia. Fantasy Football Booms – Bills Stefon Diggs, WR Entering the 2020 season, Stefon […]

With the NFL Draft in the rearview mirror, it’s officially best ball season. Attacking these early drafts can be exceptionally profitable while monitoring player average draft positions that rise and fall like tides. As players hype oceans swell or dry up, the approach can be varied. Depending on your thoughts regarding the player, situation and […]

With the NFL draft in the rearview mirror, it’s officially best ball season. Attacking these early drafts can be exceptionally profitable while monitoring player average draft positions (ADP) that rise and fall like tides. As players hype oceans swell or dry up, the approach can be varied. Depending on your thoughts regarding the player, situation and […]

Dynasty rookie draft season is here! This glorious time of the year ignites the NFL general manager inside us all. Now that we have teams tied to this prospect class let’s roll through a one-quarterback (PPR) dynasty rookie mock draft and see how it all sifts out.  Rookie Dynasty Mock Draft – Round 1 1.01: […]

Every NFL season, there are a handful of top-flight rookies who help shape fantasy football seasons. Each draft class offers the promise of league-winning type players. Over the last four years, on average, more three rookies per season have finished inside the top 50 in total fantasy points scored. We’ve covered rookies from this class […]

It’s dynasty rookie draft season! This glorious time of year is like Christmas, and your birthday rolled into one. It comes around once a year and involves unwrapping shiny new gifts that you’ll cherish forever. Sometimes the best presents are buried deep beneath the Christmas tree or left for last at the birthday table. The […]

Every NFL season, there are a handful of top-flight rookies that help shape fantasy football seasons. Each draft class offers the promise of league-winning type players. Over the last four years, on average, over three rookies per season have finished inside the top 50 in total fantasy points scored. We’re going to cover rookies from […]