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FTN's Dan Fornek takes a look at fantasy football ADP heading into 2024 draft season to see the movers and shakers.

FTN's Dan Fornek ranks all 32 offensive line units in the NFL ahead of the 2024 fantasy football season.

FTN's Dan Fornek takes a look at fantasy football ADP heading into 2024 draft season to see the movers and shakers.

FTN's Dan Fornek picks out some of the noteworthy rookies in this year's draft who might take some time to develop in fantasy.

FTN's Dan Fornek identifies a handful of rookies who should make an immediate impact in fantasy football regardless of landing spot.

FTN's Dan Fornek looks at the ideal landing spots for the top rookie running backs in fantasy football heading into the NFL Draft.

FTN's Dan Fornek looks at the top landing spots for rookie quarterbacks in fantasy football entering the 2024 season.

So far this offseason, the FTN Fantasy crew has been busy at work preparing fantasy managers for the upcoming NFL season. On top of excellent NFL prospect breakdowns, there have been plenty of articles written about veteran players who fantasy managers will need to know come fantasy draft season.   You can check out articles […]

Here at FTN, we continue to prepare for the 2024 season by analyzing the different sleepers and busts heading into the 2024 season. So far, we have broken down the quarterback sleepers and busts as well as the running back sleepers and busts. Next up are the wide receivers.   Below, you’ll find a list […]

The first waves of NFL free agency have subsided, and teams are starting to shift into draft prep. The NFL draft is just over one month away, which puts OTAs and rookie camps just on the horizon.   Earlier in the offseason, FTN Fantasy looked at the quarterback sleepers to target in fantasy drafts heading into […]

The first waves of NFL free agency have subsided, and teams are starting to shift into draft prep. The NFL draft is just over one month away which puts OTAs and rookie camps just on the horizon.   Before you know it, we will be back in the thick of fantasy draft season. Some people […]

The 2023 NFL season has officially come to an end, which means it is time to look ahead to 2024 — starting with the top NFL free agent players available. Teams will start evaluating their rosters and analyzing the free agents to see which holes they can fill on their roster ahead of the 2024 […]

The Super Bowl is right around the corner, which means we are on the cusp of the 2024 offseason. Just four teams remain in the NFL playoffs, leaving 28 other teams focusing on the future. Many of the moves made in the coming months will have a fantasy football impact. Earlier, FTN Fantasy took a […]

The 2023 NFL regular season is officially over, which means it is time to start preparing for 2024. Over half of the NFL understands where they will be picking in the 2024 draft and can start assessing their team needs. The next few months are crucial for NFL teams, but the moves that happen can […]

Week 17 marks the end of the fantasy football season for the vast majority of football players. Monday, we dropped a fantasy overview for the AFC teams in 2023. Today, we will review the NFC teams.   You can never be too early in refining your process in fantasy when preparing for the next fantasy season. […]

For most, the 2023 fantasy football season came to a close after Week 17. Others may still have a championship that needs to be decided by the chaos of Week 18. Regardless, we are close to talking about the 2023 season in the past tense.   Now that the fantasy season is essentially over, we […]

For many, Week 17 marks the fantasy championship round. At the very least, nearly every league is facing the final four competitors making a move for the fantasy championship. Fantasy managers must pull out all of the stops to try and secure a crucial win to take down their fantasy championship.   This article will […]

The fantasy playoffs are here, and fantasy managers were given a friendly lesson in variance in “win-or-go-home” matchups. Give yourself a round of applause if you had the foresight to start Baker Mayfield, Aidan O’Connell or Joe Flacco above players like Dak Prescott or Patrick Mahomes at quarterback. Celebrate if you found your way into […]

Week 14 marks the end of the fantasy football regular season for many leagues, which means it is time to gear up for the playoffs. Fantasy managers got to see some excellent performances in Week 14, but were forced to watch as key players like Justin Herbert, Nico Collins and Justin Jefferson were knocked out […]

The trend of underwhelming offenses and injuries continued in Week 13. Unfortunately, those struggles were amplified thanks to six teams on bye, including players from big fantasy offenses like Buffalo and Baltimore.   Still, there were some great performances, specifically from the Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers. The fantasy playoffs are just around the […]

Offenses continue to struggle to generate momentum during the 2023 season. That (and a slew of injuries) has led to many frustrating fantasy weeks for fantasy managers. The injury bug continued to bite in Week 11, with big names like Joe Burrow and Mark Andrews being lost for the season. And that was just on […]

Week 10 of the NFL season had some very fun matchups that were enjoyable to watch but didn’t yield a ton of fantasy football production. Sure, fantasy managers who invested in the Chargers and Cowboys’ offenses were ecstatic to watch Justin Herbert and Dak Prescott air it out, but many other managers were wildly underwhelmed. […]

Week 9 started rough for fantasy football managers thanks to bye weeks from some of the most consistent fantasy producers in the NFL (San Francisco, Detroit and Jacksonville). While we did get to enjoy some excellent, high-scoring games, we were once again subject to bad football thanks to many teams being forced to start bad […]

Week 8 was a nice (short-lived) reprieve from bye weeks during the 2023 season. Unfortunately, this year’s trend of ugly football continued. Teams are still struggling to move the ball this season amid stout defensive performances and the ever-growing amount of injuries across the NFL.   There were plenty of positive and negative performances for […]

Fantasy managers were forced to navigate their way through six teams on bye in Week 7. Thankfully, we get everybody back in action in Week 8 before the bye weeks start back up in Week 9.   There was still plenty that we learned about different players seven weeks into the season, especially since there […]

FTN’s positional rankings keep on rolling as we enter the midpoint of the NFL season. So far, the FTN team has broken down offensive line ranks, defensive line ranks, pass catching units, backfields and linebacking groups. This week, we will be looking at all of the secondaries in the NFL and ranking them at the […]

The linebacker position can look very different on a team-by-team basis in today’s NFL. Some teams utilize outside linebackers to generate pressure or drop in coverage. Others use two or three off-ball linebackers, opting to go with bigger defensive linemen to control the line of scrimmage.   Through six weeks, there have been clear examples […]

Scoring is down in the NFL this season, which means that defenses must be playing exceptionally well. The key to any good defense is the ability to get after the passer. Consistent pressure on quarterbacks helps the secondary and keeps teams from finding a rhythm and stringing together chunk plays down the field.   Six […]

Special teams in the NFL can be a fickle thing. Kickers and punters are seemingly unstoppable for years at a time, but then will suddenly fall off out of the blue. Some kickers are stellar in one season but then can’t hit a field goal the next year. Additionally, the NFL rules are designed to […]

During the offseason, FTN ranked the starting offensive line groups in the NFL heading into the 2023 season. Now that we have six weeks of data, we can revisit those rankings based on actionable data and game film.   Below you will find a midseason ranking update for all 32 offensive lines a third of the […]

Week 6 was extremely underwhelming for fantasy football, with 21 teams scoring 20 points or fewer. If that wasn’t bad enough, there will be six teams on bye in Week 7, with many teams featuring key fantasy contributors.   While there weren’t many standout performers in Week 6, there were still some important trends to […]

Believe it or not, we are nearly a third of the way through the NFL season. The fantasy playoffs aren’t as far away as it seems, which means fantasy managers must take stock of their rosters, evaluate positions to upgrade and make the changes necessary to push for a spot in the fantasy playoffs.   […]