Tyler Loechner's Articles

Welcome to FTN’s Week 2 fantasy football trade value chart, where we provide you with relative values for every relevant fantasy player for the rest of the season to help you make a trade. The trade value chart is based on a 12-team league that starts 1 QB, 2 RBs, 3 WRs, 1 TE and […]

Injuries are the worst part of football, but we can’t pretend like they don’t happen or that they don’t have an impact on fantasy football decisions. Each week during the 2021 NFL season, I’ll walk us through the key injury news and notes to know each week. We’ll do an initial run Monday and an […]

It’s time to set fantasy football lineups for Week 1 of the 2021 NFL season, and that means consulting rankings and making tough decisions.  One of the most popular tools here at FTN is our fantasy football rankings. Each week, we bring you non-PPR, PPR and half-PPR rankings to help you win your league. But […]

Week 1 of the 2021 NFL season has arrived, and it’s time to set our fantasy football lineups. As always, lineup decisions are the hardest part of your life as a fantasy manager, and you’ll want to consult as many factors as possible to help you make those choices. Since you’re reading this article, it’s […]

Week 1 of the 2021 NFL football season is days away, and it’s time to fine-tune your fantasy lineups. This includes hunting for solid flex players and sleepers that can pop off and help you win the game. Each week during the NFL season, this article will highlight some deep sleepers for you to consider […]

Arguably the most powerful tool we offer FTN Fantasy subscribers is the FTN NFL splits tool. Powered by the FTN Data database and revamped for the 2021 season, the FTN NFL splits tool gives you the power to find the players in the best (and worst) positions on a weekly basis. Each week, this article […]

Welcome to FTN’s Week 1 fantasy football trade value chart, where we provide you with relative values for every relevant fantasy player for the rest of the season to help you make a trade. The trade value chart is based on a 12-team league that starts 1 QB, 2 RBs, 3 WRs, 1 TE and […]

So, you’ve decided you’re going to take Travis Kelce in Round 1 of your fantasy football draft if he’s available when you’re on the clock. What next? This article will help guide you through what your draft strategy options are after taking the plunge on a TE in the first round, including some real-life examples […]

Once your 2021 fantasy football draft is in the books, it’s already time to start making moves to make your roster better. The waiver wire is about to heat up, but you can get a jump on the action by making some waiver claims before the season even starts. Of course, not ever speculative waiver […]

One of the challenges of fantasy football today is that information is everywhere and even your average league mate probably isn’t that bad on draft day.  But this is where you can use a hack to gain an advantage. If many of your leaguemates are going to use the generic built-in ADP data to form […]

One of the challenges of fantasy football today is that information is everywhere and even your average league mate probably isn’t that bad on draft day.  But this is where you can use a hack to gain an advantage. If many of your league mates are going to use the generic built-in ADP data to […]

The best feeling after your fantasy football draft is to look at every player on your roster and be confident you made the right choice. The worst is to look at the draft board and realize you coulda, shoulda, woulda waited before pulling the trigger. This article will review the worst picks in each round […]

One of the challenges of fantasy football today is that information is everywhere and even your average league mate probably isn’t that bad on draft day.  But this is where you can use a hack to gain an advantage. If many of your leaguemates are going to use the generic built-in ADP data to form […]

Every season, we’re told how deep the tight end position is, or can be, for fantasy football. But we haven’t really heard that this year. And I think it’s because all of this year’s top breakout candidates are, for the most part, the same as last year’s. It forces us to admit that they didn’t […]

Fantasy football draft order value changes every year, but one thing does not ever change: People either love or hate drafting at the “turn” — the 1.12 position.  One the one hand, it’s nice because you get to double-dip. This lets you create stacks or ensure you get the player you really want, even if […]

Every year, zero-RB is the most-discussed fantasy football draft strategy. This year is no different. It’s a viable strategy yet again in 2021, but there are new wrinkles in the plan. This article will review what a zero-RB draft looks like in 2021. We’ll review the strategy for those in “regular” fantasy leagues — e.g., […]

FTN is home to the most powerful tools to help you win your fantasy football league — this article on FantasyHQ walks you through some of the most important. But perhaps no tool is as important — or as capable of uncovering the best hidden gems — as the FTN NFL splits tool. If you […]

As a whole, fantasy football drafting has become quite efficient. Finding the diamonds in the rough is still possible, but it has become a harder game to play. Average draft position ends up paralleling your draft board, and value doesn’t slip through the cracks that much. That’s why it’s more important than ever to pounce […]

Nailing you fantasy draft is all about landing the best players at the best prices. It’s pretty easy to have a good-looking team after the first 3-5 rounds, but what about when you reach the middle of the draft or the double-digit rounds? At the end of the day, the success or failure of your […]

The rise of daily fantasy sports and sports betting continues to lead to new innovative ways to play the game within the game. TopProp Fantasy Sports is the latest and greatest way to get more out of your fantasy sports obsession. TopProp gives fantasy players yet another layer to gaming by combining traditional fantasy football […]

(Leading up to the 2021 NFL season, FTN’s Tyler Loechner will dive into the fantasy football numbers to bring you his Fantasy Stat of the Day, five days a week.) Recent Stat of the Day pieces have taken a look at stats around rushing and the number of defenders in the box on rushing attempts. We’ve looked […]

(Leading up to the 2021 NFL season, FTN’s Tyler Loechner will dive into the fantasy football numbers to bring you his Fantasy Stat of the Day, five days a week.) Our last few Stat of the Day pieces have been examining stats around “defenders in the box.” First, we looked at which RBs had to face the […]

(Leading up to the 2021 NFL season, FTN’s Tyler Loechner will dive into the fantasy football numbers to bring you his Fantasy Stat of the Day, five days a week.) Monday, we took a look at which RBs had to face the highest number of defenders in the box on their rushing attempts, on average. New England’s […]

(Leading up to the 2021 NFL season, FTN’s Tyler Loechner will dive into the fantasy football numbers to bring you his Fantasy Stat of the Day, five days a week.) In theory, running the football is a whole lot easier when you don’t have as many defenders near the line of scrimmage trying to stop you. If […]

(Leading up to the 2021 NFL season, FTN’s Tyler Loechner will dive into the fantasy football numbers to bring you his Fantasy Stat of the Day, five days a week.) Never count your fantasy players out. When the clock is nearing zero at the end of a half, teams are often running a two-minute drill to get […]

(Leading up to the 2021 NFL season, FTN’s Tyler Loechner will dive into the fantasy football numbers to bring you his Fantasy Stat of the Day, five days a week.) This week, we’ve been taking a look at drive-based stats for our Stat of the Day articles, starting with the teams that had the most most drives […]

(Leading up to the 2021 NFL season, FTN’s Tyler Loechner will dive into the fantasy football numbers to bring you his Fantasy Stat of the Day, five days a week.) Tuesday, we took a look at which teams had the most drives during the 2020 season. The gist is that more drives means more chances to score […]

(Leading up to the 2021 NFL season, FTN’s Tyler Loechner will dive into the fantasy football numbers to bring you his Fantasy Stat of the Day, five days a week.) Your fantasy studs aren’t going to score points if their team never has the ball. This is obvious, but we don’t talk about team opportunity quite enough […]

(Leading up to the 2021 NFL season, FTN’s Tyler Loechner will dive into the fantasy football numbers to bring you his Fantasy Stat of the Day, five days a week.) Last week, we looked at the RBs who had the longest average TD runs and the WRs with the longest average touchdown receptions. We wanted to know […]

(Leading up to the 2021 NFL season, FTN’s Tyler Loechner will dive into the fantasy football numbers to bring you his Fantasy Stat of the Day, five days a week.) Gamescript is one of the most important things to pay attention to in fantasy football. Some of it is obvious: If a team is winning, they are […]

(Leading up to the 2021 NFL season, FTN’s Tyler Loechner will dive into the fantasy football numbers to bring you his Fantasy Stat of the Day, five days a week.) Wednesday, we took a look at which QBs threw the most TDs in the fourth quarter of games last season. Names like Kirk Cousins and Ben Roethlisberger […]