Tyler Loechner's Articles

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 […]

(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.) You’re never really out of it in a fantasy football contest. Well, that’s not true. Sometimes you really are done for. But if your players still have […]

(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.) Yesterday, we took a look at the WRs with the longest average TD length in 2020. Today’s Stat of the Day piece will take a look at […]

(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.) Not all TDs are created equal. Davante Adams was able to rack up the fantasy points with his plethora of 1- and 2-yard scores in 2020, but […]

(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 taken a look at QB performance when traveling out of the pocket. We’ve reviewed which QBs travel out of the pocket on drop backs […]

(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.) A few days ago, we took a look at which QBs travel out of the pocket on drop backs most often. The list featured a mix of […]

(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’s bombshell news was that Cam Akers will miss the 2021 NFL season — and put the rest of his career in jeopardy as well, damned Achilles […]

(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.) One of the best things about the NFL is that there are so many flavors of play at the QB position, which is undoubtedly the most important […]

(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.) A few weeks ago, we look at the target dominators across the NFL. Aside from the top TEs in the league, all the top receivers in 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.) Thursday, we took a look at the top 20 WRs based on air yards from the 2020 NFL season. Air yards are the number of yards 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.) Air yards become one of the hottest terms in the fantasy football industry a few years ago, and for good reason. Sorting players by air yards does […]

(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 articles have taken a look at QB ratings for WRs. We’ve looked at the WRs with the highest QB rating […]

(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 articles have taken a look at QB ratings for WRs. We’ve looked at the WRs with the highest […]

(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 most recent Stat of the Day article looked at which WRs helped their QBs the most in terms of passer rating. Davante Adams topped […]

(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’s Stat of the Day pieces have been exploring “boom” plays for pass-catchers with a look at WRs that scored the most deep TDs and 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.) In Wednesday’s Stat of the Day article, we examined the WRs who had the most big plays (40-yard TDs) in 2020. This helped surface some WR options […]