Tyler Loechner's Articles

The world champion Kansas City Chiefs are 5-1. If the season ended today, they would be the No. 1 seed in the AFC. So why does it feel like they are … kinda meh this year? Most of the high-level data points don’t support that feeling. As we said above, they are sitting pretty in […]

Welcome to the Week 6 edition of Golden Games, where we highlight the best fantasy football matchups of the week. Get The Best Fantasy Football Newsletter – FREE This process is going to be simple. We’re looking for a few things each week: Game Environment: Good offenses? Bad defenses? Good weather? Which matchups have all […]

Welcome to FTN’s Week 6 fantasy football trade value chart for the 2023 NFL season. Each week, we’ll update the chart to provide you with values for every relevant fantasy player to help you make smarter trades. The trade value chart is based on a 12-team league that starts 1 QB, 2 RBs, 3 WRs, 1 […]

Welcome to the Week 5 edition of Golden Games, where we highlight the best fantasy football matchups of the week.   This process is going to be simple. We’re looking for a few things each week: Game Environment: Good offenses? Bad defenses? Good weather? Which matchups have all (or most) of the firework ingredients we’re […]

I was tasked with writing something DVOA-related for FTN here, so I thought I’d start off with something, well, simple. What’s the relationship between DVOA and fantasy football value? Using the revolutionary Fantasy Wins Added metric — combined with the even more revolutionary DVOA metric — we can finally answer that question in the best […]

Welcome to the Week 4 edition of Golden Games, where we highlight the best fantasy football matchups of the week.   This process is going to be simple. We’re looking for a few things each week: Game Environment: Good offenses? Bad defenses? Good weather? Which matchups have all (or most) of the firework ingredients we’re […]

Welcome to the Week 3 edition of Golden Games, where we highlight the best fantasy football matchups of the week.   This process is going to be simple. We’re looking for a few things each week: Game Environment: Good offenses? Bad defenses? Good weather? Which matchups have all (or most) of the firework ingredients we’re […]

Welcome to FTN’s Week 3 fantasy football trade value chart for the 2023 NFL season. Each week, we’ll update the chart to provide you with values for every relevant fantasy player to help you make smarter trades.   The trade value chart is based on a 12-team league that starts 1 QB, 2 RBs, 3 WRs, […]

Welcome to the Week 2 edition of Golden Games, where we highlight the best fantasy football matchups of the week.   This process is going to be simple. We’re looking for a few things each week: Game Environment: Good offenses? Bad defenses? Good weather? Which matchups have all (or most) of the firework ingredients we’re […]

Welcome to the Week 1 edition of Golden Games, where we highlight the best fantasy football matchups of the week. This process is going to be simple. We’re looking for a few things each week: Game Environment: Good offenses? Bad defenses? Good weather? Which matchups have all (or most) of the firework ingredients we’re looking […]

Week 1 of the 2023 NFL season hasn’t kicked off yet, but wise fantasy football managers may already be looking to the waiver wire to get a head start on the competition.   As we do every year, this article will get ahead of the game by helping you make some early waiver claims before […]

Last year, we broke new ground with the introduction of Fantasy Wins Added. Then we doubled up on new stats to play with by introducing Fantasy Grades. Think PFF grades — but for fantasy football. This piece explains  FTN’s Fantasy Grades, gives a review of last year’s takeaways, and lets you know how to use […]

It can be hard to prep for fantasy football during training camp and the preseason. Things happen every day that might be a huge deal for fantasy … or might be no deal at all.    Sometimes we can figure it out, but sometimes it’s just a matter of paying attention to what happens to […]

Who are the most overrated fantasy football players for 2023? Each year, we run through each NFL team’s most overrated and underrated players from a fantasy football perspective — and it’s time to release the 2023 edition.   You’re going to see some big names on these lists, and that’s because we’re in the business […]

Who are the most underrated fantasy football players for 2023? Each year, we run through each NFL team’s most overrated and underrated players from a fantasy football perspective — and it’s time to release the 2023 edition.   You’re going to see some big names on these lists — potentially even first-rounders on the “overrated” […]

Fantasy football draft season is here, and it’s time to once again mark your 2023 cheat sheets by crossing names off — a “do not draft” list, if you will.   This article will review the worst picks in each round for your fantasy football draft strategy in 2023. Average draft position data comes from FTN’s […]

It can be hard to prep for fantasy football during training camp and the preseason. Things happen every day that might be a huge deal for fantasy … or might be no deal at all.    Sometimes we can figure it out, but sometimes it’s just a matter of paying attention to what happens to […]

It can be hard to prep for fantasy football during training camp and the preseason. Things happen every day that might be a huge deal for fantasy … or might be no deal at all.    Sometimes we can figure it out, but sometimes it’s just a matter of paying attention to what happens to […]

Ahhh … can you smell that? Fantasy football draft season is in the air, and it’s time to once again mark your 2023 cheat sheets with your favorite targets in each round.   This article will review the best picks in each round for your fantasy football draft strategy in 2023. Average draft position data […]

It can be hard to prep for fantasy football during training camp and the preseason. Things happen every day that might be a huge deal for fantasy … or might be no deal at all.    Sometimes we can figure it out, but sometimes it’s just a matter of paying attention to what happens to […]

Our fantasy football rankers are some of the best in the business, but that doesn’t mean they always agree. Each Tuesday, one of our rankers will highlight some names he’s furthest from the staff consensus on and explain why you should either be targeting those players or steering clear in your 2023 drafts. There are many […]

It can be hard to prep for fantasy football during training camp and the preseason. Things happen every day that might be a huge deal for fantasy … or might be no deal at all.  Sometimes we can figure it out, but sometimes it’s just a matter of paying attention to what happens to know […]

It can be hard to prep for fantasy football during training camp and the preseason. Things happen every day that might be a huge deal for fantasy … or might be no deal at all.  Sometimes we can figure it out, but sometimes it’s just a matter of paying attention to what happens to know […]

Welcome to FTN’s series of the most explosive and consistent players in fantasy football from 2022 — and what it means for their 2023 outlook. Today’s piece will take a look at the five most explosive TEs from 2022. As you’ll learn from this series, explosiveness (or volatility) is a more desirable trait than consistency […]

Welcome to FTN’s series of the most explosive and consistent players in fantasy football from 2022 — and what it means for their 2023 outlook. Today’s piece will take a look at the five most consistent QBs from 2022. As you’ll learn from this series, explosiveness (or volatility) is a more desirable trait than consistency […]

Our fantasy football rankers are some of the best in the business, but that doesn’t mean they always agree. Each Thursday, one of our rankers will highlight some names he’s most above the staff consensus on and explain why you should either be targeting those players in your 2023 drafts. In his piece “three you’re too […]

Welcome to FTN’s series of the most explosive and consistent players in fantasy football from 2022 — and what it means for their 2023 outlook. Today’s piece will take a look at the 10 most consistent WRs from 2022. As you’ll learn from this series, explosiveness (or volatility) is a more desirable trait than consistency […]

Welcome to FTN’s series of the most explosive and consistent players in fantasy football from 2022 — and what it means for their 2023 outlook. Today’s piece will take a look at the 10 most explosive WRs from 2022. As you’ll learn from this series, explosiveness (or volatility) is a more desirable trait than consistency […]

The Scott Fish Bowl 13 — or #SFB13 on Twitter — has arrived! It’s a massive tournament, so ADP and rankings largely go out the window once drafts go live, but it’s never a bad idea to have general guidelines.  This is the largest, most popular redraft fantasy football contest in the world. Fantasy analysts […]

Welcome to FTN’s series of the most explosive and consistent players in fantasy football from 2022 — and what it means for their 2023 outlook. Today’s piece will take a look at the 10 most consistent RBs from 2022.   As you’ll learn from this series, explosiveness (or volatility) is a more desirable trait than […]

Welcome to FTN’s series of the most explosive and consistent players in fantasy football from 2022 — and what it means for their 2023 outlook. Today’s piece will take a look at the 10 most explosive RBs from 2022.   As you’ll learn from this series, explosiveness (or volatility) is a more desirable trait than […]

The big dogs over at Underdog Fantasy have released an exciting new way to play fantasy football that combines best ball and DFS, and they are calling it “Weekly Winners.”   Let’s dive into some initial thoughts around strategy. We’ll update this piece as we learn more about the contest and strategies develop further. It’s […]