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The Scott Fish Bowl 13 — or #SFB13 on Twitter — is getting closer, and the official scoring settings for the massive tournament just dropped.  This is the largest, most popular redraft fantasy football contest in the world. Fantasy analysts and fans are grouped up to duke it out over the course of the season, […]

Welcome to our “No. 1 Overall” series for 2023, where we take a look at which players are most likely to finish as the top fantasy scorer at their position. Up today: TEs. This series is as simple as it sounds. We’re going to go through the TEs — in tiers — that have the […]

Welcome to our “No. 1 Overall” series for 2023, where we take a look at which players are most likely to finish as the top fantasy scorer at their position. Up today: WRs. This series is as simple as it sounds. We’re going to go through the WRs — in tiers — that have the […]

Welcome to our “No. 1 Overall” series for 2023, where we take a look at which players are most likely to finish as the top fantasy scorer at their position. Up today: RBs. This series is as simple as it sounds. We’re going to go through the RBs — in tiers — that have the […]

Welcome to our “No. 1 Overall” series for 2023, where we take a look at which players are most likely to finish as the top fantasy scorer at their position. Up today: QBs.   This series is as simple as it sounds. We’re going to go through the QBs — in tiers — that have […]

We’re running through our 2023 fantasy sleepers and busts series with a look at 2023 WR busts. Check out more in the series here:   2023 QB sleepers 2023 QB busts 2023 RB sleepers 2023 RB busts 2023 WR sleepers 2023 WR busts 2023 TE sleepers 2023 TE busts (you’re reading it now) Looking for […]

Welcome to the FTN Fantasy 2023 Best Ball Guide! You can follow the entire best ball season preview here to prepare you for your best ball drafts. Finding the right draft strategy is a critical decision to best ball success. In a best ball format, you don’t have the benefit of in-season waiver moves. The […]

The 2023 NFL draft is here, and it’s time for new blood to enter the league. But that also means veterans are about to lose snaps, targets and rushing attempts to rookies.   As we do every year, we’re going to examine each team’s “vacated opportunity” leading into the draft (we first published this piece […]

We’re running through our 2023 fantasy sleepers and busts series with a look at 2023 TE sleepers. Check out more in the series here: 2023 QB sleepers 2023 QB busts 2023 RB sleepers 2023 RB busts 2023 WR sleepers 2023 WR busts 2023 TE sleepers (you’re reading it now) 2023 TE busts (coming 4/26) Looking […]

We’re running through our 2023 fantasy sleepers and busts series with a look at 2023 WR busts. Check out more in the series here: 2023 QB sleepers 2023 QB busts 2023 RB sleepers 2023 RB busts 2023 WR sleepers 2023 WR busts (you’re reading it now) 2023 TE sleepers (coming 4/24) 2023 TE busts (coming […]

We’re running through our 2023 fantasy sleepers and busts series with a look at 2023 WR sleepers. Check out more in the series here: 2023 QB sleepers 2023 QB busts 2023 RB sleepers 2023 RB busts Looking for a wide receiver to draft later in the order? Here are four potential sleeper candidates for the […]

We’re running through our 2023 fantasy sleepers and busts series with a look at 2023 RB bust candidates. Check out more in the series here: 2023 QB sleepers 2023 QB busts 2023 RB sleepers   Looking to avoid lame duck RBs with your early draft picks? Here are four potential RB bust candidates for the […]

We’re running through our 2023 fantasy sleepers and busts series with a look at 2023 RB sleepers. Check out more in the series here: 2023 QB sleepers 2023 QB busts Looking for a running back to draft later in the order? Here are four potential sleeper candidates for the 2023 fantasy season.    These four […]

We’re running through our 2023 fantasy sleepers and busts series with a look at 2023 QB busts. Check out our 2023 QBs sleepers piece if you’re looking for the diamonds in the rough.   I said this in the sleepers piece, and I’ll say it again here: QB feels pretty gross in fantasy football this […]

It’s time for our look at sleeper QB candidates for fantasy football in 2023. Yes, we know Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen, and Jalen Hurts are good –  but what if you decide to wait on a QB?   I can start by saying: QB feels pretty gross in fantasy football this year. The top is […]

In the last 10 years, 14 sets of teammates have finished as PPR WR1s in the same year. Last year featured Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle from Miami and A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith from Philadelphia.   Which duos have the best chance of accomplishing the same? Today I’m highlighting my top eight duos who […]

The 2023 NFL free agency period is around the corner, which means we’ll get to see plenty of familiar faces land in new places. We’re going around the block position-by-position to pick out the best possible landing spots. Up today: Tight ends.    The fantasy fallout is always a mystery. Some landing spots will be […]

The 2023 NFL free agency period is around the corner, which means we’ll get to see plenty of familiar faces land in new places.   The fantasy fallout is always a mystery. Some landing spots will be great, some will be terrible. When a player leaves one team and lands on another, it also opens […]

Call me old, but I liked the era of WR divas (in a fun way). Chad Johnson donning the golden jacket as a celebration. TO being TO. The Joe Horn cell phone. (Antonio Brown doesn’t count as “in a fun way.”)   But the years have made WRs slightly less fun — or have they? […]

When everything came to a close, the 2022 NFL season ended with no major shock — the best QB in football, Patrick Mahomes, hoisting the Lombardi.   But when you take a step back and look at the big picture, you realized quite a bit changed on the quarterback front this year for fantasy football. […]

Last year, I was tasked with identifying the 1.01 of 2022 drafts in February. I pinpointed Christian McCaffrey as the guy, and boy oh boy did that end up leading to some interesting conversations all offseason.   After playing every game in 2022, will drafters still be so scared of CMC? Is he even still […]

The 2022 fantasy football season is in the books, and after a day to let it marinate, it’s time to get right back into the action with an early 2023 fantasy football mock draft.   12 FTN Network people got together for a 0.5-PPR mock draft on Sleeper. You needed 1 QB, 2 RBs, 3 […]

Football fans have been blessed with some legendary players over the last 10 years at all positions. Perhaps the best of the bunch have been the tight ends, where we saw Rob Gronkowski quickly rise to dominance in the early 2010s and Travis Kelce put up shockingly consistent big numbers since 2016. But which player […]

Tuesday, we took a look at the best possible fantasy football draft for 2022. That team would have run the table.   The team we’re looking at today? The complete opposite. Have a look at the worst possible squad you could have drafted in 2022: Sign up for an FTN subscription today! Worst Pick in […]

Nailing your fantasy football draft is easier said than done, but with the benefit of hindsight, we can take a look back at what the perfect 2022 fantasy draft would have looked like.   Spoiler alert: Your roster would have been absolutely loaded. Sign up for an FTN subscription today! Best Pick in Round 1: […]

The Fantasy Football Players Championship Playoff Challenge is back for the 2022-2023 NFL season. The main event is a $200 entry fee with a top prize of $500,000 and $1.4 million in total prize money.    You can take a look at the official rules and scoring settings here, but the primary thing to know […]

The 2022 fantasy football season has reached its end, and it’s time to celebrate the winners (and highlight some losers) with the fantasy awards for the 2022 season.   2022 Fantasy MVP: Austin Ekeler, Los Angeles Chargers Austin Ekeler finished Weeks 1-17 with 2.29 fantasy wins added, edging out Justin Jefferson for the crown of […]

The fantasy football playoffs have arrived, and our friends at Underdog offer a bunch of NFL playoff contests to give you a chance to win big. These best ball playoff tournaments feature a starting lineup of 1 QB, 1 RB, 2 WR/TE flex spots and 1 RB/WR/TE flex spot. There are 5 bench spots, too. […]

Underdog Best Ball Playoff contests for the 2022-2023 season are underway, and it’s time for a strategy refresher.   This piece will run through everything you need to know about fantasy football best ball playoffs, and the top teams to stack for the playoffs. These best ball playoff tournaments feature a starting lineup of 1 […]

Week 17 of the 2022 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, […]

Week 16 of the 2022 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, […]

Earlier this year, we introduced Fantasy Wins Added and the Fantasy Gradebook — two concepts that I hope revolutionize the way we value players in fantasy football and measure success.   With Week 15 in the books, let’s take a look at the leaders. You can access the full Fantasy Gradebook and Fantasy Wins Added tool here, available […]