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June is underway, and we’re getting closer to the 2023 regular season. Best ball leagues have been drafting for months now and they are getting more popular now that we understand landing spots for veteran free agents and rookies.   Every year, rookie fever emerges and the previous class gets pushed aside by the shiny […]

Welcome to Sleepers, Busts and Bold Predictions for the 2023 fantasy football season. All summer, our analysts, two at a time, will preview all 32 NFL teams for the upcoming season. We’ll pick a pair of sleepers, a pair of busts and a pair of bold predictions. Sometimes they’ll be the same pick! Sometimes they […]

Now more than ever, the fantasy and betting landscapes are providing a year-round experience for fans, especially when it comes to the NFL. With the advent of best ball and growth of dynasty leagues – plus the explosion of legal sports betting options – casual fantasy players and bettors are no longer waiting until the […]

Now more than ever, the fantasy and betting landscapes are providing a year-round experience for fans, especially when it comes to the NFL. With the advent of best ball and growth of dynasty leagues – plus the explosion of legal sports betting options – casual fantasy players and bettors are no longer waiting until the […]

Welcome to Sleepers, Busts and Bold Predictions for the 2023 fantasy football season. All summer, our analysts, two at a time, will preview all 32 NFL teams for the upcoming season. We’ll pick a pair of sleepers, a pair of busts and a pair of bold predictions. Sometimes they’ll be the same pick! Sometimes they […]

June is underway, and we’re getting closer and closer to the 2023 regular season. Best ball leagues have been drafting for months now, and they are getting more popular now that we understand landing spots for veteran free agents and rookies.   Every year, rookie fever emerges, and the previous class gets pushed aside by […]

Now more than ever, the fantasy and betting landscapes are providing a year-round experience for fans, especially when it comes to the NFL. With the advent of best ball and growth of dynasty leagues – plus the explosion of legal sports betting options – casual fantasy players and bettors are no longer waiting until the […]

Now more than ever, the fantasy and betting landscapes are providing a year-round experience for fans, especially when it comes to the NFL. With the advent of best ball and growth of dynasty leagues – plus the explosion of legal sports betting options – casual fantasy players and bettors are no longer waiting until the […]

June is underway, and we’re getting closer and closer to the 2023 regular season. Best ball leagues have been drafting for months now, and they are getting more popular now that we understand landing spots for veteran free agents and rookies.   Every year, rookie fever emerges, and the previous class gets pushed aside by […]

Welcome to Sleepers, Busts and Bold Predictions for the 2023 fantasy football season. All summer, our analysts, two at a time, will preview all 32 NFL teams for the upcoming season. We’ll pick a pair of sleepers, a pair of busts and a pair of bold predictions. Sometimes they’ll be the same pick! Sometimes they […]

Now more than ever, the fantasy and betting landscapes are providing a year-round experience for fans, especially when it comes to the NFL. With the advent of best ball and growth of dynasty leagues – plus the explosion of legal sports betting options – casual fantasy players and bettors are no longer waiting until the […]

Welcome to Sleepers, Busts and Bold Predictions for the 2023 fantasy football season. All summer, our analysts, two at a time, will preview all 32 NFL teams for the upcoming season. We’ll pick a pair of sleepers, a pair of busts and a pair of bold predictions. Sometimes they’ll be the same pick! Sometimes they […]

Welcome to Sleepers, Busts and Bold Predictions for the 2023 fantasy football season. All summer, our analysts, two at a time, will preview all 32 NFL teams for the upcoming season. We’ll pick a pair of sleepers, a pair of busts and a pair of bold predictions. Sometimes they’ll be the same pick! Sometimes they […]

Whether you’re new to fantasy football or a seasoned vet, scanning the draft board can be intimidating. There’s so much research to do, so many things to know and so many players to choose from. And when we’re dealing with the early rounds, they’re good players.   One way to navigate the draft board more […]

The reality show that is the NFL offseason has again delivered the type of drama that your favorite dating show craves. We’ve had halted contract talks, big-name free agent signings and huge trades that figure to have a massive impact on the NFL landscape.   However, not all impact is positive. Now that we’ve made […]

The reality show that is the NFL offseason has again delivered the type of drama that your favorite dating show craves. We’ve had halted contract talks, big-name free agent signings and huge trades that figure to have a massive impact on the NFL landscape. Now that we’ve made it through the bulk of free agency […]

If your redraft fantasy league has a championship in Week 18, you’re probably sick and tired of the “move your championship” crowd, so I won’t harp on that. What really matters is that you have a fantasy championship in Week 18, and we’ve got you covered with quarterback, tight end and defense streamers.   We’ll […]

Week 16 was a solid week for quarterbacks across the fantasy landscape, with a mix of every-week starters and streamers making up the top-12. We saw some regulars at the top such as Patrick Mahomes, Joe Burrow and Josh Allen, we saw a few streamers have big performances like Jared Goff and Gardner Minshew, and […]

Looking to stream defense in your fantasy football league for Week 16? You’ve come to the right place. Streaming DSTs is a popular strategy — but picking the right matchups is key! Let’s dive into the top streaming defenses for Week 16.   Now that the fantasy football playoffs are upon us, the NFFC Free […]

After Week 14 proved to be the week of the streaming QB, the stars showed out in Week 15 and reminded everyone how valuable it can be to have a dominant quarterback. Josh Allen, Jalen Hurts and Patrick Mahomes made up the top three, and seven of the top eight QBs were non-streamers heading into […]

Week 14 streaming QBs put on a show in what served as the regular season finale for plenty of fantasy leagues. If you were relying on one of the streamers we outlined last week, you had a 67% chance in hitting on a QB1 for the week and a 50% chance at a top-five QB […]

Week 13 proved to be one of the lower-scoring weeks for quarterbacks this season despite plenty of good matchups and high totals on paper. Jalen Hurts and Joe Burrow were the stars of the show as each broke the 30-point mark, but only two other QBs – Geno Smith and Jared Goff – surpassed 20.  […]

With no bye weeks in Week 12, the fantasy QB studs were on full display. Josh Allen, Jalen Hurts, Kyler Murray and Justin Herbert made up the top four in a week that was full of nice quarterback performances. Streamers mixed in as well with Trevor Lawrence rounding out the top five and a couple […]

In Week 11, fewer quarterbacks separated themselves as week-winners than we typically see at the position. Some of the usual suspects like Patrick Mahomes, Joe Burrow and Jalen Hurts provided top-five performances, but it was one of the more balanced showings from QBs as a whole.   Week 12 streaming QBs will look to compete […]

After a chalky Week 9 for quarterbacks, we again saw the power of the streaming QB in Week 10. Miraculously, Justin Fields was still available in over half of ESPN leagues heading into last week, and he delivered with a QB1 finish on the back of another mind-boggling performance on the ground. Joining Fields in […]

Looking to stream quarterbacks in your fantasy football league for Week 10? You’ve come to the right place. Streaming QBs is a popular strategy — but picking the right matchups is key. Let’s dive into the top streaming quarterbacks for Week 10.   Week 9 proved to be a chalky one for fantasy quarterbacks as […]

Looking to stream quarterbacks in your fantasy football league for Week 9? You’ve come to the right place. Streaming QBs is a popular strategy — but picking the right matchups is key. Let’s dive into the top streaming quarterbacks for Week 9.   Week 8 proved to be a great week for fantasy quarterbacks. Keeping […]

Looking to stream quarterbacks in your fantasy football league for Week 8? You’ve come to the right place. Streaming QBs is a popular strategy — but picking the right matchups is key. Let’s dive into the top streaming quarterbacks for Week 8.   Another week in the books means another week of surprises, many of […]

Week 6 brought us plenty of surprises at the quarterback position, with eight of the week’s top 12 QBs qualifying as streamers. Perhaps even more unpredictable were the failures of Lamar Jackson, Kyler Murray and Tom Brady, especially with the latter two having great matchups on paper.   The QB streamer of the week award […]

Week 3 proved to be a down week for quarterbacks as a whole, as starters averaged just over 15 points, down from 17 the week prior. We saw fantasy studs like Justin Herbert and Kyler Murray struggle while a handful of QB streamers cracked the top-12.   As the season moves along, finding the right […]

In Week 2, fantasy quarterback performances continued to leave us in awe. Tua Tagovailoa and Lamar Jackson exchanged blows in a whacky shootout that put them each atop the QB landscape, Josh Allen and Jalen Hurts dominated on Monday night, and popular streamers like Matt Ryan, Jameis Winston and Justin Fields single-handedly lost matchups for […]

Some of the usual suspects – Dak Prescott, Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady, to name a few – struggled in Week 1 while a handful of streaming options cashed in for fantasy managers who were willing to roll the dice in their opening matchup.   Carson Wentz was the big winner, finishing as the QB3 […]