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(FTN’s Matt Jones is going team-by-team to investigate some of the biggest fantasy issues around the NFL for the 2021 fantasy football season. Follow the whole Fantasy Football Multiverse series.) The idea of the multiverse is fascinating to me. You change one small thing in one timeline and it breaks off and affects things down the road in […]

The PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Playoffs kick off at Liberty National Thursday for the Northern Trust. We’ve seen this track a few times in the past, most recently in 2019 for this same event. The course is a par 71 that plays close to 7,400 yards. There are a whopping 98 bunkers and a dozen […]

(FTN’s Matt Jones is going team-by-team to investigate some of the biggest fantasy issues around the NFL for the 2021 fantasy football season. Follow the whole Fantasy Football Multiverse series.) The idea of the multiverse is fascinating to me. You change one small thing in one timeline and it breaks off and affects things down the road in […]

(FTN’s Matt Jones is going team-by-team to investigate some of the biggest fantasy issues around the NFL for the 2021 fantasy football season. Follow the whole Fantasy Football Multiverse series.) The idea of the multiverse is fascinating to me. You change one small thing in one timeline and it breaks off and affects things down the road in […]

As we head into the final round for the PGA’s Wyndham Championship, Russell Henley has extended his lead by a stroke and sits at 15-under. He heads into Sunday with a commanding three stroke lead. There are 13 other golfers at 10-under or better so the fat lady is warming up, but she hasn’t sung […]

We have Russell Henley ($10,100) sitting atop the leaderboard after Round 2 at the Wyndham Championship. He sits four strokes clear of a group of three golfers at the halfway pole.  As a general rule with these visuals, we’re looking at the bottom-right quadrant for targets and fading the top-left quadrant. Sungjae Im ($9,500) sticks […]

After tackling the question of when to draft quarterbacks and when to draft running backs in fantasy football, today I’m looking at the wide receiver position. Back in June, I wrote a piece about drafting multiple WRs from the same team. While that’s not technically a traditional “stack,” it was part of my stacking series. I […]

Golfers in the field have their last chance to solidify their standing in the FedEx Cup Race this week. This tournament has a rich history, being founded back in 1938. The track is Sedgefield CC, which is a 7,130-yard Par 70. It has 52 bunkers and has water in play on six holes. It’s not […]

(FTN’s Matt Jones is going team-by-team to investigate some of the biggest fantasy issues around the NFL for the 2021 fantasy football season. Follow the whole Fantasy Football Multiverse series.) The idea of the multiverse is fascinating to me. You change one small thing in one timeline and it breaks off and affects things down the […]

(FTN’s Matt Jones is going team-by-team to investigate some of the biggest fantasy issues around the NFL for the 2021 fantasy football season. Follow the whole Fantasy Football Multiverse series.) The idea of the multiverse is fascinating to me. You change one small thing in one timeline and it breaks off and affects things down the […]

Another round in the books, another Harris English lead. He’s – once again – two strokes clear of the field as we head into the final round. He’ll have to contend with Bryson DeChambeau and Cam Smith sitting two strokes back, though, if he wants to hoist the trophy tomorrow.  To start things off, we […]

After two rounds of play, we’re in a similar position as Thursday night. Harris English leads the field by two strokes. The chasers are a bit more impressive in Cameron Smith and Abraham Ancer. They each carded 62s Friday to climb the leaderboard into a tie for second place.  Hideki Matsuyama ($8,400) stands out as […]

We’re back! Strokes gained have returned! The WGC FedEx St. Jude Invitational got off to a bang Thursday with an incredible 28 from Harris English on the front nine. He “cooled off” a bit down the stretch and finished the day two strokes ahead of everyone with a 62. English gained the most strokes of […]

A nice simple question to tackle. When should you draft running backs? It would be nice to have a clear succinct answer to that, but if you’ve been on fantasy Twitter or spoken to someone about fantasy football — ever — you know it’s a rather loaded question. We do player evaluations, we have great […]

After a week in Tokyo, we’re heading to TPC Southwind for the WGC FedEx St. Jude Invitational. We’ve seen this track on tour every year since 1989. It’s a Par 70 that plays just over 7,230 yards. The course features relatively small greens, 75 bunkers and 11 water hazards. Some changes were made to the […]

(FTN’s Matt Jones is going team-by-team to investigate some of the biggest fantasy issues around the NFL for the 2021 fantasy football season. Follow the whole Fantasy Football Multiverse series.) The idea of the multiverse is fascinating to me. You change one small thing in one timeline and it breaks off and affects things down the […]

We’re heading into the final round of the Olympic men’s golf tournament. There are four golfers in medal position right now with Xander Schauffele ($10,600) in first place, Hideki Matsuyama ($10,400) in solo second and Paul Casey ($9,700) and Carlos Ortiz ($9,400) are tied for bronze medal position. There won’t be any ties for second […]

We’re almost all the way through the second round of the Olympic men’s golf tournament. Xander Schauffele ($10,300) took the lead with an impressive 8-under round Friday before play was halted due to inclement weather. Barring a highly unlikely three-under over the last two holes for Hideki Matsuyama ($9,800), he’ll hold that lead heading into […]

After a round of Olympic golf play in Tokyo, we have some surprises at the leaderboard. Sepp Straka ($7,200) and Jazz Janewattanond ($7,200) sit in first and second place. They both hit 16-of-18 greens in regulation in the opening round.  Collin Morikawa ($10,700) sits in T20 position after an opening-round 69. He hit two-thirds of […]

(FTN’s Matt Jones is going team-by-team to investigate some of the biggest fantasy issues around the NFL for the 2021 fantasy football season. Follow the whole Fantasy Football Multiverse series.) The idea of the multiverse is fascinating to me. You change one small thing in one timeline and it breaks off and affects things down the […]

We’re heading off to Tokyo for the Summer Games. You might be thinking that there’s probably some crazy format for the Summer Games. You’d be wrong. It’s essentially a World Golf Championship where we have a super small field and no cut. There have been some high-profile withdrawals from the competition.   The stud range As […]

When should you draft a quarterback? It’s the question people ask constantly when starting out. “They score the most points, right? So, I should go after one early.”  While that’s a factual statement, it doesn’t factor in the complexities of building a roster that can compete. In fact, it actually makes sense to think about […]

As we head into the final round of the PGA Tour 3M Open, Cameron Tringale holds a one-stroke lead over Gary Woodland and Maverick McNealy and sits at 12-under. Perhaps the more interesting part of the leaderboard comes at 10-under, where there’s an eight-way tie for fourth place.  The most expensive golfers in the final […]

The 3M Open has been an interesting event thus far. A quick scan of the most expensive Round 3 plays reveals that a lot of golfers at the top are underperforming. Eight golfers that would’ve been above $7,500 missed the cut and only one of the golfers above $9,000 is in the top 25 heading […]

(FTN’s Matt Jones is going team-by-team to investigate some of the biggest fantasy issues around the NFL for the 2021 fantasy football season. Follow the whole Fantasy Football Multiverse series.) The idea of the multiverse is fascinating to me. You change one small thing in one timeline, and it breaks off and affects things down the road in […]

Even though the tour is coming off a major week, at least at the moment, we still have a decent field for the 3M Open. The venue is TPC Twin Cities once again this year. It’s a Par 71 that plays just about 7,400 yards.  The white quadrant is what we’re typically targeting and this […]

(FTN’s Matt Jones is going team-by-team to investigate some of the biggest fantasy issues around the NFL for the 2021 fantasy football season. Follow the whole Fantasy Football Multiverse series.) The idea of the multiverse is fascinating to me. You change one small thing in one timeline and it breaks off and affects things down the […]

It will take a truly special effort to put up a big number at Royal St. George’s tomorrow. And by big, I mean small…with it being golf, and all. This year, 66-of-77 golfers who made the cut shot scores within eight strokes of each other. There were a couple of outliers, of course, notably the […]

Louis Oosthuizen ($9,700) is your leader at The Open Championship heading through two rounds. He heads into the weekend two strokes clear of Collin Morikawa ($8,900) and the rest of the field. As I mentioned in our last piece, the lack of strokes gained data has turned this article this week into a more traditional […]

We’re through one round at Royal St. George’s with Louis Oosthuizen ($9,500) one stroke clear of the field. He’s hitting greens despite his lack of fairways. The South African only managed to hit 42% of his fairways but still found the putting surface over 75% of the time. Brandt Snedeker ($6,600) was the sharpest with […]

(FTN’s Matt Jones is going team-by-team to investigate some of the biggest fantasy issues around the NFL for the 2021 fantasy football season. Follow the whole Fantasy Football Multiverse series.) The idea of the multiverse is fascinating to me. You change one small thing in one timeline and it breaks off and affects things down […]

The golf world turns its attention to The Open Championship at Royal St. George’s GC this week. It’s a par 70 that plays right around 7,200 yards. This will mark the 15th time this club has played host to The Open, but only two of those occasions have been within the last 27 years. As […]