Jeremy Popielarz's Articles

When you make a pick in your fantasy football draft, what you want to hear is your leaguemates being angry, frustrated that you took the player they wanted. Also acceptable is the “ooooh” of being impressed, when they think you made a savvy call they didn’t think of. But no reaction is also a reaction. […]

With the dynasty offseason in full swing, many managers are making trades to remold their rosters. Upon doing this, they have to decide who are the players to move on from and the ones to acquire. The best managers have the ability to predict the production drop known as “The Cliff”, before it happens.    […]

“You either die a hero or live long enough to become a villain” — a statement that relates to fantasy football more than you would think. In dynasty fantasy football, as in real football, keeping a player one year too long can be what ends a run of excellence.   It’s hard to know when […]

Coming immediately after the NFL Draft, one of the popular pieces on many football sites is a mock draft looking a year down the road. Which hot prospect quarterback will rise to the top to be the first overall pick the next year?    So why not do that exercise, but for fantasy football? Today, […]

We are just a few days away from the 2022 NFL Draft, and that means we’re a few days away from starting to get real clarity on this year’s rookie class. This will help us predict just what their fantasy value could be moving forward.    Of course, the rookies of 2022 aren’t the only […]

With the NFL Draft right around the corner, FTN is taking a moment to look at each division one at a time. We’re going team-by-team to identify the biggest needs and moves the franchises should be looking at before or during the draft, which starts April 28.   As we continue our series, we turn […]

With the NFL Draft right around the corner, FTN is taking a moment to look at each division one at a time. We’re going team-by-team to identify biggest needs and moves the franchises should be looking at before or during the draft, which starts April 28.   Today we visit the NFC South, which saw […]

With the NFL Draft right around the corner, FTN is taking a moment to look at each division one at a time. We’re going team-by-team to identify biggest needs and moves the franchises should be looking at before or during the draft, which starts April 28.   First on the plate is the NFC West, […]

There is always a flow of player movement during the NFL offseason. That is true in dynasty fantasy football offseason as well — it’s one of the reasons so many players enjoy this format. As we draw closer to the NFL Draft and your league’s rookie drafts, it’s time to start assessing your roster. The […]

FTN’s very own Jeff Ratcliffe dropped his first-round 2022 NFL mock draft Monday. Obviously, who goes where throughout the entire draft goes a long way to shaping the league, but today we’re here to focus on the fantasy football side of things. Using Jeff’s mock, we can start to imagine what some of these players’ […]

One of the hardest things to do in dynasty fantasy football is to construct the “perfect roster.” Of course, perfect may not exist, but there are a few guidelines that are good to follow. One of the best parts of dynasty fantasy football is that you can mold your roster how every you wish, building […]

As the 2022 fantasy season begins to approach, much of our attention is on dynasty rookie drafts. But the fantasy community has a bad habit of only looking at what’s new. We agonized over our evaluations of last year’s rookie class, and now that there’s a new crop of rookies to analyze, we’ve moved on. […]

As the NFL Draft draws near, rookie fever is starting to set in for fantasy football managers, and the dynasty community has begun to sink its teeth into the 2022 class. There are many talented players entering the draft this year where landing spot only matters as far as workload, where they’ll be good anywhere. […]