Mike Randle's Articles

The foundation of weekly DFS success is finding the right passing-game stack. Identifying those outlier games that produce an abundance of points, and selecting the corresponding players from each team, give you a huge edge in both MME tournaments and cash game matchups.  While it’s nearly impossible to identify those teams with certainty in the […]

It’s time to look ahead to the 2023 NFL season! Follow along with all our fantasy football team offseason roundups here. It’s been a very busy NFL offseason, with free agent signings, coaching changes and several new players entering the league via the NFL Draft. As we prepare for the 2023 fantasy football season, it’s critical […]

It’s time to look ahead to the 2023 NFL season! Follow along with all our fantasy football team offseason roundups here. It’s been a very busy NFL offseason, with free agent signings, coaching changes and several new players entering the league via the NFL Draft. As we prepare for the 2023 fantasy football season, it’s critical […]

It’s time to look ahead to the 2023 NFL season! Follow along with all our fantasy football team offseason roundups here. It’s been a very busy NFL offseason, with free agent signings, coaching changes and several new players entering the league via the NFL Draft. As we prepare for the 2023 fantasy football season, it’s critical […]

It’s time to look ahead to the 2023 NFL season! Follow along with all our fantasy football team offseason roundups here.   It’s been a very busy NFL offseason, with free-agent signings, coaching changes and several new players entering the league via the NFL Draft. As we prepare for the 2023 fantasy football season, it’s […]

As the calendar turns to June, there are fewer than 90 days until the start of the 2023 NFL season. We are exactly 82 days away from the Thursday night kickoff matchup between the Detroit Lions and Kansas City Chiefs.   Best ball season is in full swing, and redraft leagues will begin shortly. As […]

It’s time to look ahead to the 2023 NFL season! Follow along with all our fantasy football team offseason roundups here. It’s been a very busy NFL offseason, with free agent signings, coaching changes and several new players entering the league via the NFL Draft. As we prepare for the 2023 fantasy football season, it’s […]

Having completed 45 drafts in the Underdog Best Ball Mania IV contest, now is the perfect time to review my fantasy football exposures for the upcoming 2023 NFL season. There are many advantages to drafting best ball teams early in the season, as opportunities exist to capitalize on low ADPs. However, as the summer months […]

We are 43 drafts into Best Ball season at Underdog Fantasy, and there is no end in sight! As we enter mid-June, the 2023 Best Ball drafts have started to heat up quickly. Nine of the 32 NFL teams have already held (or canceled) their mandatory minicamps, with the reminder of teams beginning this week. […]

As the calendar turns to June, there are fewer than 90 days until the start of the 2023 NFL season. We are exactly 89 days away from the Thursday night kickoff matchup between the Detroit Lions and Kansas City Chiefs!   Best ball season is in full swing, and redraft leagues will begin shortly. As […]

It’s time to look ahead to the 2023 NFL season! Follow along with all our fantasy football team offseason roundups here. It’s been a very busy NFL offseason, with free agent signings, coaching changes and several new players entering the league via the NFL Draft. As we prepare for the 2023 fantasy football season, it’s […]

It’s time to look ahead to the 2023 NFL season! Follow along with all our fantasy football team offseason roundups here. It’s been a very busy NFL offseason, with free agent signings, coaching changes and several new players entering the league via the NFL Draft. As we prepare for the 2023 fantasy football season, it’s […]

The Minnesota Vikings have informed running back Dalvin Cook that they plan to release him, per multiple sources.   The Vikings are expected to explore one last attempt to trade Cook Thursday, and if unsuccessful, they plan to release him Friday. Either way, Cook’s extremely successful six-year tenure in Minnesota will be ending. The Miami […]

Fantasy football rankings are already moving faster than a slot machine. As we head into the middle of June, there are huge discrepancies on which players are buys and which players are sells. Today, I’ll take a look at the biggest differences between our six FTN expert rankers and FantasyPros’ industry consensus. Where is the […]

As the calendar turns to June, there are less than 100 days until the start of the 2023 NFL season. We are exactly 96 days away from the Thursday night kickoff matchup between the Detroit Lions and Kansas City Chiefs.    Best ball season is in full swing, and redraft leagues will begin shortly. As […]

We are just two days away from the month of June, which means the countdown to the 2023 NFL season has officially started. There are exactly 100 days left until the Thursday night kickoff matchup between the Detroit Lions and Kansas City Chiefs.    Best ball season is in full swing, and redraft leagues will […]

With 40 Best Ball Mania IV Drafts officially in the books, I have certainly learned a ton. The more repetition in drafts, the more you can narrow down the values in each round, and create a general plan for roster construction.   Who should you target?  Who should you avoid?  What has been my preferred roster […]

Spending early-round fantasy football draft capital on a quarterback is an “all or nothing” proposition. Given the depth of the position, there is a wealth of value in the later rounds. If you select a quarterback early in our drafts, it needs to translate to a big fantasy season. If it does, you gain a […]

The month of May always signals the start of fantasy football redraft season. Teams have now added rookies, signed free agents and started to provide a rough draft of their positional depth charts. It is truly a glorious time of year.  As fantasy football players, it’s officially time for us to devise a play 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. Win. Loss. Win. Win. Loss… Once the NFL releases its week-by-week schedule, all NFL fans partake in trying to assign a win or a loss to each game […]

It is time. The 2023 NFL Draft is less than one day away, and we have finally started to get clarity on the litany of rumors that have circulated throughout social media for the past two months. Gathering information and trying to predict the first round is one of my favorite exercises of the sports year. […]

Bettle is an exciting new peer-to-peer fantasy sports platform! Let’s say you have an MLB season-long fantasy team you love but want a way to get more action on it. Join the Bettle community and browse other people’s teams to challenge them in a 1-on-1 battle for real money. You can challenge for the day […]

Finally, you can turn your sports knowledge into real cash by investing in an athlete’s entire career. Prices rise and fall with every hit, huddle, and headline — and you can buy and sell instantly or hold for as long as you want. Three times a week, FTN will feature a player and his Mojo […]

The King has added another jewel to his crown.  Tuesday night, LeBron James scored his 36th point on a jumpshot with 0:10 seconds left in the third quarter to surpass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the NBA’s all-time leading scorer. The 38-year-old future Hall of Famer broke Abdul-Jabbar’s mark of 38,387 points in his 1410th game, reaching […]

Finally, you can turn your sports knowledge into real cash by investing in an athlete’s entire career. Prices rise and fall with every hit, huddle, and headline — and you can buy and sell instantly or hold for as long as you want. Three times a week, FTN will feature a player and his Mojo […]

Finally, you can turn your sports knowledge into real cash by investing in an athlete’s entire career. Prices rise and fall with every hit, huddle, and headline — and you can buy and sell instantly or hold for as long as you want. Three times a week, FTN will feature a player and his Mojo […]

Finally, you can turn your sports knowledge into real cash by investing in an athlete’s entire career. Prices rise and fall with every hit, huddle, and headline — and you can buy and sell instantly or hold for as long as you want. Three times a week, FTN will feature a player and his Mojo […]

Finally, you can turn your sports knowledge into real cash by investing in an athlete’s entire career. Prices rise and fall with every hit, huddle, and headline — and you can buy and sell instantly or hold for as long as you want. Three times a week, FTN will feature a player and his Mojo […]

Finally, you can turn your sports knowledge into real cash by investing in an athlete’s entire career. Prices rise and fall with every hit, huddle, and headline — and you can buy and sell instantly or hold for as long as you want. Three times a week, FTN will feature a player and his Mojo […]

Finally, you can turn your sports knowledge into real cash by investing in an athlete’s entire career. Prices rise and fall with every hit, huddle, and headline — and you can buy and sell instantly or hold for as long as you want. Three times a week, FTN will feature a player and his Mojo […]

Finally, you can turn your sports knowledge into real cash by investing in an athlete’s entire career. Prices rise and fall with every hit, huddle, and headline — and you can buy and sell instantly or hold for as long as you want. Three times a week, FTN will feature a player and his Mojo […]

Finally, you can turn your sports knowledge into real cash by investing in an athlete’s entire career. Prices rise and fall with every hit, huddle, and headline — and you can buy and sell instantly or hold for as long as you want. Three times a week, FTN will feature a player and his Mojo […]