Meet our amazing team

Leo is a fantasy football analyst who is passionate about IDP and the defensive side of the ball. He finished as the No. 1 overall weekly IDP Ranker for the 2022 NFL season.

Lucas is the 2023 NFBC Online Auction overall champion. He specializes in strategy and player analysis for Auction, Draft-and-Hold (NFBC Draft Champions) and Dynasty formats and runs a site called DCdynasty.co. He has been playing roto fantasy baseball since 2017 when he joined a church league in middle school, and has been hooked ever since. Lucas is a massive Indiana Pacers and Indiana Hoosiers basketball fan.

Gus Kearns covers college basketball and the NBA Draft at FTN. He is a life long basketball vagabond, finding his start in 2016 as co-founder with Mike Randle of the fiercely independent Screen the Screener College Basketball Podcast platform.

Ryan Coleman lives and breathes all things sports and college basketball is no different. From the days of Jonny Flynn, Ryan lives for March. As a Northwestern graduate, he is a fan of the Wildcats and likes to climb and perform in his free time. Most importantly, he is thankful for any and all support you provide in reading his work as it means more to him than you know.

A lifelong Chicago sports fan who provides offensive line analysis and general fantasy football advice for FTN. Dan utilizes his experiences as a coach and player to break down the game from a unique perspective.

Mike Tanier is on the DVOA team for FTN. Mike Tanier has covered the NFL for The New York Times, Football Outsiders, Bleacher Report, The Messenger and other outlets over the past 20 years. He’s one of the co-authors of Aaron Schatz’s FTN Football Almanac (formerly Football Outsiders Almanac), as well as the novel Long Snapper’s Blues. You can follow his Substack newsletter, the Too Deep Zone, at miketanier.substack.com.

Matt is nearing a decade of experience in the fantasy football content space, with bylines across the industry and several seasons working for NFL Media in Los Angeles. He’s most known for presenting hard-hitting, analytical, sometimes fiery takes in a fun and entertaining package. While he participates in a few long-running redraft leagues (and the Scott Fish Bowl), Matt’s true passion is dynasty (with a healthy garnish of best ball). You can find him stuck on an LA freeway, cooking up a fancy data analyzer in Excel, or @MattOkada on socials.

Matthew Peppler holds the unofficial record for “most words said online about MLB best ball on Underdog.” He runs Stacking Dingers, is the host of The Sheep Seats best ball podcast, and finished third in the 2024 Underdog NFL Dog Bowl live final. He is also a lifelong Wisconsin resident, Brewers fan and electrical engineer by trade. When Matthew isn’t on the best ball clock, he loves to spend time with his wife and son playing board games and soaking up as much Wisconsin summer as possible.

Colin has been playing fantasy football since 2007 and creating fantasy football content since 2021. He plays in all types of formats, but especially loves any involving an auction/salary cap draft. Colin loves the year-round investment it takes to win a fantasy championship including evaluating rookies, offseason mock draft analysis and working the waiver wire. Colin is a die-hard Philadelphia sports fan who loves traveling to see the Eagles.

Todd Zola is a freelance fantasy baseball writer, analyst and editor. He’s the proprietor of Mastersball.com and contributes to Rotowire, ESPN, Fantasy Index, SiriusXM Fantasy Radio and MLB Network Radio. Todd was the inaugural recipient of the Lawr Michaels Zen and Now award and was inducted into the FSWA Hall of Fame in 2020.

Russ Prentice manages baseball data for FTN’s fantasy baseball product. He is a former overall winner of the Fanball Golf and Football Challenges, second overall in the NFFC Primetime football contest, and was the 2018 FSWA Hockey Writer of the Year. Russ is a construction engineer by trade and lives in southern Washington near Portland, Oregon. He grew up with Ricky Williams and a Padres fan. Now he and his family are huge Seattle Kraken fans.

Jason Anthony is the co-host of the FTN Fantasy Baseball podcast. He is a Bay Area sports fan and runs his family car wash empire there (clean way to make a living). Jason played Professional Golf on Canadian Tour and is a two-time Northern California Golf Player of the Year. He is an avid high-stakes fantasy baseball and football player and multi-time NFC and FFPC league winner.

Sara Sanchez is a baseball analyst who divides her time between her love of the Cubs and fantasy baseball. She’s written for FanGraphs, Baseball Prospectus and currently contributes to Pitcher List, BaseballHQ, Bleed Cubbie Blue and the Fans First Sports Network. She’s powered by nitro cold brew, rosé, and the vibes in the left field bleachers at Wrigley Field.