Prop God’s NFL Playbook: Week 12
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Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Best Fantasy Seasons By Age
Aging curves are crazy in football these days. The best season ever for a 21-year-old came in 2017; the best season ever for a 44-year-old came in 2021. Players of all types are succeeding younger than ever these days, and players – well, one specific player, who you will definitely guess – is totally breaking […]
Daniel Kelley
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Weekly Hitting Primer
Welcome to my weekly fantasy baseball hitting planner. Each week I’ll dig deep into every team’s schedule, sifting through news, lineup trends, park factors and more. The rankings/tiers listed will reset each week as they are only specific to the upcoming week. Schedule Week 2: Monday, April 11-Sunday, April 17 (full week) Five Games: Arizona […]
Matthew Davis
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Weekly Pitching Primer
Each week, we will rank every starting pitcher slated to take the bump. Of course, these are subject to change, but this is what we see for now. Pitchers marked in blue are slated for two starts this week. Feel free to hit me up on Twitter if you have any questions. […]
Matt Kupferle
MLB
Fantasy
Trust the Gut: Fantasy Baseball FAAB Sunday Update
SUNDAY UPDATE Baseball is back and the wild first Sunday FAAB of the regular season will likely leave us scratching our heads when looking at bid result screenshots on Twitter later tonight. Undoubtedly, someone will drop $150 on Jurickson Profar or $230 on Tony Santillan. Highly likely that most of those won’t winning bids of […]
Vlad Sedler
NFL
Fantasy
ADP Roundup for 2022 Fantasy Football
While we are still only in April, and the NFL Draft hasn’t even happened yet, that doesn’t mean fantasy drafts aren’t in full swing. Plenty of best ball teams are being drafted, and while it may seem far too early, who cares? Fantasy drafts are fun, and because it is so early, there are […]
Adam Pfeifer
MLB
Fantasy
Trust the Gut: Fantasy Baseball FAAB Guide Week 2
Welcome to my weekly free-agent bidding strategy column – Trust the Gut. This piece will focus on weekly FAAB strategies and targets to confidently prepare you in your quest to acquire players to help your fantasy teams contend for league titles. I focus primarily on NFBC leagues, but the strategies and players recommended will be […]
Vlad Sedler
NFL
Fantasy
Dynasty 101: How to Build Your Roster
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 […]
Jeremy Popielarz
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Every Active Player with a No. 1 Fantasy Finish
Famously, over the last 19 years, there have been 19 different players finish as the RB1 in PPR leagues. But it’s worth noting that repeating as the top scorer at any position is a tough game. We had the same QB1 in 2020-2021, the first time a player has gone back-to-back since Daunte Culpepper in […]
Daniel Kelley
NFL
Fantasy
Dynasty 101: How to Get Started in Dynasty Fantasy Football
Are you tired of waiting for the next football season to begin? Do you wish that fantasy football never had to end? Well, you’re in luck. I’d like to introduce you to dynasty fantasy football — a fantasy format that is active all year-round, with no offseason. Played it before? Or new and not sure […]
Sam Choudhury
NFL
Fantasy
Best Ball 101: Breaking Down the Strategy and Approach
“I hate fantasy drafts.” — Said no one ever. Best ball is the fastest growing format in fantasy football, because 100% of your time is spent drafting. If you’re brand new to best ball, you’ll find the next two sections helpful. If you already have experience with best ball on Underdog Fantasy, scroll down to […]
Josh Larky
MLB
Fantasy
House of Shlain: Fantasy Baseball Thoughts and Trends
What’s up FTN fam? Are you ready to party? Well, welcome to the House of Shlain, where I’ll be chewing the season-long fantasy baseball fat once a week this season. The House is full this week, folks. We had a big ole trade during the last week of spring training and also four breakout players […]
Nick Shlain
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Most Career Touchdowns, Active Players
Yardage is a big deal, but nothing matters more for fantasy football than touchdowns. So today’s Quiz of the Day wonders how many of the top touchdown scorers among active players you can name. We have the top 25 active touchdown scorers – rushing scores and receiving combined – in today’s quiz, and your only […]
Daniel Kelley
MLB
Fantasy
2022 MLB Season Preview — Staff Predictions and Awards
The 2022 Major League Baseball season starts Thursday, so the FTN team (and a few visitors!) wanted to get our picks on the record. Today, we’re running through our picks for division winners, awards, and some key fantasy tidbits for the 2022 season. Check below to see what everyone thinks. (Best viewed in landscape […]
FTN Staff
MLB
Fantasy
Kup’s Closers: Closer Spring Training Updates (April 6)
With spring training winding down and the regular season set to start (as long as the weather holds off in a lot of cities), we’re getting some further clarity about bullpen situations for fantasy baseball. We’ve gotten some glimpses at usage in the preseason games and have some idea who will have the most […]
Matt Kupferle
MLB
Fantasy
Gut’s Guys — Vlad Sedler’s Top Player Exposures for Fantasy Baseball 2022
The MLB season is about to begin, which means the most fun part of the season is almost over: draft season. There is truly nothing quite like that stretch between January and late-March when we’re drafting like maniacs. I’m certain we’ve never had a winter like this one where more and more folks joined NFBC […]
Vlad Sedler
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Most PPR Points By Decade
Leading your position in fantasy scoring in a season makes you good. Leading it for an entire decade makes you a legend. Today, we’re going all the way back to 1980 and asking for the top fantasy scorer for each decade by position. No, we aren’t doing 2020-2021 here. The most recent decade gets expanded, […]
Daniel Kelley
NFL
Fantasy
Best Ball Late-Round Targets: Wide Receiver/Tight End
It’s early April, the 2022 NFL Draft is still weeks away, but Best Ball season is still in full swing. If you like to draft early — and plenty of people do — odds are you like doing it so you can be early to the best values. (Be sure to check out Josh Larky’s […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Most Rushing Yards in 2021 (Non-QB/RB)
There were 166 players who rushed for at least 50 yards in the 2021 NFL season. Of those 166, 153 played either quarterback or running back. That leaves 13 players – all wide receivers – who hit the 50-yard mark from one of the not-traditionally-a-ball-carrier position. At the top we have some big names who […]
Daniel Kelley
NFL
Fantasy
Best Ball Late-Round Targets: Quarterback/Running Back
It’s early April, the 2022 NFL Draft is still weeks away, but best ball season is still in full swing around fantasy. If you like to draft early — and plenty of people do — odds are you like doing it so you can be early to the best values. (Be sure to check out […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Most PPR Points in NFL History
All we want in this game of ours is points. Obviously, the longer you play, the more you score, but still, today’s Quiz of the Day is simple: Who has given us the most points of all time? There are no surprise names on this list. It’s just a matter of remembering all 20. Can […]
Daniel Kelley
NFL
Fantasy
8 Best Ball Targets for Fantasy Football 2022
When participating in best ball drafts in April — nearly five months prior to the start of the NFL season — player ADP is wildly inefficient. That gives us an opportunity. Below, I’m breaking down eight players I’m heavily targeting in my 2022 drafts. More important than the players themselves though, is my process. I […]
Josh Larky
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Football Second-Year Breakouts for 2022
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. […]
Jeremy Popielarz
NFL
Fantasy
The Perception/Production Gap in Fantasy Football: WR/TE
Generally speaking, we want to pretend we are purely objective in fantasy football, that we perform the cold calculations and make the best choices and toss fandom to the wind. There are obviously exceptions to that, but the general point is that if you can look back at your season and see that all of […]
Daniel Kelley
MLB
Fantasy
Trust the Gut: Fantasy Baseball FAAB Guide and Preseason Primer
FAAB stands for Free Agent Acquisition Budget (or Bidding). It is the process of adding new hitters and pitchers to our fantasy baseball rosters in exchange for hitters and pitchers we have chosen to drop. Most fantasy sites, including NFBC, run FAAB once a week, on Sundays, and use a blind bidding protocol. Over the last […]
Vlad Sedler
NFL
Fantasy
The Perception/Production Gap in Fantasy Football: QB/RB
Generally speaking, we want to pretend we are purely objective in fantasy football, that we perform the cold calculations and make the best choices and toss fandom to the wind. There are obviously exceptions to that, but the general point is that if you can look back at your season and see that all of […]
Daniel Kelley
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Spring Training Roundup (4/1)
This installment will circle around spring training, gathering any news that provides us with fantasy baseball impacts. This segment is covering spring training news from Wednesday and Thursday. Now that NFBC Main Events have begun, I’ll be using the Main Event ADP data, which has 16 completed drafts for the sample size. NL East […]
Matthew Davis
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Most Games with 10+ Targets Since 2000
Getting 10 targets in a game once shows a player has some fantasy upside. Doing it over and over makes a player a star. In NFL history, 35 players have at least 50 10-target games. (The best is Larry Fitzgerald, who somehow has 22 more than anyone else. Only three players are within 30 of […]
Daniel Kelley
NFL
Fantasy
How to Value Dynasty Fantasy Football’s Biggest Enigmas
March Madness rolls on, and I’m not talking about basketball. This year, it’s a football term too. In what many are calling the “craziest offseason ever,” big-time players are making big-time moves altering the shape of the NFL. and fantasy landscape. With every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Understanding the fantasy implications […]
Sam Choudhury
NFL
Fantasy
Bust TE Candidates for 2022 Fantasy Football
After taking an early look at some potential 2022 sleepers at the tight end position, we now shift our attention to some bust candidates. Because the tight end position can be so tough, finding busts isn’t easy because essentially anyone playing snaps and running routes will be on the fantasy radar at the tight end […]
Adam Pfeifer
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Every Game of 250+ Receiving Yards
Wednesday’s quiz, on every game with 250 or more rushing yards in NFL history, featured only 14 entries, and most of them (though not all) were stars and fairly famous. Today’s, on every game with 250 or more receiving yards in NFL history, features 25 entries, and it’s only that short because I limited this […]
Daniel Kelley
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball ADP Market Report (3/31)
Main Event draft season is officially underway. It’s NFBC’s premier contest — a hefty $1,750 entry fee that pays the top three for each 15-team league and the top 22 of the 660 total entries. The grand prize to the overall winner is $175,000, and it’s the Holy Grail of fantasy baseball. Though the […]
Vlad Sedler
NFL
Fantasy
Sleeper TE Candidates for 2022 Fantasy Football
“The tight end position is deeper than ever.” We tend to say this every year in fantasy football, and then without fails, we end up with six or seven reliable tight ends by the end of the year. And yet, here I am, viewing the position as suddenly deep as we enter the 2022 campaign. […]
Adam Pfeifer