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Fantasy Baseball Spring Training Roundup (3/30)
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 Sunday to Tuesday. Now that NFBC live events have taken place, I’ll be using the Main Event ADP data, which has 13 completed drafts for the sample size.    NL […]
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Matthew Davis
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MLB Fantasy
Kup’s Closers: Closer Spring Training Updates (March 30)
With spring training at last underway around baseball, we’re starting to get some clarity about bullpen situations for fantasy baseball. Now that we’ve had a few days to monitor and seen a few more signings come down the pike, let’s check in on the closer situations around the league and see what might have changed […]
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Matt Kupferle
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MLB Fantasy
Buy the Bump — What Spring Training Pitcher Changes Are You Believing In?
One thing I’ve noticed as an avid consumer of both fantasy baseball analysis and financial/economic analysis is that the lexicon and parlance have a good bit of crossover. While I suspect this is due to many fantasy analysts having math or economics backgrounds, it is rare to be able to capture the collision of two […]
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Jake Kucheck
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NFL Fantasy
Shower Narrative: Ranking the Best College-to-Pro Teammate Duos for Fantasy Football
The ancient Greeks had a saying: “Those that bathe together bask in the glory of victory together.” It’s the oldest recorded version of what is today known as the “Shower Narrative” — which suggests that QB-WR (or QB-TE) duos who played together in college will have more success in the NFL as a result of […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
2022 NFL Draft: Landing Spot Considerations for Some Key Rookies
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. […]
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Jeremy Popielarz
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NFL Fantasy
Bust WR Candidates for 2022 Fantasy Football
Outside of QBs, wideouts are usually the most predictable in fantasy football from year-to-year. Volume drives everything, and targets are fairly predictable and stable. All the other fantasy-relevant stats follow suit. That’s why it hurts double when a WR flops. (I still have nightmares from drafting Allen Robinson in Round 3 last year.) Let’s take […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Every Season with 40+ Passing Touchdowns
After a tough run of quizzes lately, today we’re tossing up a relative softball: Can you name every quarterback who has a season with 40-plus passing touchdowns? There have been 18 such seasons in NFL history, but only 10 quarterbacks have done it, and there are no real interlopers on the list, so this shouldn’t […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Mock Drafts: A 12-Team PPR Before the Draft
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Most Years Between First and Last 1,000-Yard Rushing Season
Frank Gore announced Sunday that he was signing a one-day contract with the San Francisco 49ers so he could retire as a member of the team he played 10 years for. Gore last played for the Jets in 2020 at the age of 37. He first ran for 1,000 yards (1,695) as a second-year player […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Sleeper WR Candidates for 2022 Fantasy Football
Every year, wide receiver is one of the deepest positions in fantasy football. Considering most team runs three-wide sets often, there are nearly 100 legitimate WR candidates for your fantasy squad every year. Hitting big on a later-round pick (see Deebo Samuel last year), or even scooping up an underrated player (like Cooper Kupp) can […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
The Biggest Pre-/Post-Bye Changes in Fantasy Football 2021
Whenever you hear about a team making significant halftime adjustments, you get a former player tut-tutting about how there really isn’t that much time, and really it’s just about taping you up and getting back out there, and any real adjustments are minor. In a sense, adjustments over an NFL team’s bye week are the […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football’s One-Game Wonders of 2021
In fantasy football, your end-of-season total is your end-of-season total. If one player puts up 16 points per game over 17 games and another puts up 34 per game but only plays in eight games, well, they had the same total for the season. (Shout out the Tweet Of Great Debate.) But we don’t play […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Looking Ahead to the 2023 NFL Free Agency Class
Yes, I know we are still in the midst of all of the 2022 NFL free agency madness. But before you know it, we will be talking about the free agent class for 2023. And for anyone in dynasty leagues, keeping tabs on the upcoming free agents is legitimately something that you need to be […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Revisiting the Fantasy Football Rookie Class of 2021
All eyes are on the 2022 rookie class right now (related: check out Jeff Ratcliffe’s rookie rankings here) — but we wanted to take a second to revisit last year’s rookie class. How did we view them back then? What has changed in the last year? Let’s dive right into last year’s rooks.   How […]
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Tyler Loechner
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MLB Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Spring Training Roundup (3/25)
This is the fourth installment of our offseason transactions roundup. The FTN Fantasy MLB team will discuss fantasy implications from the latest MLB trades and free agent signings. Our fourth segment is covering transactions from March 21 to March 24. I’ll be using the most recent week of NFBC Draft Champions ADP data.   NL […]
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Matthew Davis
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Most Consecutive Years of 1,000+ Rushing Yards
In Thursday’s Quiz of the Day, we asked how many of the all-time longest streaks of 1,000 receiving yards you could name. Most of them were expired streaks, but there were two active ones on there (Mike Evans and Travis Kelce, so there are some spoilers if you haven’t taken that quiz yet). That’s not […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Bust RB Candidates for 2022 Fantasy Football
You can’t win your fantasy football league during the draft, but you can lose it. Avoiding potential busts is crucial to any fantasy success, as it can be very difficult to recover from disappointing player performances. It is obviously early, but let’s take a look at some potential bust candidates at the running back position […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Most Consecutive Years of 1,000+ Receiving Yards
You probably know that Mike Evans holds the all-time record for most consecutive seasons with 1,000-plus receiving yards to start a career, making it to eight in 2021 and looking to extend it in 2022. But how does that streak rank all-time? Spoiler alert: It ranks pretty well. You’re welcome for one of the answers […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Why You’re Wrong About Tyreek Hill’s Usage in Miami
The internet is wrong. Shocking, I know. But in the wake of the blockbuster trade that sent Tyreek Hill to the Miami Dolphins, many had the same take. It went something like this: “Hill is going to take the top off the defense and be used as a downfield threat for Tua Tagovailoa and the […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Who Should Be the First Overall Pick in a Dynasty Startup?
The 2021 season is in the books, and it’s time to kick off the new year. After only a week-plus of free agency, 2022 has become arguably the most active offseason in NFL history. Players are constantly shuffling around the league as teams prepare for the NFL draft. We’re still a ways off from standard […]
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Sam Choudhury
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NFL Fantasy
Tyreek Hill to Dolphins in Trade with Huge Fantasy Impact
The most compelling offseason in NFL history got even more compelling Wednesday, as the Kansas City Chiefs are trading Tyreek Hill to the Miami Dolphins in exchange for five draft picks that include a first- and second-round pick in the 2022 NFL draft. That’s a hefty haul for the Chiefs, but they’re now left without […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Longest Active Streaks of 15 PPR Points Per Game
Our Quiz of the Day Tuesday offered up a generous threshold for relevance in fantasy football – averaging 10 PPR points per game. It’s not easy, but it’s attainable enough that 145 players did it a year ago. Bumping up the threshold, though, makes it more exclusive. Last year, there were still 58 players who […]
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Daniel Kelley
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MLB Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2022: Who is This Year’s Yelich?
There is no such thing as a “league-winner” in fantasy baseball.  It does feels good to identify and draft breakouts, though. Profitable players positively impact our squads and assist in the end-goal of winning a league or national overall title. But we all know that championships are won through a multitude of factors: a solid […]
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Vlad Sedler
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NFL Fantasy
Bust QB Candidates for 2022 Fantasy Football
Monday, we wrote about QB Sleepers for 2022. This time, we’re looking at the other end of the stick to identify QB busts for 2022. In truth, fantasy QBs this year can be put into four buckets: Weekly Starter Weekly Streamer (some with upside to become Weekly Starters) The Abyss   (Check out more: QB Sleepers | RB […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Longest Active Streaks of 10 PPR Points Per Game
Just about any NFL player can put up 10 PPR points in a game. It’s not a high bar to clear. Even averaging that over a whole season isn’t that big an ask – 145 different players averaged 10 PPR points per game in 2021, from Cooper Kupp at 25.85 to Brandon Aiyuk at 10.02. […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Colts swing trade with Falcons for QB Matt Ryan
The most active offseason in the history of the NFL continued on Monday with the Atlanta Falcons trading Matt Ryan to the Indianapolis Colts in exchange for a third-round pick. The Falcons then went and inked Marcus Mariota to a two-year deal. (Follow along with all of the big free agency reactions here!) Despite rumblings […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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MLB Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Spring Training Roundup (3/21)
This is the third installment of our offseason transactions roundup. The FTN Fantasy MLB team will discuss fantasy implications from the latest MLB trades and free agent signings. Our third segment is covering transactions from March 17-20. I’ll be using the most recent week of NFBC Draft Champions ADP data.   NL East Atlanta Braves: […]
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Matthew Davis
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: 10 Years of NFL Standings
Anyone can tell you the Packers and Buccaneers had two of the best records in the NFL last year, the Jaguars and Lions two of the worst. 2021 is fresh on our memories. But can you remember which teams have fared the best and worst over the last 10 years? Today’s Quiz of the Day […]
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Daniel Kelley
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MLB Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball ADP Market Report (3/21)
This weekly column will be a summary of recent average draft position risers and fallers around fantasy baseball. A review of the most prominent ADP movers based on completed drafts on NFBC.  With the lockout in the rearview, free agent signings abound and spring training in full swing, we are seeing extreme market volatility in […]
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Vlad Sedler
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NFL Fantasy
Sleeper QB Candidates for 2022 Fantasy Football
Everyone loves a good sleeper QB pick who pops off in fantasy football. Last year, it was Jalen Hurts (and somehow Tom Brady, if we’re going based on ADP).We’re always on the hunt for a good sleeper QB because waiting on a QB on draft day is still a popular strategy.Below, we’ll run through some […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Winners and Losers of Free Agency (So Far)
There are still some big names out there unsigned, but with one week of 2022 NFL free agency in the books, let’s take a quick look at the winners and losers so far. (We’re including all the trade activity as part of the free agency period, as well.)   Winners Derek Carr, QB, Las Vegas […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Dynasty Dart Throws: Wide Receivers/Tight Ends
Trying to piece together a dynasty fantasy football team is fun but can also be a bit of a challenge. It is very difficult to trade for some of the top players in the league, but some of the best moves you can make are the less exciting ones. Trading for overlooked players who could […]
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Adam Pfeifer