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NFL Fantasy
Deshaun Watson Trade Rocks Browns’ Fantasy Outlook
Finally. The Deshaun Watson trade saga is over. Watson shocked nearly everyone Friday afternoon, waiving his no-trade clause for the Cleveland Browns after it had been widely reported that the Browns were out of the mix. Watson and the Browns agreed to a massive five-year pact worth a reported $230 million. The entire contract is […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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MLB Fantasy
Sinking Your Battleship: The Riskiest Fantasy Baseball Picks By Round (Round 5)
Every fantasy baseball season, there are draft picks made that inevitably don’t return a profit from where they are being selected in drafts. Each draft spot should be looked at as an acquisition cost. Returning a profit with your pick(s) while being able to avoid disastrous picks is crucial to contending. Drafting multiple players with […]
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Matthew Davis
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MLB Fantasy
Kup’s Closers: Fantasy Baseball Closer Spring Training Updates (March 18)
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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NFL Fantasy
Breakout Offenses for Fantasy Football in 2022
One of the most overlooked strategies in fantasy football is to draft players from good teams, or at least players on good offenses. It sounds simple, but it’s harder than it sounds. The trickle-down effect of more yardage, opportunities and TDs eventually reaches the secondary and tertiary weapons in an offense as well, resulting in […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Each Team’s Most Recent 4,000-Yard Passer
In Thursday’s Quiz of the Day, we asked whether you could name every team’s most recent 1,000-yard receiver. It wasn’t the easiest task in the world, but at the same time, every team has had at least one 1,000-yard receiver since 2015, and everyone but the Jets has gotten there since 2018. So the names […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Allen Robinson Lands in Los Angeles in a Surprise, Fantasy Impact
It seems every year we get a big head-scratcher in NFL free agency, and we now have the leader in the clubhouse for 2022 after Allen Robinson signed with the Los Angeles Rams Thursday. The deal is a reported three-year pact worth $46.5 million. At $15.5 million per year, that’s well south of the $18 […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Davante Adams Trade Rocks Las Vegas, Green Bay Offseasons
Just when we thought we’ve seen it all with this NFL offseason, the Packers and Raiders went and sent a seismic shockwave through the NFL. Green Bay is trading all-world WR Davante Adams to Las Vegas in exchange for two 2022 picks. For his trouble, Adams is getting a massive five-year, $141.25 million contract. (Follow […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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MLB Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Spring Training Roundup (3/17)
This is the second 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 second segment is covering transactions from Tuesday and Wednesday. Buckle up, there were a lot of them.    NL East Atlanta Braves: Eddie Rosario (OF), Collin […]
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Matthew Davis
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Each Team’s Most Recent 1,000-Yard Receiver
It’s easier to go for 1,000 receiving yards these days than 1,000 rushing yards. Last year, 26 players cracked 1,000 receiving yards, compared to only seven on the ground. Over the last five years, those numbers are 109 and 50, respectively. So naming the most recent 1,000-yard receiver for each franchise should be easy for […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Beware the Over-30 Fantasy Football Option
Intellectually, as a fantasy football player, you probably already downgrade flex options past their 30th birthday. It’s ingrained in us — players drop off as they age, 30 is the kiss of death, all that. Let me tell you right now that however much you downgrade the older players, it probably isn’t enough.   Obviously, […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Teammates Who Could Both be Fantasy WR1s in 2022
During the 2021 season, both Keenan Allen (WR11) and Mike Williams (WR12) finished as WR1 options for fantasy football. They were the only pair of teammates to accomplish that feat in 2021, but we have seen at least one pair finish as top-12 wide receivers in three of the last four seasons. There is a […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Each Team’s Most Recent 1,000-Yard Rusher
Rushing for 1,000 yards in a season doesn’t guarantee you had a dominant fantasy season, but it gets you a lot of the way there. So you’d think it would be easy to remember the last player to do it for each team, right? Let’s find out. Can you identify the last 1,000-yard rusher for […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Russell Gage Is a High-Upside No. 3 WR in Tampa
What once looked like a bleak future for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers has turned around quite dramatically over the last week. Following Tom Brady’s unretirement, the team was able to re-sign C Ryan Jensen and CB Carlton Davis. Tampa then bolstered their wide receiver corps Tuesday with the addition of former Falcons WR Russell Gage, […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Everyone Who Has Caught a Tom Brady TD Pass
Leonard Fournette re-upped with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tuesday after a brief flirtation with the Patriots. In his two years in Tampa, Fournette has scored 16 touchdowns, including two through the air, adding him to the amazing 90-name-deep list of players who have caught a touchdown pass from future Hall of Famer Tom Brady. Which […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
D.J. Chark’s arrival in Detroit cap’s Amon-Ra St. Brown’s Fantasy Upside
The Detroit Lions addressed a glaring need at wide receiver Tuesday, agreeing to a one-year, $10 million contract with D.J. Chark. That’s by no means a massive deal for Chark, especially given the $18 million annual contract Christian Kirk netted from Chark’s former team the Jacksonville Jaguars. But he will get a chance to prove […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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MLB Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Spring Training Roundup (3/15)
Today we’re introducing a new column for the duration of spring training through Opening Day. The FTN Fantasy MLB team will discuss fantasy implications from the latest MLB trades and free agent signings.  This first one will cover transactions from Thursday, March 10 through Monday, March 14.    NL East Atlanta Braves: Matt Olson (1B) […]
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Vlad Sedler
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NFL Fantasy
C.J. Uzomah Immediately Becomes Top Tight End in Jets Offense
All gas, no brakes. The Jets are going full-blast into 2022 and made a key addition on the offensive side of the ball Monday, signing TE C.J. Uzomah to a three-year, $24 million deal. While not quite the money we saw Hunter Henry and Jonnu Smith fetch in free agency last year, this contract positions […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Evan Engram Finds Good Fantasy Landing Spot in Jacksonville
The overhaul is in full swing in Jacksonville. After signing Christian Kirk to a hefty deal, the Jags will also be bringing in TE Evan Engram on a one-year, $9 million deal. Engram instantly vaults to the top of the Jacksonville pecking order at tight end and gives Trevor Lawrence a dynamic weapon at the […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Christian Kirk Figures to See Plenty of Work in Jacksonville
The next stop on Christian Kirk’s NFL journey is officially Jacksonville, as the veteran receiver agree to what NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport is calling a “large deal.” Kirk was expected to fetch north of $15 million per year, which would position him among the 20 highest-paid wide receivers in the league. (Follow along with all […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Mitchell Trubisky Has Low Fantasy Upside in Pittsburgh
The King is dead. Long live the King. With Ben Roethlisberger retired, the Steelers took a step to address the cavernous void he leaves on the depth chart by signing QB Mitchell Trubisky to a two-year deal. All sarcasm aside, Trubisky does figure to be the starter with Mason Rudolph and Dwayne Haskins also in […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
James Conner Gets the Job All to Himself in Arizona, Big Fantasy Potential
James Conner is staying put in Arizona after agreeing to a three-year, $21 million deal that includes a hefty $13.5 million in fully guaranteed money. This news comes on the heels of Chase Edmonds bouncing for Miami, which essentially locks Conner in as a three-down back for the Cardinals. (Follow along with all of the […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Chase Edmonds Has Decent Fantasy Potential in Miami
Former Arizona Cardinals RB Chase Edmonds will be taking his talents to South Beach with a reported two-year agreement in place with the Miami Dolphins. The deal is worth $12.6 million across the two seasons with $6.1 in guaranteed money.  As far as landing spots are concerned, this is one of the better destinations for […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Longest Active Streaks of 10+ PPR Points
When a player puts up at least 10 PPR points in a given game, he’s had a fine week. Not a world-beating week, but if you have him in your fantasy football lineup, it’s at least some degree of acceptable. A low bar. But when he does it over and over, and you learn you […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Vacated Opportunity: Which Teams Have the Biggest Holes to Fill in Free Agency?
The 2022 NFL free agency period arrives Monday, and it’s time for many players around the league to find new homes. For fantasy football, where a player lands drives the story. They could be a complete dud in one location but a fantasy revelation in another (think Odell Beckham on the Browns versus Odell Beckham […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
The Fantasy Options Most Helped by Their Division in 2021
The NFL schedule changes every season. But the constant is a team’s intradivisional games. If you’re the Colts, you might face the Chiefs one season and the Jets the next, but you know you’re playing two games each against the Jaguars, Titans and Texans. It’s a small piece of knowledge, but it’s one we can […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Amari Cooper Should Be a Target Monster in Cleveland
A very active week of trading in the NFL continued Saturday, with the Dallas Cowboys shipping veteran WR Amari Cooper to the Cleveland Browns in exchange for a fifth-round pick in April’s draft. The two teams also swapped places in the sixth round.  That’s a meager return for the Cowboys, but Dallas wasn’t in a […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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MLB Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball ADP Market Report (3/12)
This weekly column will be a summary of recent average draft position (ADP) risers and fallers. A review of the most prominent ADP movers based on completed drafts on NFBC.  For at least this week’s piece, I will be referencing NFBC Draft Championship (DC) results. These are 15-round, 50-round draft-and-hold leagues (no in-season FAAB). Beginning […]
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Vlad Sedler
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NFL Fantasy
Amari Cooper Traded to Cleveland, Fantasy Impact
After rumors that he would be released, WR Amari Cooper found himself instead traded Saturday, moving from the Dallas Cowboys to the Cleveland Browns, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The 27-year-old Cooper spent the last 3.5 seasons in Dallas, topped 1,100 yards in each of 2019 and 2020 before falling to 865 last year. The Cowboys […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Fantasy
The Fantasy Options Most Hurt by Their Division in 2021
The NFL schedule changes every season. But the constant is a team’s intradivisional games. If you’re the Colts, you might face the Chiefs one season and the Jets the next, but you know you’re playing two games each against the Jaguars, Titans and Texans. It’s a small piece of knowledge, but it’s one we can […]
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Daniel Kelley
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MLB Fantasy
Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? Adam Wainwright vs. Kyle Hendricks
Each and every fantasy baseball season, there are baseball players who end up returning a higher fantasy baseball profit (r$) than a player selected much earlier in fantasy baseball drafts. This weekly segment will try to identify players who grade out with a similar profile, range of outcomes and/or projection while having a lower ADP. […]
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Matthew Davis
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NFL Fantasy
The Winner’s Curse? How Free Agents Fare in Fantasy Football After Changing Teams
The 2022 NFL free agency period is nearly here, and we’ll see plenty of veterans find new homes once the dust settles. We’ve revealed the ideal landing spots from a fantasy perspective, but what does the historical data tell us about players going to new teams?   Using FTN Data, we reviewed every player from […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Most PPR Points, Non-QBs, Last 6 Years
With Davante Adams on the move Thursday in a blockbuster trade, it got us wondering: Where does Adams rank among PPR points among non-quarterbacks over the last six years? Spoiler: He’s No. 1 (you’re welcome for one answer). There are 34 skill players with at least 1,000 PPR points since 2016. Today’s quiz wonders how […]
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Daniel Kelley