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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Most Fantasy PPG in a Season, Last 10 Years
Ten years is a long time. Do you think you can name all of the top 25 single-season fantasy PPG leaders in that time? With no games played minimum (that might be a clue to one of them!), who put up the most PPR points per game in a year since 2012? Take our quiz […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
5 Teams Set to Decline in Fantasy in 2022
The 2020 Tampa Bay Buccaneers won the Super Bowl by being (a) one of the best teams in the league, but also (b) one of the healthiest teams in the league. The team famously re-signed basically everyone, and in 2021, they repeated (a), but by the end (b) had fallen apart like … well, one […]
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Daniel Kelley
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MLB Fantasy
The Prospect Vault: Fantasy Baseball’s Top 100 Prospects of 2022
With football season now a distant memory and weather starting to warm, much of the fantasy community’s attention has turned to MLB. While there is already an unfathomable amount of content available for your consumption here at FTN Fantasy on the known quantities of big-league talent, we’re going to aim to do something different here. […]
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Jake Kucheck
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Most Fantasy Points Since 2000
We’ve been looking at 2021 for most of these Fantasy Football Quiz of the Day tests, but today let’s broaden our horizons – how well can you remember the top fantasy performers dating back to the Year 2000?  Take our quiz and see how well you do! (Want to play every Fantasy Football Quiz of […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
What Changed in 2021: Running Backs
On Monday we took a look at some changes from the quarterback position over the course of the 2021 season. The running back position is up next, a position that is always changing year over year.  Let’s take a look at what stood out from this past season, shall we?   Cordarrelle Patterson becomes an […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Pre-Combine Rookie Rankings 2022
The NFL Scouting Combine is here, so it’s time to set our first big board for 2022 rookie fantasy football rankings. Keep in mind that we’re still very early in the process. A lot can change in these rankings between now and the NFL Draft, and things may even change during the Combine. However, it’s […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
What Changed in 2021: Quarterbacks
No year in football is the same. Unless, of course, you’re a New York Jets fan.  But for the most part, things are changing each season in the NFL, especially when it comes to fantasy football. Knowing what changes year after year is important, but it is even more important to understand why those changes […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Top-12 PPR Finishers at Each Position
There were 48 top-12 finishers in PPR scoring in 2021 – 12 quarterbacks, 12 running backs, 12 wide receivers, 12 tight ends. How many of them can you name? Take our quiz and see how well you do! (Want to play every Fantasy Football Quiz of the Day? Click here!)      
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
What to Watch for at the NFL Scouting Combine
The NFL combine is always a bittersweet time. On the one hand, it’s a reminder that new blood is about to be added to the NFL talent pool. On the other hand, it means we’re still far, far away from watching football again.   The 2022 NFL Scouting Combine will go from March 1-7. NFL […]
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Tyler Loechner
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MLB Fantasy
NFBC Positional Tiers – Starting Pitchers, Part 2
This is the sixth part of my special preseason series breaking down each position by tiers for the NFBC. This series is a deeper view into the underpinnings of VDP (Vlad’s Draft Positions). As I write each week’s piece, it will help me fine-tune and adjust VDP to an optimal setting as we head into […]
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Vlad Sedler
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NFL Fantasy
The Perfect Fantasy Football Draft from 2021
Hindsight is a beautiful thing. Of course we knew the Bengals would be good this year! Allen Robinson finally succumbing to bad QBs? Duh!  With the 2021 Almanac in hand, what happens if we go full Biff? How good of a fantasy football team could we have drafted back in August? Let’s find out. We’ll […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Weekly TE1 Finishes in 2021
How well do you remember the fantasy football season that just finished? Can you name every tight end who finished a week as the TE1 in PPR fantasy scoring? Can you prove it? Take our quiz and see how many of the 18 weeks you can fill out. (Want to play every Fantasy Football Quiz […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Weekly WR1 Finishes in 2021
How well do you remember the fantasy football season that just finished? Can you name every wide receiver who finished a week as the WR1 in PPR fantasy scoring? Can you prove it? Take our quiz and see how many of the 18 weeks you can fill out. (Want to play every Fantasy Football Quiz […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Winners and Losers of the NFL Coaching Moves
The NFL head coaching carousel spins every offseason, with new faces in new places. These hires can impact the players we love and the offenses we target in fantasy football drafts. Before diving into early best ball drafts or dynasty startups, let’s take a peek at some winners and losers from the fallout of head […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Fantasy
3 Prospects to Watch ahead of the NFL Combine
Every year, some prospects help their draft stock by blowing up the combine. They rise up the board and surpass the consensus expectations regarding their status. We need to keep our eyes on three prospects who fit that bill this year as we enter the 2022 NFL draft cycle.    Calvin Austin, WR, Memphis Tigers […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Fantasy
The Fantasy Football One-Hit Wonders of 2021
Every fantasy football season, we see players rise from obscurity and crush whatever expectations we had for them. This rapid ascension can be the birth of a long-standing fantasy asset or the passing of a fantasy point comet that will never return to our lineups. Looking back on the 2021 season, there are a few […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Fantasy
Is Trey Lance a fantasy football QB1 if he starts in 2022?
Has there ever been a QB the fantasy football community has hyped up more — before they’ve truly been a starter — than Trey Lance? Last season — as a backup rookie QB — the fantasy world still drafted him in the 10th round in the tail-end QB1 range, right around Joe Burrow. The most […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Weekly RB1 Finishes in 2021
How well do you remember the fantasy football season that just finished? Can you name every running back who finished as week as the RB1 in PPR fantasy scoring? Can you prove it? Take our quiz and see how many of the 18 weeks you can fill out. (Want to play every Fantasy Football Quiz […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Weekly QB1 Finishes in 2021
How well do you remember the fantasy football season that just finished? Can you name every quarterback who finished as week as the QB1 in fantasy scoring? Can you prove it? Take our quiz and see how many of the 18 weeks you can fill out. (Want to play every Fantasy Football Quiz of the […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football non-bounceback candidates for 2022
In my last installment, I discussed a few players who should see their fantasy football output increase back to previous norms in 2022. Today, we will highlight a slew of players it’s time to cut bait with, avoid in drafts next year, or simply tread lightly with caution. Identifying players with difficult roads to resuming […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Rookie QB Tiers 1.0
The 2022 NFL Draft features a very interesting crop of rookie quarterbacks. While there’s certainly the potential for future fantasy football standouts in this bunch, this year’s class does not rival some of the recent groups of signal-callers to enter the league. At the same time, we’re not talking about a 2013 draft class of […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football bounceback candidates for 2022
Now it’s time to discuss some players who hurt us in 2021. Whether it was a mid-round fantasy football draft selection that flopped or an early-round player who didn’t put your team over the top, every year there’s more than a handful of players who disappoint. With that in mind and with our focus now […]
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Derek Brown
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MLB Fantasy
Kup’s Closers: Interactive Chart
Welcome to an interactive tool to support Kup’s Closer Corner!   The closer landscape is ever-changing, and quickly. We’ve gone through divisional previews for what we saw in the closer market, and how to accumulate fantasy baseball saves. On a consistent basis, we will update the chart as this plays out. Hopefully, the owners get […]
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Matt Kupferle
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MLB Fantasy
Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? Austin Meadows vs. Ian Happ
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
Dynasty report: Top 10 Combine sleepers
The NFL Combine giveth draft capital, and it taketh away. Every year a host of small school or “sleeper” players get the post-combine rocket fuel. In the 2022 NFL Draft class, there’s a long list of them, but here are 10 who stand out.    Calvin Austin, WR, Memphis Tigers Currently, per Grindingthemocks.com, Calvin Austin doesn’t […]
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Derek Brown
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MLB Fantasy
3 Hitting Sabermetrics You Need to Know to Win Your League
Unless you have an advanced math degree, baseball is one sport where the proliferation of acronyms and new data can be wholly overwhelming. Just when you get your arms around some of the more straightforward metrics like strikeout rate (K%), a new metric like Pitcher List’s Called+Swinging-Strike Rate (CSW) comes into play. It can be both […]
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Matt Kupferle
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MLB Fantasy
NFBC Positional Tiers – Starting Pitchers
This is the fifth part of my special preseason series breaking down each position by tiers for the NFBC. This series is a deeper view into the underpinnings of VDP (Vlad’s Draft Positions). As I write each week’s piece, it will help me fine-tune and adjust VDP to an optimal setting as we head into the […]
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Vlad Sedler
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NBA Fantasy
2021-2022 NBA Midseason Awards
You don’t appreciate what you have until it’s gone. OK, OK. While the NBA will only be on break for about six days, the arrival of the All-Star break always makes me realize just how much I love basketball. So, although there aren’t any games for a little bit, I decided to write about it. […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Who should be 1.01 in 2022 fantasy football drafts?
The FTN editors assigned me the easiest article of all-time: An early look at who should be drafted first overall in 2022 fantasy football drafts. Draft Christian McCaffrey first overall in 2022. That’s it. That’s the article.   Since I probably have to write more to keep my job, I’ll dive more into why McCaffrey […]
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Tyler Loechner
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MLB Fantasy
Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? Luis Urías vs. Brandon Crawford
Every fantasy baseball season, there are players who end up returning a higher fantasy baseball profit (r$) than a player drafted significantly earlier in fantasy baseball drafts. This weekly segment will try to identify players that grade out with a similar profile, range of outcomes and/or projection while having a lower ADP. All of which […]
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Matt Kupferle
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NFL Fantasy
Dynasty stock report entering the offseason
The offseason has arrived. Now we usher in the best season. Dynasty szn is here. Continuing this week’s dive back into the dynasty waters, we look at the stock for various players. Some are trending up, and others are heading in the wrong direction. Many of the players on each list could see their value […]
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Derek Brown
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MLB Fantasy
Sinking Your Battleship: The Riskiest Fantasy Baseball Picks By Round (Round 3)
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