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NFL Usage Report for Week 17
Welcome to the Week 17 Usage Report. This piece is designed to give you a glimpse of both rushing shares and usage rates for running backs, wide receivers and occasionally tight ends. It will help you understand how often a player is involved in his team’s game plan and if those players are susceptible to […]
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Sam Wallace
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football flex rankings for Week 17
It’s Wednesday, and that means it’s time to break out the flex fantasy football rankings for Week 17 of the 2021 NFL season. If you’re new to the concept of flex rankings, these are simply the combined overall rankings for running back, wide receiver, and tight end for each week during the fantasy football season. […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Splits tool update for Week 17 – Fantasy football players to watch
As the NFL season progresses, we’ll go through and use our FTN Splits Tool to look for team- and player-level trends to help us through our fantasy season. As we head into the week, we can look at our splits tool to identify three things to watch for this weekend.  Joe Burrow/Patrick Mahomes Showdown Joe Burrow […]
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Matt Jones
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NFL Fantasy
Matt’s Musings | NFL Data Study, Week 17
Every Monday, I find myself in a bit of NFL data purgatory. We’re waiting for the week to come to a proper ending, and the data is still yet to be finalized. It’s a great time, however, to look at some historical trends and do some digging on some things we can leverage in the […]
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Matt Jones
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NFL Fantasy
Week 17 fantasy football waiver wire rankings
It’s time for the Week 17 fantasy football waiver wire. Fantasy waivers can often make or break your season. Making the right decision on which players to add and drop is crucial, so we have you set up with a deep list of potential waiver wire adds for Week 17. We cast a wide net […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Dynasty moves to make entering Week 17
In dynasty fantasy football leagues, it’s important to be ahead of the curve. If you’re one step ahead of your leaguemates in your transactions, then you can take advantage of windows to roster players before the market corrects or wises up. That’s what we’ll be covering weekly here — players to add, hold, start or […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Fantasy
Streaming TEs for Week 17 in fantasy football
If you’re reading this, it’s likely you made your fantasy football championship, so shout out to you. This will be the final tight end streaming segment for the 2021 fantasy football season.  The spike in COVID-19 continues as cases in the NFL carry on. Streaming is becoming more of a necessity as the protocols eliminate […]
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Matthew Davis
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NFL Fantasy
Streaming QBs for Week 17 in fantasy football
If you’re reading this, it’s likely you made your fantasy football championship, so shout out to you. This will be the final quarterback streaming segment for the 2021 fantasy football season.  The spike in COVID-19 continues as cases in the NFL carry on. Streaming is becoming more of a necessity as the protocols eliminate players […]
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Matthew Davis
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NFL Fantasy
Matchups to target for Week 17 in fantasy football
We’ve arrived. After months of research, adds, drops, trades and stress, fantasy football championship week is here. And because you spent so much time preparing, starting your Week 17 research before Week 16 even ends isn’t crazy at all. Here are some favorable matchups to keep an eye on ahead of championship weekend.     […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Sunday Football Locks and DFS Breakdown – Week 16
Quarterback  Matthew Stafford  Patrick Mahomes Running Back Najee Harris  James Robinson  Justin Jackson  Alexander Mattison  Ronald Jones  Wide Reciever  Cooper Kupp  Tyreek Hill  Antonio Brown  Tee Higgins  Odell Beckham Josh Palmer  Tight End Travis Kelce  Rob Gronkowski  Foster Moreau  James O’Shaughnessy DST Falcons  Bengals Bets Rams -3.5  Patriots ML 
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Nelson Sousa
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NFL Fantasy
Start or Sit: Week 16 sponsored by TopProp
Welcome to the Week 16 Start or Sit brought to you by TopProp. First off, congratulations! If you’re hanging out with me on this wild Week 16 weekend, it means you’ve made it to the semifinals in your fantasy football playoffs. Now it’s time to complete the championship run with some Week 16 start/sit advice. […]
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Chris Meaney
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NFL Fantasy
The Fantasy Football Report for Week 16
The No. 1 enemy of fantasy football players is overthinking. Heading into this weekend with the fantasy semifinals on the line, take a step back from your fantasy lineups. Sure, you could tinker with things a thousand times and research every possible angle. But your initial lineup is typically your best lineup. Like we said […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football rankings vs. expert consensus – Week 16
It’s time to set fantasy football lineups for Week 16 of the 2021 NFL season, and that means consulting rankings and making tough decisions.  One of the most popular tools here at FTN is our fantasy football rankings. Each week, we bring you non-PPR, PPR and half-PPR rankings to help you win your league. But […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
WR/CB matchups for fantasy football – Week 16
Fantasy football is all about the matchups, especially when it comes to WR vs. CB. Remember when fantasy matchup analysis used to be “Team A gives up the most fantasy points to wide receivers?” Well, we’ve moved from analog to digital and now look at matchups on an individual level.  Each week, I dig through […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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MLB Fantasy
Welcome to FTN’s 2022 Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide
Welcome to FTN’s 2022 Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide! I am beyond ecstatic to have you aboard on this journey through the early part of the fantasy baseball offseason. The goal of our Draft Guide is to whet your appetite with sharp analysis from some of the industry’s most talented writers while also peppering you with […]
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Vlad Sedler
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MLB Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2022 Preview: Same Faces, New Places
The MLB free agency period only lasted a couple of weeks, but we saw some big names switch jerseys and a lot of cash get tossed around the diamond.  We also have a few more high-profile players available for the taking, including Freddie Freeman, CarlosCorrea and Trevor Story. We’ll be sure to update you when […]
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Chris Meaney
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MLB Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2022 Preview: Relievers and Save Strategies
When Vlad reached out to me in September about writing an article for this year’s draft guide, my instant reaction was “yes.” I wanted to write something about closers. I’m actually relatively new to fantasy baseball. I started playing in 2017 and closers have always been my weakness. In order to compensate for this weakness, […]
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FTN Staff
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MLB Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2022 Preview: Researching Starting Pitchers — Men in Black
Research is something every fantasy baseball player does in the offseason. Some do it casually while others spend thousands of hours finding every nook and cranny there is. The amount of research one does certainly helps but researching in the right areas is most pertinent. This is where I come in, your host for the […]
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FTN Staff
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Fantasy Baseball 2022 Preview: Injury Trends in Fantasy Baseball
Any fantasy baseball player worth his or her chops subscribes to the theory that, in season-long fantasy baseball, there are many elements that contribute to fantasy success. Nailing our drafts is a crucial component of success; the waiver wire and its weekly grind is also a large component of what we do with constructed rosters […]
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Matt Kupferle
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MLB Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2022 Preview: Bucketing Late-Round Hitters for Profit
It’s a fairly common occurrence for us in baseball drafts. On the clock in the 25th round of a 30-round draft and a bit of anxiety seeps in as you try deciding which player to select. You were more confident heading into the draft with all the prep, but these last few rounds have been grueling […]
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Vlad Sedler
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MLB Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2022 Preview: NFBC Roster Construction
Building a successful rotisserie team in fantasy baseball starts during the draft. When I first started playing in high-stakes roto leagues, I went into the draft with my player rankings and ADP and thought I was ready to go. Inevitably, a player that I was targeting would be drafted earlier than I expected. I would […]
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FTN Staff
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MLB Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2022 Preview: Fantasy Prospects for Every MLB Team
Fantasy Relevant Prospects for 2022 By Shelly Verougstraete       One of the best things about fantasy baseball is drafting (or picking up during a waiver wire run) the next big-time fantasy star. Were you the one brave enough to take a chance on Fernando Tatis Jr. or Ronald Acuña Jr. in the draft […]
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FTN Staff
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MLB Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2022 Preview: NFBC Best Ball Cutline Primer
The National Fantasy Baseball Championship offers a plethora of different contests with entry fees ranging as little as $50 (NFBC 50s). Their most popular high stakes overall competition is the Main Event with an entry fee of $1,700. Not many fantasy baseball players want to invest over a thousand dollars in one league but would […]
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Matthew Davis
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MLB Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2022 Preview: 2021 NFBC Winners
There are numerous fantasy baseball contests available at the NFBC that provide an enticing overall grand prize. One of the most popular contests is the RotoWire Online Championship. If you’re a high-stakes player then participating in the NFBC Main Event is a must. There is also the Draft Champions, which is a 50-round draft-and-hold contest, […]
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Matthew Davis
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MLB Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2022 Preview: NFBC Draft Champions Primer
During the 2021-2022 MLB offseason, the FTN team is putting together a series of articles to get subscribers prepared for the 2022 season. What better way to start than by digging in on some strategy for one of the National Fantasy Baseball Championship’s (NFBC) most popular league formats, the Draft Champions (DC). The NFBC lobby […]
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Broc Miller
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MLB Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2022 Preview: Head-to-Head and Points Overview
Head-to-head leagues seem to be a constant source of ridicule in the fantasy baseball realm. That doesn’t mean you should believe the hype. My big-money home league is a H2H league. It is filled with hardcore fantasy baseball managers who have built up rivalries and trash-talking platforms over many years mainly due to the direct […]
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FTN Staff
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MLB Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2022 Preview: Erosion of the 200-Inning Starter
Innings distribution is changing in MLB. Everyone inherently realizes that, but we will be diving deeper into the shift and highlighting some pitchers to keep a close eye on for 2022. From 2000 to 2015, the percentage of starter innings lived in the 65-67% range. In 2016, it dipped to 63% and it has been […]
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FTN Staff
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MLB Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2022 Preview: Navigating NFBC
NFBC stands for National Fantasy Baseball Championship, and it is the preferred season-long fantasy baseball site of thousands of the best and most dedicated players. NFBC was created back in 2004 by Greg Ambrosius as fantasy baseball’s first multi-city, high-stakes event.  The NFBC hosts online and live (in-person) redraft and auction style leagues and have […]
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Vlad Sedler
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MLB Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2022 Preview: Seam-Shifted Sleepers
It’s always beneficial to find areas of information to leverage before the crowd does, and fantasy baseball is no different. The sooner you can weaponize new information, the more ahead of the curve you stay, the more you’re set up for success. Baseball may seem maddeningly random at times, but it’s no accident that the […]
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FTN Staff
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MLB Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2022 Preview: Using Pitch Comps to Identify Breakout SPs
If you consume content from FTN, you likely spend time on Twitter (although no sweat if you don’t — honestly, your mental health is probably better for it). Twitter can be a wonderful and powerful resource. If you look in the right corners, you’ll find college freshmen who probably learned to code in middle school […]
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FTN Staff
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MLB Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2022 Preview: How to Attack Stolen Bases
How fast are you? The average person can reach speeds of about 6-8 mph on average, with the fastest recorded time being around 27.5 mph. Following MLB’s 2021 regular season, the fastest recorded sprint speed belonged to both Trea Turner and Tim Locastro (30.7 feet covered per second). Also in 2021, 308 MLB players had […]
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FTN Staff
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MLB Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2022 Preview: AL and NL Auction Overview
Preparing for your fantasy baseball auction in 2022 should be easy, right? Purchase or prepare your own bid limits for each player, wait for the auctioneer to start calling names and take it from there. Sure, you want to be flexible and let the value come to you. The truth is, however, that in order […]
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FTN Staff