Fantasy Articles

MLB Fantasy

January 13, 2022

Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? Fantasy Baseball Draft Conundrums

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 […]

Matthew Davis

NFL Fantasy

January 13, 2022

NFFC Playoff Challenge Strategy and Rankings

The NFL playoffs are here, and it’s time for some more fantasy football. There are some great playoff fantasy contests out there, but I find the NFFC Playoff Challenge the most strategic one out there. I’ll cover the basics and strategy involving this contest, but it would be a good idea for anyone new to […]

Nelson Sousa

NFL Fantasy

January 13, 2022

Free Agent Watch for Dynasty Fantasy Football

We’re still closing out the 2021 NFL season, but it’s never too early to start improving your dynasty squads for the future. Today, we’ll peer beyond the playoffs and into free agency to get an early read on the potential moves with big fantasy implications. There are a lot of upcoming free agents, and this […]

Tyler Loechner

MLB Fantasy

January 12, 2022

Kup’s Closers: Fantasy Baseball Closer Strategy for 2022 (AL Central)

It’s the 2022 MLB season. Hopefully, Rob Manfred and crew are back and in business soon. Please talk to each other, MLB. Each week, we are going to start this series by analyzing each division’s bullpens – and a deep dive is what we hope for. It’s easy enough to find out who we think […]

Matt Kupferle

NFL Fantasy

January 12, 2022

Postseason Fantasy Football Rankings and Draft Strategy

Just when you thought you were out of the fantasy football season, we’re going to pull you back in. It’s time for the NFL playoffs, which means another month of fantasy before the offseason.  Postseason fantasy football is not a new idea, but it has been increasing in popularity over the last few years. At […]

Jeff Ratcliffe

NFL Fantasy

January 11, 2022

Loechner’s FFPC Playoff Challenge Plays

The Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC) Playoff Challenge is back for the 2021-2022 NFL season. The main event has a $200 entry fee, a top prize of $500,000, and over $1 million in total prize money.  You can take a look at the official rules and scoring settings here, but the primary thing to know […]

Tyler Loechner

NFL Fantasy

January 11, 2022

FFPC Playoff Challenge Picks and Strategy

One of my favorite traditions is getting together with some buddies from high school and putting together a team for the FFPC Playoff Challenge. We’ve done it each of the last few years. I’m a data-driven person by nature but the last two years for this particular contest, I didn’t look into anything or do […]

Matt Jones

MLB Fantasy

January 11, 2022

NFBC DC Strategies — Corner Infielders in 2022

In this preseason series, I will be identifying and reviewing the top 450 picks (per ADP) for late-round values that I’ll be targeting in Draft Champions (DC) leagues on NFBC. In this series, I’ll be looking at the corner infielder position.  Further breaking down the top-10 finishers from the 2021 DC overall shows six of […]

Broc Miller

NFL Fantasy

January 10, 2022

10 Things We Learned in Fantasy Football 2021-2022

Another year is in the books, and now is the time to self-reflect and see what we got right, what went wrong, and how we can apply those learnings to become better fantasy players in future seasons. The 2021-2022 fantasy football season was a weird one on many levels. Nobody – literally nobody – could […]

Tyler Loechner

MLB Fantasy

January 10, 2022

Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? Fantasy Baseball Draft Conundrums

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. […]

Matthew Davis

NFL Fantasy

January 8, 2022

TopProp Battleground – Week 18 Update

TopProp Fantasy Sports is officially live, bringing you a new way to wager on fantasy football. Are you confident that you have the best team in your league? Great, bet on it. Are you confident that your league mate Bob is going to blow John out of the water this week? Great, bet on it. […]

Joe Metz

MLB Fantasy

January 8, 2022

Fantasy Baseball 2022: Identifying Draft Market Inefficiencies

When it comes to fantasy baseball drafts, nothing is more important than correctly identifying, targeting and getting the players we believe to be underpriced while identifying and avoiding those who appear to be overpriced. The goal is to spot the inefficiencies on both sides of the value spectrum and adjust our personal draft rankings, positional […]

Vlad Sedler

NFL Fantasy

January 8, 2022

Injured Reserve Tracker for Week 18

Injuries are one of the worst parts of football, but unfortunately, they are inevitable. The NFL also recently changed the Injured Reserve rules, which can make things a bit complicated. Players can be designated to return from the IR after three weeks, so it gives teams a bit more lineup flexibility on a week-to-week basis. […]

Matt LaMarca

NFL Fantasy

January 7, 2022

WR vs. CB Matchups NFL DFS Breakdown – Week 18

Every week in this article, I’ll be highlighting my favorite WR/CB matchups in DFS with the help of our WR/CB matchup tool at FTN Daily. I’ll be looking at the best plays on the slate while also digging into some receivers with massive upside that could go overlooked.  Top Matchups – WR/CB for Week 18 […]

Derek Brown

MLB Fantasy

January 7, 2022

Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? Fantasy Baseball Draft Conundrums

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 […]

Matthew Davis

NFL Fantasy

January 7, 2022

Directional rushing update for Week 18

During the NFL season, we’re going to break down how different offenses are utilizing their running backs. As the year goes on, patterns begin to emerge that will allow us to anticipate and exploit mismatches between a defense and an offense we’re targeting in fantasy football.      Bird’s Eye View Rushing – Left There’s […]

Matt Jones

MLB Fantasy

January 6, 2022

Kup’s Closers: Fantasy Baseball Closer Strategy for 2022 (AL East)

It’s 2022, and that means we’re getting close to another MLB season. Hopefully, Rob Manfred and crew are back and in business soon. Please talk to each other, MLB. Each week, we are going to start this series by analyzing each division’s bullpens – and a deep dive is what we hope for. It’s easy […]

Matt Kupferle

NFL Fantasy

January 6, 2022

NFL Usage Report for Week 18

Welcome to the Week 18 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 […]

Sam Wallace

NFL Fantasy

January 5, 2022

What if? A 2021 fantasy football alternate history

It would be easy for you to sit there and see this topic and think we at FTN are trying to capitalize on the SEO boost of naming a fantasy football article after a Marvel TV series. What you might not know, though, is that I’ve been doing this article for years (including here, last […]

Daniel Kelley

NFL Fantasy

January 5, 2022

Directional passing update for Week 18

During the NFL season, we’re going to use the Directional Passing Tool to break down how different offenses are utilizing their weapons all over the field. As the year goes on, patterns begin to emerge that will allow us to anticipate and exploit mismatches between a defense and an offense that we’re targeting.      Short […]

Matt Jones

NFL Fantasy

January 5, 2022

Splits tool update for Week 18 – 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.  NFC West Showdown The Rams host […]

Matt Jones

MLB Fantasy

January 5, 2022

NFBC DC Strategies — Catchers in 2022

In this preseason series, I will be identifying and reviewing the top 450 picks (per ADP) for late-round values that to target in Draft Champions leagues on NFBC. In this first series, I’ll be looking at the catcher position.  Catchers from the Top-10 Teams in 2021 First, let’s get our bearings. In reviewing 2021’s top-10 […]

Broc Miller

NFL Fantasy

January 4, 2022

Fantasy Football Market Share Update – Week 18

Each week during the season, we’ll take a look at the changing landscape of usage in the NFL and fantasy football. Whether you’re looking for a waiver-wire pickup, deciding on a tough start/sit decision or looking for a DFS play, understanding how players are being used is vital to success during the season.  Note: These […]

Matt Jones

NFL Fantasy

January 4, 2022

Matt’s Musings | NFL Data Study, Week 18

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 […]

Matt Jones

NFL Fantasy

January 4, 2022

Week 18 fantasy football waiver wire rankings

It’s time for the Week 18 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 18. Of course, this is weird […]

Jeff Ratcliffe

NFL Fantasy

January 4, 2022

2021 Fantasy Football Awards

The 2021 fantasy football season has reached its end, and while the lasting memory will likely be how last second COVID-19 rule-outs wreaked havoc on the fantasy playoffs, there was much more to the season. Today, we’ll be celebrating the winners with the fantasy awards for the 2021 season.     2021 Fantasy MVP: Cooper […]

Tyler Loechner

NFL Fantasy

January 2, 2022

2022 NFL Draft Rankings

It’s never too early to look ahead, and with the NFL season halfway over, it’s time to start looking in earnest at the outlook for the 2022 NFL Draft.  We’re building our big board for 2022 NFL Draft position rankings now, breaking down the top prospects for next year’s draft in order so you can […]

FTN Staff

NFL Fantasy

January 2, 2022

Sunday Football Locks and DFS Breakdown – Week 17

There are lots of options this week in great spots, but I think you need to narrow down your options in your lineups unless you’re max-entering. I usually build 1-3 lineups. I might go with three different quarterbacks because so many of them are set up for success this week. Quarterback  Patrick Mahomes Matthew Stafford […]

Nelson Sousa

NFL Fantasy

January 2, 2022

Start or Sit: Week 17 sponsored by TopProp

Welcome to the Week 17 Start or Sit brought to you by TopProp. First off, congratulations! If you’re hanging out with me on this wild Week 17 weekend it means you’ve made it to the finals in your fantasy football playoffs. Now it’s time to complete the championship run with some Week 17 Start or […]

Chris Meaney

NFL Fantasy

December 31, 2021

The Fantasy Football Report for Week 17

Staring at your roster isn’t going to reveal a magical set of answers to the test that will tell you all of the “right” plays to make this week. I know, You want to squeeze every possible point out of your lineup, and that’s fair. But sometimes, you get thrown a curveball that you didn’t […]

Jeff Ratcliffe

NFL Fantasy

December 31, 2021

Freedman’s Week 17 fantasy football breakdown

This week can’t be any worse than last week was, can it? Here are the quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, and tight ends who stand out to me in this Sunday’s 14-game main slate based on our expert rankings and fantasy projections as well as the Week 17 betting odds and our wealth of football content across FTN Fantasy, FTN […]

Matthew Freedman

NFL Fantasy

December 31, 2021

Directional rushing update for Week 17

Matt Jones