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NFL Fantasy
Tight End Streamers for Week 2
Tight ends in Week 1 were all over the board like we’re accustomed to seeing. The top-five in fantasy points scored in Week 1 were Rob Gronkowski, Darren Waller, T.J. Hockenson, Travis Kelce, and Juwan Johnson. Four of the five are usual suspects. We saw James O’Shaughnessy and Pharaoh Brown finish inside of the top-12. […]
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Matthew Davis
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NFL Fantasy
Market share update for Week 2
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.  The […]
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Matt Jones
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football trade targets – Week 2
With Week 1 of the NFL season in the books, it’s very easy to overreact on what took place over the weekend. The goal here is to highlight a few players who have seen their stock rise and fall which ultimately leads to buy-low and sell-high trade targets in fantasy football.  I’ve also highlighted a […]
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Chris Meaney
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NFL Fantasy
Week 2 fantasy football waiver wire rankings
It’s time for the Week 2 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 2. We cast a wide net […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Dynasty buys for Week 2
In dynasty 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 to your dynasty fantasy football squad […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Trade Value Chart – Week 2
Welcome to FTN’s Week 2 fantasy football trade value chart, where we provide you with relative values for every relevant fantasy player for the rest of the season to help you make a trade. The trade value chart is based on a 12-team league that starts 1 QB, 2 RBs, 3 WRs, 1 TE and […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Streaming QBs for Week 2 in fantasy football
Week 1 of the NFL season is behind us. Regardless of the outcomes on your fantasy teams, it isn’t time to panic or become complacent.  “It’s a very easy thing to say, ‘Go get a backup quarterback.’ Now tell me where to get them. You can’t just dial them up” — Bill Parcells Listed below […]
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Matthew Davis
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NFL Fantasy
Matchups to target for Week 2 in fantasy football
It is never too early to start looking at the week ahead for fantasy football. Yes, I understand we have one more game before Week 1 wraps up, but we have a ton of statistics and information to help us get an early start on Week 2.  Here is a look at some of the […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
High-stakes fantasy Week 1 thoughts
We had overreaction Friday after the Thursday game that kicked off the NFL season, and now we’re back with overreaction Monday. Wild. I’m here to share my thoughts and opinions with quick fantasy football thoughts from all the Week 1 games. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31, Dallas Cowboys 29 Ezekiel Elliott looks fine to me and […]
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Nelson Sousa
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football stats to know for Week 2
With Week 1 of the NFL and fantasy football season just about in the books, it’s time to take a look at what we saw over the weekend and apply it going forward. And while it is just one week through the season, there are situations where we need to react and adjust to, rather […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football waiver wire targets for Week 2
Every Monday during the NFL season, I am going to be presenting you with my top three waiver wire claims to prioritize for your fantasy football teams. I will also include a shortlist of “other options.” These are players worth consideration if your team is in a bind, but not ones that take priority over […]
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Joe Metz
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football preview for Week 2
Week 1 if the 2021 NFL and fantasy football season is just about in the books, and we learned a lot. And while there is still plenty to sort out, it is never a bad idea to begin to look ahead at the upcoming week. So as soon as things wrap up every week, we’ll […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Sunday Football Locks and DFS Breakdown
QB  Kyler Murray RB  Dalvin Cook Antonio Gibson Najee Harris James Robinson Raheem Mostert WR  DeAndre Hopkins AJ Brown Tyler Lockett Tee Higgins TE Zach Ertz Jonnu Smith DEF  Denver Broncos Football Lock of the Week 49ers at -9
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Nelson Sousa
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MLB Fantasy
Trust Your Gut: Fantasy Baseball FAAB Guide
I’m excited to bring my free agent bidding column to FTN Fantasy. Trust Your Gut! My column focuses on weekly FAAB as I try to cover the gamut of all host sites from ESPN, Yahoo, Fantrax, CBS and RT Sports. I do manage the bulk of my leagues on NFBC, which is the premier site […]
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Vlad Sedler
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NFL Fantasy
The Fantasy Football Report for Week 1
Week 1 fantasy football is finally here, and that’s certainly exciting. But it’s important to not get too excited by what we see this week. Remember, it’s only Week 1. Hey, it’s easy to overreact at this time of year. We’re all starved for football after weathering the last seven months of this brutal offseason. […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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MLB Fantasy
The Double Dip: Fantasy baseball 2-start pitchers for the week
We’re back again for this week’s fantasy baseball Double Dip — highlighting pitchers making two starts in a week. Some of the plays may be obvious — you don’t need a 1,000-word soliloquy highlighting why it’s a good idea to start Jacob deGrom twice. You just do it.  But volume is key, especially two-start-pitcher volume. […]
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Matt Kupferle
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football injury situations to watch for Week 1
Injuries are the worst part of football, but we can’t pretend like they don’t happen or that they don’t have an impact on fantasy football decisions. Each week during the 2021 NFL season, I’ll walk us through the key injury news and notes to know each week. We’ll do an initial run Monday and an […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Freedman’s Week 1 fantasy football breakdown
Ah, Week 1. It has finally arrived. All shiny and dewy in its newness, like a late-April weekend morning. I’m a weird guy, so Week 1 always calls to mind for me the American poet Billy Collins, who is basically the poetry version of Mark Twain, who is essentially the 18th-century American version of Shakespeare, […]
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Matthew Freedman
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football rankings vs. expert consensus – Week 1
It’s time to set fantasy football lineups for Week 1 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
Using betting lines to set your Week 1 fantasy lineup
Week 1 of the 2021 NFL season has arrived, and it’s time to set our fantasy football lineups. As always, lineup decisions are the hardest part of your life as a fantasy manager, and you’ll want to consult as many factors as possible to help you make those choices. Since you’re reading this article, it’s […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Start or Sit: Week 1 sponsored by TopProp
Week 1 is finally here and although you may not have that many tough start or sit decisions this early in the season, I’ve highlighted a few players who are in good spots and bad spots in Week 1. You hear the term “play your studs” a lot in fantasy football and I’m a believer […]
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Chris Meaney
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NFL Fantasy
WR/CB matchups for fantasy football – Week 1
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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NFL Fantasy
Gus Edwards Suspected Torn ACL — Ty’Son Williams and Le’Veon Bell have fantasy upside
(Join this FREE contest at DraftKings Sportsbook to earn your share of $20,000.) Baltimore Ravens running back Gus Edwards suffered a suspected torn ACL during practice on Thursday afternoon, as reported by Adam Schefter:  Edwards had been rising in fantasy value recently due to the injuries suffered by the Ravens backfield. Edwards was slated to […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Fantasy
TopProp FTNFantasy League – Week 1
TopProp Fantasy Sports is officially live, bringing you a new way to wager on fantasy football. Are you confident you have the best team in your league? Great, bet on it. Are you confident that your leaguemate Bob is going to blow John out of the water this week? Great, bet on it. Put down […]
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Joe Metz
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football sleepers for Week 1
Week 1 of the 2021 NFL football season is days away, and it’s time to fine-tune your fantasy lineups. This includes hunting for solid flex players and sleepers that can pop off and help you win the game. Each week during the NFL season, this article will highlight some deep sleepers for you to consider […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football flex rankings for Week 1
It’s Wednesday, and that means it’s time to break out the flex fantasy football rankings for Week 1 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
Directional rushing update for Week 1
During the 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 that we’re targeting in fantasy football. To kick off the season I’m going to identify […]
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Matt Jones
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NFL Fantasy
Directional passing update for Week 1
During the season we’re going 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 in fantasy football.      Short receiving – left […]
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Matt Jones
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NFL Fantasy
Using the splits tool to set your fantasy football lineup
Arguably the most powerful tool we offer FTN Fantasy subscribers is the FTN NFL splits tool. Powered by the FTN Data database and revamped for the 2021 season, the FTN NFL splits tool gives you the power to find the players in the best (and worst) positions on a weekly basis. Each week, this article […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Hall of Fantasy — Week 1
Week 1 of the NFL season kicks off this weekend, which means the inaugural season of the Hall of Fantasy league does too. If you are unfamiliar with the league, they do a fantastic job of laying everything out clearly and concisely on their home page: “The HOFL consists of 10 Football Franchises representing key […]
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Joe Metz
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NFL Fantasy
Dynasty buys for Week 1
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 to your dynasty fantasy […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Fantasy
Streaming TEs for Week 1 in fantasy football
There are multiple ways to deploy a successful method when it comes to rostering the tight end position in fantasy football. The first would be investing early draft capital, securing a tight end in the top two tiers. If you’re not doing that then you’re likely waiting it out until round 10 or later. Once […]
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Matthew Davis