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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football ADP – Draft Justin Herbert or Russell Wilson?
(All summer, Adam Pfeifer will be putting the tightest fantasy football picks under the microscope in our ADP Decisions series.) There appears to be a clear top-five at the quarterback position for fantasy football in 2021. And while those five signal callers have immense upside in fantasy as we’ve already seen, there are a handful of […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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MLB Fantasy
Week 18 fantasy baseball FAAB check-in
With the trade deadline approaching next weekend, this would be the week to try to make cheap speculative bids on players that could have a positive role change once the deadline is over. Teams like the Pirates, Rockies, Mariners and Marlins are likely to trade away their top relievers. If so, that will present save […]
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Matthew Davis
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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
100 Questions: The important fantasy football answers around the AFC South
(Knowing the right question to ask is as important as knowing the answer. In 100 Questions, FTN’s Daniel Kelley identifies the key fantasy football questions to ask heading into the 2021 NFL season. Today: The AFC South.) For obvious, Aaron Rodgers-y reasons, DraftKings Sportsbook doesn’t currently have a wins over/under line for the Green Bay […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football ADP – Draft Irv Smith or Logan Thomas?
(All summer, Adam Pfeifer will be putting the tightest fantasy football picks under the microscope in our ADP Decisions series.) The tight end position can be tough in fantasy football, particularly after you get past the top three of Travis Kelce, Darren Waller and George Kittle. When drafting, many feel that if you can’t land one […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy coaching & coordinator breakdown: NYG
(FTN’s Derek Brown and Matt Jones are going team-by-team to look at the coaching tendencies of every team and how that matters for fantasy football in 2021. Follow the whole coaching/coordinators series.) A critical point projecting players for fantasy football is forecasting their roles and the overall context of the team philosophies on both sides […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Stat of the Day: Passer rating out of the pocket
(Leading up to the 2021 NFL season, FTN’s Tyler Loechner will dive into the fantasy football numbers to bring you his Fantasy Stat of the Day, five days a week.) This week, we’ve taken a look at QB performance when traveling out of the pocket. We’ve reviewed which QBs travel out of the pocket on drop backs […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
What the Michael Thomas injury absence means for fantasy football
The injury news around the fantasy football world isn’t slowing down. We got word Friday that New Orleans Saints Pro Bowl wide receiver Michael Thomas, who missed nine games with an ankle injury in 2020, reportedly underwent surgery in June to repair ligaments in the ankle. He’ll certainly miss Week 1 and it sounds like […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
2021 fantasy football pass-catching unit rankings
We continue along in our series ranking each position group in the NFL by looking at each team’s pass-catching units. With camp already opening for some teams, NFL rosters are mostly settled at this point, and we have a pretty good understanding of where each team stands on paper and we can take a legit […]
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Brett Whitefield
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NFL Fantasy
100 Questions: The important fantasy football answers around the AFC North
(Knowing the right question to ask is as important as knowing the answer. In 100 Questions, FTN’s Daniel Kelley identifies the key fantasy football questions to ask heading into the 2021 NFL season. Today: The AFC North.) Two fun facts: One, in its current configuration, no team has ever won the AFC North in three […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Booms, Busts, Breakouts & Bets: Seattle Seahawks
As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp openings, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Derek Brown, profile their favorite Booms, Busts, Breakouts and Bets for every NFL team. Giddy up, gamers. Today’s topic: The Petey Sunshine Crew. Fantasy Football Booms – Seahawks DK Metcalf, WR Last year we got a […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy coaching & coordinator breakdown: WFT
(FTN’s Derek Brown and Matt Jones are going team-by-team to look at the coaching tendencies of every team and how that matters for fantasy football in 2021. Follow the whole coaching/coordinators series.) A critical point projecting players for fantasy football is forecasting their roles and the overall context of the team philosophies on both sides […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Stat of the Day: QBs who scored outside the pocket
(Leading up to the 2021 NFL season, FTN’s Tyler Loechner will dive into the fantasy football numbers to bring you his Fantasy Stat of the Day, five days a week.) A few days ago, we took a look at which QBs travel out of the pocket on drop backs most often. The list featured a mix of […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
100 Questions: The important fantasy football answers around the AFC East
(Knowing the right question to ask is as important as knowing the answer. In 100 Questions, FTN’s Daniel Kelley identifies the key fantasy football questions to ask heading into the 2021 NFL season. Today: The AFC East.) After a changing of the guard at the top of the AFC East for the first time in […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Multiverse: Denver Broncos
(FTN’s Matt Jones is going team-by-team to investigate some of the biggest fantasy issues around the NFL for the 2021 fantasy football season. Follow the whole Fantasy Football Multiverse series.) The idea of the multiverse is fascinating to me. You change one small thing in one timeline, and it breaks off and affects things down the road in […]
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Matt Jones
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football ADP – Draft Diontae Johnson or Odell Beckham Jr.?
(All summer, Adam Pfeifer will be putting the tightest fantasy football picks under the microscope in our ADP Decisions series.) Our ADP series continues with a matchup between two AFC North wide receivers. Diontae Johnson appears to be on the rise while Odell Beckham has been a major disappointment since joining the Cleveland Browns. And while […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Stock Watch: Fantasy Football ADP Movement (7/21)
Welcome to the second edition of Stock Watch where I take a look at the latest fantasy football ADP movement. Fantasy football drafts are starting to ramp up as we get closer to the NFL season which means we have a good two months of draft data to take a look at. The goal here […]
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Chris Meaney
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy coaching & coordinator breakdown: Denver Broncos
(FTN’s Derek Brown and Matt Jones are going team-by-team to look at the coaching tendencies of every team and how that matters for fantasy football in 2021. Follow the whole coaching/coordinators series.)A critical point projecting players for fantasy football is forecasting their roles and the overall context of the team philosophies on both sides of […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Fantasy
Booms, Busts, Breakouts & Bets: Atlanta Falcons
As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp openings, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Derek Brown, profile their favorite Booms, Busts, Breakouts and Bets for every NFL team. Giddy up, gamers. Today’s topic: The Deep-Fried Falcons. Fantasy Football Booms – Falcons Calvin Ridley, WR Calvin Ridley is on a crash […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Fantasy
100 Questions: The important fantasy football answers entering 2021
(Knowing the right question to ask is as important as knowing the answer. In 100 Questions, FTN’s Daniel Kelley identifies the key fantasy football questions to ask heading into the 2021 NFL season.) There is essentially an infinite number of questions that can be asked each fantasy football. From big trend-based questions to micro, player-specific […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Stat of the Day: Darrell Henderson season
(Leading up to the 2021 NFL season, FTN’s Tyler Loechner will dive into the fantasy football numbers to bring you his Fantasy Stat of the Day, five days a week.) Tuesday’s bombshell news was that Cam Akers will miss the 2021 NFL season — and put the rest of his career in jeopardy as well, damned Achilles […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Primetime Fantasy Football: Rd2 in ADP + RB market
 
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Matthew Davis
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy coaching & coordinator breakdown: Los Angeles Chargers
(FTN’s Derek Brown and Matt Jones are going team-by-team to look at the coaching tendencies of every team and how that matters for fantasy football in 2021. Follow the whole coaching/coordinators series.) A critical point projecting players for fantasy football is forecasting their roles and the overall context of the team philosophies on both sides […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Fantasy
What to do in drafts if you have already taken Cam Akers
Every season we are dealt harsh reminders of how much injuries play a part of the NFL and the fantasy football landscape. Today, on the precipice of training camps opening, the news of Cam Akers suffering a torn Achilles broke.  While fantasy gamers have time to adjust and analyze this devastating news, if you’re in […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Fantasy
Cam Akers injured: What now for the Rams backfield?
Injuries are the worst part of football. We were reminded of this fact on Tuesday morning when news broke that Rams RB Cam Akers suffered a torn Achilles and will almost certainly be out for the season. While losing your lead running back isn’t exactly a death knell for the Rams 2021 outlook, this is […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football ADP – Draft Allen Robinson or Julio Jones?
(All summer, Adam Pfeifer will be putting the tightest fantasy football picks under the microscope in our ADP Decisions series.) We continue our ADP series with a matchup between two veteran wide receivers who some people may be overlooking entering 2021. But the fact of the matter is that Allen Robinson and Julio Jones are still […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Stat of the Day: QB out-of-pocket dropback rate
(Leading up to the 2021 NFL season, FTN’s Tyler Loechner will dive into the fantasy football numbers to bring you his Fantasy Stat of the Day, five days a week.) One of the best things about the NFL is that there are so many flavors of play at the QB position, which is undoubtedly the most important […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy coaching & coordinator breakdown: Las Vegas Raiders
(FTN’s Derek Brown and Matt Jones are going team-by-team to look at the coaching tendencies of every team and how that matters for fantasy football in 2021. Follow the whole coaching/coordinators series.) A critical point projecting players for fantasy football is forecasting their roles and the overall context of the team philosophies on both sides […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Fantasy
2021 fantasy football tiers: Overall tiers
Fantasy football tiers are an extremely useful weapon in your draft day arsenal. But you may have noticed that there’s one big flaw with the tiers that you find throughout the fantasy industry: they’re often only based on individual positions. It’s very useful to see how players stack up against others at their position, but […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Multiverse: Dallas Cowboys
(FTN’s Matt Jones is going team-by-team to investigate some of the biggest fantasy issues around the NFL for the 2021 fantasy football season. Follow the whole Fantasy Football Multiverse series.) The idea of the multiverse is fascinating to me. You change one small thing in one timeline and it breaks off and affects things down the […]
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Matt Jones
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NFL Fantasy
Booms, Busts, Breakouts & Bets: Carolina Panthers
As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp openings, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Derek Brown, profile their favorite Booms, Busts, Breakouts and Bets for every NFL team. Giddy up, gamers. Today’s topic: The Scrappy Sir Purrs. Fantasy Football Booms – Panthers D.J. Moore, WR This is not the time […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football ADP – Draft Ezekiel Elliott or Saquon Barkley?
(All summer, Adam Pfeifer will be putting the tightest fantasy football picks under the microscope in our ADP Decisions series.) For many fantasy drafts this summer, the decision-making is really going to start at third overall. Christian McCaffrey and Dalvin Cook will be the consensus top two selections in most drafts, but after that, you can […]
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Adam Pfeifer