Prop God’s NFL Playbook: Week 12
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Fantasy Football ADP – Draft Cam Akers or Joe Mixon?
(All summer, Adam Pfeifer will be putting the tightest fantasy football picks under the microscope in our ADP Decisions series.) We continue our 2021 fantasy football ADP series with an interesting debate between two talented, young running backs. Cam Akers showed flashes of brilliance to end his rookie campaign in 2020, while Joe Mixon has shown […]
Adam Pfeifer
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy coaching & coordinator breakdown: Jacksonville Jaguars
(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 […]
Derek Brown
NFL
Fantasy
Early look at RB landmines for 2021 fantasy football
Thursday, I took a look at three wide receiver landmines to avoid in 2021 fantasy football. Today, I am back to do the same with running back. The biggest thing with running backs is volume and weighted opportunity. Volume — which directly correlates to snaps played for running backs — is king in fantasy football. You […]
Eliot Crist
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Football Stat of the Day: The leaders in passer rating when targeted
(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’s Stat of the Day pieces have been exploring “boom” plays for pass-catchers with a look at WRs that scored the most deep TDs and the […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy football NFL coaching & coordinator breakdown: Houston Texans
(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 […]
Derek Brown
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Football Multiverse: Chicago Bears
(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 […]
Matt Jones
NFL
Fantasy
Early look at WR landmines for 2021 fantasy football
Sometimes in life, the things we don’t do are just as important as the things we do. Fantasy football is very similar — avoiding a player can be just as important as the players we draft onto our actual teams. Now, when I say “avoid a player” or that he is a landmine, that is […]
Eliot Crist
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Football Stat of the Day: Tight ends with boom-ability
(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.) In Wednesday’s Stat of the Day article, we examined the WRs who had the most big plays (40-yard TDs) in 2020. This helped surface some WR options […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy football coaching & coordinator breakdown: Indianapolis Colts
(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 […]
Derek Brown
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Football Stat of the Day: Receivers with boom-ability
(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 “boom or bust” WR is one of the most popular things to aim for when settings weekly lineups. You can’t have a team filled with boom-or-bust […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Football ADP – Draft Michael Thomas or Keenan Allen?
(All summer, Adam Pfeifer will be putting the tightest fantasy football picks under the microscope in our ADP Decisions series.) Making tough decisions in fantasy football can be, well, tough. (I’m such a wordsmith, aren’t I?) I have plenty of experience making tough choices. It used to take me 30-40 minutes to choose which toy I […]
Adam Pfeifer
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy football coaching & coordinator breakdown: Tennessee Titans
(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 […]
Derek Brown
NFL
Fantasy
Exploring FTN Data: Advanced RB Metrics
RB gash rate: The percentage of a running back’s runs that go for 10 yards or more.Yards after contact (YCOC): The average amount of yards after contact per carry generated.Forced missed tackles: The amount of missed tackles a skill player forces. With the launch of the new FTN Data site this summer, we continue our […]
Brett Whitefield
NFL
Fantasy
Exploring FTN Data: Brick Wall Rate
Brick wall rate: The percentage of short yardage runs that don’t result in a first down or touchdown. With the launch of FTN Data’s new site we thought it was important to spotlight some of our new Insider Stats that will be commonly seen and talked about at both FTN Fantasy and FTN Data. Here […]
Brett Whitefield
NFL
Fantasy
Exploring FTN Data: Gash Rate Allowed
Gash rate allowed: The percentage of runs allowed that go for 10 yards or more. With the launch of the new FTN Data site this summer we continue our series spotlighting some of the Insider Stats that will be commonly seen and talked about at both FTN Fantasy and FTN Data. Here we take a […]
Brett Whitefield
NFL
Fantasy
Exploring FTN Data: Playmaker Score
Playmaker Score: A weighted composite score, normalized on a scale of 0-100, which quantifies a pass-catcher’s ability to make extraordinary plays relative to opportunity. Taken into account are explosive plays, deep receptions, work after the catch, created receptions and separation. Traditional stats like first downs, touchdowns and drops also factor into the score slightly. Introducing […]
Brett Whitefield
NFL
Fantasy
Exploring FTN Data: QBs Under Pressure
We continue along in our series Exploring FTN Data. Our new website along with a plethora of new amazing tools will launch sometime this summer so we are taking the opportunity to talk about a lot of the different metrics and insider stats that will be commonly mentioned over at FTN Data and FTN Fantasy. […]
Brett Whitefield
NFL
Fantasy
Using offensive line stats in fantasy football
Eliot Crist
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Football Stat of the Day: The Konami Code cousins
(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.) FTN’s Eliot Crist recently wrote a must-read piece on the fantasy dominance of rushing QBs —also known as Konami Code QBs. The gist of it is that […]
Tyler Loechner
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NFL
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Fantasy Football Multiverse: Carolina Panthers
(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 […]
Matt Jones
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Football Stat of the Day: RB yards-after-contact leaders
(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.) Breaking tackles is important for any skill position in football, but it’s arguably most important for RBs, who often face pressure from the defense as soon as […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
2021 Scott Fish Bowl 11 Draft Strategy
The Scott Fish Bowl is one of the biggest season-long fantasy football events of every summer. The charity aspects of it are amazing, but let’s not pretend that everyone that enters isn’t trying to seize first place. The scoring format changes yearly as Scott Fish flips positional values on their head while adding wrinkles that […]
Derek Brown
NFL
Fantasy
Scott Fish Bowl Scoring and Rules Breakdown 2021
The Scott Fish Bowl, known as the SFB, is the most well-known season-long fantasy competition in the fantasy football world. The massive Pro-Am is done for charity, but that doesn’t mean the competition isn’t fierce. To mix things up each year, the league commissioner, Scott Fish, adds a twist to scoring or drafting. This year, […]
Tyler Loechner
MLB
Fantasy
Week 15 fantasy baseball FAAB check-in
We are rolling into Week 15 in the FAAB process for fantasy baseball. You’ll notice that the math regarding remaining budgets has to start forcing managers to bid less than we have witnessed during the first half of FAAB. Sure, there will always be outliers due to a leaguemate or two that has been hoarding […]
Matthew Davis
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. […]
Matt Kupferle
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Football Cheat Code – Find QBs that Run
The Konami code — Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start. It often meant the difference between life and death in a video game back in the 1980s. In fantasy football, we refer to quarterbacks with rushing upside as the Konami Code as they bring life to a fantasy football roster. […]
Eliot Crist
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy football NFL coaching & coordinator breakdown: New York Jets
(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 […]
Derek Brown
NFL
Fantasy
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NFL
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Booms, Busts, Breakouts & Bets: Minnesota Vikings
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: Skol, Skol, Skol! Fantasy Football Booms – Vikings Dalvin Cook, RB Cook is the shifty, tackle-breaking engine […]
Derek Brown
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Football Stat of the Day: The tackle-breaking tight ends
(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.) In this week’s Stat of the Day pieces, we’ve looked at the RBs and WRs that are able to elude the most tackles per touch. Some big […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy football NFL coaching & coordinator breakdown: Patriots
(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 […]
Derek Brown
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy football: Beware of too much confidence in a single offense
I'm always reviewing fantasy football draft boards and then taking a look at NFL offenses from a normal football perspective and not a fantasy football lens. What that does is help me evaluate and call out any type of discrepancies that might not make sense or translate to fantasy versus actual football. What I mean […]
Nelson Sousa