Fantasy Articles

NFL Fantasy

July 19, 2021

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 […]

Jeff Ratcliffe

NFL Fantasy

July 19, 2021

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 […]

Matt Jones

NFL Fantasy

July 19, 2021

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 […]

Derek Brown

NFL Fantasy

July 19, 2021

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 […]

Adam Pfeifer

NFL Fantasy

July 19, 2021

Fantasy Football Stat of the Day: The TE target dominators

(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 weeks ago, we look at the target dominators across the NFL. Aside from the top TEs in the league, all the top receivers in the […]

Tyler Loechner

MLB Fantasy

July 18, 2021

Week 17 fantasy baseball FAAB check-in

The second half of the fantasy baseball season is underway, and we’re being served another top prospect. Last week, it was Vidal Bruján; this week, we have Jarren Duran. When it comes to bidding on these prospects, the range of bids is always wide, along with the results that follow. Tempering expectations is always wise […]

Matthew Davis

NFL Fantasy

July 18, 2021

Fantasy Football ADP – Draft Tyler Lockett or D.J. Moore?

(All summer, Adam Pfeifer will be putting the tightest fantasy football picks under the microscope in our ADP Decisions series.) The wide receiver position is absolutely loaded in fantasy, which is why many tend to address the running back position early and then hammer wideouts in the middle rounds. Two fantastic receiver targets in that range […]

Adam Pfeifer

MLB Fantasy

July 18, 2021

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

July 17, 2021

Fantasy Football ADP – Draft T.J. Hockenson or Mark Andrews?

(All summer, Adam Pfeifer will be putting the tightest fantasy football picks under the microscope in our ADP Decisions series.) A lot of fantasy football drafters have a specific approach when it comes to the tight end position: You either draft one of the top three players in Travis Kelce, Darren Waller or George Kittle, or […]

Adam Pfeifer

NFL Fantasy

July 17, 2021

Fantasy coaching & coordinator breakdown: Kansas City Chiefs

(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

July 16, 2021

Stock Watch: 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. Below you’ll see a list of players who have seen their fantasy football draft stock rise and fall over the past four weeks.  […]

Chris Meaney

NFL Fantasy

July 16, 2021

Fantasy Football ADP – Draft Clyde Edwards-Helaire or D’Andre Swift?

(All summer, Adam Pfeifer will be putting the tightest fantasy football picks under the microscope in our ADP Decisions series.) The 2020 draft class was absolutely loaded. We know the receivers were historically good, but the running backs were outstanding as well. The first two running backs selected in last year’s draft were Clyde Edwards-Helaire of […]

Adam Pfeifer

NFL Fantasy

July 16, 2021

Booms, Busts, Breakouts & Bets: Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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 Reigning Champs. Fantasy Football Booms — Buccaneers Mike Evans, WR When the rumors of Tom Brady […]

Derek Brown

NFL Fantasy

July 16, 2021

Fantasy Football Stat of the Day: Converting air yards to actual yards

(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.) Thursday, we took a look at the top 20 WRs based on air yards from the 2020 NFL season. Air yards are the number of yards the […]

Tyler Loechner

NFL Fantasy

July 15, 2021

Fantasy coaching & coordinator breakdown: Cincinnati Bengals

(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

July 15, 2021

Fantasy Football Multiverse: Cleveland Browns

(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

MLB Fantasy

July 15, 2021

Losing the win: Fixing the worst fantasy baseball stat

(The first part of this fantasy baseball article was originally published in February. See bottom for a full update and leaderboards.) This is it, people. In the paraphrased words of King Leonidas, today is the day we fight, today is the day the win dies. Buckle up and take this definitive stand with me against […]

John Laghezza

NFL Fantasy

July 15, 2021

Buy these 5 players on Underdog Fantasy

Underdog ADP shifts every day as the craze of zero-RB and hero-RB takes over. Receivers are moving up the board and running backs are falling down it. As drafts become less of fantasy football Twitter-heavy and more casual drafter-laden, expect running backs to move back up the board and ADP to shift back some. There […]

Eliot Crist

NFL Fantasy

July 15, 2021

Fantasy Football Stat of the Day: The leaders in air yards

(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.) Air yards become one of the hottest terms in the fantasy football industry a few years ago, and for good reason. Sorting players by air yards does […]

Tyler Loechner

NFL Fantasy

July 14, 2021

Fantasy coaching & coordinator breakdown: Cleveland Browns

(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

July 14, 2021

How to use box defender stats in fantasy football

Part of the launch of FTN’s Premium Stats and Fantasy HQ was box defender stats. The box on defense is an imaginary line set to define players near the line of scrimmage. The concept is that the more defenders in the box, the harder it is to run the ball. While this is almost always […]

Eliot Crist

NFL Fantasy

July 14, 2021

Booms, Busts, Breakouts & Bets: New Orleans Saints

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 Fighting Fleur de Lis. Fantasy Football Booms – Saints Michael Thomas, WR The rumors of the […]

Derek Brown

NFL Fantasy

July 14, 2021

Fantasy Football ADP – Draft Ryan Tannehill or Tom Brady?

(All summer, Adam Pfeifer will be putting the tightest fantasy football picks under the microscope in our ADP Decisions series.) Our first quarterback discussion of this series features one of the most efficient quarterbacks in the NFL and, well, the best quarterback to ever play the game.  Both Ryan Tannehill and Tom Brady are two […]

Adam Pfeifer

NFL Fantasy

July 14, 2021

Fantasy Football Stat of the Day: The WRs who trailed teammates 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.) Our last few Stat of the Day articles have taken a look at QB ratings for WRs. We’ve looked at the WRs with the highest QB rating […]

Tyler Loechner

NFL Fantasy

July 14, 2021

Fantasy coaching & coordinator breakdown: Baltimore Ravens

(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

July 13, 2021

Fantasy Football Multiverse

The multiverse — you change one small thing, and it affects everything down the road — is captivating. In fiction, it can mean any number of things and lead to blockbuster series.  In fantasy football? It’s another way of looking at a range of outcomes. As we head toward the start of the football season, […]

FTN Staff

NFL Fantasy

July 13, 2021

ADP Decisions: The toughest calls of 2021 fantasy football drafts

Dividing players into groups and tiers in fantasy football is a key part of the job of drafting, but on draft day, you actually have to decide between specific names. Guys going close to one another might have similar outlooks, but you still have to make the final call. To that end, all fantasy draft […]

FTN Staff

NFL Fantasy

July 13, 2021

Way-too-early mock draft – 2022 NFL Draft

If you know anything about me, you probably realized years ago that I am obsessed with the NFL draft. It’s my Super Bowl. Since 2019, I am No. 3 in total FantasyPros mock draft points and the only person to finish in the top 20 each year.  I don’t mean to brag. Rather, I mean […]

Matthew Freedman

NFL Fantasy

July 13, 2021

Fantasy Football ADP – Draft Terry McLaurin or CeeDee Lamb?

(All summer, Adam Pfeifer will be putting the tightest fantasy football picks under the microscope in our ADP Decisions series.) The NFC East is loaded with talented wide receivers, but perhaps none are more exciting than Terry McLaurin and CeeDee Lamb. Both young wideouts — McLaurin of the Washington Football Team and Lamb of the Dallas […]

Adam Pfeifer

NFL Fantasy

July 13, 2021

2021 Fantasy Football Bold Predictions

It’s the dead time of the year’s sports calendar, but we’re sprinting toward the 2021 NFL season. So with that in mind, here are some of my key fantasy football bold predictions for the year. Tom Brady will be the No. 1 fantasy QB Yes, I’m a big fan of Tom Brady, but any quarterback […]

Nelson Sousa

NFL Fantasy

July 13, 2021

Fantasy Football Stat of the Day: WRs who beat their teammates

(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.) Our last few Stat of the Day articles have taken a look at QB ratings for WRs. We’ve looked at the WRs with the highest […]

Tyler Loechner

NFL Fantasy

July 12, 2021

Fantasy coaching & coordinator breakdown: Pittsburgh Steelers

(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