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Alex Christenson
Fantasy Articles
NFL
Fantasy
Identifying 2020’s breakout fantasy football running backs
We keep seeing more and more younger running backs emerging in fantasy football, making them legitimate breakout candidates for the 2020 campaign. Here are a few who stand out as breakouts the most for the upcoming season. Miles Sanders, Philadelphia Eagles In Weeks 1-9 of his rookie year, Sanders was splitting work with veteran Jordan […]
Adam Pfeifer
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NFL
Fantasy
100 Questions: The pressing fantasy issues for the Baltimore Ravens
(You can’t answer a question if you don’t know what the question actually is. As we head toward the start of training camps after the weirdest offseason of our lives, FTN editor-in-chief Daniel Kelley asks — and attempts to answer — 3-4 fantasy-related questions about each team’s coming season. This is 100 Questions.) The Baltimore […]
Daniel Kelley
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy football tiers for defensive linemen in IDP leagues
In recent years, the defensive line has become the most challenging position in IDP fantasy football leagues for one prevailing reason — a lack of reliable weekly starters. In 12-team leagues that start two (or more) D-Linemen each week, the guys you could reasonably trust with any consistency were gone before every team had a […]
Gary Davenport
NFL
Fantasy
Breaking down the New York Jets coaching staff
A crucial element to projecting players in fantasy is determining their role and the context of the team on which they operate. In this divisional series, we will explore the inner workings of each team. These writeups are loaded with beautiful data visualizations (brought to you by Anthony Amico) that will expose the gears that […]
Derek Brown
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy football busts: Wide receivers to avoid in 2020
Avoiding the pitfalls in a fantasy football draft is at least as important as finding the big successes, if not moreso. On the heels of my quest to find the sleeper wide receivers in 2020 drafts, today I’m looking for the position’s busts. While I do think DeAndre Hopkins could potentially bust in his first […]
Chris Meaney
NFL
Fantasy
100 Questions: The pressing fantasy questions around the NFL
There are countless questions surrounding every NFL team entering each season. That goes for fantasy as well. Who will be the No. 4 receiver? How much work will the backup running back get? Is the team going to pass enough to make multiple receivers worthwhile? If you tried to answer every relevant question surrounding each […]
Daniel Kelley
NFL
Fantasy
Booms, Busts and Breakouts: Detroit Lions
As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp opens, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Jeff Ratcliffe, profile their favorite booms, busts and breakouts for every NFL team. Today’s topic: The Motor City Cats. Booms Matthew Stafford, QB In the beer-chugging ranks among NFC North quarterbacks, Stafford reigns supreme as […]
Brad Evans
NFL
Fantasy
Booms, Busts and Breakouts: Denver Broncos
As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp opens, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Jeff Ratcliffe, profile their favorite booms, busts and breakouts for every NFL team. Today’s topic: The Juggernaut John Elways. Booms Courtland Sutton, WR For a moment this offseason, Sutton looked like he could be pegged […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL
Fantasy
FTN Gameplan
(I don't need to read all this, I want in!) The FTN Fantasy Football Game Plan is the draft guide to help you crush the fantasy football competition. This downloadable PDF draft guide is chock full of player profiles, advanced stats and cheat sheets. We break down every fantasy-relevant player with a detailed player profile […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
NFL
Fantasy
100 Questions: The pressing fantasy issues for the Atlanta Falcons
(You can’t answer a question if you don’t know what the question actually is. As we head toward the start of training camps after the weirdest offseason of our lives, FTN editor-in-chief Daniel Kelley asks — and attempts to answer — 3-4 fantasy-related questions about each team’s coming season. This is 100 Questions.) You’d be […]
Daniel Kelley
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NFL
Fantasy
100 Questions: The pressing fantasy issues for the Arizona Cardinals
(You can’t answer a question if you don’t know what the question actually is. As we head toward the start of training camps after the weirdest offseason of our lives, FTN editor-in-chief Daniel Kelley asks — and attempts to answer — 3-4 fantasy-related questions about each team’s coming season. This is 100 Questions.) It wouldn’t […]
Daniel Kelley
NFL
Fantasy
Identifying 2020’s breakout fantasy football quarterbacks
As it has been for the last handful of years, the quarterback position is absolutely loaded in fantasy football. You have your established veterans, like Drew Brees, Matt Ryan, Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady. Then, there are your stars of today, like Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson and Deshaun Watson. Who is next? A handful of […]
Adam Pfeifer
NFL
Fantasy
First Down Blog: Don’t expect vintage Cam Newton in New England
Multiple times each week, Brad Evans, in this space, will ramble on about whatever random, likely tequila-influenced fantasy football/betting thoughts are coursing through his often-moronic mind. Today’s topic: The newly re-employed Cam Newton. Whenever major news breaks about a superstar player, no matter his current condition or team affiliation, trumpeters immediately take to social media […]
Brad Evans
NFL
Fantasy
Ranking the backup QB situations around the NFL for fantasy
The 2020 NFL season will be like no other, and that holds true for fantasy football as well. And that’s not because of players, coaches or teams. It’s because COVID-19 is blitzing the football world, while the NFL is trying their best to protect the season. While it still seems like a football season is […]
Adam Pfeifer
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NFL
Fantasy
Booms, Busts and Breakouts: Dallas Cowboys
As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp opens, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Jeff Ratcliffe, profile their favorite booms, busts and breakouts for every NFL team. Today’s topic: Jerry Jones and his opulent yacht. Booms Michael Gallup, WR Immediate dismissals of Gallup simply due to CeeDee Lamb’s arrival […]
Brad Evans
NFL
Fantasy
ADP check: Players whose fantasy football stock has fallen since 2019
There are two sides of every coin in fantasy football drafts. As I stated in Saturday’s piece surrounding players being drafted higher than the position they finished last season, it’s also important to note the opposite — players going way later than their finishing position in 2019. This can obviously be caused by a variety […]
Joe Metz
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy football sleepers: Overlooked wide receivers for 2020 drafts
As mentioned in the quarterback sleeper piece, it’s all about finding value in fantasy football drafts. Sometimes a name like Terry McLaurin gets hyped up too much, to the point where he ends up getting drafted too early. Nothing against McLaurin — I think the price is fair — but four months ago he was […]
Chris Meaney
NFL
Fantasy
ADP check: Players whose fantasy football stock has risen since 2019
As fantasy football mock draft season begins to gain steam, trends regarding players’ individual ADP becomes more important as we progress through the summer. To help analyze how and why players’ ADPs are trending in one direction or the other, I am going to be publishing two ADP articles per week. On Saturdays, I’ll be […]
Joe Metz
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Faceoff: Patrick Mahomes vs. Lamar Jackson
Each week, Brad Evans and Jeff Ratcliffe step into the octagon to exchange blows over some of the biggest draft-day dilemmas this fantasy football season. Today's Fantasy Faceoff topic: Patrick Mahomes or Lamar Jackson? … Ready. Set. FIGHT! In favor of Patrick Mahomes (Brad Evans) Off the high of a 50-TD campaign in 2018, Mahomes […]
Brad Evans
NFL
Fantasy
Booms, Busts and Breakouts: Cleveland Browns
As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp opens, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Jeff Ratcliffe, profile their favorite booms, busts and breakouts for every NFL team. Today’s topic: The Juggernaut Jim Browns Booms Odell Beckham Jr., WR Let’s get the obvious out of the way: Last year wasn’t […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
NFL
Fantasy
Booms, Busts and Breakouts: Cincinnati Bengals
As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp opens, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Jeff Ratcliffe, profile their favorite booms, busts and breakouts for every NFL team. Today’s topic: The Queen City Cats. Booms Tyler Boyd, WR When A.J. Green’s lower extremities inevitably combust, Boyd, like last year, will […]
Brad Evans
NFL
Fantasy
Edwards-Helaire takes top billing in our 2022 mock draft
Forecasting skill positions two years into the future is much like meteorology. The morning report can call for sunny skies and picturesque conditions, but a rogue thunderstorm can still crop up at any moment to ruin it all. Players can have their outlooks change in the blink of an eye with injury, contract status, and […]
Derek Brown
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy football busts: Quarterbacks to avoid in 2020
I’ve always been one to wait it out when drafting a quarterback in a standard fantasy football setting—I just wrote about a few undervalued QBs that I’m high on—so I could make the case for several potential busts. The three quarterbacks I’ve singled out below are good real-life quarterbacks. All three led their respective teams […]
Chris Meaney
NFL
Fantasy
Booms, Busts and Breakouts: Chicago Bears
As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp opens, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Jeff Ratcliffe, profile their favorite booms, busts and breakouts for every NFL team. Today’s topic: The Monsters of the Midway. Booms Allen Robinson, WR The Rodney Dangerfield of fantasy football wide receivers, Robinson got no […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
NFL
Fantasy
Booms, Busts and Breakouts: Carolina Panthers
As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp opens, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Jeff Ratcliffe, profile their favorite booms, busts and breakouts for every NFL team. Today’s topic: The Charlotte Cats. Booms D.J. Moore, WR Some in Fantasyland, understandably, are fully prepared to “Shoop” for The Spinderella of […]
Brad Evans
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NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy football sleepers: Overlooked quarterbacks in drafts for 2020
You hear the term sleeper get tossed around often in the fantasy football community, but what does it actually mean? Can an aging vet be considered a sleeper or does the particular candidate need to be on the cusp of a breakout season? Both are acceptable, as it’s all about finding value on draft day. […]
Chris Meaney
NFL
Fantasy
Booms, Busts and Breakouts
Every team has something unique to offer fantasy football managers — even if, sometimes, that thing is “stay away.” In the run-up to training camps, Fade the Noise head guys Jeff Ratcliffe and Brad Evans are going team-by-team to identify each team’s best shots at Booms, Busts and Breakouts. Sometimes they agree! Sometimes they don’t. […]
FTN Staff
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MLB
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Super deep fantasy baseball options worth considering in drafts
Knowledge is power in fantasy baseball, and one thing that we have learned is that in 12 NFBC drafts so far, they are going a little bit differently than before. The best part about an NFBC-style draft is the ability to track ADP. You aren’t simply guessing at what players are doing — you’re immersed […]
Matt Kupferle
NFL
Fantasy
Breaking down the New England Patriots coaching staff
A crucial element to projecting players in fantasy is determining their role and the context of the team on which they operate. In this divisional series, we will explore the inner workings of each team. These writeups are loaded with beautiful data visualizations (brought to you by Anthony Amico) that will expose the gears that […]
Derek Brown
NFL
Fantasy
Managing player exposure in fantasy football
If you only plan to draft 10 to 15 best ball teams in fantasy football in 2020, you probably don’t need to worry about your exposure percentages. Just go get your guys and have fun rooting for them all. However, if you plan on drafting a lot of teams, you need to track your exposure to […]
Noah Ruddell
NFL
Fantasy
9 RBs go in the first round of a 2021 mock draft
It is never too early to talk about fantasy football. No, talking about fantasy during the month of June isn’t early at all. Unless you are talking about the 2021 season already, of course. There’s interest, there’s passion and then there is insanity. Here we are. A fun exercise is to look ahead and try […]
Adam Pfeifer
NFL
Fantasy
Booms, Busts and Breakouts: Baltimore Ravens
As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp opens, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Jeff Ratcliffe, profile their favorite booms, busts and breakouts for every NFL team. Today’s topic: The Fightin’ Edgar Allen Poes. Booms J.K. Dobbins, RB Full disclosure: The demise of Mark Ingram is greatly exaggerated. Though […]
Brad Evans