Prop God’s NFL Playbook: Week 12
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Fantasy Articles
NHL
Fantasy
NHL Fantasy Hockey Waiver Wire Rankings (2/18)
Welcome to the Week 20 Fantasy Hockey Waiver Wire article here at FTN Fantasy. Below you’ll see some of the best waiver wire pickups, players to stash, players to buy low and sell high, which players to drop and who to stream. I’ll also highlight some of the injuries, what it means for you and […]
Chris Meaney
NFL
Fantasy
Best Ball Drafts: What We’ve Learned So Far in 2024
The week after Super Bowl LVIII is the official end of the 2023 NFL season, but it also signals the start of 2024 best ball drafting! Underdog Fantasy immediately posted two 2024 Pre-Draft Best Ball contests: The Big Board and The Little Board. Both are the standard best ball format with 20 players on each […]
Mike Randle
NFL
Fantasy
2024 NFL Draft: First Round and Full Draft Order
The 2023 NFL season is now complete, the Kansas City Chiefs have hoisted the Lombardi Trophy, and now we can all turn our attentions to the 2024 NFL Draft. In addition to finishing off the season, last week’s Super Bowl gave us the last piece of information we needed for our draft prep: The final […]
FTN Staff
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2024 Positional Tiers – Outfielders (Part 1)
This is the fourth part of my special preseason series breaking down each position by tiers. This series is a deeper view into the underpinnings of VDP rankings (Vlad’s Draft Positions). To avoid confusion, please note these are different than VDP Projections. The projections formulate my auction values for each player (VDP$) while the VDP […]
Vlad Sedler
NFL
Fantasy
Potential Injury Discounts in 2024 Fantasy Football
You draft a player in the middle to late rounds of your fantasy football draft, they appear to be a league-winner and suddenly they go down with an injury. Just like that, their season is over and you’re left wondering what if. There’s nothing worse. Except wet socks. Or stepping on a pile of Legos. […]
Adam Pfeifer
NFL
Fantasy
Who Should Be 1.01 in 2024 Fantasy Football Drafts?
Each year at FTN, I’m tasked with identifying who should be the 1.01 in next year’s (2024) fantasy football drafts. In 2022, I picked Christian McCaffrey (correct). In 2023, I picked CMC again (correct again). So who is it going to be in 2024? Well, probably CMC again … but let’s make the case for […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
QB Carousel – Who Will Start for All 32 NFL Teams in Week 1 2024?
This offseason, there are somewhere between two and five quarterbacks in this year’s NFL Draft who could start in Week 1 for whatever team they land on. There are somewhere between two and five quarterbacks on the trade/free agent market who could say the same. And there are somewhere between 10 and 15 teams that […]
FTN Staff
CFB
NFL
Fantasy
2024 NFL Draft Scouting Report: Drake Maye
Last Updated: 2/16/2024 As a true freshman, Drake Maye saw almost no action for North Carolina, but he exploded in 2022, leading the ACC in passing yards (4,321), completions (342) and passing touchdowns (38). We saw him take a step back statistically in 2023 after UNC lost multiple pieces of his supporting cast to […]
Jeremy Popielarz
MLB
Fantasy
Groovin’ with Govier: Fantasy Baseball Roundup (2/16)
Party people … can y’all get funky? Groove is in the heart! Groovin’ With Govier is on for 2024, and so is the 2024 FTN Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide featuring some of the best in the business. FTN Fantasy Baseball’s head of content Vlad Sedler has put together a stellar lineup of guest writers covering a […]
Michael Govier
NFL
Fantasy
2024 NFL Free Agent Rankings: Top 75 Players Available
The 2023 NFL season has officially come to an end, which means it is time to look ahead to 2024 — starting with the top NFL free agent players available. Teams will start evaluating their rosters and analyzing the free agents to see which holes they can fill on their roster ahead of the 2024 […]
Dan Fornek
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2024: Understanding Platoon Splits
Edouard Julien seems to be the perfect fantasy baseball breakout candidate. The 25-year-old debuted last season while batting .263/.381/.459 with 16 HR and 3 SB. There is even a chance he could steal more bases after swiping 34 in 2021 and 19 in 2022. His 408 PA in 109 games could prorate to over 600 […]
FTN Staff
NFL
Fantasy
Mike Randle’s 2024 NFL Mock Draft 1.0
It is time. The 2024 NFL Draft is a little over two months away, and it’s time to start analyzing team needs and potential landing spots for players. Gathering information and trying to predict the first round is one of my favorite exercises of the sports year. This season brings even more uncertainty, as there […]
Mike Randle
MLB
Fantasy
Mager’s Musings: The Many Layers of Player Share Diversification (2/14)
I have a confession to make: I’m obsessed with baseball and fantasy baseball. I love drafting and managing fantasy baseball teams and, every season, take on at least several more teams than I know what’s good for me. In 2023, I had 25 NFBC teams. This year, I’m scaling back, all the way down to […]
FTN Staff
MLB
Fantasy
Crossed Up: Pitching Prospects to Target
Finding players that can turn a positive ROI for you in fantasy baseball is always crucial. That’s especially true in dynasty leagues with prospects, since values are always surging or falling depending on performance and development year to year. That’s what this week’s edition of Crossed Up is all about. I will discuss a bunch […]
Eric Cross
NFL
Fantasy
What We Learned in 2023 for Fantasy Football: IDP Leagues
Before we start drafting defensive players for our 2024 fantasy football teams, we pause to look back at the 2023 season to see what lessons can be learned. Whether you finished first, last or somewhere in between, I think we can all become a better fantasy managers by digging into our successes and failures […]
Leo McNeeley
NFL
Fantasy
2024 NFL Offseason Fantasy Football Wish List: NFC
With the Super Bowl in the rearview, it’s time to turn our attention to the 2024 NFL and fantasy football season. (No I’m not letting the season breathe, this is way more fun.) Every offseason, my first exercise is trying to sketch out an idea of what the offseason might look like. Obviously there’s more […]
Daniel Kelley
MLB
Fantasy
Sinking Your Battleship: The Riskiest Fantasy Baseball Picks, Early February Edition
FTN Staff
NFL
Fantasy
2024 NFL Offseason Fantasy Football Wish List: AFC
With the Super Bowl in the rearview, it’s time to turn our attention to the 2024 NFL and fantasy football season. (No I’m not letting the season breathe, this is way more fun.) Every offseason, my first exercise is trying to sketch out an idea of what the offseason might look like. Obviously there’s more […]
Daniel Kelley
NHL
Fantasy
NHL Fantasy Hockey Waiver Wire Rankings (2/11)
Welcome to the Week 19 Fantasy Hockey Waiver Wire article here at FTN Fantasy. Below you’ll see some of the best waiver wire pickups, players to stash, players to buy low and sell high, which players to drop and who to stream. I’ll also highlight some of the injuries, what it means for you and […]
Chris Meaney
NFL
Fantasy
Super Bowl Betting Breakdown
There’s no better time to get some sports betting action in than the NFL playoffs, and the Super Bowl is officially here. Whether it’s sides and totals or player props, we have you covered here at FTN with our NFL betting models and NFL player props tool. But before we put some wagers in play, […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2024 Positional Tiers – Catchers and Designated Hitters
This is the third part of my special preseason series breaking down each position by tiers. This series is a deeper view into the underpinnings of VDP rankings (Vlad’s Draft Positions). To avoid confusion, please note these are different than VDP Projections. The projections formulate my auction values for each player (VDP$) while the VDP […]
Vlad Sedler
CFB
NFL
Fantasy
2024 NFL Draft Scouting Report: Jayden Daniels
Last Updated: 2/8/2024 Over the last five seasons, Jayden Daniels has battled his way to become one of the top names in the draft. By the time he was done, he had eclipsed 12,000 passing yards and 3,000 rushing, becoming the only player to do so in their college career. His Heisman campaign in […]
Jeremy Popielarz
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2024: Stacking Your Way to Victory
So I had this nutty idea to examine how I could stack the best team in MLB in a hypothetical draft. I said to myself, “You should look at which team has the most high-end talent and write an article about stacking them.” So I used my super-technical analytical skills to determine without question […]
Todd Whitestone
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2024: ADP Market Watch (2/7)
After diving into early auction market trends last week, we now turn back to focusing on players whose fantasy baseball ADP rose or fell materially in NFBC Draft Champions leagues, which are 15-team, 50-round draft-and-hold contests. In the next week or two, the focus will shift to Online Championship leagues, which are 12-team, 30-round contests […]
FTN Staff
NFL
Fantasy
Top Takeaways from the NFL Coaching Cycle
The fantasy football offseason can be even more exciting than the actual season. Each team starts anew, with dreams of a better record and legitimate run at the NFL playoffs. As we approach Super Bowl LVIII, it’s time to take stock in the first “shoe to drop” on the 2024 fantasy season: head coaching changes. […]
Mike Randle
MLB
Fantasy
Crossed Up: Top 100 Starting Pitchers
In the blink of an eye, the 2024 season is less than two months away, and fantasy baseball draft season is really starting to heat up. If you recall, I wrote a weekly pitcher planner article for FTN last season, which included my top 100 starting pitcher rankings for that particular week. Today, I’ll be […]
Eric Cross
MLB
Fantasy
Sinking Your Battleship: The Riskiest Fantasy Baseball Picks By Round (16-20)
Every fantasy baseball season, picks are made that inevitably don’t return a profit in certain parts of the draft. Each draft spot should be looked at as an acquisition cost. Returning a profit with your pick(s) while avoiding picks with a negative ROI is vital for contending. The players chosen in this article are […]
FTN Staff
NFL
Fantasy
The Fantasy Football One-Hit Wonders of 2023
Today is wet blanket day. There are plenty of players who, this time a year ago, were afterthoughts or worse in fantasy football, but who are now big names based on their 2023 performance. Some of them were breakouts, guys who are now set up to be long-term contributors. But some aren’t. There are one-year […]
Daniel Kelley
CFB
NFL
Fantasy
2024 NFL Draft Scouting Report: Jamari Thrash
Last Updated: 2/2/2024 It was a slow start to Jamari Thrash’s college career, taking three years to top 500 yards receiving. However, in 2022, he broke out with a Sun Belt-leading 1,122 receiving yards and seven scores on 61 receptions for Georgia State. Prior to the start of this season, Thrash transferred to Louisville, […]
Jeremy Popielarz
MLB
Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball 2024 Positional Tiers – Middle Infielders
This is the second part of my special fantasy baseball preseason series breaking down each position by tiers. This series is a deeper view into the underpinnings of VDP rankings (Vlad’s Draft Positions). To avoid confusion, please note these are different than VDP Projections. The projections formulate my auction values for each player (VDP$) while […]
Vlad Sedler
MLB
Fantasy
Small Ball: Fantasy Baseball Game Theory: ADP Pockets (2/2)
We’ve all been there. Your hand is on the mouse, but your body is frozen. You stare at the computer screen. Three names are staring right back at you. You could make a case for any of those players. But which one? You shift your focus to the top left of the screen where […]
Adam Young
NFL
Fantasy
NFL Splits Tool, Super Bowl: Situations to Monitor
The FTN Fantasy Splits Tool rolls along in the postseason, where I’ll be looking at how changes in environment and situations have impacted teams/players in the past, projecting their outlook in the playoffs. Most of the content will be centered around injuries, thanks to our new partnership with Dr. David Chao and Sports Injury Central. For those […]
Sam Choudhury