Prop God’s NFL Playbook: Week 12
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NFL
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Mojo Spotlight: Thursday Night Focus
Finally, you can turn your sports knowledge into real cash by investing in an athlete’s entire career. Prices rise and fall with every hit, huddle, and headline — and you can buy and sell instantly or hold for as long as you want. Three times a week, FTN will feature a player and his Mojo […]
Mike Randle
NFL
Fantasy
Streaming Defenses for Week 16 in Fantasy Football
Looking to stream defense in your fantasy football league for Week 16? You’ve come to the right place. Streaming DSTs is a popular strategy — but picking the right matchups is key! Let’s dive into the top streaming defenses for Week 16. Now that the fantasy football playoffs are upon us, the NFFC Free […]
Nick Makowitz
NFL
Fantasy
The Luckiest and Unluckiest Touchdown Scorers from Week 15
The cold December weather has sometimes put an end to the prolific pace of modern scoring. But tell that to Trevor Lawrence, Zay Jones, Jerick McKinnon and the other players who have discovered their end zone magic in recent weeks. And while it may be misguided to expect those hot streaks to continue at their […]
Scott Spratt
NFL
Fantasy
Week 16 Waiver Wire Pickups and FAAB Rankings for Week 16
It’s time to review the top fantasy football waiver wire pickups for Week 16 of the 2022 NFL season. Waiver moves can make or break your season, and this article has a deep list of potential waiver wire adds to help you win. Best Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 16 and FAAB Recommendations 1. […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
NFL
Fantasy
Streaming QBs for Week 16 in fantasy football
After Week 14 proved to be the week of the streaming QB, the stars showed out in Week 15 and reminded everyone how valuable it can be to have a dominant quarterback. Josh Allen, Jalen Hurts and Patrick Mahomes made up the top three, and seven of the top eight QBs were non-streamers heading into […]
Nick Makowitz
NFL
Fantasy
TE Streamers for Week 16 in Fantasy Football
Looking for tight end streamers in your fantasy football league for Week 16? You’ve come to the right place. Streaming TEs is a popular strategy — but picking the right matchups is key. Let’s dive into the top TE streamers for Week 16. Now that the fantasy football playoffs are amongst us, the NFFC […]
Matthew Davis
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Football IDP Waiver Wire, Week 16
The first round of the fantasy playoffs has come to a close for many, and those who moved on need to keep tweaking to push for a fantasy championship. That is especially true in IDP leagues where consistent player production can be difficult to find. At this point in the season, NFL teams are […]
Dan Fornek
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Football Injury Report (Week 16)
Every Monday during the NFL season, the Injury Report goes through injuries around the NFL position-by-position as they relate to your season-long fantasy football teams. Quarterback Cardinals QB Colt McCoy left Sunday’s game against the Broncos with a concussion. Head Coach Kliff Kingsbury said Monday that Trace McSorley will start with David Blough backing him […]
Nick Shlain
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Football Takeaways: Week 15
Week one of the fantasy playoffs is over outside of the Packers vs. Rams matchup tonight. Some of us may have punched our ticket to the next round already, while some may need a Monday night miracle. If you already punched your ticket, you may have benefitted from one of the huge performances of […]
Jeremy Popielarz
NFL
Fantasy
NFL Usage Report for Week 15: Late-Season Surprises
It’s fantasy playoff time, and that means it’s time for us all to brace ourselves for some under-the-radar names to drastically alter the fantasy landscape. Every year there are a few players who burst onto the scene late in the season, and win (or lose) fantasy championships. In this week’s Usage Report, I’m looking […]
Michael Dolan
NFL
Fantasy
Using betting lines to set your Week 15 fantasy lineup
Week 15 of the 2022 NFL season has arrived, and it’s time to set our fantasy football lineups. As always, lineup decisions are the hardest part of your life as a fantasy manager, and you’ll want to consult as many factors as possible to help you make those choices. Since you’re reading this article, […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy football rankings vs. expert consensus – Week 15
It is that time of year again. Lineups need to be set, and with that comes some tough decisions. As we head into Week 15 and the fantasy playoffs, the stakes get higher. This week’s start/sit decisions are that much more critical. One of the most popular tools here at FTN is our fantasy football […]
Jeremy Popielarz
NFL
Fantasy
The Fantasy Football Report for Week 15
Don’t get cute in the fantasy playoffs. Start your studs. You’ve heard that one before, I’m sure. But far too often, people hit me up with horror stories of how they over-though a matchup and benched a fantasy starter for a bench guy in a good matchup. That sort of play rarely works. When it […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
NFL
Fantasy
NFL Air Yards Tool, Week 15: Leaders of Week 14
Each week in this space, I’m going to take a trip through the FTN air yards tool to find some of the most interesting and actionable takeaways for fantasy football. Air yards represent the distance the ball travels from the line of scrimmage to the intended target. Regardless of whether a pass was complete […]
Sam Choudhury
NFL
Fantasy
NFL Splits Tool, Week 15: No Tyreek Hill, No Problem in Kansas City
We’re heading into Week 15 of the fantasy football regular season. Over the offseason, I did an “NFL Splits” series, looking at historical trends to help predict the outlook of the 2022 season. I will be continuing the series during the season by using the FTN Splits Tool and looking at actionable takeaways from the previous weeks. […]
Sam Choudhury
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Wins Added and Gradebook: MVPs Through Week 14
Earlier this year, we introduced Fantasy Wins Added and the Fantasy Gradebook — two concepts that I hope revolutionize the way we value players in fantasy football and measure success. With Week 14 in the books, let’s take a look at the leaders. You can access the full Fantasy Gradebook and Fantasy Wins Added tool here, available […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
Mojo Spotlight: Going Short
Finally, you can turn your sports knowledge into real cash by investing in an athlete’s entire career. Prices rise and fall with every hit, huddle, and headline — and you can buy and sell instantly or hold for as long as you want. Three times a week, FTN will feature a player and his Mojo […]
Mike Randle
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Football Start/Sit: Week 15
Welcome to the Week 15 fantasy football start/sit column, where I have detailed which players you should start and sit this week based on their recent trends, matchups, and other game contexts. Players are labeled as starts if I rank them better than the consensus and sits if I rank them worse than the […]
Scott Spratt
NFL
Fantasy
Week 15 Fantasy Football Game By Game Breakdown
If you are reading this, congratulations. You’ve made it to the fantasy playoffs. And if you haven’t, well, thanks for still reading this. You rock. That’s why I love writing this article. It can apply to anyone playing fantasy football of any format. If you have been eliminated from a seasonal league, you can […]
Adam Pfeifer
MLB
Fantasy
Same Faces, New Places
Welcome to the Same Faces in New Places section of the Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide. This is the part of the draft where I catch you up on most of the player movement across MLB. We’ve seen a lot of money dished out to free agent players, including several big-time shortstops such as Trea […]
Chris Meaney
MLB
Fantasy
2023 Fantasy Baseball Preview: Points and H2H Lessons from the 2022 Season
Remember Remember… A year ago last December, we launched the FTN fantasy baseball draft guide, where I appeared as a guest columnist to shed light on how to properly organize the always underrated realm of H2H and points leagues. Now here we are for round 2: FIGHT! Now I actually get paid by FTN regularly as […]
Michael Govier
MLB
Fantasy
2023 Fantasy Baseball Preview: Making Batted Ball Data More Predictive
Batted ball data has a major flaw. Fortunately, there’s an easy fix. For this article, we’ll focus on Statcast’s barrel rate and hard hit rate. These stats measure the quality of contact, not the result of contact. As analysts, when we turn to Statcast data, we’re trying to find signal that’s missing from more traditional […]
Alex Blickle
MLB
Fantasy
2023 Fantasy Baseball Preview: Early-Round Roster Construction
In the 2022 edition of the FTN Baseball Draft Guide, I wrote about some of the tools that I use to prepare for a rotisserie draft. The most popular part seemed to be the flowcharts that I use, so I thought I’d take a little deeper dive on that portion of my draft prep. The […]
Jenny Butler
MLB
Fantasy
2023 Fantasy Baseball Preview: Closers — 2022 Lessons & 2023 Strategies
Although baseball continues evolving in terms of bullpen usage patterns, saves remain tethered with chaos. “Never pay for saves” has been shouted from the mountaintops by many fantasy pundits while others insist fantasy players draft skills over roles. But the term, “closer” gets forced into many team constructs which do not rely on one reliever […]
Greg Jewett
MLB
Fantasy
2023 Fantasy Baseball Preview: Identifying Late-Round Profitable Hitters
Landing profitable late-round hitters was a difficult task in 2022. It was the Year of the Late-Round Pitcher as there were a plethora of arms with NFBC average draft positions beyond 250 who provided tremendous profit. Tony Gonsolin, Nestor Cortes, Kyle Wright, Spencer Strider, Tyler Anderson, Cristian Javier and Miles Mikolas were all either drafted […]
Vlad Sedler
MLB
Fantasy
2023 Fantasy Baseball Preview: Identifying Late-Round Profitable Pitchers
More often than not when we get into the deeper parts of fantasy baseball drafts, it’s mostly hitters that end up providing us with a profit. It’s usually easier targeting a hitter in later rounds rather than a starting pitcher. Last season proved that theory wrong as we saw a plethora of starting pitchers going […]
Matthew Davis
MLB
Fantasy
2023 Fantasy Baseball Preview: NFBC Cutline Strategies
The National Fantasy Baseball Championship offers multiple styles of fantasy baseball formats as well as different price points. The NFBC Cutline Championship is one of their most popular formats with it being a fun, exciting and unique contest. The Cutline is somewhat of a hybrid with it being best ball, although you have two FAAB […]
Matthew Davis
MLB
Fantasy
2023 Fantasy Baseball Preview: Intro From the Gut
Welcome to the 2023 FTN Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide! You know the old saying: The early birds win their leagues. It’s never too early to start preparing for a new fantasy baseball season. We’re still three months away from Opening Day, and there’s so much that will transpire between now and then – free agents […]
Vlad Sedler
MLB
Fantasy
2023 Fantasy Baseball Preview: Using Fantasy Baseball to Cash MLB Props
There are clear differences between playing fantasy baseball and gambling on baseball. Research and expertise in one area could be extremely helpful in the other. Like fantasy baseball, gambling is all about identifying an edge and striking when there is value. However, instead of competing against other managers, you’re going up against an efficient […]
MLB Dream
MLB
Fantasy
2023 Fantasy Baseball Preview: Fantasy Impact of MLB Rule Changes
Major League Baseball’s Joint Competition Committee, comprising club representatives, players and an umpire, approved a pitch timer, shift restrictions and bigger bases for the 2023 season. These changes, announced in a press release in September, were tested extensively at the minor league level over the past several years. The game will be different next year […]
Nick Shlain
NBA
Fantasy
NBA Fantasy Weekly Roundup (12/14)
Welcome to the NBA season-long fantasy weekly roundup. The content of this weekly article will continue to vary based on what is happening in the association at the time. We’ll take a look at the upcoming week of games and talk about some streaming targets we can take advantage of on the waiver wire. Then […]
Zac Graham
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Football 2022: Week 15 Flex Rankings
It’s Wednesday, and that means it’s time to break out the fantasy football flex rankings for Week 15 of the 2022 NFL season. If you’re new to the concept of flex rankings, these are simply the combined overall rankings for running back, wide receiver and tight end for each week during the fantasy football season. […]
Jeff Ratcliffe