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MLB Fantasy
2023 Fantasy Baseball Preview: Pitching Stats to Absorb and Ignore
If you’re a fantasy baseball player who focuses heavily on offseason research, you’re aware how quickly you can become inundated by numbers. It’s easy to get so bogged down in active spin, a pitcher’s unique arsenal and movement profiles that you forget to see the forest for the trees. Worse, you spend a lot of […]
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Alex Fast
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NFL Fantasy
Mojo Player Spotlight: Elijah Moore, WR, New York Jets
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 […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Trade Value Chart – Week 15
Welcome to FTN’s Week 15 fantasy football trade value chart for the 2022 NFL season. Each week, we’ll update the chart to provide you with values for every relevant fantasy player to help you make smarter trades.   The trade value chart is based on a 12-team league that starts 1 QB, 2 RBs, 3 WRs, […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
TE Streamers for Week 15 in Fantasy Football
Looking for tight end streamers in your fantasy football league for Week 15? 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 15.   Now that the fantasy football playoffs are amongst us, the NFFC […]
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Matthew Davis
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NFL Fantasy
Streaming Defenses for Week 15 in Fantasy Football
Looking to stream defense in your fantasy football league for Week 15? 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 15.   Now that the fantasy football playoffs are upon us, the NFFC Free […]
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Matthew Davis
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MLB Fantasy
2023 Fantasy Baseball Preview: The Truths & Misconceptions of Scarcity
In economics, to say that a resource is scarce is to say that demand for that resource exceeds supply. So understood, scarcity is an essential element of fantasy baseball. The goal is of course to compile more of certain statistics than your competitors, and those statistics are in limited supply – there are only so […]
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Steven Weimer
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MLB Fantasy
2023 Fantasy Baseball Preview: Breaking Down the New NFBC Gladiator
A funny thing happens in sports when you lose on the big stage.   Some players saunter off the field with their heads down. Others take out their frustration on the water cooler. Some wrap a towel around their face and sit in catatonic disbelief. Then, there’s Stefon Diggs. Wait! Hold up, isn’t this a […]
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Adam Young
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NFL Fantasy
The Luckiest and Unluckiest Touchdown Scorers from Week 14
On the eve of the fantasy playoffs, let me add to the fantasy dogma of “start your studs” that you should identify those studs by their touch locations and not just their touchdown totals. At various points this season, Joe Mixon, Alvin Kamara, Dalton Schultz and many others had underwhelmed their fantasy expectations despite similar […]
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Scott Spratt
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NFL Fantasy
Week 15 Waiver Wire Pickups and FAAB Rankings for Week 15
It’s time to review the top fantasy football waiver wire pickups for Week 15 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 15 and FAAB Recommendations 1. […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Dynasty Fantasy Football Moves to Make Heading Into Week 15
Every week this season, I’ve been breaking down a few moves to help you build the ultimate dynasty and rule your leagues. Now, with the fantasy playoffs starting and the possibility of moves dwindling, this will be the season finale for our weekly “dynasty moves” article.   As we head into Week 15 of the […]
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Jeremy Popielarz
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MLB Fantasy
2023 Fantasy Baseball Preview: How to Navigate the NFBC
NFBC is the National Fantasy Baseball Championship — the preferred season-long fantasy baseball site of thousands of the best and most dedicated players. NFBC was created back in 2004 by Greg Ambrosius as fantasy baseball’s first multi-city, high-stakes event.    The NFBC hosts online and live (in-person) redraft and auction style leagues and have set the […]
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Vlad Sedler
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MLB Fantasy
2023 Fantasy Baseball Preview: The Anatomy of a Bold Drop
When the baseball season begins March 30, the focus of fantasy baseball players will shift from drafting mode to in-season mode. Podcasts, articles and discussions on Twitter will revolve around which players to pick up Sunday night and how much to bid on them. It makes sense because fantasy baseball leagues have a similar group […]
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Philippe Dussault
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NFL Fantasy
Streaming QBs for Week 15 in fantasy football
Week 14 streaming QBs put on a show in what served as the regular season finale for plenty of fantasy leagues. If you were relying on one of the streamers we outlined last week, you had a 67% chance in hitting on a QB1 for the week and a 50% chance at a top-five QB […]
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Nick Makowitz
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Injury Report (Week 15)
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 Ravens QB Tyler Huntley suffered a concussion Sunday against the Steelers. While head coach John Harbaugh sounded optimistic about Huntley’s availability this week, he acknowledged this is an […]
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Nick Shlain
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football IDP Waiver Wire, Week 15
Week 15 is on the horizon, which means fantasy managers have effectively navigated the bye weeks and are hopefully preparing to make a push for their fantasy football championships. Many teams will be getting back any of their key IDP players who were caught on bye in Week 15, so there will need to be […]
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Dan Fornek
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NFL Fantasy
Players to Drop in Fantasy Football After Week 14
It’s time. After 14 weeks of navigating injuries and waiver-wire additions, the fantasy playoffs are here (for most leagues). For those getting ready to make a championship push, it is time to make those last-minute roster tweaks to put together the strongest team possible. Part of that process is clearing out players who won’t be […]
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Dan Fornek
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Takeaways: Week 14
Week 14 of the NFL season is complete outside a matchup between the Patriots and Cardinals. For most people, the regular fantasy season is finished.    Some are on to the fantasy playoffs, and others are hitting the links. Either way, let’s take a look at some takeaways as we head into the playoffs.  Sign […]
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Jeremy Popielarz
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NFL Fantasy
FTN Data Series — How to Use Directional Stats
When it comes to making the right moves for fantasy football, DFS and betting, one of the better advanced stats at our disposal is directional receiving data, which tells us about the strength of an offensive player (where he does his damage) and the philosophy of the defense.   Thus, the second act of the […]
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Alex Blickle
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NFL Fantasy
Streaming QBs for Week 14 in fantasy football
Week 13 proved to be one of the lower-scoring weeks for quarterbacks this season despite plenty of good matchups and high totals on paper. Jalen Hurts and Joe Burrow were the stars of the show as each broke the 30-point mark, but only two other QBs – Geno Smith and Jared Goff – surpassed 20.  […]
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Nick Makowitz
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NFL Fantasy
Using betting lines to set your Week 14 fantasy lineup
Week 14 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, […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Injury Report (Week 14)
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.   Friday Update Ravens QB Lamar Jackson didn’t practice again Friday. Tyler Huntley looks set to start in Jackson’s place this Sunday. Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence will practice Friday, giving […]
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Nick Shlain
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NFL Fantasy
The Fantasy Football Report for Week 14
It’s all come down to this. There’s one week remaining in the fantasy football regular season. And if you’re anything like a majority of fantasy football managers, you’re probably playing for a playoff spot. Must. Win. Game.   Sure, you could already be in, or heck, even have a bye. If that applies to you, […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football rankings vs. expert consensus – Week 14
As we head into Week 14 of the fantasy football season, lineups need to be set, and with that comes some tough decisions. We’re coming down the home stretch of the NFL regular season, which means the stakes are even higher with the playoffs around the corner. As a result, this week’s start/sit decisions are […]
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Jeremy Popielarz
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NFL Fantasy
Introducing Poll Sports — your newest tool for fantasy success
There are a ton of things we absolutely love about fantasy football. The stats, matchups, trades, drafts, waiver wire, trends, sweats. You name it, we love it. But do you want to know perhaps my favorite thing about fantasy football?   The community. There is no better feeling than talking and interacting with hundreds of […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Fantasy
NFL Air Yards Tool, Week 14: Leaders of Week 13
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 […]
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Sam Choudhury
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NFL Fantasy
NFL Splits Tool, Week 14: What A.J. Brown Has Done for Philadelphia
We’re heading into Week 12 of the 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.   The […]
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Sam Choudhury
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Start/Sit: Week 14
Welcome to the Week 14 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 […]
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Scott Spratt
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NFL Fantasy
Week 14 Fantasy Football Game By Game Breakdown
Having six teams on bye during the final week of the fantasy football regular season seems… sub-optimal.    With many fantasy postseason berths on the line, we will be without Jonathan Taylor, Aaron Jones, Alvin Kamara, David Montgomery, Justin Fields, Terry McLaurin, Michael Pittman, Chris Olave, Christian Watson, etc. It is going to be a […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
NFL Usage Report for Week 14: This Year’s Rookie RBs
In this week’s fantasy football usage report, I’m once again honing in on the 2022 rookie class, but this time I’m shifting my focus to the running backs. We all know it’s important to look at both rushing and receiving ability when analyzing the most important position in fantasy football, but sometimes the simplest way […]
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Michael Dolan
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Wins Added and Gradebook: MVPs Through Week 13
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 13 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 […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NBA Fantasy
NBA Fantasy Weekly Roundup (12/7)
I can’t believe we are just two and a half weeks away from the Christmas Day slate, my favorite regular season basketball day of the season. I’m getting ahead of myself here, but I just wanted to express my excitement for the impending hoops holiday. We’ve still got a few game weeks until we reach […]
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Zac Graham
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football 2022: Week 14 Flex Rankings
It’s Wednesday, and that means it’s time to break out the fantasy football flex rankings for Week 14 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. […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe