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Fantasy Football Mock Drafts: Drafting for 2022, Ignoring 2021
We’re all subject to recency bias, in life as in fantasy football. If you remember this time a year ago, Ja’Marr Chase was falling down draft boards as a result of his supposed stone hands, while Marquez Callaway was skyrocketing because of a shallow depth chart and an impressive preseason. That led to this poll: […]
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Daniel Kelley
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Groovin’ with Govier: Fantasy Baseball Roundup (8/15)
How important is it to find a groove? Have you ever stopped to consider this notion? Plenty of sportscasters have recycled this term in multiple ways. “He’s in a groove right now” or “he needs to get in a groove here” expresses to us that finding the groove means all of your energy is aligned […]
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Michael Govier
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Buyer Beware: Low-Floor Quarterbacks and Running Backs
Upside is king in fantasy football, but plenty of managers like to mix in high-floor options to limit their team’s risk. But, what is a high-floor option? Are those players always as safe as they seem?    Here, I’ll explain why the floor for these quarterbacks and running backs might actually be a lot lower […]
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Nick Makowitz
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2022 Fantasy Coaching & Coordinator Breakdown: Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills went from one of the least exciting teams in the NFL to a powerhouse in both real football and fantasy football. Tremendous coaching, incredible personnel moves and breakout players have helped the Bills ascend into the elite tier of teams. But entering the 2022 season, the Bills have a change in offensive […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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Pope’s Pick 6: End-of-Draft Fantasy Football Targets (WR/TE)
Welcome to Pope’s Pick 6. Twice a week I’ll be bringing you a quick look at my fantasy football thoughts in quick-hit form. Today: Wide receivers and tight end to target in the last round of drafts this season.   That means I’m looking at players with an ADP over 225 who could make an […]
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Jeremy Popielarz
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Fantasy Baseball Weekly Hitting Primer
Welcome to my weekly fantasy baseball hitting planner. Each week, I’ll dig deep into every team’s schedule, sifting through news, lineup trends, park factors and more. The rankings/tiers listed will reset each week, as they are only specific to the upcoming week.   Schedule Monday, August 15 – Sunday, August 21 (full week) Six Games: Boston […]
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Matthew Davis
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Fantasy Baseball Weekly Pitching Primer
Each week, we will rank every starting pitcher slated to take the bump. Of course, these are subject to change, but this is what we see for now.   Feel free to hit me up on Twitter if you have any questions. 1 Luis Castillo @LAA, @OAK A change of scenery seems to have done […]
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Matt Kupferle
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Second-Year Scouting Report: Chuba Hubbard
After several weeks of articles, we have finally reached the end of our second-year spotlights here at FTN. What better way to wrap up the series with everyone’s favorite 2021 rookie running back… Chuba Hubbard.   Let’s take a look at how Hubbard’s debut season went, and what we can look for out of him […]
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Dan Fornek
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Trust the Gut: Fantasy Baseball FAAB Guide Week 20
SUNDAY UPDATE Starting Pitchers DL Hall (LHP, Baltimore Orioles) The former first overall draft pick of the Orioles in 2017 made his MLB debut on Saturday and it didn’t go well. He managed 3.2 innings, allowed five runs with three walks and six punchouts. He was demoted after the game. Don’t think his demotion was […]
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Vlad Sedler
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Pope’s Pick 6: End-of-Draft Fantasy Football Targets (QB/RB)
Welcome to Pope’s Pick 6. Twice a week I’ll be bringing you a quick look at my fantasy football thoughts in quick-hit form. Today: Quarterbacks and running backs to target in the last round of drafts this season.   That means I’m looking at players with an ADP over 225 who could make an impact […]
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Jeremy Popielarz
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2022 Late-Round Stacks in Best Ball Fantasy Football
Underdog Fantasy has launched the largest best ball tournament in history, featuring 451,200 entries and $10 million in total prizes. 30% of the prize pool will be split among three entries, including $2 million to first, $1 million to second, and $1 million to the highest-scoring team in the regular season (Weeks 1-14). Drafts consist […]
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Sam Choudhury
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Second-Year Scouting Report: Terrace Marshall
Rookies get all the attention. They’re the flashy new piece that could be anything. And then a class of rookies comes through and they’re old news, replaced by the next flashy, new thing. But last year’s rookies aren’t gone, and in many cases, they’re going to be even better than the exciting new pieces that […]
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Jeremy Popielarz
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Fantasy Football Crossroads: Justin Herbert vs. Patrick Mahomes
Patrick Mahomes has been maybe the league’s best quarterback for a few years now, but Justin Herbert could make a case to supplant him as soon as this season. But which elite signal caller should lead your fantasy football rosters for 2022? The consistent, elite Mahomes or the ascending Herbert?   Let’s find out which […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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2022 Fantasy Coaching & Coordinator Breakdown: Indianapolis Colts
The Colts are coming off an up-and-down 2021 season where they looked at points like a legitimate AFC contender. However, there were also stretches where they didn’t, which is why they found themselves out of the playoffs. Frank Reich enters his fifth season as the head coach, while the Colts will have a new defensive […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Wide Receiver Rankings 2022
These are the WR rankings for 2022. There will be three sections. First off are the top 30 receivers in football heading into 2022, but then we’ll follow that with bounceback veterans — players with top-30 potential looking for a rebound — and young guys to keep an eye on — players looking to take […]
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Bryon Cook
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Deja Vu: Who is This Year’s Leonard Fournette in Fantasy Football?
When it comes to fantasy football, using the past to predict the future is something I love to do, especially when it comes to taking an analytical approach. While nothing is a perfect science when it comes to predicting sports, we know that if we can find someone in our drafts to repeat the success […]
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Kyle Murray
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Worst Fantasy Football Draft Pick by Round: 2022
Fantasy football draft season has arrived, and it’s time to mark your 2022 cheat sheets with your favorite targets in each round — and cross off the names you should avoid at cost.   This article will review the worst picks in each round for your fantasy football draft strategy in 2022. Average draft position […]
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Tyler Loechner
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Kup’s Closers: Fantasy Baseball Reliever Updates (August 11)
The trade deadline has come and gone around baseball, and a lot of what we thought we knew about relief pitchers in fantasy baseball has been turned on its head because of the frenzy of moves we saw heading into the deadline. Let’s take a look at the changing reliever situations around the league and […]
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Matt Kupferle
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Fantasy Football Mock Drafts: A 12-Team PPR Mock Before the Season
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Michael Dolan
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2022 Late-Season Hammers in Best Ball Fantasy Football
Underdog Fantasy has launched the largest best ball tournament in history, featuring 451,200 entries and $10 million in total prizes. 30% of the prize pool will be split among three entries, including $2 million to first, $1 million to second, and $1 million to the highest-scoring team in the regular season (Weeks 1-14). Drafts consist […]
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Sam Choudhury
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Groovin’ with Govier: Fantasy Baseball Roundup (8/11)
You are now experiencing a new era in fantasy baseball analysis. FTN has welcomed me with open arms (and a paycheck) to do what I do best: entertain and inform! Welcome to Groovin’ with Govier! This is my debut piece for FTN, and it is my hope that you will find this article is an […]
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Michael Govier
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Best Fantasy Football Draft Pick by Round: 2022
Fantasy football draft season has arrived, and it’s time to mark your 2022 cheat sheets with your favorite targets in each round. You’ve come to the right spot. This article will review the best picks in each round for your fantasy football draft strategy in 2022. Average draft position data comes from FTN’s Underdog ADP […]
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Tyler Loechner
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Scott Spratt’s Top 20 Fantasy Football TE Rankings and Stats 2022
My preseason ranking annotations find their end at tight end. And while uncrowded top tiers led me to a chalky top 10 at the position, possibilities for increased target shares and better touchdown fortune have catapulted a few of my TE2 preferences to five or more spots ahead of their average draft positions.   You […]
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Scott Spratt
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Second-Year Scouting Report: Khalil Herbert
Rookies get all the attention. They’re the flashy new piece that could be anything. And then a class of rookies comes through and they’re old news, replaced by the next flashy, new thing. But last year’s rookies aren’t gone, and in many cases, they’re going to be even better than the exciting new pieces that […]
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Jeremy Popielarz
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House of Shlain: Fantasy Baseball Thoughts and Trends (8/10)
In fantasy baseball, as in life, it’s important to stay current and on top of the recent trends. In deeper mixed formats and AL-/NL-only leagues it’s even more important. Once a week we come to a place to discuss fantasy baseball thoughts, trends, and some of the key happenings around the league. That place is […]
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Nick Shlain
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Fantasy Football Draft Strategy: Capitalizing on Host Site ADP Discrepancies
Many of us often forget what a small bubble fantasy football Twitter is. There are certainly even folks reading this who aren’t active there and don’t have the time to scroll and keep up with all the takes. According to a FSGA study in 2021, over 40 million individuals in the United States play fantasy […]
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Vlad Sedler
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2022 Fantasy Coaching & Coordinator Breakdown: Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals had a magical 2021 season, coming up just a few plays short of a Super Bowl victory. Entering the 2022 campaign, the regime in Cincinnati is mostly the same, while the offense made some key additions this offseason, potentially making this unit even more productive.    Let’s look at how the team’s […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Cornerback Rankings 2022
These are the top 30 CB rankings heading into the start of the 2022 NFL season. This takes into account both slot cornerbacks and inside cornerbacks, rather than splitting them into separate categories.   The guys that generally rank higher have shown an ability to excel in both aspects of man and zone coverage as […]
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Bryon Cook
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Fantasy Football Draft Strategy: ADP Rumblings (8/10)
ADP data keeps rolling in meaning we have new trends to track as we get closer and closer to fantasy football draft season. The Hall of Fame game has passed and this weekend we get to enjoy a full slate of preseason games, meaning ADP is going to move rapidly and with reckless abandon.   […]
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Dan Fornek
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Second-Year Scouting Report: Kenneth Gainwell
There’s nothing quite like the allure of a promising NFL rookie. Their unproven nature oftentimes leads to ADPs being inflated with optimism, but that same optimism tends to vanish if the player doesn’t produce right out of the gates. This volatility is stressful for many, but it presents a golden opportunity for the savvy fantasy […]
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Michael Dolan
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2022 Early-Season Producers in Best Ball Fantasy Football
Underdog Fantasy has launched the largest best ball tournament in history, featuring 451,200 entries and $10 million in total prizes. 30% of the prize pool will be split among three entries, including $2 million to first, $1 million to second, and $1 million to the highest-scoring team in the regular season (Weeks 1-14). Drafts consist […]
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Sam Choudhury
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Scott Spratt’s Top 20 Fantasy Football QB Rankings and Stats 2022
My annotated fantasy rankings series continues on Day 2 with quarterbacks. And as rushing has become a bigger and bigger part of the modern position, you will find that rushing touchdown luck plays as much a part of my preferences versus ADP at this position as it did for running backs.   You can find […]
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Scott Spratt