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Gus Edwards Suspected Torn ACL — Ty’Son Williams and Le’Veon Bell have fantasy upside
(Join this FREE contest at DraftKings Sportsbook to earn your share of $20,000.) Baltimore Ravens running back Gus Edwards suffered a suspected torn ACL during practice on Thursday afternoon, as reported by Adam Schefter: Edwards had been rising in fantasy value recently due to the injuries suffered by the Ravens backfield. Edwards was slated to […]
FTN Staff
NFL
Fantasy
TopProp FTNFantasy League – Week 1
TopProp Fantasy Sports is officially live, bringing you a new way to wager on fantasy football. Are you confident you have the best team in your league? Great, bet on it. Are you confident that your leaguemate Bob is going to blow John out of the water this week? Great, bet on it. Put down […]
Joe Metz
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy football sleepers for Week 1
Week 1 of the 2021 NFL football season is days away, and it’s time to fine-tune your fantasy lineups. This includes hunting for solid flex players and sleepers that can pop off and help you win the game. Each week during the NFL season, this article will highlight some deep sleepers for you to consider […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy football flex rankings for Week 1
It’s Wednesday, and that means it’s time to break out the flex fantasy football rankings for Week 1 of the 2021 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
NFL
Fantasy
Directional rushing update for Week 1
During the season we’re going to break down how different offenses are utilizing their running backs. As the year goes on, patterns begin to emerge that will allow us to anticipate and exploit mismatches between a defense and an offense that we’re targeting in fantasy football. To kick off the season I’m going to identify […]
Matt Jones
NFL
Fantasy
Directional passing update for Week 1
During the season we’re going to break down how different offenses are utilizing their weapons all over the field. As the year goes on, patterns begin to emerge that will allow us to anticipate and exploit mismatches between a defense and an offense that we’re targeting in fantasy football. Short receiving – left […]
Matt Jones
NFL
Fantasy
Using the splits tool to set your fantasy football lineup
Arguably the most powerful tool we offer FTN Fantasy subscribers is the FTN NFL splits tool. Powered by the FTN Data database and revamped for the 2021 season, the FTN NFL splits tool gives you the power to find the players in the best (and worst) positions on a weekly basis. Each week, this article […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
Hall of Fantasy — Week 1
Week 1 of the NFL season kicks off this weekend, which means the inaugural season of the Hall of Fantasy league does too. If you are unfamiliar with the league, they do a fantastic job of laying everything out clearly and concisely on their home page: “The HOFL consists of 10 Football Franchises representing key […]
Joe Metz
NFL
Fantasy
Dynasty buys for Week 1
In dynasty fantasy football leagues, it’s important to be ahead of the curve. If you’re one step ahead of your leaguemates in your transactions, then you can take advantage of windows to roster players before the market corrects or wises up. That’s what we’ll be covering weekly here. Players to add to your dynasty fantasy […]
Derek Brown
NFL
Fantasy
Streaming TEs for Week 1 in fantasy football
There are multiple ways to deploy a successful method when it comes to rostering the tight end position in fantasy football. The first would be investing early draft capital, securing a tight end in the top two tiers. If you’re not doing that then you’re likely waiting it out until round 10 or later. Once […]
Matthew Davis
NFL
Fantasy
NFL FAAB Strategy for Week 1
Welcome to FAAB Whisperer, my high-stakes FAAB projection piece. This weekly column will serve as a supplement of our traditional FAAB column, but with its own spin. Specifically, for the many of you who play higher stakes at NFFC and FFPC. The basis for our weekly bid review will the $350 NFFC Online Championship (OC). […]
Vlad Sedler
NFL
Fantasy
Splits tool update for Week 1 – Fantasy football players to watch
As the fantasy football season progresses, we’ll go through and use our FTN Fantasy splits tool to look for team- and player-level trends to help us through our fantasy season. As we head into Week 1, we can look at some splits from last year to identify matchups or waiver pickups we should be targeting. Thursday […]
Matt Jones
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Football Trade Value Chart – Week 1
Welcome to FTN’s Week 1 fantasy football trade value chart, where we provide you with relative values for every relevant fantasy player for the rest of the season to help you make a trade. The trade value chart is based on a 12-team league that starts 1 QB, 2 RBs, 3 WRs, 1 TE and […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
Streaming QBs for Week 1 in fantasy football
The fantasy football season is upon us. Each week, I’ll bring to you viable quarterbacks to stream in your standard 12-team fantasy football leagues where you only start one quarterback. I used to be adamant on only rostering one quarterback. Things have changed with COVID-19 protocols, creating a chance that a player could miss the […]
Matthew Davis
NFL
Fantasy
MagicSportsGuide: Previewing the AFC East for 2021
With the start of the 2021 NFL and fantasy football season fast approaching, our own Kevin Adams is going division by division to preview every team in the league from a DFS and betting perspective. Strategy, pace, personnel and more — he’s hitting the season from every angle to help you get ready to put […]
Kevin Adams
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy football waiver wire targets for Week 1
Every Monday during the NFL season, I am going to be presenting you with my top three waiver wire claims to prioritize for your fantasy football teams. I will also include a shortlist of other options. These are players worth consideration if your team is in a bind, but not ones that take priority over […]
Joe Metz
NFL
Fantasy
Matchups to target for Week 1 in fantasy football
It is always interesting when a new season starts, and that’s true for NFL and fantasy football alike. Things are going to change, but at the moment, all we have is last year’s numbers. Plenty of defenses that struggled last year are still going to struggle and we can try to project that forward ahead […]
Adam Pfeifer
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy football stats to know for Week 1
Week 1 is here. Week 1 is here. Week 1 is here. Nope. It doesn’t matter how many times I say it, it doesn’t get old. Every Monday here at FTN Fantasy, I will be providing fantasy football stats to know ahead of the week to help set the tone for your research and preparation. […]
Adam Pfeifer
NFL
Fantasy
Free $20,000 DraftKings Contest for Week 1
What is better than free money? You have a chance at DraftKings Sportsbook each and every week this NFL season. Any user that has a DK Sportsbook account is able to enter a weekly free contest for cash prizes. Let’s take a look at how to enter this contest, what the prizes look like, who […]
FTN Staff
NFL
Fantasy
ADP Decisions: Draft Laviska Shenault or Jerry Jeudy?
(All summer, Adam Pfeifer will be putting the tightest fantasy football picks under the microscope in our ADP Decisions series.) The sophomore receivers are so, so exciting this season. Two burgeoning stars in this league are Jerry Jeudy of the Denver Broncos and Laviska Shenault of the Jacksonville Jaguars. Both wideouts have insane skill sets and […]
Adam Pfeifer
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Football Multiverse: Houston Texans
(FTN’s Matt Jones is going team-by-team to investigate some of the biggest fantasy issues around the NFL for the 2021 fantasy football season. Follow the whole Fantasy Football Multiverse series.) The idea of the multiverse is fascinating to me. You change one small thing in one timeline and it breaks off and affects things down the road […]
Matt Jones
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Football Multiverse: Indianapolis Colts
(FTN’s Matt Jones is going team-by-team to investigate some of the biggest fantasy issues around the NFL for the 2021 fantasy football season. Follow the whole Fantasy Football Multiverse series.) The idea of the multiverse is fascinating to me. You change one small thing in one timeline and it breaks off and affects things down the road […]
Matt Jones
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Football ADP – Draft Gus Edwards or Damien Harris?
(All summer, Adam Pfeifer will be putting the tightest fantasy football picks under the microscope in our ADP Decisions series.) Our ADP Decisions series rolls on with two running backs who are climbing up draft boards over the last week. Gus Edwards and Damien Harris actually project very similarly when you break everything down and that […]
Adam Pfeifer
NFL
Fantasy
5 players to trade for after your fantasy football draft 2021
Trading is one of the most exciting parts of the fantasy football season, but many wait until the season starts to begin moving players. That doesn’t always have to be the case, as there are angles to take for making trades immediately after your drafts. There are buy-low candidates even before the season starts, as […]
Joe Metz
NFL
Fantasy
When do I draft defenses in fantasy football?
Earlier this week I went over when you should draft a kicker in fantasy football. Now we’re going to pivot and talk about a position that is one step above the kicker: defense. I mentioned in the kicker article that you don’t exactly need to draft a kicker if you don’t have to. This is not […]
Dom Cintorino
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Football Multiverse: Washington Football Team
(FTN’s Matt Jones is going team-by-team to investigate some of the biggest fantasy issues around the NFL for the 2021 fantasy football season. Follow the whole Fantasy Football Multiverse series.) The idea of the multiverse is fascinating to me. You change one small thing in one timeline and it breaks off and affects things down the road […]
Matt Jones
NFL
Fantasy
ADP outliers to draft on ESPN or Yahoo in fantasy football 2021
After an offseason filled with best ball drafting with razor-sharp ADP, we have arrived to redraft fantasy football season. Week 1 is upon us, and this weekend will be the busiest on the calendar for home league drafts to commence. Opening up your ESPN or Yahoo fantasy football app is exhilarating, especially as you begin […]
Derek Brown
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Football Cheat Sheets – 2021
Fantasy football draft season is here with the NFL beginning on Thursday. There are just a few days left to draft your fantasy football teams, so it’s time to get prepared with your fantasy football cheat sheets for 2021. Whether you are playing in PPR leagues, non-PPR leagues, superflex, 2QB, half PPR or another variation, […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
NFL
Fantasy
RBs to draft if you go WR early – Fantasy Football 2021
The best fantasy football draft strategy is a flexible approach. Going into a draft with just one strategy in mind isn’t going to provide you with long-term success. In the early rounds, you really need to take what the board is giving you. Sometimes, that will mean a balanced roster in the early rounds where […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
NFL
Fantasy
WRs to draft if you go RB early – Fantasy Football 2021
The best fantasy football draft strategy is a flexible approach. Going into a draft with just one strategy in mind isn’t going to provide you with long-term success. In the early rounds, you really need to take what the board is giving you. Sometimes, that will mean a balanced roster in the early rounds where […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
NFL
Fantasy
Top 100 Half PPR Rankings – Fantasy Football 2021
There is one final stretch of fantasy football drafts until the 2021 fantasy football season. To get you prepared for your 2021 fantasy football drafts, I put together a set of top-100 fantasy football rankings for 0.5 PPR scoring. Want to go deeper than 100? We have you covered. Our 2021 fantasy football rankings have […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
NFL
Fantasy
Jeff Ratcliffe’s 2021 Fantasy Football Draft Plan
Before I started working in the fantasy industry, I was a good fantasy player. Good, but not great. Sure, I did all the research before my drafts and stayed on top of news – which was no small feat back in the late-90s and early-2000s – but there was something missing. Something wrong. Something off. […]
Jeff Ratcliffe