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Booms, Busts, Breakouts & Bets: New York Jets
As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp openings, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Derek Brown, profile their favorite Booms, Busts, Breakouts and Bets for every NFL team. Giddy up, gamers. Today’s topic: The J-E-T-S. Fantasy Football Booms – Jets Michael Carter, RB The newest addition to the Jets’ […]
Derek Brown
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Best RB values by ADP for 2021 fantasy football
You aren’t going to find many values at running back in the early rounds of 2021 fantasy football ADP data. The trend in this year’s drafts is running back early and often. However, there are some sneaky options at the position who have the chance to return some solid value. Here are three running backs […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
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Best WR values by ADP for 2021 fantasy football
Early fantasy football wide receiver ADP for 2021 is chock full of value all up and down the board thanks not only to the overall depth at the position, but also due to the early-and-often drafting tendencies at running back in this year’s drafts. Given the current fantasy football average draft position data for 2021, […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
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5 WRs To draft in best ball
With the NFL Draft long gone and rookie camps closed, many will turn their attention to other sports, but this is the time to take advantage of best-ball drafts. Before the redraft fantasy gamers wake from their nap, you need to get into hop into these drafts. Several high-profile wide receivers are lagging in ADP […]
Derek Brown
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Booms, Busts, Breakouts & Bets: New England Patriots
As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp openings, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Derek Brown, profile their favorite Booms, Busts, Breakouts and Bets for every NFL team. Giddy up, gamers. Today’s topic: The New England Patriots. Fantasy Football Booms – Patriots Nelson Agholor, WR New England’s frantic free-agent spending made us […]
Derek Brown
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Rookie React: Slender DeVonta Smith should silence fantasy football critics in Philly
Mercifully, the poking, prodding and Wonderlic-ing has ceased. With player destinations finally set, this wannabe soothsayer forges ahead previewing what newly drafted contributors could accomplish in their fresh digs for fantasy/betting audiences. Today’s rookie under the microscope: DeVonta Smith. Follow along with the whole Rookie React series here. Current fantasy ADP (PPR): 92.48, WR43 Current […]
Brad Evans
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Booms, Busts, Breakouts & Bets: Miami Dolphins
As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp openings, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Derek Brown, profile their favorite Booms, Busts, Breakouts and Bets for every NFL team. Giddy up, gamers. Today’s topic: The Miami Dolphins. Fantasy Football Booms – Dolphins Myles Gaskin, RB Myles Gaskin enters the season looking to reprise […]
Derek Brown
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Fantasy football takeaways from the 2021 NFL schedule release
The NFL knows how to market itself. The league figured out how to turn something as boring as a schedule release into a primetime event that has all of the football world talking. So let’s follow suit and break down some of the biggest fantasy football takeaways from the 2021 NFL schedule release. But before […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
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Fantasy football ADP risers and fallers: Tight end
With the NFL Draft in the rearview mirror, it’s officially best ball season. Attacking these early drafts can be exceptionally profitable while monitoring player average draft positions (ADP) that rise and fall like tides. As players hype oceans swell or dry up, the approach can be varied. Depending on your thoughts regarding the player, situation, […]
Derek Brown
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Rookie React: Trevor Lawrence to scratch, claw his way to fantasy football QB1 numbers
Mercifully, the poking, prodding and Wonderlic-ing has ceased. With player destinations finally set, this wannabe soothsayer forges ahead previewing what newly drafted contributors could accomplish in their fresh digs for fantasy/betting audiences. Today’s rookie under the microscope: Trevor Lawrence. Follow along with the whole Rookie React series here. Current fantasy ADP: 112.6, QB15 Current player […]
Brad Evans
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Fantasy football ADP risers and fallers: Wide receiver
With the NFL Draft in the rearview mirror, it’s officially best ball season. Attacking these early drafts can be exceptionally profitable while monitoring player average draft positions that rise and fall like tides. As players hype oceans swell or dry up, the approach can be varied. Depending on your thoughts regarding the player, situation and […]
Derek Brown
NFL
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Fantasy football sleepers among the 2021 rookies
With NFL rookie mini-camps about to take place this upcoming weekend – May 14-16 – it’s a good opportunity to solidify our look at this year’s rookie class. Since the NFL draft wrapped up, I’ve given you my 2021 fantasy football rookie rankings, draft strategy for dynasty rookie drafts, my favorite players outside of the […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
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Booms, Busts, Breakouts & Bets: Buffalo Bills
As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp openings, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Derek Brown, profile their favorite Booms, Busts, Breakouts and Bets for every NFL team. Giddy up, gamers. Today’s topic: The Bills Mafia. Fantasy Football Booms – Bills Stefon Diggs, WR Entering the 2020 season, Stefon […]
Derek Brown
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Fantasy football ADP risers and fallers: Running back
With the NFL Draft in the rearview mirror, it’s officially best ball season. Attacking these early drafts can be exceptionally profitable while monitoring player average draft positions that rise and fall like tides. As players hype oceans swell or dry up, the approach can be varied. Depending on your thoughts regarding the player, situation and […]
Derek Brown
NFL
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Rookie React: Kyle Pitts to punish defenses in Falcons debut
Mercifully, the poking, prodding and Wonderlic-ing has ceased. With player destinations finally set, this wannabe soothsayer forges ahead previewing what newly drafted contributors could accomplish in their fresh digs for fantasy/betting audiences. Today’s rookie under the microscope: Kyle Pitts. Current fantasy ADP: 70.65, TE6 Current player props: 750.5 receiving yards (-115/-115, PointsBet); to win Offensive […]
Brad Evans
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Fantasy football ADP risers and fallers: Quarterback
With the NFL draft in the rearview mirror, it’s officially best ball season. Attacking these early drafts can be exceptionally profitable while monitoring player average draft positions (ADP) that rise and fall like tides. As players hype oceans swell or dry up, the approach can be varied. Depending on your thoughts regarding the player, situation and […]
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Booms, Busts, Breakouts & Bets
NFL free agency is mostly done. The draft is behind us. Fantasy football attentions now turn toward the season to come. Draft season is still weeks away, but we’re into fantasy football prep season. And to that end, over the summer, FTN’s own Brad Evans and Derek Brown are going team-by-team, identifying some of the […]
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Same Faces, New Places: The fantasy stock of the TEs who changed teams
There are rarely many great tight ends that hit the free agent market, which may be a symptom of the fact that there aren’t many great TEs in the league to begin with, and the ones that are the best always re-sign with their original team. 2021 was a little bit different in that two […]
Tyler Loechner
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Rookie Dynasty mock draft
Dynasty rookie draft season is here! This glorious time of the year ignites the NFL general manager inside us all. Now that we have teams tied to this prospect class let’s roll through a one-quarterback (PPR) dynasty rookie mock draft and see how it all sifts out. Rookie Dynasty Mock Draft – Round 1 1.01: […]
Derek Brown
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Year One Impact Rookies: Tight End
Every NFL season, there are a handful of top-flight rookies who help shape fantasy football seasons. Each draft class offers the promise of league-winning type players. Over the last four years, on average, more three rookies per season have finished inside the top 50 in total fantasy points scored. We’ve covered rookies from this class […]
Derek Brown
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Jeff Ratcliffe’s My Guys – Fantasy Football 2021
With the NFL Draft in the rearview mirror, we’ve been rolling up our sleeves and digging into all of the landing spots this past week. Every year we see players who get a boost in fantasy football value thanks to a favorable landing spot and vice versa. Throughout the predraft process, I had my eye […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
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Same Faces, New Places: The fantasy stock of the WRs who changed teams
There was a ton of WR movement during the 2021 NFL free agency period. And it wasn’t just small pieces moving around — 2021 was one of the most active free agencies for big-name WRs in recent memory. The Lions were gutted of their WR talent with Kenny Golladay and Marvin Jones both finding new […]
Tyler Loechner
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Late round dynasty rookie draft targets
It’s dynasty rookie draft season! This glorious time of year is like Christmas, and your birthday rolled into one. It comes around once a year and involves unwrapping shiny new gifts that you’ll cherish forever. Sometimes the best presents are buried deep beneath the Christmas tree or left for last at the birthday table. The […]
Derek Brown
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Year One Impact Rookies: Wide receiver
Every NFL season, there are a handful of top-flight rookies that help shape fantasy football seasons. Each draft class offers the promise of league-winning type players. Over the last four years, on average, over three rookies per season have finished inside the top 50 in total fantasy points scored. We’re going to cover rookies from […]
Derek Brown
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Fantasy Football Rookies: Who is this year’s James Robinson?
Just because you go undrafted doesn’t mean you can’t make an impact in the NFL. Just last year, we saw the quintessential example with James Robinson going from relative unknown to fantasy football darling in the span of a few weeks in September. One of the biggest fantasy surprises in recent memory, Robinson went on […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
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Rookie React: Javonte Williams may just be this year’s Jonathan Taylor
Mercifully, the poking, prodding and Wonderlic-ing has ceased. With player destinations finally set, this wannabe soothsayer forges ahead previewing what newly drafted contributors could accomplish in their fresh digs for fantasy/betting audiences. Today’s rookie under the microscope: Javonte Williams. Current fantasy ADP: 58.13, RB26 Current player props: +3300 to win OROY (DraftKings) Javonte Williams Fantasy […]
Brad Evans
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Same Faces, New Places: The fantasy stock of the RBs who changed teams
There was a decent amount of RB movement during the 2021 offseason, but there were no major names involved with most players signing one- or two-year deals. Mike Davis capitalized on his moderately successful stint as Christian McCaffrey’s fill-in by joining the Falcons, Phillip Lindsay goes from backing up one old RB to another, and […]
Tyler Loechner
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Fantasy football winners after the 2021 NFL Draft
Every year the NFL Draft brings hope and promise to veterans and rookies alike. The clearest insight we gain into the thought processes for NFL front offices is during free agency and the draft. After reading the tea leaves for all of these transactions, there are clear winners that have a path to prominence for […]
Derek Brown
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Year One Impact Rookies: Running back
Every NFL season, there are a handful of top-flight rookies who help shape fantasy football seasons. Each draft class offers the promise of league-winning type players. Over the last four years, on average, over three rookies per season have finished inside the top 50 in total fantasy points scored. We’re going to dive into rookies […]
Derek Brown
NFL
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2021 NFL Dynasty Rookie Draft Strategy
It’s dynasty fantasy football rookie draft season, so let’s break down my draft board and optimal draft strategy for this year’s rookie drafts. Fail to prepare and you’re preparing to fail. This statement is true for all fantasy football drafts regardless of the format. Whether you’re talking about a 16-round standard draft, a 53-round deep […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
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Jeff Ratcliffe’s 2021 NFL Rookie Rankings
All the cards are on the table. The 2021 NFL Draft is in the books, so it’s time to dive in to our 2021 dynasty fantasy football rookie rankings. Below you’ll see every rookie who was either drafted or signed as an undrafted free agent. In total, that’s healthy 183 players. Obviously, most of these […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
NFL
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Rookie React Series – NFL Fantasy Rookies ADP, Bets, and Props
We know who the 2021 NFL rookies are. We know where they’ll play. Now we need to figure out: How good will they be for fantasy football? FTN’s Brad Evans presents “Rookie React,” a player-by-player look at each of this year’s notable fantasy rookies, putting the players and their teams under the microscope to determine […]
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