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July 6, 2021

Fantasy football coaching & coordinator breakdown: Tennessee Titans

(FTN’s Derek Brown and Matt Jones are going team-by-team to look at the coaching tendencies of every team and how that matters for fantasy football in 2021. Follow the whole coaching/coordinators series.) A critical point projecting players for fantasy football is forecasting their roles and the overall context of the team philosophies on both sides […]

Derek Brown

NFL Fantasy

July 6, 2021

Exploring FTN Data: Advanced RB Metrics

RB gash rate: The percentage of a running back’s runs that go for 10 yards or more.Yards after contact (YCOC):  The average amount of yards after contact per carry generated.Forced missed tackles: The amount of missed tackles a skill player forces.  With the launch of the new FTN Data site this summer, we continue our […]

Brett Whitefield

NFL Fantasy

July 6, 2021

Exploring FTN Data: Brick Wall Rate

Brick wall rate: The percentage of short yardage runs that don’t result in a first down or touchdown. With the launch of FTN Data’s new site we thought it was important to spotlight some of our new Insider Stats that will be commonly seen and talked about at both FTN Fantasy and FTN Data. Here […]

Brett Whitefield

NFL Fantasy

July 6, 2021

Exploring FTN Data: Gash Rate Allowed

Gash rate allowed: The percentage of runs allowed that go for 10 yards or more. With the launch of the new FTN Data site this summer we continue our series spotlighting some of the Insider Stats that will be commonly seen and talked about at both FTN Fantasy and FTN Data. Here we take a […]

Brett Whitefield

NFL Fantasy

July 6, 2021

Exploring FTN Data: Playmaker Score

Playmaker Score: A weighted composite score, normalized on a scale of 0-100, which quantifies a pass-catcher’s ability to make extraordinary plays relative to opportunity. Taken into account are explosive plays, deep receptions, work after the catch, created receptions and separation. Traditional stats like first downs, touchdowns and drops also factor into the score slightly. Introducing […]

Brett Whitefield

NFL Fantasy

July 6, 2021

Exploring FTN Data: QBs Under Pressure

We continue along in our series Exploring FTN Data. Our new website along with a plethora of new amazing tools will launch sometime this summer so we are taking the opportunity to talk about a lot of the different metrics and insider stats that will be commonly mentioned over at FTN Data and FTN Fantasy. […]

Brett Whitefield

NFL Fantasy

July 6, 2021

Using offensive line stats in fantasy football

Eliot Crist

NFL Fantasy

July 6, 2021

Fantasy Football Stat of the Day: The Konami Code cousins

(Leading up to the 2021 NFL season, FTN’s Tyler Loechner will dive into the fantasy football numbers to bring you his Fantasy Stat of the Day, five days a week.) FTN’s Eliot Crist recently wrote a must-read piece on the fantasy dominance of rushing QBs —also known as Konami Code QBs. The gist of it is that […]

Tyler Loechner

NFL Fantasy

July 5, 2021

Fantasy Football Multiverse: Carolina Panthers

(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 […]

Matt Jones

NFL Fantasy

July 5, 2021

Fantasy Football Stat of the Day: RB yards-after-contact leaders

(Leading up to the 2021 NFL season, FTN’s Tyler Loechner will dive into the fantasy football numbers to bring you his Fantasy Stat of the Day, five days a week.) Breaking tackles is important for any skill position in football, but it’s arguably most important for RBs, who often face pressure from the defense as soon as […]

Tyler Loechner

NFL Fantasy

July 5, 2021

2021 Scott Fish Bowl 11 Draft Strategy

The Scott Fish Bowl is one of the biggest season-long fantasy football events of every summer. The charity aspects of it are amazing, but let’s not pretend that everyone that enters isn’t trying to seize first place. The scoring format changes yearly as Scott Fish flips positional values on their head while adding wrinkles that […]

Derek Brown

NFL Fantasy

July 5, 2021

Scott Fish Bowl Scoring and Rules Breakdown 2021

The Scott Fish Bowl, known as the SFB, is the most well-known season-long fantasy competition in the fantasy football world. The massive Pro-Am is done for charity, but that doesn’t mean the competition isn’t fierce. To mix things up each year, the league commissioner, Scott Fish, adds a twist to scoring or drafting. This year, […]

Tyler Loechner

NFL Fantasy

July 3, 2021

Fantasy Football Cheat Code – Find QBs that Run

The Konami code — Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start. It often meant the difference between life and death in a video game back in the 1980s. In fantasy football, we refer to quarterbacks with rushing upside as the Konami Code as they bring life to a fantasy football roster. […]

Eliot Crist

NFL Fantasy

July 2, 2021

Fantasy football NFL coaching & coordinator breakdown: New York Jets

(FTN’s Derek Brown and Matt Jones are going team-by-team to look at the coaching tendencies of every team and how that matters for fantasy football in 2021. Follow the whole coaching/coordinators series.) A critical point projecting players for fantasy football is forecasting their roles and the overall context of the team philosophies on both sides […]

Derek Brown

NFL Fantasy

July 2, 2021

Introducing Premium Stats at FTN Fantasy

FTN Staff

NFL Fantasy

July 2, 2021

Booms, Busts, Breakouts & Bets: Minnesota Vikings

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: Skol, Skol, Skol! Fantasy Football Booms – Vikings Dalvin Cook, RB Cook is the shifty, tackle-breaking engine […]

Derek Brown

NFL Fantasy

July 2, 2021

Fantasy Football Stat of the Day: The tackle-breaking tight ends

(Leading up to the 2021 NFL season, FTN’s Tyler Loechner will dive into the fantasy football numbers to bring you his Fantasy Stat of the Day, five days a week.) In this week’s Stat of the Day pieces, we’ve looked at the RBs and WRs that are able to elude the most tackles per touch. Some big […]

Tyler Loechner

NFL Fantasy

July 1, 2021

Fantasy football NFL coaching & coordinator breakdown: Patriots

(FTN’s Derek Brown and Matt Jones are going team-by-team to look at the coaching tendencies of every team and how that matters for fantasy football in 2021. Follow the whole coaching/coordinators series.) A critical point projecting players for fantasy football is forecasting their roles and the overall context of the team philosophies on both sides […]

Derek Brown

NFL Fantasy

July 1, 2021

Fantasy football: Beware of too much confidence in a single offense

I'm always reviewing fantasy football draft boards and then taking a look at NFL offenses from a normal football perspective and not a fantasy football lens. What that does is help me evaluate and call out any type of discrepancies that might not make sense or translate to fantasy versus actual football. What I mean […]

Nelson Sousa

NFL Fantasy

July 1, 2021

Introducing FantasyHQ

Eliot Crist

NFL Fantasy

July 1, 2021

Fantasy Football Multiverse: Baltimore Ravens

(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 […]

Matt Jones

NFL Fantasy

July 1, 2021

Fantasy Football Stat of the Day: The tackle-breaking wide receivers

(Leading up to the 2021 NFL season, FTN’s Tyler Loechner will dive into the fantasy football numbers to bring you his Fantasy Stat of the Day, five days a week.) In Wednesday’s Stat of the Day article, we wrote about the RBs who were able to elude the most tackles per touch. (Not surprisingly, advanced stat king […]

Tyler Loechner

NFL Fantasy

June 30, 2021

Fantasy football NFL coaching & coordinator breakdown: Miami Dolphins

(FTN’s Derek Brown and Matt Jones are going team-by-team to look at the coaching tendencies of every team and how that matters for fantasy football in 2021. Follow the whole coaching/coordinators series.) A critical point projecting players for fantasy football is forecasting their roles and the overall context of the team philosophies on both sides […]

Derek Brown

NFL Fantasy

June 30, 2021

Fantasy Football Stat of the Day: The tackle-breaking running backs

(Leading up to the 2021 NFL season, FTN’s Tyler Loechner will dive into the fantasy football numbers to bring you his Fantasy Stat of the Day, five days a week.) We wrote Tuesday about how not every rushing attempt is an equal opportunity for RBs to rack up the yards because certain running backs face “stacked boxes” […]

Tyler Loechner

NFL Fantasy

June 29, 2021

Fantasy football NFL coaching and coordinator breakdown: Buffalo Bills

(FTN’s Derek Brown and Matt Jones are going team-by-team to look at the coaching tendencies of every team and how that matters for fantasy football in 2021. Follow the whole coaching/coordinators series.) A critical point projecting players for fantasy football is forecasting their roles and the overall context of the team philosophies on both sides […]

Derek Brown

NFL Fantasy

June 29, 2021

Fantasy Football Stat of the Day: Running against 8-man boxes

(Leading up to the 2021 NFL season, FTN’s Tyler Loechner will dive into the fantasy football numbers to bring you his Fantasy Stat of the Day, five days a week.) Not all running backs are created equal — and not every rushing attempt is an equal opportunity for RBs to rack up the yards. If the defense […]

Tyler Loechner

NFL Fantasy

June 29, 2021

Underdog Best Ball Strategy: Three Man Drafts

If you are looking for fast drafts where your team is full of superstars, look no further than Underdog’s three-man drafts. That's right, there are only three teams and the winner takes all. Three-man drafts create a unique opportunity to take advantage of position scarcity and create positive expected value outcomes with your team. At the […]

Eliot Crist

NFL Fantasy

June 29, 2021

Booms, Busts, Breakouts & Bets: Chicago Bears

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 Monsters of the Midway. Fantasy Football Booms – Bears Allen Robinson, WR Robinson is the midway […]

Derek Brown

NFL Fantasy

June 28, 2021

Fantasy football: Using air yards in your best ball drafts

Raw receiving yardage tells you something about a pass-catcher for fantasy football. But only a little something. Today, we’re going to look at air yards, which is another big piece of the “evaluating a receiver” puzzle. What are air yards? Air yards are the number of total yards the ball travels before reaching a receiver. […]

Eliot Crist

NFL Fantasy

June 28, 2021

Fantasy Football Stat of the Day: The perks of play action

(Leading up to the 2021 NFL season, FTN’s Tyler Loechner will dive into the fantasy football numbers to bring you his Fantasy Stat of the Day, five days a week.) Play action passing is discussed as a Holy Grail of sorts in the NFL world. All of the data supports the notion that play action passes are […]

Tyler Loechner

NFL Fantasy

June 28, 2021

Booms, Busts, Breakouts & Bets: Green Bay Packers

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: Some Storied Franchise with an Unhappy Camper. Fantasy Football Booms – Packers Davante Adams, WR Adams is […]

Derek Brown

NFL Fantasy

June 28, 2021

Fantasy Football Multiverse: Buffalo Bills

(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 […]

Matt Jones