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The Fantasy Football Report for Week 9
November is here, and that means we’ve officially entered the third quarter of the fantasy season. Just like an NFL game, a lot changes from one quarter to the next. It’s vitally important to be aware of these changes and to anticipate the direction things are moving in the NFL. At this point last year, […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
NFL
Fantasy
Directional passing update for Week 9
Matt Jones
NFL
Fantasy
Using betting lines to set your Week 9 fantasy lineup
Week 9 of the 2021 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, it’s […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
Expected Fantasy Points Report – Week 9
Welcome to the Week 9 edition of FTN’s Expected Fantasy Points (XFP) Report. The premise is simple: Each time a player earns an opportunity, there’s a certain amount of fantasy points you can expect them to score. Using the rich FTN Data database, we’ve done the math for you. You can compare a player’s XFP […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
Directional rushing update for Week 9
During the NFL 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. Bird’s Eye View Teams are beginning to really […]
Matt Jones
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy football rankings vs. expert consensus – Week 9
It’s time to set fantasy football lineups for Week 9 of the 2021 NFL season, and that means consulting rankings and making tough decisions. One of the most popular tools here at FTN is our fantasy football rankings. Each week, we bring you non-PPR, PPR, and half-PPR rankings to help you win your league. But […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
Start or Sit: Week 9 sponsored by TopProp
Welcome to the Week 9 Start or Sit brought to you by TopProp. You hear the term “play your studs” a lot in fantasy football, and I’m a believer in that strategy. But there are tough matchups each week that we should look into. There may be times when we hit the bye weeks, and […]
Chris Meaney
NFL
Fantasy
TopProp Battleground and Expert League – Week 9 Update
TopProp Fantasy Sports is officially live, bringing you a new way to wager on fantasy football. Are you confident that you have the best team in your league? Great, bet on it. Are you confident that your league mate Bob is going to blow John out of the water this week? Great, bet on it. […]
Joe Metz
NFL
Fantasy
WR/CB matchups for fantasy football – Week 9
Fantasy football is all about the matchups, especially when it comes to WR vs. CB. Remember when fantasy matchup analysis used to be “Team A gives up the most fantasy points to wide receivers”? Well, we’ve moved from analog to digital and now look at matchups on an individual level. Each week, I dig through […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
NFL
Fantasy
NFL Usage Report for Week 9
Welcome to the Week 9 Usage Report. This piece is designed to give you a glimpse of both rushing shares and usage rates for running backs, wide receivers, and occasionally tight ends. It will help you understand how often a player is involved in his team’s game plan and if those players are susceptible to […]
Sam Wallace
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy football flex rankings for Week 9
It’s Wednesday, and that means it’s time to break out the flex fantasy football rankings for Week 9 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
Hall of Fantasy League update: Week 9
Week 8 of the Hall of Fantasy League is behind us as we now approach the second half of the NFL and Fantasy Football season. If you are unfamiliar with the league, they do a fantastic job of laying everything out clearly and concisely on their homepage: “The HOFL consists of 10 Football Franchises representing key […]
Joe Metz
NFL
Fantasy
Splits tool update for Week 9 – Fantasy football players to watch
As the NFL season progresses, we’ll use our FTN Splits Tool to look for team- and player-level trends to help us through our fantasy season. As we head into Week 5, we can look at our splits tool to identify three things to watch for this weekend. Biggest Spread of Week 9 This Bills-Jaguars game has […]
Matt Jones
NFL
Fantasy
Streaming DSTs for Week 9 in fantasy football
Streaming defense/special teams has been a fantasy football strategy for as long as I have played the game. More times than not I’m not going to be looking to get attached to any particular DST due to the schedule/matchups and being able to churn and burn via free agency. Listed below are DST I’m willing […]
Matthew Davis
NFL
Fantasy
Week 9 fantasy football waiver wire rankings
It’s time for the Week 9 fantasy football waiver wire. Fantasy waivers can often make or break your season. Making the right decision on which players to add and drop is crucial, so we have you set up with a deep list of potential waiver wire adds for Week 9. We cast a wide net […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
NFL
Fantasy
NFL FAAB Strategy for Week 9
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
Dynasty moves to make entering Week 9
In dynasty leagues, it’s important to be ahead of the curve. If you’re one step ahead of your league mates 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, hold, or scrap from your […]
Derek Brown
NFL
Fantasy
Streaming TEs for Week 9 in fantasy football
The tight end position continues to have a wide range of outcomes when it comes to fantasy points scored compared to their ownership percentage. The top five in fantasy points scored in Week 8 were T.J. Hockenson, Dan Arnold, Pat Freiermuth, Dallas Goedert and a guy I’m pretty sure I have never heard of before […]
Matthew Davis
NFL
Fantasy
Streaming QBs for Week 9 in fantasy football
Streaming quarterbacks used to be one of the easiest components of fantasy football … until Week 9 approached. Matchups, injuries and four teams on bye (Buccaneers, Football Team, Lions and Seahawks) create a bit of a conundrum if you’re having to stream. Fortunately, there are a few quarterbacks who are piquing my interest. Listed below […]
Matthew Davis
NFL
Fantasy
Matt’s Musings | NFL Data Study, Week 9
Matt Jones
NFL
Fantasy
Matchups to target for Week 9 in fantasy football
Every Monday here at FTN Fantasy, we take an early look at some of the most favorable matchups in the week ahead. It can never hurt to get an early view of the upcoming slate, right? Let’s look forward to Week 9. Austin Ekeler vs. Philadelphia Eagles After missing practice Thursday and Friday […]
Adam Pfeifer
NFL
Fantasy
Sunday Football Locks and DFS Breakdown – Week 8
Quarterback Josh Allen Joe Burrow Running Back Darrell Henderson Joe Mixon Damien Harris Wide Receiver Stefon Diggs Ja’Marr Chase Keenan Allen Jaylen Waddle Jamison Crowder Tight End Hunter Henry Defense Tampa Bay Buccaneers Bets Buccaneers vs. Saints – under Buccaneers moneyline
Nelson Sousa
NFL
Fantasy
Directional rushing update for Week 8
During the NFL 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. Rushing – Left Out wide on the left-hand […]
Matt Jones
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy football injury situations to watch for Week 8
Welcome to the Week 8 injury report and fantasy football impact article. Injuries are the worst part of football, but we can’t pretend like they don’t happen and that they don’t have an impact on fantasy football decisions. Each week during the 2021 NFL season, I’ll walk us through the key injury news and notes […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
Directional passing update for Week 8
Matt Jones
NFL
Fantasy
The Fantasy Football Report for Week 8
Sometimes, we’re our own worst enemies in fantasy football. When you think about the overall goal of the game, it’s simple: score the most points. Yet, in the heat of battle, we often overlook that objective. And one of the most common places where we do this is when we shoot for upside. Upside is […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
NFL
Fantasy
Using betting lines to set your Week 8 fantasy lineup
Week 8 of the 2021 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, it’s […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy football rankings vs. expert consensus – Week 8
It’s time to set fantasy football lineups for Week 8 of the 2021 NFL season, and that means consulting rankings and making tough decisions. One of the most popular tools here at FTN is our fantasy football rankings. Each week, we bring you non-PPR, PPR, and half-PPR rankings to help you win your league. But […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
Expected Fantasy Points Report – Week 8
Welcome to the Week 8 edition of FTN’s Expected Fantasy Points (XFP) Report. The premise is simple: Each time a player earns an opportunity, there’s a certain amount of fantasy points you can expect them to score. Using the rich FTN Data database, we’ve done the math for you. You can compare a player’s XFP […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
Start or Sit: Week 8 sponsored by TopProp
Welcome to the Week 8 Start or Sit brought to you by TopProp. You hear the term “play your studs” a lot in fantasy football, and I’m a believer in that strategy. But there are tough matchups each week that we should look into. There may be times when we hit the bye weeks and […]
Chris Meaney
NFL
Fantasy
TopProp FTNFantasy League – Week 8
TopProp Fantasy Sports is officially live, bringing you a new way to wager on fantasy football. Are you confident that you have the best team in your league? Great, bet on it. Are you confident that your league mate Bob is going to blow John out of the water this week? Great, bet on it. […]
Joe Metz
NFL
Fantasy
WR/CB matchups for fantasy football – Week 8
Fantasy football is all about the matchups, especially when it comes to WR vs. CB. Remember when fantasy matchup analysis used to be “Team A gives up the most fantasy points to wide receivers”? Well, we’ve moved from analog to digital and now look at matchups on an individual level. Each week, I dig through […]
Jeff Ratcliffe