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Booms, Busts and Breakouts: Denver Broncos
As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp opens, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Jeff Ratcliffe, profile their favorite booms, busts and breakouts for every NFL team. Today’s topic: The Juggernaut John Elways.  Booms Courtland Sutton, WR For a moment this offseason, Sutton looked like he could be pegged […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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100 Questions: The pressing fantasy issues for the Atlanta Falcons
(You can’t answer a question if you don’t know what the question actually is. As we head toward the start of training camps after the weirdest offseason of our lives, FTN editor-in-chief Daniel Kelley asks — and attempts to answer — 3-4 fantasy-related questions about each team’s coming season. This is 100 Questions.) You’d be […]
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Daniel Kelley
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100 Questions: The pressing fantasy issues for the Arizona Cardinals
(You can’t answer a question if you don’t know what the question actually is. As we head toward the start of training camps after the weirdest offseason of our lives, FTN editor-in-chief Daniel Kelley asks — and attempts to answer — 3-4 fantasy-related questions about each team’s coming season. This is 100 Questions.) It wouldn’t […]
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Daniel Kelley
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Identifying 2020’s breakout fantasy football quarterbacks
As it has been for the last handful of years, the quarterback position is absolutely loaded in fantasy football. You have your established veterans, like Drew Brees, Matt Ryan, Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady. Then, there are your stars of today, like Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson and Deshaun Watson. Who is next? A handful of […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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First Down Blog: Don’t expect vintage Cam Newton in New England
Multiple times each week, Brad Evans, in this space, will ramble on about whatever random, likely tequila-influenced fantasy football/betting thoughts are coursing through his often-moronic mind. Today’s topic: The newly re-employed Cam Newton. Whenever major news breaks about a superstar player, no matter his current condition or team affiliation, trumpeters immediately take to social media […]
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Brad Evans
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Ranking the backup QB situations around the NFL for fantasy
The 2020 NFL season will be like no other, and that holds true for fantasy football as well. And that’s not because of players, coaches or teams. It’s because COVID-19 is blitzing the football world, while the NFL is trying their best to protect the season. While it still seems like a football season is […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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Booms, Busts and Breakouts: Dallas Cowboys
As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp opens, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Jeff Ratcliffe, profile their favorite booms, busts and breakouts for every NFL team. Today’s topic: Jerry Jones and his opulent yacht.  Booms Michael Gallup, WR Immediate dismissals of Gallup simply due to CeeDee Lamb’s arrival […]
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Brad Evans
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ADP check: Players whose fantasy football stock has fallen since 2019
There are two sides of every coin in fantasy football drafts. As I stated in Saturday’s piece surrounding players being drafted higher than the position they finished last season, it’s also important to note the opposite — players going way later than their finishing position in 2019. This can obviously be caused by a variety […]
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Joe Metz
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Fantasy football sleepers: Overlooked wide receivers for 2020 drafts
As mentioned in the quarterback sleeper piece, it’s all about finding value in fantasy football drafts. Sometimes a name like Terry McLaurin gets hyped up too much, to the point where he ends up getting drafted too early. Nothing against McLaurin — I think the price is fair — but four months ago he was […]
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Chris Meaney
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ADP check: Players whose fantasy football stock has risen since 2019
As fantasy football mock draft season begins to gain steam, trends regarding players’ individual ADP becomes more important as we progress through the summer. To help analyze how and why players’ ADPs are trending in one direction or the other, I am going to be publishing two ADP articles per week. On Saturdays, I’ll be […]
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Joe Metz
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Fantasy Faceoff: Patrick Mahomes vs. Lamar Jackson
Each week, Brad Evans and Jeff Ratcliffe step into the octagon to exchange blows over some of the biggest draft-day dilemmas this fantasy football season. Today's Fantasy Faceoff topic: Patrick Mahomes or Lamar Jackson? … Ready. Set. FIGHT! In favor of Patrick Mahomes (Brad Evans) Off the high of a 50-TD campaign in 2018, Mahomes […]
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Brad Evans
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Booms, Busts and Breakouts: Cleveland Browns
As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp opens, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Jeff Ratcliffe, profile their favorite booms, busts and breakouts for every NFL team. Today’s topic: The Juggernaut Jim Browns Booms Odell Beckham Jr., WR Let’s get the obvious out of the way: Last year wasn’t […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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Booms, Busts and Breakouts: Cincinnati Bengals
As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp opens, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Jeff Ratcliffe, profile their favorite booms, busts and breakouts for every NFL team. Today’s topic: The Queen City Cats. Booms Tyler Boyd, WR When A.J. Green’s lower extremities inevitably combust, Boyd, like last year, will […]
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Brad Evans
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Edwards-Helaire takes top billing in our 2022 mock draft
Forecasting skill positions two years into the future is much like meteorology. The morning report can call for sunny skies and picturesque conditions, but a rogue thunderstorm can still crop up at any moment to ruin it all. Players can have their outlooks change in the blink of an eye with injury, contract status, and […]
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Derek Brown
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Fantasy football busts: Quarterbacks to avoid in 2020
I’ve always been one to wait it out when drafting a quarterback in a standard fantasy football setting—I just wrote about a few undervalued QBs that I’m high on—so I could make the case for several potential busts. The three quarterbacks I’ve singled out below are good real-life quarterbacks. All three led their respective teams […]
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Chris Meaney
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Booms, Busts and Breakouts: Chicago Bears
As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp opens, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Jeff Ratcliffe, profile their favorite booms, busts and breakouts for every NFL team. Today’s topic: The Monsters of the Midway. Booms Allen Robinson, WR The Rodney Dangerfield of fantasy football wide receivers, Robinson got no […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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Booms, Busts and Breakouts: Carolina Panthers
As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp opens, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Jeff Ratcliffe, profile their favorite booms, busts and breakouts for every NFL team. Today’s topic: The Charlotte Cats. Booms D.J. Moore, WR Some in Fantasyland, understandably, are fully prepared to “Shoop” for The Spinderella of […]
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Brad Evans
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Fantasy football sleepers: Overlooked quarterbacks in drafts for 2020
You hear the term sleeper get tossed around often in the fantasy football community, but what does it actually mean? Can an aging vet be considered a sleeper or does the particular candidate need to be on the cusp of a breakout season? Both are acceptable, as it’s all about finding value on draft day. […]
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Chris Meaney
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Booms, Busts and Breakouts
Every team has something unique to offer fantasy football managers — even if, sometimes, that thing is “stay away.” In the run-up to training camps, Fade the Noise head guys Jeff Ratcliffe and Brad Evans are going team-by-team to identify each team’s best shots at Booms, Busts and Breakouts. Sometimes they agree! Sometimes they don’t. […]
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FTN Staff
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Breaking down the New England Patriots coaching staff
A crucial element to projecting players in fantasy is determining their role and the context of the team on which they operate. In this divisional series, we will explore the inner workings of each team. These writeups are loaded with beautiful data visualizations (brought to you by Anthony Amico) that will expose the gears that […]
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Derek Brown
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9 RBs go in the first round of a 2021 mock draft
It is never too early to talk about fantasy football. No, talking about fantasy during the month of June isn’t early at all. Unless you are talking about the 2021 season already, of course. There’s interest, there’s passion and then there is insanity. Here we are. A fun exercise is to look ahead and try […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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Booms, Busts and Breakouts: Baltimore Ravens
As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp opens, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Jeff Ratcliffe, profile their favorite booms, busts and breakouts for every NFL team. Today’s topic: The Fightin’ Edgar Allen Poes. Booms J.K. Dobbins, RB Full disclosure: The demise of Mark Ingram is greatly exaggerated. Though […]
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Brad Evans
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Booms, Busts and Breakouts: Buffalo Bills
As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp opens, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Jeff Ratcliffe, profile their favorite booms, busts and breakouts for every NFL team. Today’s topic: The Bills Mafia. Booms Stefon Diggs, WR The jury is certainly out on Diggs after the veteran wideout was shipped […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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Booms, Busts and Breakouts: Arizona Cardinals
As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp opens, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Jeff Ratcliffe, profile their favorite booms, busts and breakouts for every NFL team. Today’s topic: The Desert Birds.  Booms Kenyan Drake, RB Drake, similar to temperature readings in the Sonoran during the scorching summer months, […]
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Brad Evans
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Undersold players to target in fantasy football
For all of the breakout players and league winners that are drafted, there are also value players. Players that outkick their draft stock en route to solidifying the floor and raising the ceiling for their overall roster. The “boring” and undersold but necessary fantasy lineup options are essential in building a championship roster. These players […]
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Derek Brown
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10 players to avoid in the first 5 rounds of fantasy drafts
Searching for the players who will win you your fantasy football league can be a difficult task. Especially in the early rounds, it can be difficult to pinpoint one or two players that really stand out from the crowd. Instead, one thoughtful approach to use every year is to find the landmines. There are players […]
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Anthony Amico
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Breaking down the Miami Dolphins coaching staff
A crucial element to projecting players in fantasy is determining their role and the context of the team on which they operate. In this divisional series, we will explore the inner workings of each team. These writeups are loaded with beautiful data visualizations (brought to you by Anthony Amico) that will expose the gears that […]
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Derek Brown
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The running back red-zone regression enigma
Where do we begin with the red zone? It’s the place where fantasy running backs can become championed as one of the few elite members in the league. Consistent red-zone play is actually a driving factor that isn’t talked about much in the fantasy community, most likely because it can just go hand in hand […]
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Blake Hampton
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First Down Blog: Is there juice left in the Josh Gordon orange?
Multiple times each week, Brad Evans, in this space, will ramble on about whatever random, likely tequila-influenced fantasy football/betting thoughts are coursing through his often moronic mind. Today’s topic: The ever-tantalizing Josh Gordon. We all house a particular set of fetishes and affinities. Cookie dough ice cream. Comfortable sleeping positions. Whatever random categories you can […]
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Brad Evans
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The basics of drafting in IDP fantasy football leagues
The folks here at Fade the Noise have assembled an impressive array of talent. Whether it’s for season-long or DFS fantasy football, some of the industry’s best and brightest have joined the FTN team in an effort to guide you to glory. The plan was to offer the same sort of high-end quality IDP coverage […]
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Gary Davenport
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Booms, Busts and Breakouts: Atlanta Falcons
As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp opens, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Jeff Ratcliffe, profile their favorite booms, busts and breakouts for every NFL team. Today’s topic: The Dirty Birds. Booms Todd Gurley, RB Before you fire up Twitter to tell me about Gurley’s knees, hear me […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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First Down Blog: Fade Edwards-Helaire in drafts
Multiple times each week in this space, Brad Evans will ramble on about whatever random, likely tequila-influenced fantasy football/betting thoughts are coursing through his often moronic mind. Today’s topic: The overblown Clyde Edwards-Helaire hype.  At one point on the spectrum of early life, it hits any impressionable young mind like a bolt of lightning.  You […]
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Brad Evans