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The Fantasy Football Gradebook: Quantifying Relative Fantasy Value
Last year, we broke new ground with the introduction of Fantasy Wins Added. Then we doubled up on new stats to play with by introducing Fantasy Grades. Think PFF grades — but for fantasy football. This piece explains  FTN’s Fantasy Grades, gives a review of last year’s takeaways, and lets you know how to use […]
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Tyler Loechner
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What We Learned for Fantasy Football in the 2023 Preseason: AFC Edition
The NFL preseason is finally over, which means it’s time to get excited about real football coming our way. Before we set our sights on the games that really matter though, it’s important to recap what we learned for fantasy football this offseason and use that information to prepare for the upcoming year.    AFC […]
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Michael Dolan
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Vlad Sedler’s 2023 Fantasy Football All Late-Round Team
Our last couple of picks in fantasy football drafts outside of DSTs and kickers can be utilized in a variety of ways, but the best path to do so is to chase upside. These are offensive players with undefined roles who can become impactful parts of their respective offenses and might command a high percentage […]
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Vlad Sedler
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Fantasy Football 2023: Training Camp Roundup (8/31)
Training camps provide our first look into NFL players and teams as we prepare for the upcoming fantasy football season. Information will now begin to flood our social media timelines, leaving us to determine the subsequent fantasy impact. It’s a matter of knowing which information matters, and which should be ignored.   So each day […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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Three You’re Too Low On: Fantasy Draft Targets (8/31)
Our fantasy football rankers are some of the best in the business, but that doesn’t mean they always agree. Each Thursday, one of our rankers will highlight some names he’s furthest from the staff consensus on and explain why you should either be targeting those players or steering clear in your 2023 drafts. The FTN staff […]
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Scott Spratt
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Adam Pfeifer’s Movers: The Players Who He’s Changed His Mind on This Offseason
Fantasy football analysis is extremely fluid. And it has to be. Over the course of an offseason, so much changes that it would be foolish to not make any adjustments. So with the preseason in the books and the start of the 2023 NFL season just days away, here are some players who have moved […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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Players to Avoid in IDP Fantasy Leagues in 2023
You may already have a “Do Not Draft” list of offensive players in fantasy football, but you should also have a list of defensive players to avoid drafting in your IDP leagues. There are several possible reasons to skip over these players such as concerns over playing time, injury risk, contract situation or these players […]
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Leo McNeeley
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Fantasy Football Breakouts for 2023
We have reached the largest two weeks of fantasy football draft season, which means if you have yet to draft, time is running out to get prepared. The early rounds of your drafts aren’t exactly rocket science: Draft really good players who score a lot of fantasy points.   Of course, it always sounds simpler […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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Fantasy Football 2023: Training Camp Roundup (8/29)
It can be hard to prep for fantasy football during training camp and the preseason. Things happen every day that might be a huge deal for fantasy … or might be no deal at all.    Sometimes we can figure it out, but sometimes it’s just a matter of paying attention to what happens to […]
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Tyler Loechner
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Three You’re Too High On: Fantasy Draft Avoids (8/29)
Our fantasy football rankers are some of the best in the business, but that doesn’t mean they always agree. Each Tuesday, one of our rankers will highlight some names he’s furthest from the staff consensus on and explain why you should either be targeting those players or steering clear in your 2023 drafts. Football is here, […]
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Jeremy Popielarz
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2023 Fantasy Football Draft Strategy: ADP Rumblings (8/29)
The NFL preseason has officially come to a close, and NFL teams are beginning the process of cutting down to 53 players. We are less than two weeks until kickoff at the start of the NFL season.   ADP has never been more fluid than at this time of the offseason. Injuries are popping up […]
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Dan Fornek
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Randle’s 2023 Fantasy Football Bold Predictions
It is an honor to provide the final piece in our 2023 NFL Bold Predictions Series! We have already read the incredible work of Nelson Sousa, Daniel Kelley and Vlad Sedler in our three previous articles, and I have been assigned the challenging anchor leg of this relay.    What makes a really good bold […]
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Mike Randle
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Should you draft Cooper Kupp or Tyreek Hill in 2023: Fantasy Crossroads
Our Fantasy Crossroads series come to an end with a matchup between two of the top four wideouts in all of fantasy football.    Cooper Kupp is looking to stay healthy and continue to dominate, while Tyreek Hill is coming off an incredible first season in South Beach. Both Hill and Kupp will anchor your […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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Fantasy Football 2023: Training Camp Roundup (8/28)
Training camps provide our first look into NFL players and teams as we prepare for the upcoming fantasy football season. Information will now begin to flood our social media timelines, leaving us to determine the subsequent fantasy impact. It’s a matter of knowing which information matters, and which should be ignored.   So each day […]
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Mike Randle
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The Biggest Gaps Between Real-Life and Fantasy Football Value
Is this real life? Is this just fantasy?   Our favorite things about fantasy football – drafting a team, bidding on the waiver wire, negotiating trades and making start-sit decisions every week for four months – have certainly helped grow the NFL. Sometimes, though, real football and fantasy football diverge, and the fantasy community’s view […]
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Nick Makowitz
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Jeff Ratcliffe’s Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Tiers
Fantasy football draft season is here, so it’s time to roll up your sleeves and get ready for those drafts. One of the most useful weapons to have in your draft day arsenal is fantasy football tiers. With a tier-based approach, you can see how each player stacks up at his respective position. Tiers are […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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Jeff Ratcliffe’s Fantasy Football Running Back Tiers
Fantasy football draft season is here, so it’s time to roll up your sleeves and get ready for those drafts. One of the most useful weapons to have in your draft day arsenal is fantasy football tiers. With a tier-based approach, you can see how each player stacks up at his respective position. Tiers are […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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Jeff Ratcliffe’s Fantasy Football Tight End Tiers
Tight end tiers are an important weapon in your fantasy football arsenal. Instead of the rigid approach of fantasy football rankings, tiers allow you more flexibility on draft day, which is key to dominating your opponents. With a tier-based approach, you can see how each player stacks up at his respective position.    Tight end […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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Jeff Ratcliffe’s Fantasy Football Quarterback Tiers
Fantasy football draft season is here, so it’s time to roll up your sleeves and get ready for those drafts. One of the most useful weapons to have in your draft day arsenal is fantasy football tiers. With a tier-based approach, you can see how each player stacks up at his respective position. Tiers are […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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Draft This, Not That — Fantasy Football Draft Pivots for 2023
Nailing a fantasy football draft is about more than just finding good players. It’s about finding good value.  Every year, certain players are grossly undervalued by fantasy managers because there’s another, flashier option who’s garnering all the headlines. It could be a No. 2 wide receiver who’s drafted later than a similarly talented No. 1, […]
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Michael Dolan
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NFL Fantasy
Trey Lance Traded to Dallas, Fantasy Reaction
Our not-so-long national nightmare has been resolved, as the San Francisco 49ers reportedly agreed to trade 2021 third overall draft pick QB Trey Lance to the Dallas Cowboys for a fourth-round pick, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter.   Lance played eight games (four starts) over two seasons with the 49ers, passing for 797 yards and 5 […]
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Daniel Kelley
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Fantasy Football 2023: Training Camp Roundup (8/25)
Training camps provide our first look into NFL players and teams as we prepare for the upcoming fantasy football season. Information will now begin to flood our social media timelines, leaving us to determine the subsequent fantasy impact. It’s a matter of knowing which information matters, and which should be ignored.   So each day […]
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Sam Choudhury
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My Guys: Mike Randle’s Favorite Fantasy Picks of 2023
With over 100 best ball and seasonal drafts in the books, it’s time to reveal the 2023 “My Guys” fantasy football list.  These are five players I have ranked higher than consensus and have dominant exposure to entering this season. It’s critical to have an idea of your seasonal “flag plants,” so as to create […]
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Mike Randle
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Scott Spratt’s Top 20 Fantasy Football TE Rankings and Stats 2023
My annotated fantasy rankings series concludes today with tight ends, where small-sample efficiencies and touchdown shortfalls uncover a bunch of TE2 upside plays. You can find my complete rankings and those of every FTN fantasy ranker here. The listed ADPs are from Yahoo!, which uses half PPR default scoring. Check out the full series: QB […]
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Scott Spratt
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Every Team’s Most Overrated Fantasy Football Player in 2023
Who are the most overrated fantasy football players for 2023? Each year, we run through each NFL team’s most overrated and underrated players from a fantasy football perspective — and it’s time to release the 2023 edition.   You’re going to see some big names on these lists, and that’s because we’re in the business […]
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Tyler Loechner
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Three You’re Too Low On: Fantasy Draft Targets (8/24)
Our fantasy football rankers are some of the best in the business, but that doesn’t mean they always agree. Each Thursday, one of our rankers will highlight some names he’s furthest from the staff consensus on and explain why you should either be targeting those players or steering clear in your 2023 drafts. Every single offseason […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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Fantasy Football 2023: Training Camp Roundup (8/24)
Training camps provide our first look into NFL players and teams as we prepare for the upcoming fantasy football season. Information will now begin to flood our social media timelines, leaving us to determine the subsequent fantasy impact. It’s a matter of knowing which information matters, and which should be ignored.   So each day […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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The Fade List: Jeff Ratcliffe’s 2023 Fantasy Avoids
There’s no such thing as a “do not draft” player in fantasy football. If you’ve been told that, I’m sorry, but you’ve been fed lies. Every player has a value breaking point. If they’re on the board long enough, they become a value. However, the reality of drafts is that players will go in certain […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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Fantasy Football Sleepers for 2023
Finding fantasy football sleepers is hard. Maybe you’ve heard that there’s no longer any such thing as a sleeper in fantasy football. In a sense that’s true — someone like Tony Pollard finishing as the RB8 would have been a sensation in, say, 1998, but 25 years later, he was just a guy the entire […]
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Daniel Kelley
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Every Team’s Most Underrated Fantasy Football Player in 2023
Who are the most underrated fantasy football players for 2023? Each year, we run through each NFL team’s most overrated and underrated players from a fantasy football perspective — and it’s time to release the 2023 edition.   You’re going to see some big names on these lists — potentially even first-rounders on the “overrated” […]
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Tyler Loechner
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Fantasy Football 2023: Training Camp Roundup (8/23)
Training camps provide our first look into NFL players and teams as we prepare for the upcoming fantasy football season. Information will now begin to flood our social media timelines, leaving us to determine the subsequent fantasy impact. It’s a matter of knowing which information matters, and which should be ignored.   So each day […]
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Mike Randle
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Buyer Beware: The Riskiest Fantasy Football Picks of 2023
So much fantasy football analysis focuses on the ceiling. “Can Justin Jefferson go for 2,000 receiving yards,” “Can Lamar Jackson repeat his MVP-level season,” that sort of thing. And ceiling is of course crucial to a fantasy team reaching its full potential. Sometimes we have to be wary of floors, though.   You don’t necessarily […]
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Daniel Kelley