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Scott Spratt’s Top 40 Fantasy Football WR Rankings and Stats 2023
My annotated fantasy rankings series continues today with wide receivers, where my projected target share increases elevate sophomore receivers like Christian Watson and Drake London over historically productive veterans like Mike Evans and Keenan Allen and where expected touchdown regression runs counter to the preseason narratives for Mike Williams, DJ Moore, and Diontae Johnson. You […]
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Scott Spratt
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Worst Fantasy Football Draft Pick by Round: 2023
Fantasy football draft season is here, and it’s time to once again mark your 2023 cheat sheets by crossing names off — a “do not draft” list, if you will.   This article will review the worst picks in each round for your fantasy football draft strategy in 2023. Average draft position data comes from FTN’s […]
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Tyler Loechner
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Three You’re Too High On: Fantasy Draft Avoids (8/22)
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.   The goal […]
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Mike Randle
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Fantasy Football 2023: Training Camp Roundup (8/22)
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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2023 Fantasy Football Draft Strategy: ADP Rumblings (8/22)
Two NFL preseason weeks have come and gone, and we are starting to get a clear picture of which players will have fantasy football value during the 2023 NFL season. While the preseason typically features limited reps for starters in watered-down versions of the offense, important information can be gleaned based on who plays, who […]
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Dan Fornek
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Should you draft James Cook or Dalvin Cook in 2023: Fantasy Crossroads
All summer long, I’m taking a look at the fantasy landscape heading into 2023 and helping drafters make some of the toughest decisions. If two players are close to one another in ADP, who should you choose? That’s the plan here. This is Fantasy Crossroads.   This is pretty fun. Both James Cook and Dalvin […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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Best Fantasy Football Team Names for 2023
Drafting players, setting lineups, working the waiver wire … it’s all hard. But the hardest part of the fantasy football season might be the first part: Your team name.   You want to be interesting. You don’t want to be too esoteric. You don’t want to have the default (my brother-in-law’s team name has been […]
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Daniel Kelley
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Fantasy Football 2023: Training Camp Roundup (8/21)
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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Adjusting Fantasy Football Strategy for Different League Settings
Fantasy football is an ever-evolving being that is continuing to rise in popularity. The wide availability of the game has led to different variations of the same concept, with alterations in rules, scoring and much more. In this article, I’m going to look at some of the more common ways to play fantasy football and […]
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Sam Choudhury
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Fantasy Football Draft Strategy: 2023 Bold Predictions
The 2023 fantasy football season is less than three weeks away. That means draft season is in full force. Playing it safe in fantasy football is the best way to finish in the middle of the pack. To compete for a championship, we need to sprinkle in some calculated risk.   Here are my 13 […]
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Vlad Sedler
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What If?: Turning 2023 Conventional Fantasy Football Wisdom on Its Head
Every fantasy football draft season, some storylines coalesce and some narratives take hold. There’s a reason for that — fantasy analysts, fans and players alike come to an agreement on a storyline because it makes sense, because the data point to a conclusion.  But nothing is guaranteed.    Just because everything is pointing toward a […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Splits Tool: What Did Tyreek’s Departure Mean?
With most of the significant offseason movements in the rear-view mirror, it’s time to look forward to the upcoming league year and start preparing for our 2023 fantasy football drafts. In this series, I’ll be using the FTN Fantasy Splits Tool to look at how changes in environment and situations have impacted teams and players in […]
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Sam Choudhury
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The Fantasy Pessimist: How Could the Top Fantasy TEs of 2023 Fail?
Every pick you make in fantasy football comes with some level of risk – even your first rounders. These risks come in various shapes and sizes, and some of the more common ones include risk of injury, supporting cast concerns, and worries about a player’s age (either too young or too old).    The experts […]
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Michael Dolan
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Fantasy Football 2023: Training Camp Roundup (8/18)
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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Scott Spratt’s Top 20 Fantasy Football QB Rankings and Stats 2023
My annotated fantasy rankings series continues today with quarterbacks, where the Joe Burrow versus Justin Herbert debate remains close thanks to expected touchdown regression. 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: […]
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Scott Spratt
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Meaney’s Targets: 3 to Draft in Fantasy Football 2023 (8/17)
Welcome to the sixth edition of the series “Meaney’s Targets” here at FTN Fantasy. The goal of these articles is to highlight my favorite targets in fantasy football drafts. Each week I’ll check in with three players I’ve been drafting in most of my leagues and my reasoning behind it.   We’ve now hit Rounds […]
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Chris Meaney
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Defenses to Target and Fade in Drafts in Fantasy Football 2023
One of the biggest mistakes you can make on fantasy football draft day is blindly drafting a team defense based on whatever rankings or draft board you’re using. Sure, that defense may be the top-ranked when you’re up, but you’re overlooking a massive factor that will impact their fantasy football production: their Week 1 opponent. […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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Fantasy Football 2023: Training Camp Roundup (8/17)
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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Second-Year Scouting Report: Romeo Doubs
August is underway, and we’re getting closer and closer to the 2023 regular season. Best ball leagues have been drafting for months now and they are getting more popular now that we understand landing spots for veteran free agents and rookies.   Every year, rookie fever emerges, and the previous class gets pushed aside by […]
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Nick Makowitz
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RBs to Draft in Fantasy Football If You Go WR Early in 2023
There are many paths you can take in a fantasy football draft. I recently broke these down and you can check them out in the “Roadmap” fantasy football draft strategy article. If you end up going running back heavy in the early rounds, you’ll need to have a plan of attack in place for wide […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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Fantasy Football 2023: Training Camp Roundup (8/16)
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 Fantasy Pessimist: How Could the Top Fantasy WRs of 2023 Fail?
Every pick you make in fantasy football comes with some level of risk – even your first rounders. These risks come in various shapes and sizes, and some of the more common ones include risk of injury, supporting cast concerns, and worries about a player’s age (either too young or too old).   The experts […]
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Michael Dolan
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The 10 Key Fantasy Football Stats for the 2023 Season
A year ago at this time, if you knew that Jamaal Williams would end the season with 17 rushing touchdowns, or even 28 inside-the-5 carries (8 more than any other player, 12 more than any other running back), you would have known a lot about the season. Yes, you’d have known Williams would be a […]
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Daniel Kelley
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Scott Spratt’s Top 40 Fantasy Football RB Rankings and Stats 2023
Bijan Robinson and Tony Pollard are two of the most exciting backs in football. But that doesn’t make them fantasy football values at their average draft positions. This article explains my top 40 running back rankings with an advanced stat for each player. You can research those stats and more on FTN’s various tools and […]
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Scott Spratt
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Second-Year Scouting Report: Khalil Shakir
We are now just 23 days away from the start of the 2023 NFL season. On Thursday, Sept. 7, we will all be enjoying the Thursday night kickoff matchup between the Detroit Lions and Kansas City Chiefs.   Best ball season is in full swing and redraft leagues preparations are now on the immediate horizon. […]
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Mike Randle
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WRs to Draft in Fantasy Football If You Go RB Early in 2023
There are many paths you can take in a fantasy football draft. I recently broke these down and you can check them out in the “Roadmap” fantasy football draft strategy article. If you end up going running back heavy in the early rounds, you’ll need to have a plan of attack in place for wide […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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Three You’re Too High On: Fantasy Draft Avoids (8/15)
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.   One of […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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Fantasy Football 2023: Training Camp Roundup (8/15)
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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2023 Fantasy Football Draft Strategy: ADP Rumblings (8/15)
Every team was in action this past weekend with the NFL preseason under full swing. While preseason information isn’t the most reliable for many players, we can glean some important data points that can inform fantasy football drafting. At the very least, “meaningful” NFL snaps can cause big movement in ADP as fantasy managers react […]
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Dan Fornek
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Fantasy Football 2023: Bold Predictions for Every Tier
Imagine three different fantasy football things all called “bold predictions.” They’re previewing the 2023 NFL season and promise bold predictions, but what does that mean?   The first says “Lamar Jackson finishes as the QB1.” Sure, that’s kind of bold, it counts. If Jackson finishes as the QB1, that person gets the credit, but if […]
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Daniel Kelley
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Should you draft David Njoku or Evan Engram in 2023: Fantasy Crossroads
All summer long, I’m taking a look at the fantasy landscape heading into 2023 and helping drafters make some of the toughest decisions. If two players are close to one another in ADP, who should you choose? That’s the plan here. This is Fantasy Crossroads.   Our Fantasy Crossroads series continues with a look at […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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‘Golden Zone’ WRs: Finding This Year’s Cooper Kupp
The Golden Zone is the ADP range of fantasy football’s fourth and fifth rounds (37-60 overall), and it has been a bevy of fantasy goodness at the wide receiver position for many years. The Golden Zone is where Amon-Ra St. Brown (WR7) and Jaylen Waddle (WR8) were drafted from last season, and it’s where I […]
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Vlad Sedler