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Jeff Ratcliffe’s 2023 NFL Mock Draft 4.0
The 2023 edition of the NFL Player Selection Meeting – otherwise known as the NFL Draft – has arrived, and it’s time for the final 2023 NFL mock draft of the season. Of course, mock drafts are an exercise in futility, as it’s essentially impossible to get even remotely close to correct on all your […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Dynasty Stock Watch: Fantasy News to Monitor (April 26)
Welcome to the Dynasty Stock Watch, a weekly article where I address the changes in the dynasty fantasy football landscape. This will help us as managers stay current on the most recent headlines, while also allowing us to look at player and team trends to stay ahead of the curve.   I am focusing on […]
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Jeremy Popielarz
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Vacated Opportunities in Fantasy Football
The 2023 NFL draft is here, and it’s time for new blood to enter the league. But that also means veterans are about to lose snaps, targets and rushing attempts to rookies.   As we do every year, we’re going to examine each team’s “vacated opportunity” leading into the draft (we first published this piece […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football reaction to Jeff Ratcliffe’s Mock Draft 4.0
The NFL draft is just a day away, and basically from the moment it starts the fantasy community will be ready to overreact. It’s not uncommon for fantasy managers to drastically overcorrect some of their fantasy rankings as a result of the draft, and this behavior can create opportunities for the savvy fantasy manager who’s […]
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Michael Dolan
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Top 4 Sleeper TEs for Fantasy Football in 2023
We’re running through our 2023 fantasy sleepers and busts series with a look at 2023 TE sleepers. Check out more in the series here: 2023 QB sleepers 2023 QB busts 2023 RB sleepers 2023 RB busts 2023 WR sleepers 2023 WR busts 2023 TE sleepers (you’re reading it now) 2023 TE busts (coming 4/26) Looking […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
The Aging Curve: What Age Group Is Getting the Touches These Days?
A week ago in this space, I wrote about why over-30 running backs and wide receivers are even worse fantasy football investments than most probably think. A key part of that is that players who get work past their 30th birthday still tend to perform fine on a per-touch basis, but the group at large […]
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Daniel Kelley
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Bust WR Candidates for Fantasy Football in 2023
We’re running through our 2023 fantasy sleepers and busts series with a look at 2023 WR busts. Check out more in the series here: 2023 QB sleepers 2023 QB busts 2023 RB sleepers 2023 RB busts 2023 WR sleepers 2023 WR busts (you’re reading it now) 2023 TE sleepers (coming 4/24) 2023 TE busts (coming […]
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Tyler Loechner
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Top 4 Sleeper WRs for Fantasy Football in 2023
We’re running through our 2023 fantasy sleepers and busts series with a look at 2023 WR sleepers. Check out more in the series here: 2023 QB sleepers 2023 QB busts 2023 RB sleepers 2023 RB busts Looking for a wide receiver to draft later in the order? Here are four potential sleeper candidates for the […]
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Tyler Loechner
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Over the Hill: Beware the Over-30 Fantasy Football Option
The Ravens revived the buzz of free agent season this week by signing Odell Beckham, probably the top remaining free agent receiver remaining. That’s the exciting part. The less exciting part? Odell Beckham hasn’t played in a year, is coming off his second torn ACL, and when he was “flashing” in his last season active, […]
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Daniel Kelley
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Bust RB Candidates for Fantasy Football in 2023
We’re running through our 2023 fantasy sleepers and busts series with a look at 2023 RB bust candidates. Check out more in the series here: 2023 QB sleepers 2023 QB busts 2023 RB sleepers   Looking to avoid lame duck RBs with your early draft picks? Here are four potential RB bust candidates for the […]
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Tyler Loechner
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Jeff Ratcliffe’s 2023 NFL Mock Draft 2.0
The dust has settled from NFL free agency, so let’s take another crack at a 2023 NFL Mock draft. A lot has changed since my first mock draft, but one thing remains the same: Mock drafts are an exercise in futility, as it’s essentially impossible to get even remotely close to correct on all your […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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2023 NFL Draft Wish List: AFC South
Seemingly everyone got the AFC South wrong last season. The Colts were a disappointment, the Titans fell apart, the Texans (though finishing last again) played tough football every week, and the Jaguars ended the year atop the division. A lot continues to change in the AFC South and that will remain true throughout the NFL […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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Top 4 Sleeper RBs for Fantasy Football in 2023
We’re running through our 2023 fantasy sleepers and busts series with a look at 2023 RB sleepers. Check out more in the series here: 2023 QB sleepers 2023 QB busts Looking for a running back to draft later in the order? Here are four potential sleeper candidates for the 2023 fantasy season.    These four […]
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Tyler Loechner
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Fantasy Football’s One-Game Wonders of 2022
Every game counts, and basically every game counts the same. At the end of the fantasy football season, your fantasy point total is real. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t also kind of a mirage. For example: In 2019, Sammy Watkins finished as the WR50, with 138.5 PPR points. Not a great season, but if […]
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Daniel Kelley
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Bust QB Candidates for Fantasy Football in 2023
We’re running through our 2023 fantasy sleepers and busts series with a look at 2023 QB busts. Check out our 2023 QBs sleepers piece if you’re looking for the diamonds in the rough.   I said this in the sleepers piece, and I’ll say it again here: QB feels pretty gross in fantasy football this […]
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Tyler Loechner
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Top 4 Sleeper QBs for Fantasy Football in 2023
It’s time for our look at sleeper QB candidates for fantasy football in 2023. Yes, we know Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen, and Jalen Hurts are good –  but what if you decide to wait on a QB?   I can start by saying: QB feels pretty gross in fantasy football this year. The top is […]
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Tyler Loechner
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Looking Ahead to the 2024 NFL Free Agency Class
The biggest signings of the 2023 free agent class have taken place, and the 2023 NFL Draft is just around the corner. This means it is the perfect time to look ahead to the 2024 free agent class to start assessing the talent that is going to be available to teams next season in the […]
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Dan Fornek
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The Biggest Pre-/Post-Bye Changes in Fantasy Football 2022
There aren’t many dividing lines in the NFL season, but the bye week is a (the?) big one. It’s hard to make adjustments at any time during the season. There’s a lot going on. But at least over the bye, teams can sit back and really address their situations, and players can get a break.  […]
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Daniel Kelley
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Teammates Who Could Both be Fantasy WR1s in 2023
In the last 10 years, 14 sets of teammates have finished as PPR WR1s in the same year. Last year featured Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle from Miami and A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith from Philadelphia.   Which duos have the best chance of accomplishing the same? Today I’m highlighting my top eight duos who […]
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Tyler Loechner
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Best Landing Spots for QB Lamar Jackson
There has been a lot of speculation surrounding Lamar Jackson’s future in Baltimore. And after it was announced that he requested a trade in early March, that speculation is only going to grow. When a player of Jackson’s caliber could potentially be on the move, it is always fun to imagine which teams could trade […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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2023 Fantasy Risers and Fallers of the New League Year
The Panthers’ trade for the No. 1 draft pick overshadowed early free agency — at least for this apprehensive Panthers fan. But Week 1 of free agency still had major fantasy football implications. And this article explains my biggest redraft ranking adjustments since the start of the offseason. Check out all of the FTN Fantasy […]
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Scott Spratt
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Is There a Winner’s Curse in Free Agency? (Pass Catchers)
With NFL free agency cooling off, we can start to evaluate the fantasy impact of players who switched teams. While landing spots aren’t everything in fantasy football, we can’t deny they make a difference. In order to figure out how severely we should (or shouldn’t’) let landing spots impact our evaluation, we first need to […]
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Michael Dolan
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Post-Hype Sleepers for 2023 Fantasy Football
If there is one thing I have learned over the course of my fantasy football journey, it is that fantasy football doesn’t ever end. It may slow down but we are always discussing or thinking about it. So it’s not too early to start looking at some potential post-hype sleepers for the 2023 season, even […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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Elijah Moore on the Move, Traded to Cleveland
The Cleveland Browns address a position of need Wednesday, acquiring WR Elijah Moore from the Jets. Along with Moore, the Browns receive the Jets’ third-round pick in April’s draft in exchange for Cleveland’s second-rounder, which is the 42nd overall pick. Tapped as a rising star following a solid rookie season in 2021, Moore sputtered out […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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Dynasty Stock Watch: Fantasy News to Monitor (March 22)
Welcome to the Dynasty Stock Watch, a weekly article where I address the changes in the dynasty fantasy football landscape. This will help us fantasy managers stay current on the most recent headlines, while also allowing us to look at player and team trends to stay ahead of the curve.         Darren Waller Gets a […]
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Jeremy Popielarz
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Is There a Winner’s Curse in Free Agency? (Running Backs)
With NFL free agency cooling off, we can start to evaluate the fantasy football impact of players who switched teams. While landing spots aren’t everything in fantasy, we can’t deny they make a difference. In order to figure out how severely we should (or shouldn’t) let landing spots impact our evaluation, we first need to […]
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Michael Dolan
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Houston Adds 2, Signs Devin Singletary and Dalton Schultz
With potential landing spots drying up a bit in free agency, the Houston Texans were able to get a couple of notable players on one-year deals Monday, reportedly signing RB Devin Singletary and TE Dalton Schultz. Singletary, who turns 26 just before the season starts, had spent his entire four-year career with the Bills since […]
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Daniel Kelley
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2023 Fantasy Football Winners and Losers of Free Agency (So Far)
The first overall pick has been traded, and a Hall of Fame quarterback is expected to be on the move. Yet even with that, the 2023 offseason has so far been less “throw it all against the wall”-style crazy than last year’s insanity, where by this time, Davante Adams and Russell Wilson had already been […]
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Daniel Kelley
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Adam Thielen Finds a New Home in Carolina, Fantasy Reaction
Just over a week after his release from the Minnesota Vikings, veteran WR Adam Thielen found a new home Sunday with the Carolina Panthers, according to reports. The deal is for three years and $25 million. Thielen, who will be 33 when Week 1 arrives, has seen his touchdown total drop from 14 in 2020 […]
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Daniel Kelley
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Mike Gesicki Stays in AFC East, Signs with Patriots
Anyone who got excited about Hunter Henry’s potential after the Patriots traded TE Jonnu Smith to the Falcons earlier in the week got a rude awakening Friday when it was announced that the Patriots had agreed to terms with former Dolphins TE Mike Gesicki on a one-year deal worth a reported up to $9 million. […]
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Daniel Kelley
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Miles Sanders Becomes Lead Back in Carolina
Fresh off the best season of his career and about to turn 26, now ex-Eagles running back Miles Sanders reportedly agreed to terms with the Carolina Panthers Wednesday to become their new starting running back. Sanders, the Eagles’ second-round pick in 2019, put up 1,269 rushing yards in 2022 after never topping 867 in a […]
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Daniel Kelley
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Jamaal Williams Finds Strong Landing Spot in New Orleans
The David Montgomery signing in Detroit appeared to spell the end of Jamaal Williams’ Lions tenure, and that was cemented Wednesday when the veteran back reportedly signed a three-year deal to head south and join the New Orleans Saints. The deal is reportedly for three years and $12 million, with $8 million in guarantees, per […]
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Daniel Kelley