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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football preview for Week 5
Week 4 was pretty fun around the NFL and fantasy football. The rookie quarterbacks are all starting to get it going, while the league MVP is starting to establish himself. I’m looking at you, Cordarrelle Patterson.  Like we do every Monday, let’s take a look at what stood out from this weekend’s action and how […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football injury situations to watch for Week 4
Welcome to the Week 4 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 […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
The Fantasy Football Report for Week 4
Patience is a virtue, especially fantasy football. It’s easy to get caught up in the rapid pace of an NFL week and forget the big picture, but don’t fall prey to that line of thinking. If a player has a bad game, oh well. It happens. One game can be a fluke, and we shouldn’t […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Freedman’s Week 4 fantasy football breakdown
This past weekend, the fantasy community lost one of our stars, Mike Tagliere, who was the lead NFL writer at FantasyPros. Tags was a good dude. He loved people and loved football. He was far too young to leave this world. This weekend, please do me a favor. At some point — while you’re watching the […]
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Matthew Freedman
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NFL Fantasy
Using betting lines to set your Week 4 fantasy lineup
Week 4 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 […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Directional passing update for Week 4
During the NFL season, we’re going to break down how different offenses are utilizing their weapons all over the field. 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.  Bird’s eye view From a team-level, the Philadelphia […]
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Matt Jones
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NFL Fantasy
Expected Fantasy Points Report – Week 4
Welcome to the Week 4 edition of FTN’s Expected Fantasy Points 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 to […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Directional rushing update for Week 4
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 Red is left, gray is […]
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Matt Jones
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football rankings vs. expert consensus – Week 4
It’s time to set fantasy football lineups for Week 4 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 […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Start or Sit: Week 4 sponsored by TopProp
Welcome to the Week 4 Start or Sit brought to you by Top Prop. 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 […]
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Chris Meaney
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NFL Fantasy
WR/CB matchups for fantasy football – Week 4
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 […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football sleepers for Week 4
Week 4 of the 2021 NFL football season is days away, and it’s time to fine-tune your fantasy lineups. This includes hunting for solid flex players and sleepers that can pop off and help you win the game. Each week during the NFL season, this article will highlight some deep sleepers for you to consider […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Streaming DSTs for Week 4 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 DSTs I’m willing […]
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Matthew Davis
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NFL Fantasy
Splits tool update for Week 4 – Fantasy football players to watch
As the season progresses, we’ll go through and 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 4, we can look at our splits tool to identify three things to watch for this weekend.  The highest total of Week 4 The […]
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Matt Jones
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NFL Fantasy
Hall of Fantasy League update: Week 4
Three weeks of action in the Hall of Fantasy League have come and gone, as teams have established themselves as juggernauts and others have struggled out of the gate. At the end of the day, it’s still important to remember how early it is and how stacked this league is. If you are unfamiliar with the […]
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Joe Metz
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football flex rankings for Week 4
It’s Wednesday, and that means it’s time to break out the flex fantasy football rankings for Week 4 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. […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
NFL FAAB Strategy for Week 4
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. It’s the perfect weekly framework for our purposes for several […]
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Vlad Sedler
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NFL Fantasy
Using the splits tool to set your fantasy football lineup | Week 4
Arguably the most powerful tool we offer FTN Fantasy subscribers is the FTN NFL Splits Tool. Powered by the FTN Data database and revamped for the 2021 season, the FTN NFL Splits Tool gives you the power to find the players in the best (and worst) positions on a weekly basis. Each week, this article […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Market share update for Week 4
Each week during the season, we’ll take a look at the changing landscape of usage in the NFL and fantasy football. Whether you’re looking for a waiver-wire pickup, deciding on a tough start/sit decision or looking for a DFS play, understanding how players are being used is vital to success during the season.  The running […]
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Matt Jones
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football trade targets – Week 4
Week 3 of the NFL season is in the books, and even though we have three weeks of data to look at, it’s still very easy to overreact. The goal here is to highlight a few players who have seen their stock rise and fall which ultimately leads to buy-low and sell-high trade targets in […]
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Chris Meaney
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NFL Fantasy
Streaming TEs for Week 4 in fantasy football
No surprise, Week 3 at the tight end position was scattered across the board regarding fantasy points scored compared to roster percentage. The top-five in fantasy points scored in Week 3 were Dalton Schultz, Tyler Conklin, Mike Gesicki, Travis Kelce and George Kittle. Kelce was the only tight end to repeat for the third straight […]
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Matthew Davis
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NFL Fantasy
Week 4 fantasy football waiver wire rankings
It’s time for the Week 4 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 4. We cast a wide net […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Trade Value Chart – Week 4
Welcome to FTN’s Week 4 fantasy football trade value chart, where we provide you with relative values for every relevant fantasy player for the rest of the season to help you make a trade. The trade value chart is based on a 12-team league that starts 1 QB, 2 RBs, 3 WRs, 1 TE and […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Streaming QBs for Week 4 in fantasy football
Now that we have three weeks of NFL data for fantasy football, we are getting a sense of each team’s identity and what we should project moving forward. Nearly half of the league is throwing at least 60% of the time while we are seeing historical highs from the Buccaneers (75.4%) and Steelers (73.4%) with […]
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Matthew Davis
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football waiver wire targets for Week 4
Every Monday during the NFL season, I am going to be presenting you with my top three waiver wire claims to prioritize for your fantasy football teams. I will also include a shortlist of “other options.” These are players worth consideration if your team is in a bind, but not ones that take priority over […]
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Joe Metz
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NFL Fantasy
Matchups to target for Week 4 in fantasy football
It may only be Monday, but it still isn’t too early to look ahead at the favorable fantasy football matchups for Week 4 of the NFL season — especially if you had a tough Week 3 like I did. Let’s see which matchups stand out above the rest. Oh, and you don’t need to tell […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football stats to know for Week 4
After a loaded Sunday of NFL action, there are always a ton of statistics that stand out, making it very difficult to choose just a handful. But I try to highlight some stats that impact multiple different aspects for multiple players in fantasy football. Let’s take a look as we get ready to turn the […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football preview for Week 4
Week 3 of the NFL and fantasy football season is just about in the books, and there was a lot to digest from Sunday’s action. We can apply a good bit of it to Week 4 and beyond and with so much happening every week, it is important to decipher what is important and what […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football injury situations to watch for Week 3
Welcome to the Week 3 injury report and fantasy football impact. 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 to […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Directional passing update for Week 3
Every week, we’re going to take a look around the league and see where different pass catchers are being targeted. It’s important to understand how a player is being used in order to see if they’re likely to sustain that production or not. We can also leverage the WR/CB Matchup Tool to exploit defenses in […]
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Matt Jones
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NFL Fantasy
The Fantasy Football Report for Week 3
Now that the preseason is over, we can finally start to play some real football. What’s that? The preseason ended in August? Well, technically speaking, yes. But the first two weeks of the regular season is essentially an extension of the preseason with all of the starters getting their first full action of the year.  […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Freedman’s Week 3 fantasy football breakdown
Week 3: Seconds, minutes, days have passed us by — and soon the end of the 2021 NFL season will be here, staring us in the face with all of its aged glory. As the song goes: “Time, time, time. See what’s become of me, while I looked around for my possibilities.” Time doesn’t fly. […]
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Matthew Freedman