WNBA Best Bets (Wednesday 9/25)
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Week 1 Player Props: Receiving Yards for Stefon Diggs from EV Insight
Stefon DiggsReceiving Yards Player Props – Week 1 Jets vs. Bills Right now, Stefon Diggs’s receiving yards prop is set at 69.5 yards (-110/-110). O/U 69.5 -115/-115 O/U 69.5 -110/-110 O/U 69.5 -113/-121 O/U 69.5 -120/-110 Pros The weather forecast calls for 4-mph wind in this game. Low wind generally means higher pass volume, higher […]
FTN Staff
NFL
Bets
Week 1 Player Props: Rushing Yards for Jahmyr Gibbs from EV Insight
Jahmyr GibbsRushing Yards Player Props – Week 1 Chiefs vs. Lions Right now, Jahmyr Gibbs’s rushing yards prop is set at 39.5 yards (-110/-110). The public has bet the UNDER down to 39.5 (-110) after it opened @ 43.5 (-114). O/U 37.5 -115/-115 O/U 39.5 -110/-110 O/U 37.5 -113/-121 Pros THE BLITZ projects the Lions […]
FTN Staff
NFL
Bets
Week 1 Player Props: Receiving Yards for Travis Kelce from EV Insight
Travis KelceReceiving Yards Player Props – Week 1 Chiefs vs. Lions Right now, Travis Kelce’s receiving yards prop is set at 80.5 yards (-110/-110). O/U 80.5 -110/-120 O/U 79.5 -114/-114 O/U 80.5 -117/-117 Pros THE BLITZ projects the Kansas City Chiefs as the 5th-most pass-centric offense among all teams this week with a 62.7% pass […]
FTN Staff
NFL
Bets
Week 1 Player Props: Receiving Yards for Amon-Ra St. Brown from EV Insight
Amon-Ra St. BrownReceiving Yards Player Props – Week 1 Chiefs vs. Lions Right now, Amon-Ra St. Brown’s receiving yards prop is set at 75.5 yards (-105/-125). The public has bet the UNDER down to 75.5 (-125) after it opened @ 75.5 (-115). O/U 75.5 -105/-125 O/U 75.5 -110/-110 O/U 75.5 -108/-127 Pros The Lions are […]
FTN Staff
NFL
Bets
Week 1 Player Props: Receiving Yards for Sam LaPorta from EV Insight
Sam LaPortaReceiving Yards Player Props – Week 1 Chiefs vs. Lions Right now, Sam LaPorta’s receiving yards prop is set at 30.5 yards (-105/-115). The public has bet the UNDER down to 30.5 (-115) after it opened @ 30.5 (-114). O/U 28.5 -115/-115 O/U 30.5 -105/-115 O/U 28.5 -119/-115 Pros The Lions are a 3.5-point […]
FTN Staff
NFL
Bets
Week 1 Player Props: Rushing Yards for Isiah Pacheco from EV Insight
Isiah PachecoRushing Yards Player Props – Week 1 Chiefs vs. Lions Right now, Isiah Pacheco’s rushing yards prop is set at 53.5 yards (-110/-110). The public has bet the UNDER down to 53.5 (-110) after it opened @ 54.5 (-114). O/U 52.5 -115/-115 O/U 53.5 -110/-110 O/U 52.5 -117/-117 Pros The Chiefs are a 5.5-point […]
FTN Staff
NFL
Bets
Week 1 Player Props: Passing Yards for Patrick Mahomes from EV Insight
Patrick MahomesPassing Yards Player Props – Week 1 Chiefs vs. Lions Right now, Patrick Mahomes’s passing yards prop is set at 283.5 yards (-110/-110). The public has bet the UNDER down to 283.5 (-110) after it opened @ 298.5 (-110). O/U 283.5 -115/-115 O/U 284.5 -110/-110 O/U 283.5 -117/-117 Pros THE BLITZ projects the Kansas […]
FTN Staff
NFL
Bets
Week 1 Player Props: Receiving Yards for Skyy Moore from EV Insight
Skyy MooreReceiving Yards Player Props – Week 1 Chiefs vs. Lions Right now, Skyy Moore’s receiving yards prop is set at 47.5 yards (-110/-110). The public has bet the OVER up to 47.5 (-110) after it opened @ 34.5 (-114). O/U 45.5 -120/-110 O/U 47.5 -110/-110 O/U 45.5 -129/-106 Pros THE BLITZ projects the Kansas […]
FTN Staff
NFL
Fantasy
NFL Offseason Team Needs Revisited (NFC)
Teams have cut down to their 53-man rosters and NFL action is less than a week away. At the start of the offseason, I went through all 32 teams to assess their biggest need heading into free agency and the draft. This article will focus on how well each team filled their biggest needs throughout […]
Dan Fornek
NFL
Fantasy
NFL Offseason Team Needs Revisited (AFC)
The preseason is over, teams have cut their rosters down to 53 and the NFL season is officially on the horizon. Teams have had months to build out their roster and make the improvements they needed to be competitive for the 2023 season. This article is a callback to early in the offseason when each […]
Dan Fornek
NFL
Fantasy
Jeff Ratcliffe’s 2023 Fantasy Football Cheat Sheets
Our 2023 fantasy football cheat sheets have arrived to help you dominate on draft day. These cheat sheets cover everything you need to walk away a winner on draft day. Whether you are playing in PPR leagues, non-PPR leagues, superflex, 2QB, half-PPR or another variation, we have you covered at FTN Fantasy. Everything is broken […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Football Training Camp Battles Revisited (WR/TE)
The NFL season is nearly here, with teams finalizing their 53-man rosters and solidifying their depth charts. In this article, we are going to revisit the pre-training camp positional battles for fantasy football, today looking at wide receivers and tight ends. Wide Receivers Arizona Cardinals Winner: Michael Wilson With Marquise Brown out in the […]
Sam Choudhury
NFL
Fantasy
Beware the Week 1 Fantasy Football Storyline
We love fantasy football. We’ve researched fantasy football. We studied rookies, reviewed depth charts, and analyzed beat reporter comments ad infinitum. We think we know everything there is to know, especially about Week 1. Then, after Week 1, we all love to jump to irrational conclusions. Week 2 of every NFL season brings classic knee-jerk […]
Mike Randle
NFL
DVOA
2022 DVOA by Route Type
Fast receivers such as Tyreek Hill and DK Metcalf win on curl routes by scaring defenders into playing off coverage. Amari Cooper and Garrett Wilson ate on slant routes despite not necessarily having the best quarterbacks. And receiver screens are generally bad – unless you are the Philadelphia Eagles. Those are some of the lessons […]
Aaron Schatz
NFL
Fantasy
Boring-But-Worth-It Draft Picks for 2023 Fantasy Football
After the first few rounds of your fantasy draft, or your first few successful bids in an auction draft, the players left on the board begin to lose their shine. Unfortunately, teams aren’t entirely composed of first and second-rounders. They’re the anchors while the rest of a roster is typically a mix of potential breakouts […]
Nick Makowitz
NFL
Fantasy
What We Learned for Fantasy Football in the 2023 Preseason: NFC 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. Check out […]
Michael Dolan
NFL
Bets
NFL Friday Futures: Amon-Ra St. Brown’s Week 1 Futures
Every Friday, FTNBets will bring you one NFL futures bet we are making for the upcoming 2023 season. Today’s bet is a player prop from next week’s NFL Thursday Night Football season opener between the Lions and Chiefs. You can find 2023 NFL projections for all players here at FTNFantasy. All of the available betting lines […]
FTN Staff
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Football 2023: Training Camp Roundup (9/1)
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 […]
Sam Choudhury
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Football Training Camp Battles Revisited (QB/RB)
The NFL season is nearly here, with teams finalizing their 53-man rosters and solidifying their depth charts. In this article, we are going to revisit the pre-training camp positional battles, today looking at quarterbacks and running backs. Quarterbacks Arizona Cardinals Winner: Joshua Dobbs The Cardinals placed Kyler Murray on the injured reserve list and […]
Sam Choudhury
NFL
Fantasy
Meaney’s Targets: 4 to Draft in Fantasy Football 2023 (8/31)
Welcome to the seventh and final edition of the series “Meaney’s Targets” here at FTN Fantasy. The goal of these articles was to highlight my favorite targets in fantasy football drafts. We’ve now in the final rounds of fantasy football drafts. Below you’ll see the first six parts of this series with three targets […]
Chris Meaney
NFL
DVOA
DVOA Downloads
2024 DVOA Downloads Historical DVOA Archive Here’s what you will find in these workbooks: ALL BASIC DVOA STATS 1981-2023 Total DVOA with past schedule, variance, estimated wins, and Pythagorean wins. Offensive DVOA with run/pass splits. (Remember, scrambles are passes for the purposes of team DVOA!) Defensive DVOA with run/pass splits. Special Teams DVOA with values […]
Aaron Schatz
NFL
DVOA
The Many Degrees of 2023 Fantasy Football Sleepers
It’s that time of year again. Training camps have officially wrapped. 53-man rosters are (mostly) set. Now is the perfect time to draft your fantasy teams. The knowns are known, there are no more surprise preseason injuries to be had, and most starters can be sussed out by this point. All the information is available […]
Cale Clinton
NFL
Fantasy
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 […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
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 […]
Michael Dolan
NFL
Fantasy
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 […]
Vlad Sedler
NFL
Fantasy
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 […]
Adam Pfeifer
NFL
Fantasy
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 […]
Scott Spratt
NFL
Bets
2023 NFL Team Betting Preview: New York Jets
With the start of the 2023 NFL and fantasy football season around the corner, I will be going team by team recapping notable moves in the offseason, projecting their outlook for the upcoming league year. I’ll be using the FTN Prop Shop Tool to pick out my favorite bets with the best line available, today covering […]
FTN Staff
NFL
DVOA
Diamonds (and Saints) in the Rough
The New Orleans Saints have a deep arsenal of weapons on offense, but only one football to go around. Although that’s a good thing for a team looking to return to the playoffs, it’s a headache for fantasy managers everywhere. Let’s try to sort out where some of those players fit in the fantasy pecking […]
Vincent Verhei
NFL
DFS
NFL DFS Showdown Strategy 2023: General Rules to Building Optimal Lineups
This article is a breakdown of the rules I generally use in the FTN Optimizer to MME (mass-multi enter) on DraftKings and FanDuel NFL showdown slates. I use the term “generally” because this is a starting point at a top-down look at how I start to approach each slate. When analyzing salaries and team scheme […]
David Jones
NFL
Bets
Favorite NFL Week 1 Spread Pick
The return of the NFL’s regular season offers our first chance to water on NFL sides and totals. For those that are new to sports betting, a standard point-spread wager provides odds at -110, which means you need to wager $110 to gain a $100 profit on your bet. Over the course of the season, […]
FTN Staff
NFL
Fantasy
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 […]
Adam Pfeifer