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Meaney’s Targets: 3 to Draft in Fantasy Football 2023 (7/13)
Welcome to “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 two or three players I’ve been drafting in most of my leagues and my reasoning behind it. Since we’re still two months away from the start […]
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Chris Meaney
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NFL DFS
Early Look at Underused Week 1 NFL DFS Stacks and Players
We are officially less than two months from the start of the 2023 NFL season. As the entire football community continues to hammer away at best ball drafts, I’d also like to take an early look at Week 1.    This isn’t just about impatience and the excitement of NFL DFS being back in our […]
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Alex Blickle
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Training Camp Battles: Tight End
The NFL season is getting closer and closer, as we begin to approach the start of training camp. This is a critical point in the offseason with new information continuing to cycle throughout the next couple weeks. It’s important to differentiate news from noise during this period while paying attention to what teams are telling […]
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Sam Choudhury
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NFL Fantasy
2023 NFL Team Offseason Roundup: Baltimore Ravens
It’s time to look ahead to the 2023 NFL season! Follow along with all our fantasy football team offseason roundups here. It’s been a very busy NFL offseason, with free agent signings, coaching changes and several new players entering the league via the NFL Draft. As we prepare for the 2023 Fantasy Football season, it’s critical […]
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Mike Randle
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NFL Fantasy
Second-Year Scouting Report: Jahan Dotson
It’s now July, 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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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Bets
NFL Division Winners Odds: 2023 NFC South — New Orleans Saints are the Favorites
The 2023 NFL Division Winners Odds have been posted, and it’s time to take a look at the favorites and best bets.   NFL Division Winners Odds Guides for 2023 See all of our breakdowns here: AFC East — NFL Division Winners Odds 2023 AFC West — NFL Division Winners Odds 2023 AFC South — […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Fantasy
Pope’s Pick 6: Sleepers Devy Quarterbacks
Welcome to Pope’s Pick 6. Once a week until the start of the season I’ll be bringing you a quick look at my college/devy fantasy football thoughts in quick-hit form. This week, we address a few sleeper quarterbacks for 2023 who could emerge as potential top-tier assets.    KJ Jefferson, Arkansas  KJ Jefferson stands 6-foot-3, […]
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Jeremy Popielarz
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Training Camp Battles: Running Back
The NFL season is getting closer and closer, as we begin to approach the start of training camp. This is a critical point in the offseason with new information continuing to cycle throughout the next couple weeks. It’s important to differentiate news from noise during this period while paying attention to what teams are telling us based […]
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Sam Choudhury
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NFL Bets
2023 NFL Betting Futures: AFC East
The month of July officially signals the NFL season is coming fast. Training camp will start for rookies in just one week, with veterans reporting shortly after. The NFL Hall of Fame Game begins in just three weeks, which means it’s the perfect time to identify some fantastic season-long props.    The earlier we can […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Fantasy
2023 Fantasy Coaching & Coordinator Breakdown: Baltimore Ravens
(Welcome to the FTN Fantasy NFL Coaching & Coordinator Series. All summer, our Adam Pfeifer will be looking at every team’s coaching staff through a fantasy football lens, to see what means what and how a fantasy manager can capitalize on it. Today: The Baltimore Ravens.)   Baltimore Ravens Head Coach: John Harbaugh Ravens head […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Dynasty Stock Watch: Fantasy News to Monitor (July 12)
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.   This week I am […]
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Jeremy Popielarz
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NFL Fantasy
Sleepers, Busts and Bold Predictions: The 2023 New York Giants
Welcome to Sleepers, Busts and Bold Predictions for the 2023 fantasy football season. All summer, our analysts, two at a time, will preview all 32 NFL teams for the upcoming season. We’ll pick a pair of sleepers, a pair of busts and a pair of bold predictions. Sometimes they’ll be the same pick! Sometimes they […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Three You’re Too High On: Fantasy Draft Avoids
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.   I can’t […]
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Mike Randle
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NFL Fantasy
Top 10 Most Explosive WRs for Fantasy Football in 2022
Welcome to FTN’s series of the most explosive and consistent players in fantasy football from 2022 — and what it means for their 2023 outlook. Today’s piece will take a look at the 10 most explosive WRs from 2022. As you’ll learn from this series, explosiveness (or volatility) is a more desirable trait than consistency […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Training Camp Battles: Quarterback
The NFL season is getting closer as we begin to approach the start of training camp. This is a critical point in the offseason with new information continuing to cycle throughout the next couple weeks. It’s important to differentiate news from noise during this period while paying attention to what teams are telling us based […]
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Sam Choudhury
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NFL Fantasy
Second-Year Scouting Report: Desmond Ridder
We are now just 58 days away from the start of the 2023 NFL season. We are exactly 63 days away from the Thursday night kickoff matchup between the Detroit Lions and Kansas City Chiefs.   Best ball season is in full swing, and redraft leagues will begin shortly. As more and more fantasy managers […]
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Mike Randle
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NFL Bets
NFL Division Winners Odds: 2023 NFC North — Detroit Lions Are the Favorites
The 2023 NFL Division Winners Odds have been posted, and it’s time to take a look at the favorites and best bets.   NFL Division Winners Odds Guides for 2023 See all of our breakdowns here: AFC East — NFL Division Winners Odds 2023 AFC West — NFL Division Winners Odds 2023 AFC South — […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Fantasy
2023 NFL Team Offseason Roundup: Pittsburgh Steelers
It’s time to look ahead to the 2023 NFL season! Follow along with all our fantasy football team offseason roundups here. It’s been a very busy NFL offseason, with free agent signings, coaching change, and several new players entering the league via the NFL Draft. As we prepare for the 2023 fantasy football season, it’s critical […]
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Mike Randle
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NFL Fantasy
2023 NFL Team Offseason Roundup: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
It’s time to look ahead to the 2023 NFL season! Follow along with all our fantasy football team offseason roundups here. It’s been a very busy NFL offseason, with free agent signings, coaching change, and several new players entering the league via the NFL Draft. As we prepare for the 2023 fantasy football season, it’s critical […]
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Mike Randle
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NFL Fantasy
2023 Fantasy Football Running Back Strength of Schedule
Team win total bettors have leaned on projected schedule differences for decades now. But it can be difficult to sort out the schedule’s impact on fantasy football, especially for running backs with their different roles and uneven opportunities from week to week.   Fortunately, FTN’s new Expected Points Added model can help. EPA evaluates plays […]
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Scott Spratt
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NFL Bets
2023 NFL Betting Futures: NFC West
The month of July officially signals the NFL season is coming fast. Training camps will start for rookies in two weeks, with veterans reporting about one week after. The NFL Hall of Fame Game begins in just three weeks, which means it’s the perfect time to identify some fantastic season-long props.    The earlier we […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football 2023: Who is This Year’s Josh Jacobs?
Every year, a player emerges from under the radar to have a big fantasy season. And every following year, we as fantasy players look for that special unicorn who can propel us to victory in our leagues. The problem is it’s easier said than done. Trying to find the next Cooper Kupp was a fool’s errand […]
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Nelson Sousa
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NFL Bets
NFL Division Winners Odds: 2023 NFC East — Philadelphia Eagles are the Favorites
The 2023 NFL Division Winners Odds have been posted, and it’s time to take a look at the favorites and best bets.   NFL Division Winners Odds Guides for 2023 See all of our breakdowns here: AFC East — NFL Division Winners Odds 2023 AFC West — NFL Division Winners Odds 2023 AFC South — […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Fantasy
Sleepers, Busts and Bold Predictions: The 2023 Jacksonville Jaguars
Welcome to Sleepers, Busts and Bold Predictions for the 2023 fantasy football season. All summer, our analysts, two at a time, will preview all 32 NFL teams for the upcoming season. We’ll pick a pair of sleepers, a pair of busts and a pair of bold predictions. Sometimes they’ll be the same pick! Sometimes they […]
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Dan Fornek
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NFL Fantasy
Should you draft Tua Tagovailoa or Dak Prescott in 2023: Fantasy Crossroads
We shift our attention to the quarterback position as we continue our Fantasy Crossroads series.    Tua Tagovailoa and Dak Prescott both missed time last year, and while Tua was outstanding when on the field, Dak didn’t exactly have his best season. Both quarterbacks are being drafted as low-end QB1 options in fantasy this season, […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Mock Drafts: Drafting for 2023, Ignoring 2022
Last week, I wrote about some of the worst fantasy draft picks over the last decade. And at running back at least, the common bond was the fantasy football community overdrafting running backs who had only had a single breakout year and expecting that to continue.  I have not (yet?) done the same exercise for […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
2023 Scott Fish Bowl — SFB13 Rankings
The Scott Fish Bowl 13 — or #SFB13 on Twitter — has arrived! It’s a massive tournament, so ADP and rankings largely go out the window once drafts go live, but it’s never a bad idea to have general guidelines.  This is the largest, most popular redraft fantasy football contest in the world. Fantasy analysts […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
2023 Fantasy Coaching & Coordinator Breakdown: Cincinnati Bengals
(Welcome to the FTN Fantasy NFL Coaching & Coordinator Series. All summer, our Adam Pfeifer will be looking at every team’s coaching staff through a fantasy football lens, to see what means what and how a fantasy manager can capitalize on it. Today: The Cincinnati Bengals.) Follow along with the entire Coaches and Coordinators series […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Second-Year Scouting Report: Isiah Pacheco
It’s now July, 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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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Top 10 Most Consistent RBs for Fantasy Football in 2022
Welcome to FTN’s series of the most explosive and consistent players in fantasy football from 2022 — and what it means for their 2023 outlook. Today’s piece will take a look at the 10 most consistent RBs from 2022.   As you’ll learn from this series, explosiveness (or volatility) is a more desirable trait than […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL DFS
5 Underpriced Best Ball Running Backs on Underdog
Best ball drafts on Underdog are filling up at an unprecedented rate, yet we’re still two months from the start of the regular season. With training camps kicking off in less than two weeks, the average draft position market will be more volatile than ever with every fancy highlight catch on Twitter and “best shape […]
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Vlad Sedler
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NFL Fantasy
NFL Splits Tool: The Post-Russ Seahawks
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 the past. The […]
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Sam Choudhury