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Josh Gross
NFL Articles
NFL
Fantasy
2023 Handcuff Rankings: Fantasy Football Running Backs
Now that we have released our NFL backfield rankings (shout out to Scott Spratt for the excellent work), we can start diving into the different backfields in the NFL to determine which handcuffs to target with fantasy football seasons around the corner. The premise of this article is relatively simple: We are working to identify […]
Dan Fornek
NFL
DFS
What I’ve Learned in Best Ball
With 40 Best Ball Mania IV Drafts officially in the books, I have certainly learned a ton. The more repetition in drafts, the more you can narrow down the values in each round, and create a general plan for roster construction. Who should you target? Who should you avoid? What has been my preferred roster […]
Mike Randle
NFL
Fantasy
Should you draft Bijan Robinson or Jonathan Taylor 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 […]
Adam Pfeifer
NFL
Fantasy
Sleepers, Busts and Bold Predictions: The 2023 Las Vegas Raiders
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 […]
Nick Makowitz
NFL
DFS
TwoGun’s Best Ball Breakdown (May 27)
Best ball is really taking off this fantasy football season, and I’m making an attempt to do at least 400-500 total drafts by kickoff of the NFL regular season. I especially like the $555 DraftKings Milly Maker event, although it certainly can get costly if I try to get close to max entries in that […]
Michael Cohen
NFL
DFS
USFL DFS Plays for Week 7
The USFL season has been a wild ride thus far with plenty of ups and downs, but the DFS edge in niche sports has never been greater. The main thing is to stay focused on volume, target share and snaps. The best of course action in a high-variance league like this is to follow the […]
Walter Waddell
NFL
Fantasy
Potential Fantasy Landing Spots for DeAndre Hopkins
After an offseason of trade rumors that apparently went nowhere, the Arizona Cardinals gave up on the idea Friday, reportedly releasing veteran WR DeAndre Hopkins. The receiver, who turns 31 next month, immediately becomes a free agent. Hopkins has made five Pro Bowls, including his last three years in Houston in 2017-2019 and his first […]
Daniel Kelley
NFL
Fantasy
2023 Dynasty Rookie Rankings for Fantasy Football
Dynasty fantasy football rookie draft season is here, so it’s time to finalize our big board for 2023 dynasty rookie fantasy football rankings. With all the dust settled following the draft, we’ve seen a lot of movement in our fantasy football rookie rankings. We have the top 30 listed below, but if you want a […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
NFL
Fantasy
Sleepers, Busts and Bold Predictions: The 2023 Los Angeles Rams
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 […]
Michael Dolan
NFL
Fantasy
The Value of the Highest Fantasy Floors
A ceiling is nice in fantasy football. It’s fun to toss Lamar Jackson into your lineup every week and know there’s a chance he’s going to give you one of those electric 42-point outings like he offered in Week 2 last year against the Dolphins. But floors can be killer, like Week 7, when Jackson […]
Daniel Kelley
NFL
Bets
NFL MVP Odds: 2023 Odds for Patrick Mahomes and Joe Burrow
The 2023 NFL MVP Odds are open for betting. The top QBs in the league once again have the best odds, including Patrick Mahomes, Joe Burrow and Josh Allen. FTN Bets is here to guide you through the latest odds, picks, and how to think through your NFL MVP odds bets. Odds to Win […]
FTN Staff
NFL
DFS
Best Ball Breakdown: The Poodle
Best ball fever is in the air with tournaments opening and closing within a matter of days. Underdog Fantasy has been working around the clock by releasing new contests with cheaper buy-ins and fewer entries. “The Poodle” made its debut last week, featuring $150k in total prizes and $30k to first. It limited users […]
Sam Choudhury
NFL
Fantasy
Pope’s Pick 6: Top RBs in the 2024 Draft
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 football thoughts in quick-hit form. Today, we address the running back position and who you need to watch ahead of the 2024 NFL Draft. TreVeyon Henderson, Ohio State After exploding […]
Jeremy Popielarz
NFL
Fantasy
10 to Avoid in the First 5 Rounds of 2023 Fantasy Drafts
Whether you’re new to fantasy football or a seasoned vet, scanning the draft board can be intimidating. There’s so much research to do, so many things to know and so many players to choose from. And when we’re dealing with the early rounds, they’re good players. One way to navigate the draft board more […]
Nick Makowitz
NFL
Fantasy
Sleepers, Busts and Bold Predictions: The 2023 Denver Broncos
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 […]
Sam Choudhury
NFL
Fantasy
Dynasty Stock Watch: Fantasy News to Monitor (May 24)
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. Trade season is in […]
Jeremy Popielarz
NFL
Fantasy
The Candidates to Be the Overall RB1 in 2023
Welcome to our “No. 1 Overall” series for 2023, where we take a look at which players are most likely to finish as the top fantasy scorer at their position. Up today: RBs. This series is as simple as it sounds. We’re going to go through the RBs — in tiers — that have the […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
2023 Fantasy Football Draft Strategy: ADP Rumblings (5/21)
Training camp is just around the corner, which means that fantasy drafts will be starting up again soon (unless you’re a degenerate like me who has been drafting since mid-April). As more drafts startup, that means we can start analyzing average draft position trends to identify players who are going too high, too low, or […]
Dan Fornek
NFL
Fantasy
Should you draft Amon-Ra St. Brown or Garrett Wilson 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. In 2022, Amon-Ra St. Brown had a breakout sophomore […]
Adam Pfeifer
NFL
Fantasy
Sleepers, Busts and Bold Predictions: The 2023 Indianapolis Colts
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 […]
Jeremy Popielarz
NFL
Fantasy
NFL Splits Tool: How Did the WRs Who Changed Teams Last Year Fare?
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 […]
Sam Choudhury
NFL
Fantasy
The Perception/Production Gap in Fantasy Football 2023: WR/TE
We’re wrong in fantasy football far more often than we are right. The drafting community selected Christian McCaffrey first overall in 2020, but then he got hurt and finished as RB54. James Robinson was a fairly anonymous undrafted rookie the same year, going 58th among running backs, and he finished as RB7. For every […]
Daniel Kelley
NFL
Fantasy
Sleepers, Busts and Bold Predictions: The 2023 Arizona Cardinals
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 […]
Michael Dolan
NFL
DFS
USFL DFS Plays for Week 6
It was another profitable week of “Alt Football” last week thanks to a strong performance from Troy Williams. He continues to be one of the best DFS options at quarterback in the USFL, and we are going to keep rolling with him until he fails us or his price corrects, whichever comes first. I will […]
Walter Waddell
NFL
DFS
QB Two-Step: The Best Fantasy Quarterback Pairings of 2023
Spending early-round fantasy football draft capital on a quarterback is an “all or nothing” proposition. Given the depth of the position, there is a wealth of value in the later rounds. If you select a quarterback early in our drafts, it needs to translate to a big fantasy season. If it does, you gain a […]
Mike Randle
NFL
DFS
Best Ball Breakdown: Week 17 Game Stack Targets
Throughout the offseason, we have gone in-depth on the importance of stacking in best ball and its necessity for hitting a ceiling outcome. For a deeper dive, check out the “Stacks” section in the FTN Best Ball Guide, now included in all FTN Daily packages. To take down a large-field tournament such as Best Ball Mania IV, with 677,376 entrants, it is nearly impossible to find success […]
Sam Choudhury
NFL
Fantasy
Pope’s Pick 6: Top QBs in the 2024 Draft
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 football thoughts in quick-hit form. Today, in our first Pope’s Pick 6 of the summer, we address the quarterback position and who you need to watch ahead of the 2024 NFL […]
Jeremy Popielarz
NFL
Fantasy
The Perception/Production Gap in Fantasy Football 2023: QB/RB
We’re wrong in fantasy football far more often than we are right. The drafting community selected Christian McCaffrey first overall in 2020, but then he got hurt and finished as RB54. James Robinson was a fairly anonymous undrafted rookie the same year, going 58th among running backs, and he finished as RB7. For every […]
Daniel Kelley
NFL
Fantasy
Dynasty Stock Watch: Fantasy News to Monitor (May 17)
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. Every year, we see […]
Jeremy Popielarz
NFL
Fantasy
Sleepers, Busts and Bold Predictions: The 2023 Houston Texans
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 […]
Jeremy Popielarz
NFL
Fantasy
Keys to the 2023 Fantasy Football Season
The month of May always signals the start of fantasy football redraft season. Teams have now added rookies, signed free agents and started to provide a rough draft of their positional depth charts. It is truly a glorious time of year. As fantasy football players, it’s officially time for us to devise a play for […]
Mike Randle
NFL
Fantasy
The Candidates to Be the Overall QB1 in 2023
Welcome to our “No. 1 Overall” series for 2023, where we take a look at which players are most likely to finish as the top fantasy scorer at their position. Up today: QBs. This series is as simple as it sounds. We’re going to go through the QBs — in tiers — that have […]
Tyler Loechner