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NFL Fantasy
2022 Dynasty Rookie Rankings for Fantasy Football
The 2022 NFL season is right around the corner, so it’s time to polish up my 2022 fantasy football rookie rankings. Below you’ll find my top-50 rookie rankings post-draft. These rankings are for 1QB leagues, but I did also include their overall ranking for superflex/2QB in parentheses.    If you’d like a more detailed look […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Jeff Ratcliffe’s 2022 Dynasty Rankings for Fantasy Football
Dynasty fantasy football rankings are a key tool in your arsenal whether you’re getting ready for a dynasty startup draft or want to fine-tune your roster. Below you’ll find my top-100 dynasty fantasy football rankings for 1QB leagues. We also included the player’s overall ranking for superflex in parenthesis.   Want to go deeper than […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football 2022: Bold Predictions for Every Tier
Not all fantasy football bold predictions are made equal. It would be a little bold to predict that, say, Najee Harris will be the top-scoring fantasy player in 2022. It would be a lot bold to say Benny Snell will. You have to decide how bold you want to be.   So I offer bold […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
2022 Late-Round Breakout Wide Receiver Candidates
Underdog Fantasy has launched the largest best ball tournament in history, featuring 451,200 entries and $10 million in total prizes. 30% of the prize pool will be split among three entries, including $2 million to first, $1 million to second, and $1 million to the highest-scoring team in the regular season (Weeks 1-14). Drafts consist […]
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Sam Choudhury
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NFL Fantasy
The Biggest Gaps Between Real-Life and Fantasy Football Value
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?  Our favorite things about fantasy football – drafting a team, bidding on the waiver wire, negotiating trades and making start-sit decisions every week for four months – have certainly helped grow the NFL.     Sometimes, though, real football and fantasy football diverge and the fantasy […]
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Nick Makowitz
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Secondhand Sleepers for 2022: RB
Receivers are the easier secondhand sleeper bets in fantasy football. They need accurate passes to make their catches, produce their yards, and score their touchdowns. But running backs rely on their quarterback efficiency in subtler ways. Better passers create more opportunities for carries with more first-down conversions and more leads that incentivize second-half carries to […]
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Scott Spratt
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NFL DFS
DFS Picks and Plays for NFL Preseason Week 2 (Jets vs. Falcons)
We close Week 2 of the preseason tonight with a showdown slate between the Atlanta Falcons and the New York ‘Football’ Jets. Finding leverage in NFL showdowns tends to be relatively easy, as we basically know where the ownership will be. However, having that leverage pan out into actual production is far from easy. There […]
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Walter Waddell
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NFL Fantasy
2022 Fantasy Coaching & Coordinator Breakdown: Los Angeles Rams
The 2021 Super Bowl champions are up next.    We just watched the Los Angeles Rams win the championship last season, as they continue to assemble one of the most loaded rosters in all of football. This year will be Sean McVay’s sixth season with the Rams, as he continues to add different elements to […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Bets
MagicSportsGuide: NFC South Preview
With the start of the 2022 NFL and fantasy football season fast approaching, our own Kevin Adams is going division by division to preview every team in the league from a DFS and betting perspective. Strategy, pace, personnel and more — he’s hitting the season from every angle to help you get ready to put […]
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Kevin Adams
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NFL DFS
MagicSportsGuide: NFC South Preview
With the start of the 2022 NFL and fantasy football season fast approaching, our own Kevin Adams is going division by division to preview every team in the league from a DFS and betting perspective. Strategy, pace, personnel and more — he’s hitting the season from every angle to help you get ready to put […]
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Kevin Adams
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NFL Fantasy
The All-Fun Fantasy Football Draft
Let me start off by saying – and I cannot stress this enough – this article is by no means intended to outline an optimal draft strategy. Instead, this piece is a reminder that at the end of the day, fantasy football should be fun.    Sometimes for the sake of fun, it’s acceptable (though […]
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Michael Dolan
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NFL Fantasy
5 Things We Learned in NFL Preseason Week 2
We are now two weeks into the NFL preseason. Aside from tonight’s game (Jets vs. Falcons), we have quite a few headlines to decipher. Of course, no NFL preseason is complete if we didn’t have the overreaction hype – this year is right on par.    Taking note of these storylines, we have outlined a […]
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Jeremy Popielarz
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Secondhand Sleepers for 2022: WR/TE
In camps and in the preseason, everyone in fantasy football is excited by the new. Romeo Doubs and Isiah Pacheco could become the replacements the Packers and Chiefs need for Davante Adams and Darrel Williams (or maybe still Kareem Hunt). But the increased attention has pushed Doubs and Pacheco up draft boards and robbed fantasy […]
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Scott Spratt
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NFL DFS
DFS Picks and Plays for NFL Preseason Week 2 (Sunday)
The NFL preseason has been a bumpy ride, but figuring out the DFS puzzle that are snap counts, and playing time can be a great way to flood your system with endorphins when you get it right. Prioritizing raw points along with tracking player news remains the key to success in preseason. Make sure you’re […]
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Walter Waddell
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NFL Fantasy
Pope’s Pick 6: Dynasty Wide Receivers to Target in Fantasy Football
Welcome to Pope’s Pick 6. Twice a week, I’ll be bringing you a quick look at my fantasy football thoughts in quick-hit form. Today: Wide receivers to target before the season in dynasty leagues.   When it comes to dynasty fantasy football, wide receiver depth is a big deal. Having a few potential breakouts can […]
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Jeremy Popielarz
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NFL Fantasy
TwoGun’s Guide to 2022 Best Ball
I’m a DFS guy first and foremost, so maybe I’m not a top-of-the-heap best ball expert, but I do know building fantasy rosters. DFS isn’t best ball (unless of course I win the million this year, in which case this intro will look very different next year). Still, knowing what to look for is a […]
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Michael Cohen
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NFL DFS
DFS Picks and Plays for NFL Preseason Week 2 (Saturday Main Slate)
There are a plethora of NFL preseason games today, and after breaking down the early set of games, we are back to talk about the main slate.The biggest edge continues to be scouring social media for news, so make sure you’re staying active in the Discord.   In this breakdown, I will list my favorite plays […]
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Walter Waddell
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NFL Fantasy
2022 Fantasy Coaching & Coordinator Breakdown: Green Bay Packers
The 2021 season felt all too familiar for Green Bay fans. An elite regular season that ultimately ended with a crushing playoff defeat.    After an eventful offseason, there have been quite a few changes in Green Bay entering the 2022 season.  Sign up for an FTN subscription today. Green Bay Packers Head Coach: Matt […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
2022 Satellite Running Backs to Target in Best Ball
Underdog Fantasy has launched the largest best ball tournament in history, featuring 451,200 entries and $10 million in total prizes. A total of 30% of the prize pool will be split among three entries, including $2 million to first, $1 million to second and $1 million to the highest-scoring team in the regular season (Weeks […]
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Sam Choudhury
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NFL Fantasy
Pope’s Pick 6: Dynasty Running Backs to Target in Fantasy Football
Welcome to Pope’s Pick 6. Twice a week, I’ll be bringing you a quick look at my fantasy football thoughts in quick-hit form. Today: Running backs to target now in dynasty leagues. When it comes to dynasty fantasy football, it is always important to have plenty of depth, especially at the running back position. Even […]
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Jeremy Popielarz
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NFL DFS
DFS Picks and Plays for NFL Preseason Week 2 (Saturday Early Slate)
We had an up-and-down preseason slate yesterday with the Jordan Love/Romeo Doubs connection netting us another touchdown, and our run of slate-melting DSTs continued with the New England Patriots defense putting up a tremendous 26 fps. Unfortunately, we whiffed on Dameon Pierce after the team’s other starting running backs played so horrifically that the team […]
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Walter Waddell
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NFL DFS
CFL DFS Plays for Week 11
We have a fairly condensed CFL DFS slate this week with all four games being on two days as opposed to three or four. This keeps the casual player engaged a bit more so we may have some variety in our opponents on this slate. It is Week 11 already, but with the extended schedule […]
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Walter Waddell
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NFL DFS
DFS Picks and Plays for NFL Preseason Week 2 (Friday)
We had a relatively successful preseason DFS slate Thursday as DeeJay Dallas got some major PPR production right before halftime that pushed us over the edge. A second-half touchdown by Darrynton Evans was also a shot of endorphin. With a three-game slate on tap Friday, we have plenty of opportunities to boost the bank roll […]
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Walter Waddell
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football 2022: Training Camp Roundup (8/19)
It can be hard to prep for fantasy football during training camp and the preseason. Things happen every day that might be a huge deal for fantasy … or might be no deal at all. Sometimes we can figure it out, but sometimes it’s just a matter of paying attention to what happens to know […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Crossroads: Travis Etienne vs. Breece Hall
For all intents and purposes, we will be talking about two rookie running backs today in Breece Hall and Travis Etienne. Obviously Etienne isn’t technically a rookie, but since he missed all of 2021, the same basic evaluation applies. Both players are in middling offenses that have a second running back slated to see meaningful […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Draft This, Not That — Fantasy Football Draft Pivots
Nailing a fantasy football draft is about more than just finding good players. It’s about finding good value.    Every year, certain players are grossly undervalued by fantasy managers because there’s another, flashier option at their same position that garners all the headlines. It could be a No. 2 wide receiver being drafted later than […]
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Michael Dolan
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NFL Fantasy
Every AFC Team’s Most Overrated Fantasy Football Player in 2022
There’s no better feeling than knowing a fantasy player will bomb and successfully avoiding them on draft day. To help you avoid these mines, we’re going over every team’s Most Overrated Fantasy Player. We did the NFC Thursday, and we’re running through the AFC today.   (Check out the most underrated fantasy football players from […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Every NFC Team’s Most Overrated Fantasy Football Player in 2022
There’s no better feeling than knowing a fantasy player will bomb and successfully avoiding them on draft day. To help you avoid these mines, we’re going over every team’s Most Overrated Fantasy Player.   (Check out the most underrated fantasy football players from the AFC and NFC!) Want more draft day prep? Check out our 2022 cheat sheets […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Bets
MagicSportsGuide: Previewing the NFC East for 2022
With the start of the 2022 NFL and fantasy football season fast approaching, our own Kevin Adams is going division by division to preview every team in the league from a DFS and betting perspective. Strategy, pace, personnel and more — he’s hitting the season from every angle to help you get ready to put […]
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Kevin Adams
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NFL DFS
MagicSportsGuide: Previewing the NFC East for 2022
With the start of the 2022 NFL and fantasy football season fast approaching, our own Kevin Adams is going division by division to preview every team in the league from a DFS and betting perspective. Strategy, pace, personnel and more — he’s hitting the season from every angle to help you get ready to put […]
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Kevin Adams
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NFL DFS
DFS Picks and Plays for NFL Preseason Week 2 (Thursday)
Another week of the NFL preseason DFS grind is upon us, and we are kicking things off with a matchup that pits the Bears against the Seahawks. It’s important to understand that preseason showdowns tend to have a lot of overlap because there are a few obvious spots that are going to get more raw […]
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Walter Waddell
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NFL Fantasy
NFL Running Back Rankings 2022
These are my top 15 running backs of 2022. This list takes into consideration the value of each back on every down. First and second downs include more of the stronger base package runners and guys who excel as primary rushers. Third-down value comes more from subpackage receiving backs and value in that aspect of […]
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Bryon Cook