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2022 Fantasy Coaching & Coordinator Breakdown: Carolina Panthers
The Carolina Panthers had one of the hottest starts in football in 2021, winning their first three games. However, things fell apart the rest of the way. But with a roster that certainly isn’t lacking talent, what will the Panthers look like in 2022? Will a new offensive coordinator help get the offense out of […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Pope’s Pick 6: Wide Receivers to Target in Fantasy in 2022
This week in “Pope’s Pick Six,” we are turning our attention to wide receivers. Although there’s a lot of depth at the wide receiver position in fantasy football, it’s still important to hit on your early picks.    Missing on a player is not a league-losing move, but it definitely can make your season that […]
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Jeremy Popielarz
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NFL Fantasy
2022 Best Ball Targets: Rounds 1-6
Three months ago, Underdog Fantasy 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). […]
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Sam Choudhury
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NFL Fantasy
Pope’s Pick 6: Wide Receivers to Avoid in Fantasy in 2022
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 avoid in fantasy in 2022.   This week, we are turning our attention to wide receivers. Although there is a lot of depth at the position when it […]
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Jeremy Popielarz
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Crossroads: George Kittle vs. Darren Waller
George Kittle and Darren Waller are being drafted incredibly close to one another in fantasy football drafts. However, there are a lot of differences between both players’ situations this season, which makes it an interesting debate as to which tight end is the better bet for your fantasy roster.   Let’s break down the two […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Sleepers, Busts and Bets: The 2022 Pittsburgh Steelers
Dan Fornek and Jeremy Popielarz continue with the 2022 Sleepers, Busts and Bets series to preview all 32 NFL teams for the upcoming year. Next up: The Pittsburgh Steelers.   Dan and Jeremy will list their picks with confidence in “The Answers,” Then expand upon their picks with more details reason in “The Explanation.” Follow […]
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Dan Fornek
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NFL Fantasy
2022 Fantasy Coaching & Coordinator Breakdown: Minnesota Vikings
With NFL teams adding new coaches and coordinators every offseason, it is important to understand that a team’s scheme and approach can change on a year-to-year basis. Paying attention to potential role changes can add just another element to your fantasy football preparation and is also a good way to get a general idea of […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
AFC East Division Winners: Can Anyone Challenge the Bills’ Supremacy?
Thanks to one of the most eventful NFL offseasons of all time, the bridge between last year’s Super Bowl and next year’s opening kickoff has felt a little shorter than usual. Still, to fans, summer’s arrival means our desire to consume all things football grows to nearly uncontainable levels. Talk shows, podcasts and Twitter timelines […]
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Nick Makowitz
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NFL DFS
CFL DFS Plays for Week 4
It was another solid DFS slate in the CFL last week after the BC Lions offense carried us once again. That group is looking like the real deal, and the Nathan Rourke show has only just begun. There are some solid matchups we can exploit here in Week 4, and there is also a bit […]
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Walter Waddell
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NFL Fantasy
The Fantasy Optimist: What Are the Highest Ceilings Among the Second Tier of Fantasy TEs?
Fantasy football championships aren’t won in the early rounds of drafts. Anyone can draft a stud with their first or second round picks, but finding consistent production as the draft goes on is a much more daunting task. Typically, the person who wins your league is the one who found a gem (or a few) […]
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Michael Dolan
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NFL Fantasy
NFC West Division Winners: Are the Rams Bound to Repeat?
Thanks to one of the most eventful NFL offseasons of all time, the bridge between last year’s Super Bowl and next year’s opening kickoff has felt a little shorter than usual. Still, to fans, summer’s arrival means our desire to consume all things football grows to nearly uncontainable levels. Talk shows, podcasts and Twitter timelines […]
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Nick Makowitz
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NFL Fantasy
NFL Splits Tool: As Cordarrelle Patterson Went, So Went the Falcons
With not much left in the way of big offseason events that will change teams’ futures, our eyes can truly turn toward the season to come, preparing for fantasy football drafts and looking forward to what we need to know for success in 2022. With that in mind, all summer long, I’ll be using our FTN […]
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Sam Choudhury
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NFL Fantasy
2022 Fantasy Coaching & Coordinator Breakdown: Chicago Bears
With NFL teams adding new coaches and coordinators every offseason, it is important to understand that a team’s scheme and approach can change on a year-to-year basis. Paying attention to potential role changes can add just another element to your fantasy football preparation and is also a good way to get a general idea of […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Draft Strategy: ADP Rumblings (6/29)
This week’s edition of the ADP rumbling will focus on looking at the ADPs of some of the NFL players in the news over the course of the last two weeks. We are getting extremely close to July and NFL training camps, which means it is time to start paying attention to ADP data to […]
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Dan Fornek
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NFL Fantasy
2022 Fantasy Football Draft Strategy: The Most Consistent/Volatile Tight Ends
We’re continuing our series with a look at the most and least consistent players in fantasy football last year. We’ve already reviewed WRs (most consistent here, most volatile here), RBs (most consistent here, most volatile here), and QBs (check that out here). Today, we’re taking a look at the least and most consistent TEs from […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Sleepers, Busts and Bets: The 2022 Philadelphia Eagles
Jeremy Popielarz and Daniel Kelley continue with the 2022 Sleepers, Busts and Bets series to preview all 32 NFL teams for the upcoming year. Next up: The New Orleans Saints.   Daniel and Jeremy will list their picks with confidence in “The Answers,” Then expand upon their picks with more details reason in “The Explanation.” […]
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Jeremy Popielarz
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NFL Fantasy
The Fantasy Optimist: What Are the Highest Ceilings Among the Second Tier of Fantasy WRs?
Fantasy football championships aren’t won in the early rounds of drafts. Anyone can draft a stud with their first- or second-round picks, but finding consistent production as the draft goes on is a much more daunting task. Typically, the person who wins your league is the one who found a gem (or a few) in […]
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Michael Dolan
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NFL Fantasy
2022 Fantasy Football Draft Strategy: The Most Consistent/Volatile Quarterbacks
We’re continuing our series with a look at the most and least consistent players in fantasy football last year. We’ve already reviewed WRs (most consistent here, most volatile here) and RBs (most consistent here, most volatile here). Today, we’re taking a look at the least and most consistent QBs from last year.  Continuing with the […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
NFC South Division Winners: Can Anyone Challenge Tom Brady and the Bucs?
Thanks to one of the most eventful NFL offseasons of all time, the bridge between last year’s Super Bowl and next year’s opening kickoff has felt a little shorter than usual. Still, to fans, summer’s arrival means our desire to consume all things football grows to nearly uncontainable levels. Talk shows, podcasts and Twitter timelines […]
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Nick Makowitz
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NFL Fantasy
2022 Fantasy Football Draft Strategy: The Top WR Handcuffs
A lot of attention is given in fantasy circles to the idea of handcuffing running backs. That means securing the backup of clear lead backs during fantasy drafts (think Dalvin Cook in the first round and Alexander Mattison in the eighth round to secure the Vikings’ backfield). While this strategy can be extremely effective, there […]
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Dan Fornek
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NFL Fantasy
2022 Fantasy Football Coaches and Coordinators Rankings
Every season, we find examples of NFL coaching staffs either holding a team back or helping them ascend, which directly impacts things in the fantasy football world. Understanding coaching staffs, schemes and tendencies is just one of the many different aspects of fantasy football, so it seems like a logical idea to rank the top […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Sleepers, Busts and Bets: The 2022 New Orleans Saints
Daniel Kelley and Jeremy Popielarz continue with the 2022 Sleepers, Busts and Bets series to preview all 32 NFL teams for the upcoming year. Next up: The New Orleans Saints.   Daniel and Jeremy will list their picks with confidence in “The Answers,” Then expand upon their picks with more details reason in “The Explanation.” […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Welcome to the FTN Fantasy Football Gameplan
Ask most any fantasy football player, and they’ll tell you that their favorite part of the season is draft day. And of course, the most successful draft days are the best ones — come in unprepared and lost, and you’re more likely going to feel like you have to take the SAT with no pants […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Fantasy
Pope’s Pick 6: Running Backs to Target in Fantasy in 2022
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 in fantasy in 2022.   Running back is one of the hardest positions to predict in fantasy football between injury and aging and a change in general […]
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Jeremy Popielarz
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NFL Fantasy
Pope’s Pick 6: Running Backs to Avoid in Fantasy in 2022
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 avoid in fantasy in 2022.   Running back is one of the hardest positions to predict in fantasy football between injury and aging and a change in general […]
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Jeremy Popielarz
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NFL DFS
USFL DFS plays for the First Round of the Playoffs
The USFL has successfully made it through a full regular season and will be crowning an inaugural champion shortly. The playoffs start Saturday, and it will be interesting to see how the ratings shake out and if this league will survive for Year 2. They will be challenged by the XFL relatively soon, which is […]
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Walter Waddell
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NFL Fantasy
Sleepers, Busts and Bets: The 2022 Los Angeles Chargers
Dan Fornek and Jeremy Popielarz continue with the 2022 Sleepers, Busts and Bets series to preview all 32 NFL teams for the upcoming year. Next up: The Los Angeles Chargers.   Dan and Jeremy will list their picks with confidence in “The Answers,” Then expand upon their picks with more details reason in “The Explanation.” […]
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Dan Fornek
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Crossroads: Derek Carr vs. Kirk Cousins
We continue our fantasy football crossroads series with a look at two of the most underrated signal callers in the NFL in Derek Carr and Kirk Cousins. From a fantasy perspective, both players have hovered around the QB2 range but can either launch into the top-10 this season?   Let’s take a look at who […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
NFC North Division Winners: Are Aaron Rodgers and the Packers Vulnerable?
Thanks to one of the most eventful NFL offseasons of all time, the bridge between last year’s Super Bowl and next year’s opening kickoff has felt a little shorter than usual. Still, to fans, summer’s arrival means our desire to consume all things football grows to nearly uncontainable levels. Talk shows, podcasts and Twitter timelines […]
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Nick Makowitz
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NFL DFS
CFL DFS Plays for Week 3
Week 2 of CFL DFS was profitable thanks to a low-rostered Tim White melting the slate with 33 fantasy points. We also got solid production from other highlighted plays such as Jamal Morrow and Shaq Evans. This brings up an excellent talking point when it comes to strategy. White had an awful Week 1, and […]
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Walter Waddell
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football 2022: Teammate RBs Who Could Both Be Fantasy Starters
Over the past few years, we have seen a huge shift in the NFL at the running back position, as many teams are leaning toward the committee method instead of the traditional “bell cow” role. With this shift in philosophy, we have also begun to see more running backs becoming fantasy viable.   Just last […]
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Jeremy Popielarz
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NFL Fantasy
The Fantasy Optimist: What Are the Highest Ceilings Among the Second Tier of Fantasy RBs?
Fantasy football championships aren’t won in the early rounds of drafts. Anyone can draft a stud with their first or second round picks, but finding consistent production as the draft goes on is a much more daunting task. Typically, the person who wins your league is the one who found a gem (or a few) […]
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Michael Dolan