College Football Props of the Week: Week 4
Walter Waddell
NFL Articles
NFL
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Best Ball 2022: The Art of the Stack in Fantasy Football
Stacking — pairing your QB with one or more of his skill position players — is imperative in best ball drafts, both 12-person and tournaments. If you’re on the fence about stacking, or are curious to explore how stacking actually affects win rates in big money best ball tournaments, you found the right article. […]
Josh Larky
NFL
Fantasy
The Candidates to Be the Overall QB1 in 2022
Rostering the highest-scoring player at a position feels a lot like having a superpower in fantasy leagues. You just know that player is going to deliver for your fantasy squad every week. And owning the overall QB1 is often as good as it gets, as QBs typically score more points than any other position in […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
2022 Fantasy Football Breakout Candidates
One of the key player types to look out for in fantasy football drafts is the breakout. If you can get an ascending talent before his value spikes, you can get a prime return on your draft investment. Whether the breakout year comes from a veteran who finally finds the right situation or a […]
Adam Pfeifer
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Every Team’s Week 1 Starting QB, Last 8 Years
Today’s quiz if a big one: Can you name every team’s Week 1 starting quarterback over the last eight years? Obviously, the starting quarterback is the most important position, so getting every name on this list should be easy, right? In some cases, yes! Five teams have had the same Week 1 start in every […]
Daniel Kelley
NFL
Fantasy
2022 NFL Mock Draft: Fantasy Reaction to the Picks
FTN’s very own Jeff Ratcliffe dropped his first-round 2022 NFL mock draft Monday. Obviously, who goes where throughout the entire draft goes a long way to shaping the league, but today we’re here to focus on the fantasy football side of things. Using Jeff’s mock, we can start to imagine what some of these players’ […]
Jeremy Popielarz
NFL
Fantasy
Jeff Ratcliffe’s 2022 NFL Mock Draft 1.0
With just over two weeks until the 2022 NFL Draft, it’s time to unveil my first mock draft of the year. As you read through the picks, keep in mind that my focus isn’t to get each pick correct. Rather, I treated this like an academic exercise where I aim to address team needs […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Best Fantasy Seasons By Age
Aging curves are crazy in football these days. The best season ever for a 21-year-old came in 2017; the best season ever for a 44-year-old came in 2021. Players of all types are succeeding younger than ever these days, and players – well, one specific player, who you will definitely guess – is totally breaking […]
Daniel Kelley
NFL
Fantasy
ADP Roundup for 2022 Fantasy Football
While we are still only in April, and the NFL Draft hasn’t even happened yet, that doesn’t mean fantasy drafts aren’t in full swing. Plenty of best ball teams are being drafted, and while it may seem far too early, who cares? Fantasy drafts are fun, and because it is so early, there are […]
Adam Pfeifer
NFL
Fantasy
Dynasty 101: How to Build Your Roster
One of the hardest things to do in dynasty fantasy football is to construct the “perfect roster.” Of course, perfect may not exist, but there are a few guidelines that are good to follow. One of the best parts of dynasty fantasy football is that you can mold your roster how every you wish, building […]
Jeremy Popielarz
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Every Active Player with a No. 1 Fantasy Finish
Famously, over the last 19 years, there have been 19 different players finish as the RB1 in PPR leagues. But it’s worth noting that repeating as the top scorer at any position is a tough game. We had the same QB1 in 2020-2021, the first time a player has gone back-to-back since Daunte Culpepper in […]
Daniel Kelley
NFL
Fantasy
Dynasty 101: How to Get Started in Dynasty Fantasy Football
Are you tired of waiting for the next football season to begin? Do you wish that fantasy football never had to end? Well, you’re in luck. I’d like to introduce you to dynasty fantasy football — a fantasy format that is active all year-round, with no offseason. Played it before? Or new and not sure […]
Sam Choudhury
NFL
Fantasy
Best Ball 101: Breaking Down the Strategy and Approach
“I hate fantasy drafts.” — Said no one ever. Best ball is the fastest growing format in fantasy football, because 100% of your time is spent drafting. If you’re brand new to best ball, you’ll find the next two sections helpful. If you already have experience with best ball on Underdog Fantasy, scroll down to […]
Josh Larky
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Most Career Touchdowns, Active Players
Yardage is a big deal, but nothing matters more for fantasy football than touchdowns. So today’s Quiz of the Day wonders how many of the top touchdown scorers among active players you can name. We have the top 25 active touchdown scorers – rushing scores and receiving combined – in today’s quiz, and your only […]
Daniel Kelley
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Most PPR Points By Decade
Leading your position in fantasy scoring in a season makes you good. Leading it for an entire decade makes you a legend. Today, we’re going all the way back to 1980 and asking for the top fantasy scorer for each decade by position. No, we aren’t doing 2020-2021 here. The most recent decade gets expanded, […]
Daniel Kelley
NFL
Fantasy
Best Ball Late-Round Targets: Wide Receiver/Tight End
It’s early April, the 2022 NFL Draft is still weeks away, but Best Ball season is still in full swing. If you like to draft early — and plenty of people do — odds are you like doing it so you can be early to the best values. (Be sure to check out Josh Larky’s […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Most Rushing Yards in 2021 (Non-QB/RB)
There were 166 players who rushed for at least 50 yards in the 2021 NFL season. Of those 166, 153 played either quarterback or running back. That leaves 13 players – all wide receivers – who hit the 50-yard mark from one of the not-traditionally-a-ball-carrier position. At the top we have some big names who […]
Daniel Kelley
NFL
Fantasy
Best Ball Late-Round Targets: Quarterback/Running Back
It’s early April, the 2022 NFL Draft is still weeks away, but best ball season is still in full swing around fantasy. If you like to draft early — and plenty of people do — odds are you like doing it so you can be early to the best values. (Be sure to check out […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Most PPR Points in NFL History
All we want in this game of ours is points. Obviously, the longer you play, the more you score, but still, today’s Quiz of the Day is simple: Who has given us the most points of all time? There are no surprise names on this list. It’s just a matter of remembering all 20. Can […]
Daniel Kelley
NFL
Fantasy
8 Best Ball Targets for Fantasy Football 2022
When participating in best ball drafts in April — nearly five months prior to the start of the NFL season — player ADP is wildly inefficient. That gives us an opportunity. Below, I’m breaking down eight players I’m heavily targeting in my 2022 drafts. More important than the players themselves though, is my process. I […]
Josh Larky
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Football Second-Year Breakouts for 2022
As the 2022 fantasy season begins to approach, much of our attention is on dynasty rookie drafts. But the fantasy community has a bad habit of only looking at what’s new. We agonized over our evaluations of last year’s rookie class, and now that there’s a new crop of rookies to analyze, we’ve moved on. […]
Jeremy Popielarz
NFL
Fantasy
The Perception/Production Gap in Fantasy Football: WR/TE
Generally speaking, we want to pretend we are purely objective in fantasy football, that we perform the cold calculations and make the best choices and toss fandom to the wind. There are obviously exceptions to that, but the general point is that if you can look back at your season and see that all of […]
Daniel Kelley
NFL
Fantasy
The Perception/Production Gap in Fantasy Football: QB/RB
Generally speaking, we want to pretend we are purely objective in fantasy football, that we perform the cold calculations and make the best choices and toss fandom to the wind. There are obviously exceptions to that, but the general point is that if you can look back at your season and see that all of […]
Daniel Kelley
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Most Games with 10+ Targets Since 2000
Getting 10 targets in a game once shows a player has some fantasy upside. Doing it over and over makes a player a star. In NFL history, 35 players have at least 50 10-target games. (The best is Larry Fitzgerald, who somehow has 22 more than anyone else. Only three players are within 30 of […]
Daniel Kelley
NFL
Fantasy
How to Value Dynasty Fantasy Football’s Biggest Enigmas
March Madness rolls on, and I’m not talking about basketball. This year, it’s a football term too. In what many are calling the “craziest offseason ever,” big-time players are making big-time moves altering the shape of the NFL. and fantasy landscape. With every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Understanding the fantasy implications […]
Sam Choudhury
NFL
Fantasy
Bust TE Candidates for 2022 Fantasy Football
After taking an early look at some potential 2022 sleepers at the tight end position, we now shift our attention to some bust candidates. Because the tight end position can be so tough, finding busts isn’t easy because essentially anyone playing snaps and running routes will be on the fantasy radar at the tight end […]
Adam Pfeifer
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Every Game of 250+ Receiving Yards
Wednesday’s quiz, on every game with 250 or more rushing yards in NFL history, featured only 14 entries, and most of them (though not all) were stars and fairly famous. Today’s, on every game with 250 or more receiving yards in NFL history, features 25 entries, and it’s only that short because I limited this […]
Daniel Kelley
NFL
Fantasy
Sleeper TE Candidates for 2022 Fantasy Football
“The tight end position is deeper than ever.” We tend to say this every year in fantasy football, and then without fails, we end up with six or seven reliable tight ends by the end of the year. And yet, here I am, viewing the position as suddenly deep as we enter the 2022 campaign. […]
Adam Pfeifer
NFL
Fantasy
Shower Narrative: Ranking the Best College-to-Pro Teammate Duos for Fantasy Football
The ancient Greeks had a saying: “Those that bathe together bask in the glory of victory together.” It’s the oldest recorded version of what is today known as the “Shower Narrative” — which suggests that QB-WR (or QB-TE) duos who played together in college will have more success in the NFL as a result of […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
2022 NFL Draft: Landing Spot Considerations for Some Key Rookies
As the NFL Draft draws near, rookie fever is starting to set in for fantasy football managers, and the dynasty community has begun to sink its teeth into the 2022 class. There are many talented players entering the draft this year where landing spot only matters as far as workload, where they’ll be good anywhere. […]
Jeremy Popielarz
NFL
Fantasy
Bust WR Candidates for 2022 Fantasy Football
Outside of QBs, wideouts are usually the most predictable in fantasy football from year-to-year. Volume drives everything, and targets are fairly predictable and stable. All the other fantasy-relevant stats follow suit. That’s why it hurts double when a WR flops. (I still have nightmares from drafting Allen Robinson in Round 3 last year.) Let’s take […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Every Season with 40+ Passing Touchdowns
After a tough run of quizzes lately, today we’re tossing up a relative softball: Can you name every quarterback who has a season with 40-plus passing touchdowns? There have been 18 such seasons in NFL history, but only 10 quarterbacks have done it, and there are no real interlopers on the list, so this shouldn’t […]
Daniel Kelley
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Football Mock Drafts: A 12-Team PPR Before the Draft
Adam Pfeifer