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Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Everyone Who Has Caught a Tom Brady TD Pass
Leonard Fournette re-upped with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tuesday after a brief flirtation with the Patriots. In his two years in Tampa, Fournette has scored 16 touchdowns, including two through the air, adding him to the amazing 90-name-deep list of players who have caught a touchdown pass from future Hall of Famer Tom Brady. Which […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
D.J. Chark’s arrival in Detroit cap’s Amon-Ra St. Brown’s Fantasy Upside
The Detroit Lions addressed a glaring need at wide receiver Tuesday, agreeing to a one-year, $10 million contract with D.J. Chark. That’s by no means a massive deal for Chark, especially given the $18 million annual contract Christian Kirk netted from Chark’s former team the Jacksonville Jaguars. But he will get a chance to prove […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
C.J. Uzomah Immediately Becomes Top Tight End in Jets Offense
All gas, no brakes. The Jets are going full-blast into 2022 and made a key addition on the offensive side of the ball Monday, signing TE C.J. Uzomah to a three-year, $24 million deal. While not quite the money we saw Hunter Henry and Jonnu Smith fetch in free agency last year, this contract positions […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Evan Engram Finds Good Fantasy Landing Spot in Jacksonville
The overhaul is in full swing in Jacksonville. After signing Christian Kirk to a hefty deal, the Jags will also be bringing in TE Evan Engram on a one-year, $9 million deal. Engram instantly vaults to the top of the Jacksonville pecking order at tight end and gives Trevor Lawrence a dynamic weapon at the […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Christian Kirk Figures to See Plenty of Work in Jacksonville
The next stop on Christian Kirk’s NFL journey is officially Jacksonville, as the veteran receiver agree to what NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport is calling a “large deal.” Kirk was expected to fetch north of $15 million per year, which would position him among the 20 highest-paid wide receivers in the league. (Follow along with all […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Mitchell Trubisky Has Low Fantasy Upside in Pittsburgh
The King is dead. Long live the King. With Ben Roethlisberger retired, the Steelers took a step to address the cavernous void he leaves on the depth chart by signing QB Mitchell Trubisky to a two-year deal. All sarcasm aside, Trubisky does figure to be the starter with Mason Rudolph and Dwayne Haskins also in […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
James Conner Gets the Job All to Himself in Arizona, Big Fantasy Potential
James Conner is staying put in Arizona after agreeing to a three-year, $21 million deal that includes a hefty $13.5 million in fully guaranteed money. This news comes on the heels of Chase Edmonds bouncing for Miami, which essentially locks Conner in as a three-down back for the Cardinals. (Follow along with all of the […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Chase Edmonds Has Decent Fantasy Potential in Miami
Former Arizona Cardinals RB Chase Edmonds will be taking his talents to South Beach with a reported two-year agreement in place with the Miami Dolphins. The deal is worth $12.6 million across the two seasons with $6.1 in guaranteed money.  As far as landing spots are concerned, this is one of the better destinations for […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Longest Active Streaks of 10+ PPR Points
When a player puts up at least 10 PPR points in a given game, he’s had a fine week. Not a world-beating week, but if you have him in your fantasy football lineup, it’s at least some degree of acceptable. A low bar. But when he does it over and over, and you learn you […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Vacated Opportunity: Which Teams Have the Biggest Holes to Fill in Free Agency?
The 2022 NFL free agency period arrives Monday, and it’s time for many players around the league to find new homes. For fantasy football, where a player lands drives the story. They could be a complete dud in one location but a fantasy revelation in another (think Odell Beckham on the Browns versus Odell Beckham […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
The Fantasy Options Most Helped by Their Division in 2021
The NFL schedule changes every season. But the constant is a team’s intradivisional games. If you’re the Colts, you might face the Chiefs one season and the Jets the next, but you know you’re playing two games each against the Jaguars, Titans and Texans. It’s a small piece of knowledge, but it’s one we can […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Amari Cooper Should Be a Target Monster in Cleveland
A very active week of trading in the NFL continued Saturday, with the Dallas Cowboys shipping veteran WR Amari Cooper to the Cleveland Browns in exchange for a fifth-round pick in April’s draft. The two teams also swapped places in the sixth round.  That’s a meager return for the Cowboys, but Dallas wasn’t in a […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Amari Cooper Traded to Cleveland, Fantasy Impact
After rumors that he would be released, WR Amari Cooper found himself instead traded Saturday, moving from the Dallas Cowboys to the Cleveland Browns, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The 27-year-old Cooper spent the last 3.5 seasons in Dallas, topped 1,100 yards in each of 2019 and 2020 before falling to 865 last year. The Cowboys […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Fantasy
The Fantasy Options Most Hurt by Their Division in 2021
The NFL schedule changes every season. But the constant is a team’s intradivisional games. If you’re the Colts, you might face the Chiefs one season and the Jets the next, but you know you’re playing two games each against the Jaguars, Titans and Texans. It’s a small piece of knowledge, but it’s one we can […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
The Winner’s Curse? How Free Agents Fare in Fantasy Football After Changing Teams
The 2022 NFL free agency period is nearly here, and we’ll see plenty of veterans find new homes once the dust settles. We’ve revealed the ideal landing spots from a fantasy perspective, but what does the historical data tell us about players going to new teams?   Using FTN Data, we reviewed every player from […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Most PPR Points, Non-QBs, Last 6 Years
With Davante Adams on the move Thursday in a blockbuster trade, it got us wondering: Where does Adams rank among PPR points among non-quarterbacks over the last six years? Spoiler: He’s No. 1 (you’re welcome for one answer). There are 34 skill players with at least 1,000 PPR points since 2016. Today’s quiz wonders how […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Ideal Landing Spots in Free Agency: Quarterbacks and Tight Ends
The 2022 NFL free agency period is around the corner, which means we’ll get to see plenty of familiar faces land in new places. The fantasy fallout is always a mystery. Some landing spots will be great, some will be terrible. When a player leaves one team and lands on another, it also opens up […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Dynasty Fantasy Football Values That Could Change in Free Agency
Dynasty fantasy football doesn’t end, which is why the NFL offseason is arguably even more fun in dynasty formats. Players are changing teams, the NFL Draft shakes things up and can change the fantasy value of plays in the blink of an eye. And that is absolutely going to happen once free agency kicks off, […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Best First Season of a Career
Wednesday’s Fantasy Quiz of the Day asked how many of the top 20 “last season of a career” fantasy performances you can recall. Today, we’re going the other way with it: Who has had the best fantasy rookie seasons since the merger? There are some big current names on this list, some Hall of Famers, […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Most Fantasy Points in First Year with New Team
NFL free agency is set to kick off Monday. With that in mind, it’s worth a quick look back. What active players have fared the best in their first season with a new team? Whether by trade, free agency or anything else, let’s take a look back on the players with the most PPR points […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Ideal Landing Spots in Free Agency: Wide Receivers
With NFL free agency less than a week away, some of the dominoes are already starting to fall, changing the fantasy football landscape. After taking a preview of the running back position Tuesday, today our attention shifts toward the wide receivers. Let’s take a look at the free agency class and see which teams make […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Indianapolis Trades Carson Wentz to Washington, Fantasy Impact
A day after a big trade involving a high-profile quarterback rocked the NFL news cycle, Wednesday brought another, albeit less high-profile, trade, with the Indianapolis Colts reportedly agreeing to send QB Carson Wentz to the Washington Commanders. The Colts will receive picks, including two third-rounders, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Wentz came to Indianapolis from Philadelphia […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Best Last Season of a Career
If Tom Brady had stayed retired, his 374.7 fantasy points in 2021 would have obliterated the record for most fantasy points in the final season of a player’s career. But since Brady is back, let’s take a look at the top final-season performers now. Today’s fantasy quiz of the day wonders how many of the […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Bets
Super Bowl 57 Odds: Chiefs Favored To Win It All
Fans, players and, most importantly, bettors of the NFL didn’t have much time to soak in the Los Angeles Rams’ Super Bowl 56 win at the end of February before offseason transactions shifted the immediate focus to Super Bowl 57 odds. Despite the recent news, the Kansas City Chiefs remain the betting favorites according to […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Fallout of Russell Wilson Being Traded to Denver
Well then. There have obviously been rumors surrounding a potential Russell Wilson trade for some time, but now it is official (pending physicals). Wilson will join the Denver Broncos, with Drew Lock, Noah Fant and a lot more heading to Seattle. In fantasy football, this is obviously a massive boost for Jerry Jeudy, Courtland Sutton, […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Russell Wilson Reportedly Traded to Denver; Fantasy Reaction
In one of the biggest trades in recent NFL history, the Denver Broncos reportedly acquired QB Russell Wilson from the Seattle Seahawks Tuesday, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Wilson, who had spent his entire career with the Seattle Seahawks, has made nine Pro Bowls in his 10 seasons in the NFL. He has 292 career passing […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Bets
Top 5 NFL Draft Props to Bet Now
The 2022 NFL Combine has come and gone, and now NFL fans must patiently wait for the 2022 NFL Draft. While we now know what to expect from players in terms of 40-yard dash times, bench press reps and three-cone drills, teams and fans alike can now speculate where players will be drafted and which […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Fantasy
Ideal Landing Spots in Free Agency: Running Backs
The 2022 NFL free agency period is around the corner, which means we’ll get to see plenty of familiar faces land in new places. The fantasy fallout is always a mystery. Some landing spots will be great, some will be terrible. When a player leaves one team and lands on another, it also open up […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Quiz of the Day: Most TD Passes for a QB/Pass Catcher Duo (Active Players Only)
Peyton Manning and Marvin Harrison have the all-time record for most touchdowns between a quarterback and a single pass-catcher in NFL history, at 112. That’s going to be a tough one to catch, especially considering only four duos of active players have even reached 50 together, and of those, two sets aren’t teammates anymore. There […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Efficient 2021 players who could get a bump
Every year in fantasy football, we find players who continue to produce but just aren’t on the field as much as we would like. Because the sample size is smaller, the efficiency is through the roof, but we always wonder what the season-long numbers would look like if the roles were larger.    Here are […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Takeaways From the 2022 NFL Combine
The NFL Combine was back for 2022 after a one-year reprieve, and while Hand Size Twitter was not missed, there’s definitely something special about getting official measurements and athletic profiles on top prospects.    It should go without saying, of course, that for most prospects, the Combine is not a make-or-break event. Yes, some players will […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
9 Injured Players to Remember in 2022
One of the worst parts about football – and fantasy football – is injuries. There’s nothing worse than watching a star player go down and ultimately be ruled out for weeks or even months.   The silver lining is that injured players have a chance to come back the following season and remind everyone how […]
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Tyler Loechner