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NFL Fantasy
Dynasty moves to make entering Week 17
In dynasty fantasy football leagues, it’s important to be ahead of the curve. If you’re one step ahead of your leaguemates in your transactions, then you can take advantage of windows to roster players before the market corrects or wises up. That’s what we’ll be covering weekly here — players to add, hold, start or […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Fantasy
Streaming TEs for Week 17 in fantasy football
If you’re reading this, it’s likely you made your fantasy football championship, so shout out to you. This will be the final tight end streaming segment for the 2021 fantasy football season.  The spike in COVID-19 continues as cases in the NFL carry on. Streaming is becoming more of a necessity as the protocols eliminate […]
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Matthew Davis
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NFL Fantasy
Streaming QBs for Week 17 in fantasy football
If you’re reading this, it’s likely you made your fantasy football championship, so shout out to you. This will be the final quarterback streaming segment for the 2021 fantasy football season.  The spike in COVID-19 continues as cases in the NFL carry on. Streaming is becoming more of a necessity as the protocols eliminate players […]
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Matthew Davis
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NFL Bets
NFL betting trends entering Week 17
The NFL regular season is nearing its end. We have just two weeks remaining for teams to solidify those playoff berths. COVID-19 was a key factor in the outcome of multiple Week 16 NFL games and will likely be an issue we need to monitor throughout the end of the season as well.   Despite […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL DFS
Showdown Ownership Projections and Picks for MNF | Week 16
NFL Showdowns have swings like no other. You can go from outside the cashline to within takedown territory (or vice versa) in a single play. A key to ensuring you’re on the right side of those swings more often than not is having a real sense of where ownership will be, and consequently how to […]
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Alex Blickle
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NFL DFS
Monday Night Football: DFS Showdown Strategy
This article is going to cover my Showdown rules and rankings for DraftKings and FanDuel. I tend to go with a correlated build that “tells a story.” I find that wins more than it loses. The general showdown rules I outlined in this article will remain accurate for most games, but they can change depending […]
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David Jones
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NFL Fantasy
Matchups to target for Week 17 in fantasy football
We’ve arrived. After months of research, adds, drops, trades and stress, fantasy football championship week is here. And because you spent so much time preparing, starting your Week 17 research before Week 16 even ends isn’t crazy at all. Here are some favorable matchups to keep an eye on ahead of championship weekend.     […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL DFS
MNF Showdown Breakdown, Week 16 – Dolphins vs. Saints
Showdown slates are some of the best sweats that NFL DFS has to offer. If you’re building lineups correctly, you can take advantage of these quick sweats week in and week out. I’ll be going through position-by-position to break down everything you need to know for the showdown slate that night.  What Does Vegas Think? […]
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Matt Jones
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NFL DFS
NFL DFS Week in Review – Ownership, GPP-Winning Lineups for Week 16
The NFL regular season is heading down the home stretch, and we had a few teams clinch playoff berths on Sunday. In the NFC, the Cowboys officially clinched the top spot in their division, while the Cardinals and Rams both secured spots in the postseason. Things are a bit more hectic in the AFC, where […]
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Matt LaMarca
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NFL DFS
Sunday Night Football: DFS Showdown Strategy
This article is going to cover my Showdown rules and rankings for DraftKings and FanDuel. I tend to go with a correlated build that “tells a story.” I find that wins more than it loses. The “General Rules” article will remain accurate for most games, but depending on player salary and team scheme, they can […]
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David Jones
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NFL DFS
SNF Showdown Breakdown Week 16 – Cowboys vs. Football Team
Showdown slates are some of the best sweats that NFL DFS has to offer. If you’re building lineups correctly, you can take advantage of these quick sweats week in and week out. I’ll be going through position-by-position to break down everything you need to know for the showdown slate that night.  What Does Vegas Think? […]
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Matt Jones
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NFL DFS
Week 16 Game-by-Game DFS Breakdown | Afternoon Slate
Chicago Bears vs. Seattle Seahawks SEA -6.5, O/U 43 Pace and playcalling This game will be one of the fastest on the slate. Despite sporting the fourth-highest neutral rushing rate (53.7%) over the last two weeks, Chicago is 11th in pace in close games. Since Week 10, Seattle’s offense has been a broken shell of […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL DFS
Tenacious Targets: NFL DFS GPP picks for Week 16
This NFL DFS article will give my personal plays for DraftKings, FanDuel, Yahoo and SuperDraft. I will walk you through my process of selecting each player. I have gone through each game and each position, and these are my favorite plays that I have landed on.  With quarterbacks I want someone capable of running so […]
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David Jones
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NFL Fantasy
Sunday Football Locks and DFS Breakdown – Week 16
Quarterback  Matthew Stafford  Patrick Mahomes Running Back Najee Harris  James Robinson  Justin Jackson  Alexander Mattison  Ronald Jones  Wide Reciever  Cooper Kupp  Tyreek Hill  Antonio Brown  Tee Higgins  Odell Beckham Josh Palmer  Tight End Travis Kelce  Rob Gronkowski  Foster Moreau  James O’Shaughnessy DST Falcons  Bengals Bets Rams -3.5  Patriots ML 
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Nelson Sousa
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NFL DFS
TwoGun’s Core NFL DFS Picks for Week 16
It’s our second week of COVID-19 whack-a-mole creating a flurry of inactives across the NFL league. We’re used to injuries late in the season, but I’ve never prepared for anything like this in the nine years I’ve been playing NFL DFS. Between news coming out seemingly hourly, my own case of omicron running through my […]
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Michael Cohen
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NFL Bets
Week 16 Game-by-Game Betting Breakdown
Welcome to the game-by-game DFS breakdown for Week 16. In this writeup, I’ll walk you through the players, stacks, one-offs, etc., that I’ll be targeting weekly in DFS. My aim here is that you can apply this encyclopedia of stats and my word vomit to a variety of sites and contests with everything from cash […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL DFS
Week 16 Game-by-Game DFS Breakdown
Welcome to the game-by-game DFS breakdown for Week 16. In this writeup, I’ll walk you through the players, stacks, one-offs, etc., that I’ll be targeting weekly in DFS. My aim here is that you can apply this encyclopedia of stats and my word vomit to a variety of sites and contests with everything from cash […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL DFS
NFL Optimizer – Sunday Strategy for Week 16
We get a holiday weekend this weekend, but we also get a big day-after-Christmas NFL DFS slate for Week 16. Unfortunately, there is still some time for things to change between now and kickoff, but this looks like a really fun slate with lots of different ways to build. With all the good options available, […]
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Connor Cocke
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NFL Fantasy
Start or Sit: Week 16 sponsored by TopProp
Welcome to the Week 16 Start or Sit brought to you by TopProp. First off, congratulations! If you’re hanging out with me on this wild Week 16 weekend, it means you’ve made it to the semifinals in your fantasy football playoffs. Now it’s time to complete the championship run with some Week 16 start/sit advice. […]
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Chris Meaney
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NFL DFS
Week 16 GPP Stacks & Correlated Leverage Opportunities
GPPs are a game of probability. We can think of the chance of our lineup “hitting” as the chance of all of our individual plays hitting. This is why we stack — by adding correlation, we increase the probability of a group of players hitting at the same time. A great analogy is to think […]
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Alex Blickle
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NFL DFS
Between the Numbers: NFL DFS for the Week 16 Saturday slate
NFL DFS is always a game of ownership and theory, even on a two-game slate like we have for Christmas. We don’t need to fade every player who is chalk, or popular in DraftKings and FanDuel DFS contests, but we do need to determine who is going to be popular in order to decide whether […]
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Kyle Murray
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NFL DFS
Top 10 DFS plays under 10% for Week 16
Finding ways to diversify without sacrificing expectation or ceiling is a key to GPP success. We can do this through the use of roster construction, but most of the time, we do it by finding diamonds in the rough. Here are my top 10 under 10% for Week 16 in DFS. Joe Burrow, QB, Cincinnati […]
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Alex Blickle
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NFL Fantasy
The Fantasy Football Report for Week 16
The No. 1 enemy of fantasy football players is overthinking. Heading into this weekend with the fantasy semifinals on the line, take a step back from your fantasy lineups. Sure, you could tinker with things a thousand times and research every possible angle. But your initial lineup is typically your best lineup. Like we said […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL DFS
MagicSportsGuide Week 16 DFS Breakdown: Sunday Morning Update
Welcome to the MagicSportsGuy Sunday Morning Update for Week 16. I hope you’re all enjoying your holidays.  Here you’ll find my NFL DFS picks and plays for Week 16 of the season. I’ve provided my core plays for DraftKings, FanDuel, and Yahoo, along with my stack ranks and larger player exposures by position for this […]
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Kevin Adams
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NFL DFS
SuperDraft DFS picks and predictions for Week 16
SuperDraft is one of the hottest platforms in the market for DFS players. SuperDraft offers a unique twist on your traditional DFS experience with game modes like “Multiplier” and “Super 15.” By eliminating the traditional salary cap structure and providing a points multiplier for every player on the slate, there is almost limitless flexibility when […]
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Joe Metz
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NFL DFS
SuperDraft NFL breakdown for Week 16
Welcome to the weekly breakdown for SuperDraft DFS Multiplier contests. Each week, I’ll provide a slate overview, recommended plays at each position as well as some GPP game stacks and best secondary correlations.     Week 15 Recap Here is the winning lineup from SuperDraft’s largest GPP, the Red Zone, alongside the winning lineup from […]
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Vlad Sedler
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NFL DFS
Freedman Five – Top DFS picks for Week 16
After spending all week consuming all the football content we offer at FTN Fantasy, FTN Daily and FTN Bets, I believe that the following five players are — if not my very favorites — among my favorite DFS candidates for the 11-game main slate this weekend. To see all my Week 16 bets, check out our FTN Bet Tracker. […]
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Matthew Freedman
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NFL DFS
WR vs. CB Matchups NFL DFS Breakdown – Week 16
Every week in this article, I’ll be highlighting my favorite WR/CB matchups in DFS with the help of our WR/CB matchup tool at FTN Daily. I’ll be highlighting the best plays on the slate while also digging into some receivers with massive upside that could go overlooked.  Top Matchups – WR/CB for Week 16 Cooper Kupp […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL DFS
Week 16 single-entry DFS roster percentages preview
NFL DFS rostership projections evolve throughout the week in a specific way. They begin as a reflection of how people view plays in a vacuum, slowly but surely progressing into a combination of how people view players and how certain player combinations fit into various lineup constructions.  The goal of this article is to: Take a […]
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Alex Blickle
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football rankings vs. expert consensus – Week 16
It’s time to set fantasy football lineups for Week 16 of the 2021 NFL season, and that means consulting rankings and making tough decisions.  One of the most popular tools here at FTN is our fantasy football rankings. Each week, we bring you non-PPR, PPR and half-PPR rankings to help you win your league. But […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL DFS
Thursday Night Football: DFS Showdown Strategy
This article is going to cover my Showdown rules and rankings for DraftKings and FanDuel. I tend to go with a correlated build that “tells a story.” I find that wins more than it loses. The “General Rules” article will remain accurate for most games, but depending on player salary and team scheme, they can […]
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David Jones
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NFL DFS
Advanced DFS Matchup Plays for NFL Week 16
Eliot Crist qualifies his staple article as a pursuit to find “players in the best position to succeed… based on an individual matchup, how teams perform, pace of play, injury-related boost, or a game environment that’s juicy.” For the second consecutive week, I have the honor of doing just that in his stead. Matthew Stafford, […]
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Alex Blickle