College Football Props of the Week: Week 4
Walter Waddell
NFL Articles
NFL
Fantasy
Start or Sit: Week 8 sponsored by TopProp
Welcome to the Week 8 Start or Sit brought to you by TopProp. You hear the term “play your studs” a lot in fantasy football, and I’m a believer in that strategy. But there are tough matchups each week that we should look into. There may be times when we hit the bye weeks and […]
Chris Meaney
NFL
DFS
Thursday Night Football: DFS Showdown Strategy
This Showdown Strategy article is going to break down my DFS process for single-entry and MME for FanDuel and DraftKings. My experience has shown me that the two different sites have very different strategies to take down first place. Make sure you tune into the MNF Showdown show on FTN and join our discord to […]
David Jones
NFL
Fantasy
TopProp FTNFantasy League – Week 8
TopProp Fantasy Sports is officially live, bringing you a new way to wager on fantasy football. Are you confident that you have the best team in your league? Great, bet on it. Are you confident that your league mate Bob is going to blow John out of the water this week? Great, bet on it. […]
Joe Metz
NFL
DFS
TNF Showdown Breakdown, Week 8 – Packers vs. Cardinals
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 that night’s showdown slate. Vegas Outlook The Cardinals check […]
Connor Cocke
NFL
Fantasy
WR/CB matchups for fantasy football – Week 8
Fantasy football is all about the matchups, especially when it comes to WR vs. CB. Remember when fantasy matchup analysis used to be “Team A gives up the most fantasy points to wide receivers”? Well, we’ve moved from analog to digital and now look at matchups on an individual level. Each week, I dig through […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
NFL
Fantasy
Hall of Fantasy League update: Week 8
Week 7 of the Hall of Fantasy league is behind us, which also means the most treacherous bye week of the fantasy football season is too. If you are unfamiliar with the league, they do a fantastic job of laying everything out clearly and concisely on their homepage: “The HOFL consists of 10 Football Franchises representing […]
Joe Metz
NFL
DFS
NFL DFS Thursday-Monday slate picks for Week 8
Week 7 of the NFL season has come and gone, and it feels like a weight has been lifted off of fantasy football, as some of the best fantasy football players in the league now have their bye weeks behind them. This makes the upcoming DFS slate jam-packed with upside, making it one to look […]
Joe Metz
NFL
Fantasy
NFL Usage Report for Week 8
Welcome to the Week 8 Usage Report. This piece is designed to give you a glimpse of both rushing shares and usage rates for running backs, wide receivers, and occasionally tight ends. It will help you understand how often a player is involved in his team’s game plan and if those players are susceptible to […]
Sam Wallace
NFL
DFS
Top 5 NFL DFS slate-breakers for Week 8
The phrase “break the slate” is tossed around often in the DFS world, and for good reason. First, it just sounds cool. And second, because it’s true. Think of all fantasy points scored each week as a gravitational pull. When fantasy points are bell-curve distributed like they are most weeks, the DFS solar system works. […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy football flex rankings for Week 8
It’s Wednesday, and that means it’s time to break out the flex fantasy football rankings for Week 8 of the 2021 NFL season. If you’re new to the concept of flex rankings, these are simply the combined overall rankings for running back, wide receiver, and tight end for each week during the fantasy football season. […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
NFL
DFS
OL vs. DL matchups for Week 8
The most overlooked aspect of the NFL is the battle in the trenches, but it deserves much more love. So every Wednesday here at FTN Fantasy, we will take a closer look at some of the most advantageous matchups for opposing offensive and defensive lines, which can absolutely be applied to fantasy football. Major Injuries […]
Adam Pfeifer
NFL
Fantasy
Splits tool update for Week 8 – Fantasy football players to watch
As the season progresses, we’ll go through and use our FTN Splits Tool to look for team- and player-level trends to help us through our fantasy season. As we head into Week 5, we can look at our splits tool to identify three things to watch for this weekend. The Highest Total of Week 8 (Not […]
Matt Jones
NFL
DFS
DFS Win of the Week (10/27)
This quick article is going to highlight some huge DFS wins from DraftKings, FanDuel, Yahoo and SuperDraft that our FTN family hit this week. It doesn’t matter if its NFL, MLB, NBA, PGA or even eSports, if someone made a huge return on their money, we want to celebrate it. Take a look at some […]
David Jones
NFL
DFS
Single-Entry NFL DFS Lineup Review for Week 7
Each week, I’ll review my single entry lineup, as well as a couple others. I will also track success rates throughout the season. The criteria for the other lineups to make the article (and tracking) will be > 10% of my overall investment. This week, that includes: SE lineup Early Only SE Afternoon Only SE […]
Alex Blickle
NFL
Fantasy
Dynasty moves to make entering Week 8
In dynasty leagues, it’s important to be ahead of the curve. If you’re one step ahead of your league mates 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 or scrap from your […]
Derek Brown
NFL
Fantasy
Week 8 fantasy football waiver wire rankings
It’s time for the Week 8 fantasy football waiver wire. Fantasy waivers can often make or break your season. Making the right decision on which players to add and drop is crucial, so we have you set up with a deep list of potential waiver wire adds for Week 8. We cast a wide net […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
NFL
Fantasy
NFL FAAB Strategy for Week 8
Welcome to FAAB Whisperer, my High-Stakes FAAB projection piece. This weekly column will serve as a supplement of our traditional FAAB column, but with its own spin. Specifically, for the many of you who play higher stakes at NFFC and FFPC. The basis for our weekly bid review will the $350 NFFC Online Championship. It’s […]
Vlad Sedler
NFL
Fantasy
High-stakes fantasy Week 7 thoughts
It’s important each week of the NFL season to step back and take stock of what we saw in the previous week so we can properly prepare for the week to come. Each week, I’ll be offering my thoughts on what we saw. I’m going with a condensed version this week and primarily talking about […]
Nelson Sousa
NFL
Bets
NFL betting trends entering Week 8
Coming into this week, favorites have been on a roll. They had been the better side in each of the last two weeks and have outpaced underdogs with a 3-2-1 record through the first six weeks. That record moved to 4-2-1 after another strong showing in Week 7. We saw seven favorites cover the spread […]
FTN Staff
NFL
Fantasy
Matt’s Musings | NFL Data Study, Week 8
Every Monday, I find myself in a bit of NFL data purgatory. We’re waiting for the week to come to a proper ending, and the data is still yet to be finalized. It’s a great time, however, to look at some historical trends and do some digging on some things we can leverage in the […]
Matt Jones
NFL
Fantasy
Streaming DSTs for Week 8 in fantasy football
Streaming defense/special teams has been a fantasy football strategy for as long as I have played the game. More times than not I’m not going to be looking to get attached to any particular DST due to the schedule/matchups and being able to churn and burn via free agency. Listed below are DST that I’m […]
Matthew Davis
NFL
Fantasy
Streaming TEs for Week 8 in fantasy football
The tight end position continues to have a wide range of outcomes when it comes to fantasy points scored compared to their ownership percentage. The top five in fantasy points scored in Week 7 were C.J. Uzomah, Kyle Pitts, Mike Gesicki, Foster Moreau and Robert Tonyan. Gesicki was the only tight end to be a […]
Matthew Davis
NFL
Fantasy
Streaming QBs for Week 8 in fantasy football
Week 8 of the NFL and fantasy football only has two teams on bye (Raiders and Ravens), as compared to last week’s six. Even with all the byes, Tua Tagovailoa came through for us as a streaming quarterback, scoring 37.45 fantasy points in NFFC, which was the highest in Week 7. Whether it be matchups […]
Matthew Davis
NFL
DFS
Showdown ownership projections and picks for MNF | Week 7
First, a snapshot of the current ownership projections: The goal of this article is to use ownership to find paths to GPP success through the use of standard correlation and correlated leverage. Offensive Efficiency Report New Orleans has the edge in both elements, on both sides of the ball. Consequently, it’s no surprise that Alvin […]
Alex Blickle
NFL
DFS
Monday Night Football: DFS Showdown Strategy
General Rules I use for Showdown In large GPP’s, never use your entire salary. If you win it will be a major letdown because the prize pool will be split between too many people. This is not to say a lineup using the entire salary can’t win, it can and it does. But, when it […]
David Jones
NFL
Fantasy
Matchups to target for Week 8 in fantasy football
Week 7 of the NFL is just about in the books, but I am already looking forward to fantasy football in Week 8. Because it is never too early to look ahead, that is exactly what we will do every Monday afternoon here at FTN. If Week 7 didn’t go too well for you, it […]
Adam Pfeifer
NFL
DFS
MNF Showdown Breakdown – New Orleans Saints vs. Seattle Seahawks
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? […]
Matt Jones
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy football preview for Week 8
Week 7 of the NFL season is just about in the books, and like we do every Monday, we will recap some of the more important storylines from fantasy football and how we can apply it to Week 8 and beyond. Cordarrelle Patterson has fully taken over the Falcons backfield As a fantasy […]
Adam Pfeifer
NFL
DFS
NFL DFS Week in Review – Ownership, GPP Winning Lineups
The Week 7 main slate is officially in the books. We had some surprising results in the early window, with the Bengals and Titans blowing out the Ravens and Chiefs respectively, but the big favorites dominated in the late window. There were plenty of noteworthy DFS performances to break down as well. Let’s dive into […]
Matt LaMarca
NFL
DFS
Sunday Night Football: DFS Showdown Strategy
This article is going to take you through my Showdown thought process for FanDuel and DraftKings. The two different sites have very different strategies at rostering CPT or MVP and Flex players. I am focusing heavily on MME strategy, but will also list my top plays in order for single entry. General Rules I use […]
David Jones
NFL
DFS
SNF Showdown Breakdown: NFL DFS Week 7
Sunday night football features two offenses that are difficult to peg down weekly where the ball is going. Both teams feature sharp play-callers who scheme to the opposition’s weaknesses (weird, I know). This game, despite the low total, has shootout potential given the matchups. Indianapolis Colts vs. San Francisco 49ers SF -4 O/U 43 Pace […]
Derek Brown
NFL
DFS
Week 7 Game-by-Game DFS Breakdown | Afternoon Slate
Philadelphia Eagles vs. Las Vegas Raiders LVR -3, O/U 48.5 Pace and playcalling This game has the potential to be one the best for pace and passing on this slate. The Eagles are first and seventh (62.3%) in neutral pace and passing percentage. The Raiders are 11th and third (64.3%) in neutral situation pace and […]
Derek Brown