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NFL DFS
Week 7 Game-by-Game DFS Breakdown
Welcome to the game-by-game DFS breakdown for Week 7. 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
WR vs. CB Matchups NFL DFS Breakdown – Week 7
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 7 Cooper […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Fantasy
Sunday Football Locks and DFS Breakdown – Week 7
Quarterback Patrick Mahomes Kyler Murray Lamar Jackson Running Back Aaron Jones Darrell Henderson Joe Mixon Chuba Hubbard James Connor Miles Sanders Wide Receiver Tyreek Hill DeAndre Hopkins Marquise Brown A.J. Brown Jaylen Waddle Rashod Bateman Tight End O.J. Howard Cameron Brate Defense Patriots Buccaneers Packers
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Nelson Sousa
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NFL DFS
MagicSportsGuide Week 7 DFS breakdown
Welcome to The Breakdown for Week 7, a deep game-by-game breakdown that covers game theory as well as player/game analysis for the full NFL weekend DFS slate. If you have been with me from a past life, welcome back! I know there are many game-by-game articles out there, so I truly appreciate the loyalty. I […]
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Kevin Adams
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NFL DFS
SuperDraft DFS picks and predictions for Week 7
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
Week 7 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
TwoGun’s Core NFL DFS Picks for Week 7
If you’ve been reading my articles for awhile, you’ll notice some weeks are centered around a certain theme and other weeks I just tend to focus more on having exposure to specific underowned players. Last week’s theme was fading Kareem Hunt (which was great) and heavy exposure on expensive running backs (not great, but not […]
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Michael Cohen
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NFL DFS
Top 10 DFS plays under 10% for Week 7
With this being a massive week of byes, the DFS slates are getting shorter and ownership will get more condensed. It is now more important than ever to find those contrarian plays Guys with low roster percentages are how to get contrarian on popular players or find leverage off them. For all our FTN Daily […]
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Eliot Crist
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NFL DFS
Week 7 NFL picks for JockMKT
What is JockMKT? JockMKT is a fantastic new fantasy football platform that combines the financial market and sports. Bidding on a player as an IPO and getting paid out where they finish on the day. Example: “If fifth place overall is worth $20, and Tom Brady finishes with the fifth-most points, then every user holding […]
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Eliot Crist
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NFL Bets
Top 3 NFL DraftKings betting picks for Week 7
Across the sports betting market, there tends to be strong uniformity in NFL sides, totals and moneylines — but not total uniformity. Using our NFL odds page to lineshop, I’ve identified the following three lines that right now offer the most value at DraftKings Sportsbook relative to the rest of the market. For my best Week 7 […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Fantasy
The Fantasy Football Report for Week 7
There’s an old saying in fantasy football that goes something like this: “Don’t get cute. Start your studs.” We usually see this somewhat cliche maxim surface in December when the fantasy playoffs are in full swing, but it’s a mantra that really should be put into practice every week when you make your start/sit decisions. […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football injury situations to watch for Week 7
Welcome to the Week 7 injury report and fantasy football impact article. Injuries are the worst part of football, but we can’t pretend like they don’t happen and that they don’t have an impact on fantasy football decisions. Each week during the 2021 NFL season, I’ll walk us through the key injury news and notes […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Bets
Betting NFL Props Using Math: Week 8
The goal of this article is, of course, to provide winning  NFL props picks. However, it’s also to provide a blueprint on how to cleverly bet props with math. We’re targeting small same-game parlays that underestimate the correlation involved. On the season, we’re now 6-20 (+2.11 units) on the same-game parlays from this article. Let’s […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL DFS
Between the Numbers: NFL DFS for Week 7
NFL DFS is always a game of ownership and theory. 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 we like the roster percentage a particular player is getting, […]
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Kyle Murray
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NFL Bets
Week 7 Game-by-Game Betting Breakdown
Welcome to the game-by-game DFS breakdown for Week 7. 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 Fantasy
Directional passing update for Week 7
During the NFL season, we’re going to break down how different offenses are utilizing their weapons all over the field. As the year goes on, patterns begin to emerge that will allow us to anticipate and exploit mismatches between a defense and an offense that we’re targeting.  Short Passing Najee Harris continues to lead all […]
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Matt Jones
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NFL DFS
Freedman Five – Top DFS picks for Week 7
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 10-game slate this weekend. To see all my Week 7 bets, check out our FTN Bet Tracker. Use […]
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Matthew Freedman
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NFL Fantasy
Freedman’s Week 7 fantasy football breakdown
We have six teams on bye around the NFL this week. I have no idea what I’m to do with all this free time. In the main 10-game weekend slate, here are the quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers and tight ends who stand out to me the most based on our expert rankings and fantasy projections as […]
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Matthew Freedman
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NFL DFS
SuperDraft NFL breakdown for Week 7
Welcome to the weekly breakdown for SuperDraft DFS Multiplier contests.  Here’s a quick primer and strategy guide. Each week, I’ll provide a slate overview and recommended plays at each position. Week 6 Recap Each week, I’ll kick things off reviewing the winning lineup of SuperDraft’s largest GPP, the Red Zone. The Red Zone is a […]
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Vlad Sedler
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NFL Fantasy
Using betting lines to set your Week 7 fantasy lineup
Week 7 of the 2021 NFL season has arrived, and it’s time to set our fantasy football lineups. As always, lineup decisions are the hardest part of your life as a fantasy manager, and you’ll want to consult as many factors as possible to help you make those choices. Since you’re reading this article, it’s […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Expected Fantasy Points Report – Week 7
Welcome to the Week 7 edition of FTN’s Expected Fantasy Points Report. The premise is simple: Each time a player earns an opportunity, there’s a certain amount of fantasy points you can expect them to score. Using the rich FTN Data database, we’ve done the math for you. You can compare a player’s XFP to […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Directional rushing update for Week 7
During the NFL season, we’re going to break down how different offenses are utilizing their running backs. As the year goes on, patterns begin to emerge that will allow us to anticipate and exploit mismatches between a defense and an offense that we’re targeting in fantasy football.  Bird’s Eye View Note: Red is left, gray […]
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Matt Jones
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football rankings vs. expert consensus – Week 7
It’s time to set fantasy football lineups for Week 7 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
Week 7 single-entry DFS ownership preview
Ownership 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 Thursday article is to: Take a […]
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Alex Blickle
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NFL DFS
Thursday Night Football: DFS Showdown Strategy
This article is going to take you through my NFL DFS showdown thought process for FanDuel and DraftKings for Thursday night’s Cleveland Browns/Denver Broncos game. The two different sites have very different strategies at rostering CPT or MVP and flex players. I am focusing heavily on MME strategy, but I will also list my top […]
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David Jones
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NFL Fantasy
Start or Sit: Week 7 sponsored by TopProp
Welcome to the Week 7 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 […]
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Chris Meaney
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NFL Fantasy
TopProp FTNFantasy League – Week 7
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 leaguemate Bob is going to blow John out of the water this week? Great, bet on it. Put […]
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Joe Metz
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NFL DFS
Must Javs: NFL DFS locks for Week 7
Welcome, football fans. I’m back again to break down my DFS “Must Javs” for Week 7 of the NFL season. This is the time of the year where I am most locked in. I qualified for the maximum number of entries in the FanDuel live final in 2019 and NFL was my most profitable sport […]
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Javi Prellezo
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NFL DFS
NFL DFS Thursday-Monday slate picks for Week 7
After Week 6 introduced us to our first bye week of the 2021 season, Week 7 takes it to a new level. With the Cowboys, Chargers and Bills (and more) all on a bye, there are a number of fantasy-relevant players who won’t be available for the upcoming week, making the DFS player pool thinner […]
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Joe Metz
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NFL Fantasy
WR/CB matchups for fantasy football – Week 7
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 […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL DFS
TNF Showdown Breakdown, Week 7 – Broncos vs. Browns
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.  What Does Vegas Think? Team […]
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Matt Jones
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NFL Fantasy
NFL Usage Report for Week 7
  Welcome to the Week 7 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 […]
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Sam Wallace