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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 a single entry.   General Rules I […]
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David Jones
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NFL DFS
MagicSportsGuide Week 4 DFS breakdown
Welcome to The Breakdown for Week 4, 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
TwoGun’s core NFL DFS picks for Week 4
After a chalk smash last week in NFL DFS play, I expect the chalky plays to get a lot of love this week. Will Cooper Kupp score 30-plus fantasy points every week just to spite TwoGun? Probably. Between a few pretty chalky options as well as a lot of injuries creating a bit of mayhem […]
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Michael Cohen
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NFL DFS
Week 4 Game-by-Game DFS Breakdown
Welcome to the game-by-game DFS breakdown for Week 4 of the NFL season. 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 word vomit to a variety of slates with everything from […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL DFS
Top 10 DFS plays under 10% for Week 4
It is back in all its glory this year: My 10 favorite DFS plays under 10% projected ownership. Low-owned players — especially low-owned stacks — are how you can fly up leaderboards Sunday and take home those top prizes. Guys with low roster percentages are how to get contrarian on popular players or find leverage […]
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Eliot Crist
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NFL DFS
SNF Showdown Breakdown: NFL DFS Week 4
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 Fantasy
Sunday Football Locks and DFS Breakdown
QB Jalen Hurts Russell Wilson RB Derrick Henry Chuba Hubbard Clyde Edwards-Helaire Antonio Gibson Nick Chubb Aaron Jones Note: I’m mostly fading Henry. WR DK Metcalf Terry McLaurin Calvin Ridley Odell Beckham Brandon Aiyuk TE Travis Kelce Evan Engram DEF Bills Saints Bets Titans vs. Jets u44.5 Seahawks win Pivoting Off Chalk I think Henry […]
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Nelson Sousa
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NFL Bets
Monday Night Football Betting Breakdown
Week 4 comes to a close with a Monday Night Football showdown between the Las Vegas Raiders and the Los Angeles Chargers. The Raiders have been one of the biggest surprises of the early season. They’ve jumped out to a 3-0 record, including upset wins over the Ravens and Steelers. They also overcame a 14-point […]
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Matt LaMarca
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NFL DFS
SuperDraft DFS picks and predictions for Week 4
Week 4’s main slate is on the horizon, and there are a heap of great offenses in elite spots this weekend. What’s even better is the fact that these offenses are not priced how they should be across the industry, including their multipliers on SuperDraft DFS. As I have every week so far, I will […]
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Joe Metz
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NFL Bets
Top 3 NFL BetMGM betting picks for Week 4
The NFL season is in Week 4, and I will be helping each week identify the three best bets on BetMGM. We are in the midst of a long 18-week NFL season. As a friendly reminder, always be sure to shop around for the best possible prices. The easiest way to do so is by […]
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Josh Gross
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football injury situations to watch for Week 4
Welcome to the Week 4 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
Top 3 NFL DraftKings betting picks for Week 4
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 4 […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL DFS
Week 4 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 Caesars betting picks for Week 4
Caesars Sportsbook recently acquired William Hill, and their experience has improved at least tenfold since. William Hill was known for their speed to markets on prop betting and wide variety of options. They have great odds boosts every day. If you are looking for a new book or looking for a reason to move some […]
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Eliot Crist
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NFL Bets
Top 3 NFL PointsBet betting picks for Week 4
The Sunday slate of NFL Week 4 is almost set to kick off, and PointsBet has a few interesting prop numbers that we can take advantage of this week. Using the FTN projections, I ran our numbers against the numbers the sports books are offering via our FTN Bets Prop Shop and looked for the best […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Bets
Top 3 NFL FanDuel Sportsbook betting picks for Week 4
The prop bet market is one of the softest you will find when betting on NFL games. The sheer magnitude of potential plays from touchdown scorers, to passing yards, to rush attempts means that books are likely to hang a few bad numbers that we can exploit. By using a combination of our FTN projections and […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL DFS
Between the numbers: NFL DFS for Week 4
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
Betting NFL Props Using Math: Week 4
The goal of this article is, of course, to provide winning picks. However, it’s also to provide a blueprint on how to cleverly bet props with math. After a lack-luster performance in Week 1, I switched things up for Week 2 and since then we’re rolling. In the last two weeks we’re 3-6 and +5.25 […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL DFS
Week 4 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
WR vs. CB matchups DFS breakdown – Week 4
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 4 CeeDee Lamb […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Fantasy
The Fantasy Football Report for Week 4
Patience is a virtue, especially fantasy football. It’s easy to get caught up in the rapid pace of an NFL week and forget the big picture, but don’t fall prey to that line of thinking. If a player has a bad game, oh well. It happens. One game can be a fluke, and we shouldn’t […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL DFS
Advanced DFS matchup plays for NFL Week 4
Returning this year after a fantastic debut in 2020 is my advanced matchups piece. I take a look at the DFS slate of games for Sunday and try to find the players in the best position to succeed. This can be based on an individual matchup, how teams perform, pace of play, injury related boost, […]
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Eliot Crist
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NFL DFS
Freedman Five – Top DFS picks for Week 4
The Cure have a lot of great songs. My favorite is probably “Friday I’m in Love.” You know the song I’m talking about. Here’s the first verse. I don’t care if Monday’s blueTuesday’s grey and Wednesday tooThursday I don’t care about youIt’s Friday I’m not writing an introduction. After spending all week consuming all the […]
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Matthew Freedman
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NFL Fantasy
Freedman’s Week 4 fantasy football breakdown
This past weekend, the fantasy community lost one of our stars, Mike Tagliere, who was the lead NFL writer at FantasyPros. Tags was a good dude. He loved people and loved football. He was far too young to leave this world. This weekend, please do me a favor. At some point — while you’re watching the […]
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Matthew Freedman
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NFL Fantasy
Using betting lines to set your Week 4 fantasy lineup
Week 4 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
Directional passing update for Week 4
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.  Bird’s eye view From a team-level, the Philadelphia […]
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Matt Jones
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NFL Bets
Week 4 Game-by-Game Betting Breakdown
Welcome to the game-by-game DFS breakdown for Week 4 of the NFL season. 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 word vomit to a variety of slates with everything from […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Fantasy
Expected Fantasy Points Report – Week 4
Welcome to the Week 4 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 DFS
SuperDraft NFL breakdown for Week 4
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 3 recap Each week, I’ll kick things off reviewing the winning lineup of SuperDraft’s largest GPPs.  The Red Zone is a $25 entry contest […]
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Vlad Sedler
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NFL Fantasy
Directional rushing update for Week 4
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 Red is left, gray is […]
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Matt Jones
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football rankings vs. expert consensus – Week 4
It’s time to set fantasy football lineups for Week 4 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 4 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