College Football Props of the Week: Week 4
Walter Waddell
NFL Articles
NFL
Fantasy
Directional passing update for Week 3
Every week, we’re going to take a look around the league and see where different pass catchers are being targeted. It’s important to understand how a player is being used in order to see if they’re likely to sustain that production or not. We can also leverage the WR/CB Matchup Tool to exploit defenses in […]
Matt Jones
NFL
Bets
Betting NFL Props Using Math: Week 3
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 lackluster performance in Week 1, I switched things up for Week 2 and had a lot of success – leaning into my understanding of correlation, let’s […]
FTN Staff
NFL
DFS
Week 3 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 […]
Alex Blickle
NFL
DFS
Freedman Five – Top DFS picks for Week 3
I’m not writing an introduction to this piece. You can’t make me. Neither can FTN content czar Josh Collacchi. Especially on a Friday afternoon. The sooner I finish this piece — this very sentence, in fact — the sooner my weekend can begin. Ah, the weekend … the weekend … updating rankings … filling out […]
Matthew Freedman
NFL
Fantasy
The Fantasy Football Report for Week 3
Now that the preseason is over, we can finally start to play some real football. What’s that? The preseason ended in August? Well, technically speaking, yes. But the first two weeks of the regular season is essentially an extension of the preseason with all of the starters getting their first full action of the year. […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
NFL
Fantasy
Freedman’s Week 3 fantasy football breakdown
Week 3: Seconds, minutes, days have passed us by — and soon the end of the 2021 NFL season will be here, staring us in the face with all of its aged glory. As the song goes: “Time, time, time. See what’s become of me, while I looked around for my possibilities.” Time doesn’t fly. […]
Matthew Freedman
NFL
DFS
Advanced DFS matchup plays for NFL Week 3
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, […]
Eliot Crist
NFL
DFS
Between the numbers: NFL DFS for Week 3
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, […]
Kyle Murray
NFL
DFS
Week 3 Game-by-Game DFS Breakdown
Welcome to the Week 3 game-by-game DFS breakdown. 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 showdown to cash and your […]
Derek Brown
NFL
Bets
Week 3 Game-by-Game Betting Breakdown
Welcome to the Week 3 game-by-game DFS breakdown. 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 showdown to cash and your […]
Derek Brown
NFL
Fantasy
Splits tool update for Week 3 – Fantasy football players to watch
As the season progresses, we’ll go use our FTN Fantasy splits tool to look for team- and player-level trends to help us through our fantasy season. As we head into Week 3, we can look at our splits tool to identify three things to watch for this weekend. The highest total of Week 3 This divisional […]
Matt Jones
NFL
DFS
SuperDraft NFL breakdown for Week 3
Welcome to the weekly breakdown for SuperDraft DFS Multiplier contests. Each week, I’ll provide a slate overview and recommended plays at each position. Here’s a quick primer and strategy guide. Week 2 recap Each week, I’ll kick things off reviewing the winning lineup of SuperDraft’s largest GPPs. The Red Zone is a $20 entry contest […]
Vlad Sedler
NFL
Fantasy
Using betting lines to set your Week 3 fantasy lineup
Week 3 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 […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
DFS
WR vs. CB matchups DFS breakdown – Week 3
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. A.J. Brown vs. Rock Ya-Sin A.J. Brown draws the […]
Derek Brown
NFL
Fantasy
Expected Fantasy Points Report – Week 3
Welcome to the Week 3 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 […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
Directional rushing update for Week 3
During the 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 is […]
Matt Jones
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy football rankings vs. expert consensus – Week 3
It’s time to set fantasy football lineups for Week 3 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 […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
Start or Sit: Week 3 sponsored 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 injuries result in more volume and opportunity for a bench player on your […]
Chris Meaney
NFL
DFS
Thursday Night Football: DFS Showdown Strategy
This daily fantasy sports article is going to take you through my thought process for building Showdown lineups on FanDuel and DraftKings. The two sites have very different strategies, so be sure to pay close attention to the subtle differences in how to build for both. I am focusing heavily on MME strategy, but will […]
David Jones
NFL
Bets
Chasing CLV – Lookahead lines for Week 4
As we enter Week 3 of the NFL slate, it’s important to remember that hunting value lines never ends. Oddsmakers already have early Week 4 odds up. The sharpest of bettors know this is an insanely good time to lay money on your convictions before oddsmakers adjust after this coming Sunday. Sometimes expectations skew early-season […]
FTN Staff
NFL
DFS
Must Javs: NFL DFS Week 3
Welcome football fans. We are back for Week 2, and I cannot be more excited. 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 for the last couple of […]
Javi Prellezo
NFL
DFS
Week 3 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 […]
Alex Blickle
NFL
Fantasy
WR/CB matchups for fantasy football – Week 3
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
DFS
TopProp FTNFantasy League – Week 3
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 […]
Joe Metz
NFL
Fantasy
Market share update for Week 3
Each week during the season, we’ll take a look at the changing landscape of usage in the NFL and fantasy football. Whether you’re looking for a waiver wire pickup, deciding on a tough start/sit decision or looking for a DFS play, understanding how players are being used is vital to success during the season. The […]
Matt Jones
NFL
DFS
Tenacious Targets – NFL DFS GPP picks for Week 3
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 […]
David Jones
NFL
Bets
Tennessee Titans Week 3 odds and betting picks
The Tennessee Titans sit at 1-1 in the NFL standings after a great Week 2 road win in Seattle. The Titans had a horrible Week 1 at home vs. the Cardinals and will try to make good for the fans as they host the Indianapolis Colts in Week 3. The Titans are tied with the […]
FTN Staff
NFL
DFS
TNF Showdown Breakdown, Week 3 – Panthers vs. Texans
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
Bets
NFL best bets for Week 3
I tend to bet early in the week — usually Sunday night or Monday morning — in the expectation that lines will move as the week progresses. That was the case this week: On Sunday, I put 14 early plays into our FTN Bet Tracker. (That’s where you can find all my NFL sides, totals and […]
FTN Staff
NFL
DFS
NFL DFS Thursday-Monday slate picks for Week 3
The NFL is in full swing, and that means DFS lobbies are filling up. With more states legalizing sports betting this offseason, we’re starting to see more competition vying for the big prizes. We welcome the challenge in Week 3. FTN released an amazing new tool called NFL Ownership Projections this season. This tool helps us […]
Ian Wharton
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy football sleepers for Week 3
Week 3 of the 2021 NFL football season is days away, and it’s time to fine-tune your fantasy lineups. This includes hunting for solid flex players and sleepers that can pop off and help you win the game. Each week during the NFL season, this article will highlight some deep sleepers for you to consider […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
Streaming DSTs for Week 3 in fantasy football
Streaming defense/special teams (DST) 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 […]
Matthew Davis