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Walter Waddell
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NFL
Bets
Top 3 NFL FanDuel Sportsbook betting picks for Week 2
Week 2 of the NFL season is upon us. I have dug through the prop bets at FanDuel Sportsbook in order to find the biggest edges in the market. FTN’s Jeff Ratcliffe has put together a massive list of potential prop bets by comparing his projections to the numbers offered at most sports books. Examining this list […]
FTN Staff
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy football injury situations to watch for Week 2
Welcome to the Week 2 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 […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
DFS
Week 2 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
WR vs. CB matchups DFS breakdown – Week 2
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. Deebo Samuel vs. Darius Slay Deebo Samuel draws […]
Derek Brown
NFL
Fantasy
The Fantasy Football Report for Week 2
Seven months without football is a long time. When we finally get to NFL’s opening week, we’re all starved for football. And then we get overloaded with 16 games and all types of crazy stuff happening. So it’s easy to overreact to what happens in Week 1. We all do it. But the NFL season […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
NFL
DFS
Week 2 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 Tom Brady receives $20 […]
Eliot Crist
NFL
DFS
Freedman Five – Top DFS picks for Week 2
Week 2: The point in the journey of the 2021 NFL season where we discover how little we know — and how little interest we have to read yet another introduction to yet another fantasy football article. Let’s skip all of that and get into what matters. After spending all week consuming all the football […]
Matthew Freedman
NFL
Bets
Betting NFL Props Using Math: Week 2
The goal of this article is, of course, to provide winning NFL 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’ve decided to switch things up a bit in Week 2. After all, if the goal is to tail some […]
FTN Staff
NFL
Fantasy
Freedman’s Week 2 fantasy football breakdown
Week 2: Just like Week 1 — except totally different. Now we know just how little we know. I could expand on that idea with a long introduction, but I’m too lazy and you’re too busy. Let’s get into the good stuff. In the main 13-game weekend slate, here are the quarterbacks, running backs, wide […]
Matthew Freedman
NFL
DFS
Advanced DFS matchup plays for NFL Week 2
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
Fantasy
Using betting lines to set your Week 2 fantasy lineup
Week 2 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
Bets
Chasing CLV – Lookahead lines for Week 3
As we enter Week 2 of the NFL slate, it’s important to remember that hunting value lines never ends. Oddsmakers already have early Week 3 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
Fantasy
Expected Fantasy Points Report – Week 2
Welcome to the Week 2 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
Bets
Week 2 Game-by-Game Betting Breakdown
Welcome to the weekly NFL 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
DFS
SuperDraft NFL breakdown for Week 2
Welcome to the weekly breakdown for SuperDraft DFS Multiplier contests for Week 2 of the NFL season. Here’s a quick primer and strategy guide. Each week, I’ll provide a slate overview and recommended plays at each position. Week 1 recap Each week, I’ll kick things off reviewing the winning lineup of SuperDraft’s largest GPP. In […]
Vlad Sedler
NFL
Fantasy
Splits tool update for Week 2 – Fantasy football players to watch
As the NFL 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. We’re heading into Week 2 and it’s important not to overweight Week 1 in our assumptions on a team-level and a player level. Each week, we’ll highlight three […]
Matt Jones
NFL
DFS
Between the numbers: NFL DFS for Week 2
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
Fantasy
Fantasy football rankings vs. expert consensus – Week 2
It’s time to set fantasy football lineups for Week 2 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
DFS
Thursday 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 I will also list my top plays in order for single entry. General Showdown […]
David Jones
NFL
Fantasy
Start or Sit: Week 2 sponsored by TopProp
Welcome to the Week 2 Start or Sit brought to you by Top Prop. 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 […]
Chris Meaney
NFL
DFS
TopProp FTNFantasy League – Week 2
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
DFS
Week 2 single-entry DFS ownership preview
NFL DFS 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: […]
Alex Blickle
NFL
Bets
NFL best bets for Week 2
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 11 early plays into our FTN Bet Tracker. (That’s where you can find all my NFL sides, totals and […]
FTN Staff
NFL
DFS
Tenacious Targets – NFL DFS GPP picks for Week 2
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
Fantasy
WR/CB matchups for fantasy football – Week 2
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
Streaming DSTs for Week 2 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 I’m willing […]
Matthew Davis
NFL
DFS
NFL DFS Thursday-Monday slate picks for Week 2
The NFL is back, 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 2. FTN recently released an amazing new tool offering NFL ownership projections. This tool helps us visualize projections for […]
Ian Wharton
NFL
DFS
TNF Showdown Breakdown, Week 2 – Giants 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. This week we have […]
Matt Jones
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy football sleepers for Week 2
Week 2 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
Bets
NFL long-shot parlay picks for Week 2
Among the most commonly bet types for all sports including the NFL are parlays, which have increased in popularity with the growth of online betting sites. Platforms incentivize players to take a shot with these low-risk, high-reward wagers by offering promotions around them and a large supply of parlay betting options for each NFL game. […]
FTN Staff
NFL
Bets
Indianapolis Colts Week 2 odds and betting picks
The Indianapolis Colts were heading into Week 1 with high expectations. Offseason acquisition Carson Wentz was expected to miss time at the beginning of the season, was cleared to play and started in Week 1. Unfortunately, the team fell short to the Seattle Seahawks, 28-16. The offense for the Colts was a mixed bag. Wentz […]
FTN Staff
NFL
Fantasy
Directional rushing update for Week 2
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 defense and an offense that we’re targeting in fantasy football. Note: There was an issue with data from MNF, so […]
Matt Jones