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NFL Fantasy
Stock Watch: Fantasy Football ADP Movement (8/4)
Welcome to the fourth edition of Stock Watch where I take a look at the latest fantasy football ADP movement. The goal here is to identify which players have rising and falling ADPs in fantasy football as we inch closer to the NFL season. I’m looking at NFFC high-stakes drafts that have taken place over […]
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Chris Meaney
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy coaching & coordinator breakdown: TB
(FTN’s Derek Brown and Matt Jones are going team-by-team to look at the coaching tendencies of every team and how that matters for fantasy football in 2021. Follow the whole coaching/coordinators series.) A critical point projecting players for fantasy football is forecasting their roles and the overall context of the team philosophies on both sides […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Fantasy
10 tips for fantasy football auction drafts
Auction drafts aren’t as common as their snake draft counterparts in fantasy football, but it’s an exciting format that every fantasy football player should try. Where snake drafts are checkers, auction drafts are chess. Auctions have a much more nuanced strategy and give you the possibility for a wider set of outcomes for your rosters.  […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football player profile: CeeDee Lamb
(As fantasy football dives headlong into draft season, some players warrant a little extra attention. All August, Dom Cintorino and Adam Pfeifer will do deep dives into some of the notable names. Follow along with our player profiles series. Today’s profile: CeeDee Lamb) Fantasy football value 2021 – CeeDee Lamb It was pretty shocking to see […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football player profile: Austin Ekeler
(As fantasy football dives headlong into draft season, some players warrant a little extra attention. All August, Dom Cintorino and Adam Pfeifer will do deep dives into some of the notable names. Follow along with our player profiles series. Today’s profile: Austin Ekeler) Fantasy football value 2021 – Austin Ekeler All Austin Ekeler does is produce. Since […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL DFS
NFL DFS Picks for Week 1 on DraftKings
DraftKings has released the salaries for Week 1 NFL DFS, so what better time than now to take a look at some things that stand out? Obviously, this won’t be in the same format as my traditional weekly article as I don’t have my projections/ownership or any numbers from my models to analyze, but if […]
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Kyle Murray
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Stat of the Day: The 2020 leaders in yards per drive
(Leading up to the 2021 NFL season, FTN’s Tyler Loechner will dive into the fantasy football numbers to bring you his Fantasy Stat of the Day, five days a week.) Tuesday, we took a look at which teams had the most drives during the 2020 season. The gist is that more drives means more chances to score […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football player profile: Justin Jefferson
(As fantasy football dives headlong into draft season, some players warrant a little extra attention. All August, Dom Cintorino and Adam Pfeifer will do deep dives into some of the notable names. Follow along with our player profiles series. Today’s profile: Justin Jefferson) Fantasy football value 2021 – Justin Jefferson No rookie made a bigger splash […]
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Dom Cintorino
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy coaching & coordinator breakdown: NO
(FTN's Derek Brown and Matt Jones are going team-by-team to look at the coaching tendencies of every team and how that matters for fantasy football in 2021. Follow the whole coaching/coordinators series.) Check out FTNFantasy Platinum for the latest rankings, premium content, and guides to help you win in fantasy football. A critical point projecting […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Fantasy
Superflex rookie dynasty mock draft
Dynasty rookie draft season is here! This glorious time of the year ignites the NFL general manager inside us all. Now that we have teams tied to this prospect class let’s roll through a superflex PPR dynasty rookie mock draft and see how it all sifts out.  (Take advantage of the FTNFantasy Platinum package for […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Stat of the Day: More drives means more opportunity
(Leading up to the 2021 NFL season, FTN’s Tyler Loechner will dive into the fantasy football numbers to bring you his Fantasy Stat of the Day, five days a week.) Your fantasy studs aren’t going to score points if their team never has the ball. This is obvious, but we don’t talk about team opportunity quite enough […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
5 upside QBs to draft in 2021
With this quarterback piece, I conclude my series on upside players I’m targeting in 2021 fantasy football drafts. Here are the first three pieces in the series. 10 upside running backs 10 upside wide receivers 5 upside tight ends As I mention in my recent article on my 2021 fantasy football rankings, I place a premium […]
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Matthew Freedman
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy coaching & coordinator breakdown: DET
(FTN’s Derek Brown and Matt Jones are going team-by-team to look at the coaching tendencies of every team and how that matters for fantasy football in 2021. Follow the whole coaching/coordinators series.) A critical point projecting players for fantasy football is forecasting their roles and the overall context of the team philosophies on both sides […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Bets
Trey Lance leads NFL bets for today
Every day, sportsbooks are releasing more and more lines and news continues to break. In just the last two weeks, Cam Akers has been declared out for the year, Michael Thomas has a serious ankle injury, Aaron Rodgers is back, Carson Wentz is hurt, and as I write this, we’ve found out DeVonta Smith is […]
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Eliot Crist
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Stat of the Day: Quarterback yards per TD pass
(Leading up to the 2021 NFL season, FTN’s Tyler Loechner will dive into the fantasy football numbers to bring you his Fantasy Stat of the Day, five days a week.) Last week, we looked at the RBs who had the longest average TD runs and the WRs with the longest average touchdown receptions. We wanted to know […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football player profile: Calvin Ridley
(As fantasy football dives headlong into draft season, some players warrant a little extra attention. All August, Dom Cintorino and Adam Pfeifer will do deep dives into some of the notable names. Follow along with our player profiles series. Today’s profile: Calvin Ridley) Fantasy football value 2021 – Calvin Ridley Fresh off the most productive season […]
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Dom Cintorino
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football player profiles
Some fantasy football options have pretty clear outlooks. They did X before, they’re likely to approximate X again, don’t spend too much time on it. Others require far more attention. They’re on a new team, or their situation has changed, or … there are any number of reasons a player might need a deep dive. […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Fantasy
2021 NFL dynasty rankings
Season-long fantasy football was my first love. Daily fantasy was my first job. And best ball is my fun side hobby. But dynasty — she’s my wife, the forever love. Of all the fantasy formats out there, dynasty is my favorite. Like life, it forces you to deal with the consequences of your actions. Every […]
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Matthew Freedman
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NFL DFS
How to play NFL DFS in 2021
Week 1 salaries are out on DraftKings, which means football is almost here. This also means the NFL DFS season is right around the corner. As exciting as it is, there are some key differences between the two major DFS sites in NFL, making it important to break down how to best approach NFL DFS […]
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Joe Metz
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Multiverse: Green Bay Packers
(FTN’s Matt Jones is going team-by-team to investigate some of the biggest fantasy issues around the NFL for the 2021 fantasy football season. Follow the whole Fantasy Football Multiverse series.) The idea of the multiverse is fascinating to me. You change one small thing in one timeline and it breaks off and affects things down the […]
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Matt Jones
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NFL Fantasy
40 Days of NFL Discord
At FTN We want our subs to have access to the brilliant minds that work here. That is why we are running 40 days of NFL Discord leading up to the first week of the NFL season. Every day one of our experts from @FTNFantasy, @FTNDaily, @FTNBets, or @FTNData will be in our NFL discord […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football ADP – Draft Adam Thielen or Chris Godwin?
(All summer, Adam Pfeifer will be putting the tightest fantasy football picks under the microscope in our ADP Decisions series.) We continue our ADP series with a look at two receivers being selected right next to each other in that WR17-20 range. Adam Thielen is coming off a tremendous season, as he found the end zone […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
5 upside TEs to draft in 2021
With this article, I continue my upside fantasy saga. It’s exactly like the Star Wars Skywalker saga, except more valuable and with a better ending. In my first two pieces, I highlighted 10 upside running backs and 10 upside wide receivers I like for 2021 at their average draft positions. In this piece, I look at five […]
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Matthew Freedman
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NFL Fantasy
100 Questions: NFC West
(Knowing the right question to ask is as important as knowing the answer. In 100 Questions, FTN’s Daniel Kelley identifies the key fantasy football questions to ask heading into the 2021 NFL season. Today: The NFC West.) Four divisions have a team with a wins over/under of at least 11 on DraftKings Sportsbook. The NFC West […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football ADP – Draft Justin Jefferson or DK Metcalf?
(All summer, Adam Pfeifer will be putting the tightest fantasy football picks under the microscope in our ADP Decisions series.) Ranking wide receivers for dynasty purposes can be tough because there are so many incredible young wideouts in the NFL right now. And two of the best are DK Metcalf of the Seattle Seahawks and Justin […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy coaching & coordinator breakdown: MIN
(FTN’s Derek Brown and Matt Jones are going team-by-team to look at the coaching tendencies of every team and how that matters for fantasy football in 2021. Follow the whole coaching/coordinators series.) A critical point projecting players for fantasy football is forecasting their roles and the overall context of the team philosophies on both sides […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Stat of the Day: RBs when ahead or behind
(Leading up to the 2021 NFL season, FTN’s Tyler Loechner will dive into the fantasy football numbers to bring you his Fantasy Stat of the Day, five days a week.) Gamescript is one of the most important things to pay attention to in fantasy football. Some of it is obvious: If a team is winning, they are […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Bets
Tipico Tips: Betting on NFL preseason props
The first preseason NFL games are less than two weeks away. We have known the matchups for some time, but now Tipico Sportsbook also has some special prop bets that are very interesting. They are offering prop bets on passing, receiving and rushing yards for various players in the league. Many of them are either high-profile […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL DFS
DraftKings NFL DFS Week 1 Salaries 2021
Week 1 NFL DFS salaries are out at DraftKings, and we have some great value to look forward to for Week 1. Let’s take a look at the salaries, prices, and a first look at picks for Week 1 in NFL DFS. JOIN FTNDAILY WITH OUR EARLY BIRD NFL DFS PACKAGE! DraftKings Week 1 NFL […]
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Joe Metz
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NFL Fantasy
5 Rookies I Love for Fantasy Football 2021
Every year, we see rookies make their mark on the fantasy football landscape. Often, these guys are some of the bigger names of their respective classes, like Jonathan Taylor last season. This year, the fantasy playing public has high expectations for the likes of Najee Harris, Kyle Pitts and Ja’Marr Chase.  But we also see […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
100 Questions: NFC South
(Knowing the right question to ask is as important as knowing the answer. In 100 Questions, FTN’s Daniel Kelley identifies the key fantasy football questions to ask heading into the 2021 NFL season. Today: The NFC South.) The NFC South was born in 2002. Famously, from that point until 2012, the division never had a repeat […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Bets
Booms, Busts, Breakouts & Bets: San Francisco 49ers
As the mercury rises and we inch closer to training camp openings, our resident fantasy football aficionados, Brad Evans and Derek Brown, profile their favorite Booms, Busts, Breakouts and Bets for every NFL team. Giddy up, gamers. Today’s topic: The Golden Gate Gold Miners. (Sign up for underdog fantasy and get $25 with promo code FTN) […]
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Derek Brown