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NFL Fantasy
100 Questions: The important fantasy football answers around the AFC 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 AFC South.) For obvious, Aaron Rodgers-y reasons, DraftKings Sportsbook doesn’t currently have a wins over/under line for the Green Bay […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football ADP – Draft Irv Smith or Logan Thomas?
(All summer, Adam Pfeifer will be putting the tightest fantasy football picks under the microscope in our ADP Decisions series.) The tight end position can be tough in fantasy football, particularly after you get past the top three of Travis Kelce, Darren Waller and George Kittle. When drafting, many feel that if you can’t land one […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Bets
4 NFL futures to bet right now
Training camp is underway for some teams in the NFL, and by this time next week, every team will be in camp. The good news is there’s still plenty of time to get some player prop futures wagers in play. With the most recent betting markets available, here are four NFL player prop futures bets […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy coaching & coordinator breakdown: NYG
(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: Passer rating out of the pocket
(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.) This week, we’ve taken a look at QB performance when traveling out of the pocket. We’ve reviewed which QBs travel out of the pocket on drop backs […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
What the Michael Thomas injury absence means for fantasy football
The injury news around the fantasy football world isn’t slowing down. We got word Friday that New Orleans Saints Pro Bowl wide receiver Michael Thomas, who missed nine games with an ankle injury in 2020, reportedly underwent surgery in June to repair ligaments in the ankle. He’ll certainly miss Week 1 and it sounds like […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Bets
Tipico Tips: Betting some NFL league leaders
The NFL season starts in under 50 days. With football this close, the topic of today’s Futures Friday is going to be NFL league leaders. As with any futures market, the more likely an outcome is to occur, the lower the payout for betting on it to occur is going to be. The inverse of […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Fantasy
2021 fantasy football pass-catching unit rankings
We continue along in our series ranking each position group in the NFL by looking at each team’s pass-catching units. With camp already opening for some teams, NFL rosters are mostly settled at this point, and we have a pretty good understanding of where each team stands on paper and we can take a legit […]
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Brett Whitefield
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NFL Fantasy
100 Questions: The important fantasy football answers around the AFC North
(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 AFC North.) Two fun facts: One, in its current configuration, no team has ever won the AFC North in three […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Bets
Darrell Henderson leads 3 must-bet NFL player props
As the calendar moves forward and we get closer to football season, sportsbooks continue to release more and more player props, as both DraftKings and BetMGM added a ton of markets this week. With new markets come new edges to exploit. If you look at my current futures portfolio in the FTN Bet Tracker, you will […]
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Eliot Crist
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NFL Bets
Booms, Busts, Breakouts & Bets: Seattle Seahawks
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 Petey Sunshine Crew. Fantasy Football Booms – Seahawks DK Metcalf, WR Last year we got a […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Fantasy
Booms, Busts, Breakouts & Bets: Seattle Seahawks
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 Petey Sunshine Crew. Fantasy Football Booms – Seahawks DK Metcalf, WR Last year we got a […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy coaching & coordinator breakdown: WFT
(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
NFL Player Props – Bet on these rookies
I’m something of a rookie optimist: Each year, I just look at these young guys entering the NFL, and I can’t help but imagine them tearing up the league. But I come by my optimism honestly: In fantasy, high-performing rookies are often league winners who emerge seemingly out of nowhere to outperform their average draft […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Stat of the Day: QBs who scored outside the pocket
(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.) A few days ago, we took a look at which QBs travel out of the pocket on drop backs most often. The list featured a mix of […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL DFS
Milly Maker tips from a 3-time winner
(Michael “TwoGun” Cohen is a three-time NFL Milly Maker champion. Today, he uses that expertise to explain his process behind building a lineup and taking down a big prize.) We all have our various DFS habits. After playing NFL GPPs seriously for more than seven years, I’ve created a general routine that helps me best […]
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Michael Cohen
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NFL Fantasy
100 Questions: The important fantasy football answers around the AFC East
(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 AFC East.) After a changing of the guard at the top of the AFC East for the first time in […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Multiverse: Denver Broncos
(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 road in […]
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Matt Jones
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football ADP – Draft Diontae Johnson or Odell Beckham Jr.?
(All summer, Adam Pfeifer will be putting the tightest fantasy football picks under the microscope in our ADP Decisions series.) Our ADP series continues with a matchup between two AFC North wide receivers. Diontae Johnson appears to be on the rise while Odell Beckham has been a major disappointment since joining the Cleveland Browns. And while […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Stock Watch: Fantasy Football ADP Movement (7/21)
Welcome to the second edition of Stock Watch where I take a look at the latest fantasy football ADP movement. Fantasy football drafts are starting to ramp up as we get closer to the NFL season which means we have a good two months of draft data to take a look at. The goal here […]
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Chris Meaney
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy coaching & coordinator breakdown: Denver Broncos
(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 of […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Fantasy
Booms, Busts, Breakouts & Bets: Atlanta Falcons
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 Deep-Fried Falcons. Fantasy Football Booms – Falcons Calvin Ridley, WR Calvin Ridley is on a crash […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Bets
Booms, Busts, Breakouts & Bets: Atlanta Falcons
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 Deep-Fried Falcons. Fantasy Football Booms – Falcons Calvin Ridley, WR Calvin Ridley is on a crash […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Fantasy
100 Questions: The important fantasy football answers entering 2021
(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.) There is essentially an infinite number of questions that can be asked each fantasy football. From big trend-based questions to micro, player-specific […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Stat of the Day: Darrell Henderson season
(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’s bombshell news was that Cam Akers will miss the 2021 NFL season — and put the rest of his career in jeopardy as well, damned Achilles […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Primetime Fantasy Football: Rd2 in ADP + RB market
 
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Matthew Davis
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy coaching & coordinator breakdown: Los Angeles Chargers
(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
What to do in drafts if you have already taken Cam Akers
Every season we are dealt harsh reminders of how much injuries play a part of the NFL and the fantasy football landscape. Today, on the precipice of training camps opening, the news of Cam Akers suffering a torn Achilles broke.  While fantasy gamers have time to adjust and analyze this devastating news, if you’re in […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Fantasy
Cam Akers injured: What now for the Rams backfield?
Injuries are the worst part of football. We were reminded of this fact on Tuesday morning when news broke that Rams RB Cam Akers suffered a torn Achilles and will almost certainly be out for the season. While losing your lead running back isn’t exactly a death knell for the Rams 2021 outlook, this is […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Bets
How the Cam Akers injury impacts odds for NFL futures
Injuries in the offseason are part of the NFL cycle every year as athletes train year-round to be in the best possible shape for the upcoming campaign. Well, the hype for one running back with the Los Angeles Rams in Cam Akers was extinguished quickly after the news broke of him being lost for the […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football ADP – Draft Allen Robinson or Julio Jones?
(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 matchup between two veteran wide receivers who some people may be overlooking entering 2021. But the fact of the matter is that Allen Robinson and Julio Jones are still […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy Football Stat of the Day: QB out-of-pocket dropback rate
(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.) One of the best things about the NFL is that there are so many flavors of play at the QB position, which is undoubtedly the most important […]
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Tyler Loechner