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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football trade talk: Who to buy and sell after Week 8
Fantasy football owners are pretty much as desperate as they’ll ever be with just a few weeks left in the fantasy season. For some leagues, there are only two weeks left until the trade deadline, and let’s hope yours isn’t as dull as what we saw in the NFL on Tuesday.  I’ve said this over […]
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Chris Meaney
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football flex rankings for Week 9
It’s Wednesday, and that means it’s time to break out the flex fantasy football rankings for Week 8 of the 2020 NFL season. If you’re new to the concept of flex rankings, these are simply the combined overall rankings for running back, wide receiver and tight end for each week during the fantasy football season. […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Week 9 flames: Release the Raven! Dobbins enters RB2 discussion
Each week the Noise highlights under-started names who he believes are destined to torch the competition. To qualify, each player must be started in fewer than 60% of Yahoo! leagues. Speaking as an accountability advocate, I will post results, whether genius or moronic, the following week (Scoring thresholds – QB: 18 fantasy points, RB: 12 […]
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Brad Evans
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football trade value chart, Week 9
Welcome to FTN’s Week 9 fantasy football trade value chart, where we provide you with relative values for every relevant fantasy player for the rest of the season to help you make a trade. The trade value chart is based on a 12-team league that starts 1 QB, 2 RBs, 3 WRs, 1 TE and […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
High-stakes FAAB report: What to bid on free agents for Week 9
Knowing your league FAAB tendencies will be pivotal when gauging how much to bid. If you notice your league isn’t very aggressive or active, then you should likely scale back the projected bid amounts. If your league is aggressive and overly active, then you’ll likely need to bump the projected bids up. As the season […]
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Matthew Davis
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NFL Fantasy
Week 9 waiver wire rankings
It’s time for the Week 9 fantasy football waiver wire. Fantasy waivers can often make or break your season. Making the right decision on which players to add and drop is crucial, so we have you set up with a deep list of potential waiver wire adds for Week 9. We cast a wide net […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Week 9 fantasy football streaming quarterbacks
With another week of fantasy football in the rearview, quarterback streamers are back. Every week, I’ll lay out streaming options for the quarterback position that are viable alternatives considering their matchup that week. Last week’s streamer results Teddy Bridgewater, QB20, 13.0 fantasy points Jimmy Garoppolo, QB30, 2.8 fantasy points Derek Carr, QB21, 12.5 fantasy points […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football DST streamers – Week 9
Full transparency: The Week 8 slate was not kind to me or my suggested fantasy football DST plays. The consolation is that the Week 8 slate was bad for fantasy DST at large and in most scoring formats only five teams scored double-digit points. Moving on, the halfway-ish point of the season has passed. After […]
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Brett Whitefield
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NFL Bets
Snaps and targets report: Week 8
Week 8 was an interesting one around the NFL and fantasy football. Weather impacted a handful of games, more injuries are changing the outlook on players going forward, and rookie running backs are beginning to find their footing. Well, most rookie running backs, anyway. Buffalo Bills 24, New England Patriots 21 In Week 7, rookie […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Snaps and targets report: Week 8
Week 8 was an interesting one around the NFL and fantasy football. Weather impacted a handful of games, more injuries are changing the outlook on players going forward, and rookie running backs are beginning to find their footing. Well, most rookie running backs, anyway. Buffalo Bills 24, New England Patriots 21 In Week 7, rookie […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
NFL injury report: The situations to monitor for Week 9
Every Tuesday this season, we will review the most recent injury news through the lens of fantasy football. Injuries are an unfortunate part of football, but there’s always a “next man up” — and fantasy players need to know the situations to monitor to take early advantage of changing situations. A lot can change between […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Bets
NFL injury report: The situations to monitor for Week 9
Every Tuesday this season, we will review the most recent injury news through the lens of fantasy football. Injuries are an unfortunate part of football, but there’s always a “next man up” — and fantasy players need to know the situations to monitor to take early advantage of changing situations. A lot can change between […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football stats to know from Week 8
Welcome to Week 8 NFL stats to know as we’re now officially past the fantasy football regular season, with playoffs set to kick off in Week 14. We have a real good feel now of which players are hogging targets, dominating touches and getting targeted down the field, all of which are extremely important in […]
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Chris Meaney
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NFL DFS
Between the Numbers: NFL DFS Week 8 – Monday edition
The 5-2 Tampa Buccaneers head to New York to take on the 1-6 Giants. The Bucs are the obvious favorites based on the -12.5 spread. With the over/under placed at just 46 points, this isn't set to be the highest-scoring game of the year, but there are still some interesting pieces in terms of fantasy […]
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Kyle Murray
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football stock market: The risers and fallers of Week 8
Week 8 was filled with emerging rookie running backs (outside of Indianapolis and Detroit), windy weather and some more unfortunate injuries. We are at the halfway point of the season, which means time is running out to improve your fantasy rosters to make that final playoff push. Stock up Zack Moss, RB, Buffalo Bills Moss […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL DFS
Monday night DFS dive: Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. New York Giants
Welcome to the Week 8 DraftKings Showdown data deep-dive with a look at the New York Giants vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Monday Night Football game. This game has an over/under of 45 with Tampa Bay favored to win by 12 (as of Sunday night). Using this information, we will find historical games most similar to […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Players you can drop in fantasy football entering Week 9
Every new week of fantasy football, eyeballs turn to the waiver wire to figure out who to add. But there’s another part of that quest that matters just as much: Who to drop. Obviously, every player you add means a player you have to drop (absent trades and IR moves, but you get the point). […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL DFS
Sunday night DFS showdown: The top plays for Cowboys/Eagles
We’re now basically two months into a season that for a while we thought might never get here. Heading into Sunday night’s battle between the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles, I’ll break down my favorite DFS plays for those playing the showdown slate. This article will break down my rankings for the FanDuel and DraftKings […]
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David Jones
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NFL Bets
Corked Stats Election Special (with Eric Rosenthal)
   
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FTN Staff
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NFL DFS
DFS Showdown Guide: The Week 8 afternoon slate
Welcome to the DFS showdown slate breakdown for the Sunday afternoon NFL games of Week 6. The nighttime showdown slates get the most attention, but every week there are a handful of earlier games that get the showdown treatment. Below, I’m breaking down the five afternoon showdown slate games for Sunday. One of the best […]
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Chris Rose
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NFL DFS
MSG Week 8 DFS Breakdown
Welcome to “The Breakdown,” a deep game-by-game breakdown that covers game theory as well as player/game analysis for the full NFL weekend 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. For those that are new, […]
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Kevin Adams
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NFL DFS
DFS cash game locks for NFL Week 8
When playing NFL DFS, trying to win a tournament and trying to double your money take two different strategies. DFS cash games on DraftKings and FanDuel consist of head-to-head, three-mans, double-ups, 50/50 and even triple-ups. The goal is not to have the best team, but to finish in the top 40% of these contests. It […]
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Eliot Crist
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NFL DFS
10 Week 8 NFL DFS plays under 10% ownership
Like winning DFS tournaments on DraftKings and FanDuel? You need to find the low-owned studs and values to vault your lineup to the top of leaderboards. If you used these guys, you made money. Let’s look to repeat it again this week. Every week, I will take a look at the top-10 plays projected to […]
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Eliot Crist
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NFL DFS
TwoGun’s core DFS plays for Week 8 of the NFL season
We're midway through the season and have seen some incredibly high-scoring weeks. Just when I thought Davante Adams would have been the clear top receiver after his impressive game in Week 7, Tyler Lockett smashes it with a three-TD performance. When you're a contrarian player like myself, high-scoring weeks are generally a bad thing since […]
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Michael Cohen
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NFL Bets
Mad Props, Week 8: Seattle WR no ‘Lock’ to smash against SF
Each week our -EV bettors do their damnedest to drain bank accounts with their NFL player prop picks. Fade or follow? That, as always, is entirely up to you. Speaking as transparency advocates, we’ll track our coolers’ progress, good or horribly bad, all season long. Below is a six-pack of picks to whet your Week […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL DFS
Between the Numbers: NFL DFS Week 8
We are quickly approaching the halfway point of the NFL and fantasy football season. It has been a good season so far, but we still have a ton of time to make this year an even bigger one, so let’s start right here in Week 8. NFL DFS is always a game of ownership and […]
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Kyle Murray
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NFL DFS
Must Javs: The DFS locks of NFL Week 8
Welcome, football fans. We are back for Week 8, and I could not be more excited. This is the time of the year where I am most locked in on DFS. I qualified for the maximum number of entries in the FanDuel live final and NFL was my most profitable sport last year. I was […]
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Javi Prellezo
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NFL Fantasy
Using the FTN Splits tool to find the best Week 8 fantasy plays
As the fantasy football season rolls on, situations change quickly week to week. Whether injuries, totals, game scripts, etc. the NFL landscape is constantly evolving. To help diagnose those changes weekly for fantasy football, I’ll highlight them using our amazing NFL Splits tool. Kendrick Bourne, WR, San Francisco 49ers As highlighted in 10 stats this […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL DFS
Battle In The Trenches: Week 8 OL vs. DL matchups
Diagnosing offensive and defensive line matchups weekly can offer a massive edge for fantasy football and daily fantasy lineups. An offense line's ability to keep their quarterback upright and open holes for their running backs is imperative. Diving further into the subcategories that help us capture ceiling weeks can be the difference between setting your […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Bets
Battle In The Trenches: Week 8 OL vs. DL matchups
Diagnosing offensive and defensive line matchups weekly can offer a massive edge for fantasy football and daily fantasy lineups. An offense line's ability to keep their quarterback upright and open holes for their running backs is imperative. Diving further into the subcategories that help us capture ceiling weeks can be the difference between setting your […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL DFS
Advanced matchups for NFL Week 8
This and every week during the NFL season, we’ll take a look at the matchups through a close lens for fantasy football and DFS purposes. When you know what your players are up against, you know how to capitalize. When looking at advanced matchups, we are not going to just look at what defenses are […]
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Eliot Crist
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NFL Bets
10 must-know stats for Week 8
Every week during the NFL season, I’ll be diving into 10 must-know stats for fantasy football to help pull back the curtain in various ways. Highlighting game scripts, matchups, defensive plans of attack, and much more, this article will help you set your lineups in daily fantasy and your season-long leagues. 1. The Pittsburgh Steelers are […]
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Derek Brown