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NFL Fantasy
Snaps and targets report: Week 2
Whether it is for season-long fantasy, daily fantasy, or sports betting, time on the field and volume are two of the most important statistics. This report will give you snap and target breakdowns by position each week, along with aggregated season-long numbers. Week 2 Data Dump Player Team Pos Week Targets Target Share Snaps Kyler Murray […]
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Anthony Amico
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NFL Fantasy
Week 3 waiver wire rankings
It’s time for the Week 3 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 3. We cast a wide net […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
NFL injury report: The situations to monitor for Week 3
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 2
We’re not even two weeks in and it’s possible the first four picks in your league may not even suit up in Week 3, as Christian McCaffrey, Saquon Barkley, Michael Thomas and Davante Adams are all dealing with an injury. That’s the bad news and those aren’t the NFL stats you need to know, I just […]
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Chris Meaney
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NFL DFS
Breaking down the Week 2 Monday night slate for DFS
Monday night’s fantasy football and DFS action offers some interesting matchup edges and appeal. Any game that involves Taysom Hill on a showdown slate can incite rage or jubilation depending on your lineup. With Michael Thomas out and multiple injuries on the Raiders’ side that can affect this game, the fallout of these will be […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football stock market: The risers and fallers of Week 2
Week 2 of the NFL season wasn’t about winning in fantasy football. It was about surviving. We saw an awful, awful amount of injuries Sunday afternoon. Some of the biggest names in fantasy went down in Week 2, including Saquon Barkley, Davante Adams and Christian McCaffrey. And that is on top of already seeing Michael […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Fantasy
Players you can drop in fantasy football entering Week 3
Every new week of fantasy fooball, 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 there's a player you have to drop (absent trades and IR moves, but you get the […]
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Daniel Kelley
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NFL DFS
PrizePicks picks for NFL Week 2 — Monday Night Football
After a bloodbath of a Sunday around the NFL, we’re left with one final game on PrizePIcks Monday night to close the books on Week 2, as the Saints travel to Las Vegas to take on the Raiders. Even without Michael Thomas on Monday, Vegas is expecting fireworks as the total for the game sits […]
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Joe Metz
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NFL DFS
Monday night DFS dive: New Orleans Saints vs. Las Vegas Raiders
Welcome to the Week 2 DraftKings Showdown data deep-dive with a look at the Las Vegas Raiders vs. New Orleans Saints Monday night game. This game has an over/under of 46.5 with New Orleans favored to win by 5.5 (as of Sunday night). Using this information, we will find historical games most similar to this […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL DFS
Sunday night DFS showdown: The top plays for Patriots/Seahawks
NFL is back, and fantasy football along with it. Each Sunday, I’ll break down my rankings for the FanDuel and DraftKings main Sunday night showdown slate. Last season, I won eight of the main NFL showdown slates and I think they still have one of the largest edges of any contest available in daily fantasy […]
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David Jones
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NFL Bets
NFL look-ahead lines report for Week 3
You want to win money betting on NFL games. That's why you're here.  The challenge most casual bettors run into though is their late call to action, i.e., betting moments before a game kicks off. Sure, we want to bet the game we're watching, but at the end of the day, we want to win. […]
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Ryan Noonan
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NFL DFS
MSG Week 2 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 Fantasy
Mad props, Week 2: It’s Taylor time in Indy
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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Brad Evans
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NFL DFS
10 Week 2 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. Last week, we gave two bonus plays and 12 plays in total. Eight were big hits, two did solid, and two busted. If you used these guys, you made […]
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Eliot Crist
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NFL DFS
TwoGun’s core DFS plays for Week 2 of the NFL season
Week 1 of the NFL season (and the DFS season) is in the books, and I sincerely hope you guys found my first article helpful or at least entertaining. Some of the plays were good (DeAndre Hopkins/underowning Boston Scott), some of them not so much (ugh Chris Thompson, what was I thinking … this is […]
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Michael Cohen
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NFL DFS
Between the Numbers: NFL DFS Week 2
Football is finally here — it felt like it snuck up on us with the weird offseason and no preseason, but it is here, and I am stoked. NFL DFS is always a game of ownership and theory, that is not to say that we need to fade every player who is “chalk”, or popular […]
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Kyle Murray
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NFL Bets
Mad props, Week 2: It’s Taylor time in Indy
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
DFS cash game locks for NFL Week 2
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 Fantasy
Last call: FAAB and waiver-wire update for Week 2
Fridays are crucial in fantasy football with this being the key day of practice for players that were injured the previous Sunday or cropped up on the injury report throughout the week. Monitoring the player updates Friday is crucial to knowing which last minute moves you might have to make. The NFFC runs their second […]
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Matthew Davis
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NFL Fantasy
The Report: Fantasy football facts, predictions and tips for Week 2
The Report is a weekly column that breaks down everything you need to know to set your fantasy football lineups. Make your start and sit decisions with fantasy facts, injury information, matchups stats, predictions for the week and more. Seven months without football is a long time. When we finally get to NFL’s opening week, […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL DFS
Using the FTN Splits tool to find the best Week 2 DFS 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 split tool. Let’s get to the top three for Week 2. Aaron Jones, RB, Green […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL DFS
Advanced matchups for NFL Week 2
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. Last week's advanced NFL matchups was a huge success, hitting on multiple players to help users […]
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Eliot Crist
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NFL Fantasy
Deep fantasy sleepers for Week 2 of the NFL season
Week 2 of the 2020 football season is days away, and it’s time to fine-tune your fantasy lineups to take home the “W.” Bye weeks aren’t here yet, but there’s a chance you’re already navigating through some injuries. Each week during the NFL season, this article will highlight some deep sleepers for you to consider […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL DFS
PrizePicks picks for NFL Week 2
After a mostly successful Week 1 in the NFL in DFS and in our PrizePicks picks, we’re onto Week 2. In case you are new here, every Friday I will be posting some of my favorite props over at PrizePicks. If you haven’t played over at PrizePicks yet, it is simple. Choose whether you believe […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL DFS
DFS guide: Week 2 Thursday night showdown
After an awful showing in Week 1, the Cleveland Browns look to redeem themselves against the Cincinnati Bengals Thursday night, while the Bengals look to get the sour taste of defeat out of their mouth after a controversial pass interference call cost them a win against the Chargers. We get the battle of Ohio with […]
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Eliot Crist
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NFL DFS
Battle In The Trenches: Week 2 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
Must Javs: The DFS locks of NFL Week 2
Welcome football fans. We are back for Week 2 and I cannot be more excited. This is the time of the year when I am most locked in. I qualified for the maximum number of entries in the FanDuel live final and NFL was my most profitable sport last year. I was minutes away from multiple […]
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Javi Prellezo
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NFL DFS
The best and worst WR/CB matchups for Week 2 for DFS
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 […]
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Jeff Ratcliffe
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NFL Fantasy
Week 2 fantasy football lames: Cam Newton not yet a must-start
Each week the Noise highlights 10 somewhat un-obvious names who he believes will leave egg on his face. To qualify, each player must be started in at least 50% of Yahoo leagues. Speaking as an accountability advocate, I will post results, whether genius or moronic, the following week using the scoring system shown here (Scoring […]
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Brad Evans
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NFL Fantasy
Using betting lines to set your Week 2 fantasy football lineup
Week 2 of the 2020 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 […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Fantasy
Fantasy football trade talk: Who to buy and sell after Week 1
We’re only one week into the NFL season, so it’s a little early to buy low on underperforming players in fantasy football, but I have a few who you should put on your trade target list. You should be always checking in on owners to see how they’re feeling about a certain player, especially after […]
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Chris Meaney
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NFL DFS
NFL pace and play-calling breakdown: Week 2
All roads to fantasy football championships are paved by volume. The foundation of that volume is pace, or how many plays are run in a given game. That can vary widely from team to team and the context of the perspective game. Every week, I'll take a swan dive into the deep end of the […]
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Derek Brown