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Ideal Landing Spots in 2024 Free Agency: Tight End
The tight end position isn’t exactly loaded in this year’s free agency, especially after watching Dalton Schultz return to Houston and the Dolphins agreeing to a deal with Jonnu Smith. Admittedly, there aren’t really any true difference-making tight ends in this class but some potential landing spots could raise some eyebrows. Check out the […]
Adam Pfeifer
NFL
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Ideal Landing Spots in 2024 Free Agency: Wide Receiver
The depth of this year’s free agent wide receiver class recently took a hit with Tampa Bay re-signing Mike Evans and both Michael Pittman and Tee Higgins received the franchise tag. There are still some wideouts available that can help plenty of teams out, but not a ton of true difference-making talent. Thankfully, this rookie […]
Adam Pfeifer
NFL
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Fallout of the 2024 NFL Franchise Tag Deadline
Much like the month of March, the NFL’s franchise tag deadline came in like a lion and went out like a lamb. NFL teams had until 4 p.m. ET Tuesday to place either a franchise or transition tag on any players with expiring contracts. Ultimate, nine teams used the tag (eight franchise and one transition). […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
NFL
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Ideal Landing Spots in 2024 Free Agency: Running Back
This is one of the best running back free agency classes in years. Some of the top fantasy options over the years will likely be playing for new teams in 2024, which will obviously impact the entire fantasy landscape. It is always interesting to see what kind of contracts teams are going to hand out […]
Adam Pfeifer
NFL
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Ideal Landing Spots in 2024 Free Agency: Quarterback
We have reached the month of March, which means the start of NFL free agency is just around the corner. Things are going to change rather quickly around the league, so this week we’ll highlight some of the top free agents at each position and which teams make the most sense as potential landing spots. […]
Adam Pfeifer
NFL
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2024 NFL Combine Risers and Fallers
The NFL Combine is now complete for the skill position players, and it’s time to digest what we saw. It was an impressive weekend filled with many star performances, including a record-setting 40-yard dash from Xavier Worthy, but it also contained some disappointing performances as well. Let’a take a look at a few risers and […]
Jeremy Popielarz
NFL
Fantasy
5 Teams Set to Decline in Fantasy in 2024
A year ago at this time, I attempted to name the five teams most likely to decline in overall fantasy performance in 2023. I went 3-for-5, hitting on the Jaguars, Giants and Eagles but missing on the Lions and Dolphins. Pop quiz: What was the most important part of the preceding paragraph? Answer: The […]
Daniel Kelley
NFL
Fantasy
5 Teams Set to Improve in Fantasy in 2024
A year ago at this time, I attempted to name the five teams most likely to improve in overall fantasy performance in 2023. I went 4-for-5, hitting on the Rams, Ravens, Cowboys and (barely) the Titans but missing on the Buccaneers. Pop quiz: What was the most important part of the preceding paragraph? Answer: […]
Daniel Kelley
NFL
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Sleeper Players at the 2024 NFL Combine
With the NFL Combine starting next week, it’s time to take a peek at a few players who could surprise the masses. For many of the over 300 prospects invited this is one of the most important weeks in the draft process, the one-on-one interviews and interaction are second to none. When it comes […]
Jeremy Popielarz
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Football 2024 Non-Bounceback Candidates
Earlier this week we broke down underwhelming players from last year and why there is a path to a bounceback season in fantasy football in 2024. However, not every struggling player has that comeback season the following year. Let’s take a look at the nonbounceback candidates for next season. Sign up for an FTN […]
Adam Pfeifer
NFL
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Fantasy Football 2024 Bounceback Candidates
The Super Bowl isn’t even three weeks removed, but our attentions are already turned to the 2024 NFL and fantasy football season. There is no denying the frustration and disappointment you feel when drafting a player relatively high in drafts, only for them to massively disappoint. And while it may feel easy to simply […]
Adam Pfeifer
NFL
Fantasy
Best Ball Drafts: What We’ve Learned So Far in 2024
The week after Super Bowl LVIII is the official end of the 2023 NFL season, but it also signals the start of 2024 best ball drafting! Underdog Fantasy immediately posted two 2024 Pre-Draft Best Ball contests: The Big Board and The Little Board. Both are the standard best ball format with 20 players on each […]
Mike Randle
NFL
Fantasy
2024 NFL Draft: First Round and Full Draft Order
The 2023 NFL season is now complete, the Kansas City Chiefs have hoisted the Lombardi Trophy, and now we can all turn our attentions to the 2024 NFL Draft. In addition to finishing off the season, last week’s Super Bowl gave us the last piece of information we needed for our draft prep: The final […]
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Potential Injury Discounts in 2024 Fantasy Football
You draft a player in the middle to late rounds of your fantasy football draft, they appear to be a league-winner and suddenly they go down with an injury. Just like that, their season is over and you’re left wondering what if. There’s nothing worse. Except wet socks. Or stepping on a pile of Legos. […]
Adam Pfeifer
NFL
Fantasy
Who Should Be 1.01 in 2024 Fantasy Football Drafts?
Each year at FTN, I’m tasked with identifying who should be the 1.01 in next year’s (2024) fantasy football drafts. In 2022, I picked Christian McCaffrey (correct). In 2023, I picked CMC again (correct again). So who is it going to be in 2024? Well, probably CMC again … but let’s make the case for […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
QB Carousel – Who Will Start for All 32 NFL Teams in Week 1 2024?
This offseason, there are somewhere between two and five quarterbacks in this year’s NFL Draft who could start in Week 1 for whatever team they land on. There are somewhere between two and five quarterbacks on the trade/free agent market who could say the same. And there are somewhere between 10 and 15 teams that […]
FTN
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2024 NFL Free Agent Rankings: Top 75 Players Available
The 2023 NFL season has officially come to an end, which means it is time to look ahead to 2024 — starting with the top NFL free agent players available. Teams will start evaluating their rosters and analyzing the free agents to see which holes they can fill on their roster ahead of the 2024 […]
Dan Fornek
NFL
Fantasy
What We Learned in 2023 for Fantasy Football: IDP Leagues
Before we start drafting defensive players for our 2024 fantasy football teams, we pause to look back at the 2023 season to see what lessons can be learned. Whether you finished first, last or somewhere in between, I think we can all become a better fantasy managers by digging into our successes and failures […]
Leo McNeeley
NFL
Fantasy
2024 NFL Offseason Fantasy Football Wish List: NFC
With the Super Bowl in the rearview, it’s time to turn our attention to the 2024 NFL and fantasy football season. (No I’m not letting the season breathe, this is way more fun.) Every offseason, my first exercise is trying to sketch out an idea of what the offseason might look like. Obviously there’s more […]
Daniel Kelley
NFL
Fantasy
2024 NFL Offseason Fantasy Football Wish List: AFC
With the Super Bowl in the rearview, it’s time to turn our attention to the 2024 NFL and fantasy football season. (No I’m not letting the season breathe, this is way more fun.) Every offseason, my first exercise is trying to sketch out an idea of what the offseason might look like. Obviously there’s more […]
Daniel Kelley
NFL
Fantasy
Super Bowl Betting Breakdown
There’s no better time to get some sports betting action in than the NFL playoffs, and the Super Bowl is officially here. Whether it’s sides and totals or player props, we have you covered here at FTN with our NFL betting models and NFL player props tool. But before we put some wagers in play, […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
NFL
Fantasy
Top Takeaways from the NFL Coaching Cycle
The fantasy football offseason can be even more exciting than the actual season. Each team starts anew, with dreams of a better record and legitimate run at the NFL playoffs. As we approach Super Bowl LVIII, it’s time to take stock in the first “shoe to drop” on the 2024 fantasy season: head coaching changes. […]
Mike Randle
NFL
Fantasy
The Fantasy Football One-Hit Wonders of 2023
Today is wet blanket day. There are plenty of players who, this time a year ago, were afterthoughts or worse in fantasy football, but who are now big names based on their 2023 performance. Some of them were breakouts, guys who are now set up to be long-term contributors. But some aren’t. There are one-year […]
Daniel Kelley
NFL
Fantasy
NFL Splits Tool, Super Bowl: Situations to Monitor
The FTN Fantasy Splits Tool rolls along in the postseason, where I’ll be looking at how changes in environment and situations have impacted teams/players in the past, projecting their outlook in the playoffs. Most of the content will be centered around injuries, thanks to our new partnership with Dr. David Chao and Sports Injury Central. For those […]
Sam Choudhury
NFL
Fantasy
The Relationship Between DVOA and Fantasy Football Value at the End of 2023
In late September, I took an early look at the relationship between DVOA and fantasy football value. We know DVOA is useful for all forms of football analysis — including fantasy — but where can we use it the most? Today, we’re revisiting the topic now that we have a full season of data at […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
Jeff Ratcliffe’s 2024 NFL Mock Draft 1.0
We may still be in the NFL postseason, but NFL Draft season is officially here. So, let’s break out the abacus and do the first mock draft of the year. Mock drafts are an exercise in futility. It’s essentially impossible to get even remotely close to correct on all your picks. Instead of worrying about […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
NFL
Fantasy
The Most Irrelevant Touchdowns of 2023
Every touchdown is important. Points for the team. Excitement for the fans. Dollars in his bank account. There’s no such thing as a meaningless touchdown in the NFL. They’re all important. But that doesn’t mean they are all equally important. I might argue that the most important touchdown of the NFL regular season was […]
Daniel Kelley
NFL
Fantasy
2024 Fantasy Football Storylines
This year’s Super Bowl matchup is set, with Patrick Mahomes leading the Kansas City Chiefs to their fourth Super Bowl in the past five years against the San Francisco 49ers. As we take a collective breath during the two-week buildup to Super Bowl LVIII, it’s the perfect time to take a look at next year’s […]
Mike Randle
NFL
Fantasy
NFL Splits Tool, Conference Championships: Situations to Monitor
The FTN Fantasy Splits Tool rolls along in the postseason, where I’ll be looking at how changes in environment and situations have impacted teams/players in the past, projecting their outlook in the playoffs. Most of the content will be centered around injuries, thanks to our new partnership with Dr. David Chao and Sports Injury Central. For those […]
Sam Choudhury
NFL
Fantasy
Conference Championship Round Betting Breakdown
There’s no better time to get some sports betting action in than the NFL playoffs. Conference Championship round bets abound on this weekend’s card. Whether it’s sides and totals or player props, we have you covered here at FTN with our NFL betting models and NFL player props tool. But before we put some wagers […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
NFL
Fantasy
The Worst Fantasy Football Draft from 2023
For many people, the fantasy football draft is the best part of fantasy football. But just as easily as the draft can lead to a memorable season, it can lead to a forgettable one. That said, let’s see what the worst possible fantasy football draft from 2023 would have looked like. Sign up for […]
Nick Makowitz
NFL
Fantasy
Conference Championship Weekend Keys to Victory
We have two incredible NFL matchups this weekend for the Conference Championships. We get the No. 1 seed Baltimore Ravens hosting the No. 3 seed Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship and the No. 1 seed San Francisco 49ers hosting the No. 3 seed Detroit Lions in the NFC title game. These were clearly […]
Mike Randle