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With over a decade of winning experience, Jody is a well-known fixture in the fantasy football community. He was named Fantasy Pros’ **Most Accurate Ranker** previously and was the site’s Top NFL over/under totals picker with a record 65% accuracy in 2020, while also ranking 5th in the country with a 55% against-the-spread hit rate. Jody has written for many sites over the years including Pro Football Focus, FantasyPros, CBS Sportsline, FantasyData, and is a regular contributor to the Fantasy Index magazine expert’s poll, draft, and auction. Jody’s experience ranking and projecting player performance will help prepare the Fulltime Fam for their big draft days as well as answers they can trust on Sunday for those ever crucial Who Do I Start questions.
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Fantasy Football Waiver Wire: Week 2

September 13, 2021 Jody Smith

Now that we’ve moved into the regular season, the best way to improve your championship odds is to remain proactive on your league’s fantasy football waiver wire. Here are some low-rostered players to target ahead of Week 2, with how […]

Now that we’ve moved into the regular season, the best way to improve your championship odds is to remain proactive on your league’s fantasy football waiver wire.

Here are some low-rostered players to target ahead of Week 2, with how much of your remaining FAAB budget you should use.

FAAB denotes Free Agent Budget

Elijah Mitchell (RB) San Francisco 49ers (15% FAAB) – After Trey Sermon was a surprising healthy scratch, Raheem Mostert exited the game after two carries and Elijah Mitchell logged a 64% snap rate and turned 19 carries into 104 rushing yards and a score. The reason I’m not suggesting you go crazy and use all of your FAAB on Mitchell: Kyle Shanahan. San Francisco’s head coach could easily give Sermon the start next week, or go with JaMycal Hasty.. So while Mitchell is obviously a priority target, don’t blow all of your budget on such an unpredictable backfield.

Mark Ingram (RB) Houston Texans – (10% FAAB) – It was rumored that Ingram was Houston’s RB1 for some time and that’s exactly what we saw play out. Ingram started and received 26 carries- a dozen more than David Johnson and Phillip Lindsay combined. In all, Ingram ran for 85 yards and a score and should continue to start, but unless he turns back the clock and can improve his paltry 3.3 yards per carry figure from Sunday, Ingram isn’t going to be a consistent fantasy option for a Houston team that is likely to be trailing in most games.

Christian Kirk (WR) Arizona Cardinals (10% FAAB)- The Cardinals rotated Christian Kirk and Rondale Moore in but it seems like only a matter of time before both surpass A.J. Green in the pecking order. Green didn’t look much better than he did last season, while Kirk posted the No. 3 WR grade from Pro Football Focus, snagging all five of his targets for 70 yards and a pair of scores. Kliff Kingsbury won’t always go with so many four-wide sets, but Kirk made the case for replacing Green opposite DeAndre Hopkins.

Sterling Shepard (WR) New York Giants (9% FAAB) – Shepard played the most snaps (58) of any New York wideout and led the club in all receiving categories. While he will be hampered by QB Daniel Jones’s erratic play, Shepard is locked into a WR2 role and has weekly WR3/4 value, making him worth a decent FAAB bid.

Zach Pascal (WR) Indianapolis Colts (9% FAAB) – Pascal started in the slot and saw extensive action in Indy’s opening-week loss. Overall, Pascal was in on 69-of-76 snaps (91%) and looks like a lock to remain the club’s slot receiver. After hauling in 4-of-5 targets for 43 yards and a pair of touchdowns, Pascal is worth a respectable FAAB bid.

Tim Patrick (WR) Denver Broncos (8% FAAB) – Jerry Jeudy (ankle) could miss a significant amount of time….

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Fantasy Football Sleepers: Week 1

September 10, 2021 Jody Smith

As popular as the term ‘sleepers’ is in fantasy sports, there isn’t a consensus definition for the term. In our case, let’s say a player that is being started in fewer than half of Week 1 lineups who has a […]

As popular as the term ‘sleepers’ is in fantasy sports, there isn’t a consensus definition for the term. In our case, let’s say a player that is being started in fewer than half of Week 1 lineups who has a decent shot at delivering excellent stats.

Let’s kick off the 2021 season in style and look at some underrated sleepers for Week 1….

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2021 Preseason Pro: Darren Summer

August 29, 2021 Jody Smith

Everywhere you look, fantasy fans are excitedly getting prepared for another fantastic season of football.  Mock drafts continue to be a huge part of that prep work, as does getting insights from some of the best pros and analysts out […]

It’s one thing to simply get fantasy football advice from a magazine or website that may or may not have qualified help to dole out. But when fantasy football fans can get tips from the best of the world, that’s a whole different ball game.

Darren Summer has won the Fantasy Football World Championship on two separate occasions, becoming the first highstakes player in the entire industry to accomplish such a feat. This year, he has a certain something to say about a Denver Bronco that is bound to move his ADP at least a full round if not two!

These high stakes winners don’t have to do this. They’re not paid to do this. They’re doing it for you. They’re putting their personal highstakes reputation on the line each year to provide you with their ONE SLEEPER, BREAKOUT, BUST, COMEBACK and LATE ROUND STASH & CASH PLAYER to help you crush your big draft. Here is the rare opportunity to get into the mind of one of the most highly-respected fantasy minds out there with John’s 2021 preseason pro exclusively from Fulltime Fantasy.

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