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Dynasty Football Stash Targets 2026: 8 Deep Sleepers
42 Yes, we are already halfway through the Wildcard Round, but we dynasty managers know the season never fully sleeps. Perhaps your dynasty league currently prohibits moves. Or maybe not. Or maybe you have until the end of the NFL season. Regardless, we need to focus on those Dynasty Football players to stash targets for 2026. Plenty of players are in situations where just one thing needs to happen to become fantasy-relevant.
Best Fantasy Hockey Team Names (Updated for 2025)
10.2K When it comes to Fantasy Hockey, coming up with a great team name is almost as important as your draft picks. Okay, maybe that's not even close to being accurate, but having a good team name can make the league a lot more fun. In this article, I've compiled a list of over 125 of the best fantasy hockey team names for 2025. These names use puns, play on words, and pop culture references. Some you have probably seen before, some are new, and some came via Twitter/X.
Fantasy Football Defense Stream-O-Matic (2025-Week 12)
37K Welcome to the 2025 Fantasy Football Defense Stream-O-Matic, Week 12 Edition! This Defense Stream-O-Matic tool is designed to assist you in making informed decisions when selecting a defense to stream. As the season progresses and more in-season data becomes available, the Stream-O-Matic rankings will become increasingly accurate.
2025 Fantasy Football Bounceback Players
17 I can't believe it's been 35 years since LL Cool J told us "Don't call it a comeback!". And many of the players below might argue the same thing. But like it or not, each of the players below had a below expectations season in 2024. And we don't have to call it a comeback, but those 2024 seasons were disappointing enough that each is a strong candidate for my favorite 2025 Fantasy Football Bounceback Players. Reasons for the decline may vary.
2025 Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Deep Sleepers
5 It's no secret that the NFL has become an increasingly pass-friendly league. And that means the Fantasy Six Pack's 2025 Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Deep Sleepers could be the most important article you read in the next few weeks or months....or not at all. But what do you have to lose? With quarterback protection rules and running back by committee gaining favor, wide receivers are the position that provides roster stability more and more every year.
Fantasy Football Streaming Defenses Strategy
598 This year’s Fantasy Football Streaming Defenses Strategy builds on proven advice from previous seasons, with some fresh updates tailored for the current year. For those unfamiliar, streaming a DST means using your available free agent pool each week to help find the best matchup. Fantasy GMs will add and start a unit each week of the season based on that particular week's matchups.
2025 Fantasy Football Late Round Targets
97 I'll say the same thing now that I said last year. Insert the "That's what she said!" joke here, but when I first started my 2023 Fantasy Football Late Round Targets, I unwittingly went too deep. Because I'm admittedly a deep-league snob, I interpreted "late-round targets" as players with ADPs in the 300s and above. Yet the powers that be told me to scale it back a little and go with players who might be taken in the 13th to 18th rounds in a standard 12-team league.
2025 Fantasy Football Impact Rookies
83 Probably one of the most common questions I get as a fantasy analyst is "What rookies do I like?", i.e., who will be the 2025 Fantasy Football Impact Rookies? Some of that is because I play a ton of dynasty football. But we're not focusing on dynasty football here. We aren't even talking about keeper leagues. The focus here is on redraft leagues and who I think will make an impact this year.
2025 Dynasty Football Most Important Handcuffs: 6 Must-Have Stashes
51 Let's start by setting some ground rules for our 2025 Dynasty Football Most Important Handcuffs. First and foremost, we are excluding all situations where the "handcuff" might easily start the season with 50% or more of the work. Therefore, you will not see a discussion of the situations with the Browns (RB or QB!), Chargers, Patriots, or Broncos, to name a few.
2025 Dynasty Football Depth Chart Diving
47 Few things get me more excited than going Dynasty Football Depth Chart Diving! Nothing in fantasy sports gets my juices flowing like looking at a depth chart and figuring out where the hidden diamonds are. But before we start, here are the rules for my 2025 Dynasty Football Depth Chart Diving: Rule #1: They are currently listed as at best a QB2, a TE2, a RB3, or a WR4. They are also outside of the top 200 Dynasty ADP at a minimum. Rule #2: 10-year veterans need not apply.
2025 Dynasty Football Boring but Safe Draft Targets: Built to Win
148 No question about it, rookies are the “shiny objects” that give dynasty football its glow. But the real difference-makers are often the boring but safe targets that you can draft or acquire for Dynasty Football in the 2025 season. They’re not flashy. You’re not checking the box score to see what they did. They’re not scoring 45 fantasy points. But you know the type. And they matter. Those extra three or four points over replacement level can swing a matchup.
2025 Dynasty Football Risky but Exciting Draft Targets: Worth the Upside?
64 Before we dive into my 2025 Dynasty Football Risky but Exciting Draft Targets, let’s clarify what that actually means. This is not a deep sleeper's article. It’s not a bust article either. Think of it as the opposite of our upcoming “safe but boring” dynasty targets piece. These are players with extremely wide ranges of outcomes. We’re using Sleeper's Dynasty ADP rankings as our baseline.
2024 Masters DraftKings Deep Sleepers
31 It's a tradition unlike any other....my Masters Sleeper picks! And oh yeah, the Masters at Augusta too. But I won't be fitted for a green jacket anytime soon and I am certain I am not winning the $3.24 million that the winner of the Masters will receive on Sunday. However, I will be giving it my all to pad both my bank account and yours with my 2024 Masters DraftKings Deep Sleepers.
2024 MLB Futures Bets
17 Like many other fantasy sports sites, F6P battles with how much betting coverage we should have versus pure fantasy coverage. However, I would argue that my 2024 MLB Futures Bets for example has fantasy implications and takeaways. Let's look at a couple of examples. If I like a pitcher to win the Cy Young for example, there's a strong probability that I like his ERA, WHIP, K, Wins et cetera all to be some of the best in the league.
2024 MLB Bold Predictions
7 So a missive was sent out to the F6P staff asking them for their [dim the lights, play the dramatic music, and get the voiceover guy ready] 2024 MLB Bold Predictions. Some of these have direct Fantasy Baseball implications, but not all of them. I got more responses than I had originally expected. It was a bit of a tight window and the NCAA tourney had already started. But just as our projections are award-winning, the F6P crew stepped up and a tidal wave of responses arrived.
2024 PGA DFS WMPO DraftKings Preview
101 Some quick housekeeping before we get to my 2024 PGA DFS WMPO DraftKings Preview. This will likely be my last non-major weekly DFS preview of the year. Keith Fleming returns starting next week to preview the PGA's weekly tourney and provide you with his DFS picks. Some will cheer this change; others not so much. But Mom, trust me, I'll be okay. Don't worry, I have plenty of other things on my plate.
2024 PGA DFS AT&T Pebble Beach DraftKings Preview
77 The PGA Tour moves north up the coast of California from Torrey Pines to the gorgeous Monterey Coastline. That brings us to the 2024 PGA DFS AT&T Pebble Beach DraftKings Preview. This tournament has had issues with middling fields over the year, but the top 67 non-LIV golfers in the OWGR will be teeing it up this week at Pebble Beach. That's because the PGA made this an elevated event and the 80-man field will not have to worry about a cut this weekend.
NHL DFS Cheat Sheet
37 Greetings and Salutations! Let me say upfront that myself and the rest of F6P thank you for checking out the NHL DFS Cheat Sheet. We're happy you are checking this out and hope to see you back every day. And if there is ever some sort of question or issue or something you would like us to add, please don't hesitate to reach out! In the meantime, we wanted to give you a quick primer on using this sheet.
2024 PGA DFS American Express DraftKings Picks
13 Once upon a time, I thought this week's tournament was wonderfully unique. Three different courses, each providing a different challenge to the players, leading to sometimes dramatic movement up and down the standings. But that time has long passed. When I recalled this tourney being on tap, I was a little less excited about doing the 2024 PGA DFS American Express DraftKings Picks preview.
2024 PGA DFS Sony Open DraftKings Preview
30 The Hawaii swing continues this week in Honolulu, and therefore time for the 2024 PGA DFS Sony Open DraftKings Preview. It was an exciting Sunday last week at the Sentry Championship as at least four golfers were still in contention as the final group hit the 14th hole. Chris Kirk held off his multiple pursuers gamely to win and now finds himself inside the top 25 in the OWGR. He will be joined by seven other members of the top 25 in the OWGR as he tries to win again this week.
2024 Fantasy Football Early Top 12 Picks
13 I say it every year, "fantasy football is a cruel, cruel mistress". I crushed most of my leagues this year, finishing as a top-three seed in more than half of them but have zero championships to show for it as I got Amari Cooper-ed and CeeDee Lamb-ed right out of the playoffs. Therefore, there might not be anything more therapeutic than an early Top 12 2024 Fantasy Football Picks. Will it eliminate the pain? Probably not, but perhaps it will dullen it.
NHL DFS 12-29-23 DraftKings Breakdown
60 As the NHL content editor here at Fantasy Six Pack, I am aware that one of the things most missing from our amazing NHL coverage is DFS preview articles. That's where the NHL DFS 12-29-23 DraftKings Breakdown enters stage right. This might become a regular article, but it might not. Give us feedback and let us know your thoughts. For those who have an F6P Membership and join us on Discord, you probably already know that you can often see my recommendations there.
2023 Fantasy Football Week 14 Start Sit
45 Welcome Fantasy friends and foes to my weekly Start and Sit advice column with the 2023 Fantasy Football Week 14 Start Sit. No, wait. That's not right. That's how Dennis starts his columns. And I'm not Dennis. Because once again Dennis had to tag out and bring in a heavyweight. Or not, as Dennis might weigh more than I do. Whatever. The point is you are getting me, Mark, this week once again. Did you miss me? Frankly, I don't care. And Dennis doesn't either. We both agree on that.
2023 Fantasy Football Week 9 Start-Sit
16 The 2023 Fantasy Football Week 9 Start-Sit will be my last start/sit article for a while as Mr. Sosic returns next week. And while this has been fun, I'm kind of glad it's over. Because I'm tired. Trying to write a football article or two every week on top of being the content editor for basketball and hockey for F6P is absolutely exhausting. But I'll make a deal with you.
2023 Fantasy Football Week 8 Start-Sit
60 Had some pretty decent calls in my 2023 Fantasy Football Week 7 Start-Sit last week. Hopefully, I can duplicate those results in my 2023 Fantasy Football Week 8 Start-Sit. As I said, I made some decent calls. Derek Carr looked like he was gonna be a lousy start call, but ended up finishing with over 300 passing yards That's pretty good for a borderline play. My QB sit recommendation was even better as I told you to sit Goff due to the Ravens' defense.
2023 Fantasy Football Week 7 Start-Sit
89 Maybe you noticed, maybe you didn't. But there is going to be a temporary change with your weekly start/sit article and that starts with the 2023 Fantasy Football Week 7 Start-Sit. The change is that your usual start/sit writer, Dennis Sosic, is going to be on vacation for a few weeks and yours truly will be filling in for him through Week 9. But many of you hopefully know who I am from our Discord channel which you hopefully have subscribed to. If you haven't, ask yourself why not.
2023 NHL Futures Bets: The House Versus Straus
24 I keep thinking about that little kid who first fell in love with the NHL over 20... (cough cough)...40 years ago. If you had told him he'd be writing about the 2023 NFL Futures Bets decades later, he would have been so excited! However, I am still excited. The NHL season opened last night and it was a fun night featuring three pretty decent hockey games. And with only three games into the season, there is still plenty of time for us to make some hockey bets for this upcoming season.
2023 MLB Postseason Bets: The House Versus Straus
44 If you read the average baseball writer in this country, you'd probably think that Opening Day is the true start of Spring and is absolutely the best part of the baseball season. Every team is full of hope and we have the entire canvas of the baseball season yet to be painted. But I would argue that the better time is when the work is nearly complete. Or at least that's the viewpoint I'm taking here for the 2023 MLB Postseason Bets: The House Versus Straus. Don't get me wrong.
2023 Fantasy Baseball Hitting Planner (9/18 - 9/24)
53 Welcome to the 2023 Fantasy Baseball Hitting Planner (9/18 - 9/24). You might notice that your usual Hitting Planner author is not here this week. But like some utility hitter, I'm happy to come off the bench and lead you to victory! I will try not to do anything too dramatic. I'll look at this week's MLB schedule and try to find certain teams and players that are worth taking advantage of this week. I'll help you determine which teams and players you may want to consider sitting this week.
2023 NFL Futures Bets
6 This 2023 NFL Futures Bets: The House Versus Straus, is in response to a number of our users asking for my favorite futures bets for this upcoming season. And if you haven't joined us on Discord, why not?!?!? I know I haven't published a lot of my House Versus Straus lately, but instead, I've been publishing picks on there daily...and I'm on a bit of a heater if I'm being honest. And that's despite baseball not being my strongest sport.
2023 Fantasy Football Post-Hype Sleepers
84 My 2023 Fantasy Football Post-Hype Sleepers almost looked a lot like my 2022 set. For example, I was very tempted to include Rondale Moore again on this list. Because once you're a post-hype sleeper, you remain a post-hype sleeper until you either succeed or absolutely fizzle out. But I decided to choose players who were NOT on this list last year. Because if at first, you don't succeed....you're about average. But you fail at recommending a guy two years in a row, you look kind of dumb.
2023 Fantasy Football Late Round Targets
139 Insert the "That's what she said!" joke here, but when I first started my 2023 Fantasy Football Late Round Targets, I apparently went too deep. Because I'm admittedly a deep-league snob. I interpreted "late-round targets" as players with ADPs in the 300s and above. But the powers that be told me to scale it back a little and go with players who might be taken in the 13th to 18th rounds in a standard 12-team league. So for those of you slow on the take, that's players with an ADP of 156 to 216.
Top 5 Sleepers for 2023 Dynasty Football
214 Yep, it's another sleeper article. But before we get into my Top 5 Sleepers for 2023 Dynasty Football, let's review the criteria. First off, unlike some redraft sleeper articles, I'm not going to mention Tyjae Spears or Marvin Mims as they will be long gone before you even get to the 10th round in a start-up dynasty draft. And forget all the rookie QBs too, as they will be long gone before we even hit the 200s of ADP. Because that's one of the first rules.
5 Overvalued Players in Dynasty Football
79 Long before Neil Patrick Harris was shooing away CGI-created Smurfs, I would sit in front of my TV set on Saturday mornings watching the Smurfs. And one of my favorites was Grouchy Smurf who seemed to hate everything. His negativity amused me. Well, I don't hate everything. But one thing I do hate is the fact that there are too many players getting too much love this time of year. I'm here to give you my top five overvalued players in dynasty football.
2023 Dynasty Football Dynasty Football Taxi Squad Stashes
63 One of my favorite things about playing in dynasty football leagues is playing the speculation game. It's fun to speculate on who is going to break out this season. But what I love equally as much is stashing players for next year. And that brings me to six dynasty football taxi squad stashes for 2023. Jerome Ford was going to be one of my prime choices, but our dynasty editor said he was more of taxi squad dynasty stash last year as he's a very popular pick for dynasty leagues this year.
2023 PGA DFS: The Open DraftKings Value Picks
8 I want to get to the 2023 PGA DFS: The Open DraftKings Value Picks because they tee off in less than hours. So let's do some quick housekeeping. Before you read below, check out Keith Fleming's weekly DFS picks and Allen Sandige's favorite bets in each tier as I think they covered most of the relevant ground on their strong suggestions. Or just listen to Allen and Keith's weekly YouTube show dropped on Tuesday night.
2023 Fantasy Football Tight End Busts
29 We are going to keep it real simple for what constitutes one of my 2023 Fantasy Football Tight End Busts. It is a TE who is not going to live up to his current ADP. Obviously ADP shifts from site to site, but I'm generally picking TEs I think are just overrated. But you also need to know how I view TEs this season. If I hear anyone say that TEs this season are either "shallow" or "deep" this season, I would definitely look at them askance. Because either both are true or neither is true.
Tennessee Titans Sign DeAndre Hopkins
5 When the news hit that the "Tennessee Titans sign DeAndre Hopkins", the news was quite divisive amongst the F6P staff. This was especially true when it came to how much of an impact will this have on Fantasy Football. Will Derrick Henry see his ADP rise? Will Treylon Burks and Chigoziem Okonkwo see their stock fall? Is Ryan Tannehill a viable low-end QB1 again? And we'll get into that. But let's rewind a little.
2023 MLB Second Half: The House Versus Straus
57 Today is the last day of the All-Star Break and if it were not for the Genesis Scottish Open, I'd be absolutely jonesing for sports action. And that's where the 2023 MLB Second Half: The House Versus Straus article comes in nicely. Because I think I have SAD. No, not seasonal affect disorder, which is a very serious mental condition. No, I have sports absence disorder. I definitely start to get depressed and very anxious when there are no sports to wager on in this country.
2023 Fantasy Football Tight End Sleepers
33 Before we get into my 2023 Fantasy Football Tight End Sleepers, I guess we should define what exactly that means. Let's keep it simple and say it is any tight end ranked outside of the top dozen who has a chance to break into the top dozen. The issue with Tight End this season is once you get outside of the top tier of tight ends, they all start to blend together. But that's exactly why you need to look at grabbing yourself a Tight End Sleeper.
6 Late-Round Fantasy Football Sleepers
If you are looking for pre-draft analysis on Round 1, you've arrived at the wrong article. Maybe that's particularly shocking given how much Round 1 analysis is out there. But what you see a lot less of is coverage of Rounds 2 and 3, especially from a fantasy football perspective. But do not worry: I'm here to provide just that! I could easily have provided double the options below, but for my editors' benefit, I kept it to just half a dozen players.
Best Bets One Week Out
Over the last several weeks, there has been some monumental movement in the NFL Draft betting markets. That includes who will be the first pick, how many quarterbacks will go, and so on. Yet over the last few days, with the draft days away, the odds are starting to settle, it's so time for my favorite NFL Draft bets.
Best DraftKings Predictions and Picks for Week 4
I am back for at least one more week to give you my Week 4 daily fantasy (DFS) football picks. Some of that is to take a victory lap. Every one of my featured suggestions put up solid games. And I told you to play Josh Gordon if you had the salary and he responded with a HUGE game. My defense/special teams (DST) pick of the Renegades absolutely crushed the Guardians, and even some of my low-salary recommendations made a tidy little profit. I could go on and on.
Best DraftKings Predictions and Picks for Week 3
That is now two weeks in a row my suggested picks did pretty well. I'll suggest you do it again with my Week 3 daily fantasy (DFS) football picks. However, this might be the last week for this article. The XFL numbers are not horrible, but they are not great either. And the USFL is on the horizon. Plus, I got to get crackin' on doing my research for the NFL draft. If you don't want this article to go away, let us know. We'll see what can we do.
Best DraftKings Predictions and Picks for Week 2
I'm hoping you tailed me in the first week of the 2023 season because my entries did pretty well. Can I do it again with my Week 2 daily fantasy (DFS) football picks? I'm going to say yes. Don't forget that this week's action begins on Thursday night with a potential shootout between the Seattle Sea Dragons and St. Louis Battlehawks.
Best DraftKings Predictions and Picks for Week 1
Making DFS picks for Week 1 of the 2023 season is pretty difficult. Making DFS picks for Week 1 of the NFL season is not easy, either. But at least we usually have plenty of prior data from the year before to consider. However, with no 2022 season data available for the XFL, it is a bit of a Herculean task. Related: Week 1 Picks for Every XFL Game Still, it is not quite random shots in the dark. Perhaps it is more like taking a shot in the dark after a second of strobe lighting.
Best DraftKings and FanDuel Picks for Super Bowl LVII
As excited as I am about the Super Bowl, I kind of feel like Championship Sunday is always a better opportunity to make money playing daily fantasy (DFS) football. And it's simply because there is one game, so all we have is showdowns. That doesn't mean there aren't some very viable Super Bowl DFS picks for Sunday, however. But let's lay some ground rules. First off, if you are doing MME (multiple entries), you should 100 percent be betting on both sides of this game.
Best Prop Bets for the NFL Conference Championship Games
How about the two games we have this Sunday for the NFL conference championship games? I am expecting both to be close, excellent games. But as I said in my DFS article earlier, don't ask me whom I expect to win them. I keep flip-flopping, But that doesn't mean I'm wishy-washy about a handful of Championship Sunday prop picks.
Best DraftKings and FanDuel Picks for Sunday's Conference Championship Games
Our fantasy expert makes his NFL conference championship games daily fantasy (DFS) picks for DraftKings and FanDuel lineups.
Best DraftKings and FanDuel Predictions and Picks for the Divisional Round Playoff Games
Before we get into the daily fantasy (DFS) picks for the Divisional Round, we should probably discuss the FanDuel "fiasco" from last weekend's slate. In case you haven't heard, FanDuel canceled all slates that started at 4:30 p.m. ET on Saturday. The reasoning and cause of their doing so have been debated, but the fact is they voided all those entries. The whole incident inspired, "Why would you ever use FanDuel again" debates. Let me say upfront that I prefer DraftKings to FanDuel.
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