Nathan Jahnke

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Widely available fantasy football waiver wire options to replace players who will miss Week 4 due to the Pittsburgh Steelers-Tennessee Titans cancellation.

By Nathan Jahnke Oct 1, 2020 12:54 pm EDT
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PFF's Nathan Jahnke pores over his Week 4 fantasy football rankings and identifies 10 borderline fantasy starters he feels confident about, including Arizona Cardinals running back Kenyan Drake.

By Nathan Jahnke Sep 30, 2020 6:30 am EDT
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PFF's Nathan Jahnke prepares fantasy football managers to make moves by breaking down five players to add, drop, buy low and sell high heading into Week 4 of the 2020 NFL season.

By Nathan Jahnke Sep 29, 2020 6:00 am EDT
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PFF's Nathan Jahnke touches on the biggest storylines from Monday Night Football, including Mark Andrews' usage, Patrick Mahomes' brilliance and more.

By Nathan Jahnke Sep 29, 2020 12:00 am EDT
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PFF's Nathan Jahnke breaks down Week 3 of the 2020 NFL season to determine how fantasy football's top skill players — and this week's waiver wire targets — might be used going forward.

By Nathan Jahnke Sep 27, 2020 10:18 pm EDT
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PFF's Nathan Jahnke offers up 32 fantasy football statistics — one for each NFL team — that helped shape his Week 3 fantasy football rankings.

By Nathan Jahnke Sep 25, 2020 7:00 am EDT
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PFF's Nathan Jahnke touches on the biggest storylines from Thursday Night Football, including Ryan Fitzpatrick's outlook going forward, Preston Williams' drop in playing time and more.

By Nathan Jahnke Sep 24, 2020 11:49 pm EDT Jacksonville Jaguars Miami Dolphins
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PFF's Nathan Jahnke pores over his Week 3 fantasy football rankings and identifies 10 borderline fantasy starters he feels confident in ahead of the third week of the fantasy football season.

By Nathan Jahnke Sep 23, 2020 6:30 am EDT
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With two weeks of fantasy football in the books, PFF's Nathan Jahnke prepares fantasy managers to make moves by breaking down five players to add, drop, buy low and sell high heading into Week 3 of the NFL season.

By Nathan Jahnke Sep 22, 2020 6:00 am EDT
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By far the biggest fantasy question heading into the game was how the New Orleans Saints would handle not having Michael Thomas. Many believed that it would have to be a team effort, but one player ended up benefiting the most from his absence.

By Nathan Jahnke Sep 21, 2020 11:49 pm EDT Las Vegas Raiders New Orleans Saints
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Breaking down the players to target on fantasy football waiver wires after significant injuries to star running backs Saquon Barkley and Christian McCaffrey during Week 2.

By Nathan Jahnke Sep 21, 2020 12:51 pm EDT
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PFF's Nathan Jahnke breaks down Week 2 of the 2020 NFL season to determine how fantasy football's top skill players — and this week's waiver wire targets — might be used going forward.

By Nathan Jahnke Sep 20, 2020 10:00 pm EDT
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PFF's Nathan Jahnke offers his fantasy football reactions to Thursday Night Football, including Nick Chubb's outlook with Kareem Hunt in the fold.

By Nathan Jahnke Sep 18, 2020 12:00 am EDT
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PFF's Nathan Jahnke offers up 32 fantasy football statistics — one for each NFL team — that helped shape his Week 2 fantasy football rankings.

By Nathan Jahnke Sep 17, 2020 7:15 am EDT
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With Michael Thomas expected to land on the Injured Reserve with a high-ankle sprain, expect the New Orleans Saints' remaining receivers, Jared Cook and Taysom Hill to see an increase in usage/target volume.

By Nathan Jahnke Sep 15, 2020 8:02 pm EDT New Orleans Saints
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PFF's Nathan Jahnke offers fantasy football reactions to Monday Night Football’s dual slate, including Benny Snell’s fantasy value in the wake of James Conner’s injury.

By Nathan Jahnke Sep 15, 2020 7:52 am EDT
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PFF's Nathan Jahnke breaks down Week 1 of the 2020 NFL season to determine how fantasy football's top skill players — and this week's waiver wire targets — might be used going forward.

By Nathan Jahnke Sep 13, 2020 11:44 pm EDT
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Indianapolis Colts running back Marlon Mack could miss the rest of the 2020 NFL season with an Achilles injury, setting up both Jonathan Taylor and Nyheim Hines for high-volume roles for fantasy football owners to keep an eye on.

By Nathan Jahnke Sep 13, 2020 8:18 pm EDT Indianapolis Colts
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Fantasy football takeaways from the Houston Texans at Kansas City Chiefs Thursday Night Football game, with notes on snap rates and usage for fantasy football.

By Nathan Jahnke Sep 11, 2020 8:00 am EDT
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With the release of Adrian Peterson, the Washington Football Team has opened the door for dynamic young running backs Antonio Gibson and Bryce Love to make a legitimate impact for fantasy football in 2020.

By Nathan Jahnke Sep 4, 2020 9:48 am EDT
Bio

Nathan joined PFF in as a Player Participation Analyst. He’s played several crucial roles at the company, including Director of Analytics and Software Developer. He currently works as Lead Fantasy Football Analyst and Senior Software Engineer. Nathan went to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and has a Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science. He's No. 2 ranker at FantasyPros in 2020, and No. 3 in 2019.