FANTASY FOOTBALL

So I know a lot of you are into playing FF, just wanted to see now that we're entering week 7, how everyone's doing?

Has there been a more up and down NFL this year?!?! When it looks like a team is going to win, Eagles, Giants, Bears, they go and choke. Usually good players (LT, Larry Johnson, Marvin Harrison to name a very few) are not good and no names & rookies (Lance Moore, Forte, Etc), are doing well.

I won my league last year thanks to Brady, Westbrook and Jacobs. This year, struggling...3-3 and not scoring many points. Got Rivers to replace Brady and Westbrook and Jacobs are still my backs (using Ernest Graham in Westbrook's absence), but my receiveras are weak and I just need to stop guessing too much and play the best players.

How about the rest of you?

Hey RA brothers help a sister out, I know this might seem like a dumb question but what is fantasy football??lol...

Helpin' a sister out...here you go Ko.

Fantasy football is a fantasy sports game in which participants (called "owners") are arranged into a league. The person who creates the league is called the commissioner, and that person invites other owners into his/her league. Each team drafts or acquires via auction a team of real-life football players and then scores points based on those players' statistical on-the-field performances.


Each team owner must designate which players from the team roster will be starters each week - i.e. the only players who will "score" any points. The following example is similar to many common formats required for a starting lineup:

1 Quarterback (QB)
2 Running Backs (RB)
2 Wide Receivers (WR)
1 Flex (RB/WR)
1 Tight End (TE)
1 Placekicker (K)
1 Team Defense/Special Teams (DST)
There are of course many variants on this. Some leagues use individual defensive players (IDPs) (and in some cases a punter) instead of or in addition to a combined Team Defense/Special Teams. Some other leagues use separate Defense and Special Teams. Another variant is the "flex" position, which can be filled by a player in one of several positions. Flex positions are often limited to "WR/TE", "RB/WR", or "RB/WR/TE". Traditionally, this flex was required to be an RB, WR, or TE, however, some leagues allow any position to fill this flex slot as an "OP" (any Offensive Player). Although rare, some leagues do also have a 2 quarterback requirement for a starting lineup, yet providing another twist into the complexity of different scoring systems and lineups.


A typical fantasy league will employ players from a single football league, such as the NFL or an NCAA division. Leagues can be arranged in which the winner is the team with the most total points at the end of the season, or in a head-to-head format (which mirrors the actual NFL) in which each team plays against a single opponent each week. At the end of the year, win-loss records determine league rankings or qualification into a playoff bracket. Most leagues set aside the last weeks of the regular season for their own playoffs.


In other words Ko...just a game that us football fans like to play ;)


Morecowbell...I'm 3-3 as well. Like you,I had Brady. Like you, I have Rivers starting now. I'm weak at RB and stacked at WR. Who do you have at WR? I pretty much set my roster on Tuesday and barring any big injuries, don't change it to try to avoid overthinking it.

I think Tim had a FF article earlier, but I'll ask again... do you have any good "creative" team names in your league?

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Great site for FF info: fantasycow.com

Thanks Z...I think I get it a lil better..lol...Good luck to you and the rest of you FF guys...