Since virtually all Fantasy Football (FFL) leagues take place on the web, this article is directed at the various websites that offer FFL. We will divide the article into different sections, so if you are a Rcrackeror a yesexperienced veterinarianyou can go directly to the parts you need most.
rookies
1) Join a private or public league: A private league is a league that usually establishes a experienced veterinarian and send invitations to the people they want in the league. A public league is open for anyone to join. You can find them on Yahoo, ESPN, CBSSports, and over a million other sites.
2) Is this a Head-to-Head or Total Points league? – Head to Head means you play another team in your league every week and whoever has the most points for that matchup wins. Then you will have playoffs and even a championship game. A total points league simply calculates the total number of points that all of its players accumulate throughout the season and the team that has the most points at the end of the season wins the league championship. (Face to face is so much more fun. You get to talk some serious trash every week.)
3) Look at the scoring rules: This is very important, as the scoring in your league can be very different from the next. One league may have a 6-point TD pass, while another only 4. Some leagues award 1 point for each catch made by a WR/RB and TE, while others only allow yards and TDs.
4) Pre-sort your players – Each league will have a draft before the season starts. Once you’ve reviewed the scoring rules and determined which players and positions will be the most valuable in your league, you’ll need to pre-rank your players before the draft begins, preferably a few weeks in advance. Most websites actually pre-sort them and will allow you to modify the list to your personal settings.
5) Draft Time – After all your hard work and research, it’s time to get some guys on your team. If you’ve seeded your players correctly, you should have primarily QBs and RBs in the early rounds, followed by RBs, TEs, defense/special teams, and lastly kickers. Be sure to check if a player was injured during preseason, is in a contract dispute, or is suspended. Players who will only miss a week or two will be fine, but don’t waste a draft pick on a guy who was injured in a preseason game and will miss the entire year.
6) Week 1 – All the guys you thought were going to have great years have a horrible first week and a RB you never heard of gets 200 yards and 3 TDs. Don’t worry, it happens every year. If you picked guys who have produced in the past, they’re probably going to have another good year, but if there’s a guy who comes out of nowhere and dominates in the first NFL regular-season game of his life, don’t worry. . you are afraid to drop off a guy and pick him up if you need him at that position. Just ask anyone in the last 5 years about Marques Colston, Eddie Royal, Willie Parker, or “the other” Steve Smith.
7) The rest of the season: Evaluate the production capacity of your team. Don’t stay with a guy just because you like him. If you remove him from your FFL team, I’m sure he’ll survive. Good luck!
experienced veterinarians
So you’ve been playing FFL for how long? Emmitt Smith was a rookie on my first FFL team. Since no website keeps track of these things, you’d have to get the Monday and Tuesday morning papers to check the infield scores, then manually calculate all the passing, receiving, running, defending, and kicking stats for each. team in my league and determine a winner each week. After 20 years of FFL, here are some of the things I have learned:
1) Select some second row guys. I have been the commissioner of a goalkeeping league in recent years. The first year, he was very weak at RB towards the end of the draft. I looked at the depth charts to see which 1st string RB would most likely get hurt first. I looked at these three guys: Ahmad Green (Houston), Lendell White (Tennessee) and Willis McGahee (Baltimore) and decided to recruit their backups. The three backups were Steve Slaton, Chris Johnson and Ray Rice. I need to say more.
2) Goalkeeping leagues are overrated. Soccer is such a violent sport, guys get injured all the time. My guardians rarely stay the same year after year. The “new kid” last year, he had no goalies and finished third in our league.
3) Don’t underestimate top-tier TEs. Most head-to-head leagues have 10-12 teams. That means every FFL team will likely have a top-tier QB and RB. In 2009, 10 quarterbacks threw for 4,000+ yards and 18 quarterbacks had 20+ touchdown passes. 15 RBs rushed for 1,000+ yards and 12 RBs had 10+ rushing TDs. 20 WRs had 1,000+ receiving yards, but only three TEs had 1,000+ yards. You can land one of “The Big 3” TEs and still get a 1,000-yard receiver in the next round or two. Getting one of the “big 3” tight ends is like getting a fourth receiver out of 1000. The value of TE fanatasy really drops after the “big 3” are off the table.
4) Don’t overestimate WRs. Unless you’re in a receiving points league, don’t waste a first pick on a WR. Even if you’re in a receiving points league, look for a RB that gets thrown long before you pick a WR. They can have very high and low games.
5) Don’t underestimate defense and kickers. The best defenses and kickers can usually be in the top 10-15 scoring in many leagues. Not bad, considering that no one usually picks them until hundreds of other players have already been picked.
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