Winning In Fantasy Football
How do I win a fantasy football game?
To win a fantasy football league you want tp try and score the most points in that given week. So basically you pick a starting lineup, say taking one quarterback, two running backs, three wide recievers, a tight end, a kicker and a team defense. Every week you're going to go against an opponent and if you score more points in that week than your opponent in the fantasy football league you're going to win. You score points by your quarterback getting passing yards and touchdowns, your running back getting rushing yards and touchdowns, your kicker kicking points, your team defense getting some sacks or interceptions. Whoever ended up having the best week within the fantasy football league, whoever scores the most points, who will often be the one who scored the most touchdowns, will win that week. You'll get a win and you'll be undefeated to start your season.
What do I win if I win a fantasy football league?
If you win a fantasy football league, firstly you definetly win a bragging race with all your friends and everyone in the league, that goes for every league. In some fantasy football leagues you put up money, so it really varies depending on the fantasy football league, on whether you and your friends want to put up money or not. If you play with the big national states sometimes you can win a prize like a free T.V. or a lot of money . It really depends on the fantasy football league, you can play in fantasy football leagues with very high stakes or you could put down a lot of money and therefore win a lot of money, or you can just play for free. With a lot of fantasy football leagues you don't win anything, you just kind of win for bragging rates. A lot of first time players really start that way, just to see how good they are, and then they graduate and maybe beginning playing for money or just for small prizes like T-Shirts and stuff like that.
How do I earn points in fantasy football?
You earn points in fantasy football leagues by having your players score during the week. So basically, on Sunday if a quarterback gets passing yards or passing touchdowns, he'll score points for you. If a running back, a wide receiver or tight end rushes the ball and if they get 100 yards then a lot of the time they'll score ten points for you. That's usually how the scoring system goes. It really depends on how your scoring system in your fantasy football league is, but basically if you get yards and touchdowns, you'll score points. Now kickers and team defenses score a little differently. If Kickers get a field goal, that's pretty much three points for you. If they get an extra point, that's one extra point for you. With Team defense, they get points by preventing points. If they have a shutout they'll score a lot of bonus points for you. If they get sacks and interceptions, theyll score points for you. I think the key though is that people a lot of times overrate kickers and team defenses when they first start. The key to scoring points in a fantasy football league is yards and touchdowns, because that's going to be the most consistent thing every week. If you get a quarterback like Peyton Manning, every week he's going out and he's throwing for 300 yards and two touchdowns. He's going to be very consistent scoring points for you every week and that's what you're looking for, consistency. Even running backs and wide receivers, guys that do it every single week, are the ones to look out for and use in your fantasy football league.
What are the scoring categories in fantasy football?
The scoring categories in fantasy football leagues depends a little bit on the fantasy football league itself. But basically rushing yards, receiving yards and passing yards are kind of the bedrock. Those are going be categories in every fantasy football league. And then you're also going to have passing touchdowns, rushing touchdowns, and receiving touchdowns. Kickers have points that they can score and they get it by scoring extra points or field goals. And then for team defenses, theyre kind of off on their own. They can score points usually by getting sacks and getting turnovers and by preventing other teams from scoring points. Those are usually the main categories that you keep track of in fantasy football leagues. A lot of fantasy football leagues now also use receptions as a point. So if your running back, your wide receiver or tight end catch a pass you also score one point for that. Now it can get really complex because every league is a little different. A lot of fantasy football leagues allow you to get bonus points for getting over certain plateaus. So if a rushing or if a running back gets over one hundred yards you'll get maybe a three point bonus. If a receiver gets over a hundred yards maybe you'll get a three point bonus. The same thing happens if you get a shut out with a defensive team, or if a quarterback goes over three hundred yards. It can get really complicated, but the main thing is you get ten yards per point if you're rushing and receiving, and you get usually a point for about twenty yards when you're throwing the pass.
Where can I get advice on fantasy football?
You can find information and advice on fantasy football basically all over the internet. You can have news sites like rollover.com which provide news pretty much around the clock, and major sites like ESPN,FOX,CBS. You can go to the particular fantasy football page or anywhere in internet and find the news. On Sundays I like to go to the official NFL website. You can go to the score board and watch the games as they happen. Information is the key with fantasy football. If you know more information then you are going to do well. So if you have interest in football, I recommend that you keep track of who is slumping, who is hurt and who is playing well. If you follow the news then that's enough, that will ensure that you will be one step ahead of most opponents. Being short just one player can cost you a game. The more you collect information, the more you are going to do well. That will help you out when playing fantasy football.
How do I track and record the statistics for my fantasy football league?
The best way and almost the only way people track and record their statistics for their fantasy football league is by signing up for your league on a website. Tons of the big US sites have it: Yahoo, Sandbox, ESPN, Fox Sports. Basically everyone in your fantasy football league will join that website's league and they'll keep track of your stats for you. Once you enter your team into the system, they'll pretty much do everything for you. All you have to do is go log-on to the site and you'll see who's winning and who's losing. A lot of those leagues are free, but you'll have to pay for live scoring. What that means is on Sunday at 3pm if you want to see who's winning so far, which most owners do if you're really into the league, you have to pay maybe $10, it's usually not much for the whole season. I think it's worth it as it makes it more fun. I think one of the most fun things is Sunday afternoon when you're watching the games and seeing who wins. That's pretty much what the websites will do for you. There are some fantasy football leagues out there, not too many anymore, that will keep track of their stats by hand. Meaning on Monday morning every team on the fantasy football league will go and add up all their rushing yards, all their passing yards of their starters, and they'll add up all their kicker points. One other thing you can do is you can buy a statistics program that will do the statistics for you. So that's another option where you'll buy a service and that will allow you to do the stats on your own whether it's at home with a spreadsheet or something else like that. That's another option owners have for keeping track of their statistics.
When should I check the sports news to stay on top of my fantasy football week?
With checking the sports news to stay on top of your fantasy football week, one thing you want to make sure is that your players are playing in the NFL. It really chages every week who is injured who's not, and the teams don't like to say who's playing or who's not. So if you can only look for news one day a week I would say Friday afternoon and Saturday, and then also Sunday morning is a another key time because that's when you find out if your players are playing for sure. Actually I would say if you only had one twenty minute stretch of the week to really check, I would go ahead on Sunday morning around noon to 12:30 eastern time and just make sure your players are in the lineup before you set your fantasy football lineup. That's a good thing to do in every fantasy football league, planning on setting up your fantasy football lineup on Sunday morning if you have the time.
How much of my time will be consumed by playing fantasy football?
A lot of people don't take that much time out of their life to play fantasy football at all. People draft a team as maybe they have an office fantasy football league, but there are going to be some people in the office pool who don't really pay attention too much. They just draft a team and then they setup the lineup on Sunday. Then there are some people who follow fantasy football like it's a religion, spending multiple hours on it every day. I know some people who pay attention to our site greatly, they write me and they have 10-20 teams. So they are trying to keep track of all those teams at the same time. I wouldn't recommend doing that, and I don't even do that as I just like having a few fantasy football teams. I would say most people probably spend a couple hours a week on average playing fantasy football. Maybe 15 minutes a day just kind of catching up with the news, seeing what's going on, checking your fantasy football league to make some trades or pick up some players and maybe half an hour one day to pick up free agents. I would say it all adds up to a couple hours a week playing fantasy football. But really it's all about your personality. You can put very little into it or go crazy and put as much as you want into your fantasy footaball league.
