Fantasy football is an online community of football fans. The fantasy football season goes on during the NFL season. During fantasy football, you focus on the individuals, not the team. What I’m trying to say is you can have a team that loses but a player on that team who has a great game can contribute to your fantasy team winning. For example, in week 2 the Titans were playing the Houston Texans, and Chris Johnson had a huge game, but the Titans still lost. In my league, Johnson had 45 points for my friend’s team. Does that show you that fantasy football is about the individuals? The first step to fantasy football is the draft. Most people have a list of the top players they want. The draft is the main day of fantasy football. You gather with your league and pick the players you want. It is just like the NFL Draft except with veterans. You usually draft the first person on your list. When the draft is over you wait for the NFL season to start. Any player who was not drafted is a free agent. You can pick up free agents, but you have to a drop a player from your team. It is always surprising who you can find as a free agent. When it is time to start the NFL season, you set your lineup of players. After that you sit back, relax and watch them play. Every week you can change your lineup if a player is injured or has a bye. In fantasy football the regular season lasts 14 weeks. At the end of the regular season, the top 4 teams in your league go to the playoffs. The playoffs start in week 15 and last for two weeks. At the end, the team who wins all of their games in the playoffs is crowned the champion. And it all starts over again next season! Tell me your opinions and all about your experiences with fantasy football.
Hey Palmer -
ReplyDeleteLove the blog. Great explanation of Fantasy Football. As Mrs. Jenkins might have told you, I have been running a FF league for 20 years. My friends and I ran a league before the internet and live scoring. We used to get the newspaper on Monday and tabulate the scores using a calculator first and then an excel spreadsheet. Can you imagine that? While our league has undergone lots of changes over that time, the core group of friends has been together for about 15 years. It allows us to stay in touch even though we live in different states and gives us a reason to get together at least one time per year. The best part of every fantasy football season is the draft. It is truly an event for us.
I know Mrs. Jenkins enjoys your league and looks forward to winning it this year.
Mr. Jenkins