Fantasy Football 101

Of course i'm swamped at work and in the midst of being bogged down with work i had the itch to break down fantasy football for all the greenhorn's. Next to sex, then next to real football, there is *gasps* FANTASY FOOTBALL!!! Hands down one of the best inventions ever, like seriously, like ever. You don't have to be into football to know what you're doing, well that's a lie but i don't want to scare away any greenhorn's. I'm going to try and give a simple breakdown of the most basic type of league and hopefully who knows, after reading this you might want to join :-). I promise you, it's so much fun, great trash talking involved, and once you compete in one season you'll be hooked, like a crack addict to their pipe.

So the league i'm running there is no online draft, that's for my other league where only professionals are welcomed. Not only that, mega bucks are on the line. The league for fun is an auto draft (The computer picks your teams based on how you ranked players). So here is a breakdown of what you do once you've entered.

1. Make sure you rank your players. Yahoo has it setup where they even have a list of the top 25 players in the league, if you have no clue you can probably just copy theirs :-). If you want to take your own stab at it, then just go through the available list and find your players and put them in the rankings you want. The higher you rank a player the better the chances that you will get that player. You can rank up to as many players/defenses that you want.

2. Once you've ranked your players, make sure you hit the save button.

3. After you've saved your picks, then you want to make sure you change your draft status from non ready to ready. As soon as everybody in the league has changed it, we should get our teams in a few days.

Now once the season has started and you've got your players, you have to put in a little bit of work. You earn points based on how a real player that you have on your team performs on game day. If you have a quarterback that throw 2-4 interceptions in a game, chances are he won't get you that many points.

You will also have a bench where you can decide if you want to sit a player for that week, or play them. You can decide to play a player based on who the their team is playing and if it seems it will be a good day for that team etc. EX: If you have Reggie Bush as a running back and say Marion Barber. Reggie Bush's team is playing the Raiders, and say Marion Barber's team is playing the Giants. You would play Reggie Bush b/c the chances are 8yr olds can play better than the Raiders, and Reggie Bush will probably run over them. You would pass on Barber just because the Giants defense is smack down amazing and he might not get you that many points.

Have your team updated each week by at least 9am on a Sunday morning so that the competition can begin. It's all about having fun, and once you get the hang of it, it'll become your pipe until January. I hope i've done my best to break down the most awesome thing you'll ever experience. Have fun people, and one last thing

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!!!!!