Trying times are approaching for students into Fantasy Football. The Fantasy Playoffs are just around the corner, but so are finals. This leaves fans with much less time to think about their lineups, and which players to pick up.
The best advice for getting through this rough patch is for owners to stick to their studs.
Don’t sit Drew Brees in favor of Colin Kaepernick simply because Kaepernick has a better matchup. It is a lot easier, under any circumstances, to justify playing Drew Brees than sitting the man who holds the NFL record for pass yards in a season (over a player who has just two career starts).
Always start the player who has been consistent over a player with a lot of upside if you want to win Fantasy Football.
For those unfamiliar with Fantasy Football, it is a great way for anyone from a casual to diehard NFL fan to get the most enjoyment out of the season.
The premise of the game is simple. Fans join a league with their friends or strangers on sites like ESPN or Yahoo. Members become pretend owners of a team, which they can give clever names like Fore-Year-Old Virgins and The Matty Ice 12 Pack.
When the league is full, all the owners conduct a draft to determine who gets which NFL players. The draft, usually called a snake draft, is where the first person to choose a player in the first round picks last in the second.
The draft is usually 15 rounds, so each team owner drafts 15 players. Then nine out of the 15 go into the starting lineup, while six go on the bench.
Once the NFL season starts, members must pick nine players to start and play against another owner in the league.
These starters go into slots, which change from league to league. However, it usually consists of one quarterback, five receivers or five running backs and one slot each for tight end defense and kicker. The nine starter players chosen by the team owner determines how many points he scores.
The scoring is very different from league to league, but it is always based on performance. The total number of points each owner scores determines if they win or lose the matchup.
Throughout the season, owners can add free agents to their teams from the pool of players who weren’t drafted or got dropped.