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A type of draft
in which owners are allotted a certain amount of fantasy cash.
The owner uses this money to fill their roster spots by bidding
on NFL players.
Basic Scoring Fantasy points are only earned when your
starters score touchdowns, field goals, and extra points.
Bench Players Players which you choose not to start;
you normally receive no points for their performances.
Cheat Sheet A drafting tool which lists NFL players ranked
in order of predicted fantasy points; however there are no accompanying
stats, so it is possible that it isn't accurate for a league's
scoring system. A good tool for beginners.
Commissioner The person who is responsible for maintaining
the league, reporting the results of the fantasy games, running
the draft, collecting entrance fees (if any), and generally
keeping things running smoothly. It is important for the commissioner
to be unbiased (fair) and honest.
Cut To remove or drop a player from your roster.
Draft The meeting of owners and commissioner before the
NFL season in which owners select the players for their team.
It can be done by auction or draft. Some leagues give the top
spots
in the draft to the teams with the poorest records from the
previous season.
Dynasty League A league in which you keep your entire
roster from year to year. The next season a draft is held to
improve your team. Usually the draft order is based on the previous
year's finish.
Dynasty leagues are a long term commitment.
Fantasy Football A game which the players (owners) earn
fantasy points for the performances of the NFL players on their
fantasy team. In most leagues, NFL players are assigned to teams
via a draft. Usually, each player can only be on one team at
a time and there are limits to the total number of players per
team. The object of the game is to out score your fantasy opponents
(other owners) on a weekly basis, so that at the end of the
season (depending on the league) you have the most points or
the most wins (in a head to head league).
FF or FFB Short for Fantasy Football
Injured Reserve An option in some leagues, an injured
player can be sent to the IR for a certain number of weeks.
The player cannot return to the active lineup and does not earn
the owner any points
until that number of weeks passed; however another player can
be added to the team since the IR player doesn't count against
the player limit.
IR See Injured Reserve
Keeper League A league in which a certain number of players
can be retained from the previous season by each owner, so that
their whole team does not have to be redrafted. The number of
players can vary. If you retain your whole team it is called
a dynasty league.
League A collection of owners who play against each other,
it is run by the commissioner.
Lineup See starters
NG or Newsgroup A huge forum for discussion.
Mock Draft A fake draft that is designed as a service
to get a gauge for when and where players are getting drafted
in actual fantasy football drafts. Some require the drafters
to post a rationale
behind their picks for additional insight for visitors.
Owner The person who makes decisions about a fantasy
football team. This includes drafting, cutting, and starters.
Performance Scoring In addition to basic scoring you
receive points for yardage (as in 1 point for every 20 passing
yards).
Pickup To add a player to your roster.
Projections A version of cheat sheet in which potential
statistics are assigned to players. Since many leagues' scoring
methods greatly differ this is more useful than a cheat sheet
because you can apply your own scoring system to determine their
fantasy value in your league.
Roster See Team
Scoring Abbreviations include: TD = Touchdown, FG = Field
Goal, XP = Extra Point, INT =Interception and Pts = Points.
Also see Basic Scoring and Performance Scoring.
Serpentine Draft The type of draft in which the commissioner
draws teams names from a hat to determine the order in which
teams will select players in the first round and then reverses
the order in the second. For example, in a 12 team league #1
would draft first in round 1 & #12 would draft last. But in
Round 2 #12 would draft first and #1 would draft last. The teams
would be in normal order in odd rounds and reversed in even
rounds.
Sleeper A draft term for a NFL player which an owner
believes is going to have a breakout season. These are usually
players who are not rookies, but they can be. For the most part
they are not well
known players. For example, Edgerrin James would not have been
a sleeper for the 1999 season, because many people knew he was
going to have a good to very good season. However, Kurt Warner
would have been because very few people expected much performance
from him, yet he was the leading player in most leagues in 1999.
Starters The players which you select on a weekly basis
that you will receive points for.
Starting Players See Starters
Stats A player's accomplishments for a given week. For
example, "Randy Moss's stats for week 14 are 3
Td's and 258 Receiving Yards.
Stud A NFL player who has proved himself to be a top
scoring player at his position.
Team The collection of players that an owner has.
Team Position An idea that is used in some leagues in
which you select a team instead of a specific
player for a position. For example, if you start Miami for Team
QB you would get credit for stats
from Jay Fiedler, AJ Feeley and anyone else.
Team QB See Team Position
Trade Switching certain players from Team A to Team B.
For Example Team A gives Team B Curtis Martin
in exchange for Onterrio Smith and Keyshawn Johnson. In almost
all leagues including money in a trade
is strictly against the rules. For example, Brett Favre for
Keyshawn Johnson and $10.
Transaction A roster change. Some leagues have a transaction
fee. Also see Cut, Pickup, and Trade Waiver See Pickup
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