Fantasy Football

Football is awesome, but I am not that great. I thought that fantasy football would be a good idea. I was right. It is pretty dang great! I have not played any games. It is just the pre-season, but I have been managing my players. Right now I am trying to get Larry Fitzgerald by trading Stephen Gostkowski. Is that fair? We had the draft last night. I did OK. I got two good QBs, Peyton Manning, and Big Ben Roethlisberger. I did well on a K, Stephen Gostkowski. He is the Patriots kicker. At RB I have Steve Slaton, and Chris Johnson. They are from the Texans and the Titans. At TE I have Owen Daniels who is also from the Texans. At WR I have Greg Jennings and Hines Ward, which are from Green Bays and the Steelers, and as my defense I have the Vikings. To see my complete roster go here.

In our league there is 8 teams, Dad, Ryan, Adam, Evan, Alex, Ryan's Dad Jeff, Ryan's friend Caleb, and I. If anyone knows how to play fantasy football skip here. Here is how you play. You join a league, or if there is over 4 people you create one. Then you do the draft. You randomly decide who picks first in the draft. Whoever picks first in the first round picks last in the second round and vice-versa. To score points, the real NFL players have do it, not you. To score points on offense through your QB, you get one point for each 25 yards of completions. If you get a passing touchdown, you get 6 points. If your team passes a pick, you lose a point. If you lose the ball on a fumble, you lose 2 points. To earn points through your RB, you get a point for every 10 yards rushing, and 6 points for a touchdown. To get point via your TE or WR, you get 1 point per ten reception yards, and 6 for a touchdown. For your Kickers to score points, a 0-19 yard field goal is 3 points. 20- 29 yards =3 points. 30-39 yards =3 points, 40-49 yards =4 points. 50 or more yards =5 points. For points made by the defense, it is one point for a sack, two for a fumble recovery, 6 for a touchdown, 2 for a safety and two for a blocked kick. If your defense allows 0 points, you get ten points. If they allow 1-6 points you get seven. 7-13 = 4, 14-20= 1, 21- 27= 0 28-34= -1 35+= -4. That is how you play fantasy football.

That about does it. I will keep you updated on my progress.