We are getting close to the start of the NFL season and that means even more Fantasy Football drafts will be taking place over the next week or so. Successful Fantasy owners have spent time preparing for their draft by researching sleepers, projected breakout stars, and rookies ready to make an impact. We read about different kinds of strategies to implement during the draft and read best practices for when to select certain positions or specific players. Tools such as “average draft position” (ADP) help us with our knowledge before…
Category Archives: Fantasy Football
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Adaptability and Fluidity
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What Happens After Draft Day?
Continue Reading*Today’s devotional is an excerpt from the book we’ve written, The Fantasy Football Fellowship Playbook. You can order yours on Amazon to read the rest of the weekly Fantasy devotionals all season long. You can also join one of our UNPACKIN’ it Fantasy Football leagues: Register As Fantasy Football owners, we spend all summer preparing for our draft and figuring out which players we want to select. We consider the rookies joining new teams and how quickly they have a chance to contribute, as well as, which players will have the biggest impact after…
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Chaos During a Fantasy Football Draft
Continue Reading*Today’s devotional is an excerpt from the book we’ve written, The Fantasy Football Fellowship Playbook. You can order yours on Amazon to read the rest of the weekly Fantasy devotionals all season long. You can also join one of our UNPACKIN’ it Fantasy Football leagues: Register The Fantasy Football draft is one of the best days of the year! Feeling like you’re an NFL general manager and selecting the right players for a winning team is exhilarating. When a player we want is still available and we’re able to draft him, the excitement escalates…and…
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The Fantasy Football Experts
Continue Reading*Today’s devotional is an excerpt from The Fantasy Football Fellowship Playbook that we’ve written. You can order yours on Amazon to read the rest of the weekly Fantasy devotionals all season long. You can also join one of three UNPACKIN’ it Fantasy Football leagues: Register As we prepare for our upcoming Fantasy Football season, how do we make decisions about which players to pick up, trade for, and add to our lineups? Do we base our selections solely on the football we watched last year? Do we simply choose our favorite players from our…
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The Dependable Player
Continue ReadingWith the NFL season starting up again, analysts are making predictions and Fantasy Football owners are having their drafts. Every NFL player is put under a microscope as fans and the media determine how good they are expected to be throughout the year. Dependability is one of the key characteristics to factor in when projecting players’ contributions and potential success. Do they get injured regularly? Do they have issues getting suspended? Do they fumble, throw interceptions, or drop passes? Can you really count on them to be reliable? Even some…
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I Blew It!
Continue ReadingAs Fantasy Football owners, we can all relate to what it’s like to experience great disappointment and frustration because of poor team performance. We also know what it’s like to draft the wrong player after we talked ourselves out of drafting someone else. Both of these situations fill us with regret and lead to second-guessing thoughts swirling around in our head. This is especially true throughout the season when we lose a tight Fantasy matchup because of a wrong move we made as an owner. One year I had a…
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The Anticipation of Draft Day
Continue ReadingThis Saturday is one of the best days of the year because I will spend it with my friends at a Fantasy Football draft. We look forward to the draft all summer long, so the anticipation leading up to it this week is a lot of fun. It’s exciting to think how the day will unfold and which players we’ll all end up with. I’m eager to see my buddies and remind them how I’ve never missed the playoffs, and I’m also ready to draft a team that I hope…
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Trash Talking
Continue ReadingIt’s week three in our special Fantasy Football Friday series (order the FFF book HERE), and I’d like to unpack one of the most common aspects of this great activity – trash talk! Even though we’re playing an imaginary “sport,” when you get a group of guys together in a league, the competitive juices flow and the back and forth banter becomes prevalent. During Fantasy drafts, you hear plenty of feedback and responses from league members when they think you made a terrible pick. They also give you a hard time for not…
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Trying to Control
Continue ReadingOne of my favorite things about being an NFL fan is playing Fantasy Football. I love putting together a roster of real players for a pretend team and competing against my friends. During the preseason draft, I diligently prepare by researching and making a plan for the players I want to take and when I want to pick them. Once the season starts, I enjoy watching games and predicting which players will perform best each week, so I can put those guys in my starting lineup. Based on my knowledge of the…
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Why Wait?
Continue ReadingThe NFL is a couple of weeks away from training camps getting underway and the preseason games starting up. As players and coaches prepare for another season, Fantasy Football owners also begin getting ready for the new season. Many of us have already made plans for our draft and have begun our Fantasy research. However, there are other football fans who aren’t in a league yet and are encouraged by promotions saying, “Don’t Wait Until It’s Too Late – Sign Up Now!” I’m heading into my 16th season playing Fantasy…
