Easy guide to participate in Fantasy Football...even your cat can do it!

Sports Summer Slacking (SSS) is over.  It’s time to get serious about fall sports!

Media outlets everywhere are starting to talk NFL, so you know that means one thing is around the corner…Fantasy Football!!! Before you get left out of brunch conversations and crazy chest bumps let me try and help!

This blog post will give you the guts to get involved in the Fantasy Football action and provide a few  pointers on how to pick your team with confidence! Of course, you could always stick with the safe route and have your 6 year old nephew do it, or pick based on the players who have the cutest butts, or players from your favorite cities, but let’s try it my way this year and see how you do, cool?

How do you win fantasy football you ask?  It’s easy – you rack up points based on how well the athletes that you chose to be on your imaginary team do over the course of the season. The players who score the most points for your team are the same players who score the most points on the field, so you’ll want to pick players who tend to have the football a lot and score a high amount of points. All right, let’s get into it…

1.     Take running backs with your 1^st & 2^nd round pick.  They will help get you the most points.

2.     Choose a defensive squad based on a mix of young players and veteran players.  Never chose an all-veteran squad because they might be one step too slow without the energy of the younger guys!

3.     A quarterback can be picked in the 3^rd or 4^th round this year.  There is a large depth chart of quarterbacks who can throw deep, so no need to grab one if there are still good running backs and wide receivers available.

4.     Wide Receivers.  Make sure to grab a couple this year.  No need to focus on getting any Tight Ends (although they tend to have the best asses), Tight Ends are getting stronger and stronger these days on blocking and aren’t seeing as many balls thrown for long yardage.

5.     Pay attention to your roster each week.  Make sure you know if your players actually have a game that week, and if they don’t “bench” them and bring one of your “back ups” in! This is the biggest rookie mistake, don’t make it!

6.     When in doubt, ask any guy who looks completely out of it on Monday mornings.  Chances are they watched every televised game on Sunday while also staring at their computer, so they can rattle off any stat or suggestion for you! 

7.     Or check out these sites for in-depth analysis each week. 

              http://games.espn.go.com/frontpage/football

              http://fantasynews.cbssports.com/fantasyfootball

              http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/

Best of Luck!