So a few people have sent me some questions so I thought I would do a general post on some basics, and if you have other questions please feel free to pm me or post them here.
Both leagues are the same so all info applies to both.
Draft
Once you sign up and have your team as this is an auto draft league you will want to rank your players as you see fit. For those of you who don't know what this means basically you have the opportunity to rank all the eligible NFL players. You can organize 6 Rank Lists - one list for each Fantasy position: QB, RB, WR, TE, K, DST. You can rank the players on each list in the order of your preference, with the player you'd most like to draft being #1 on a list, and so on.
You do not have to rank players at all, this site will automatically draft what fantasy experts believe to be the next best availably player for you.
Once the draft is over you need to set your team weekly. Keep and eye out for injuries and such. You want to start the best player to score as many points as you can to beat the team you are playing.
Scoring
Each week your team will compete against another team in your league in a head-to-head match up. During a match up, each of the players in your 'starting lineup' ('active' players) for that week will earn points based on their actual statistics from NFL games (this is why you can only start players in the roles they actually play) The charts below list the statistics and their corresponding point values.
|
Offensive Statistic |
QB, WR, RB, TE, K |
|
Passing, Rushing or Receiving Touchdown |
6 points |
|
Passing Yards |
1 point for every 25 yards |
|
Rushing Yards |
1 point for every 10 yards |
|
Receiving Yards |
1 point for every 10 yards |
|
2 point conversion |
2 points |
|
Passing Interception |
-2 points |
|
Fumble Lost, including ST plays |
-2 points |
|
Field Goal |
0-49 yards = 3 points
50+ yards = 5 points |
|
Extra Point |
1 point |
|
Offensive Fumble Recovery Touchdown |
6 points |
|
Defensive Statistic |
Defense |
|
Total Defensive/ Special Teams Touchdown |
6 points |
|
Safety |
2 points |
|
Interception |
2 points |
|
Defensive/ST Fumble Recovered |
2 points |
|
Sack |
1 point |
|
Points Against, Total Points Scored |
0-6 = 8 points
7-13 = 6 points
14-20 = 4 points
21-27 = 2 points
28+ = 0 points |
|
Yards Allowed
|
0-49 = 12 points
50-99 = 10 points
100-149 = 8 points
150-199 = 6 points
200-249 = 4 points
250-299 = 2 points
300+ = 0 points |
Win, loss, and tie.
For each head-to-head matchup, the team with the greater number of points will earn a Win and the team with the lesser number will earn a Loss. During the regular season, if two teams have the same number of points, each team will get a Tie.
During the playoffs, there are no ties. The tiebreakers for head-to-head match ups in the playoffs are as follows:
- Combined Passing, Rushing, and Receiving Yards
- Defensive Yards Allowed
Schedule & Playoffs
Regular Season
The first 14 weeks of the NFL season represent the regular season for NFL.com Fantasy 2008 leagues. During these 14 weeks, each team will play the other teams in its division twice each, and they will play teams in the other divisions once each. When the draft is complete, you can see your team's specific schedule by clicking the Schedule link
Playoffs
When the 14-game regular season ends, four (4) teams from the league will make the playoffs: the three (3) division leaders (the team with the best win/loss record in each division) and a wildcard team, which is the team with the best win/loss record in the league, excluding the three (3) division leaders.
The division leader with the best record going into the playoffs will be the #1 seed, and the #1 seed will play the wildcard (seed #4) in the first playoff match in NFL Week 15. The other division leaders will be seeded #2 and #3, and will also face each other in week 15.
Adding and Dropping Players
Free Agents
Throughout the season you may want to improve your roster by adding available free agents and dropping players who are not performing up to your expectations. You can submit a free agent request at any time. Any player who is not on Waivers (as described below) is considered a free agent and may be added to a team immediately on a first-come, first-served basis.
Waivers
To provide an equal opportunity for all owners to add players to their roster, a Waivers process is used. Requests for players that are on Waivers are not executed immediately, but are put in a pending status.
Trades
Trade Deadline
Throughout the season, owners can trade players with other teams. In an effort to keep the integrity of the league, a deadline for trades will be imposed at 11:59:59 PM ET Tuesday, 11/11/2008. No trades will be allowed after that time. Any trades accepted by two parties before the deadline will be subject to the trade approval process.
Trade Approval Process
In an effort to prevent collusion among owners, and to ensure fair competition, a trade approval process is used. After two owners agree to a trade, it will be in pending status for at least 24 hours. If four owners in your league object to the trade within the pending time period, the trade will not be executed, but will go to the Commissioner for evaluation. Example: a trade made at 5:00 PM Tuesday will not execute before 5:00 PM Wednesday at the earliest, assuming four owners do not object before then.
General Sportsmanship
By participating, you agree to abide by the general sportsmanship rules set forth in these rules and fantasy games in general. You further agree to accept and abide by the rulings and the decisions of NFL.com regarding all questions of sportsmanship. If an owner does not comply with the sportsmanship rules as defined in these official rules, or NFL.com determines (in NFL.com's sole discretion) that an owner has acted in an unsportsmanlike manner, NFL.com reserves the right to disqualify the owner and/or remove that owner from the league. All decisions by NFL.com in sportsmanship and related matters will be final.
Inappropriate League Communication
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