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3rd
year WR rule -
It is common knowledge within fantasy football circles that the
third year in the league for wide recievers is the year they
generally "break out" with a statistically monstrous year. It
generally takes wide receivers until their third year before the
game begins to slow down for them. Many fantasy football
draft-niks will draft 3rd year wide receivers for just this reason.
ADP - Average Draft Position - a tool commonly used by
fantasy football drafters to place a perceived fantasy football
value on an NFL player. Average draft position is generally
determined by where NFL players are selected in mock drafts.
bench players -
bust
- an NFL player
generally regarded as a solid fantasy football prospect that does
not perform up to expectations.
bye
week -
cheat sheet – a list of players ranked by position in the
order in which they should be taken during the fantasy football
draft. Most fantasy owners will bring cheatsheets to the draft to
serve as reference for their draft selections for each of the roster
positions they have to fill (ie QB, RB, WR, etc).
commissioner -
donator – a perennial fantasy football championship loser
designated so because he/she pays their entry fee but fails to ever
win a championship or the cash prize associated with it.
handcuff - the practice of selecting a backup NFL player
in order to protect oneself against injury to the team's starter or
in the case of a running back by committee situation, the practice
of selecting both running backs in the team's backfield that are
splitting the carries. For example, if selecting a player of
the calibre of LaDanian Tomlinson in San Diego, if is wise to
handcuff Micheal "the burner" Turner to LT.
keeper league – a fantasy football league in which the
NFL players on a fantasy owner’s starting roster are retained or
kept each year. Keeper leagues generally allow fantasy owners to
keep a nucleus of players every year that they build upon on draft
day. NFL rookies or waiver wire players are the only players
selected during a keeper league draft.
mock draft – a simulated fantasy
football draft including each draft pick listed round by round in
the order they might be taken. Mock drafts are a good resource for
fantasy owners to determine when certain players should be selected
to obtain optimal value for the selection.
overall player ranking -
QB – Quarterback position. He’s
the guy who throws the football.
RB – Running Back Position. He’s
the guy who runs with the football.
RBBC –
Running Back by Committee. An offensive philosophy
employed more and more by teams in the NFL in which instead of
having a primary ball carrier who gets the majority the carries, and
team will use two of three running backs to share the load. The idea
is that if a team does not have a single stud running back, that two
or three can perform as effectively as a single stud running back.
With the 2006 success of the Indianapolis Colts and Chicago Bears,
the running back by committee philosophy is gaining ground in
training camps around the league. This means that single set
backfields will become more valuable on draft day.
sleeper - an NFL player that is
predicted to unexpectedly have a solid fantasy football year.
Most drafts are made by selecting players in the later rounds of the
fantasy football draft that outperform where they were taken.
team depth chart -
WR – Wide Receiver position.
He’s the guy who catches the football.
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Fantasy Football Dictionary