COVID-19 Fantasy Football Changes?
2020 has taken many things from us. March Madness, Easter, the Summer Olympics, and the list goes on. Please don’t take away our football season. As college football unravels, all eyes have turned to the National Football League. The NFL has the advantage of watching months of the NBA, MLB, and NHL seasons play out with different strategies, and adjust theirs accordingly. The same should be done with your fantasy league. Here are our ideas on how to improve a much different NFL fantasy football season.
2nd Team Offense
Unlike the MLB, the NFL doesn’t have the luxury of rescheduling games to doubleheaders. During the 20-21 season, games may be canceled and teams could be forced to forfeit when they aren’t able to remain competitive. There just isn’t enough time to reschedule games. This is where your 2nd team offense comes into play. Before the week starts, owners will select 1 QB, 1 RB, and 1 WR from their bench to play should a team’s game be canceled. That way, if your 2nd team offensive player plays on Thursday night, he can still be substituted for a player’s game that is canceled on Monday. This will help keep the competitive balance of the league.
Expand Bench and IR spots
In almost every format this year, more players will be needed to labor through the season. When players test positive you will need to have a backup strategy. (Draft Hint: Try to draft players that aren’t on the same teams to avoid when COVID takes out a whole wide receiver corp.) Having more bench and IR spots will allow team owners more flexibility when losing players for weeks at a time.
Replace Kickers and DST
First off, this season isn’t going to be pretty. As we’ve learned from the MLB, with travel will come positive tests. We can expect the same thing from the NFL. Who the hell wants to lose a week where your kicker tests positive on Monday night and you have no one to replace him? Ditch the kickers and DST for an additional flex or bench spots.
These are just a few ideas to to consider when entering this unknown territory. What changes will your league consider when optimizing the upcoming fantasy football season? Leave a comment below or send us an e-mail with the changes your league will make this year.
By Samuel H. Carchidi
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