You can’t believe the moves made by the owner and head coach of your favorite NFL team! You know you’re infinitely wise, but you don’t exactly have $500 million to pay for an NFL franchise. Why not manage your own Fantasy Football team? You can play for FREE and embarrass your know-it-all friends. Take a sit; class begins on the “Fantasy Football For Beginners” course. Lesson 1 – The basics.

You’ve watched the NFL for years, you know the teams, the athletes, and the workings of an NFL team. A billionaire says goodbye to a franchise and chooses a head coach and general manager. They elect the coaching staff, select some players and start practice. When the regular season begins, the head coach and coaching staff direct the athletes on their team to try to win each week. Come the playoffs, if they were lucky and did their job well, they’ll be playing for the Lombardi Trophy and some bonus checks.

Fantasy Football works almost exactly the same way, except you are the owner, head coach, general manager, offensive and defensive coordinator all in one! That’s right, the final decision is yours. You participate in a Fantasy Football Draft, choose your players from every player and team currently in the NFL, set a roster each week, use trades and the waiver wire to manipulate your team, and aim for the playoffs. Once there, it’s anyone’s game. And yes, in some cases, you even get paid for your efforts.

Honestly, if you have a basic understanding of how an NFL game is played and how scoring works, you’re just as likely to win Fantasy Football week after week as a seasoned veteran if you follow in the footsteps of this Fantasy Football. Series of articles for beginners. After this series, I recommend that you read my Draft Day Do’s and Dont’s series and finish with my Fantasy Football Sleeper series. You’ll be better educated than 90 percent of your competitors and you’ll be well on your way to your league championship.

If you want to get into a FREE league and get the hang of things without spending any money, just type “Free Fantasy Football” into your browser and choose one of literally dozens of options. There are also leagues where you “buy” a franchise to manage, which offer cash prizes at the end of the season. Whichever path you choose, make sure you know how your league’s scoring system works. If you want the system that most closely resembles the NFL, choose a league with a “base scoring” system and a single-season league, not a goalkeeping league. If you have a defensive mindset, there are leagues that cater to that as well.

Now all you need to do is study, prepare, write, and manage. Next up is “Beginner Fantasy Football – Lesson 2 – Preparation”.