FanGraphs: The Game, Football Edition
I’m pleased to introduce FanGraphs: The Game, Football Edition!!
“What?! A football game at FanGraphs?!” you say?
Yes! Given the nature of FanGraphs: The Game, it seemed like a natural fit for football, so we decided to give it a try!
FanGraphs: The Game for football is just like it is for baseball. You create a player and make picks each week to build your player’s stats over the course of the season. Whatever statistics your pick of the week accumulates are added to your player’s totals.
All of your totals will be tracked on your very own FanGraphs football player page and your player will show up on the football leaderboards, so you can see how well you’ve performed compared to others throughout the season. (These will be available later in the week after some stats have been accumulated.)
Because each player you create is assigned a position and is affiliated with a specific team, you have the chance to be atop the depth charts and hold bragging rights over your friends and others who are gunning for that same spot. You can also win awards (weekly, monthly, half-season, and full-season), and achievements.
At the end of the season, the player with the highest points total at each position will win $100, and the player with the second highest total at each position will each win a FanGraphs T-Shirt. Please see the full game rules for further details.
Click here to create a player and make your first pick. You can create as many as six players or as few as one – it’s all up to you. And, since you’re only going to be making one pick per week for each player you create, this is the fastest and easiest way to enjoy fantasy football. And best of all, it’s entirely free.
Since this is our first foray into anything football, please bear with us and let us know if you have any issues!
Tim Tebow has officially infiltrated Fangraphs.
This is AWESOME
You should create an entire football section. I’d read it.
Hell I’d write for it.
Me too.
Raaaaaaad.
Not just football but the bronies are here too
Love it. Although some of the prices seem a bit off. $6 for Barcon Batch (4th stringer, apparently) yet it’s $5 for the likes of Matt Forte, Daren McFadden, Jamaal Charles, etc.
Yeah, I noticed this too.
Rookies or any player who hasn’t played in the past year is set at $6. You don’t have to choose any of these guys, but if you wanted to pick someone like Trent Richardson, didn’t think he should be set at $0 either.
Would it be unreasonable to request FanGraphs: The Game, for the NBA this upcoming season?
Yes because the NBA is dumb.
Though Fangraphs should have a March Madness pool.
Boooo.
Kicker points?
Updated!
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So will we see a compiled stat line for our player or just total points?
Yep, you will see a full compiled stat line, this will probably be available starting this weekend, or Tuesday (after the first week’s games) at the latest.
NOOOO!!! Football is invading everything and taking over baseball!!! Boo pigskin, yay hardball!
Any hope for custom leagues a la baseball?
Yep, football will have everything baseball has, except maybe live scoring, though that is not ruled out. Expect everything by the end of next week.
I expect everything by tonight.
Any update on when we’ll find out our scores?
Any updates on when we can see game logs for our players? Is this a failed experiment?