Hey ladies,
Thanks again for participating in Tuesday night's draft. I hope everyone had fun! Here are a few more tips for the first-timers:
1) Setting your lineup for the week.
Unlike previous
years, this football season will have Thursday night games starting in
September (except for next week - the season oddly starts on a
Wednesday). Make sure you set your lineups before the Thursday night
game that week if you have players in those games. To do this, you go to
the "My Team" tab, which brings up all your players. From here, you can
drag your players to the white area of the table, which means they will
be starting that week. If they have "BN" next to them, that means they
will be benched and will not be earning you points.
Important note - even if you set your lineup on Thursday for the
week, you still can still make changes after that for your players who don't
play until Sunday. For example, if you set your lineup Thursday, but
find out one of your players gets injured in practice on Friday, you can
bench him as late as Sunday right before the game if need be.
Basically, if the guy hasn't played yet, you can still move him to the
bench or the starter. Once he's played, you are set with him in that
position.
2) Checking the status of your players.
When you're looking at your players, you'll see each has a yellow, white, or blue "post-it" icon next to their name. This is their status update, and is very helpful to check each week, especially if that player sustained an injury the previous week. A yellow note with a star on it means check this now! White means there is nothing new to report. First-timers will find these notes helpful as they also provide recommendations on whether to sit or start a player.
3) Follow your team on gameday.
The "Matchup" tab shows your head-to-head scoring against your opponent. You'll need to refresh this page during the games, so if you'd like to see a live scoring of all teams, go to the the "Stattracker" tab, which will open a pop-up to reveal not only your team's live results, but all other teams in the league. Just make sure you disable your pop-up blocker for the site. You can also chat here, if you desire to post some smack talk...
4) Adding/removing players from your team.
The "Players" tab is where to go when you're ready to add a new player to your roster, which you may want to consider if one of your players goes on injured reserve or is hurt for a few weeks. Simply find the player you want, then click on the green plus sign. This will then take you to your team view, where you'll be required to drop a player so you don't have an extra one. Simply check off the player you want to drop, then it will bring you to a confirmation screen where you can give final approval. Easy-peasy!
Stay tuned for some more tips and tricks! In the meantime, feel free to send us any questions here or via our Facebook page.
Happy footballing!
Lauren & Lily
