NFL Fantasy 2021: Drafting and Scoring Rules, Schemes and Mind Maps of Statistics

Download NFL Fantasy 2021: Drafting and Scoring Rules and more Schemes and Mind Maps Statistics in PDF only on Docsity! NFL.com Fantasy 2021 Official Rules No Purchase or Payment of any Kind Necessary. Purchasing Will Not Increase Your Chances Of Winning. This Game May Not Be Used To Conduct, Advertise Or Promote Any Form Of Gambling. NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. THIS GAME MAY NOT BE USED TO CONDUCT, ADVERTISE OR PROMOTE ANY FORM OF GAMBLING. THIS GAME IS FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY AND IS DESIGNED TO INCREASE CONSUMER AWARENESS OF AND INTEREST IN THE RELEASED PARTIES’ (DEFINED BELOW) SERVICE. THIS GAME IS OPEN TO PERSONS WHO ARE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING: (A) REGISTERED USERS OF NFL.COM; (B) LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE FIFTY (50) UNITED STATES OR WASHINGTON DC (FOR PURPOSES OF CLARITY, RESIDENTS OF PUERTO RICO AND ALL TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS OF THE UNITED STATES ARE EXPRESSLY EXCLUDED); AND (C) AT LEAST EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AT THE DATE OF REGISTRATION IN THE GAME. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. ANY PARTICIPATION IN NFL.COM FANTASY 2021 WILL CONSTITUTE ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ABIDE BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, PLEASE DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE NFL.COM FANTASY 2021. Introduction NFL.com Fantasy 2021 Welcome to NFL.com Fantasy 2021 (the "Game"), where you can join an NFL-managed 10- team, head-to-head Fantasy league. No matter what your skill level, we'll have plenty of leagues for you to choose from, including live and autopick drafts available at various dates and times. The rules for the Game are explained fully in this document. The League Manager: NFL.com NFL.com will serve as the league manager and will coordinate and manage all NFL.com Fantasy 2021 leagues (and has the authority to resolve any disputes that arise regarding unbalanced trades, alleged rules violations or anything else pertaining to the Game). Eligibility The Game is open to persons who are all of the following: (A) registered users of NFL.com; (B) legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia or Washington DC (for purposes of clarity, residents of Puerto Rico and all territories and possessions of the United States are expressly excluded); and (C) who are eighteen (18) years of age or older as of the date of registration. Employees, officers, directors, agents and representatives of the NFL Enterprises LLC (hereafter, “Administrator”), the NFL Parties (defined as NFL Enterprises LLC, NFL Properties LLC, the National Football League, its member professional football clubs, NFL Ventures, Inc., NFL Ventures, L.P., NFL International LLC, NFL Productions LLC and each of their respective affiliates, owners, subsidiaries, shareholders, officers, directors, partners, agents, representatives and employees, both individually and collectively) and each of their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, wholesalers, retailers, distributors, suppliers, advertising and promotion agencies (hereafter collectively, “Released Parties”) are not eligible. Void where prohibited by law. Registration Period: The Registration Period for the Game begins at 3:00:00 p.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) on 5/13/21 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. ET on 10/14/21 (hereafter, “Registration Period”). To Participate: A) Register: To register to participate in the Game: Visit www.fantasy.nfl.com or download the free NFL.com Fantasy Football mobile app on your iOS* or Android* wireless device during the Registration Period and either a) follow the prompts to login to NFL.com (if you already have an NFL.com account set up) with your username and password; or b) if you do not have an account on NFL.com, follow the prompts to set up an NFL.com account for free by completing and submitting the registration form. If you do not already have the NFL.com Fantasy Football app on your wireless device, visit the App Store and download the free app. Important Notice for Mobile App Participation Method: Message and data rates may apply for app download and use. Your wireless service provider may charge you for data use. Please consult your wireless service provider regarding their pricing plans. For purposes of these Official Rules, "Registered User" means a person who has successfully completed the registration form and has obtained a User Identification ("User ID") and associated password ("Password") on NFL.com. Once you are a Registered User, you may access the Game at any time by visiting www.fantasy.nfl.com or accessing the NFL.com Fantasy Football mobile app and entering your User ID and Password Registered User’s will be limited to six (6) registrations, one (1) per league (as defined below), per participant and email address. Registrations in excess of six (6) and/or multiple registrations in any one (1) league from any one (1) participant and email address thereafter will be void. B) Join A League: After you become a Registered User, you may join a Live Draft League or an Autopick League (defined below) anytime during the Registration Period by visiting fantasy.nfl.com/registration/leagueDirectory?leagueType=public and selecting a league from the provided list. Only leagues with available slots will be made available to you. All leagues are required to have ten (10) participants, or team "owners" in order to draft (outlined below). In order to ensure your league's season starts with the first day of the 2021 NFL regular season, you must sign up by 11:59:59 p.m. ET on 9/8/21 and your draft (defined below) must be completed by 3:00:00 p.m. ET on 9/9/21. The league start date for any drafts completed after 3:00:00 p.m. ET on 9/9/21 will be the first complete NFL week of games after your draft. The last day of Game play is 1/3/22. C) Draft Team Players; Live Draft Leagues or Autopick Draft Leagues: To acquire players for your team you must participate in a draft, the type of draft is determined by the type of league you joined. If you joined a Live Draft League then you will select your players via standard or auction format during a pre-scheduled online draft, which may take three (3) to four (4) hours to complete. If you joined an Autopick Draft League then NFL.com will process your draft for you. Follow the instructions on the league directory page accessible via http://fantasy.nfl.com to prepare your team for drafting and mark your team as ready to be drafted. Once your team is marked as ready to be drafted, NFL.com will process your draft. Team 4 4 7 4 7 4 7 4 7 4 7 4 7 4 7 4 Team 5 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 Team 6 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 Team 7 7 4 7 4 7 4 7 4 7 4 7 4 7 4 7 Team 8 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 3 8 Team 9 9 2 9 2 9 2 9 2 9 2 9 2 9 2 9 Team 10 10 1 10 1 10 1 10 1 10 1 10 1 10 1 10 Auction Draft Leagues with an auction draft format rely on player nominations and an open bidding system to draft a team of players. Each team starts with a fantasy budget of $200 and must draft a full team of 15 players within the fantasy budget of $200 (see Roster Requirements below). Live Draft Instructions After you join a Live Draft League, you will have the opportunity to make changes to NFL.com's default auction value list, which is a list of all NFL players that are eligible to be drafted, with auction values (bid amounts) specified by our NFL.com experts. You will be able to make changes to your auction value draft list up until thirty (30) minutes before your draft is scheduled to begin. It is recommended that you, prior to your Live Draft, organize the pre-rank auction value list according to your own player preferences. During the live draft, NFL.com will use the auction value rank list (regardless of whether you change the auction value list that the NFL.com fantasy experts provided) as a backup in case your time limit expires before you make a pick (explained below). On your scheduled draft day there will be an "Enter Draft" link on your League home page. This link will allow entry into the draft room. The nomination order of the Live Draft will be randomly generated thirty (30) minutes before the Live Draft is scheduled to begin. If your league does not have ten (10) team owners at draft time, your league will be disbanded and each owner will have to join another league. In the draft room, you will be able to place NFL players into a Nomination Queue — which is simply a list of players, in order of priority, that you are interested in nominating with your next draft pick. When it is your turn to pick, you will have forty-five (45) seconds to nominate a player. If the forty-five (45) seconds pass and you have not manually selected a player, the player ranked highest in your Nomination Queue will be automatically drafted. If the Nomination Queue is empty, a nomination will then be made based on your rank list and logic to help draft your team an ideal roster. In such a case, the highest rated player from the auction value list (which you updated prior to your draft being completed) will be nominated unless that position is filled — in which case the next best available option, at an available position, will be nominated. The nomination order will follow a linear pattern (as outlined in the chart below) throughout the draft, with no additional nominations made by teams once they have a full roster. Note that all players are nominated for an amount of $1, with bidding by all teams with sufficient funds to determine the player's final bid amount. After a player is nominated, all teams have the option to put in a bid in an attempt to draft the player. You will have forty-five (45) seconds to bid on the player. If a new high bid is made in the last ten (10) seconds of the bid process, the clock will reset to ten (10) seconds. Once the clock has reached zero (0) seconds, the current high bidder wins the player. The amount that was bid is deducted from the team's budget/bank and the next team according to the nomination order is now able to nominate a player. You can find additional information on Auction Draft format in our Fantasy Help section at http://nfl.com/help. Autopick Draft Instructions If you choose to create an Autopick Draft team, you will have the opportunity to pre-rank all eligible NFL players prior to being placed in a league any time during the Pre-Draft Period. You will rank the players in a single, comprehensive Pre-Draft Rankings list in the order of your preferred bid amounts. As in the Live Draft, you are not required to make changes to our Pre Draft Rankings list. If you choose to not make changes, our default list, which reflects the bid values of NFL.com fantasy experts, will be used. You will also have the opportunity to create a separate Excluded Players list of players you want to make sure they will not be drafted to your team. All changes and creation of an Excluded Players list must be completed during the Pre Draft Period. Once you are content with your Pre-Draft Rankings, you will be able to mark your team as "Ready to Draft" on your Team homepage. NFL.com will then be notified that your team is ready to be placed into an Autopick auction format league and drafted according to your Pre Draft Rankings list. You will be notified via email (at the email address provided during registration) after the draft has been completed and your team is ready to play. Please refer to the following table (each number in the table refers to each team's nomination position for that round) for the nomination order for the full 15 rounds of the draft. You'll see that the draft order will move in a linear order, meaning the same order is followed throughout the draft. Note that it is possible for a team to fill their roster prior to their last nomination. In this case, they will no longer nominate players during the draft, instead giving up these nominations to teams still in need of players on their roster. ROUND 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Team 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Team 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Team 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Team 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Team 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Team 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Team 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 Team 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 Team 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 Team 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Teams: Overview Each NFL.com Fantasy 2021 league will consist of ten (10) teams, which will be placed into a single division containing all 10 teams. Each roster will consist of fifteen (15) NFL players. Owners may select a starting lineup each week from these fifteen (15) players. The chart below lists the required number of players at each position for the 'starting lineup' and the 'draft'. • Note: Individual defensive players are not drafted; rather, you will draft an NFL team's entire defensive/special teams unit. For the purpose of roster limits, each NFL defensive/special teams unit will count as one "player." Roster Requirements Position Starting Lineup* Quarterback (QB) 1 Running Back (RB) 2 Wide Receiver (WR) 2 Running Back (RB)/Wide Receiver (WR) Flex 1 1. Year-To-Date ("YTD") Points Scored (sum of all points accumulated during Fantasy Regular Season); if a tie still exists then: 2. YTD Points Against (sum of opponents' points accumulated during Fantasy Regular Season); if a tie still exists then: 1. 3. Random selection from among such tied teams. FANTASY PLAYOFF SCHEDULE 2017 NFL Week 15 2017 NFL Week 16 Results #1 vs. #4 Winner of #1-#4 vs. Winner of #2-#3 Winner: Champion Loser: Runner Up #2 vs. #3 Scoring: Point Values Each week your team will compete against another team in your League in a head-to-head matchup. For the purposes of this Game a week is defined as the NFL games held between Wednesday and Monday. Matchups are determined by NFL.com in its sole discretion. During a matchup, each of the players in your starting lineup ("active" players) for that week will earn points based on their actual statistics from their respective NFL games. The charts below list the statistics and their corresponding point values. OFFENSIVE STATISTICS QB, WR, RB, TE, K Touchdown (Passing) 4 points Touchdown (Rushing or Receiving) 6 points Passing Yards 1 point for every 25 yards Rushing Yards 1 point for every 10 yards Receiving Yards 1 point for every 10 yards Receptions 1 point 2 point conversion 2 points Interception -2 points Fumble Lost -2 points Field Goal 0-49 yards = 3 points 50+ yards = 5 points Extra Point 1 point Offensive Fumble Recovery Touchdown 6 points DEFENSIVE STATISTICS DEFENSE / SPECIAL TEAMS Touchdown (Defensive or Special Teams) 6 points Safety 2 points Interception 2 points Fumble Recovery 2 points Sack 1 point Team Def 2-point Return 2 points Points Allowed 0 = 10 points 1-6 = 7 points 7-13 = 4 points 14-20 = 1 points 21-27 = 0 points 28-34 = -1 points 35+ = -4 points Wins & Losses: For each head-to-head matchup, the team with the greater number of points will earn a Win and the team with the lesser number will earn a Loss. During the Fantasy Regular Season, if two teams have the same number of points, each team will get a Tie. During the Fantasy Playoffs, there are no ties. The Higher Playoff Seed will be deemed the winner. Notes • Offensive Scoring (QB, RB, WR, TE): An offensive player will receive points for any of the specified offensive statistics he accumulates. Scoring will be calculated according to the following example: If a QB throws for 200 yards and 2 TDs; rushes for 20 yards and 1 TD; and has 25 yards receiving, his point total for the week would be: 2 TDs Passing = 8 points, 1 TD Rushing = 6 points, 200 yards Passing = 8 points, 20 yards Rushing = 2 points, 25 yards receiving = 2.5 points; or 26.5 total points for the week. • Defensive / Special Team Scoring: Your defense/special team is awarded points when any one of its members generates a TD, INT, fumble recovery, safety or sack. Your defense/special team unit is also awarded points for a kickoff or punt return that results in a TD. For instance, if your active defense/special team is the Steelers and JuJu Smith Schuster returns a punt for a TD, you get 6 points awarded for your defense/special team. In the same situation, a team using JuJu as an active WR would also be awarded points for a touchdown as an active WR. • Fumbles Lost by a player will lose 2 points if they turn the ball over to the opposing team at any time such player is on the field (including special teams and defense). For instance, if you have Alshon Jeffery active at WR and he fumbles the ball away at any time while he is on the field, your team will lose 2 points. This includes a fumble lost while returning a punt, kick, interception (if your WR were playing defense) or while on offense at WR. • Offensive Fumble Recovery Touchdowns are any touchdowns resulting from a fumble recovered by an offensive skill player. For instance, if your active wide receiver is Larry Fitzgerald and he recovers a fumble in the end zone for a touchdown, your team would be awarded 6 points. • Defensive Points Allowed will take into account only the points allowed by the team when the defense or special teams is on the field based on possession. For example, a touchdown scored by an opposing team's offense while the defense is on the field would count towards defensive points allowed, but a touchdown scored against a team's offense (TD from interception, safeties, etc.) would not count towards defensive points allowed. Also, note that points scored against a team's special teams unit (punt or kick return for a TD) would count towards defensive points allowed. • Defensive Touchdowns are any touchdowns scored by the defensive team. This includes fumble returns and interception returns • Team Defensive 2-point Returns are when a defender returns an interception or recovers and returns a fumble during a 2-point conversion attempt by the opposing team. • Special Teams Touchdowns are touchdowns scored by punt returns, kickoff returns or returns of blocked field goals or punts. With NFL-Managed default scoring settings, special teams touchdowns are awarded to the Team Defense/Special Teams unit, and individual players. For example, if an Eagles player returns a punt for a touchdown, the Philadelphia Eagles Defense/Special Teams receives 6 points for a special teams touchdown, and the individual Eagles player will also receive these points. • Fractional points will be used when calculating points from statistics. For example, 49 yards rushing will result in 4.9 points. Statistics Corrections: Following the completion of each week's games, all statistics and point totals are verified, and corrections are made where necessary. However, all statistics and point totals for the week are considered FINAL as of 11:59:59 PM ET on the Friday following the end of that week. If a stat correction is announced for the previous weekend's games after 11:59:59 PM ET on Friday or later, it will not be included in our statistics and your official Fantasy score will be based on the original statistic. Lineup Changes: Weekly Lineups Each week, owners have the opportunity to select their starting lineup for the coming week. If an owner doesn't set a lineup before the weekly lineup deadline (explained in the "Deadline to Change Status" section below), the owner's lineup from the previous week will be used. If an owner has a lineup that is not in compliance with these rules, their team will score zero points for the scoring period. players, also known as "team dropping". Team dropping has a negative impact on the league and as such, is prohibited and any owner who elects to drop his team shall be subject to immediate removal from the league. Players selected from waivers or added from free agency that were part of a team drop may be reversed at NFL.com's sole discretion. 2. The second exception is abuse of the waivers process. This is when a team owner adds then drops a series of players, putting those players on waivers and making them inaccessible to other team owners. Such an action could result in forfeiture of points as well as that team owner being blocked from making any additional add/drops for the remainder of the season, as determined by NFL.com in its sole discretion. If either of these situations occurs within your league, please contact NFL.com through Fantasy Help at http://fantasy.nfl.com/feedback as soon as possible. Preseason: Once a league's draft is completed, players can be added and dropped subject to the Free Agent and Waiver rules discussed above. The initial Waiver Rank after the draft will be the reverse of order in which teams selected in the draft. After the draft, all players not drafted will be placed on Waivers. The waiver process will run each night, 7 days a week, starting the day after the draft through the Tuesday night before the first 2021 NFL regular season game. Undroppable Players: To maintain the integrity of your league, you will be prevented from dropping certain star NFL players throughout the season. NFL.com will determine, in its sole discretion, which NFL players are undroppable. If there are players we've deemed undroppable on your roster, their undroppable status will be indicated on the Add/Drop page for your team. You may appeal to NFL.com for permission to drop an undroppable player; however, NFL.com will make the final decision on all undroppable player requests. Appeals can be sent via Fantasy Help at http://fantasy.nfl.com/feedback and should include the names of the players you want to add and drop. Trades: Trade Deadline Throughout the season, owners can trade players with other teams. In an effort to keep the integrity of the league, a deadline for trades will be imposed at 11:59:59 p.m. ET on 11/26/21. No trades will be allowed after that time. Any trades accepted by two parties before the deadline will be subject to the trade approval process. Trade Approval Process: In an effort to prevent collusion among owners, and to ensure fair competition, a trade approval process is used. After two owners agree to a trade, it will be in pending status for at least 24 hours. If six (6) owners in your league object to the trade within the pending time period, the trade will not be executed. Example: a trade made at 5:00:00 p.m. ET Tuesday will not execute before 5:00 p.m. ET Wednesday at the earliest, assuming six (6) owners do not object before then. To be effective for any given week of the NFL season, all trades between owners must be made at least 24 hours before the first game day of such week and disputed by less than six owners in a league. If trades are executed with less than 24 hours before the first game of any given NFL week or six (6) or more owners object to a trade, the trade will not be effective for such NFL week unless NFL.com overrules the objection at least 24 hours before the first game day of the week. If the NFL overrules the trade objection with less than 24 hours before the first game of the week, the trade will not be made effective until the following week. If you make a trade offer, be sure to monitor the status of that offer (link on the My Team page) as the weekly lineup deadline approaches, to ensure that acceptance of that trade does not cause your team to have an illegal lineup for the current week's games Multi-player Trades: Owners can enter unbalanced multi-player trades such as a 3 player for 1 player trade, however, such owners will be required to enter the necessary transactions to balance your roster immediately. If your roster is not balanced by the weekly deadline, you will receive zero points for that particular week. General Sportsmanship: By participating, you agree to abide by the general sportsmanship rules set forth in these rules and fantasy games in general. You further agree to accept and abide by the rulings and the decisions of NFL.com regarding all questions of sportsmanship. If an owner does not comply with the sportsmanship rules as defined in these official rules, or NFL.com determines (in NFL.com's sole discretion) that an owner has acted in an unsportsmanlike manner, NFL.com reserves the right to disqualify the owner, void points and/or remove that owner from the league. All decisions by NFL.com in sportsmanship and related matters will be final. Multiple Teams: In order to keep the leagues as competitive as possible, owners will only be allowed to have one team in a league. If it is discovered that two (2) or more teams are being operated by one owner in the same league, NFL.com reserves the right to disqualify that owner from participating in any Fantasy Football league. Collusion: NFL.com does not permit two or more owners in the same league to work together to better one team at the expense of the other (for example, making one-sided trades, one team dropping highly-rated players so the other team can pick them up) If it is discovered that two or more owners are colluding, NFL.com reserves the right to disqualify all involved owners from participating in any NFL.com Fantasy Football league. Inappropriate League Communication: The Fantasy and League Discussions, League News area, League Email Address, Game Center Discussions and Live Chat are available for you to communicate with other league owners. We ask that you refrain from posting or sending messages that could be construed as offensive to other owners. If NFL.com determines, at NFL.com's sole discretion, that someone is engaging in inappropriate league communication, NFL.com reserves the right to disqualify that person from participating in any NFL.com Fantasy Football league. User Name A Registered User’s username or team name may be displayed in full or partial format in certain instances within the Game (e.g. on the Game’s Leaderboard (as defined below)). The Released Parties cannot ensure the security of any information you choose to make public in your username or in the Game’s chat room, forum, or message board. The Released Parties cannot ensure that parties who have access to such publicly available information will respect your privacy. Please exercise caution when disclosing personal information. Leaderboard: Only the teams that have won their league’s championship (the “Champion Team(s)” ) will be eligible to be listed on the NFL.com Leaderboard subject to the below ranking system. Positions on the Leaderboard shall be calculated by multiplying a Champion Team’s League Index by their Adjusted Points. This will be calculated as follows: Each team's "League Index" will be calculated by taking the total points scored during the Game Period by all teams in the league and divided by total points scored by the highest scoring league during the Game Period. For example, if all teams in league A have scored a total of 1950 points during the Game Period and league C is the highest scoring league with 2000 points, then any team in league A will have a League Index of .975 (1950/2000). A team's Adjusted Points shall be calculated by multiplying the League Index by such teams' total points. Only teams winning their league's championship will be included in the Leaderboard. All teams on the Leaderboard will be ranked by Adjusted Points. If more than one team has the same Adjusted Points total, the tiebreaker will be determined by Team Points, and if a tie still exists, winning percentage, and if a tie still exists total points scored against. In the event of a tie for any prize level, the following tie-breakers will be used. 1. Regular Season Year-To-Date ("YTD") Points Scored (sum of all points accumulated during Fantasy Regular Season); if a tie still exists then: 2. YTD Least Points Against (sum of opponents' points accumulated during Fantasy Regular Season); if a tie still exists then: 3. YTD Points Against (sum of opponents’ points accumulated during Fantasy Regular Season); if a tie still exists then: 4. Random selection from among such tied teams. By entering the Game, each participant accepts and agrees to accept and be bound by these Official Rules and by the decisions of the Released Parties which shall be final and binding in all respects. The Released Parties and their parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies and advertising and promotion agencies are not responsible for lost, incomplete, inaccurate, garbled,