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that guy next Sunday! The dream of actu- ally playing in the NFL comes true for only a tiny fraction of people who love the game. However, the dream of owning and running a team, if only on paper

(or should we say “on screen”?) now comes true ev- ery week of the NFL season for millions of people. This chapter assumes that you know what NFL football is, but that you’re just learning about fantasy football. If you’re a fantasy football expert, feel free to skim (but remember, this information might be on the test!). Fantasy Basics In fantasy football, a team owner is in a small league of fellow fantasy owners. Each owner chooses a set of NFL players to be on his or her team. That fan- tasy team then racks up points based on how the real

Preparing for a fantasy football draft calls for research, research, research.

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