One of the first questions that comes up to new fantasy players is how to play fantasy football head-to-head and rotisserie leagues. Here's some of the basics so you can make an informed decision on what is the right league for you.
In fantasy football leagues, head-to-head leagues are when you go up against a different opponent in your league every week. The manager of the team who earns the most points at the end of the week wins. Then the following week your points get reset and you do it all over again. Your league commissioner decides what grouping of total points are used for tiebreakers between two or even three teams.
When you play head-to-head match-ups the experience is really is more of a simulation of the actual NFL experience. What I mean by this is on any given game day any team could pull off an upset. This makes it a lot more enjoyable because you go from a week to week basis and you don't have to wait till nearly the end of the season for the excitement to really kick in.
At the end of the season, each team's win-loss record determines if that team goes into the fantasy football championship. The top teams go into the playoffs in a head-to-head format. Just like in the real pro-football scenario. The team that wins the final playoff wins the season's championship.
In a rotisserie league you don't have head to head games each week. Instead your team's points are accumulated over the entire regular NFL season. Whatever team has the most points at the end of the year is the winner for the season.
Now, let's just think a minute about some of the crazy stuff that happens during a regular football season. Let's say your team is having a pretty decent year, but you had one game where your quarterback threw a load of interceptions. This allowed your opposition to pound the heck out of your team and they won by a lot of points.
Well that single game could cost you the entire season. Remember, whoever has the most points at the end of the season wins the championship in rotisserie leagues. Wouldn't it just bite that your team one every game, but that one game?
With a head-to-head league how you play your fantasy football team is a lot more like the real thing. That's what I prefer to play and so have chosen an head-to-head fantasy football league.
Johnny Pope aka JohnnyNFL is a fantasy football fanatic. Get his free fantasy football top picks and tips to build your champion fantasy football team at http://johnnyNFL.com.
