Fantasy Football 2022: Creative Team Names to Bring Excitement to Your League

In the world at large, August is something of a stagnant month; summer is winding down, kids are waiting for (or dreading) the start of school and fall is top of mind.

In fantasy football, however, August feels more like January; it's a fresh slate, ripe with opportunities.

For draft leagues, this means a chance to rebuild your roster every year. And if you happened to settle on a classic fantasy team name early on in your league, your competitors might be used to seeing Leader of the Pack or My Giants or New York Sack Exchange return year after year.

But if you're looking to capitalize on the latest storylines and hottest players in the NFL today, the following name suggestions are for you.

We'll take a look at some popular 2022 NFL fantasy names as well as some classic standbys, for whichever direction you want to go.

Note that some trending NFL storylines and criminal proceedings aren't appropriate to make light of, and therefore won't be reflected in the following team name ideas.

Dominant storylines in the 2022 offseason that have begotten popular team names include the Los Angeles Rams' reigning Super Bowl title, Russell Wilson's arrival in Denver and his...enthusiastic...adoption of "Let's Ride" as his personal motto, Rodgers'...enthusiastic adoption of Ayahuasca to get his mind right in the offseason and Zach Wilson's rumored enthusiasm for ladies of a certain age.

Other popular team names for 2022 take their inspiration from politics, as well as the popularity of F1 racing, Better Call Saul and more pop culture trends.

Let's take a look at fantasy team names trending now. A note of caution: some of these references may feel dated by December.

Trendy 2022 Fantasy Team Names

Allentown

McDermott Mulroney

Ayahuasca on my Mind

Sippin' on Ayahuasca

Enema of the State

Broncos Country

Let's Ride

Where There's a Wilson There's a Way

Wilson Sporting Goods

Feelin' DangeRuss

Baking Bad

Better Call Jamaal

Better Call Hall

Jesse, Let's Cook

Cooking with Jesse

Zach's PTA Party

Zach's Mom's Best Friend

Championship Kupp

Kupp Runneth Over

King Cooper

Storm Cooper

Super Cooper

Vegas, Baby!

Fifty Shades of Davante

Biden Our Time

Broadway Joe Biden

Rushin Collusion

Kamala Chameleon

The James White House

Commanders in Chief

McLaurin F1

A League of Their Own

Maybe you're not interested in following the trends. You know that the storylines of August will be old news by October, so you're looking for more tried-and-true fantasy team names that you can use season after season. We've got you covered right here.

In 2022, it's all about the big contenders—teams like the Buffalo Bills, Los Angeles Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Cincinnati Bengals, Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs—and the players who power them, like Cooper Kupp, Matt Stafford, Josh Allen, James Cook, Aaron Rodgers, Allen Lazard, Patrick Mahomes (so many Mahomes puns) and, of course, Tom Brady.

Classic Fantasy Team Names

Aaron It Out

Aaron on the Side of Caution

Baby Chark

Baby Got Dak

Bad JuJu

Beg Burrow and Steal

Big McManus on Campus

The Brady Bunch

Brady Gaga

Call of Jeudy

Captain Kirk

Charknado

Country Roads, Take Mahomes

Dak in the Saddle Again

Dak to the Future

Fantom Menace

Fields of Dreams

Forgot about Trey

Game of Jones

Green Eggs and Cam

Here’s to You, Allen Robinson

Hooked On a Thielen

Hot Chubb Time Machine

Hotel, Motel, Golladay Inn

Hot Lockett

How I Metcalf Your Mother

I, Tonyan

Jamaal about that Bass

Judge Jeudy

Keeping Up with the Joneses

Kupp and At 'Em

The Lazard King

Lockett Like It’s Hot

London Calling

Luck be a Brady

Mahomes is Where the Heart Is

Mahomes on the Range

McManus about Town

Mecole, Myself And I

More than a Thielen

Mr. Rodgers' Neighborhood

New York Sack Exchange

Once, Twice, Three Times a Brady

Orange is the New Sack

Pitts and Giggles

Return of the Mac

Rockin' Dobbins

Rolling with My Mahomes

Run CMC

Spill the Tee

Stafford Infection

Sweet Sweet Fantasy Football

Tee It Up

Trubisky Business

When Harry Kmet Sally

The Zeke Shall Inherit the Earth