Fantasy Football 2022: Early Cheatsheet for Choosing Best Team Names

TAMPA, FL - JUL 30: Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (12) throws a pass during the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Training Camp on July 30, 2022 at the AdventHealth Training Center at One Buccaneer Place in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Fantasy Football 2022: Early Cheatsheet for Choosing Best Team Names
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EAGAN, MN - JULY 27: Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins (8) hands the ball off to Minnesota Vikings running back Dalvin Cook (4) during the first day of Minnesota Vikings Training Camp at TCO Performance Center on July 27, 2022 in Eagan, Minnesota.(Photo by Nick Wosika/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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FLORHAM PARK, NJ - JUNE 15: Running Back Breece Hall #20 of the New York Jets runs a play during New York Jets mandatory minicamp at Atlantic Health Jets Training Center on June 15, 2022 in Florham Park, New Jersey. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)
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KANSAS CITY, MO - JUNE 15: Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) during minicamp on June 15, 2022 at the Chiefs Training Facility in Kansas City, MO. (Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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Fantasy Football 2022: Early Cheatsheet for Choosing Best Team Names

Aug 1, 2022

Fantasy Football 2022: Early Cheatsheet for Choosing Best Team Names

TAMPA, FL - JUL 30: Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (12) throws a pass during the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Training Camp on July 30, 2022 at the AdventHealth Training Center at One Buccaneer Place in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
TAMPA, FL - JUL 30: Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (12) throws a pass during the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Training Camp on July 30, 2022 at the AdventHealth Training Center at One Buccaneer Place in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Over the course of a fantasy football season, you'll make myriad decisions.

Perhaps the most important, though, is the first: what to call your team. After all, it will be permanently etched onto your league's trophy, right?

To help make sure your team's name rings right, let's run through some different options.

Follow Your Leader

EAGAN, MN - JULY 27: Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins (8) hands the ball off to Minnesota Vikings running back Dalvin Cook (4) during the first day of Minnesota Vikings Training Camp at TCO Performance Center on July 27, 2022 in Eagan, Minnesota.(Photo by Nick Wosika/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
EAGAN, MN - JULY 27: Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins (8) hands the ball off to Minnesota Vikings running back Dalvin Cook (4) during the first day of Minnesota Vikings Training Camp at TCO Performance Center on July 27, 2022 in Eagan, Minnesota.(Photo by Nick Wosika/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Your first pick at the draft often sets the tone for your entire team.

You could argue, then, that your team's name should reflect that superstar's status.

If you're building a roster around that player, then why not build a team name around them? Craft a pun around a first or your last name, and you're golden.

Just look at the gems available with first- and second-rounders:

  • Dalvin and Hobbes
  • Mahomes Alone
  • CeeDee Burner
  • Oh Saquon You See
  • Hot Chubb Time Machine
  • Lights, Kamara, Action
  • Finding Deebo

The Fresh Faces

FLORHAM PARK, NJ - JUNE 15: Running Back Breece Hall #20 of the New York Jets runs a play during New York Jets mandatory minicamp at Atlantic Health Jets Training Center on June 15, 2022 in Florham Park, New Jersey. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)
FLORHAM PARK, NJ - JUNE 15: Running Back Breece Hall #20 of the New York Jets runs a play during New York Jets mandatory minicamp at Atlantic Health Jets Training Center on June 15, 2022 in Florham Park, New Jersey. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)

Play in a dynasty or keeper league? If so, nothing will get your juices flowing more than the first-year player draft.

Make the right selection, and you just might walk away with a foundational talent for the next decade.

Given the importance, you could consider crafting your team name around a rookie. Plus, it will force further creativity out of you going forward, since a new batch of rookies will arrive every year.

  • Breece's Pieces
  • Olave Garden
  • Love the Drake
  • MegaWatson
  • Garrett Cake

The Quarterbacks

KANSAS CITY, MO - JUNE 15: Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) during minicamp on June 15, 2022 at the Chiefs Training Facility in Kansas City, MO. (Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
KANSAS CITY, MO - JUNE 15: Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) during minicamp on June 15, 2022 at the Chiefs Training Facility in Kansas City, MO. (Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Depending on your league format, there's a good chance that your quarterback won't be your first pick. Or your second.

Using FantasyPros' consensus average draft position, no quarterbacks are cracking the top 20 and only three rank among the first 50 picks: Josh Allen (23.3), Patrick Mahomes (33.0) and Justin Herbert (37.3).

So, why would you ever consider naming your team after a signal-caller? Because this is still the NFL, and quarterbacks rule over that league. Plus, you can get some pretty good names going around the quarterback crop.

  • Kobra Kyler
  • Brady Gaga
  • Brady's Bunch
  • It Takes Tua to Make a Thing Go Right
  • Country Road, Take Mahomes
  • Baby Got Dak
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