WASHINGTON — All your fantasy football friend “experts” will tell you that the most important part of the season is the draft. While that may be true, whether you’re a newbie or a veteran, to fully enjoy your fantasy season you must have a good team name.
Even if your draft isn’t for another week or two, it’s good to start thinking about this now. You don’t want to be worrying about trying to be clever while simultaneously trying to rank your wide receivers as the draft clock counts down. That’s how you end up panicking, wondering why Jordy Nelson is still available at the end of the third round, excitedly snagging him, and summarily kissing your season goodbye.
While plenty of people think they have good team names, most of them are wrong. According to Slate, the most popular team name in 2014 was “Show me your TDs.” Seriously. Be better than that.
To help you, we’ve listed nine perfectly acceptable options for you this year in the slides above, based on players, teams, pop culture references and news stories that have dominated the offseason. Feel free to think of this as a jumping off point for your own creativity, or just go ahead and steal one for yourself if you’re feeling desperate. We won’t tell anyone.
