I want to be a vampire. Correction. I want to be THE vampire. Not the immortal, suck your blood, afraid of the sun, Twilight vampire that you may be imagining. But rather the person who won’t get to pick at all in next year’s fantasy football draft. That’s right. There’s a new kind of league in the making and it could turn a multi billion dollar industry on its head.
Here’s how a vampire league would work. One team misses the draft entirely. That person is the vampire and it could be anyone. A random victim of fate. An eager guinea pig. Or perhaps the person who came in last the year before.
This person would then be tasked with filling out a roster entirely off of the waiver wire. To make things fair they would also get to keep that #1 waiver priority throughout the entire season as well. But here’s where things get interesting. If the vampire team wins they get to swap out any player in your starting lineup with one of their own from the same position. Suddenly they went from having Jeff Driskel as their starting quarterback to having Aaron Rodgers.
As time goes on and injuries accumulate around the league this vampire team will continue to amass talent thanks to their #1 waiver priority and the increased likelihood that in any given week they could pull off another upset and snag themselves another quality player. Once the bye weeks kick in and fantasy football becomes even more of a crap shoot then all bets are off. This vampire team of misfit toys might suddenly become an actual legitimate contender.
Now here’s where things get really interesting. Since losing to the vampire team could cost you a star player do you risk a loss by benching all of the guys you’d be afraid to lose? An intriguing strategy. Now all of a sudden its a waiver wire team versus a bunch of bench guys and once again all bets are off. If faced with that scenario every week the vampire team could even run the table and win the championship without ever stealing a star player.
I for one can’t wait to start a vampire league next year. After all, winning championships year after year has kind of sucked the fun out of fantasy football for me. It’s time for a new challenge. A real challenge. It’s time to become the vampire!
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