EA Sports Fantasy Football

I know I promised you that we would look at Best Buy Fantasy Football as our next installment of the different games we track and recommend. However, the 2005 Best Buy Fantasy Football site still has not been activated and we don't want to post any information until we have a chance to verify their scoring system for this year. So, rather than Best Buy Fantasy Football, we bring you EA Sports Fantasy Football.

EA Sports offers two levels of Fantasy Football, Team Owner at $9.99 and Commissioner at $49.99. Team Owner gives you one team and places you in a 12-team league. The Commissioner level makes you the commish of up to a 32 team league. Commissioner level also provides customized scoring and rules. You can find both at:

http://www.easports.com/fantasy/home.jsp

EA Sports offers you two scoring systems (Standard or Yardage), one of which you must pick when signing up for the game. They work as follows:

STANDARD SCORING SYSTEM

OFFENSIVE PLAYERS

Passing:

• 1 point for every 25 yards passing
• 3 points for every passing TD
• 1 point for every 2-point conversion
  

Rushing:

• 1 point for every 10 yards rushing
• 6 points for every rushing TD
• 1 point for every 2-point conversion

Receiving

• 1 point for every 10 yards receiving
• 6 points for every receiving TD
• 1 point for every 2-point conversion

KICKERS

• 1 point for every Extra Point
• 3 points for every FG

TEAM DEFENSE / SPECIAL TEAMS

• 6 points for a TD
• 2 points for each interception
• 2 points for each fumble recovered
• 2 points for each safety
• 1 point for every sack
  

YARDAGE SCORING SYSTEM

OFFENSIVE PLAYERS

Passing:

• 1 point for every 25 yards passing
• 3 points for every passing TD
• 1 point for every 2-point conversion
• 3 points for 50+ yard TD
• 2 points for every 300 yards passing
  

Rushing:

• 1 point for every 10 yards rushing
• 6 points for every rushing TD
• 1 point for every 2-point conversion
• 3 points for 50+ yard TD
• 2 points for every 100 yards rushing

Receiving

• 1 point for every 10 yards receiving
• 6 points for every receiving TD
• 1 point for every 2-point conversion
• 3 points for 50+ yard TD
• 2 points for every 100 yards receiving

KICKERS

• 1 point for every Extra Point
• 3 points for every FG
• 1 bonus point for every FG: 40 - 49 yards
• 2 bonus points for every FG: 50+ yards

TEAM DEFENSE / SPECIAL TEAMS

• 6 points for a TD
• 2 points for each interception
• 2 points for each fumble recovered
• 2 points for each safety
• 1 point for every sack
• 3 points for 50+ yard TD

Three things to note in these systems:

1. QBs only earn 3 points for a passing TD. This shifts the advantage some towards the QBs who run it in a lot.
2. There are no penalties for turnovers.
3. Scoring and yardage gained by the opposing offense is not a factor in either the standard or yardage scoring systems. Go for the teams that get a lot of turnovers and score defensive TDs no matter how many points or yards they give up.

Remember, we do all the analysis and point projections for you. In other words, we'll tell you who is and will be the best under this and every other system we track. But...to get this information you have to be a member.

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Next game we'll look at:

• CBS Sportsline - MSN Fantasy Football. (Don't worry, we'll keep checking on Best Buy Fantasy Football)