RZ, or red zone, as generally referred to, is the area of the field from the 20-yard line to the end zone. The amount it can score is based on your league settings. This is a style of scoring where each reception an offensive player records counts for a fantasy point. PPDĪlthough rare, with COVID causing a number of issues with NFL games this season, PPD is used to indicate to fantasy managers that a game has been postponed. These are players who are out for multiple weeks but do not count against your roster count. Much like the NFL, the IR stands for injured reserve. These are referred to as IDP or Individual Defensive Players. In some fantasy leagues, you can play defensive players. However, once the budget is spent, managers can only place $0 bids for the rest of the season.

The managers who bid the highest gains the right to that player. Rather than being a first-come, first-serve, managers place blind bids for a player they wish to add. FAABįAAB, or free-agent acquisition, budget is a set amount of “money” that a manager has to spend throughout the season to acquire players off waivers. This stands for a fantasy football rosters bench or the players on a given team outside of the starting lineup.

ADPĪDP, or average draft position, refers to the average place in a draft where a specific player has been drafted across the entire fantasy platform. This term refers to how far down the field from the line of scrimmage a player is when they receive a target. aDOTĪDOT stands for average depth of target. While not an exhaustive list of fantasy football terms, these are the most prevalent abbreviations across all fantasy platforms. What do the different fantasy football terms and abbreviations mean?

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