Best fantasy football team names: Lance the Night Away, Diggs in a Blanket and 174 more

Publish date: 2024-05-22

A name is a piece of identification, whether it’s in written form or spoken. A name represents a person and a fantasy football team, but there’s one major difference between those two things: We don’t know anything about the person when they are first named. If we were named later in life, our names could say a lot about who we are and what we represent! And if that were the case, my name would be Hefty McTVlover. So maybe it’s a good thing I was named at birth…

Fantasy football team names, however, are a lot more fun. You can even change your team name multiple times throughout the season, if you like.

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Show your league some respect, though, and put some thought into your fantasy team name in 2021. Granted, the mere fact you are reading this tells us you are thinking about your team’s name — so good job, you!

Here are some simple do’s and don’ts for naming your fantasy football team:

  • Don’t name your team “David’s Team” or … whatever your name is. That’s weak sauce that would get you fired from any respectable league. (Also, don’t use the phrase, “weak sauce.”)
  • Do feel free to name it after where you are from, or a region you claim as part of your history. Choosing a city and mascot, just like every professional sports team, is well received everywhere.
  • Don’t be crass if no one else in your league is being crass. Read the (draft) room.

    • Topical Fantasy Team Names in 2021

    Through the years, some of The Athletic’s readers have offered up some quality team name suggestions, so we noted their contributions below!

    As much as we’re all sick of hearing about the pandemic, it is still major news that affects us every single day. From masks to vaccines to social distancing, these are terms added to our daily lexicon, so we’ll keep this segment in our team name suggestions for at least one more year.

    Also, the return of Tim Tebow — even if it’s temporary — is worthy of bringing back some of the old Tebow fantasy team names of old:

    Fantasy Football Team Names Involving 2021 Rookies

    Consider this group of players the ones bringing a new pool of fantasy team names to the party.

    Ja’Marr Chase

    Kyle Pitts

    Travis Etienne

    DeVonta Smith

    Jaylen Waddle

    Trevor Lawrence

    Trey Sermon

    Rashod Bateman

    Trey Lance

    Justin Fields

    Amari Rodgers

    Mac Jones

    Zach Wilson

    Chuba Hubbard

    140 More Great Fantasy Football Team Names For 2021

    All Barkley, No Bite
    Always Sony in Philadelphia
    Amari Joystick
    A Ruggs Life
    Austin Ekeler: Int’l Man of Mystery
    Baby Got Dak
    Bad JuJu
    Baker’s Dozens
    Barkleying Up the Wrong Tree — from Seth I.
    Belichick Yo’ Self
    Bend It Like Beckham Jr.
    Beverly Tannehillbillies — from Grant P.
    The Big Gronkowski
    Bone Ruggs-n-Harmony
    Brady Gaga
    Breida and Butter  — from Seth I.
    Bridge Over Teddy Water
    Can You Diggs It?
    Catalina Wine Mixon
    Championship! Lockett Up!
    Chark Bites
    Charknado
    Chubbthumping — from Dan B.
    Christian MingleCaffrey
    Clyde and Go Tyreek
    Conner Among Thieves
    Country Road, Take Mahomes — from Laura G.
    The Constant Gardner Minshew
    Clam Crowder
    Dak and Yellow
    Dak to the Future
    Dakstreet Boys
    The Dak Side of the Moon – from Aaron S.
    Dalvin and the Chipmunks
    Davante Adams Family
    Davante’s Inferno
    DeShaun in 60 Seconds
    Diggs in a Blanket
    Dobbins is a Free Elf — from Patrick W.
    Does This Jacket Make Me Look Chubb-y?
    Drake It ‘Til You Make It — from Jason T.
    Eazy-E Duz It
    Evans Help Us
    Fantasy Football Team — from Mark D.
    Fournetteflix
    Freaks and Zekes — from Jared B.
    Fresh Prince of Helaire
    Game of Jones
    Gaskin For Air
    Godwin Hunting
    Golden Tate Warriors
    Golladay Inn Express
    Gone Gurley
    Green Akers
    Green Eggs and Cam
    Helaire Highwater — from Stephen P.
    Here’s To You, Allen Robinson  — from Seth I.
    Hooked on a Thielen
    Hot Chubb Time Machine
    Hot Lockett
    Hotel, Motel, Golladay Inn
    Hyde and Zeke — from TA D.
    I Gotta Thielen
    It Takes Tua To Make a Thing Go Right
    It Takes Tua To Tango
    Jake Fromm State Farm
    Jalen Hurts When I Do This
    Joe Burrow, Tiger King
    Josh Jacobs Jingleheimer Schmidt
    JuJu Train
    Judge Jeudy
    Julio Let the Dogs Out
    Jurassic Chark — from Daniel L.
    Kamara Chameleon
    Kelce’s Heroes
    Kissing Cousins
    Kittle Corn
    Kittle Giants
    Kittle Litter
    Krispy Kareem — from Seth I.
    Lamar Lamerrier!
    Lamarvel Universe
    Lights, Kamara, Action!
    Little Red Fournette
    Mahomes Depot
    Mayfield of Dreams
    McLaurin F1 — from Stephen P.
    Michael Thomas Fantasy Crown Affair
    Miracle Miles Sanders
    The Mixon Administration
    My Kupp Runneth Over
    Murray-Up Offense
    N’Keal a Mockingbird
    Natural Born Kyler
    OBJYN
    One If By Lamb, Two If By CeeDee — from Aaron B.
    One Nation, Under Godwin
    Peachy Keenan
    Prater Tots — from J Kris S.
    Quon Solo
    Reagors of the Lost Ark — from Bailey S.
    Ridley Me This
    Roethlisberger Helper
    Rollin’ With Mahomes
    The Ronde Barber Shop Quartet — from Jason T.
    Rub-a-Dub-Chubb — from Michael G.
    Run CMC
    Saquonce Upon a Time
    Saquontum Leap
    Saved By Odell
    Shake ‘n Baker Mayfield
    Sherlock Mahomes
    Silence of CeeDee Lamb
    Stafford Infection — from J Kris S.
    Standup Ekeler
    System of a Brown — from Graham E.
    Taming of the Minshew
    Tampa Bay Patriots
    Tampa Brady Buccaneers
    Terry McLovin’
    The Tagavailorian
    The Tannehills Have Eyes
    That’s Amari
    Thielen Groovy
    Toyota Kamara
    Tua’s Company, But Three’s a Crowder
    Tua Legit Tua Quit
    U Fant Touch This
    UnFournetteable
    Waiting For Goedert
    Waller World
    Wentz, Twice, Three Times a Lady
    Zeke and Destroy
    Zeke of Nature
    Zeke Squad

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    Let’s hear some of your new favorites in the comments below, and maybe I’ll steal them (with proper attribution, of course) for next year!

    (Top photo: Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

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