Fantasy Football Memes That Will Have Your League Chat Crying

Football season is creeping closer, and fr millions of NFL fans, that means more than simply getting Sundays back. It also means fantasy football is about to take over group chats, workplaces and friendships across the country for the next several months.

Fantasy football has been intertwined with the NFL experience for generations. The modern game dates back to 1962, when a group that included Oakland Raiders minority owner Bill Winkenbach created the Greater Oakland Professional Pigskin Prognosticators League. What started as a game amongst a relatively small collection of hardcore football fans eventually exploded into a massive part of how people consume the NFL.

And anybody who has played knows fantasy football isn’t exactly a casual hobby once the season gets rolling. There are weeks of research before the draft, league dues, mock drafts, waiver claims, trades, start-or-sit decisions and entirely too much time spent checking injury reports. Before long, you’re watching the fourth quarter of a random game because your opponent’s tight end needs six more yards to ruin your entire weekend.

Then there are the emotions. Nothing will make somebody feel like a football genius faster than hitting on a late-round sleeper. Nothing will humble that same person quicker than watching somebody they left on the bench score three touchdowns. Fantasy football has a special way of turning grown adults into amateur general managers who are convinced every loss could’ve been prevented if they had just trusted their gut.

Thankfully, all that unnecessary stress has produced some elite internet comedy along the way. So, in celebration of it almost being time to make insulting trade offers, wake up in the middle of the night for waiver claims and watch every NFL game like your life depends on it, check out some of our favorite fantasy football memes below.

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