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When comparing fantasy and the NFL, two significant differences stick out. In the NFL, all that matters is which team wins or loses. In fantasy, however, NFL wins and losses don’t count. Instead of team stats, fantasy relies not only on scored touchdowns but also on individual stats (such as yards gained) to calculate each fantasy player’s performance based on a determined league scoring system (see Chapter 2 for more on scoring). The results are called fantasy points, and your team’s fantasy point total is the sum of your starting players’ efforts. Your fantasy team will win or lose based on those results. So, in a way, fantasy football and the NFL both are about wins and losses that lead up to the best teams battling in a playoff format to decide a champion (see Chapter 12).

The other major difference is that fantasy teams consist of players from every team in the league, not just one NFL team (see the “Drafting the Right Players for Your Roster” section later in this chapter for a breakdown of a fantasy team roster). Only the best players are drafted; thus, each team is a sports fan’s fantasy. Everything else in the game tries to reflect and simulate real football.