#SFB11 Fantasy Football Projections and Scoring Settings: The way to spice up your league

Miami Gardens, Florida, USA; Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) celebrates after defeat the Miami Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports

Imagine a fantasy football league in which Darren Waller projects to outscore Dalvin Cook. Imagine a league that has been so spiced up that conventional thinking goes out the window. That's fantasy football at its finest.

Whether it's by utilizing a two-quarterback setup, tight end premium scoring, rewarding fantasy points per completion or severely penalizing quarterback incompletions and sacks, there are a plethora of ways to add extra sizzle ahead of the fantasy season. 

For those looking for inspiration for fun and exciting rule changes, look no further than one of the world's largest fantasy football leagues, the Scott Fish Bowl. The Fish Bowl, a premier pro-am tournament, is in its 11th year and brings together numerous fantasy football analysts, celebrities and hundreds of fans. Founded by Scott Fish, the league’s main goal is to raise money for charity. But make no mistake, the rules in this league are intense and add an extra layer to fantasy gaming like never before.

Whether you are participating in the highly coveted tournament or are just interested in how rules change certain player fantasy projections, PFF has you covered. Here are PFF's fantasy projections with #SFB11 scoring applied.

SCOTT FISH BOWL SCORING

PLAYER PROJECTIONS

Proj. rank Player Pos. Proj. fantasy points
1 Patrick Mahomes QB 451.4
2 Josh Allen QB 418.7
3 Tom Brady QB 402.5
4 Aaron Rodgers QB 382.9
5 Lamar Jackson QB 374.0
6 Russell Wilson QB 361.6
7 Travis Kelce TE 357.6
8 Kyler Murray QB 335.9
9 Christian McCaffrey RB 332.5
10 Matthew Stafford QB 322.0
11 Darren Waller TE 315.8
12 Derek Carr QB 313.5
13 Dak Prescott QB 312.4
14 Matt Ryan QB 311.5
15     Baker Mayfield QB 306.9
16     Ryan Tannehill QB 306.1
17       Calvin Ridley WR 305.7
18           Dalvin Cook RB 305.4
19         Tyreek Hill WR 301.0
20     Justin Herbert QB 298.6
21       Davante Adams WR 296.4
22     Tua Tagovailoa QB 280.6
23         Joe Burrow QB 279.6
24       Derrick Henry RB 277.8
25           Alvin Kamara RB 277.2
26     Saquon Barkley RB 275.9
27       DeAndre Hopkins WR 275.1
28       Stefon Diggs WR 273.5
29       George Kittle TE 273.1
30       Carson Wentz QB 272.7
31         Aaron Jones RB 271.2
32       Kirk Cousins QB 270.2
33     Ezekiel Elliott RB 264.3
34       Daniel Jones QB 260.5
35       D.K. Metcalf WR 260.3
36     Jonathan Taylor RB 259.4
37       Austin Ekeler RB 258.5
38         Nick Chubb RB 257.4
39   Ryan Fitzpatrick QB 257.1
40   Justin Jefferson WR 256.9
41           Joe Mixon RB 252.2
42       Najee Harris RB 252.1
43           Cam Akers RB 247.9
44         Kyle Pitts TE 243.3
45             Clyde Edwards-Helaire RB 243.1
46     T.J. Hockenson TE 238.2
47         Jalen Hurts QB 238.0
48         Trey Lance QB 237.9
49       Mark Andrews TE 237.7
50         D.J. Moore WR 237.6
51         A.J. Brown WR 237.2
52 Ben Roethlisberger QB 237.1
53     Trevor Lawrence QB 235.6
54       Justin Fields QB 233.5
55       D'Andre Swift RB 232.6
56     Terry McLaurin WR 232.0
57       Chris Godwin WR 231.3
58         Zach Wilson QB 227.5
59         Tee Higgins WR 227.4
60       Amari Cooper WR 226.6
61     Kenny Golladay WR 226.6
62       Chris Carson RB 225.1
63         Mike Evans WR 224.7
64   David Montgomery RB 222.6
65         Cooper Kupp WR 222.4
66     Michael Thomas WR 220.9
67         Josh Jacobs RB 220.2
68     Antonio Gibson RB 219.6
69       Adam Thielen WR 219.4
70         Mike Davis RB 216.1
71       J.K. Dobbins RB 215.7
72       Tyler Lockett WR 214.8
73   Allen Robinson II WR 213.1
74       Keenan Allen WR 211.2
75         CeeDee Lamb WR 210.3
76       Miles Sanders RB 206.6
77   Odell Beckham Jr. WR 205.1
78         Sam Darnold QB 204.6
79         Jared Goff QB 204.6
80       Jarvis Landry WR 202.9
81       Robert Woods WR 200.5
82       Ja'Marr Chase WR 200.3
83     Robby Anderson WR 199.2
84         Julio Jones WR 199.0
85       Brandin Cooks WR 199.0
86       Tyler Higbee TE 198.7
87     Chase Claypool WR 198.6
88   Courtland Sutton WR 196.4
89       Myles Gaskin RB 194.3
90     Travis Etienne RB 192.2
91       Will Fuller V WR 189.8
92       Mike Gesicki TE 188.4
93     Diontae Johnson WR 186.8
94   Javonte Williams RB 185.8
95       Mike Williams WR 185.1
96       Tyrod Taylor QB 184.5
97       Robert Tonyan TE 184.3
98         Tyler Boyd WR 182.5
99       Cole Beasley WR 182.2
100       Logan Thomas TE 182.2
101     D.J. Chark Jr. WR 181.5
102       Chase Edmonds RB 181.4
103           Noah Fant TE 181.3
104   Marvin Jones Jr. WR 180.2
105     Jameis Winston QB 180.0
106         Kareem Hunt RB 179.6
107     Dallas Goedert TE 177.9
108         Jerry Jeudy WR 175.9
109     Michael Gallup WR 175.6
110   Sterling Shepard WR 175.1
111       Antonio Brown WR 173.5
112         Taysom Hill QB 172.0
113 JuJu Smith-Schuster WR 168.9
114     Nelson Agholor WR 168.6
115       Brandon Aiyuk WR 167.7
116     DeVante Parker WR 166.9
117       Jaylen Waddle WR 164.6
118       Hunter Henry TE 163.8
119       Deebo Samuel WR 163.4
120           Mac Jones QB 163.1
121 Michael Pittman Jr. WR 163.0
122     Mecole Hardman WR 162.1
123         John Brown WR 160.9
124   Leonard Fournette RB 160.4
125     Henry Ruggs III WR 159.1
126       Irv Smith Jr. TE 157.9
127       Austin Hooper TE 157.4
128         Eric Ebron TE 157.0
129         T.Y. Hilton WR 156.6
130             Laviska Shenault Jr. WR 156.0
131         Corey Davis WR 155.8
132         Evan Engram TE 155.5
133       Blake Jarwin TE 154.3
134       Kenyan Drake RB 154.2
135     Raheem Mostert RB 154.1
136       David Johnson RB 153.9
137   Teddy Bridgewater QB 153.6
138   Devin Singletary RB 153.3
139       Gabriel Davis WR 153.3
140       Randall Cobb WR 152.6
141       Curtis Samuel WR 151.7
142         Jason Myers K 151.0
143       Allen Lazard WR 150.0
144       Tevin Coleman RB 149.3
145   Melvin Gordon III RB 148.9
146         Jonnu Smith TE 148.1
147     Tyrell Williams WR 147.4
148     Gerald Everett TE 147.4
149     Marquise Brown WR 147.2
150       DeVonta Smith WR 147.1
151       Ronald Jones RB 146.1
152         A.J. Dillon RB 145.8
153       Russell Gage WR 145.8
154       Jordan Akins TE 145.7
155       Younghoe Koo K 145.3
156         Cody Parkey K 145.2
157           Zack Moss RB 144.9
158     Rob Gronkowski TE 143.2
159       Justin Tucker K 143.1
160         Marquez Valdes-Scantling WR 142.9
161       Tucker McCann K 142.7
162   Breshad Perriman WR 142.6
163         Josh Lambo K 142.5
164       Mason Crosby K 142.4
165         Dawson Knox TE 142.3
166         Tyler Bass K 142.2
167         Jared Cook TE 141.9
168       Jason Sanders K 141.7
169         Matt Prater K 141.3
170     Darnell Mooney WR 141.1
171     Michael Carter RB 140.5
172     Harrison Butker K 140.2
173         Graham Gano K 139.7
174     Jamison Crowder WR 139.3
175         Gus Edwards RB 138.8
176           Nick Folk K 138.7
177           Matt Gay K 138.2
178       Elijah Moore WR 137.2
179     Dustin Hopkins K 136.9
180 Rodrigo Blankenship K 136.8
181       James Conner RB 136.7
182       Chris Boswell K 136.6
183           Cole Kmet TE 136.6
184       Damien Harris RB 134.7
185         Ryan Succop K 134.5
186       Jakobi Meyers WR 134.3
187     Tre'Quan Smith WR 134.1
188       Hayden Hurst TE 134.0
189     Christian Kirk WR 133.1
190       Cairo Santos K 131.8
191     Parris Campbell WR 131.4
192           Wil Lutz K 131.1
193   Emmanuel Sanders WR 130.8
194     Rashod Bateman WR 130.8
195     Latavius Murray RB 130.7
196   Chase McLaughlin K 130.1
197     Brandon McManus K 130.0
198       Greg Zuerlein K 128.8
199     Anthony Firkser TE 128.1
200       Adam Trautman TE 127.4
201     Austin Seibert K 127.1
202       Rondale Moore WR 126.6
203     Daniel Carlson K 126.6
204     Jamaal Williams RB 126.6
205         Dan Bailey K 126.5
206       Robbie Gould K 126.4
207       Nyheim Hines RB 125.8
208       Jalen Reagor WR 125.6
209   Darrell Henderson RB 125.0
210           Joey Slye K 124.6
211       Rashaad Penny RB 123.4
212       Sammy Watkins WR 122.7
213         James White RB 122.3
214     Hunter Renfrow WR 121.5
215     Darrel Williams RB 121.0
216     Darius Slayton WR 120.3
217     Michael Badgley K 118.1
218         Trey Sermon RB 115.3
219       Randy Bullock K 115.3
220   Ka'imi Fairbairn K 115.1
221   Demarcus Robinson WR 114.9
222       Tony Pollard RB 114.4
223   D'Wayne Eskridge WR 114.3
224     James Robinson RB 113.9
225         A.J. Green WR 113.6
226       Jake Elliott K 113.4
227         Mo Alie-Cox TE 111.9
228         K.J. Hamler WR 111.4
229           Zach Ertz TE 111.2
230         O.J. Howard TE 110.2
231         Denzel Mims WR 110.2
232         C.J. Uzomah TE 109.9
233     Kadarius Toney WR 109.4
234     Quintez Cephus WR 107.9
235       J.D. McKissic RB 106.6
236   Cordarrelle Patterson RB 104.5
237   Olamide Zaccheaus WR 104.5
238   Terrace Marshall Jr. WR 104.3
239       Jimmy Graham TE 104.1
240         Sony Michel RB 103.7
241         Tarik Cohen RB 103.7
242     Anthony Miller WR 102.6
243   Amon-Ra St. Brown WR 102.5
244         Jack Doyle TE 102.3
245       Malcolm Brown RB 97.0
246       Tyler Conklin TE 96.4
247   James Washington WR 93.5
248       Donald Parham TE 93.5
249     Rashard Higgins WR 93.4
250       Josh Reynolds WR 92.4
251     Kendrick Bourne WR 91.7
252     DeSean Jackson WR 91.6
253       Chris Herndon TE 91.5
254 James O'Shaughnessy TE 91.3
255       Maxx Williams TE 91.0
256         Dan Arnold TE 90.8
257     Justin Jackson RB 90.1
258         Cam Newton QB 89.5
259       Boston Scott RB 88.9
260         David Njoku TE 87.5
261         Keke Coutee WR 86.3
262         Dyami Brown WR 84.5
263       Van Jefferson WR 84.2
264     Darrynton Evans RB 83.5
265       Scotty Miller WR 82.5
266         Josh Palmer WR 81.5
267       Amari Rodgers WR 81.2
268       Joshua Kelley RB 80.8
269         David Moore WR 80.0
270     Phillip Lindsay RB 76.4
271       Wayne Gallman RB 74.9
272     Harrison Bryant TE 74.6
273         Auden Tate WR 74.3
274           Drew Lock QB 71.9
275       Kyle Rudolph TE 71.9
276         Tim Patrick WR 71.5
277         Tutu Atwell WR 70.5
278         Steven Sims WR 70.4
279     Dalton Schultz TE 68.2
280     Travis Fulgham WR 67.9
281         Geoff Swaim TE 65.9
282         Carlos Hyde RB 65.4
283       Johnny Mundt TE 65.2
284         Will Dissly TE 65.0
285     Giovani Bernard RB 64.4
286       Kyle Juszczyk RB 63.2
287 Alexander Mattison RB 62.8
288       Jalen Guyton WR 61.5
289           Greg Ward WR 61.1
290     Deshaun Watson QB 60.1
291       Rex Burkhead RB 59.7
292 Albert Okwuegbunam TE 56.7
293       Samaje Perine RB 56.6
294     Collin Johnson WR 56.3
295       Byron Pringle WR 56.0
296         Ty Johnson RB 56.0
297         Chad Beebe WR 55.9
298     Mark Ingram II RB 55.4
299     Darrell Daniels TE 55.0
300     Qadree Ollison RB 54.9

QUARTERBACKS

The Scott Fish Bowl is a two-quarterback/Superflex league format, so locking in top quarterback studs early in Round 1 remains a tried-and-true approach.

However, the extra wrinkle thrown into the scoring for quarterbacks makes their fantasy production more heavily weighted to their actual performance on gameday. The days of banking on Blake Bortles-esque garbage time are long gone because signal-callers are harshly penalized for incompletions, sacks and interceptions.

Quarterbacks are also rewarded for completions, which helps the more immobile passers keep pace against their rushing counterparts. For example, Tom Brady is listed as the No. 3 quarterback because he projects to be first in completions (430), way ahead of the No. 5 projected quarterback, Lamar Jackson (315). 

For that reason, the late-round quarterback strategy remains firmly in play even in the two-quarterback landscape. And there aren’t better targets than Derek Carr and Matthew Stafford. Their original projections have them both outside the top 15 quarterbacks, but each cracks the top 10 in the new scoring setting.

The lack of buzz around Carr is surprising, given that he finished eighth in expected passing touchdowns (30) and had a top-five on-target rate on passes thrown 20-plus yards downfield (53%) in 2020. He’s not only a steal in #SFB11 but in all two-quarterback leagues as a reliable No. 2 option. 

RUNNING BACKS

The only major change to the running back positional scoring is the addition of 0.5 points scored for a rushing first down. That might not sound like much, but it does wonders for the likes of Derrick Henry and Nick Chubb, who don’t project to be heavily involved in the passing game. The dynamic helps even the playing field against the receiving backs like Austin Ekeler and Alvin Kamara

The projections also further the gap between Christian McCaffrey and Dalvin Cook, suggesting the former is more than worthy of the first overall selection. Cook is still well within top-five consideration but ranks slightly behind the top echelon of quarterbacks and tight ends.

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TIGHT ENDS

Speaking of tight ends, this position easily sees the biggest boost because of the different rule changes. With an extra full point awarded for receptions and first down compared to the other positions, their projected fantasy output increases by over 33%. Travis Kelce projects to outscore McCaffrey and Darren Waller projects to outscore Cook. They both project to best any other wide receiver.

And because Kelce/Waller provides a positional advantage due to the poor depth at the tight end position, both should easily be gone by the middle of Round 1. 

T.J. Hockenson, Mark Andrews and rookie Kyle Pitts won’t stay on the board too much longer, as they project to match top-10 wide receiver fantasy production.

Needless to say, tight ends are extremely valuable, especially the top-tier players at the position. Grab them with an early pick and wait on wide receivers.

WIDE RECEIVERS

Wide receiver is the one position that doesn’t get much love in the new format, with the order of player projections staying flat across the board. But because the other positions will be heavily sought after, patient drafters will find insane values from Rounds 3 through 7, much like in traditional drafts. 

The goal through the first three rounds should be to lock a quarterback with fantasy QB1 upside, a running back with a bell-cow profile and a high-end tight end. 

KICKERS ARE PEOPLE TOO

Whether it’s love or hate, everybody seems to have a strong stance on the kicker position. New to the Scott Fish Bowl this season are kickers with FLEX eligibility. So for the kicker-truthers, it’s a dream come true. They can start their besties to their heart’s desire. Meanwhile, the kicker-haters can continue to look away.

But it’s important to realize that while they may be more difficult to project, fantasy’s top kickers do score legitimate points. If No. 1 projected kicker, Jason Myers, played a different position, he’d rank as the TE18, WR58, and RB34. 

There isn’t much boom potential for a kicker weekly, but there’s real production that shouldn’t be so easily overlooked.

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