Drafting isn’t the only preseason activity for fantasy football owners. There’s always the unique challenge of creating a catchy, funny or otherwise interesting team name.
The key is to make the name relevant either to your personality or to your league.
If you’re in a league with office pals, inside jokes make good starting spots for creative ideas. Pop culture reference work across the board.
I try very hard not to repeat team names, but when you’re playing as many leagues as I do, you’re bound to have a duplicate or two somewhere. Some of my favorites I carry year to year. Others have a shorter life span.
Here’s some example of names I like from myself and others I’ve come across in my leagues.
MINE
Office Linebackers (old Terry Tate Reebok commercial reference)
Shoguns of Harlem (from 80s flick “Last Dragon”)
Children of Dorothy Mantooth (“Anchorman”)
Kill Barney Campaign (a holdover from my daughter’s youth, when I was overexposed to the annoying purple dinosaur)
Bea Arthur’s Naked Memories
Ross Perot’s Ears of Doom
McLovin (“Superbad”)
Mighty Gary Colemans
Brick’s Deadly Tridents (“Anchorman”)
Beard of Zeus (“Anchorman”)
Baxter’s Refridgerator Gifts (“Anchorman”)
Great Odin’s Raven (“Anchorman”)
Champ’s Kitchen Fires (“Anchorman”)
Knights of Columbus (“Anchorman”)
Furry Tractors (“Anchorman”)
Glass Cage of Emotion (“Anchorman”)
Cornish Game Hens (“Anchorman”)
Electric Boogaloo (80s movie reference)
Tumbleweed Junction (describes where I grew up in N.C.)
Dunder Mifflins (“Office”)
Hookers w/ Dysentery (“Usual Suspects”)
Celebs in Rehab
Drunken Lohans
Crabcakes & Football (“Wedding Crashers”)
Phenomenal Dancers (“Wedding Crashers”)
Tinky Winky Terror Train (“TeleTubbies”)
And my personal favorite
Angry Neighbors w/ Slingshots
OTHERS
Pacific Ocean Orca Party
Suicidal Clowns
Cornfield Mafia
Angry Samoans
Dave Chappelle Disappearing Act
Tom Donaghy’s Bookie
Like a Da Juice
Frisco Wine’ers
Spider Pigs