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.
- COVID 19ers — from Geoffrey C.
- Jalen Hurd Immunity — from Vince R.
- Pandemic! At the Disco
- Quaranteam
- SaQuarantine Barkley
- Tarik Cohenavirus
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:
- The Big Tebowski
- Somewhere Over the Tebow
- Tebow Steaks
- Tebowned
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
- Super Ja’Marrio Brothers
- The Paper Chase
- Edge of Ja’Marrow
Kyle Pitts
- Georgia Peach Pitts
- Pitts Creek
- Arm Pitts
- Pitts Stains
Travis Etienne
- The Etienne Machine
- First and Etienne
DeVonta Smith
- DeVonta Dance?
Jaylen Waddle
- Jaylen Waddles, But He Won’t Fall Down
- Waddleburger
- Jaylenhouse Rock
Trevor Lawrence
- Lawrence and Order
- Trevor Lawrence of Arabia
Trey Sermon
- Sunday Sermon
Rashod Bateman
- Bateman Begins
Trey Lance
- Lance the Night Away
Justin Fields
- Fields of Dreams
- Football Fields
Amari Rodgers
- That’s Amari
- Amari 2600
Mac Jones
- Mac Jooooooones
- Big Mac Jones
Zach Wilson
- Zach to the Future
Chuba Hubbard
- Hot Chuba Time Machine
- Hubba Chuba
- Chubawamba Chubbthumping
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
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)
