Best fantasy football team names 2021

By | August 22, 2021

We’re very serious journalists here at SN Fantasy. We take great care in our preseason rankings, sleeper lists, strategies, and everything else that makes our cheat sheet a one-stop shop for all your drafting needs. If you don’t humiliate everyone else in your league — old college friends, idiot brother-in-law, elderly grandmother — we feel bad for about 15 seconds before forgetting about it forever and maybe going to Arby’s or something. It’s in that spirit that we present our contenders for the best fantasy football team names of 2021. 

Let’s face it — you’re probably not going to win your league. Basic math tells us that. But just because your team is destined to fail doesn’t mean you can’t be a winner at something far more important. Most of the things that derail a fantasy season, like Saquon Barkley’s health, Mike Evans’ targets, or Deshaun Watson’s (allegedly) criminal behavior, are out of our hands, but you can control whether you have a funny or creative team name. 

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Well, that’s not totally true — you might be really bad at coming up with puns based on players’ names. Don’t worry — we’re really bad, too, and we’ve still powered through to come up with hundreds of options over the years. (Told you we were serious journalists.) There’s bound to be one on the list below that either fits your team or inspires you to come up with something much better. We have no shame, which is why you’ll see references so old even we don’t remember the source material anymore. But, again, all it takes is one good one to win over the rest of your league, so be on the lookout for that rose growing from the concrete. 

2021 STANDARD FANTASY RANKINGS:
Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end | D/ST | Kicker | Top 200

Before we get into this year’s list, let’s take a moment to remember some of our past favorites that are no longer of use. “Pimpin’ Ain’t Breesy,” “99 Problems But A Fitz Ain’t One,” “2 Gurleys, 1 Kupp,” “Le’Veon A Prayer,” “Turn Down For Watson,” “Stop The Spredelman,” “All You Can Ito,” and “Get Mitch Or Die Tryin'” will all be sorely missed. Make sure to thank them for their service.

2021 PPR FANTASY RANKINGS:
Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end | D/ST | Kicker | Top 200

Fortunately, some of this year’s top rookies have stepped in to immediately fill the void, inspiring gems like “Pitts And Giggles,” “Blow Your Waddle,” “Lance Lance Revolution,” “No Pain, No Gainwell,” “Return Of The Mac,” “Sermon On The Mount,” and, of course, “Jabba The Hut…Pizza The Hut…Fat Guys Like Pizza…Pepperoni Pizza…Pepperoni Toney.” (That one is a maybe a touch too long, but it’s perfect for the one person who’s a big fan of “The Office” and also happens to draft Kadarius Toney in their fantasy football league.)

2021 FANTASY SLEEPERS:
Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end | D/ST | Each team

We also have some classics, such as “Cobra Kyler,” “Fresh Prince of Helaire,” “Chark Week,” “Hurts So Good,” “Every Day I’m Gustlin’,” and “Call Of Jeudy.” You can always go COVID-related with “Dakcine Mandate,” “Robust Vantibodies,” and “Odellta Variant, and if you really want to take it to the next level in a two-QB or superflex league, pay homage to former Mizzou greats with “Get The Jabbert” and “Drew Lockdown.” If that’s too much of a bummer, try something cheerier, like “Gaskin Dobbins.” (I don’t care what anyone says, ice cream is better than the coronavirus — and you can quote me on that!)

2021 FANTASY TIERS & DRAFT STRATEGY:
Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end | D/ST

Look, they’re not all winners, just like the the majority of fantasy football owners. We all know the best team names are usually inside jokes and/or too offensive to print here. We trust you can come up with those yourself. Keep it classy, though. “Master Bateman” is obviously fine, but tread carefully going beyond that. “Vancel Culture” is a real thing in 2021, after all. (Who knew Van Jefferson would have so much value this year?)

2021 FANTASY AUCTION VALUES (Standard & PPR):
Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end | D/ST | Kicker | Overall

If you don’t understand any of the references below, either ignore them or go to your local library and look them up. Now, let’s get you a “W” before the season even starts. 

Best fantasy football team names for 2021

Saquon Barkley

Another ‘Quon Bites The Dust

Saquaratine Barkley

All Barkley, No Bite/My Barkley Is Louder Than My Bite

Watch What You Saquon

Ezekiel Elliott

Zeke Squad

Get Your Zeke On

Hide And Go Zeke/Zeke And You Shall Find

The Zeke Shall Inherit The Earth

Ezekiel 25:17

Zeke-a Virus

Last Night I Took An El(liott)

Alvin Kamara

KamaraVirus

Lights, Kamara, Action/Kamara Shy/Instant Kamara/The Kamara Adds 10 Pounds/The Kamara Loves You

2021 FANTASY CONSISTENCY RATINGS:
Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end

Nick Chubb

Chubby Chasers

Chubb Pack

We Be Chubbin’ 

Nick Heads 

Joe Mixon 

Catalina Wine Mixon 

Mixon It Up 

Mixon Match 

The Mixon Administration

Dalvin Cook

Too Many Cooks

Christian McCaffrey 

Golden McCaffrey 

Onward Christian Soldier 

Fanatical Christians/Christian Missionaries 

Derrick Henry

Oh, Henry

Oil Derricks 

FANTASY DRAFT STRATEGY:
Snake Draft | Auction | Best Ball | Dynasty/Keeper | IDP

Aaron Jones

To Aaron Is Human/Aaron On The Side Of Caution

Keeping Up With The Jones

Jonathan Taylor 

Taylor Made 

Clyde Edwards-Helaire 

Clyde And Go Seek

That’s Helairious

Fresh Prince Of Helaire 

Miles Sanders

100 Miles And Runnin’/I Would Walk 500 Miles 

Head In The Sanders/Belt Sanders/Quick Sanders/Sanders Castles

Myles Gaskin

(See above)

(See below)

JK Dobbins 

Rockin’ Dobbins 

Batman And Dobbins 

Baskin Dobbins (or Gaskin Dobbins if you get Myles Gaskin, too)

Dobbins And Stealin’

Haha JK LOL 

2021 STANDARD FANTASY RANKINGS:
Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end | D/ST | Kicker | Top 200

Damien Harris

Notre Damien 

Harris Wheels 

Najee Harris

(See above)

Raheem Mostert 

Mostert Likely To Succeed 

Host With The Mostert 

Austin Ekeler 

What The Ekeler? 

Austin Powers

D’Andre Swift

Swift Kick In The Ass/Swift Retreat

Kareem Hunt 

Krispy Kareems 

In The Hunt/Thick Of The Hunt/Big-Game Hunting

Josh Jacobs 

Jacobs Ladder

Travis Etienne

All You Can Etienne/You Are What You Etienne 

Zack Moss 

Uno Moss, Por Favor  

A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss 

2021 PPR FANTASY RANKINGS:
Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end | D/ST | Kicker | Top 200

Kenyan Drake 

Grand Kenyan 

I Do What I Kenyan/Yes We Kenyan! 

Easy Drake Oven 

Life Is What You Drake It 

Drake It Til You Make It (or Fake it Til You Drake It) 

AJ Dillon

Dillon ‘Em Softly

James Conner 

Conner Air 

Ex-Conners 

Nyheim Hines

Hines 57 Sauce

Trey Sermon

Sermon On The Mount

TreyHive

Trey Day

2021 FANTASY SLEEPERS:
Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end | D/ST | Each team

Devin Singletary

Seventh Devin/Devin Can Wait/Stairway To Devin/Devin Sent

Young, Free, and Singletary 

Tevin Coleman 

(See above)

Coleman Coolers 

Mark Ingram 

Ingram Toenails 

Tarik Cohen 

Cohen Of Silence 

Marlon Mack 

Born To Mack/Return Of The Mack 

Mackcine Mandate/Anti-Mackser

Leonard Fournette 

Fournettecation 

Nothing But Fournette 

2021 FANTASY TIERS & DRAFT STRATEGY:
Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight endD/ST

Gus Edwards 

Every Day I’m Gustlin’ 

Gus Station/Gus Stop/Back Up The Gus/Get On The Gus 

Kerryon Johnson 

Keep Calm and Kerryon/Kerryon My Wayward Son 

Jamaal Williams 

Jamaal About That Bass 

J.D. McKissic

Sealed With A McKissic/McKissic My Ass

Latavius Murray

Murray Convention

Murray-Up Offense

Rashaad Penny 

Penny For Your Thoughts/Penny Candy 

Runnin’ Rashaad Over You 

The Penny Is Mightier 

Kenneth Gainwell

No Pain, No Gainwell

Rhamondre Stevenson

Friendly Rhamondre

2021 FANTASY AUCTION VALUES (Standard & PPR):
Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end | D/ST | Kicker | Overall

Sony Michel

Say It Ain’t Sony 

My Little Sony

Sony Side Up 

Quarterbacks

Patrick Mahomes 

Home Sweet Mahomes/Stay At Mahomes/Mahomes Is Where The Heart Is/Mahomes Cookin’/Mahomes Field Advantage

Rollin’ With Mahomies

Mahomes Boys 

Josh Allen 

We’re Allen In This Together

2021 FANTASY CONSISTENCY RATINGS:
Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end

Kyler Murray 

Murray Convention 

Murray-Up Offense 

Cobra Kyler

Lamar Jackson 

View From Lamar 

Lamar The Merrier 

Justin Herbert

I’m With Herbert

Puffin’ Herbert

Jalen Hurts

Hurts So Good/Love Hurts/The Hurts Locker

Joe Burrow 

Beg, Burrow, And Steal 

Burrowito Bowl (or any variation of “Burrito” you enjoy) 

FANTASY DRAFT STRATEGY:
Snake Draft | Auction | Best Ball | Dynasty/Keeper

Dak Prescott 

Dakstreet’s Back 

Baby Got Dak 

Dak And Yellow 

Dakcine Mandate/Anti Dakser

Prescott Your Luck/Full-Court Prescott

Baker Mayfield 

Mayfield Of Dreams/Baker Mayfields Forever 

Baker Of Chains 

Baking Bad 

Shake-N-Bakers 

Aaron Rodgers 

Aaron On The Side Of Caution/To Aaron Is Human 

Mr. Rodgers’ Neighborhood 

Ryan Tannehill 

Gym, Tannehill, Laundry 

Tom Brady 

Once, Twice, Three Times A Brady

Here’s My Number, So Call Me Brady 

Brady Bunch

Matthew Stafford 

Chief Of Stafford

Stafford Infection 

Kirk Cousins 

Kissing Cousins 

Captain Kirks 

Ben Roethlisberger 

Roethlisberger Helper

Carson Wentz 

North By North Wentz/Go Wentz, Young Man 

Wentz Upon A Time  

Just Say Wentz

2021 STANDARD FANTASY RANKINGS:
Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end | D/ST | Kicker | Top 200

Jameis Winston

I’ll Make You Jameis

All I Do Is Winston

Trey Lance

Lance Lance Revolution/Pants Off Lance Off

Trey Day

TreyHive

Justin Fields

Fields Day/Fields Of Dreams

Mac Jones

Return Of The Mac/Born To Mac

Maccine Mandate/Anti-Macser

Keeping Up With The Jones

Jared Goff 

Turn Goff The Lights 

Goff Button/Turn Your Head And Goff

G’off My Lawn 

2021 PPR FANTASY RANKINGS:
Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end | D/ST | Kicker | Top 200

Sam Darnold

Hey Darnold

Cam Newton 

Steady Cams 

Lights, Cam, Action 

Derek Carr 

Dude, Where’s My Carr? 

Matt Ryan 

Saving Matt Ryan 

Song Of Matty Ice And Fire 

Drew Lock  

Drew Lockdown

Jimmy Garoppolo 

Jimmy G-String Divas 

Nuthin’ But A Jimmy G Thang

2021 FANTASY SLEEPERS:
Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end | D/ST | Each team

Wide Receivers

Tyreek Hill 

Hill Toppers/Kings Of The Hill 

Hill Street Blues 

‘Reek Havoc/Havoc ‘Reekers 

Davante Adams  

Up And Adams

Adams Bomb 

Davante’s Inferno 

Wings Of A Davante 

DeVante Parker 

(see above) 

Walk In The Parker 

Illegal Parker 

DeAndre Hopkins 

Going ‘Nuklear/’Nuklear Option/’Nuklear Blast 

Don’t ‘Nuk It Til Your Try It/’Nuk Three Times/’Nuk ‘Nuk Joke 

Tyler Boyd 

Avoid The Boyd 

Yeaaaaaaaaah Booooooooooooyd! 

Boyd Rage 

DK Metcalf

Golden Metcalf

2021 FANTASY AUCTION VALUES (Standard & PPR):
Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end | D/ST | Kicker | Overall

Stefon Diggs 

Can You Diggs It? 

Diggs In A Blanket 

The Big Diggs

Calvin Ridley 

Calvinist Revival

Get Ridley Of ‘Em 

Allen Robinson 

We’re Allen This Together 

Here’s To You, Mr. Robinson 

Keenen Allen 

(See above)

Peachy Keenan 

Mike Evans 

Stairway To Evans/Seventh Evans/Evans Can Wait/etc.

CeeDee Lamb 

Lamb Skewers/Lamb Chops/etc. 

CeeDee Burner/Portable CeeDee Player

Amari Cooper 

Amari 2600 

Amari Teenage Riot 

Amari Express

That’s Amari! 

Have Yourself Amari Little Christmas 

Palace Cooper/Cooper d’etat 

Julio Jones 

Game of Jones 

Dr. Julio 

2021 FANTASY TIERS & DRAFT STRATEGY:
Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight endD/ST

Robert Woods 

Cabin In The Woods

Woods You Rather?/What Woods You Do?

Cooper Kupp 

Red Solo Kupp 

Palace Cooper/Cooper d’etat 

Chris Godwin 

All I Do Is Godwin 

There Is A Godwin! 

D.J. Moore 

The Moore The Merrier

Gimme Moore

Rondale Moore

(See Above)

Elijah Moore

(See Above)

Kenny Golladay 

Golladay Inn Express 

Tyler Lockett 

Hot Lockett 

Pop-Lockett-Drop It 

Stone Cold Lockett 

Pocket Lockett 

2021 FANTASY CONSISTENCY RATINGS:
Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end

Ja’Marr Chase

View From Ja’Marr

Ja’Marr The Merrier

The Chase Is On

Courtland Sutton 

King Of The Courtland/Royal Courtland/Night Courtland 

Cute As A Sutton 

Always Up To Sutton 

Corn Cobb Pipe And A Sutton Nose And Two Eyes Made Out Of Cole (Just draft Randall Cobb, Courtland Sutton, and Cole Beasley, duh) 

Deebo Samuel 

Son Of Samuel

Finding Deebo 

JuJu Smith-Schuster 

Bad/Good JuJu 

King Of The JuJu’s 

JuJu Know What I’m Sayin’?  

Brandon Aiyuk

An Eye For An Aiyuk

Evil Aiyuk/Stink Aiyuk/Etc.

FANTASY DRAFT STRATEGY:
Snake Draft | Auction | Best Ball | Dynasty/Keeper

Diontae Johnson 

A Hill To Diontae 

Tee Higgins 

Tee It Up

Spill The Tee/Tee Bags

Chase Claypool

Jars Of Claypool

Odell Beckham Jr. 

Odellta Variant

O-dell No! 

DJ Chark

Baby Chark/Chark Attack/Chark Week

Will Fuller V

Where There’s A Will, There’s A Way 

Will Powered 

Plead the V

Fuller House 

Jaylen Waddle

Blow Your Waddle

Jaylen Thee Stallion

Jerry Jeudy 

Call Of Jeudy 

Judge Jeudy 

Ms. New Jeudy/Jeudy Call

Marquise Brown 

Hollywood Squares 

Hooray For Hollywood 

2021 STANDARD FANTASY RANKINGS:
Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end | D/ST | Kicker | Top 200

Adam Thielen 

Thielen Like Makin’ Love 

I Gotta Thielen/Hooked On A Thielen/More Than A Thielen/Can’t Stop The Thielen 

Up And Adam 

Adam Bomb 

Jarvis Landry 

Dirty Landry/Landry Service 

Gym, Tan, Landry 

Brandin Cooks 

Ain’t No Such Thing As Halfway Cooks 

Too Many Cooks 

Jamison Crowder 

Crowder Control/Sold Out Crowder/Three’s a Crowder

Crowder Heads

2021 PPR FANTASY RANKINGS:
Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end | D/ST | Kicker | Top 200

Darnell Mooney

Dark Side Of The Mooney/First Man On The Mooney/Etc.

I Don’t Give A Darnell

Emmanuel Sanders 

Belt Sanders/Head In The Sanders/Sanders Castles/Quick Sanders

O’ Come, O’ Come Emmanuel 

Christian Kirk 

Onward Christian Soldiers/Fanatical Christians/Christian Missionaries

Captain Kirks

Henry Ruggs III 

Bearskin Ruggs/Area Ruggs/etc. 

Laviska Shenault Jr.

Livin’ Laviska Loca

Hasta Livaska, Baby

Cole Beasley

Pimpin’ Ain’t Beasley

T.Y. Hilton  

T.Y. Dolla $ign 

Mecole Hardman 

Get Hardman 

Don’t You Forget About Mecole/Mecole, Myself And I 

Michael Gallup 

Gallup Poll 

2021 FANTASY SLEEPERS:
Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end | D/ST | Each team

Jalen Reagor 

Jalen Thee Stallion

Sterling Shepard 

Sterling Record/Sterling Silver 

Darius Slayton 

Slayton Queen!/Slayton All Day

Double Darius 

Marquez Callaway

Where There’s A Will, There’s A Callaway

Allen Lazard 

Lazard Focus/Lazard Pointer/Lazard Beam

Lazard King 

Mohamed Sanu 

Sanu Jack City 

DeSean Jackson 

DeSean Of The Dead

Rashod Bateman

Master Bateman

Runnin’ Rashod Over You

2021 FANTASY AUCTION VALUES (Standard & PPR):
Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end | D/ST | Kicker | Overall

N’Keal Harry

License To N’Keal/If Looks Could N’Keal 

Even N’Keal 

Van Jefferson

Robust Vantibodies

Vancel Culture

I Live In A Van Down By The River

2021 FANTASY TIERS & DRAFT STRATEGY:
Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight endD/ST

Tight Ends

Travis Kelce 

Kelce Lately 

Darren Waller 

Waller ID

Family Waller/Waller General/Waller Store/Another Day, Another Waller/A Day Later And A Waller Short

Build The Waller!

George Kittle 

Kittle Giants/Kittle Big Men

Pot Calling The Kittle Black 

Kittle One 

Kyle Pitts

99 Problems But a Pitts Ain’t One

Pitts And Giggles

Show Us Your Pitts

2021 FANTASY CONSISTENCY RATINGS:
Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end

T.J. Hockenson 

Hockenson A Loogie 

Ad Hockenson Committee 

Noah Fant 

Fantom Menace/Fantom Of The Opera

What’s your Fant-asy?

Fant Man

Whatchu Noah ‘Bout It? 

Mike Gesicki 

Gesicki To My Stomach 

Robert Tonyan

I, Tonyan

Metric Tonyan/My Uzi Weighs A Tonyan

Dallas Goedert

There Is A Goedert/Praise Goedert/etc.

Cole Kmet

When Harry Kmet Sally

Jared Cook 

Too Many Cooks

I Went To Jared

FANTASY DRAFT STRATEGY:
Snake Draft | Auction | Best Ball | Dynasty/Keeper

Zach Ertz 

Death Ertz-tificate 

MegaErtz 

Blake Jarwin 

All I Do Is Jarwin

Blake Effect/Blake Superior

Austin Hooper 

Jumping Through Hoopers 

Austin Powers 

C.J. Uzomah 

Secret Of The Uzomah 

Vinnie Iyer, Jordan Heck, Tony Fortier-Bensen, Jacob Camenker, Billy Heyen and Ellis Williams all contributed to this article.

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