June : Too Early to Discuss Fantasy Football

Lately I have been seeing quite an amount of people discussing fantasy football. Fantasy sports are quite the hobby of mine. As of now I am doing fairly well in my fantasy baseball league and this fall I will be in my share of fantasy football leagues as well. Writers and experts talking about fantasy football doesn't bother me at all.

However it's more than a little odd to me that I am seeing so many articles about fantasy football in the month of June. For starters exhibition games don't even begin until August. The games that matter are still three months away. The point is that June is just too early to be discussing fantasy football. Here are three reasons why.

1. The Injury Bug

A lot can go wrong for teams between the beginning of July and the first week of the NFL season. Don't believe me? Just ask the Cleveland Browns. We can sit around for the entire month of June and predict which players will be stars in the upcoming season. Truth is that there is no guarantee that any player will even be starting the season at this point of the year. Anything can happen from some freak injury during a mini-camp to a joyride on a motorcycle gone terribly wrong.

2. Controversies

Obviously your first-round pick in fantasy football is a definite starter (if not perhaps you should reconsider this whole “fantasy sports” thing). How many people are in the league will be a determining factor on whether or not team controversies will affect your draft. For example, if there are 12 people in your league and you're looking at a good backup quarterback late in the draft, you may eye up drafting Brady Quinn as there will be few quarterbacks left. Right now most of the talk in Cleveland is that Charlie Frye will be the starter in September. A lot can happen between now and then, though, and if Quinn wins the starting spot he just be the guy you want to get in the later rounds.

3. Camps don't showcase sleeper picks