Fantasy Football Team Names: 10 Boring Team Names Only You Think Are Funny

When picking a fantasy football team name in 2011, it's imperative that owners don't just punch in some random name in an effort to expedite the draft process.

Whatever decision is made, a team name says a lot about an owner's familiarity with the fantasy landscape, and the attempt to be funny often comes back to hurt owners who think they're wittier than they really are.

Invariably, there are a plethora of names from year to year that flop like Ryan Leaf's career did, but these 10 are ones that I have seen repetitively in a number of drafts in the early going.

It's time to get a little more creative.

10. I Dream of Mangini

Not only does Eric Mangini not deserve a fantasy football name named in his honor, but he's not even patrolling a sideline anymore.

Nicknamed "Mangenius", most of his intelligence clearly came from Bill Belichick, who he couldn't find success without.

And really, if you dream of Mangini just to make an attempt at a play on words, you're probably not going to win your league.

9. The Blair White Project

How far are you willing to go in an effort to be clever?

Not only was The Blair Witch Project a 1999 release, but White doesn't deserve to be drafted and/or picked off of the waiver wire in any league smaller than 20 teams.

He was plucked off the practice squad last season, and was used as an injury fill-in for Austin Collie and Pierre Garcon for most of the season in 2010.

Does he really belong on your fantasy team? Probably not.

8. Wilfork for Food

The idea here is that Vince Wilfork will work for food—that seems rather obvious.

Not only is he a behemoth human being, but Wilfork collects his paycheck for plugging the defensive line.

Here's what really bothers me about this: Wilfork is neither skinny nor will he ever be drafted in fantasy leagues, even in those that include the IDP position.

He simply doesn't put up the stats to justify a selection, so why would anyone name a team after him?

7. Burressted Development

Frankly, this one just doesn't make much sense to me.

It's 2011, and the Burress debacle was in full effect in late 2008. Are we really still not removed from this incident yet?

For a guy that's not going to be much more valuable than a WR3 (at his ceiling), owners are putting a lot of stock into team name's by targeting Burress probably earlier than they should just to secure a rather unfunny moniker.

6. Mean Ma-Sheen

If you're including Charlie Sheen's name in your fantasy league, you're definitely not winning.

Not only is this guy's insanity burned out beyond all recognition, but his whirlwind tour entitled "Violent Torpedo of Truth" sunk a lot faster than he would have hoped.

If you want your fantasy season to end the same way that Sheen's tenure on Two and a Half Men did, then go ahead and pull the trigger.

But if you want to actually win by the word's traditional definition, don't include Sheen in your draft day strategy.

5. Sacks to Be Cutler

We get it—Jay Cutler gets sacked, a lot.

However, if you're going to name your fantasy team on the basis of how much a quarterback on your roster gets sacked, it's not exactly a strategy that is going to strike a chord among your competition.

Cutler isn't someone that I'd feel comfortable making my QB1 in any league with fewer than 14 teams, and if you're going to name your team after someone going to the ground so much, shouldn't it be benefiting your team?

4. Watchu Talkin' Bout Hillis?

In addition to the dreaded "Madden Curse", Hillis now has to deal with expectations far greater than he's ever had in his football career.

He exploded for the Cleveland Browns last season, and really made a reputation for himself as a fantasy factor with an impressive season for a rebuilding team.

For a player that's going to get drafted far too high for what his production will likely be, there's no way I'm naming my team after him just to relive a moment of childhood when Mr. Drummond was still calling the shots.

3. Baby Back Cribbs

This is what I like to call the "Devin Hester effect", and it's in full swing with Cribbs this season.

Despite not being listed as a starting wideout for his own team, Cribbs has been regularly getting drafted ahead of the starters because of his dynamic play-making ability.

Don't get me wrong, I love Cribbs and I think it would benefit the team to see him more involved in the offense moving forward, but we haven't seen it happen yet, and there's little reason to think it'll just pop up out of nowhere.

I'm not someone that likes to compare the players on my roster to pieces of barbecue, but I guess it's different strokes for different folks.

2. Favre's Flip Flops

The pun here in the team's name should be rather obvious, but haven't we had enough of Favre to last us all a lifetime?

His constant waffling has not only grown tiresome, but those that refuse to let the rumors of his return die have gotten even more annoying than his decision to return from retirement in the first place.

It's time to let Favre's play live in the record books and through NFL Films rather than through fantasy football team names that would have been better in an earlier era.

1. Make It Wayne on 'Em

This was probably a great name for a fantasy football team back in 2006.

You know, during the time when both Fat Joe and Reggie Wayne were enjoying the high points of their respective careers.

Wayne's entering a contract season, and while that usually adds an extra element of intrigue to a player for me, the inability to pinpoint a precise date of return for his starting quarterback Peyton Manning means it's probably best to leave him on the board for another owner to draft.

It's time to stop living in the past.