Once you play fantasy sports for a certain number of the years, the hardest part of your season is coming up with a clever team name. The good news is that we have you covered for the 2024 campaign.
The first question when coming up with a good fantasy football team name is, naturally, when should you make it?
Should you come up with one before the draft, perhaps making it more general or simply geared toward your favorite player? Or should you wait until you've drafted your team and create the name based on who's on your roster?
We'll answer that question a little later. But first let's dive into the funniest and most clever fantasy football team names for the 2024 NFL season.
Top 10 for 2024 season
Hot Chubb Time Machine
We'll start with this one, because it's equal parts funny and sad. The play on "Hot Tub Time Machine" (an underrated comedy, in my opinion) obviously uses running back Nick Chubb's name as part of the pun.
Unfortunately, we all wish we had a hot tub time machine to go back to before Chubb's gruesome knee injury in 2023. Here's hoping one of the NFL's best running backs can make a triumphant return this season, and help your fantasy squad in the process.
The Catalina Wine Mixon
Sticking with wordplay involving comedy movies, this one involves one of my all-time favorites (and one of my wife's least-favorites).
The f****n' Catalina Wine Mixer is home to some of the funniest scenes in "Stepbrothers," and it's the gift that keeps on giving. By combining that truly classy event with new Houston Texans running back Joe Mixon's name, we get this beauty.
The only problem with this name is that Mixon stunk last year (he was useful in fantasy but bad in real life), so this name may just remind fantasy managers of pain when the 2024 season concludes.
Every Day I'm Gustlin'
This fantasy team name is bad. It's so bad that it's good.
We're combining Gus Edwards and Rick Ross' "Hustlin'," a song somehow from 2006 despite feeling like it came out only yesterday.
The positive aspect of this team name is that your friends may think you're really clever, just as they could if you draft Edwards around the 10th round and he serves as a touchdown machine. The downside is that anyone under the age of 30 likely has no idea what you're referencing.
Saquonda Forever
Saquonda Forever? Apparently not, New York Giants fans.
Fear not, though, because you can still watch your team's 2018 second overall pick twice this year as a member of the Philadelphia Eagles.
Let's hope Saquon performs better than the movie featured in this team name, "Wakanda Forever," which was the film equivalent of roughly 650 yards on 180 carries (which is pretty close to 2023 Saquon).
Jerry Needs a Lil Lamb
Let's stay in the NFC East as we reach the halfway point. This one really only works if Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones bites the bullet and pays CeeDee Lamb. Additionally, with Lamb serving as a potential top-five pick, it hits if you have one of the first few selections of your draft.
If you do draft Lamb second or third overall and he decides to hold out, well, "lol" at you, I guess.
Ek’s Gon’ Give it to Ya’
Another NFC East running back? In this economy? Yes, between Barkley, Ezekiel Elliott, and Austin Ekeler, it appears the division is doing its best to field the All-Washed-Running-Back First Team.
We live in a world where Devin Singletary might very well be the best running back in the NFC East.
I like this team name because if your league has no limit on characters, you can change it to "Ek's Gon' Give it to Ya ('It' Being 3 Yards Per Carry)." Rolls off the tongue, doesn't it?
How I Kmet Your Mother
Let's stau in the NFC but stop bullying the East. Instead, let's pick on the quarterback combo of Justin Fields, Tyson Bagent, Andy Dalton, and Nick Foles, because it's their fault that Cole Kmet hasn't been truly unlocked up to this point.
Thankfully, Caleb Williams could change all of that. Alongside DJ Moore, Keenan Allen, and D'Andre Swift, Kmet will be part of a new-look Chicago Bears offense. He could be a staple of your team, and this is a fun little play on his name.
Super Lamario
You know which quarterback doesn't stink? The reigning NFL MVP, Lamar Jackson. Some might even call his play last year "super."
Well, if that's how you feel, then you're in luck. The little bonus of using this team name is that it's extremely easy to edit a picture of Jackson's face on Mario's body, or vice versa, for that matter.
Kyler, the Creator
Kyler Murray hype is officially back on the menu, so you're likely going to see this team name floating around across your various leagues.
What is Kyler the creator of, exactly? Is it playing Call of Duty all week instead of watching tape? Is it running like a toddler who just stole something? The jury's still out on those. But the verdict is in on this name: It's guilty of being very good.
Maye the Force Be With You
We needed a little rookie representation, so let's close out our top 10 with the man who could sit behind Jacoby Brissett in his freshman campaign. Therefore, this is one of the best names you could choose. Why, you ask?
Well, if Drake Maye goes undrafted in your fantasy league - and he will - there's little threat that anyone will be offended when you name your team after a player on the waiver wire.
No, just don't
Hawk Tua
For every original, creative team name, you'll probably see three Hawk Tuas.
Do I sound like a boomer for being angry that someone got famous for saying "hawk tuah, spit on that thang" into a microphone? Probably. Do I care? No.
Fortunately for the Hawk Tuah Girl, there's one thing worse than the way in which she became famous. That would be Tua Tagovailoa's "deep" ball.
And no, two wrongs do not make a right in this case.
Honorable mentions
We couldn't possibly leave it at just 10, so here are five more that I love:
- Stroudy With a Chance of Deep Balls
- The Pollard Express
- Goffenheimer
- Charknado
- Etienne Phone Home
Of those five, we have two Oscar-worthy films referenced. I'm of course talking about "Oppenheimer" (combined with Jared Goff's name) and "Sharknado."
The latter wasn't shown quite the same level of respect when it came time to hand out the Academy Awards, but it lives on in the minds and hearts of movie-lovers everywhere, much like 2019 DJ Chark.
All things Bijan
- Bijan Mustard
- To Infinity and Bijan
- Bed, Bath and Bijan
- Plan Bijan
- Here's to You, Bijan Robinson
- Let Bijans be Bijans
- Above and Bijan
Atlanta Falcons running back Bijan Robinson could very likely go down as the 2024 fantasy football season MVP with Arthur Smith out of town. Apparently, he's already the fantasy football team name MVP, as there were endless puns made with his name.
I have no idea why you would name your team simply "Bijan Mustard," but it's something people are doing, according to the internet.
Everything Kelce and T-Swift
Of course, we couldn't dive into the fantasy football landscape without talking about the NFL's power couple, Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift.
These are more Swift than Kelce, showing us who really matters in the relationship. My favorite of the bunch is The Tortured Pitts Department, because the word tortured being associated with Kyle Pitts' name feels very appropriate for fantasy managers.
- Kelce's "Wildest Dream" Team
- We Are Never Ever Getting Dak Together
- The Tortured Pitts Department
- Shake It Goff
- Getaway Carr
Favorites from the past
You don't need to limit your fantasy football team name to only active players, though. Here are some gems from the past:
- Two Gurleys, One Kupp
- Under The InfluWentz
- Hyde Your Kids, Hyde Your Wife
- Forte-Year Old Virgin
- Fournetteflix and Chill
I know what you're thinking: "Isn't Carson Wentz still active?" To that, I say, define "active."
My favorite of this bunch is surely the play on Carlos Hyde's name, which references a viral video from 2010. That was somehow 14 years ago (hello darkness, my old friend).
Is there a right way to pick a team name?
Finally, let's revisit whether there's a right way to pick your team name. Absolutely.
You can't, under any circ*mstances, just steal the name of some player (especially a superstar) whom an opponent is rostering.
One of my all-time classic fantasy baseball team names is "Ohana Means Phamily." I picked up Tommy Pham from waivers and brought back that name this season. Then, I traded him, and I immediately changed my team name. We're living in a society!
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