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Never name your team after your girlfriend or cat.
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Listen to the experts.
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Don't listen to the experts.
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No complaining after a win.
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Being a fantasy coach does not give you the right to slap people on the butt.
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It's your duty to talk trash. Period.
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Making stupid trades to help another team steal the title is lame.
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Avoid 'friendly' advice.
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Don't draft a player that's already been drafted.
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Set your lineup on Tuesday morning. Fine-tune it every day afterward.
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It's never over until it's Tuesday.
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Be wary of last minute changes to your lineup ... go with your gut.
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Doubtful means he's not playing. Game-time decision means #%$@&!
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Teams who forgot their QB had a bye week should be mocked.
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Drafting first is overrated.
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Teams starting an injured player should be scorned.
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Know how to pronounce your draft pick.
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Keeping a kicker in a keeper league is open to ridicule.
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Losing 120-119 is NOT a moral victory.
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The best trades are often the ones you do not make.
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Running back-by-committee is a plot to undermine fantasy players.
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A running back is only as good as his offensive line.
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Recreating your alma mater's bowl lineup from five years ago doesn't work.
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Don't trade for a player because your girlfriend thinks he has 'cool hair.'
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Always play fantasy football at NFL.com.
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Don't draft your fantasy football team using the fantasy football insert from the TV Guide.
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Unsigned players always do better before you pick them up.
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Although your league commissioner is in all likelihood a power-mongering tyrant, not even a sacrificial offering will appease him. Only a gold trophy (digital or real) will.
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When deciding on your first-round pick, consider the likelihood, or lack thereof, that this is the year the Madden cover curse is broken.
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Don't add a player because he has the same last name as you.