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Same game, cross-sport. Here is our language next to the Sleeper and ESPN concepts it matches.
Engine / Creator
Like: Your primary playmaker, like a QB or a point guard
The player who runs the offense and creates for everyone else. High floor, touches the ball constantly.
NFL quarterback, NBA point guard, NHL center, soccer central midfielder.
Scorer / Attacker
Like: A pure points scorer, like a WR or a wing
The player whose job is to put up points. Higher ceiling, more boom or bust week to week.
NFL wide receiver, NBA shooting guard or small forward, NHL winger, soccer forward.
Volume / Hybrid
Like: A high-usage compiler, like a running back or a big
The workhorse who piles up stats through sheer volume across several categories.
NFL running back, NBA power forward or center, NHL defenseman, soccer defender.
Specialist / Anchor
Like: A single specialist slot, like a superflex or OP spot
One roster spot reserved for a specialist role. There is exactly one, and it never overlaps the flex. In NBA-only games, your Anchor is a Center.
NFL tight end, NHL goalie, soccer goalkeeper, NBA center (NBA-only contests).
Engine
Like: Your QB1 / PG spot
Starts one Engine / Creator: the playmaker who drives your lineup.
Scorer
Like: Your WR / wing spots
Two Scorer / Attacker starters: the points scorers with the higher ceiling.
Volume
Like: Your RB / big spots
Two Volume / Hybrid starters: high-usage players who compile across categories.
Anchor
Like: Your superflex / OP spot
One Specialist / Anchor starter. There is exactly one, and only this slot can hold that specialist.
Flex
Like: Your FLEX spot
Two flex starters that take any non-anchor player, so you play your best available.
Weekly Mashup
Like: A one-week fantasy matchup across sports
Draft a fresh lineup for one week, mixing NFL, NBA, NHL, and soccer players on the same team.
Best Ball
Like: Best Ball, exactly like you know it
No weekly lineup setting: your top scorers are counted for you automatically. Draft and relax.
Player lock
Like: Lineup lock at kickoff, per player
Each player locks when their real game starts. Locked players cannot be moved, dropped, added, or traded.
Waivers
Like: The weekly claim line for dropped players
In a season-long league, a dropped player goes on waivers until the weekly run clears them. To claim a player on waivers, put in a claim; the weekly run awards it by priority (reverse of the standings, or reverse draft order before any games).
Free agency
Like: Instant add of an available player
Any real player who is not rostered and not on waivers is a free agent you can add instantly. A player you pick up is held for 24 hours before you can drop them, to keep add/drop churn down.
Trade
Like: A player-for-player swap with another manager
Build an offer from both rosters, send it, and the other manager can accept, reject, or counter. Both sides must stay legal (every position still fillable), and a player whose game has started cannot be traded. Depending on the league, a trade goes through instantly, after the commissioner approves it, or after a league vote.
Matchweek
Like: One head-to-head week in the schedule
A season-long league's schedule is a run of weekly matchweeks (Tue to Mon). Empty weeks (international breaks) are skipped. The regular season ends before the dead-rubber weeks, and the final weeks are reserved for playoffs. You play a fair round-robin opponent each regular week.
Scoring presets
Like: Standard, Half PPR, or Full PPR
Football-only contests can score receptions at 0, 0.5 (the default), or 1 point. Only the reception value changes; everything else stays the visible Weekly Mashup table. Cross-sport games always use Weekly Mashup scoring.
Placement points
Like: Season scoring
Each weekly finish earns points toward the season: 1st is 10, 2nd is 8, 3rd is 6, down to 1 for playing. Miss a week and you earn 0, but you are never out.
ADP
Like: Average draft position
Average draft position, recorded from completed Weekly Mashup drafts. Lower ADP means drafted earlier. It only shows once a player has been drafted in enough rooms; until then the pool shows Rank, the order by projected points.
Bench
Like: Your bench spots, like any fantasy league
Extra roster spots beyond your 8 starters. Bench players do not score in classic lineups, but give you depth for add/drop and injuries.
Best projected
Like: Optimize lineup, like ESPN or Sleeper
Fills your legal 8-slot lineup with the players who add up to the highest projected points. The safe, expected-value lineup.
Use it for a set-and-forget week.
Practice
Like: A scrimmage, not the regular season
This contest runs on generated games and players, so you can learn the app and draft with friends any time. Practice results never count toward Group records, season standings, ADP, or trophies.
Draft order
Like: Your snake-draft slot
Where each team picks in the snake draft. Order reverses each round, so an early pick in round 1 picks last in round 2.
Cross-sport buckets
Like: Positions, but across every sport at once
A cross-sport contest mixes NFL, NBA, NHL, and soccer players on one team. Instead of sport-specific positions, players fall into four roles by what they do: Engine (a playmaker like a QB or point guard), Scorer, Volume, and Anchor. Same points system for everyone, so a hockey goal and a basketball bucket are compared fairly. Single-sport contests use the normal positions you already know.
Projection vs actual
Like: Projected points, then the real box score
Before games, the pool shows a PROJECTION (an estimate of expected points) so you can compare players. Once games are live, the scoreboard shows ACTUAL points from the real box score, with the data source and when it last updated. A projection is never presented as a result, and totals stay provisional until every game is final.