Scott Fish Bowl Scoring and Rules Breakdown 2021

The Scott Fish Bowl, known as the SFB, is the most well-known season-long fantasy competition in the fantasy football world. The massive Pro-Am is done for charity, but that doesn’t mean the competition isn’t fierce.

To mix things up each year, the league commissioner, Scott Fish, adds a twist to scoring or drafting. This year, for example, there is a “third-round reversal” in the draft, which means the person that drafts at 1.01 picks again at 2.12 — but not at 3.01 like usual. They then have to wait until 3.12 to make their third pick.

Aside from this drafting twist, the SFB11 also features the option of using kickers in the superflex spots. Each week, teams will deploy 11 starters, including:

• 1-2 QBs
• 2-6 RBs
• 3-7 WRs
• 1-5 TEs
• 0-4 Ks

The scoring for each position is a little different, too. This article will overview the scoring quirks for SFB11.

Scoring in the SFB11 fantasy football tournament

Here is the full scoring breakdown, which can also be found on the official SFB11 website.

Where SFB11 scoring is different from regular fantasy football leagues

The biggest scoring twists from “regular” fantasy leagues for each position are below:

• QBs: -1 per sack, -1 per incompletion and 0.5 per completion. Accurate QBs get a big boost in SFB11. On the flip side, inaccurate, high-volume QBs could absolutely tank your team with the -1 point per incompletion. However, the point system for QBs does seem like an attempt to balance the scales between traditional pocket QB and “Konami-code” QBs (dual-threat options) in fantasy.
• Rushing: 0.5 points per first down. This rule has been in previous SFB tournaments, but it still remains a twist.
• Receiving: 0.5 points per first down and 0.5 points per reception. These two factors combined help make possession receivers and alpha WRs even more valuable. Deep threats that don’t see as much volume and rely on big plays aren’t as valuable in SFB.
• TEs: This is a TE-premium league, with TEs scoring 1 point per reception and 1 point per first down. The fantasy TE options are extremely top-heavy in 2021, and this rule only exacerbates the gap. The premium TEs will be off the board much, much earlier than in your home league.
• Ks: Decimal scoring means you don’t get screwed over if your kicker is 1 yard away from the next threshold, but the 3 points per missed FG — regardless of attempt depth — makes kickers much riskier. The caveat is that even with this added risk, kickers are still a good bet to score points for your fantasy team. Most kickers are between 80% to 95% accurate. As fantasy teams get ravaged by injury, kickers in the flex will become more viable for their (virtually) guaranteed points, but the risk of a 3-missed FG week that sinks your ship is real.

On the whole, SFB11 scoring rules create a big gap between the haves and have-nots. The premium placed on stable, peripheral stats — such as receptions, completions, etc. — combined with no change to TD scoring, means each team’s alpha players will become even more valuable as they pad the stat sheets thanks to high usage rates.