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Yahoo
11-08-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Introducing Assistant GM: A Smart, New Feature Exclusive to Yahoo Fantasy Plus Subscribers
No matter how good a fantasy football manager you are, we all need a little help sometimes. And this season, Yahoo Fantasy Plus subscribers can access Assistant GM, a new feature aimed to help make them the smartest managers in their fantasy football leagues. What is Assistant GM? Here's the breakdown. Optimize your lineup on demand: Ask your Assistant GM to check if there are any lineup changes you should make for the week — any day, any time. If there are, your Assistant GM will automatically make those moves for you. Keep you informed: Whenever your Assistant GM makes lineup changes for you, you'll not only see what changed, but exactly how impactful those changes were to your projected score and win probability for the week. Make lineup recommendations: Your Assistant GM monitors changes in projections, injury reports and other data, and will send you a push notification each morning when it discovers a lineup change that could increase your chances to win. Tap on the push notification, and you'll see exactly what your Assistant GM recommends and how it would impact your team. Set your future lineups: Get a head start on putting your best team on the field with your Assistant GM, who will consider bye weeks, matchups and individual week projections to set your lineup multiple weeks in advance. [Subscribe to Yahoo Fantasy Plus and get premium draft tools and player projections] All of the Assistant GM features are exclusive to Yahoo Fantasy Plus subscribers. Get in the game today with Yahoo Fantasy Plus to unlock your Assistant GM and more. Additional tools already included in Yahoo Fantasy Plus Maximum and minimum projections: Access new, detailed maximum and minimum projections to indicate which players to target for upside and which might be a safer pick. Draft Scout: Analyze your league's draft in real-time to identify the top available players who will add the most projected value to your team. Start Optimal Players: Update your lineup to start the highest projected players with the click of a button. Trade Hub: Get insights on every team in your league, identify top trade partners, and use data to make the perfect trade offer. Player Recommendations: Unlock recommendations in the Research Assistant to help with start/sit and add/drop decisions. Ready to unlock your full fantasy potential? Now's your chance to gain an edge — get premium draft tools and player projections with Yahoo Fantasy Plus. Want to learn more? Visit our FAQs page. Assistant GM marks day 8 of our 28 Days of Fantasy. Follow it all here.
Yahoo
04-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Yahoo Fantasy guillotine-style leagues are here! — learn everything you need to know
Don't finish last. It's a mantra every fantasy football player tells themselves. Of course everyone wants to make the playoffs; everyone wants to win the 'chip. But ultimately, no one wants to finish last. And nowhere is that mantra more important than in guillotine-style leagues. Today, we're thrilled to announce the launch of Yahoo Fantasy guillotine-style leagues in collaboration with Liquid Death. In this killer fantasy football game, fans compete for survival every week. This marks Day 1 of our 28 Days of Fantasy, so we wanted to kick things off with something huge! [Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy guillotine-style football league] The goal is simple in guillotine-style leagues: Don't finish last. Each week, the lowest-scoring team is eliminated from the league. That's right. No mercy. Game over. Off with the team's head. You've gotta play in another Yahoo Fantasy guillotine league for a chance at glory. Sounds intense? It is. Don't worry if this is your first time trying guillotine-style leagues — we've made it so you'll feel super comfortable in the format. It's your standard league scoring rules and you draft a team as you normally would, but that's where comfort ends … and you enter a battle for survival. Here's how it all works: Dynamic Matchup You are always matched up against the team with the lowest projected score. This means that one team is hunted by every other team in the league … but it's real-time and can change! So, one second you can be the hunter and, after a 40-yard touchdown, you become the hunted on every opponent's lockscreen, scoreboard, live activity and computer screen. Survival Meter You can't have a guillotine-style league without a survival meter, which dynamically changes throughout the week so you know what your chances of survival are at any given moment. Elimination Day On Sunday night you'll see which teams in your league currently have the bottom three projected scores — meaning they're on the verge of elimination. Take this opportunity to send a message and wish them luck; they're going to need it to make it to Tuesday morning. After the final game of the week, the lowest-scoring team is eliminated and their players hit the waiver wire. Everyone still standing gets a shot to bid on them and boost their lineups. Whether you're fortunate enough to escape elimination or you're the team cut, we've built a fun and twisted ritual that you'll just have to play to see. It'll murder your thirst and leave a grin on your face. One slip-up and you're toast. One bad week and you're dead to the league. Let the eliminations begin. With a little help from our friends at Liquid Death, it's going to be a killer season. Guillotine Leagues mark day 1 of our 28 Days of Fantasy. Follow it all here. FAQ: Is this replacing H2H (head-to-head) leagues? Nope, it's an additional scoring format to consider playing in both public and private leagues! How many teams can play? For private leagues, up to 18, ending in Week 17. Private leagues can decide how many teams to play with and when to start. Public leagues consist of 14 teams and will play for 13 weeks. Can I play with friends? Absolutely! Create or join a private guillotine league with your group and enjoy the weekly chaos together. Can I join after the season starts? Of course. Private leagues can start whenever they decide, as long as there are enough weeks to eliminate all teams but one. Public leagues will be available to start through Week 15 (4 teams, ending in Week 17, with 3 teams eliminated). Why do I have an opponent? What happens if I beat them? You win, you survive. Your opponent is whoever currently has the lowest projected score — that's the team to beat. If you have the lowest-projected score, you better hope your team turns it around. Finish last, and you're out. Are Fantasy guillotine leagues compatible with Live Activities on iOS? Yes. They show up right alongside all your other live Activities on your lock screen from Yahoo Fantasy.
