What does 3RR mean in Fantasy Football?

Answer 1

3RR stands for 3rd Round Reverse. This refers to a particular method of establishing draft order in a fantasy football league (or other fantasy league, for that matter). A very common method of establishing a draft order is to use a serpentine style draft order where the order that the teams pick in the 2nd round of the draft is the opposite of the order that the teams drafted in the first round. In the serpenting method, whomever gets the LAST pick in the first round then gets the FIRST pick in the 2nd round. Whoever had the first overall pick does not pick again until the FINAL pick of the 2nd round. Then the 3rd round repeats the order used in the 1st, the 4th repeats the order used in the 2nd, and so on. In a 3rd Round Reverse format draft, the procedure is exactly the same as in a serpentine draft EXCEPT the 3rd round draft order is exactly the same as the 2nd round. Then the 4th round follows the order used in the 1st round, with the 5th round following the order used in the 2nd round, and a regular serpentine style alternating order for all remaining rounds of the draft. Some belive the 3RR style draft is a more competitive way to ensure that all fantasy team owners are given an equal shot at obtaining a talented squad in the draft. 3RR drafts are generally not used in leagues with a small number of teams, and are usually only found in use in larger leagues. The chart below compares the first four rounds of a serpentine draft to the first four rounds of a 3RR draft for a 14 team league. SERPENTINE Round 1: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14 Round 2: 14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Round 3: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14 Round 4: 14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 3RR Round 1: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14 Round 2: 14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Round 3: 14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Round 4: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14