As it says in the press release, many games that purport to provide a new method of playing fantasy football merely deliver a slight variation on already-present formats.

The Precision League offering from FantasyHoundDog.com, though, seems to truly be a different way to play. Rather than drafting a team and setting a lineup to beat your opponent each week, an owner is assigned a group of players and must accurately predict each guy’s performance. The one who predicts more accurately wins the matchup.

The style doesn’t take any of the luck out of fantasy football. Players will still get injured. Tipped passes will still turn into touchdowns. Heck, Adam Vinatieri might even throw another touchdown pass. It does call on the fantasy owner to know his players even better, though, as it’s much harder to say Fred Taylor will go for 85 yards but no touchdowns against Houston than to guess that Hines Ward is a better option than Dwayne Bowe in a given week.

Leagues can be started in any week and can include any number of competitors, because the number of teams in the league will have no effect on the quality of players on each squad.

If there’s a similar game out there, I haven’t heard of it. I’m intrigued.

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