In what’s become a draft week tradition, Yahoo Sports is excited to celebrate the next wave of NFL stars with the launch of our 2019 Fantasy Football game!

That’s right: If you’ve been missing fantasy football ever since the final whistle blew on the 2018 season, the wait is over. You can create or join a league today.

We also have more exciting news: Yahoo Fantasy will have Best Ball leagues in 2019!

For those of you who haven’t gotten in on the fun that fantasy sports provide, Best Ball is a great, low-stress option for you. You still get all the excitement of drafting a team without the week-to-week management of your roster.

And for those of you who are already Best Ball enthusiasts, you now have more ways to play and win on Yahoo. Additional details on when Best Ball will launch are still to come.

Want even more reasons to play on Yahoo?

• Yahoo was voted Best Commissioner Game and Best App by the Fantasy Sports & Gaming Association.

• You can play for cash prizes by joining one of our $20, $50, $100, $250, $500 or $1,000 Pro Leagues. We will be launching $5K Pro Leagues where you can win up to $25K!

• The free-to-enter NFL Yahoo Cup will be back in 2019. There will be $150K in total prizes, including $5K in weekly prizes divided up among over 2,000 players and $10K to the top finisher overall during the season.

• We will be launching a new league chat for the 2019 season with better features than the current version.

• We have an award-winning group of fantasy analysts providing top-notch advice.

Speaking of our experts, they kicked off draft season with their initial 2019 rankings. Who will be this season’s consensus top pick? How high will Patrick Mahomes go coming off an MVP season? What surprises will emerge?

[Join or create a 2019 Yahoo Fantasy Football league for free today]

In the coming months, we’ll have plenty more to get you ready to compete for a fantasy title: Position primers, team previews, sleepers, busts, breakout candidates and so much more. Let our analysts do the work while you reap the rewards.

And be sure to follow us on Twitter and Facebook for fantasy tips all year long.

Happy Fantasy Football season, gamers! The fun is just getting started.