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The WORM Hole
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Rookie kicker Drew Stevens is the first "Dark Horse" to enter the BDFL via the WORM Hole |
The WORM Hole is wide open until Week 9
AUDUBON
PLACE - The BDFL's patented WORM Rule will be back for a sixth season to
help keep the BDFL as competitive as possible. WORM is an acronym for
the Week's One Roster Move. It means each team in the
BDFL is free to drop and add one player per week during the
season from Week 3 to Week 9. This gives each
team seven possible roster moves per season which is half the
team which is more than plenty. We start the WORM transactions
prior to the Week 3 match-ups with the mindset being, you got to
pay a little for bad luck and bad draft decisions to be fair to
the rest of the league. The Magic City Mayors have been the most
active team to utilize the WORM Rule the last five seasons and
have two titles within this span. The Mayors are now the poster
child for the WORM Rule. Last season (2025) there was a ton of
value found in the ol' proverbial "Worm Hole" with the likes of
Johnston, Prater, Tucker, Pineiro, Jennings, Gainwell, Vidal,
Gordon, Patterson, Waller, Wentz and others all coming into the
league during the regular season to help contribute to BDFL
rosters via the WORM Rule. Look for even more WORM value this
season when teams need an in-season roster boost. The weekly
process is quite simple, just email Iron Hand prior to the
weekly starters deadline to make your WORM move. Typically, the
weekly WORM Hole window is open each week from Monday at
midnight until the starters are due on Thursday. Try not to
enter the WORM Hole before it opens since this is dangerous
business.
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2026 BDFL WORM Rule Moves |
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DROPPED |
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3 |
Sloth Monsters |
PK-Carlson/NO |
PK-Smyth/NO |
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3 |
Blitz |
TE-Kmet/CHI |
WR-Aiyku/SF |
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3 |
Grenadiers |
TE-Waller/CAR |
WR-Dell/HOU |
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3 |
Cheetahs |
WR-Coker/CAR |
WR-Branch/ATL |
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3 |
Wildcats |
PK-Stevens/WAS |
PK-Moody/FA |
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3 |
Bandits |
RB-Wilson/SEA |
RB-Holani/SEA |
| THE BDFL NEWS |
ALT HELM 2026
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The Vulcans ALT HELM 2026 features the cast iron legend with a hammer and anvil, not a spear |
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BDFL featuring alternate helmets in 2026 |
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AUDUBON
PLACE - As a new twist during the 2026 season, the BDFL will
feature one alternate helmet (Operation: ALT HELM 2026) per week
for 16 weeks. One team’s ALT HELM will be featured each week
with a photo and brief description of the ALT HELM on Iron
Hand’s page at TheBDFL.com. The league will try to target
special home games for each team to help fire up the home crowd
and create more excitement and awareness for the featured team.
Week 1 featured the defending BDFL Champions (Brookside Dogs)
and Week 2 featured the 2025 runner-ups (Southside Cheetahs).
Shown above is the North Birmingham Vulcans ALT HELM 2026 to be featured in Week
4 of the BDFL’s regular season. |
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