Garbage Time
Time during a blowout game where strategies change
Example
Thank God for garbage time, Robinson racked up 21 pts in the 4th quarter
Related Slang
| ffb | Fantasy football |
| Draft dasher | A fantasy football owner who drafts a team and abandons it |
| Ghostship | A fantasy football team with no owner |
| Handcuff | A fantasy football backup player |
| ADP | Average draft position |
| FPG | Fantasy points per game |
| PPR | Points per reception |
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Garbage time is a sports term that refers to when a game is out of reach and the team's strategies change. During this time, starters may be taken out to play substitutes or starters may stay in the game and build up their stats against a soft defense trying to run the clock out.
The term is especially popular in fantasy football because garbage time means that players score more points for their team owners since the game is out of reach and the winning team's defense allows more yardage and scores in order to run the clock out. Garbage time is a big reason why you can't just look at player's stats to judge their ability since they could be facing soft defenses because their team is getting blown out.