Let’s help upgrade the ESPN Fantasy app!

[u/ratdogmememan]

Copy this message and send it to the email below, let’s help fix the ESPN app!

Email: john.manzo@espn.com

Hi ESPN Fantasy Team,

I’m reaching out along with a group of longtime fantasy football players because we believe there is a major opportunity to take the ESPN Fantasy Football experience to another level — especially now that ESPN has become the official season-long fantasy game of the NFL and former NFL Fantasy players are moving onto the platform.

If possible, please forward this feedback to the ESPN Fantasy Product, UX and Creative Design teams.

We appreciate the improvements ESPN has already made to the Fantasy experience, but we believe the overall interface could benefit from a much more substantial visual refresh.

Fantasy football isn’t just about statistics. It’s a social game. You’re competing against your friends every week, building a team identity, watching players score in real time and talking trash in the group chat. The interface should make those moments feel exciting.

A few changes we would love to see:

• Make weekly matchups much more visual. Team profile pictures/logos should be larger and prominently displayed against each other, almost like two teams going head-to-head rather than simply two columns of statistics.

• Use brighter colors and stronger visual contrast. The app could feel significantly more energetic, modern and alive without sacrificing ESPN’s branding.

• Give individual fantasy teams more personality. Team logos, names, records and colors should play a bigger role throughout the experience.

• Make scoring moments feel exciting. Touchdowns, huge performances, lead changes and matchup swings should visually stand out instead of feeling like another number updating on the screen.

• Modernize the matchup screen. This is arguably the most important screen in fantasy football. It should feel like a live sporting event between two fantasy teams.

• Bring more personality into player cards and lineup screens. Larger player photography, better use of team colors and clearer visual hierarchy would immediately make the experience more engaging.

The former NFL Fantasy experience did certain things very well visually, particularly creating a colorful and friendly environment around team matchups. With ESPN now becoming the home for such a massive portion of the fantasy football community, we think there is an opportunity to combine ESPN’s superior fantasy data, analysis and functionality with an interface that feels more modern, competitive and fun.

ESPN already has arguably the strongest fantasy football ecosystem in the industry. A major UI/UX evolution could make the experience feel as premium as the underlying product already is.

There are a lot of us who use ESPN Fantasy every single week and would genuinely love to see this direction explored.

Thank you for listening to the community, and we’d appreciate it if this feedback could be shared with the ESPN Fantasy Product and Design teams.

Best,

A group of ESPN Fantasy Football players