# Yahoo Fantasy Football Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-question/736288>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [October 31, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-question/736288 "2015-10-31T21:56:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-question/736288/1 "2015-10-31T21:56:07Z")

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What do the yellow,red and gray icons mean that are to the right of the players names? When clicked they give stats and quotes and stuff, but why the different colors?

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-question/736288/2 "2015-10-31T21:58:52Z")

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It’s how old the information is. Red/Orange is the newest, yellow is in the last week, grey is pretty old - maybe even just a mention of their name in a different player’s update.

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**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-question/736288/3 "2015-10-31T22:00:11Z")

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Ok, thanks a Munch!