Getty The ESPN fantasy football app is not working for many users.
Did you wait until Sunday morning to set your ESPN fantasy football lineup? Want to add a player in case your questionable running back can’t make it to the field?
Unfortunately, there’s a good chance that there’s not a lot you can do about it, because both the ESPN fantasy app and website are down for many players.
Those trying and failing to access through the app are getting this familiar image instead:
Predictably, users aren’t too happy.
The @ESPNFantasy app is the absolute worst and the website sucks I’ve been playing fantasy sports for 10 years on @YahooFantasy and never once did the app not load up and never once did I struggle to figure out how to edit my lineup on the actual website. Can someone please help
Yikes @ESPNFantasy glad I set my lineup last night
@ESPNFantasy The app and website are down…
@ESPNFantasy uhhh I need y’all to fix this app on IOS
Occasionally, these unfortunate fantasy players can access their teams, but can’t make lineup changes or click to the list of free agents to add.
@TheOtherMJ99 @espn @ESPNFantasy Nvm. Premature excitement. The player action buttons didn’t load so i refreshed and back to the same as before.
ESPN Had a Similar Problem in 2016
If you’re one of the unlucky players and you’re eager for a quick fix, maybe don’t hold out too much hope.
In 2016, ESPN’s fantasy app and webpage crashed on Sunday morning of Week 1. ESPN’s fantasy Twitter account didn’t acknowledge the issue until 2 p.m. ET, well after the problem had arisen and long after the deadline to adjust lineups before the day’s first slate of games.
The account delivered an update two hours later, mere minutes before the late afternoon kickoffs, to apologize and say they still hadn’t fixed the problem.
We continue to work hard to resolve today’s technical issues. We appreciate your patience and apologize for the inconvenience.
Finally, almost five hours after acknowledging the problem and after all but three of the week’s games had already started, ESPN fixed the issue.
Fantasy Football is restored. We will continue to monitor. Issue did not impact data for teams, leagues or rosters. We sincerely apologize.
Update (10/14/2018 at 11 a.m. ET)
The app and webpage appear to be up and running again.