I feel like Spider Man's first dozen or so comics. Nothing could even challenge me until I ran into Doc Oc (DeAngello Williams). I got massacred in the finals, and even if I hadn't left 50 pts on the bench in week 15 I'd have lost. So here's the breakdown of how I put it together, and where it all went horribly wrong:
Plusses:
1) Superb Draft: Andre Johnson (2), Turner (4), CJ (5), Cutler (6), Warner(10), Owen Daniels (11), Tampa's D (16) all carried me at points.
2) Great trade of Cutler for Brandon Marshall (after Marshall's high point but still an upgrade).
3) Picking up Cassel as soon as he started to show promise
Minuses:
1) Trading Turner for LT based on playoff matchups. Big whoops.
2) Picking Malroney (3). Seriously not sure what the hell I was thinking. Panic move. People I wish I'd picked: Thomas Jones, Matt Forte, Boldin, Steve Smith, pretty much anyone who wasn't named Malroney...
3) Losing the championship. It's all about finishing strong, and I peaked in weeks 1-6. I was in first, so I never got anything good on the wire, which kind of crippled me toward the end.
Anyway, I've learned my lessons and am looking forward to Eric stewing in the purgatory of 5th place next year.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
0.500 > 0.000
Well Bruce, my JV squad got throttled senseless by DeAngelo Williams. I hope you're happy. That said, there are two writers on this blog, and only one of them walked away with a championship this year. So bite me.
Truth be told, my JV squad was screwed over by just two things - my loyalty to Calvin and Roddy (both stunk this week, though Calvin tried his best), and DeAngelo. Everyone else did alright. Oh, and the NYG defense also sucked, but that goes into the DAW column too, I guess. Otherwise, a dominant team all year long that had its worst week of the season in the last game. Seeing as it's a math game here, I can't kill myself for that.
And then of course, the championship team. I thought Matty Forte was going to let me down after being a rock all year long, but man, did that cat (how hep of me to call him a cat) just put his shoulder down like he has all season. I think I might have jumped out of my chair when he lowered the boom for that TD which put the championship out of reach. Hell, he almost dragged the JV team to victory, if he'd broken free for a TD in overtime.
So, the JV squad flames out, but my more important 12-team league with bizarro stats is a champ. Sweet stuff. More importantly, both teams led the standings in overall points during the regular season, so there's that to take away too.
Truth be told, my JV squad was screwed over by just two things - my loyalty to Calvin and Roddy (both stunk this week, though Calvin tried his best), and DeAngelo. Everyone else did alright. Oh, and the NYG defense also sucked, but that goes into the DAW column too, I guess. Otherwise, a dominant team all year long that had its worst week of the season in the last game. Seeing as it's a math game here, I can't kill myself for that.
And then of course, the championship team. I thought Matty Forte was going to let me down after being a rock all year long, but man, did that cat (how hep of me to call him a cat) just put his shoulder down like he has all season. I think I might have jumped out of my chair when he lowered the boom for that TD which put the championship out of reach. Hell, he almost dragged the JV team to victory, if he'd broken free for a TD in overtime.
So, the JV squad flames out, but my more important 12-team league with bizarro stats is a champ. Sweet stuff. More importantly, both teams led the standings in overall points during the regular season, so there's that to take away too.
Monday, December 22, 2008
2nd is respectable?
So my season's done, and my blood pressure is a full 10 pts lower, both basically thanks to DeAngello Williams (in the one fucking year I didn't draft him), but also due to a few bad decisions on my part. Highs and lows to come with the season ending recap, then it's looking forward to next year, when the top 10 picks will be....
1) DeAngello Williams
2) Adrian Peterson
3) LT, but only because someone in your league is retarded. This will actually be Michael Turner
4) Matt Forte
5) Brian Westbrook (very questionable pick, trust me)
6) Thomas Jones
7) Steve Slaton
8) Chris Johnson
9) Clinton Portis
10) Maurice Jones Drew
1) DeAngello Williams
2) Adrian Peterson
3) LT, but only because someone in your league is retarded. This will actually be Michael Turner
4) Matt Forte
5) Brian Westbrook (very questionable pick, trust me)
6) Thomas Jones
7) Steve Slaton
8) Chris Johnson
9) Clinton Portis
10) Maurice Jones Drew
Friday, December 19, 2008
For the record
Just to be clear, some of us (ahem) drafted CJ in the 6th. Yes, this is offset by the fact that I blew my third rounder on Malroney. Absolutely no excuse for that. However, drafting Cutler in the 8th and Warner in the 11th still makes a good draft.
I'm currently on the losing end of the finals in my league, and will be providing a breakdown of my season, and where it went horribly wrong (or right if I pull it out) after this weekend.
I also plan to ridicule Eric for his inability to wager on fantasy ball, and his inflated records in JV leagues as a result. Seriously, he's the 22 year old Dominican guy in the Little League World Series. It's embarrassing. Eric, I hope your first piece of advice for next year is to play against terrible opponents.
I'm currently on the losing end of the finals in my league, and will be providing a breakdown of my season, and where it went horribly wrong (or right if I pull it out) after this weekend.
I also plan to ridicule Eric for his inability to wager on fantasy ball, and his inflated records in JV leagues as a result. Seriously, he's the 22 year old Dominican guy in the Little League World Series. It's embarrassing. Eric, I hope your first piece of advice for next year is to play against terrible opponents.
Fantasy Misinformation
Have you ever had a bad idea? We've had lots of bad ideas. Ideas like, say, benching Calvin Johnson - ever. So the matchup looked like shit. So he was the target of the new Calvin-Nickel defense, which has 5 DBs cover CJ and dares the Lions to actually gain yards. Guess what Calvin said? He said "fuck that noise," and hung up another 10+ point fantasy game. Fuck.
Well, that's a mistake that will never be made again. Calvin, we apologize. We'll never sit you again. We just want you to know, that when you have your super-breakout 3000 yard, 26 TD season when you get traded to the Colts, we were there first. And by first, we mean we totally drafted you in the 4th round in 2008.
So what the hell is going on here? Two guys who had the brilliant idea of trying to blog about fantasy football while competing with each other in a money league. We'll probably provide useful information, but I won't swear we won't post things to throw each other off. Maybe we'll tag it so you don't take it too seriously. Like, if we suggest you start Tim Hightower against the Vikings. But this is the place to be for smack-laced fantasy opinions. Well, a place.
Well, that's a mistake that will never be made again. Calvin, we apologize. We'll never sit you again. We just want you to know, that when you have your super-breakout 3000 yard, 26 TD season when you get traded to the Colts, we were there first. And by first, we mean we totally drafted you in the 4th round in 2008.
So what the hell is going on here? Two guys who had the brilliant idea of trying to blog about fantasy football while competing with each other in a money league. We'll probably provide useful information, but I won't swear we won't post things to throw each other off. Maybe we'll tag it so you don't take it too seriously. Like, if we suggest you start Tim Hightower against the Vikings. But this is the place to be for smack-laced fantasy opinions. Well, a place.
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