Ready for football
August 31, 2010
Yes, this is a non-political post. Thought I’d try that for a change! Believe it or not, I have other interests. A big example of those other interests is in sports. My favorite sport is baseball, but I also thoroughly enjoy several other sports including football. This year my interest is amplified by my participation in two fantasy leagues. For all intents and purposes, this is my first experience in fantasy football. Last year I did a couple meaningless public leagues just to get the hang of it. But this year, I actually did the drafts and am playing people I know.
Even with my amateur status, I feel I did fairly decent in the drafts. The first was an online draft with a number of friends from Twitter. This is a league that gives a full point for each reception, so I accordingly used drafting guides that emphasized this arrangement. In the end, my final roster was as follows:
QB – Brett Favre, Matt Cassel
WR – Brandon Marshall, Chad Ochocinco, Hines Ward
RB – Steven Jackson, Felix Jones
TE – Dallas Clark
WR/TE – Joshua Cribbs
WR/RB – Justin Forsett
K – Nate Kaeding
DST – Baltimore
Bench – Vincent Jackson, Jason Campbell, Chester Taylor, Nate Burleson, Phil Dawson, Miami
My second draft was last night and was an in-person offline draft with people from work. After my first draft experience, I was a little more comfortable with this one. It also helped that I knew the people better. At the end of 16 rounds and 2.5 hours, my results were as follows:
QB – Joe Flacco
WR – Larry Fitzgerald, Chad Ochocinco, Braylon Edwards
RB – Steven Jackson, Matt Forte
TE – Kellen Winslow
K – Nate Kaeding
DST – Cincinnati
Bench – Ricky Williams, Chad Henne, Kenny Britt, Kenneth Darby, Louis Murphy, Leon Washington
Of the two I feel a little better about the work league but I am too inexperienced to know for sure. Regardless, I am even more excited for football season to begin now that I have a little extra riding on it. I am ready for the 2010-2011 schedule to begin, and for the pure American goodness that is football to once again fill my Sundays.
