So my introduction to the season won’t be nearly as long, or
as dramatic as Curtis’. I’m just as excited as anyone for fantasy football to
start up again. A couple things I can’t wait for? The Patriots lost in the AFC
Championship game and are looking to be a contender once again, I had a
terrible fantasy season (I’ll explain later), and I love writing this blog.
Yes, I’m a Patriots fan, yes I live in Bills country, and
yes I think my team is better than every other team. It’s just the way we
Patriots fans are, and after such a long tenured dynasty, how could we not be? It’s
been a great run. We lost last season, but we’re starting off fresh with an upgraded
secondary, more mature receivers, a more mature Chandler Jones, and we still
have Brady and Belichick. So yeah, things are looking good for 2014.
To get on the subject of fantasy football, I’ll give a
little background. I’m the commissioner of my league in which we have 12 teams
including two of my brothers, my grandfather, my uncle, six friends from high
school including Curtis, and a rotating spot that we can’t keep consistent yet
and is currently a friend from college. Our league is only three years old now.
We use PPR rules, six teams make the playoffs and we do an offline snake draft.
My season did not go well. I finished in 8th
place with a 6-10 record. I actually had a pretty great draft if I look back at
it. I grabbed Aaron Rodgers at the 10th overall pick and got Pierre
Garcon, Eddie Lacy and DeSean Jackson in the 5th, 6th and
7th rounds respectively. I also picked Julius Thomas up from the
free agents before week one. I didn’t start him week one, but did the rest of
the season.
I started off 0-4 and panicked. Lacy started off pretty slow
and had a concussion, so I decided to ship him off for a quick upgrade. Then, I
needed some depth, so I traded Garcon away, which didn’t turn out to be a good
decision at all. Right after Rodgers got hurt Lacy went off, so I was screwed
by both players.
Those three events paired with my opponents having some of
their best games of the season against me in the first four weeks really shaped
my season. I did have one of the toughest schedules too. I played David (league
champ) and Curtis (runner up) twice each, and all in the first six weeks, which
definitely caused panic (I finished the first six weeks at 2-4 and was the only
one to beat David all season).
So yeah, I had a really terrible season. My schedule and
injuries didn’t help but I won’t blame those. Looking back I know I can have a
good season this time around.
Please feel free to comment throughout the season with your thoughts and results on my work.
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