- Kurt Warner is my QB in one league where I'm losing, but I'm playing against him in my other league where I'm currently winning my match up so I need him to do well but not that well.
- The Broncos (or any childhood favorite team) just scored a touchdown to beat the Raiders (or any hated team) but it was a run instead of a pass so I get no points and I'm disappointed.
- One of my receivers, Santana Moss, is playing against my defense, Dallas, and I need him to get a lot of receptions and yards but not score, but if he does score then I need my defense to sack Campbell a few times or better yet make Portis fumble because the guy I'm playing is playing Portis.
Okay, so if you've played fantasy football, you probably have your hand up right now. You can put it down because I can't see you helping me make my point and your co-workers are probably wondering why you have your arm waving in the air.
Originally I liked the idea of fantasy football because suddenly I had a stake in almost every game, which should make every game interesting in one form or another. Instead, all I can think about while watching games now are complex scenarios of "if he does this, then I need to have this happen, but then this might happen so then I'll need that to work out." Ridiculous!
Additionally, fantasy football stats are like trying to bet on the over/under for points in a game. The team and players don't care about your CBS Sportsline just like most coaches (outside of Steve Spurrier) aren't actively trying to break the over every week. If you like football because it's football, shouldn't it be enough to just watch the games and enjoy them for what they are instead of furiously calculating 0.1 for every rushing yard? Shouldn't you just be happy your RB broke 100 yards in the game because that's a good sign your team is doing well rather than being happy because you get a bonus point?
Maybe I'm slowly becoming a purist in my old age, it is what it is - but next year I'm looking forward to a season where my only angst is if the Broncos lose to the Chargers. Until that time though, I hope Steve Slaton keeps having a good year.
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Agreed- if you are implying that you aren't playing fantasy football next year. I've gotten to the point in any fantasy sport i choose to play that i just pick the team/players that i like, and don't really care about winning/losing too much. at the end of the day, im loyal to my teams as hated as they may be.
That defeats the entire purpose of Fantasy Sports Ashwin. Thanks for playing.
I don't care - point of fantasy sports - its your fantasy, you get to do whatever you want
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