This will be short and I know that no one cares, outside of a friend of mine and I, but eh, whatever. So, I'm in a 14-person fantasy football league. Yes, the draft was...fun...or something. I think with my final pick, I drafted Joe Montana. Also, out of 14 teams, I had the final draft pick of the 1st round and the first pick in the 2nd. The league's points were geared toward the quarterback, especially ones whom completed a lot of passes. This is why, even though he was expected to miss a couple games at season's start, I decided to draft Peyton Manning. The benefits in the long-run definitely outweighed the hindrances in the short-term. With my second pick, I drafted Matt Schaub and thought I'd be pretty well set as of Week 3 or 4 at the quarterback position.
Well, word soon spread in the next 2-3 weeks that Manning wasn't improving any and may wind up needing surgery and to miss the rest of the season. Yeah, that happened. I picked up Oakland Raiders' quarterback Jason Campbell to fill my second starting quarterback slot. About a month ago, Campbell went down with a season-ending injury. The Raiders went on to trade for former Cincinnati Bengals' starter Carson Palmer, so I decided to pick him up as well. Just last week, Matt Schaub went down with a season-ending injury. I was going to pick up his replacement, Matt Leinart, but someone beat me to the punch, so I wound up having to pick up Kansas City Cheifs' back-up, Tyler Palko, who will be starting in place of Matt Cassell, whom also went down with a season-ending injury a week ago.
So, yeah, there we have it. My two starters on opening day? Matt Schaub and Peyton Manning. That then transitioned to Matt Schaub and Jason Campbell. I then had Matt Schaub and Carson Palmer. As of today, I'm stuck with Carson Palmer and Tyler Palko. Like I've said many times, fantasy football takes just as much luck as it does skill. To showcase that theory, as can be expected with my rotten luck with injuries, my team has one of the fewest point outputs of all 14 teams in the league and what is my record? An even 5-5. There's no way in the world my team is a 5-5 caliber club. They've just gotten very lucky in match-ups, where their opponent has an off-week when facing them and lucky for me, this has happened a few times. There's been no skill involved with that. If I were coaching this team, I might be in the running for NFL Coach of the Year honors, for how pathetic my team is. I doubt there is a worse 5-5 team in all of fantasy football. Now I'm just waiting for either (or both) Carson Palmer or Tyler Palko to go down for the remainder of the season. Come on, boys... I'm waiting...
Well, word soon spread in the next 2-3 weeks that Manning wasn't improving any and may wind up needing surgery and to miss the rest of the season. Yeah, that happened. I picked up Oakland Raiders' quarterback Jason Campbell to fill my second starting quarterback slot. About a month ago, Campbell went down with a season-ending injury. The Raiders went on to trade for former Cincinnati Bengals' starter Carson Palmer, so I decided to pick him up as well. Just last week, Matt Schaub went down with a season-ending injury. I was going to pick up his replacement, Matt Leinart, but someone beat me to the punch, so I wound up having to pick up Kansas City Cheifs' back-up, Tyler Palko, who will be starting in place of Matt Cassell, whom also went down with a season-ending injury a week ago.
So, yeah, there we have it. My two starters on opening day? Matt Schaub and Peyton Manning. That then transitioned to Matt Schaub and Jason Campbell. I then had Matt Schaub and Carson Palmer. As of today, I'm stuck with Carson Palmer and Tyler Palko. Like I've said many times, fantasy football takes just as much luck as it does skill. To showcase that theory, as can be expected with my rotten luck with injuries, my team has one of the fewest point outputs of all 14 teams in the league and what is my record? An even 5-5. There's no way in the world my team is a 5-5 caliber club. They've just gotten very lucky in match-ups, where their opponent has an off-week when facing them and lucky for me, this has happened a few times. There's been no skill involved with that. If I were coaching this team, I might be in the running for NFL Coach of the Year honors, for how pathetic my team is. I doubt there is a worse 5-5 team in all of fantasy football. Now I'm just waiting for either (or both) Carson Palmer or Tyler Palko to go down for the remainder of the season. Come on, boys... I'm waiting...
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