Fantasy Football!!!

Harold Combs

Yeah, you knew it had to happen…I like football. Why not indulge in that national passion–Fantasy Football.

My team’s called the ‘Madden 09 Wannabees’, and we had our draft at Bufallo Wild Wings on Todd’s road:

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Anywho, Here’s the linueup I got (picked #8 in a serpentine draft):

Starters:

  1. RB - Brian Wetbrook - Philly

  2. RB - Willis McGahee - Balt’more

  3. QB - Vince Young - Ten

  4. WR - Larry Fitzgerald - Arizona

  5. WR - Plaxico Burress - NY Giants

  6. TE - Tony Gonzales - Kansas City

  7. RB - Ahman Green - Houston

  8. K - Josh Scobee - Jacksonville

  9. Def - Dallas

Da Bench:

  1. RB - Jamal Lewis - Cleveland

  2. WR - Joey Galloway - Tampa Bay

  3. RB - LenDale Whilte - Tennesee

  4. WR - Jerry Porter - Oakland

  5. QB - Rex Grossman - Chi-town. (yes, yes, I caught alot of ridicule for this one…)

  6. TE - Ben Watson - New England

Went in with a pretty conservative strategy:
- 3 decent running backs, with two backups (or trade fodder)
- 2 good WR’s, with 2 alternates.
- 1 backup each for QB & TE.
- A Kicker and a Defense of some sort.

This is a point-per-reception league, which will probably burn me. I was drafted too late to get a real stud running back (Westbrook is #8 on my depth chart). My real regret is not making the obvious pick in the 2nd round to get Peyton Manning instead of a Running Back. PEYTON MANNING!!! Meh, he’ll probably have a let-down year. You know, only 25 TD’s instead of 31. ::sigh::

The draft itself was very enjoyable; a bit past my bedtime, and I was definitely feeling it. I got pretty cranky towards the end but a nice trip back up the interstate, shifting my rejuvinated transmission perked me up.