Fantasy gone horribly awry
I'm planning to give you regular updates on the fantasy football team I co-own with co-blogger Jeff Carlton because a) I suspect many of you out there also own teams and b) I suspect I'm really going to need a place to vent.
Certainly that's the case today. Jeff and I felt very good about our club (The Van Buren Boys. Seinfeld reference. If you don't get it, the explanation will just take too much time) coming out of our draft last Tuesday. But doesn't everyone?
Anyway, here was our lineup. In our league, you have two QBs, three RBS, four WRs and one kicker.
Drafting ninth in a 10-team league, we plucked Baltimore RB Jamal Lewis. The former 2,000 yard rusher is in a contract year and he's made. Sounded good to us.
Then came Texas RB Domanick Davis at No. 11. I don't think he's that great, but he catches a lot of passes and scores a lot of TDS. Good fantasy guy.
We drafted Cincy WR Chad Johnson at the end of the third round. I'm giddy. I love this guy.
In the fourth round we drafted our first QB - Matt Hasselbeck. He's no Peyton, but he's solid. We think he'll do.
In the fifth round we found Seattle WR Darrell Jackson. I don't like drafting QB/WR combos, but Jackson's clearly the best wideout left at this point.
The sixth round brought a huge gamble, but one we felt was worth it - We took "Fragile" Fred Taylor, the talented, oft-injured running back out of Jacksonville.
In the seventh, we took Jets WR Laveranues Coles. Fortunately, we weren't required to spell his name.
In the eighth, we got what I thought was a steal by taking Jets QB Chad Pennington. Emphasis here on "thought." More on that later.
In the ninth, we took San Diego TE Antonio Gates. Grantede, we'd be without him for one week because of his suspension, but well worth the hit at this point.
Finally, we rounded things out by taking Green Bay kicker Ryan Longwell. An accurate kicker on a high-octane offense (or so we thought).
What could go wrong? Well, if you watched any football yesterday, you have an idea ...
(to be continued)
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