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Contributing Writer: Liliana Macias The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.... That phrase probably makes you think of one of the most famous Western films and Clint Eastwood (And ladies… his oh so handsome son Scott Eastwood!!). This film catapulted Clint Eastwood to super-stardom, a legendary tale of three bums who go around the civil war looking for money. As exciting as blowing up bridges and being an outlaw may seem, that is not what I’m referring too. You see, Fantasy Football has its own version of “The G.B.U” and here’s my version of it. It’s finally draft day and we’re all feeling pretty “Good” as we take a look at our keepers. I mean come on, those players who gave a superb performance last season are on your roster. Even better, you picked them up from the free agent list for an AMAZING DOLLAR. Sometimes that’s not the case, you actually pay top dollar for a player and that’s ok, what can possibly go wrong?! No matter what else happens during the draft you have your keepers. As the weeks go bye and you're actually able to stay in this magical good place, you feel like you have earned the right to start calling yourself the F.F.J (Fantasy Football Jedi) There is of course those of us who start to experience the “Bad.” Players that you paid top dollar for get placed on IR. I mean toes, thumbs, hips and every imaginable body part start to deteriorate. Why did this have to happen to me?? And then we have those who live by greed. Remember folks, the love for money is the root of all evil! (Stinkin’ Bell)  So, what do we do next? We desperately start looking at those free agents even if the guy that got injured isn’t ours! Why? Because we all want the next big thing. You bid $30 on a guy who you know everyone will be bidding on to only find out that you were the only one who thought this guy was the next Brett Favre or Marcus Allen. Yup, that transaction list is pretty clear. You could have saved yourself $29 and still kept him. Or how about when you get outbid by just $1? Ah that stings a little. If we only knew what everyone else was thinking.  Can it get worse? Oh, you bet cha’. Two words……. “Trade Proposals” A.K.A the “UGLY” Why do trade proposals cause skepticism? Because we all fall short of the certainty of what the outcome will be for us. Sometimes it only takes a few seconds to decline a trade because there’s just no way we’re giving up our RB1 for 3 mediocre players. Other times we take a closer look, compare stats and after much thought we make our decision. We have 3 options, accept, decline or counter offer and hope that we’ve made the right decision for our team. But wait there’s more. We also get notifications when fellow league members have accepted a trade proposal. Madea can best explain my thoughts as to how I imagine things went down for some after looking at the trade proposal that ignited the league page on week 13. With all joking aside, we all have the opportunity to voice our opinion about these trades by either accepting or vetoing them. Sometimes the vote goes exactly how we want it to but what about when it doesn't? We suck it up and show good sportsmanship, knowing that it goes a long way.  For those of you who made it to the playoffs, congratulations. To my fellow toilet bowl contenders, I feel your pain. To our wonderful league manager, thank you so much Janelle for all the dedication you’ve invested in this league for the last 15 years!! In your famous words “Start a fantasy football league they said, it’ll be fun they said.” Please know that you have accomplished that. What a great way to get distracted from the “real world” and “real problems”. Thank you for always keeping things positive. You got something real special going here.
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Final Season Ending Game by Tom Agayoff
(To be sung to the melody of Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down written by Kris Kristofferson and sung by Johnny Cash) Well I woke up Sunday morning Thinking in my head That I could win Thursday night's performance by Drew Brees Was so bad I thought might have a chance. Then I mumbled to myself bout my chances s'not good to think about. And I shaved my face And combed my hair And trotted down the hall to face my fate. I'd racked my brain the night before With Ce' vers and Backs That I've been switch-en' Pow-ered up my Lap Top, and wai-ted with eager an-ti-ca-pa-tion'. Assessed the forty points on Thurs-day- 3 hun-dred minutes left eyeing pan-ic-stricken And I look back on the sea-son At games I'd lost somehow not trading along the way. On the Sun-day Mor-ning fi-nal sea-son end-ing show-down Cause there's something in this Sunday That makes a player feel alone And there's nothing short of crying Half as irksome or profound with those final seconds on Monday and the season crashing down. Contributing Writer: Carlos VelascoMr Cha-Ching defeats Straight outta Gofton: 123-75
Finally Cha-Ching was back in the win column. It’s been a rough season and they really needed this win. With a good games from the Ravens Defense he pulled it off. SOG initially looked like he would take this match-up but Andy Dalton went down and Michael Thomas didn’t show up - much like the rest of his team - aside from Edelman. Armed Rodgery defeats Truffle Shuffle: 128-119 Truffle Shuffle once again put up a good fight but she suffered the Fantasy Football fate when one or two guys give you nada. Miller’s Monday night game almost seemed like they could have pulled off the win. Rodgery had good week, headed by Saquon. A good send off before the team traded him. Overall they had good stats - nicely balanced. Packing Heat defeats Bye Week: 150-111 I’m sorry, Dad... As we’ve seen all year Packing Heat be bringing that Heat. It’s looking like Heat might be one of the two finalists in the Championship game. Thielen led the power attack with their highest score 24. While BYE Week did well this week but we almost all knew it would be difficult to take this matchup. Mayfield came out swinging with a big 34 points while the rest just had an average game. Worthy of my Greatness defeats Kashyyyk Wookies: 92-52 Just another sad week for the Wookies team. One week they have a good week, then the next they just looks horrible. Only good thing they have going for themselves is the amount of money to spend for next year. We will see how that works out. And Alonzo won but let’s leave it at that - onto the next one . LOL Lloyd Dobler defeats Chief Deflater: 147-104 Talk about putting up some good points. Dobler came out with guns on fire led by Amari Cooper with an amazing 40 points. To go along with his teammate, Elliot’s 26 points. An amazing effort from the Chief but they just didn’t have enough this week to defeat Dobler. The down side of bye weeks- they really missed Cooks and Kelce. Well maybe next time. Ertz when Eifert defeats Ram I Am: 175-138 Talk about putting up a fight. Ram I Am in another matchup probably would have won. When you’re playing versus this high octane offense - only way you will win is, well if multiple guys got injured. Ertz had 5 guys with plus 20 points with one of them being close to 50 (McCaffrey). Looks like another for the Championship Game. Could it be Ertz vs Heat? Guess we will have to wait and see how the season unfolds. |
