Week 2 - A Tale of Two Cities

Contributing Writer: Mike Fountain

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way—in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.” - Charles Dickens

I’ve never read “A Tale of Two Cities” and don’t know if Chuck played fantasy football but from that opening paragraph I’m guessing he must have wrote it soon after his fantasy season started. We enter the season with such hope during and after the draft. We’ve done all the research, tested different draft strategies in mock drafts, have our cache of sleepers. Even if the draft doesn’t go our particular way we still are filled with hope for the season. We say to ourselves, “I have enough for the first few weeks then I’ll snag a break-out player on waivers and try and sucker someone into a bad trade (Dana). I’ll breeze into the playoffs.”

Then week one is upon us, the games count and the points are for real. The euphoric joy we once had is soon dashed to pieces when our starting tight end goes out for the season or our franchise quarterback is carted off the field with a knee injury. Our sleepers keep hitting the snooze button on the start of the season and some just never wake up.
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The fantasy season is really a Tale of Two Cities. The cities of euphoria and despair with a dilapidated township of mediocrity right between them. Right now most of us are having a drink in mediocrity.  Cheers to the new season!