The season begins...
tihs year i'm playing in two fantasy football leagues, one keeper league (hosted by cbs sportsline) and another at yahoo. i traditionally play in three or four leagues but i face a major rebuilding job in my keeper league so i thought i'd better concentrate my energies on the two leagues i'm most invested in.
keeper league. this is year four of our keeper league. we've played with virtually the same guys (ten owners) for five years and we have owners located in san francisco, new york, los angeles, san diego and the far east. the great thing about fantasy football is that each year, the top 50% of players change. there are some surefire stars year in and year out but due to injuries and plain luck, flash in the pans are common and stars emerge from obscurity. i won the league two years ago on the arm of michael vick and the receiving of marvin harrison. last year i traded away vick, harrison and ahman green for rickey williams, drew bledsoe and joe horn. worst trade ever? probably. i went from champ to chump, racking up enough wins to place me second to last in the league. this year my team looks even worse than it did last year. my five keepers are tiki barber, corey dillon, plaxico burress, joe horn and ashley lelie. rickey's retirement killed my hopes of making a huge comeback. on with the rebuilding.
san diego league. last year we started playing a local league with all my friends from san diego. only about three owners had ever played fantasy before and half the owners couldn't tell you how many players were on a football field but everyone was enthusiastic. i ended up drafting for my friend who took the championship and my "expertise" took me to out of playoff status. so much for fantasy experience winning the day. this year i'm taking a no holds barred approach and am out for blood. we've expanded to ten owners and it looks like everyone is excited to play again. no way i'm losing out to some newbie this year. no way.
i love the free cost of yahoo's fantasy leagues but the system is wack. i hate having to carry extra men for bye weeks. i think they should carry over scores like we do in the keeper league. it makes it much more exciting. why should your stars sit just b/c it's a bye week? some might say it eliminates some strategy but i hate having 15 roster spots for eight starting players. usually i play in two or three yahoo leagues but it just gets too confusing.
keeper league. this is year four of our keeper league. we've played with virtually the same guys (ten owners) for five years and we have owners located in san francisco, new york, los angeles, san diego and the far east. the great thing about fantasy football is that each year, the top 50% of players change. there are some surefire stars year in and year out but due to injuries and plain luck, flash in the pans are common and stars emerge from obscurity. i won the league two years ago on the arm of michael vick and the receiving of marvin harrison. last year i traded away vick, harrison and ahman green for rickey williams, drew bledsoe and joe horn. worst trade ever? probably. i went from champ to chump, racking up enough wins to place me second to last in the league. this year my team looks even worse than it did last year. my five keepers are tiki barber, corey dillon, plaxico burress, joe horn and ashley lelie. rickey's retirement killed my hopes of making a huge comeback. on with the rebuilding.
san diego league. last year we started playing a local league with all my friends from san diego. only about three owners had ever played fantasy before and half the owners couldn't tell you how many players were on a football field but everyone was enthusiastic. i ended up drafting for my friend who took the championship and my "expertise" took me to out of playoff status. so much for fantasy experience winning the day. this year i'm taking a no holds barred approach and am out for blood. we've expanded to ten owners and it looks like everyone is excited to play again. no way i'm losing out to some newbie this year. no way.
i love the free cost of yahoo's fantasy leagues but the system is wack. i hate having to carry extra men for bye weeks. i think they should carry over scores like we do in the keeper league. it makes it much more exciting. why should your stars sit just b/c it's a bye week? some might say it eliminates some strategy but i hate having 15 roster spots for eight starting players. usually i play in two or three yahoo leagues but it just gets too confusing.
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