Week one - Fantasy Football Experiment

For only the second time in my life, I have joined an NFL fantasy football league. Basically, I am NFL retarded. I have absolutely no clue when it comes to this league. That being said, I am undertaking an experiment this year to measure my NFL knowledge, or lack thereof.

Here's how my mad sports scientist, gurgling beaker of stats works. I have joined 2 leagues this year. One with some old college buddies (at least I think they are all people I know - with all the douche-bagesque team names in the league, I am convinced most of them are old frat boy muscleheads with roid rage and homosexual tendencies), and the other is with a group of guys from the office. I will actively participate in the office league, and not in the college league. I know, its not going to be a precise measurement because they are different leagues, but I ain't trying win a Nobel Prize here.

At any rate, I wound up with an average automatic draft in the "East Side Playas 2007" League (see, I told you it was a tough guy thing). My most promising players are probably Addai at RB and Keading at K. I got destroyed like a DQ cake at fat camp last week, 103.08 to 73.88 by "O's SS". This week I take on "BULLDOGZZ", another 0-1 team.

I will only make subs from the bench for injured players, or otherwise benched guys. If I really need to I'll replace a guy via transaction, but only to fill an active position that I don't have a bench player for.

In the "Warner's Whackos" league (see, much more laid back) I drew 8th pick of 8. Thankfully, its hard not to wind up with a talent filled team in an 8 team league. I managed to steal a good roster. Here's my starters as they stand today:

QB - Jon Kitna (I benched Hassleback for the week - hoping for some Lions magic with him an Cal Johnson)
WR - Marvin Harrison, Calvin Johnson, and Javon Walker.
RB - Rudi Johnson and Clinton Portis
TE - Antonio Gates
K - Adam Vinitieri
DEF - Baltimore

Not bad, eh?

Well, I barely took week one thanks to a swiss-cheese like Baltimore defense on Monday night. They were dropping like skirts backstage at a Justin Timberlake concert. Jesus, Ray Lewis got hurt on the first drive. Anyway, Rudi Johnson pulled off just enough for me to win by a fraction, launching me into second place in the league. This week, the Sasquatch Sweaters take on Terry Finney's first place "Monkey Steals Peach". I'm gonna need some good mojo this week.

So, I'll keep you posted on the progress of my hypothesis. I fully expect to be crappy in both leagues, but I may just find the I'm either smarter than I thought, or that a rodent on acid can perform in one of these leagues.