A bit more free time on my hands meant I really buckled down and focused on fantasy football this year. With the amount of parity and injuries in the league, I believe those who did well were the ones who were on top of the ever-changing landscape. It seems transactions were at an all-time high and a lot of my teams are not people I drafted. Due to some unfortunate match-ups, I was nervous I wasn’t going to get into the playoffs despite of my high scores… but it all worked out in the end. I’m not inclined to go back and check, but I think this is the first season I’ve made the playoffs in all of my leagues. I might have done it 4-5 years ago, when I was in two leagues, but definitely not in any of the years I’ve done three or more.
Grad School | ex-AOL | Big $ w/Dad | Family Pick’em | |
Regular Season Record | 10-4 | 7-7 | 9-5 | 118 correct (148 won) |
Rank in Points | 2nd of 10 | 1st of 10 | 2nd of 10 | 9th of 10 |
Seed | 2nd of 10 | 4th of 10 | 2nd of 10 | n/a |
Playoff Result | 2nd of 4 | 3rd of 4 | 3rd of 4 | n/a |
- In the school league, I made it to the Championship but lost despite only needing 13 points from LeSean McCoy in the Tuesday night game. I thought I had a very good chance of winning, but no TDs makes scoring that much difficult. Philip Rivers should also get a dishonorable mention here.
- In AOL, I was the highest scoring team and even though I barely scraped into the playoffs, I lost entirely due to my choices. I went up against a previously 10-2 team that lost two games entering the playoffs and finished 10-4. His team continued the under-production Week 1 but I tried to get cute and start the WRs his QB was throwing to. His QB managed to get 2 TDs, my WRs got none, I left 29 points on the bench and lost by 8 in the process. To make matters worse, I would have won the Championship game the next week had I made it. I think this is the scenario that most pisses me off… probably because 1) the winner talked so much trash during the season but could have lost and 2) it was my own stupid, stupid decision that threw it all away.
- In my other league, everything went well until I had to play my dad in the first week of playoffs. He beat me pretty bad but I did manage to salvage third by 0.1 points (91.3 vs. 91.2). I even had to sweat that one out because I needed 3.2 from D.Jack on Tuesday night and he only managed that pretty late in the game. Probably the worst part about the result is my dad went on to lose to Lurch of the Sports Junkies. Not only was he a rookie in the 20+ year old league, that meant neither Derecola won despite us making up half the playoff teams. It probably won’t surprise you to learn most other owners in this league have an “anyone but a Derecola” policy for the Championship.
- I won’t even bother to really talk about my family pick’em league. The sad part is the only reason I got 9th is because the 10th place team stopped picking the last two weeks. Three points separates 6th-9th, but I’m not sure that makes me feel any better. I honestly have no idea what I was doing wrong but I’m glad it’s over.
Had I written this before the playoffs started, I would have said I was happy with the season. Getting in the playoffs (and finishing in the money) in every league is a pretty big deal, but the way most everything happened just left a sour taste in my mouth. As I said a few days ago to Melissa, I think I’m the only one who could win money in all my leagues and still be upset. What can I say, I hate losing…