Lets recap how my fantasy football season went this past year. We won’t even talk about the unpleasantness that is the Dallas Cowboys.
Work League ~ 5-8 for 10th of 12
I don’t even really know what to say about this one. I knew walking out of the draft that my team sucked and some questionable trades through the year made sure it didn’t have any delusions of greatness. I spent most of the year deciding between the Ravens RBs and paid the price. The players were out there but because of school (at least that’s what I’m blaming it on), I didn’t watch the waiver as closely as I should have. The guy that ended up winning was because he watches waivers like a hawk. For what it’s worth, there were 5 teams in this league at 6-7 and two people with that record made the playoffs.
Father/Son League ~ 6-8 for 8th of 10
I drafted well and started 4-1 as a result. Then I had some really bad lineup and injury problems and dropped the next 5. I didn’t make any waiver moves during those 5 loses and again I’m going to blame school for that one. I picked up the next 2 games to move to 1 game out of a playoff spot but returned to my sucking ways the last 2 weeks and plummeted down the standings. Probably the most unfortunate thing about it is I was the team with the weekly high score the most weeks in the season… and we no longer pay on that. How I managed to do that and lose, I’m not quite sure. Oh that’s right, in keeping with tradition I had the 2nd highest points against. At least my dad got 2nd place again (I beat him last year).
Family Pick’em ~ 128 correct (141 won) for 5th of 9
What can I say other than I was middle of the road all year long. I’m pretty sure it’s because I suggested we up the entry fee 40% this year. At least I managed to beat the two people who missed a week and got high score 2 of the weeks.
I think this is the first year since I’ve been playing fantasy football (10+ years) that I haven’t made the playoffs in any of my leagues. I managed to lose to the teams in both leagues that weren’t being actively managed, so I guess I deserve it. Mark it down as one of the more disappointing years in football for me.