ellis college,Fantasy Football 2008

This weekend kicks off the 2008 NFL season, which means it's also the first weekend for Fantasy Football. This year, I'm in three fantasy leagues: my little brother's, my college buddy's, and a work league for which I'm the commissioner.



I didn't have a great draft in any of the three drafts. In my brother's league, I totally forgot about the way-too-early draft date, so I had an autodraft without ever adjusting my pre-draft rankings. In my college buddy's league, I had to miss the live draft due to a volleyball game, and again neglected to adjust my pre-draft rankings. Finally, in the league I'm running at work, I was so busy trying to keep everyone else on track during our first-ever live and in-person draft, that I neglected my own team and ended up picking guys at random, not following the one list I did take the time to arrange.



Anyway, my teams are below. Already, in the first week, I have some questions I can't answer. Should I play Kevin Smith against the pitiful Falcons or high draft choice Larry Johnson against the awesome Pats? Should I go with Philip Rivers and injured TE Antonio Gates or stick in Brett Favre in his Jets debut along with one of my old, old, old WR backups? It's 2am Sunday morning, and I have no clue what to do. But you know what? That's what I sort of love about Fantasy Football: dwelling for days on decisions that are really meaningless in the grand scheme of things. I'm good at useless timewasters like that.



MY 2008 FANTASY FOOTBALL SQUADS:



League: Frazier's Fantasy Football (Yahoo!)

Team: THE CHAMP!

1. (1) LaDainian Tomlinson

2. (20) Ryan Grant

3. (21) Maurice Jones-Drew

4. (40) Wes Welker

5. (41) Roddy White

6. (60) Calvin Johnson

7. (61) Derek Anderson

8. (80) Adam Vinatieri

9. (81) Indianapolis

10. (100) Kevin Smith

11. (101) Fred Taylor

12. (120) Patrick Crayton

13. (121) Reggie Brown

14. (140) Mason Crosby

15. (141) Jason Campbell (dropped for Derrick Mason)



League: League of Pain (Yahoo! Plus)

Team: Big Mac's Marauders

1. (14) Marshawn Lynch

2. (15) Larry Johnson

3. (42) Plaxico Burress

4. (43) Wes Welker

5. (70) Chris Cooley

6. (71) Chris Chambers

7. (98) Jay Cutler

8. (99) Pittsburgh

9. (126) Ryan Longwell

10. (127) Kevin Smith

11. (154) Drew Bennett

12. (155) Ted Ginn Jr.

13. (182) Philadelphia

14. (183) Randy McMichael

15. (210) Kurt Warner (dropped for Chad Pennington)



League: Digital Gridiron (EA Sports)

Team: Hoosier Daddy

1 8 Clinton Portis RB

2 5 Ryan Grant RB

3 8 Torry Holt WR

4 5 Antonio Gates TE

5 8 Hines Ward WR

6 5 Joey Galloway WR

7 8 Philip Rivers QB

8 5 Julius Jones RB

9 8 Reggie Brown WR

10 5 Indianapolis DST DST

11 8 Brett Favre QB

12 5 Jerry Porter WR

13 8 Antwaan Randle El WR

14 5 Isaac Bruce WR

15 8 Josh Scobee



Already, I've made both good and bad decisions. Dropping Jason Campbell for Derrick Mason was most likely a solid decision. Dropping Kurt Warner before he got named the starter was a bad one. I hope that doesn't come back to bite me on the ass.