Alright, so Jmeeks invited me to be a contributor to this blog and requested this be my first post. Fantasy Football has become extremely popular around America and apparantely somewhat popular amongst the NFL itself. This is a link to an article on ESPN.com about the subject and a few thoughts:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=garber_greg&id=2684942
Here are some of my favorite quotes from the article:
"Playing New England, I can't be happy with him throwing a TD pass, but in theback of my mind, I'm like, 'Yeah, I just got six points in my fantasy league,'" June says, laughing.Cato June-Linebacker for the Colts"
When it first started, I was a little naive on this stuff," Akers said,laughing. "A guy came up to me and said, 'You're my fantasy kicker,' and I'm like, 'Dude, what are you talking about? Maybe I shouldn't be hanging out withyou.'"David Akers-Kicker for Eagles
"I have some old friends who are trainers and some buddies," Broncosquarterback Jake Plummer said. "I give them a tip every once in awhile. Ithink the best one was when Reuben Droughns started for us and no one knew hewas going to start.Jake Plummer- You suppose he told those same friends,
"Hey, drop me and pick up Cutler I'm getting benched. Actually, SHIT!, if you are stupid enough tohave me in the first place there is no need for my advice you are already outof the playoffs."Another Plummer quote:"I think it's ruined the game, actually," said Plummer, recently replaced asstarter by rookie Jay Cutler. "There are no true fans anymore, because if Ilose a game I come out of Invesco Field and there's not a Denver fan mad that I lost, but happy because I threw three TDs. When I was growing up, I was afan of my team, not the points I'm getting."
-Actually I think he meant to say this the other way around. It's more like I win a game and come out of Invesco Field and theres not a Denver fan happythat we won, but mad because I threw three picks!"
"I scored three touchdowns against the Cowboys," Cooley said, "and I ended up beating my own team because of myself. I was way more happy about the game. Icould really care less.Chris Cooley TE for Redskins
"All they care about is whether I get 150 yards and two touchdowns, whereas all I care about is whether or not we win. So there's an incongruity in thewants."Tiki Barber--Tiki is just pissed because he usually lives up to the 150 yardsbut they give it to Brandon Jacobs in the redzone
Look for future posts to include subjects such as Rex Grossman's struggles and of course the BCS argument.
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