Well, needless to say, it's been almost a month since I've updated my blog. And quite frankly, I've decided it's time to get off my rear end and do some writing.
A few weeks ago, NFL Week 6 to be exact, I took up yet another bet with my good friend who I mentioned in one of my very first posts on this blog site. Let's just say that I've nicknamed him "Kentucky Casey". It just so happened that he and I were to play each other in a little office pool fantasy football that week in which he coerced me into another wager. The contest: his team versus my team, straight up. No points. The stakes: $20, of course.
While my team was one of the top teams in our fantasy league and clearly looked like a favorite on paper, Kentucky Casey had a little something extra up his sleeve for me that week. Sure, everyone toots their own team's horn. But that's what fantasy football is all about isn't it? Each fantasy owner wants to let our weekly opponents know that regardless of wins and losses "my team is going to take your team to the cleaners this week!" (Insert expletive deleted's where necessary)
All I heard that week was a raspy, movie theater coming-soon-to-a-theater-near-you like narration voice telling me how his Minnesota Vikings defense was going up against the Detroit Lions and would reward him 30 points easily. And how Tony Romo and his Dallas Cowboys were going to shred the Arizona Cardinals' secondary. I brushed it off my shoulder as if this competition was going to be a piece of cake and yet another $20 taken from one my closest work buddies. But I had another thing coming.
It turned out that his kicker, Mason Crosby of the Green Bay Packers outscored my kicker, Ryan Longwell of the Vikings, by 7 points!!! That may not sound like a lot, but in the fantasy world 7 points is worth more than a touchdown alone. We've all had losses in which we've been mesmerized by a quarterback, running back or wide receiver. But who wants to lose their fantasy football games at the hands, or should I say foot, of a kicker?!?!?!
That week, I lost by a grand total of 13 points. And as I just pointed out, more than half of that deficit came by way of his kicker. Since that time my fantasy team has won two games in a row to put me at 6-2 on the season. But I fear that I'm going down this week at the hands of my other co-worker and longtime friend "Miami Dolphins Drew". That is, unless of course, Santana Moss plays tonight in the Washington Redskins/Pittsburgh Steelers Monday Night Football game and grabs me 27 points. Not to mention Drew's fantasy quarterback, Jason Campbell, would need to somehow be 187'd before the game as so not to gain any points for his team. The chances of that are about as likely as our country's election not happening tomorrow.
In any event, great win "Kentucky Casey". You have bragging rights over me for the remainder of the season. I can only hope that we square off at some point in the playoffs. Until then, try not to spend my hard earned $20 all in one place. Make me proud and indulge in about ten McDonald's double cheeseburgers!