I want to talk–nay, rant–about football and the state of the universe.
Let me start by saying this rant is powered by a bad Jets loss and, more fully, me having four kittens bent on destroying my home. I am someone who has claimed to be a ‘cat person’ for years, but four kittens and a momma who wants things just how she wants things for her kittens spells bad news, especially when there is a wimpy Yorkie involved. I don’t want to recount how many times I had to pull his whimpering butt out of a corner after being dominated by a kitten. It just isn’t cool, man. Not cool at all.
Also not cool: My lack of rhythm in fantasy football. I long labored under the impression that I was a fantasy impresario, a real candidate for fantasy consigliere to the stars. Maybe some of that would be true if I just figured out which of my instincts apply to this week or next week or the week after. Case and point: I saw something in Hankerson last week, enough to recognize the budding chemistry between him and Matty Ice. I did not, however realize the pitch count Roddy White has been on until just today. This in turn caused me to drop Rishard Matthews as a result of streaming receivers (poorly I might add) the week he scores 2 TDs to the tune of 100+ yards. Yeah, that isn’t happening next week, so hopefully I can snag him again in free agency, but the problem is I needed him this week. That or I need Manning to put up less than 30 fantasy points to record my first win of the year–that with Weeden and McCown (Luke at least) as my starters.
The fact is, I’m not putting in the necessary time to be truly great at breaking down football match ups. Sure, there are experts who do put in the time and still suck worse than me, but they ain’t me. I come pre-loaded with the belief that I can do anything I put my mind to. I haven’t ben proven wrong yet–yet I haven’t put my full energies to much of anything over the past decade. Perhaps that is a larger conversation to be shared. It seems like being good enough is good enough for most people.
Not sure it is good enough anymore for me.