So, we are doing this fantasy football thing! We discussed it and decided that we all wanted to be involved. I’m talking merged family involvement, draft night antics, etc. This is going to be our first one and there is a good amount of excitement attached to that–for me. Let’s be clear: I am talking about me here. In truth, I believe the (now 5) boys and the partner basically submitted to this situation as a ‘sure, if it makes you happy.’
It does.
Sure, I want them all to want it, but I also appreciate exposing the original franchise boyz to something new and giving them something fun to integrate with the twin towers. I’m a New Yorker… I can make that reference. And I can say that out loud and on paper. So, back to football…
The main bit of conflict this season has been what service to use (again we are talking about me and thus internal conflict). There is the old standby–Yahoo. There is the new flashy NFL network server. Finally, there is ESPN. I’ve used Yahoo and ESPN with varying degrees of success and prefer the smoothness of the yahoo interface. Still, the twins (who aren’t twins at all, but are merely tall) and the partner are used to ESPN. What to do?
Move on for a minute and talk about the game itself?
In that sense I am thinking about not having the first pick. I think that in a snake draft there is more value taking what would be the 7,8 picks overall. Your first 5 are ‘sure things’ which generally relegates you to a QB or a steady RB. 7,8 in terms of there being 32 teams gives you possibly top 5 talent in both areas. So, I expect to trade down should I get a higher draft pick. Who will I pick? That remains to be seen. There are a number of options available. I have my eyes on David Johnson (not the one from the Browns) and Aaron Rogers. I also think I could grab a decent QB in the third/fourth round of picks. A lot of this is based on what kind of strategy I am going with. Am I relying on the NFL being more ground and pound this year?
Time will reveal more answers. Next waiver Wednesday I’ll shore up decisions on when the draft is and what service we are using… and why.