Disclaimer: What I write in this blog are my words and my opinions. I do not ask you to agree with everything on here, however please be courteous to anyone else who would like to comment about an issue. All I ask is for respect although know that some of these ideas may seem “radical” to you.
FINALLY…the day had come, after all these years of not knowing how to mess with this thing and not knowing what everyone was getting all up in arms about. I operated and completed my very first fantasy football draft.
Things started off pretty slow considering I got the 8th pick out of 10. I was thinking I was going to play a little risky, pick up a wide receiver or running back right off the bat. However being in the middle of a fantasy draft is like being in the middle of the Daytona 500. You just kind of sit back and make moves according to what people in front and behind you are doing, very boring and somewhat of a disadvantage if you ask me. With this in mind people started picking up quarterbacks and I didn’t want to get stuck with an over the hill type, Donavan McNabb. So I jumped on the best quarterback that hadn’t been chosen, a man that I strongly dislike for his off the field image as well as his ability to control games by yelling at the refs (much like Peyton Manning did last season), but non the less I couldn’t deny it. I had to give in and pick the man himself, Mr. Tom Brady, pretty-boy supermodel and all around good guy (but anything for the “W” right.)
After the first round picking a quarterback, I had to go after a running back or wide receiver. Looked at my opinions and decided that I should take more of a modest pick (since I’m a Bengal’s fan…) and picked up Cedric Benson, who has settled into his game and the offense very nicely the past couple of years.
Next, I felt that I needed to get a tight end or a defense considering the tight ends were going quick and someone had already started picking defenses. And as you’ll see throughout this blog, I picked up a lot of people I really don’t like in person because I am a Bengal’s fan for life. But the bait was just too much, I couldn’t control myself like a kid in a candy shop, I picked Dallas Clark from the Indianapolis Colts.
As if that didn’t make me sick enough, I ended up then picking the Ravens defense and then Ravens wide receiver Anquan Boldin. Feeling like I had completely abandoned my heritage by this point I thought I’d get back onto people I like so shortly after I added Reggie Bush and Cowboy’s own Dez Bryant.
This left me with a few more picks, so I picked up another tight end, Jermaine Gresham and a running back/wide receiver, Pierre Garcon. By this time the draft was cruising quickly and I picked up a kicker, Rob Bironas. Next, was a backup quarterback, Kyle Orton, (who might even start this year) and two more wide receivers, Mike Williams of Tampa Bay and Devin Hester of the Chicago Bears.
After the draft was over I felt like I had my head in the clouds — it was so fun. Finally, I knew what all of this fuss was about and I could finally put my “skills” to the test and prove to everyone I’m great at fantasy. Ready to go I checked who I played first, only to remember that fantasy doesn’t begin until the regular season…
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