Last Place Wisdom: Week Seven - Midseason Form
As surprising at it seems to me, we have officially reached the halfway point of the fantasy football regular season. Things feel like they have flown by, and I'm hardly feeling in a position to discuss what has happened in the league so far. I'm writing this shortly after the Jays were eliminated from the playoffs, my sports teams in general are in for a rough season, and most relevant to this blog the Keith Glorious-Basterds have been struggling to say the least. As John mentioned in his piece, feeling low might not be the best term, but I've definitely been hit by a bit of the midseason doldrums. Rather than stick to the script and slog through a typical week where I'm really not feeling it, I figured I should take a page out of television's play book and do the same thing they do when writers need a week off. So be prepared for a midseason awards post, which I consider to be the fantasy football equivalent of a clip show.
The Corvette Guy Award (Players that we should all be the most jealous of)
Andrew knows this story already, but I regularly take Aiden to the Library for books, storytime and movies. It's become a fairly regular occurrence to see the ultimate Corvette Guy parked in the handicap stall in front of the library (I have no idea if he's actually handicapped). For you who are not aware, Corvette Guys drive nice cars, and they want to make sure everyone else knows it in the most obnoxious way possible, which is vanity plates. Now, no one in our league is typically obnoxious, but I figured this would be a good lead in to the players that I think are most worth being jealous about.
Aiden is in love with the Wiggles currently, we often go the Library in order to get new Wiggles DVDs. He likes to point at them and say "danth" while shaking his arms, it's pretty much the cutest thing in the world. In terms of my opinion of them, there are worse children's programming out there.
What I totally forgot until just last week, is that the Wiggles are part of a classic Arrested Development clip, which I have included below. The fact that I forgot all about it just goes to show that I'm slacking on my Arrested Development references, which I will have to remedy. At least now I always give a chuckle to myself, and can't help but hear "Hot Poh-tah-toe" whenever it comes on. Basically, we should have remembered that all of the players below are good players, so what they're doing shouldn't be as much of a surprise.
It wouldn't be fantasy football without some sort of Simpsons reference, so I'm going to take the lazy way out and use the Comic Book Guy. There have been a large number of players who can only be described as disappointing, but a few stick out in my mind.
The Corvette Guy Award (Players that we should all be the most jealous of)
Andrew knows this story already, but I regularly take Aiden to the Library for books, storytime and movies. It's become a fairly regular occurrence to see the ultimate Corvette Guy parked in the handicap stall in front of the library (I have no idea if he's actually handicapped). For you who are not aware, Corvette Guys drive nice cars, and they want to make sure everyone else knows it in the most obnoxious way possible, which is vanity plates. Now, no one in our league is typically obnoxious, but I figured this would be a good lead in to the players that I think are most worth being jealous about.
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| I guess 2FST4U was taken |
- Todd Gurley - Has more points in 2 games than Melvin Gordon has gotten all year. Gurley is a stud and is going to be a stud for a long time to come, Clarke has a lot to be hopeful for.
- DeAndre Hopkins - Hopkins is getting more throws than anyone else in the league and he's done his damage with pure volume. Brown might be letting me down, but Hopkins has been money in the bank.
- Devonta Freeman - What Freeman has done has been insane, and ultimately he has to take the award. He's outscored the 2nd best RB by 50 points. Only 24 RBs have 50 points total this year.
Aiden is in love with the Wiggles currently, we often go the Library in order to get new Wiggles DVDs. He likes to point at them and say "danth" while shaking his arms, it's pretty much the cutest thing in the world. In terms of my opinion of them, there are worse children's programming out there.
What I totally forgot until just last week, is that the Wiggles are part of a classic Arrested Development clip, which I have included below. The fact that I forgot all about it just goes to show that I'm slacking on my Arrested Development references, which I will have to remedy. At least now I always give a chuckle to myself, and can't help but hear "Hot Poh-tah-toe" whenever it comes on. Basically, we should have remembered that all of the players below are good players, so what they're doing shouldn't be as much of a surprise.
- Larry Fitzgerald & James Jones - I'm putting these 2 guys together. 4 years ago they were early round draft picks, but now nobody was expecting anything out of either of them. All they've done is be 3rd and 4th in WR scoring.
- Giovani Bernard - Most people were expecting this to be Jeremy Hill's season, but as little as 2 years ago Bernard was a very good RB for Cincinnati. Curtis took Gio early and it has paid off for him.
- Most of the QB position - I'm as much to blame for this as anyone, with me taking Drew Brees far, far, far too early. There are a ton of good QBs this year who didn't have high expecations going into the season despite being good players for a long time. Andy Dalton, Phillip Rivers, Carson Palmer and Eli Manning are the big 4; all have had success in the past and so it shouldn't be so surprising to see them within the top 10 at the position.
It wouldn't be fantasy football without some sort of Simpsons reference, so I'm going to take the lazy way out and use the Comic Book Guy. There have been a large number of players who can only be described as disappointing, but a few stick out in my mind.
- CJ Anderson - He is the big culprit, considered a first round RB he's averaged 5 points per game to start the season. I think Denver is a bit of a mess offensively, and I don't see him turning it around any time soon.
- Melvin Gordon and Devante Adams - I'm putting these 2 guys who happened to be my first 2 picks. A big reason for my lack of success so far has been the fact that neither guy has been able to do anything. I whiffed on these picks in a big way, and while I'm hopeful they can turn it around as the season goes on, I think this is the last time I invest so much in guys who are completely unproven no matter how much upside I think they have.
- Peyton Manning - Manning is currently the 28th best QB in fantasy. I guess our league is filled with people who know their football given that Manning fell further in the draft than is typical. I was still expecting him to be decent this year, so given that he has been outscored by Brian Hoyer so far, maybe it's time for Denver to consider picking Tebow back up for their playoff run.
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| And with that, I conclude probably not the worst blog post ever, but admittedly not my most passionate work. |
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