Now that Super Bowl XLVI has come and gone, ending the 2011-12 NFL season in such a disappointing fashion for Tom Brady and Pats fans, but in such relief for the rest of us, we must prepare for the long and dreary off-season as baseball highlights ruin SportsCenter.
I think back on all the luck required to win a competitive league like the CBPFFL. Bad luck rears its ugly head in the form of injury, but my luck was mostly good this season: Kenny Britt went down right after I picked up Nate Washington, Demarco Murray went down right when I needed some production from Felix Jones, and, perhaps most importantly, #1 overall pick, Arian Foster’s hammy held together for most of the season.
Injury on other teams helped my victory a lot as well (particularly Schaub and Fred Jackson busting out for the Georges down the stretch), but it is often the avoidance of injury that is the best luck of all. So it is no surprise that the starting roster I drafted was the healthiest of all:
List of man games lost for drafted starting rosters of 2011-12 season
Pickard 9
Kellie 10
Landon 10
Sahil 14
Hank 16
Murat 18
CB 19
Gene 32
Jason 34
Steve 36
My hats off to Gene, Jason, and Steve’s drafting for being competitive, even after losing so many players to injury. Considering how low he finished, I expected to see Murat at the bottom of this list, and so did he. When I shared this info with him, he pointed out:
“one thing re injuries- yes they may have been injured only 18 games, but miles austin i think twice got hurt in 1st quarter, santana moss broke his hand in the first quarter of a game i think, shonn green hurt his knee first quarter, mcgahee also left a game really early, vick too i think etc etc etc. so yes, it may have been 'only' 18 games, but trust me, it was a lot worse.”
I don’t think anyone can play with numbers quite like a banker…nor do I think anyone will be more dangerous than Murat next year. He confessed to have taken up Fantasy golf. That kind of sick desperation only comes from getting kicked in the crotch for about 17 weeks in a row. I still remember the futile feeling of steel-toed boot bouncing off my testicles week after week and being left for dead in the inescapable cellar, below even CB. It certainly motivated me to recapture the trophy. I know that some dark fire burns inside Murat and it will make him tough to beat.
Totally appalled at my team. Every sunday i'd wake up, go for my morning jog to keep my body sexy and envision the salacious stats Manning and VJAX, Cruz, Holmes, D.Jax, Forte would post that day. I even had like special imaginary routes for them to run and like joey galloway would come out of retirement and make a surprise start and i was the only one who had picked him up, but what do i end up with every night? Poo poo. Where have u gone Eric Metcalf? Regarding Murat's deep dark fire about to bubble over, i think we all saw this coming. I remember back in the day he'd hop in his well Quaffed audi and drag race rajan up and down river road until animal control finally put an end to it. I remember he used to invite me over under the guise of playing basketball but instead he'd wrap me in fenerbachi flags, paint my face blue, and make me wear his track shorts; then he'd scream "I feel uncomfortable at rural pennsylvanian strip clubs!" And when i didn't respond, he'd have his sister pull out all my leg hair. Lemme just warn all u who think he's this soft spoken affable jetsetter who enjoys whiddling away his leisure time hopping over puddles with other dudes. There is a deep dark fire abrewing and i hope it doesn't result in a Sandusky Sandwich.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure how to show the comments on the main page, but this is a CB classic. And, I might add, much more coherent than most.
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