CB Posse Fantasy Football League: November 2021

Thursday, November 4, 2021

I Hate Christian McCaffrey: Halfway through 2021 Shitshow

The start of Week 9 means the CBPFFL 2021 Fantasy Season has reached about halfway.

Three groups have established themselves:

Contenders- Skillful roster management and tremendous injury luck.

Emre (0 points back, 4 injuries)* Emre leads the pack thanks to an excellent draft. His team is among the deepest at RB and WR; even minor injuries to top guys Chubb and AJ Brown haven’t slowed him down.

Sahil (-33, 9 injuries) Sahil lost his keeper before the season and has had near perfect health since, only losing Henderson for a game. Add stealing Stafford as last starter taken and perhaps the best WR group, he’s trophy hunting.

Fighting for 3^rd– Things have gone well enough for a chance at money.

Kellie (-98, 1 injury) Kellie’s run of least games lost to injury crashed as Fantasy superstar Henry is suddenly lost for perhaps rest of the season. Thin RB depth will be a problem if she wants a podium spot.

Steve (-103, 10 injuries) Michigan-Boy Brady, perhaps the QB steal of the draft, has Steve in the hunt for third, despite some injury problems. Can the GOAT carry him to the money?

Hank (-112, 9 injuries) Hank has had great injury luck, but his numbers are mediocre BECAUSE HE DRAFTED TREY LANCE…as his starting QB…in the 7^th round (5 rounds before his ADP). Had he actually decided to draft a starting NFL QB, and maybe not trade Najee Harris for Miles Gaskin, he could’ve had a shot at defending his title.

Murat (-145, 12 injuries) Despite drafting a deep backfield, injuries have killed any real chance Murat has this year. He will trade you Robbie Anderson in a *great* deal; or maybe just cut him tomorrow, who can say?

Christian (Landon) (-150, 9 injuries) As half of the starting roster has missed time, injuries certainly have made Christian juggle his roster; but there is still and outside chance at the last money spot. Landon is also a co-owner.

Next Year – Ugh. That is all.

Jack (-187, 6 injuries) Huge trades have become Jack’s trademark, as his season will be defined by two big ones: giving up Devante Adams for Mecole Hardman looks like a disaster (-37 points in week after trade), but swapping Gaskin for Najee Harris has him safely out of last place.

Carl (-209, 5 injuries) Carl can’t blame injury luck, as Mike Davis and Melvin Gordon haven’t panned out as reliable FLEX players. Odell Beckham proves why Cleveland stains everything it touches (even Lebron had to GTFO).

Holden (-215, 5 injuries) Although Carson has a broken neck, Holden’s struggles are non-injury, like his brother’s: poor drafting of flex players. TJ Hockenson and AJ Dillion have not become the starters he envisioned.

Gene (-217, 11 injuries) With five starters already missing time, Gene has seen terrible luck this year, including the most injured starting QB: Wilson. Good, Gene doesn’t need any help.

Jim (-350, 21 injuries) Only two of my drafted starters have remained healthy, netting almost TWICE the number of games lost as any other team: CMC and Montgomery (and Mostert) *could* be the best group of RBs in the league, but they’ve played 29% of total possible games so far. Add the disastrous WRs I picked, and there aren't enough ways to say my team sucks.

I’ve never been scared to see weekly results before. If I don’t finish last, it will be a miracle.

*Total games lost among drafted starting roster skill players - (usually first 7 rounds)

History of the League

In the fall of 1991, six young boys entered the hallowed halls of the Banfield Academic Center to embark upon a journey that would make them into men. They were lead by the eponymous Carl Brown and his obsession with Dennis Hopper. His group, which gathered each day in their private, brick-walled alcove, consisted of Steven Caggiano, James Pickard, Sahil Tak, Hank Zakroff, and Murat Zincir. Though other people drifted in and out, this was the core of the entity that would come to be known as the CB Posse.

CB Posse FF officially began in 1993. The early years of the league would be dominanted by Murat and Pickard, who took the trophy three time each. It wasn't until the seventh year of CB Posse FF that this dynamic duo of NFL knowledge failed to capture first place. Sadly, in 1999, as the Posse members finished college, only four owners played, and, due to lack of interest, the league would begin a decade long hibernation.

In 2009, Pickard asked Hank whether he would be interested in getting the league back together. After an emphatic "YES!" from his friend, Pickard made some phone calls and the league was reborn like a glorious phoenix from the ashes. The 21st Century has revolutionized FF into a more competitive monster. CB Posse FF went completely digital, and unless you can navigate the nearly endless amounts of NFL information available on the internet, you don't have a chance. Sahil would emerge as the dominant force, and he destroyed the league for back-to-back championships.

21st Century CB Posse FF has seen significant expansion. Murat and Pickard have lured several local friends into the ranks. Murat's New York crew has been dominant, consistently finishing near the top, and even claiming several championships. CB Posse FF has also become multi-generational, as young Jack Caggiano has boldly followed his parents' footsteps. Even the trophy underwent massive expansion, and is renamed The Caggiano.