The weather is pretty cool outside today, and the only thing good about that is that FOOTBALL season is right around the corner! The summer is winding down, preseason games are on, and fantasy managers are getting ready to draft this year’s teams. IT’S SO FUCKING EXCITING I CAN BARELY CONTAIN MYSELF! I still find it amazing that I get so excited about football. Four years ago you wouldn’t have caught me dead watching a football game. Now I tell everyone I know not to expect me at any functions if they fall on any given Sunday during football season. If you’ve been reading this blog since the beginning you already know all of this. You also know that my favorite thing about football season is FANTASYYYYY!!!!! My league had our draft two nights ago, and I have to be honest when I say:
I AM GOING TO TAKE IT ALL THIS YEAR!!! (Yes, Booze, I am talking to you!)
Since I’m planning on following this year’s fantasy season on this here blog, I thought I’d start at the beginning, with the draft. I had the 9th pick, and here’s how it all went down.
Round 1: Brandon Jacobs (NYG-RB) –> Some of you may think this was a silly first round pick, BUT I know for a fact that he wouldn’t have made it back to me in the second round. And if I don’t have #27 on my fantasy team I may as well just call it a day and not even play I love him that much. BRANDON JACOBS IS MY MAN!
Round 2: Calvin Johnson (DET-WR)
Round 3: Brandon Marshal (DEN-WR)
Round 4: Knowshon Moreno (DEN-RB) –> A local rookie who was a first round draft pick. Risky? Maybe. But I see good things.
Round 5: Darren McFadden (OAK-RB)
Round 6: Carson Palmer (CIN-QB)
Round 7: Antonio Bryant (TB-RB)
Round 8: Dustin Keller (NYJ-TE)
Round 9: Laveranues Coles (CIN-WR)
Round 10: Ahmad Bradshaw (NYG-RB)
Round 11: Nate Burleson (SEA-WR)
Round 12: San Diego (D/ST)
Round 13: Mark Sanchez (NYJ-QB) –> Ladies, have you SEEN what this man looks like? HOLY! Here, check it out:
(WHAT?!?)
Round 14: Nick Folk (DAL-K)
Round 15: Edgerrin James (SEA-RB)
Round 16: Todd Heap (BAL-TE)
Round 17: Earl Bennett (CHI-WR)
I’m really happy with my team. I am excited for the season and will enjoy watching all of these players. I think I’m going to blow the rest of my league out of the fucking water, but who am I to say. Anything can happen. I would much rather have gotten the Giants defense, and in my opinion they were drafted a little early, but whatever. I had Palmer my first year and he brought me to the championship that year (although I lost). I have a good feeling about him this year especially when he’s throwing to Coles. I feel safe with Bradshaw as a backup to Jacobs because, as much as I love him, we all know he’s injury-prone. I know the Marshal/Johnson combo will do me proud, and only the football gods know what we’ll see out of Moreno and Sanchez. And doesn’t anyone remember what the San Diego defense was like just two years ago? DOMINATING. So, watch out you “In It To Win It” managers, because UrWrstNitemare is about to come true!
ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?!?!?!?
Oh, and to make it even better, I get to go ogle the ass of both Jacobs and that sexy man Sanchez this Saturday and the Giants-Jets preseason game. Thirty rows behind the Giants bench. It’s going to be a great season.
