Tripp:
This is quite the ironic post to kick off the BFFIL blog as
The Champion did not quite understand or enjoy the fact that for 16 Sunday’s
(and Thursdays…and Mondays…and the occasional Wednesday or Saturday) I was
glued to my phone or computer or tv (and on a few instances all three at once)
watching NFL games that were often already over or completely irrelevant to the
standings. I’m looking at you
Jacksonville vs. Miami in week 15…
Anyways, to fully answer this question, we must first
breakdown my fantasy football roster.
Full disclaimer, I am perhaps the most over-reacting owner in the
history of fantasy football. I have been
known to drop and pickup the same player three times in one week. I am the ultimate tinkerer. I am the Ruxin of our league.
A few statistics on the craziness that is my General
Managership:
Trades completed: 3 (there was just one other trade that I was not involved in)
Acquisitions: 53 (next highest 24)
Drops: 52 (next highest 23)
Activations: 78 (next highest 53…and I’m not sure what this even means)
IR: 7 (next highest 4)
That said, I did manage a second place showing and earned
150 jelly beans for my effort, ensuring the fact that The Champion will let me
participate in FFB next year.
Onto the squad:
My quarterback this year was Aaron Rodgers who put up some
excellent games and then a stretch of stinkers thrown in. But he is a stud and you cannot bench your
studs no matter what. At running back, I
rode Arian Foster and Doug Martin all year long. They provided some epic highs (Dougie’s 60+
point outburst) and crushing lows (Foster’s 2 point championship game performance…dagger).
I couldn’t ever quite get consistent performance at WR with
the revolving door of players including but not limited to: Greg Jennings,
Pierre Garcon, Danny Amendola, Cecil Shorts, Larry Fitzgerald, Danario
Alexander, Brandon Lloyd, Chris Givens, Ryan Broyles, Vincent Brown, Kenny
Britt, Brian Hartline, Rod Streeter, Brandon LaFell, Justin Blackmon, Mike
Thomas, Jeremy Kerley, Titus Young, Michael Crabtree, Andre Roberts, Kendall
Wright, Domenik Hixon, Robert Meachem,
Ramses Barden, Donnie Avery, Stephen Hill, Randall Cobb, Roddy White, and
Denarius Moore. See what I mean about
tinkering!
The rest of my lineup stayed somewhat consistent with Tony
Gonzalez, Matt Bryant and the Texans D/ST holding steady with the occasional
matchup play plugged in instead. This
all lead to the #1 seed and the runner-up showing when my six bench guys
outscored my 10 starters, but there is always next year!
My wife is the Aaron Rodgers/running back tandem of our
relationship. Very steady, always
dependable and just knows how to put up points.
Just flat out wins. That is why
she is The Champion. I am more like my
wide receivers. I like to mix things up
and keep her on her toes. I am always
scheming and coming up with grand ideas that have no chance of truly
working. That said, we make a great team
and while she doesn’t enjoy me wasting away every Sunday in the fall on the
couch, living and dying with every fake point that my fake team earns, I am
lucky that she lets me do it and just shakes her head at the craziness that is
fantasy football.
Philip:
When I saw this question, I immediately realized why I don't want to ever go back to school. I'd have to think too critically. I'll go with this...the 2012 installment of my team, The Fighting Dudebros, and my wife, The Becca, are both...
Fiscally conscious.
I spent the least on my first draft pick (Andre Johnson at $42 and never mind the fact that I was at work and the only reason I paid that much was because Tripp overrode my auto draft...a true BFFIL act) and got a great value out of it. I was able to stretch my draft money for a deep bench (much like The Becca's couponing) and blow the rest of my budget on a kicker (Stephen Gostkowski; $7)! Turns out a deep bench and a legit kicker aren't a recipe for fantasy football glory. Who knew?
Also, we both put too much faith in a Philip. In my case, Philip Rivers (who I later benched for Ben Roethlisberger, who went to Miami at the same time as The Becca). In her case, me. I kid.
I realize my contribution to this is considerably less in depth that Tripp's, but it's tough to compete with someone who starts his post with a disclaimer on his fantasy football obsessive tinkering habits. Just like The Dudebros 5th place finish, there's room for improvement.
Oh yeah...and they're both incredibly beautiful and smart and funny and sexy and loving.
