BFFIL #1 - "How are your fantasy football team and wife similar?" - The Champion

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.