Yesterday, I woke up to see that in one of my fantasy football leagues, I was down 124-60. My opponent still had Rob Gronkowski and Sebastian Janikowski going in the MNF games, while I had Tom Brady, Wes Welker, Brandon Lloyd, and Dan Carpenter going for me. I needed my four guys to outscore his two guys by 64 points or more.
The way I saw it, Carpenter and Janikowski would cancel out, while Gronkowski and Lloyd would cancel out. So it was up to Brady and Welker to get me 64 or more points. A tall task for sure, but I'll be damned if they didn't give me 69 points! The highlight of those 69 points was the garbage time, 99-yard Brady to Welker TD pass. On that one play, I netted 9 points from Brady (4 for the yards and 5 for the TD) and 16 from Welker (10 for the yards and 6 for the TD), for a 25-point play. I discussed it with my brother, and I don't believe there is any play in football that can net a fantasy player more points than a 99-yard TD pass when you have both the QB and the receiver. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
So after the Pats-Fins game, I'm looking pretty good--Brady/Welker got me 69, while Gronk gave my opponent 16. So I made up 53 points of the 64-point deficit. Now, I just needed Brandon Lloyd to outscore Janikowski by 11. Again, not easy to do, but Lloyd was such a huge target for Orton all year, I thought at least he'd get 70-100 yds and a TD. What I did not expect was for that motherf*cker Janikowski to tie an NFL record 63-yd FG along with two other FGs, while Orton fumbled and threw the ball away all night. Totally hosed!
If you had told me that my four MNF players would net me 84 points, I would have been ecstatic. I put up 144 points and still lost. I got the best fantasy play possible, but all for naught. Sorry the picture's small--click through to see the original size.
Update: I've decided that there IS a play better than the one mentioned above. The same play, but with the addition of being "short" the opposing defense, ie, your opponent having the opposing defense. In my case, the Welker TD put the Pats above 35 points, which puts the Miami D in negative territory for points (and in more negative territory for yards, if the league is one that docks for yards given up).
The way I saw it, Carpenter and Janikowski would cancel out, while Gronkowski and Lloyd would cancel out. So it was up to Brady and Welker to get me 64 or more points. A tall task for sure, but I'll be damned if they didn't give me 69 points! The highlight of those 69 points was the garbage time, 99-yard Brady to Welker TD pass. On that one play, I netted 9 points from Brady (4 for the yards and 5 for the TD) and 16 from Welker (10 for the yards and 6 for the TD), for a 25-point play. I discussed it with my brother, and I don't believe there is any play in football that can net a fantasy player more points than a 99-yard TD pass when you have both the QB and the receiver. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
So after the Pats-Fins game, I'm looking pretty good--Brady/Welker got me 69, while Gronk gave my opponent 16. So I made up 53 points of the 64-point deficit. Now, I just needed Brandon Lloyd to outscore Janikowski by 11. Again, not easy to do, but Lloyd was such a huge target for Orton all year, I thought at least he'd get 70-100 yds and a TD. What I did not expect was for that motherf*cker Janikowski to tie an NFL record 63-yd FG along with two other FGs, while Orton fumbled and threw the ball away all night. Totally hosed!
If you had told me that my four MNF players would net me 84 points, I would have been ecstatic. I put up 144 points and still lost. I got the best fantasy play possible, but all for naught. Sorry the picture's small--click through to see the original size.
Update: I've decided that there IS a play better than the one mentioned above. The same play, but with the addition of being "short" the opposing defense, ie, your opponent having the opposing defense. In my case, the Welker TD put the Pats above 35 points, which puts the Miami D in negative territory for points (and in more negative territory for yards, if the league is one that docks for yards given up).
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