#MondayLulz Emoji Edition

Monday Lulz in emojis:


Abraham is starting to bring the  like I thought his team would.  A little bit  about Tony Romo, but I'm sure he'll figure something out.  Not as bad of a  as Eddie Lacy for Gabs, though.   He might need some better  .



I'll be honest, I'm somewhat surprised by Eric's team's .  But I won't forget to mention  since she is currently beating me.  Tina observed yesterday that Justina seems to always be doing  in fantasy.  I told Tina, yes, that's true, but this week it's also partly because she is playing me. 



David Lin Thursday night:


David Lin Sunday night:

Looks like he might be throwing around some more FAAB  this Wednesday.

As predicted, Aaron's team goes from  to .

Aaron is also pushing some new "Facebook Page" - well, we are all happy with  and   and  THANKYOUVERYMUCH



Andrew is still so  with his name changes.  I think it might help him win .  So far, it's working better than . Maybe David Li should reconsider ?  Or for Abraham: .



I'll be  for  points tonight, as will , I'm sure.  Since Carlos S. Hyde couldn't do me a  this week, here's to Andre 3000 Points Johnson catching a lot of  tonight.

Fun Fact Friday

Since Thursday Night Football introduces another awkward stretch when we have to twiddle our thumbs and put up with college football before Sunday, I thought I'd try a little something new: Fun Fact Friday, lady and gents.  How is this different from #MondayLulz?  It's Friday.

Fun Facts this Friday:

1. Comic Sans is #1.
   Granted, it's the first week, and he got there in large part because of the beast performance of his newly-named-team's mascot, but his team is still #1.  What a comeback - who'da thunk.  Sorry, DeEz.
2. Aaron is #2.
   If you would have told me this a week ago, I would have thought you were on drugs.  If you told me a week ago that Aaron wants to try and get us to use Facebook more, I would have thought: "Typical, as if I needed to waste more time in my life."
3. Aaron starting DeMarco Murray AND Darren Sproles maybe wasn't such a bad idea.
   I really should stop talking smack about Aaron's team.
4. David Lin, the reigning champion, is last.
   Maybe the Super Bowl curse applies to Fantasy too.
5. The last time David Lin spent $30 on a Quarterback was... Kirk Cousins.
   Remind me again how that one panned out?  Envious, am I?  Ok, yes, maybe.  But I will add that David spent over half of his FAAB money on waivers in one day ($60, for those of you not counting), renamed his team to highlight one of his new acquisitions, and didn't even start his team's namesake.  That's a lot of moniez to pay for a name change.
6. Andrew has not cleverly renamed his team yet.
   And that's probably why his team is not winning right now.
7. Teams that got screwed over by Monday Night comebacks last week: 4.
   Sorry not sorry to David Li, Justina, Abraham, and Duke.  I haven't been counting, but it seems reasonable to assert that that's a record of some sort.
8. My team scored more points than David's team last week.
   Pick one - yup, it's true.  Pick another one - still true.

#MondayLulz

tl;dr ~~My whole team is a #MondayLulz~~

I would like to know which one of you planted a parasite in my brain to make me think that it was a better idea to start Eli Crapping over Cam Newton.  My other decisions for starters I can live with, but how could I have forgotten the suckness of Eli in this fantasy world?  Seriously, how does this guy have 2 Super Bowl Rings?  *sigh*  Regardless, when your kicker is your highest scorer at 10 points for the week, you are deserving of some major #Lulz.  Laugh it up, because my team deserves it.  And I'm not keeping my hopes high in Carlos Hyde beating out Graham Gano in points for the week.  David Li must be ecstatic.  ~~My whole team is a #MondayLulz~~

I'm not going to lie, though - I was a little tickled to see this:

But I'm not going to say much more, because there's a good chance David Lin's team would have still beaten mine this week.  ~~My whole team is a #MondayLulz~~

David Lin can probably relate to this, though: I didn't realize Week 1 of Fantasy Football could already lead to early signs of depression.  ~~My whole team is a #MondayLulz~~

Is Andrew Poon back to his customized weekly team names?  HE IS SO CLEVER GUY!

And Yahoo! is backing him up on this one, too.  Which means about as much as my entire team right now aka nothing bka garbagesux.  ~~My whole team is a #MondayLulz~~

Ok, I should stop talking smack about Aaron's team.  Even if he is starting two running backs from the same team tonight.  At least he's favored to win - I guess it's hard to talk when two of his players outscore my entire team.  Humbled, I have been.  ~~My whole team is a #MondayLulz~~

I for sure thought Justina had this week in the bag.  But Tyler Eifert managed to neutralize the Gronk effect, and the Panthers D stepped it up big time - Comic Sans refuses to remain irrelevant!  Props to Eric, for putting up a fight.  We'll see if Julio can save him tonight.

Oh, and ~~My whole team is a #MondayLulz~~

And So The Season Begins

As the first game of the NFL season kicks off, a part of me could care less (the part that realized how crappy my FF team ended up being... before the season even started), but another part of me is excited to see how this FF season unfolds (the usual drama, poking fun, #MondayLulz, etc. etc.).


As most of you know, #TomShady won his fight against the powers that be, and will be playing tonight, but the Panthers will always be Super Bowl 38 champions in my mind.  Who knows what kind of cheating went on that year - no joke, I wouldn't be surprised if the Patriots deflated John Kasay's kicking ball, making him shank it out of bounds that last kick-off.  #GloryDays



I'm sure Duke is happy about the ruling, though.

Not that starting Sam Bradford would have been all that bad, but #TomShady will be playing with a chip on his shoulder tonight, I'm sure.  On a somewhat unrelated note, am I the only one that thinks it's funny how half of Duke's team is either old (#TShade, VJax, Arian Foster, Megatron) or injury-prone (Bradford, Foster, Megatron, JStew, Legarrette Blunts)?  Is it true that our drafting / player selection is just a reflection of who we are?  ~Deep Thoughts by Jack Handy~


Duke also almost lucked out this week, by playing Aaron.  I mean, he still lucked out, since he is still playing Aaron, but he almost lucked out big time.  Aaron touts his ability to bring back the aaronisyourdaddy days, but he nearly started Le'Veon Bell tonight, and a part of me wonders if he would have forgotten the NFL season started today if it weren't for Eric's timely e-mail.  Oh, no worries though - Aaron's still got the re-incarnation of Cris Carter.  Watch out.



I've already mentioned David Lin's excessive transaction moves (15 before the first game has even been played) - are we going to see 100+ moves this season, now that some moniez is on the line?  IS THIS WHAT FF HAS DONE TO US????

But looking at what David Lin has actually done for those moves is what entertains me the most.  I can imagine what's going on in his head: "My bench sux cuz I spent all my cash on OBJ, Dez, Peyton, and CJ Anderson.. okokok I can figure this out... Oooh, Jordan Reed, I like him - ok get rid of Duke Johnson, Jr., unproven rookie.  Wait, no I think I like him, ok get rid of Shane Vereen who is #oldnews.  Oh, what about Matt Jones?  In case Alfred Morris sux?  Yeah!  Who to drop... Allen Hurns.  Wait, no, Matt Jones is garbage - I need Shane Vereen back on my team.  How about this Doritos Green-Beckham?  Might get big like his cousin Odell.  Yeah! ...*17 seconds later*... No!  All about that Kamar Aiken - #89 is going to slow down, and Perriman is hurt.  Genius!  Wait, no!  I want Allen Hurns back.... *sigh*  #MyBenchSux"  The struggle is real, David.  Just none of us shows it like you do on the waiver wires.


And how is it that people have already spent FAAB money?  I feel so behind.


Can we talk about wasted draft money for a second?  Poor Justina spends $35 on her kicker, UNC-alumnus Connor Barth, only to have him cut by the Bucs.  Ouch.  I mean, who spends $35 to draft a player, only to drop him before the season even starts?  Oh wait...



I can't help but feel a little sorry for Jeff, too.  I mean, he couldn't land his sweetheart star QB #TShade and went for another big-timer.  But who will he throw it too?



Ok, #RealTalk tho about some serious issues now.

#LULLLLZZZZZ  Did that line just get crossed?

By the way, #DeEz4PrEz



For those of you who will be watching, enjoy the game tonight.  I still hate Thursday night games.

#MondayLulz

Monday Lulz

And for our first installation of Monday #LULZ for the 2015-2016 season, brought to you by my team's new mascot.


Remember that time we did an auction draft for the second time, and still none of us knew what we were doing?  Our "Uh... What is going on... I think I just peed my pants a little... hehe #lulz" face:



This was me the first 34 picks:

"What to do what to do what to do... Marshawn for $67?  Too high.  Eddie Lacy for $68?  Too high.  AP for $69?  Too high.  Le'Veon-out-for-2-games-cuz-of-drugz for $69?  Too high.  OH SNAP JORDY FOR 38???  STEAL.... wait a second....  #LULZLULZLULZZZZ"


And then Eric aka Comic Sans calls me out for my inactivity.  There was a collective

"Ohhhhh snap" in the Google Hangout.  And then a subsequent overpaying for Andre Johnson and Brandin Cooks on my part.  You know, ego stuff.


Oh, and did I mention that time Andrew Poon "thought" he bid $2 on Jordy Nelson, when in fact he bid $38?  Okokokok so I understood why Aaron bid $37 for Jordy, being on Autodraft and all.  But I can almost swear that it took a good 3 or 4 seconds before Andrew bid $38, AND HE WAS IN THE ROOM.  #LULZZZZTOTHEINFINITY  He just might never live that down.  ACLs can be partially torn, right?  Like, just your minor ACL, not your major one.  Right?

Oh, but this face can apply to a lot of people, let's see...

Aaron - Seattle D for $5 and Duron Carter for $4??


D.Lin - 39-year-old-Peyton Manning for $30??


Jeff - Nelson Agholor for $24??  (I'm not sure a player is considered a "sleeper" anymore if he's the WR you paid the most for in the draft.  But then again, he might just end up being your best WR, considering your other WRs.  Or he might just turn out to be Cordarrelle Patterson v.2.0)


Gabs - Not-a-starter-yet-Ameer Abdullah for $21??


Me - Victor Cruz for $15 and Alfred Blue for $12?? (But in my defense, I had moniez to spend.  But still, the face applies.)



And in case you didn't see Aaron's scheming troll face:

The trolling ended his team up with Le'Veon Bell, DeMarco Murray, and Andrew Luck.  Not too shabby, if you forget to include the part where his starting WRs are Duron Carter, Eric Decker, and Steve Smith Sr.  Seriously, though, I Googled Duron Carter, and I'm still not convinced he plays in the NFL.


Finally, how we all felt afterwards:

Wake me up in two weeks when the NFL season starts.


So who drafted the best team?

In my opinion, Abraham, with Luke as a very close second.  Both managed to grab quality WRs with at least one solid RB and a QB that can get the job done.

Worst team?

Aaron, hands down.  If it were a league where you only had to play 1 QB and 2 RBs every week, then he'd win by a landslide.  But it's not.  I don't think I have to explain much more.  Thanks for the $20, Aaron.

Shoutout to Justina for the best team name.  It works on SO many levels.  I can't even start to describe.

FF 2015 Thoughts

I really debated as to whether I should take up this blog again.  I mean, having a kid is kind of a game-changer, but after looking back at last season, I couldn't help but fondly reminisce about the good memories made by all the drama, mishaps, making-fun-of, etc.  I'll be honest, that was probably my favorite blog entry to write all season.  And reading it again made me literally lulz.

Of course, taking all the credit for these blog posts is short-sighted, self-centered, and inaccurate.  All the team managers provide the material, whether it be Eric's waiver-wire follies, Jeff's unhealthy obsession with a QB whose name rhymes with Shady, Justina's impeccably-timed-and-perfectly-chosen GIFs, Luke's (sometimes lack of) analytics and charts, or Andrew's immediate and much-welcomed integration into our league's smack talkery - it's all golden to me.

I also took some quick metrics at how last year's blog went, for those of you who may be interested:

• With my attempt at bringing in extra revenue, I've made a whopping $3.72 off advertizzzles.  That's actually more than I thought I would get.
• The blog got 6,347 page views from August 2014-July 2015.  That's up from 5,767 during August 2013-July 2014 and 5,055 during August 2012-July 2013.  An upwards trend.
• The most viewed post was my analysis of the Joique Bell-Kelvin Benjamin trade with a modest 93 page views.  Which, by the way, is no where near Justina's masterful piece on Points Against - the all-time champ of posts with 1,321 total page views.  For reference, the next most-visited post is my Mock Draft 2012 piece, which only has 863 total page views.  Justina wins at blog writing.  But back to the Joique Bell-KB piece - my theory on why it got the most page views was because I tweeted it out and tagged both Bell and Benjamin in my tweet, so maybe they got freaked out that they might get traded and actually visited my blog.  One can hope.

So in spite of the meager earnings and lack of popularity in terms of comparative page views, likely due to the entries having little relevance to the rest of the world wide web, I opted to take a page out of Charles Barkley's book and totally ignore these analytics.  So, in going with my gut, I decided to pick up the burden of blogging again in 2015.  At least for now.

I will not make any guarantees regarding consistency or quality, but I will do what I can, given the circumstances.  It might mean nixing the predictions (which help you all remember to set your rosters anyway) or stripping the content of any valuable Fantasy Football commentary (which was mainly uninformed and misguided banter).  But nevertheless - my first post!

Let's start by updating our wiener's list:

Regular season champions:
Luke - 3
Jeff - 2
Aaron - 1
David Lin - 1
Gabs - 1
Jen - 1
Khoa - 1
Mike - 1

Playoff champions:
David Lin - 3
Luke - 3
Eric - 1
Gabs - 1
Justina - 1
Mike - 1
Khoa - 1

"Medalists" (finished in top 3 either in regular season or playoffs)
David Lin - 11
Luke - 9
Eric - 6
Gabs - 5
Jeff - 5
Tim - 5
Khoa - 5
Justina - 4
Aaron - 3
Laura - 3
Mike - 3
Jen - 2
Lan - 2
Abraham - 1
David Li - 1
Duke - 1

Italics indicates the owner is no longer in our league.
Highlighed names indicate the owner earned this in 2014.

As you can see, David Lin is now tied with Luke for playoff championships, and all of our sophomore (and 3rd year - I see you D.Li) teams are now medalists, so a round of congratulations is due.

Looking forward, each new Fantasy Football season brings a clean slate for all, and this one is no different.  We've retained most of the core components (people, scoring, draft format, FAAB), but two main factors have changed: commissioner and the stakes.

Regarding commissioner, we can rest assured knowing we won't have to deal with any more of this:

Let us never forget.

But regarding the stakes, if a person wins the regular season and the playoff championship, he or she could potentially get a 750% ROI.  That's big time.  I read somewhere that if you put some money into some mutual fund and let it sit for 20 years, it would DEFINITELY turn into, like, a million dollars PLUS.  So suffice it to say that Adeline's college fund starts HERE and NOW.

Honestly, though, I'm hoping the added stakes element brings another level of excitement to it all.  Not surprisingly, I've already seen glimpses of it:

While for others, I'm not sure what they are feeling:

But let's be honest, who is the real loser this season?

No, seriously - who is it??  I guess we'll have to find out.

I'll try to live tweet this auction draft.  It helps me remember all the silly things people do come draft day.  There's more than pride on the line this year.

Happy drafting!