{"id":22519,"date":"2019-01-28T12:10:20","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T17:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=22519"},"modified":"2019-01-28T11:44:24","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T16:44:24","slug":"heres-henry-fantasy-football-a-love-hate-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/entertainment\/2019\/01\/28\/heres-henry-fantasy-football-a-love-hate-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s Henry: Fantasy Football: A Love\/Hate Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 \u00a0Last semester I took the plunge and joined a fantasy football league for the first time. I knew what it was and I had been interested in joining it for a while. Gathering the best players in the NFL and making them your own team is intriguing.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0But what put me over the edge was the fact that my friends put together a fantasy league and wanted me to be a part of it. Friends that are spread out across Ohio, some in Columbus, some in Cincinnati and some in Dayton. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0It was a nice way to reconnect with them and gave me more incentive to watch football every week; talking trash to them never gets old either.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Yet, it seems that you can\u2019t have nice things, as I ended the season with a meager record of seven wins and 10 losses. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0While the first few losses could be attributed to the learning curve and getting the hang of it, the rest of my losses were baloney!<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0However, my 7-10 record was actually better than 17 of the 32 NFL teams. I managed to have a stronger record than the Green Bay Packers. Yet the Cleveland Browns came out with a better record than I, which is a bit depressing.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0There were several reasons why this season didn\u2019t turn out too well, and I\u2019m sure fellow fantasy players can relate to scenarios like these: <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Surefire, guaranteed 20 point superstars like Ezekiel Elliot and Michael Thomas decided to score very little points during crucial games. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Guys like Quincy Enunwa and Jimmy Garoppolo got hurt right when their quality of play shifted into next gear. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0On games when my players would meet their projected points, all of the opponent’s players decided to have monster games. It doesn\u2019t help that I ended up having the second most points scored against me over the course of the season.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0At least I didn\u2019t draft Leonard Fournette or Le\u2019Veon Bell though. My heart goes out to those owners. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0However, the highlight of my season was when I was finally able to earn that illustrious first victory. I beat my best friend by seven points in Week 8 and talked some tremendous trash. After seven straight heartbreaking defeats, it felt fantastic. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0The constant refreshing of my fantasy app on Sunday, waking up around 4 a.m. Wednesday morning to make moves on the waiver wire\/free agency and hours of research done and podcasts listened to were all validated by this win.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0I had hoped to ride that wave and win out the rest of my season, or at least play spoiler to my contemporary\u2019s playoff dreams, but the fantasy gods decided to strike me down with a lightning bolt and sent me back to Earth.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Injuries, bye weeks and roster shakeups cursed the latter half of my season, and I went 4-2 during that final regular season stretch. I ended up in a three way tie for 9th place, so at least I wasn\u2019t the worst. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Yet, it was still a worthwhile experience. There were glimmers of hope, where Tyler Boyd has an insane game but it became meaningless when Pat Mahomes and Tyreek Hill score 40 points each. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0There were points when I was on the brink of defeat, only to be saved by Nick Chubb running the football to the house. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0There was a copious amount of trash talk to my opponents, and more often than not I had to eat my words. But man was it fun. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0For some reason, many of us love playing fantasy football, where we feel an attachment to players who don\u2019t know us and we get aggravated at them even though we couldn\u2019t excel at half the level they do. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0I can\u2019t wait to join another league with these guys and perhaps start one of my own and start the cycle all over again. Fantasy football is definitely the best time you can have by living vicariously through the athletes of the NFL.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Henry Wolski<\/strong>
\n<\/span>Executive Editor<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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