How are your teams doing? If teams are anything like mine, you’ve suffered from the injury bug a little and a lapse in judgment here and there. I’m not in quite as many leagues as Mr. Road, and I rarely perform as well as he does (I’ve been cursed since my last FFL Superbowl appearance in 2003, which will be a future topic). I’m 1-4 in one league and 3-2 in another. The 3-2 team is not as bad as the record indicates. I’ve lost one game due to a tie breaker (thanks, Steven Jackson, for the two fumbles in week one) and the other due to a Joey Galloway/Steve Smith no show in the same game.
The 1-4 team, on the other hand, is a perfect example of how NOT to run your team. Example #1: stick Plaxico Burress on the bench against an injured Cowboy defense and watch Deion Branch make zero catches against Tampa Bay. Example #2: Continue to start a struggling McNabb while Delhomme catches fire. Example #3: Carry Maroney and Morris on your roster, but start Maroney.
Speaking of fire, is 1-4 a poor enough start to hold a fire sale? Is 10 team leagues, I find that you usually make the playoffs with 9 wins, and sometimes 8 if you’ve been making out with Lady Luck. In a 14 game FFL season, this team would need to go 7-2 down the stretch.
Possible, but highly unlikely. Use your waiver power to take the best player each week, even when you don’t need him (to a certain limit). Look at the rest of your season schedule. Determine your most difficult matchups and look at offering trades to help you that week. Remember - you’re in a hole each and ever week - don’t be afraid to be aggressive.
When all hope is lost, talk trash because your team is expected to lose. And the few that you win after trash talking will be oh so sweet.
I’ve recovered a bit to be a game above .500 now this year. This looks like a dog week so don’t fear those spreads.
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