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Rex O'Rourke
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Cheyenne, WY – Fantasy football has invaded my life. My beloved Sports Illustrated, providers of the best sports writing in the business and my personal sports bible since my parents got me my first subscription in 1972; the publication of Frank Deford, Dan Jenkins, Gary Smith, Rick Reilly, Steve Rushin, Rick Telander, Ron Fimrite, and Peter King now has a fantasy football section. Now I know some of you folks are into this but let me explain something to you. You’re not an owner, GM, or player personnel director. The stats you are accumulating, though important to you, are not always helping teams win games. They’re merely helping you gamble, which is fine, if that’s what you’re into. What is happening, though, is an ever widening chasm between the football fan and the fantasy football fan. Which one are you? I prefer to be the former.
A running back can rush for 90 yards and have one carry for 75 of those, and spend the rest of the afternoon getting half a yard and a turf burn and failing on third and two with the game on the line. A wideout can have 10 catches, none resulting in first downs. A quarterback can throw for 350 yards and lose, as many of them do. A defense can give up 200 yards all day and still lose. You get my point?
You know what wins football games? A receiver who hasn’t had a catch all day throwing a downfield block to spring a running back on a screen play. A punter who consistently pins the opponent inside the 20, the 10, the 5. An offensive lineman who, after getting beaten for a sack and fumble, dives on the loose ball. A reserve linebacker who throws a “de-cleater” resulting in a punt return for a touchdown. Teams that avoid dumb penalties. Controlling the line of scrimmage and hitting them harder than they hit you. A running back who hustles downfield to make a tackle after an interception. Good clock management. A consistent pass rush. A tight end that needs eight yards and gets nine, not seven, because he runs a proper route. A quarterback who throws the ball away to stay in field goal range. Have a fantasy stat for that folks?
Enough of my ranting. Let’s get down to this week’s picks, for entertainment purposes only of course. I like the Bungals with the points back at the Meadowlands. I LOVE the World Champs laying anything against the Browns and I’ll take the Cards (are they the toughest team to handicap or what?) at home against the Bad Boys. Enjoy the games.
Rex
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Oregon Pete
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| Well stated, Rex! Or should I call you Link? |
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Grote2DMax
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| Rex - I've been in a fantasy football league more than half of my life and I really have come to hate most people who root only based on fantasy football players. These people have lost all affiliation with a team and just root for stats. They should just stick to video games. Thank goodness the league I'm in consists of true football fans first and fantasy fans second. Most of our guys would root against their fantasy players if it meant their team would win the game. Sadly that concept is lost on most fantasy football participants. |
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jgclancy
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Fantasy football is right up there with reality TV. Garbage.
Yeah, the Cards are tough to figure--Now my Vikes against detroit ( the miami 2007 reincarnate?)---Go Vikings!....
Devil Rays won in a long, torturous game but they won.
Need a Dodger win to keep series interesting..sorry PP
If he's Link then where's Cuff?
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Rex O'Rourke
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| Call me whatever you want, Bob! |
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Sam's-a-fan
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Not being a fantasy football person I assumed the Link reference was to denote Rex's otherworldly cool as in Link from the Mod Squad. I've also always thought of the fantasy football people and stratomatci devotees as one step removed from the Dungeons and Dragons geeks who live in fantasy land because they never get any.
By the way Rex, how's that football phone from SI holding up all these years later? |
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