Hoodwinked and Bamboozled

Kellay, you probably should not read this entry or at the very least try not to be offended by it. At the last minute I was asked to join the "Northeast Alliance" fantasy football league by my dear friend. Seeing as a I am a two time defending champion in my past leagues I decided to go for it. Furry Ninjas came back for another round for arse kicking. This was also my first live draft which i have already discussed. BUT, let us discuss the craziness that my friend's friend deems a good scoring system. They have all the traditional scoring categories: TDs, passing yards, receiving yards, rushing yards, sacks, interceptions, field goals, defense...yada yada yada. But what I managed to miss when i was deciding a draft order was this little detail. You get one full point for every completion, reception, and attempt at a run. WHA! This is ludicrous. I played once where you got a 1/4 point for completions and I thought that was a bit strange but I let it go because it made some sense to me to reward the accuracy of the QB. Let's forget about the fact that I had the same QB in two leagues and in the same week he was the second highest scoring in one league while at the bottom of the other. Garbage.

The reason rewarding catches and touches is stupid is because you can have a running back or receiver getting more points for negative yardage than a player who has fewer touches but all positive yardage. how is that right in any fashion? Why should a dude who gets 25 touches and 40 yards get more points than a dude who gets 3 touches, 100 yards and a td? Does that make any kind of sense at all? I think not. Now you may say that I'm a tad on the bitter side because these so called scoring rules have resulted in my team owning a 1-2 record with the fewest points in the league but gimme a break. My example shows the insanity and i stand by it. I should note that my only win came because a fellow Pats fan was extremely disloyal in her team selection. It was karma that beat her. Because the Patriot Gods would never allow a "Pats fan" who picked up Deion "cry baby" Branch and the Cincy defense beat a fellow Pats fan who made Maroney her diamond in the rough pick of the draft and even gave Gosktowski a chance while Vanderjerk was on a bye week.

Ironic moment of the day: (it is barely 11am) my boss who is notorious for his smoking habit has just asked me something smells smokey in the office. Picture my making extreme efforts to keep my face straight during this question. Must think composure!