week 1 recap

in fantasy football, i've learned it's important to identify the type of  league you're in.
i'm in a 10-team non-ppr league (how'd i learn that? magic.)

so, here's how i did for week 1:

slot	player, team pos	week1 pts
qb	colin kaepernick, sf qb	30
rb1	adrian peterson, min rb	30
rb2	chris johnson, ten rb	7
wr1	andre johnson, hou wr	14
wr2	vincent jackson, tb wr	15
wr3	antonio brown, pit wr	7
te	vernon davis, sf te	21
k	matt prater, den k	7
op	andy dalton, cin qb	17
d/st	chicago bears, d/st	8
	total points:	156

my opponent had jay cutler as qb, and marshawn lynch and c.j. spiller as his running backs, and still only scored 97 points. which would have made him a winner on any other week. it's just that this week, my team benefited by the points earned during those great showings by a.p. and colin kaepernick, and by the double digits earned by several others on my team. all combined, that actually made my team a standout in my league for this week. (take that, peyton owner!)

i always look forward to the first week of football, because this usually tells me what sort of team i have to work with in a way that just reading about stats doesn't (of course, i have a hard time understanding what the statistics mean anyway.) the only thing is, since their play can vary from week to week based on a number of factors including who they're playing or even if they even play, whether or not they're injured, and especially the biggie: whether or not i'm even paying attention, their weekly performance isn't a guarantee of future long-term success. 

i always find myself at the start of each week with a good deal of trepidation and nervous anticipation until that next game is played. and then it sticks with me through the game and lingers after the game... and just when i think it's starting to ease up, it comes right back with a vengeance with that next game, and the next, and the next... until the season is over.  

so, really, what i've learned so far is that with football, you never really get a break, because you always have to prepare for what's coming up next. and i'm just a fantasy owner. imagine what the players go through!

but, thank goodness the season is only 16 weeks long. if they played as many games as there are in baseball (162, i think), i'd be a nervous wreck. and then i'd have many, many more posts about what i learned about baseball and all, which, considering i'm not really a fan, would just be crazy. and an incredible time-suck. much like this post is right now. an enjoyable, incredible thing that sucks up way more time than i should be giving it right now.

fortunately, tho, i'm done. finally. ta-.