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Dear Steelers fan, Regarding Willie Parker.... (1 Viewer)

velho

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I owe you an apology.

I play fantasy football and I am cursed to not win a championship this century. Once again, I put together very good teams on my two leagues. I scored an amazing amount of points, either pulling away by over 110% of the next closest teams with one other team or by myself. I was good enough and lucky enough to advance to the final game in both leagues.

Now comes the apology part....

I insensitively and selfishly decided to base the fortunes of both my teams, and tempt fate, in no small part on one Fast Willie Parker. While he has not delivered the exceptional performance I had hoped, he has been a quality and necessary piece of the team. Given that the football gods are both exacting and efficient, they chose the most expedient way to ensure I met my destiny.....they struck down the common contributor: Willie Parker.

I sincerely apologize and extend my most heartfelt regret to anyone I may have hurt with my selfish actions. I did not consider the implications of my actions on others. That is something I have to live with and, with God's help, I hope to one day be able to be at peace with myself.

I can only hope that, someday, you too will forgive me as well.

Sincerely,

Regulators / Seatown Ballers owner and managing partner

P.S. be glad that, as the other common player, I did not have Big Ben as a starter on either team. At least you can take that as a small condolence.

 
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Dear Velho:

You can make it up to us by not drafting any Steelers players next year and to fill your roster up with Browns, Bengals, Ravens and Patriots.

Thanks,

Steelers fans

 
I too am a Willie Parker owner. While I was certainly sad to see Parker go down, I was happy seeing Najeh sitting on my opponents bench rather than his active roster.

 
Don't sweat it. I think Davenport may be a better fit for Pitt's offense than Parker. I'm not a big Parker fan myself, but then again, I was the one they called crazy for saying that Fargas should have been starting for Oakland last year. Pooper has been unspectacular in spot dooty, but he's more effective with more carries and as long as he doesn't pinch something he is quite possibly an improvement.

 
Just ONCE...just one time, that's all I ask. Just one time, can a player (if he MUST get hurt) of mine, please please PLEASE put up some #'s first, then go out. I swear, in 8 years I've not once ever had a player get hurt that didn't go out on either the first play, or immediately after getting a turnover ensuring a 0 or worse score.

I can deal with injuries happening, it's part of the game. But for the love of @#$@, please just give me SOME pts before going out. /sigh.

 
Please do not have any of these players on yer roster this week:

MJD

Hass

Reggie Wayne

Jamal Lewis

Greg Jennings

Lee Evans

Jason Witten

Ryan Longwell

 
Once again proves that fantasy football is 100% luck...
If you base your league championship on a random week that the actual players don't treat as the championship... you deserve the heartbreak... change your league format.
 
Once again proves that fantasy football is 100% luck...
I don't know if you understand the concept of "100%", here. If fantasy football were 100% luck, then you could enter a monkey who threw darts at a list of all active players in the entire NFL into a 10-team league and he'd have a 10% chance to win it. I mean, 100% luck means you could be drafting Minnesota's 3rd-string QB in the first round and it would have no impact on your team's chances of winning. It also means that, over a long enough timeline, everyone would have exactly the same record. I play with a group of guys in 3 different fantasy leagues every year, and every year the same 4 guys make the playoffs in pretty much every league, which is a bit problematic under your "100% luck" theory.Perhaps you want to revise that estimate downwards a bit? In my experience, there's an inverse relationship between how much "luck" fantasy football is based on and how well your current fantasy football teams are doing. In any given game, luck plays a strong role, but the real way to evaluate a player's fantasy skill isn't how he does in a single game, it's how he consistently does from year to year and season to season. And over a long enough timeline, yes, the cream always rises to the top.
 
Please do not have any of these players on yer roster this week:MJDHassReggie WayneJamal LewisGreg JenningsLee EvansJason WittenRyan Longwell
Sorry, Hass and Wayne are starting for one of my teams. They should be safe though. The team I'm against is legit so I'm sure they will do great giving me enough to just come up short. Thanks to those that got the joke.
 
Once again proves that fantasy football is 100% luck...
If you base your league championship on a random week that the actual players don't treat as the championship... you deserve the heartbreak... change your league format.
What week would you suggest we do? The Super Bowl since that is one the players treat as a championship? That would really take luck to pick players on the Super Bowl teams :thumbup: Seriously though...what are you driving at? A total points league?
 
Once again proves that fantasy football is 100% luck...
Correction, it's 50% luck. The other 50% was all the work he did setting himself up to be a contender. In the work part, he was only 49% complete. I think velho forgot to make a sacrifice to the fantasy football gods.
 
Don't sweat it. I think Davenport may be a better fit for Pitt's offense than Parker. I'm not a big Parker fan myself, but then again, I was the one they called crazy for saying that Fargas should have been starting for Oakland last year. Pooper has been unspectacular in spot dooty, but he's more effective with more carries and as long as he doesn't pinch something he is quite possibly an improvement.
In GB Najeh couldn't go 2 games without getting hurt. We'll see.
 
Don't sweat it. I think Davenport may be a better fit for Pitt's offense than Parker. I'm not a big Parker fan myself, but then again, I was the one they called crazy for saying that Fargas should have been starting for Oakland last year. Pooper has been unspectacular in spot dooty, but he's more effective with more carries and as long as he doesn't pinch something he is quite possibly an improvement.
:boxing:
 
Once again proves that fantasy football is 100% luck...
I don't know if you understand the concept of "100%", here. If fantasy football were 100% luck, then you could enter a monkey who threw darts at a list of all active players in the entire NFL into a 10-team league and he'd have a 10% chance to win it. I mean, 100% luck means you could be drafting Minnesota's 3rd-string QB in the first round and it would have no impact on your team's chances of winning. It also means that, over a long enough timeline, everyone would have exactly the same record. I play with a group of guys in 3 different fantasy leagues every year, and every year the same 4 guys make the playoffs in pretty much every league, which is a bit problematic under your "100% luck" theory.Perhaps you want to revise that estimate downwards a bit? In my experience, there's an inverse relationship between how much "luck" fantasy football is based on and how well your current fantasy football teams are doing. In any given game, luck plays a strong role, but the real way to evaluate a player's fantasy skill isn't how he does in a single game, it's how he consistently does from year to year and season to season. And over a long enough timeline, yes, the cream always rises to the top.
<--fires his dart throwing monkey :lmao:
 
Don't sweat it. I think Davenport may be a better fit for Pitt's offense than Parker. I'm not a big Parker fan myself, but then again, I was the one they called crazy for saying that Fargas should have been starting for Oakland last year. Pooper has been unspectacular in spot dooty, but he's more effective with more carries and as long as he doesn't pinch something he is quite possibly an improvement.
I predict that Davenport gets thrown out of the game in the 1st quarter for pooping in the end-zone.
 
I'm glad I'm not into fantasy football, so I won't become a heartless #####. FF is just a freakin game, we are talking about a man getting hurt here. A good hearted man and good football player who was having one helluva season. Now thats over, he will surley be out of some of his contract money. I feel sorry for the man not your dam FF team.

 
I'm glad I'm not into fantasy football, so I won't become a heartless #####. FF is just a freakin game, we are talking about a man getting hurt here. A good hearted man and good football player who was having one helluva season. Now thats over, he will surley be out of some of his contract money. I feel sorry for the man not your dam FF team.
Ahhhh....I love the smell of troll in the morning. Or is it napalm? Hmmm...napalm the trolls? Anyway, thanks east2west (that you Roger?), I apperciate the early New Year's reminder to check and see if the internet discussion boards are still (in general) a waste of time. Box checked.Let's see what's next? The gym? I don't even remember where the gym is. Oh well.Good day.
 
I'm glad I'm not into fantasy football, so I won't become a heartless #####. FF is just a freakin game, we are talking about a man getting hurt here. A good hearted man and good football player who was having one helluva season. Now thats over, he will surley be out of some of his contract money. I feel sorry for the man not your dam FF team.
Ahhhh....I love the smell of troll in the morning. Or is it napalm? Hmmm...napalm the trolls? Anyway, thanks east2west (that you Roger?), I apperciate the early New Year's reminder to check and see if the internet discussion boards are still (in general) a waste of time. Box checked.Let's see what's next? The gym? I don't even remember where the gym is. Oh well.Good day.
Because I'm not into fantasy football I'm a troll???? You my friend are an idiot.
 
Once again proves that fantasy football is 100% luck...
I don't know if you understand the concept of "100%", here. If fantasy football were 100% luck, then you could enter a monkey who threw darts at a list of all active players in the entire NFL into a 10-team league and he'd have a 10% chance to win it. I mean, 100% luck means you could be drafting Minnesota's 3rd-string QB in the first round and it would have no impact on your team's chances of winning. It also means that, over a long enough timeline, everyone would have exactly the same record. I play with a group of guys in 3 different fantasy leagues every year, and every year the same 4 guys make the playoffs in pretty much every league, which is a bit problematic under your "100% luck" theory.Perhaps you want to revise that estimate downwards a bit? In my experience, there's an inverse relationship between how much "luck" fantasy football is based on and how well your current fantasy football teams are doing. In any given game, luck plays a strong role, but the real way to evaluate a player's fantasy skill isn't how he does in a single game, it's how he consistently does from year to year and season to season. And over a long enough timeline, yes, the cream always rises to the top.
:confused: People who say FF is 100% luck are almost always losers. Long-term winners (which does not mean winners every year) would never say it's 100% luck.
 
Once again proves that fantasy football is 100% luck...
I don't know if you understand the concept of "100%", here. If fantasy football were 100% luck, then you could enter a monkey who threw darts at a list of all active players in the entire NFL into a 10-team league and he'd have a 10% chance to win it. I mean, 100% luck means you could be drafting Minnesota's 3rd-string QB in the first round and it would have no impact on your team's chances of winning. It also means that, over a long enough timeline, everyone would have exactly the same record. I play with a group of guys in 3 different fantasy leagues every year, and every year the same 4 guys make the playoffs in pretty much every league, which is a bit problematic under your "100% luck" theory.Perhaps you want to revise that estimate downwards a bit? In my experience, there's an inverse relationship between how much "luck" fantasy football is based on and how well your current fantasy football teams are doing. In any given game, luck plays a strong role, but the real way to evaluate a player's fantasy skill isn't how he does in a single game, it's how he consistently does from year to year and season to season. And over a long enough timeline, yes, the cream always rises to the top.
:goodposting: People who say FF is 100% luck are almost always losers. Long-term winners (which does not mean winners every year) would never say it's 100% luck.
I have been to the playoffs 6 out of the last 7 years in my local league and I still think it is 100% luck...
 
Once again proves that fantasy football is 100% luck...
I don't know if you understand the concept of "100%", here. If fantasy football were 100% luck, then you could enter a monkey who threw darts at a list of all active players in the entire NFL into a 10-team league and he'd have a 10% chance to win it. I mean, 100% luck means you could be drafting Minnesota's 3rd-string QB in the first round and it would have no impact on your team's chances of winning. It also means that, over a long enough timeline, everyone would have exactly the same record. I play with a group of guys in 3 different fantasy leagues every year, and every year the same 4 guys make the playoffs in pretty much every league, which is a bit problematic under your "100% luck" theory.Perhaps you want to revise that estimate downwards a bit? In my experience, there's an inverse relationship between how much "luck" fantasy football is based on and how well your current fantasy football teams are doing. In any given game, luck plays a strong role, but the real way to evaluate a player's fantasy skill isn't how he does in a single game, it's how he consistently does from year to year and season to season. And over a long enough timeline, yes, the cream always rises to the top.
:goodposting: People who say FF is 100% luck are almost always losers. Long-term winners (which does not mean winners every year) would never say it's 100% luck.
I have been to the playoffs 6 out of the last 7 years in my local league and I still think it is 100% luck...
If you still think it's 100% luck in light of SSOG's comments (which I agree with), then welcome to my ignore list. If it's 100% luck, then next year just use a random generator to draft your players and see if you make the playoffs again. Good luck and happy new year!
 
I'm glad I'm not into fantasy football, so I won't become a heartless #####. FF is just a freakin game, we are talking about a man getting hurt here. A good hearted man and good football player who was having one helluva season. Now thats over, he will surley be out of some of his contract money. I feel sorry for the man not your dam FF team.
Yeah, let's all cry for the millionaires that get to play a game for a living...
 
Once again proves that fantasy football is 100% luck...
I don't know if you understand the concept of "100%", here. If fantasy football were 100% luck, then you could enter a monkey who threw darts at a list of all active players in the entire NFL into a 10-team league and he'd have a 10% chance to win it. I mean, 100% luck means you could be drafting Minnesota's 3rd-string QB in the first round and it would have no impact on your team's chances of winning. It also means that, over a long enough timeline, everyone would have exactly the same record. I play with a group of guys in 3 different fantasy leagues every year, and every year the same 4 guys make the playoffs in pretty much every league, which is a bit problematic under your "100% luck" theory.Perhaps you want to revise that estimate downwards a bit? In my experience, there's an inverse relationship between how much "luck" fantasy football is based on and how well your current fantasy football teams are doing. In any given game, luck plays a strong role, but the real way to evaluate a player's fantasy skill isn't how he does in a single game, it's how he consistently does from year to year and season to season. And over a long enough timeline, yes, the cream always rises to the top.
:2cents: People who say FF is 100% luck are almost always losers. Long-term winners (which does not mean winners every year) would never say it's 100% luck.
I have been to the playoffs 6 out of the last 7 years in my local league and I still think it is 100% luck...
If you still think it's 100% luck in light of SSOG's comments (which I agree with), then welcome to my ignore list. If it's 100% luck, then next year just use a random generator to draft your players and see if you make the playoffs again. Good luck and happy new year!
Oh my God, what am I going to do now that I am on your ignore list... BFD...It is still 100% luck... You can do as much research as you want, but you got to be lucky if someone didn't take the guy you wanted, or if you got your guy he performs at the level you think he will do... You have no control over that, so it is luck on your part... You got to hope that your players don't get injured, all luck... You got to hope that your players out score your opponents, all luck there... You got to hope that the moves you make pan out, it is either good luck or bad luck...Still haven't seen where the "skill" of a game that you have no control in is coming into play...
 

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