has anyone else found this nfl week painful.... (1 Viewer)

[Soaring Eagle]

Never thought I would feel this way but having the week (especially with championship games) being spread over so many days has been painful....especially in leagues where I have to watch my opponents players trying to be held to bad games....I actually told my wife to take me to any movie she wants to see just to avoid having to watch l moore/ t gonz/r white play against me last night and now need to hope d jax/akers are held in check tonight.....I never thought the day would come where I would say it is hard to watch the games be spread over so many days rather than have everything be just sun/mon games....what are others thoughts? Even without the phi/minn game tonight it was still spread over 4 days thurs/sat/sun/mon this week

 

[Tickle Monster]

You're complaining about about too much football? On a football message board? I think it's amazing that I get to watch 5 games over a 6 day period. Truly a Christmas miracle.

 

[Saint]

Have to go against the OP. This is the best week for football. Usually you can't watch all the games at the same time as you may miss items, but with this week, not only could I watch a full game on Thursday, but also Saturday, two on Sunday, one on Monday, and one tonight. Tis the season!

 

[silentmark]

Never thought I would feel this way but having the week (especially with championship games) being spread over so many days has been painful....especially in leagues where I have to watch my opponents players trying to be held to bad games....I actually told my wife to take me to any movie she wants to see just to avoid having to watch l moore/ t gonz/r white play against me last night and now need to hope d jax/akers are held in check tonight.....I never thought the day would come where I would say it is hard to watch the games be spread over so many days rather than have everything be just sun/mon games....what are others thoughts? Even without the phi/minn game tonight it was still spread over 4 days thurs/sat/sun/mon this week

You should stop playing FF ...

 

[elcohiba]

So what movie did you see?

 

[Soaring Eagle]

So what movie did you see?

Black swan...was excellent

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

For me, its just tough because its around the holidays and staying on top of injuries with kids and family all over your ### is hard to do

Maybe with an 18 game season the superbowl wont be at xmas time

 

[DropKick]

Never thought I would feel this way but having the week (especially with championship games) being spread over so many days has been painful....especially in leagues where I have to watch my opponents players trying to be held to bad games....I actually told my wife to take me to any movie she wants to see just to avoid having to watch l moore/ t gonz/r white play against me last night and now need to hope d jax/akers are held in check tonight.....I never thought the day would come where I would say it is hard to watch the games be spread over so many days rather than have everything be just sun/mon games....what are others thoughts? Even without the phi/minn game tonight it was still spread over 4 days thurs/sat/sun/mon this week

You should stop playing FF ...

+1You should quit the hobby if it detracts so much from the games. Also, yours is one of several recent posts where people mention the effort to "root against" somebody. It is beyond your control. Enjoy the games for what they are.

 

[Doug B]

For me, its just tough because its around the holidays and staying on top of injuries with kids and family all over your ### is hard to do

I've often said that fantasy football is a single man's game.

 

[lazyike]

I'm with you. I wished all my games would have been done on Sunday. I was in just one significant championship game and I don't buy the NFL package of games so that in the 2 games I could watch @ 1:00 I had no players going. Boring. I don't like dragging it out over that many days.

 

[mphtrilogy]

I agree, too much over the holidays, enjoyed Wallace, did not enjoy lfitz, Quasi- enjoyed sundays games

And sweated out Mnf, thankfully won on Mnf so I don't have to sweat out an Akers night...

Love fantasy football, but sometimes it really can get to you over these long long breaks...

 

[Hipple Long Ware & Peete]

You're complaining about about too much football? On a football message board? I think it's amazing that I get to watch 5 games over a 6 day period. Truly a Christmas miracle.

yeah. you had to go to a movie over watching MNF? Get a new hobby. Somebody get the tar and feathers...

 

[thehornet]

It's been very stressful and fun at the same time. Holding on to a small lead starting since thursday has actually been very tough.

 

[Dought Man]

You think that you find it painful, but you will miss it next week.

 

[mad sweeney]

You're complaining about about too much football? On a football message board? I think it's amazing that I get to watch 5 games over a 6 day period. Truly a Christmas miracle.

Visiting mom for Xmas and I don't have my Sunday Ticket setup. Being able to watch football this many days and nights in a row is gold!

 

[DoubleG]

Never thought I would feel this way but having the week (especially with championship games) being spread over so many days has been painful....especially in leagues where I have to watch my opponents players trying to be held to bad games....I actually told my wife to take me to any movie she wants to see just to avoid having to watch l moore/ t gonz/r white play against me last night and now need to hope d jax/akers are held in check tonight.....I never thought the day would come where I would say it is hard to watch the games be spread over so many days rather than have everything be just sun/mon games....what are others thoughts? Even without the phi/minn game tonight it was still spread over 4 days thurs/sat/sun/mon this week

You should stop playing FF ...

So what movie did you see?

Black swan...was excellent

Ummmm...yep. I think FF might not be your thing. Have you tried being a hair dresser or maybe taking up interior decorating? NTTAWWT.

 

[QuizGuy66]

Only thing that woulda made it better is if they bumped a game back to Sunday night to take the place of PHI-MIN.

-QG

 

[Iwannabeacowboybaby!]

Never thought I would feel this way but having the week (especially with championship games) being spread over so many days has been painful....especially in leagues where I have to watch my opponents players trying to be held to bad games....I actually told my wife to take me to any movie she wants to see just to avoid having to watch l moore/ t gonz/r white play against me last night and now need to hope d jax/akers are held in check tonight.....I never thought the day would come where I would say it is hard to watch the games be spread over so many days rather than have everything be just sun/mon games....what are others thoughts? Even without the phi/minn game tonight it was still spread over 4 days thurs/sat/sun/mon this week

I'm glad you posted it, I'm kind of this way. I probably take this hobby to seriously in some ways, in the amount of time spent and how much I want to win certain leagues. I hated that the games were spread out and that each night of these games I had someone going in those games. If there's a game where I have nobody going for me or against me, I find it a relief and enjoy the game.I was in 3 Finals this week so it was and is kind of crazy. Watching Michael Turner run for me last night was agonizing (for me and probably all Atlanta fans too) and knowing I needed every point possible as no lead is safe as I'm facing Mike Vick and Maclin with me done. Going from being happy that Vick was playing in poor weather conditions to finding out the game might be switched and then getting switched.So, after Turner fumbled at the 1 yard line last night after not fumbling all year and the announcers making a big deal about him not fumbling earlier in the night, I had to turn the TV off and just rethink WTF, what I'm doing and putting myself thru isn't fun. I'm very successful in fantasy football but I act like I need to agonize over every play and that's getting old.There are other people out there that feel like us but to some degree I agree with some of the posters on here that WE need to tone it down somehow and find the joy in the game or possibly give it up. It's not worth going crazy over, or getting angry over because if you stop and think about it, what's going to happen if you lose the game? Nothing, life will still go on just like it does every day. You're dog is still going to love you and you're still going to have everything you have in your life.I talked to my wife about how i felt last night in fact. I mentioned I don't know why I get so stressed out about it all and angry/overjoyed over plays on football, it's ridiculous. She mentioned that's what happen when you put so much stock into something that really isn't so important in life.I said but ya, I put a lot of time into it, more than others in my leagues and I want to do well. When something bad happens in the game, it's upsetting because I have put so much time into it and I want to do well in things I put time into.She then said maybe you shouldn't put so much time into something that really doesn't have a strong impact on your life.I said you have a point ( I hate that about her but then I said I don't want to live life not caring or thinking everything is ho hum and just be average in everything I do and then she just mentioned you need to find balance. For me, not so easy to do but by the sounds of others in this thread it's much easier, so it can be done. This may sound odd my goal next year is to find that balance.

 

[silentmark]

Never thought I would feel this way but having the week (especially with championship games) being spread over so many days has been painful....especially in leagues where I have to watch my opponents players trying to be held to bad games....I actually told my wife to take me to any movie she wants to see just to avoid having to watch l moore/ t gonz/r white play against me last night and now need to hope d jax/akers are held in check tonight.....I never thought the day would come where I would say it is hard to watch the games be spread over so many days rather than have everything be just sun/mon games....what are others thoughts? Even without the phi/minn game tonight it was still spread over 4 days thurs/sat/sun/mon this week

I'm glad you posted it, I'm kind of this way. I probably take this hobby to seriously in some ways, in the amount of time spent and how much I want to win certain leagues. I hated that the games were spread out and that each night of these games I had someone going in those games. If there's a game where I have nobody going for me or against me, I find it a relief and enjoy the game.I was in 3 Finals this week so it was and is kind of crazy. Watching Michael Turner run for me last night was agonizing (for me and probably all Atlanta fans too) and knowing I needed every point possible as no lead is safe as I'm facing Mike Vick and Maclin with me done. Going from being happy that Vick was playing in poor weather conditions to finding out the game might be switched and then getting switched.So, after Turner fumbled at the 1 yard line last night after not fumbling all year and the announcers making a big deal about him not fumbling earlier in the night, I had to turn the TV off and just rethink WTF, what I'm doing and putting myself thru isn't fun. I'm very successful in fantasy football but I act like I need to agonize over every play and that's getting old.There are other people out there that feel like us but to some degree I agree with some of the posters on here that WE need to tone it down somehow and find the joy in the game or possibly give it up. It's not worth going crazy over, or getting angry over because if you stop and think about it, what's going to happen if you lose the game? Nothing, life will still go on just like it does every day. You're dog is still going to love you and you're still going to have everything you have in your life.I talked to my wife about how i felt last night in fact. I mentioned I don't know why I get so stressed out about it all and angry/overjoyed over plays on football, it's ridiculous. She mentioned that's what happen when you put so much stock into something that really isn't so important in life.I said but ya, I put a lot of time into it, more than others in my leagues and I want to do well. When something bad happens in the game, it's upsetting because I have put so much time into it and I want to do well in things I put time into.She then said maybe you shouldn't put so much time into something that really doesn't have a strong impact on your life.I said you have a point ( I hate that about her but then I said I don't want to live life not caring or thinking everything is ho hum and just be average in everything I do and then she just mentioned you need to find balance. For me, not so easy to do but by the sounds of others in this thread it's much easier, so it can be done. This may sound odd my goal next year is to find that balance.

You should stop playing FF ...

 

[phillyphan07]

Never thought I would feel this way but having the week (especially with championship games) being spread over so many days has been painful....especially in leagues where I have to watch my opponents players trying to be held to bad games....I actually told my wife to take me to any movie she wants to see just to avoid having to watch l moore/ t gonz/r white play against me last night and now need to hope d jax/akers are held in check tonight.....I never thought the day would come where I would say it is hard to watch the games be spread over so many days rather than have everything be just sun/mon games....what are others thoughts? Even without the phi/minn game tonight it was still spread over 4 days thurs/sat/sun/mon this week

You should stop playing FF ...

So what movie did you see?

Black swan...was excellent

Ummmm...yep. I think FF might not be your thing. Have you tried being a hair dresser or maybe taking up interior decorating? NTTAWWT.

nothing wrong with scoring bonus points with the wife while getting to watch a movie featuring lady-on-lady scenes with natalie portman and mila kunis... Its like starting Vick and getting solid RB and solid QB stats from the same guy at once

 

[captain_amazing]

Who's up for some Hump-Night Football?

 

[QuizGuy66]

nothing wrong with scoring bonus points with the wife while getting to watch a movie featuring lady-on-lady scenes with natalie portman and mila kunis... Its like starting Vick and getting solid RB and solid QB stats from the same guy at once

Are you that dude in that commercial where Adrian Peterson comes out of the swimming pool?-QG

 

[Dave Larkin]

Sorry, but you can never complain about too much football, especially since we're facing the possibility of a lockout!

 

[Dbbr]

Never thought I would feel this way but having the week (especially with championship games) being spread over so many days has been painful....especially in leagues where I have to watch my opponents players trying to be held to bad games....I actually told my wife to take me to any movie she wants to see just to avoid having to watch l moore/ t gonz/r white play against me last night and now need to hope d jax/akers are held in check tonight.....I never thought the day would come where I would say it is hard to watch the games be spread over so many days rather than have everything be just sun/mon games....what are others thoughts? Even without the phi/minn game tonight it was still spread over 4 days thurs/sat/sun/mon this week

I've got a 70 point lead in the SB with my team being done, vs Vick and All Day. I gave away my AHL hockey tickets just so I could stay home and watch this game tonight. Thurs, Sat, all day Sun....MNF....and now TNF.....LIFE IS GOOD!! I just hope Vick is human tonight, not a super hero!! LOL

 

[QuizGuy66]

Gotta start getting the bacon ready for game time

-QG

 

[nickel&dime]

2 people dropped out of one of my long time leagues this year because it was getting to be too much "work" and too much "stress" for them. I don't blame them for leaving, but I do think FF could become easier/better to play if there were some easy ways to just get the info you wanted and no other crap. I found a couple sites that have helped me reduce my research time a ton with no loss in good decision making (in fact, I think I did better this year at making the right calls).

As for the games being stretched out, my wife will probably kill me if I watch the game tonight. I used the "I'm in my championship" card to go out with the boys on Sunday and Monday. Asking her to take care of the kids while I go off to a bar to watch TNF would probably get me castrated. Luckily, I have no one going tonight...the championship is already in the bag. Woohoo!