Welcome Fantasy Football fans to the
first ever installment of Shout! Because this is the first ever issue, I'll start by
giving you a little background on myself. This is my fifth year of fantasy
football. I have won my league every year so far and am currently in second place
with a 7-2 record. I spend quite a bit of time online each week, about 3 hours a day
for fantasy football alone. If you email me I will probably be able to get back to
you within a few hours. So here goes:
Is it me, or is this season one of the most unpredictable seasons in
recent years? I mean sure, who wouldn't have said that Green Bay, San Fran and
Denver would have great teams? But who the heck would have said that the Vikes would
only have one loss at the half way point? And what's up with the NFC East.
Talk about your screwed up divisions. When your division leader is only two games
over .500 you know that division sucks. Speaking of screwed up divisions, the AFC
East is a MESS!! Only the 1-7 Colts have no prayer. Oakland has the second
best record in the AFC and the third best record overall. There have been so many
benched QBs that I truly wouldn't be shocked to see Favre or Young sitting soon. I
hope that their respective coaches don't get drawn into the madness. Doug Flutie and
Randall Cunningham are both leading their teams to victory while drawing their Social
Security checks. And if ONE more of my starters go down with a big injury I'm going
to scream. I think that I'M tougher than Isaac Bruce and Terry Glenn. There
have been some nice surprises as Steve Young has bounced back from a sub-par season and
Jamal Anderson has transformed into a true STUD. Anyone who is disappointed be
Kordell Stewart's performance is just fooling themselves if they think that it's going to
EVER get better. Kordell just isn't a QB. He has lots of athletic ability but
he doesn't have the brains or the patience. If you wasted a pick on Ryan Leaf I
feel really bad for you. Don't plan on him being great any time soon. He has a
LOT of growing up to do and he won't do that with an organization that won't give him the
support staff. The Broncos look pretty high and mighty right now which leads me to
believe that they'll falter once they get into the playoffs. When you're looking to
the second half of this season expect a lot of confusion as to who will be the starting
QBs as injured QBs are ready to return and other teams continue to lose. Look for
some teams to appear to "break out" as their second half schedule is easier than
their first half i.e. the Bengals. San Fran has a much easier schedule in the second
half and will return to blowing out opponents. There will be much more
predictability in the second half of the season except for the aforementioned QB
situations. GOOD LUCK EVERYBODY!
