So my fantasy football teams aren't doing so good this year, like last year. I have three of them, and I don't think I've had one week where all of them won. I've had two out of the three, but never all three, and that sucks because I'm stuck in the middle of my leagues' standings when I need to get up closer to the top in order to clinch a playoff spot and, fingers crossed, make some money.
Don't know if that's going to happen with three games left in the fantasy football season. This week, tonight, for one team in particular, stands out for the excruciating way I lost.
It was neck-and-neck all day Sunday with this guy whom I've never met. I had a lead going into the late games. But after I came in from raking and bagging leaves with my neighbor (see previous post) I heard that Adrian Peterson sealed the Vikings' win over Oakland by breaking off an 80-yard Touchdown run. Too bad for me that my opponent had A.P.
So what was once a lead became a 14-point swing (six for the TD, 8 for the 80 yards) and an eight-point deficit. Therefore I had to rely on Tyler Eifert, Tight End for the Cincinnati Bengals who is having a breakout year, to score/get 80+ yards/get 8+ points somehow against a demoralized Houston Texans club. The Bengals are undefeated and they're playing at home -- Eifert's going to get the points and give me a come-from-behind victory, right?
Well, I wouldn't be blogging about this if the answer to that question was yes. The Bengals picked a horrible time to crap the bed, losing for the first time this season at home on Monday Night Football to a team that was 3-5 and saw its starting Quarterback taken out of the game. Eifert: Three catches, 26 yards, no touchdown. And a sickening loss for me.
Two of the three leagues I'm in play for money. I'm out $125 once the football regular season's over.
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