I developed an interest in NFL football in 2010. When my students told me that I had to pick a team to support, I chose the Indianapolis Colts. I began to spend my Sundays watching bits and pieces of the games and developed a pretty decent knowledge of teams and players.
When a friend from college posted on Facebook that they needed one more person to complete their 14-person league, I jumped at the chance. I've wanted to try fantasy football for a couple of years now. I was (somewhat) confident that I had enough knowledge to have a decent season.
This league chose to do an auction draft. I'm not sure that I would ever choose this option again. I spent three hours on my computer "bidding" to get the players that I wanted. The first player I purchased was Andrew Luck because, obviously, I wanted him for my quarterback. That didn't work out so well since he was out for most of the season. I would up, once I went to sleep and autodrafted for the rest of the evening, with Matthew Stafford for my back-up QB. Luckily he did alright and I survived until I picked up Ryan Fitzpatrick and, though he too was injured, Peyton Manning.
The Patriots defense and kicker helped me place third in this league. Not too shabby.
A few weeks after joining my first league, a friend asked if I wanted to join her league. I figured I had nothing to lose, so I signed up. Aaron Rodgers was my QB this time. I'm pretty convinced that if he had ended the season with higher fantasy numbers that I would have won this league. Instead, I took second place.
I think I am glad that the season is finally over. I would become pretty obsessed with checking the scores of the games on Sunday and (sometimes) overanalyzed which players to start. I would definitely play again, though. Maybe I'll be able to find a league to join for the 2016 season.
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