I have been watching some baseball lately. Or at least paying more attention to baseball lately. And I know exactly what that means...it's almost football season.
I have pinned my hopes of winning a fantasy football league for the past 10 years of my life on one team, which is the Denver Broncos. For the past 10 years I have not won a fantasy football league. For that matter I have never won a fantasy football league. I think one year I got like 3rd or 4th. But that is besides the point. For the past 2 maybe 3 season I have not even made the playoffs.
So here is my dilemma. I am not sure where to set my goal, and therefore I have no idea how to form my strategy for the team that I will be picking in less than a months time! See the things is 2 years ago I only won, 1 measly game. A single game. It was atrocious. See but last year I won 4! Same strategy it's just that the Broncos got a lot better. And that is my problem. It was a lot more fun to win 4 games than just 1. So my problem is do I keep on with my same strategy and think i'll make the playoffs this year because I think the Broncos will be better? Or do I go out on a total limb and choose a bunch of players that I have little to no interest in and hope that they get me to the playoffs...
It is a little like should I abandon the ship that i'm on, after they almost got me to the shore last time, and go with a new boat? I am not worried about making it to the top of the mountain. I just want to ride out the storm, and make it to the shore. I'll leave the top of the mountain to someone else. Another part of me thinks wouldn't it be so much better to make it to the shore with a team that I can route for every week anyway? But the worst part is, what if my boat sinks again. Which could possibly happen, it has happened the last two years.
My last dilemma is this, if it get's to my turn to draft and Peyton Manning is still there do I take him? Last year, is the only time he was not there and it actually made my life so much easier. For some obscure reason that I can not pin point, I have this incredible complex that I feel like I have to draft Peyton Manning. Even when he played for the Colts I just could not pass him up. Then he get's traded to the Broncos and the clouds opened, I finally could draft Peyton Manning guilt free. But now the question is do I? I'll let you in on a little secret, one of my greatest fears is having the first pick of the draft because I know for a fact that Peyton will be there, and he has about .000001% chance of being there when the pick gets back around to me at 20. So do I take him with the first pick of the draft? The pressure is already mounting.
This year we have a new league. We have elected new officials, with a new name, and a new people. It's a true new beginning. But does that mean I have to have a new beginning with my team? Is this the year that I finally make it to the shore? Only time will tell.
