So your season is in the shitter so to speak. You have no chance of making the fantasy playoffs, which is depressing, especially if the reason you aren’t in the playoffs has nothing to do with your own idiocy, such as having your season derailed by injuries. Add to that the fact that you basically threw money down the drain, somewhere between $10 and $500, and you’re feeling pretty dejected.
But do not despair my dear friends, for all is not lost. You can still play the spoiler!!!! And if you don’t know what a spoiler is, one; you obviously don’t watch sports all that much, and two; I’ll explain it to you. A spoiler is a team that has no chance of making the playoffs, but still plays hard nonetheless, and beats a team that is fighting for a playoff spot, thus spoiling that team’s chances to make the playoffs.
To play devil’s advocate though, let’s say that playing the spoiler isn’t good enough for you. It only satisfies the bare minimum of your competitiveness. So what do you do to fill the void that an unsalvageable season has created?
Well, there are a few different things you could do. For one, maybe you are into other sports than just football, such as basketball or hockey. If that’s the case, you can sign up through a myriad of websites such as ESPN, Yahoo, CBS, etc. to play. Maybe grab a group of friends and set up a league, or just join a random league. Don’t worry if you’ve never played, as both sports play very similar to fantasy football. And even if you really aren’t into those sports, it will help pass the time until next football season.
But if you really aren’t into that, there is plenty of offseason work you can do in order to prepare for the next fantasy football season. You can compile stats on players for the current season or for their careers in order to analyze, hopefully helping you to determine who to draft next year. You can take a look at who are the current high scorers as far as players are in your league, as maybe you thought you drafted correctly, but based upon the score structure in your league, it would have been better to draft one position over another. Also, while scrounging around your league, if your draft order was posted for this year, or even the last couple of years, examine what players/positions were taken the highest. And if you play with the same players every year, examine who chose what/who in what round. You might be able to gain some insight into the guys/girls you play with and learn how far you can let a player drop in future drafts before having to take him.
And if you are truly, absolutely without a doubt, undeniably feeling desperate to do something that feels like a positive step to helping you with fantasy football, you can always see what college seniors and juniors will be entering the 2011 NFL Draft. Look at their body of work in college, see what kind of system they played in, and determine if the player can make the transition to the NFL.
But if you really have no desire to do any of that and would rather wallow in pity, which I wouldn’t blame you, as some of us put our heart and soul into every aspect of fantasy football, you can wait until the offseason when I’ll be posting all the data and insights I have just mentioned.
Bottom line though, there are things you can do to help prepare for next season which may help you make a return to the playoffs, and help you win the “Ship.” But if even thinking about fantasy football makes you sick to your stomach, turn back into a real fan, and root for your team if they are in the playoff hunt, or find some team to root for. Because fantasy football has a way of tuning you out to what is really going on in the NFL.
As always, feel free to post a comment to this article, or you can e-mail mattymccall@gmail.com and I’ll respond to you as fast as I can.
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