Thursday, April 12, 2012

The Worst (yet most successful...huh?) Fantasy Football Team of All Time


How to Draft A Bad Fantasy Football Team
By Tanner Cabbage

There are several crucial keys to drafting the worst fantasy football team of all time (in case you ever find yourself in a league in which such inferiority has some sort of reward). Fantasy football teams are created by millions of owners every year through various sites such as Yahoo, NFL.com, and ESPN. The best one to succeed in failure (think about it) is Yahoo because you have the ability to draft three individual defensive players.
           
1. Draft defensive players first
First an foremost, your first round pick should most definitely be the sweaty, greasy 330 pound defensive line man that will most certainly amass less points on the season than your running back will get in one game. While your fellow competitors will be questioning your move, you will be at your computer feeling brave. The second round draft pick may be the greatest time to shine. The other drafters will certainly be expecting you to take a running back like Chris Johnson (Tennessee). Meanwhile, you should draft a linebacker like Larry Grant (San Francisco) or Arnold Harrison (Arizona). Harrison recently got cut so he will most certainly get you no points. Great success. The next pick should be your final defensive player. While most people wait until the final three rounds for these guys, you will certainly make the smartest move picking them early as they will likely rack up an impressive 30 points all season. Go with another defensive lineman. You may be thinking, why not a defensive back? That is the final position I have not drafted. Well, because you can only play one defensive lineman so why not draft two?

2. A retired kicker will surely make your team horrible
Your next few rounds will seem quite boring. Your next pick would be success with a kicker like Martín Gramatica. He is like 48 and not even playing anymore but he will likely still be available to draft (thank Yahoo).

3. Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense
30.8 points per game allowed. Only two points shy of the worst defense in NFL history. Enough said.

4. Tight Ends are notorious for earning very few points
Justin Peelle. Who?! The fourth string tight end for the San Francisco 49ers, a team that never passes anyways. I love this pick because Peelle had a whopping one catch, 98 catches behind the league leader. Yes.

5. This pick is your call
There are many options here. You could draft a back up tight end, defense, or defensive player. However, that would be quite boring. While it would be nice because it would be a waste of a pick, it would not enhance your badness, it would only leave voids or gaps in your starting roster and we want a full roster. With that being said, I would draft Terrell Owens here. Some would view this as a smart pick because he could have a break out year… if he wasn’t retired, injured, and hated by every owner in the NFL. Therefore, he will fill a starting spot while acquiring no points and earn some jealously from other owners simply because of his name.

6. The best pick: A player who can earn negative points
Rex Grossman ladies and gentlemen. The name should say it all (what were his parents thinking). This Washington quarterback was only three interception (-2 points per pick) shy of leading the league in picks while accumulating fewer touchdowns than any other 16-game starting quarterback. Certain recipe for disaster.

7. My favorite draft pick
Brandon Stokley or T.J. Houshmandzadeh. Huh? One of these wide receivers only had one catch all season long while the other had only eleven catches and one touchdown. One is a starter and one is a back up. I will let you make the choice but how can you not want a guy with the name Houshmandzadeh (hush man ze what?).

8. The final disastrous pick
Your final spots will be two running backs. Jerious Norwood and Bilal Powell. This is perfect to continue the “all-name” team with Bilal. Norwood averaged fewer rushing yards than any other running back in the National Football league while playing for the worst team in the league. That is bad. Or good…for your team.

This is a recipe for a nuclear disaster in the fantasy football world. There is nothing better than having fewer points all season than other owners have in one week. Great success. Thank you Yahoo (and T.J. Houshmandzadeh).

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