The Dangers of Fantasy Football

I've been playing fantasy football for as long as I can remember. I love it. Its easy to learn but may take longer to really master it. I encourage anyone interested to get a free account with yahoo! , it's the easiest format to learn how to play.

However, there are a lot of detractors who say fantasy football makes fans less loyal. that's all bullshit. No one is more loyal than a True Chicago Bears fan like myself. I've see my bears falter through every season, an lose int he playoffs since '85. last year was an elation that we got to the Superbowl. I'm no bandwagon fan.

The trick to Fantasy football and real football is this: PLAY fantasy football with you're head. Cheer for your football team with your heart. Don't Listen to too much of what all the analysts say. No matter what, always play you're good players. Here's some examples of what i mean.



A good example is this: Last week, San Diego played Chicago in San Diego. I have San Diego's defense and L.T as my running back. I wanted Chicago to destroy San Diego. I'm still pissed about the commercial and will change the channel when it comes on. But I'll be damned if I'm not going to put one of the best running backs in the NFL on the bench just because he's playing my team. As far as San Diego's defense goes: in a league where you get much points for sacks, it'd be silly to not play San Diego defense against Chicago. for several reasons. one is the 3-4 defense. in the 3-4 defense you have three D linemen and 4 linebackers. Chicago usually plays against team that play 4-3. San Diego has a hopped up on steroid linebacker in Shawn Merriman, and Rex Grossman will screw something up. all the more reason to play San Diego's defense. So I played members of my fantasy team hoping they would score some points, but that my Chicago bears would still win.
Last year, all the analysts were saying that Tom Brady was going to have a bad game because he was injured and he had no one to throw to. All the analysts said my backup QB Kurt Warner would have a field day against a weak defensive team. and with two excellent receivers there would be no reason he wouldn't. so i played Warner and sat Brady. rule #1: ALWAYS play you're best players. Kurt Warner got hurt int eh first quarter and Tom Brady threw three TDs and went for 3oo yds that game. I lost the championship game because I listened to analysts.
How do you get away from the whole how do i cheer for my fantasy team, and not my real team? easy. YOU NEVER CHEER AGAINST YOUR REAL TEAM. that's how you know you're a real fan. be pleased that you're fantasy team is picking up points, but at no time should you cheer for ANYONE playing you're team just because they are on you're fantasy team. in real life you should want you're fantasy players fall against you're real life team.
remember, in the NFL, its a long season, and its just as long in fantasy. you can afford one or two losses. Id easily take a loss in fantasy if the bears got int he "W" column. unfortunately, they let me down in week one. but like I said. it's a long season.