Welcome back to the fun and frivolity that is the National Football League!
With one week left of full football action, a certain sadness enters my heart, as I know that soon, we will soon enter the great sports abyss known as "summer". Enjoy this week as much as you can. Especially, if your favorite team is not making a push into the playoffs. (Stupid Vikings).
From a Fantasy Football perspective, Week 17 should find you with your feet kicked up, championship in hand, with nothing to do but enjoy your favorite team and/or beverage. However, I am sure there are a few silly leagues out there that have to have their championship settled this week. Those games are always thrilling. Teams normally led by studs like LaDanian Tomlinson, and Peyton Manning, starting Fantasy duds like Jeff Garcia and Ron Dayne. This is the reason that many leagues settle their championships on week 16. Week 17 has been notorious for the top NFL teams to sit Fantasy Stalwarts, or play them for such limited time, that it is not worth inserting them into your fantasy lineup.
In my keeper league, I made this mistake for one year. I was a proud Commish, telling the players that made it the finals, you are that good- find a way to one more. Which just isn't fair. The other side of this, is the pure scheduling benefits you can use for a week 16 championship. In my big keeper league, we have 12 teams, 3 divisions. We have 14 weeks of games, this breaks down to playing everyone once, and your division twice. The three division winners go to the playoffs with one Wild Card, which for three years, has been a hotly contested race. It's great fun. Just to keep things interesting, the last 8 teams that didn't make the championship playoffs, get to fight it out in a 3 week playoff, that settles in week 17, but it doesn't change draft order or anything, so a week 17 title here is meaningless.
But to those that do have a week 17 Championship game this weekend, good luck! May you have Marc Bulger lead you to greatness this weekend.
Showing posts with label fantasy football jason mi nfl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fantasy football jason mi nfl. Show all posts
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Introduction
Let me introduce myself. My name is Jason Eikmeier. I grew up in Austin Minnesota, commonly referred to as 'Spamtown, USA', as it is the home of Hormel Foods. Growing up in Minnesota you become a die hard Minnesota Vikings fan, or suffer pain and ridicule. There is no legitimate option. You can't possibly be a Packer fan, it is forbidden in my family. So that said, everyone should be well familiar with the failings and the history of the Vikings.
I love football. I love the NFL, and I even appreciate college football to a point, but growing up with the Gophers as my model division 1 school, I don't have a whole lot of love for them either. So until 2001 or so, my interest was waning. It was then a friend of mine introduced me to online fantasy football. It immediate rekindled my interest in the NFL, and the Vikings again.
My first team consisted of players such as Bledsoe and Vick. Faulk and Michael Bennett. Ancient WRs like Jerry Rice, and Rod Smith. I ended up winning the first league I ever played in. After that I was hooked. I played three to four leagues a year, became commissioner of my own keeper league that is now in its third year, and one of the funnest leagues that my guys are playing in. I have maybe had one losing season in roughly 15 leagues, over the last 4-5 seasons. I love all things fantasy football, and with all the time I have invested over the year I have decided that I don't like my current career, so I'm going to start writing on this stuff, and eventually add some legitimacy to my opinions. I already have helped friends in other leagues dominate their league, and helped a friend that knew nothing about fantasy football, learn about the game, and lead his leagues in 2 years.
Over the next few weeks I'll add opinions on individual players, and game breakdowns and such. If I get any questions I'd be glad to answer them as well. I hope to update this a few times a week until I get my full website set up in the off season, and then if response is good here, keep updating once or twice a week as interest warrants.
I hope this works :)
Jason Eikmeier, 27
Saint Joseph, MI
I love football. I love the NFL, and I even appreciate college football to a point, but growing up with the Gophers as my model division 1 school, I don't have a whole lot of love for them either. So until 2001 or so, my interest was waning. It was then a friend of mine introduced me to online fantasy football. It immediate rekindled my interest in the NFL, and the Vikings again.
My first team consisted of players such as Bledsoe and Vick. Faulk and Michael Bennett. Ancient WRs like Jerry Rice, and Rod Smith. I ended up winning the first league I ever played in. After that I was hooked. I played three to four leagues a year, became commissioner of my own keeper league that is now in its third year, and one of the funnest leagues that my guys are playing in. I have maybe had one losing season in roughly 15 leagues, over the last 4-5 seasons. I love all things fantasy football, and with all the time I have invested over the year I have decided that I don't like my current career, so I'm going to start writing on this stuff, and eventually add some legitimacy to my opinions. I already have helped friends in other leagues dominate their league, and helped a friend that knew nothing about fantasy football, learn about the game, and lead his leagues in 2 years.
Over the next few weeks I'll add opinions on individual players, and game breakdowns and such. If I get any questions I'd be glad to answer them as well. I hope to update this a few times a week until I get my full website set up in the off season, and then if response is good here, keep updating once or twice a week as interest warrants.
I hope this works :)
Jason Eikmeier, 27
Saint Joseph, MI
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