Julius Thomas – Tight End – Denver Broncos
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Another true story from my Fantasy Football Chronicles…
I generally don’t check my fantasy scores during the day (Sundays) because frankly, it’s distracting and meaningless. There’s nothing you can do about the score or your lineup once the games have begun, except of course, if you are on the fence about some late-game starters, etc. I do however get pop-up messages on my DirecTv when a player from my team scores points. Since I hadn’t seen many alerts all day, I had just assumed that I was getting my ass kicked. During the Sunday Night game (Chiefs at Broncos), I just so happened to peek at the score, only to find out that I was down by a mere 15 points, with my tight end (Julius Thomas – Broncos) currently in action and my defense (Panthers) playing on Monday Night. Since my opponent had no players left, I suddenly felt optimistic. If Thomas could get me a few more points, then he could lessen the load tonight for the Panthers as they try to put the clamps on Tom Brady and company. I swear on EVERYTHING I hold dear, not 2 minutes after I made this realization, Julius Thomas was hit on the knee and left the game, never to return (at least I don’t think he returned…I took my ass to bed in disgust at that point). He damn sure didn’t score another point. So now I find myself down 15 points with the Panthers defense playing against Tom Terrific in the prime time lights of Monday Night Football. The Panthers have a VERY good defense, but scoring 16 or more points tonight IS NOT LIKELY…is it??? #IHAteFantasyFootball
Please feel free to share some of your crazy, irony-filled stories about your experiences playing fantasy sports.
