Welcome to TimersSports
We all remember our rookie season in fantasy football. Probably didn't go as we planned (least mine didn't). Today I will share my rookie season and maybe it can help the 2014 incoming rookie class. Hopefully everyone enjoy my story.
It was 1999 , the world believed the end was near and people were crazy. It was a much simpler time where fantasy football was unimportant and unpopular to most. I just made the football team at University of Michigan. Its was a just a normal day on the campus of Michigan. My teammates were loudly chatting about some odd game. Shortly afterwards they confronted me and invited me to play.
My first reactions were, "Okay I have no idea what fantasy football is and i have no intentions to find out". But decided to join in on the fun because I wanted to try something new. Over the next few weeks , I took advice from my "so called" teammates. Didn't realize it wasn't a good idea to take advice from rivals. On draft day , I was all but completely doomed. As I was setup to fail from the start.
As you have already figured out, my teammates recruited me to use as an punching bag and easy win target. We are now quickly coming up on week 1. I finally realize that I was played and was on pace to finish last before the season have began. As I was convinced to draft a washup kicker number one overall.
Week One came and went. As you can imagine , I was completely slaughtered after all of my starters struggled to produce much of anything. While my teammates were quite amused on how easily I was dismantled on opening week. This was the common trend the following three weeks. I was stirring an 0-5 start in the face.
Like any good owner , I spent hours of research between meals , class, and anywhere I could find time. I was able to find a few good sleepers hidden on the wire. Few more weeks went on before I finally squeezed out a win. Unfortunately that wasn't until week 8 (as half the season was over). But I was able to complete a blockbuster trade which really turned my season around. Over the next 6 weeks , I went 5-1 and eventually finished 6th in the league.
Now 14 years later , I have won 9 championships in the very same league. For the 2014 Fantasy Football rookie class, here a few tips that could be hopefully:
1) Don't take advice from anyone within your league. Consult an expert from an social media site. They will help you much as possible.
2) Don't target your favorite players without having an legitimate reasoning. Draft smart. Sometimes drafting your favorite players isn't the best option (especially if there clearly better players on the board).
3. Just have fun and enjoy the game.
Thanks for reading ,
Chase Edwards
