I spent time researching players, teams, strategies for the draft and solicited help from Mountain Man when I barely knew him, offering some sort of incentive for his advice.
Fantasy football took up a bit of time. Sunday and Monday were spent watching football games. Tuesday morning were emails to Mountain Man with recaps on how we did. Tuesday morning through Thursday evening, I was thinking about who to play and who I might want to add/drop. And Saturday evening was another email to Mountain Man for advice, mostly on defense, but about match-ups too. Some weekend car rides, I would put on sports radio to listen to hear their advice and mid week I would try to keep up with player injuries.
Sure, I brainstormed with Mountain Man about my team, but the draft I picked on my own and I didn't always listen to his advice. It was great to have someone I can ask questions to so I can manage the team better. By mid-season, he went from calling the team my team to our team.
In the end, I won both the highest overall score with 1976 points (second highest points was 1625) and my team won our Superbowl. For the most part, my main players were:
Quarterback - Drew Brees
Running Backs - Jamaal Charles, Eddie Lacy, Knowshon Moreno, Giovanni Bernard
Wide Receivers - Antonio Brown, Brandon Marshall,
Tight Ends - Julius Thomas, Rob Gronkowski, Jordan Cameron
Kicker - Steven Hauschka, Dan Bailey
Defense - Kansas City
The trophy will be passed around in the coming years to whoever wins the Superbowl along with bragging rights for a year.
It was lot of fun, while I am looking forward to playing again next year, I did so well this year, that going into it knowing the odds again are slim. And to be doing it 100% solo is a little nerve racking.
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