I hate you Orton
My fantasy football team was 90 seconds from moving to the finals and all Kyle Orton had to do was not turn the ball over or take a sack. What does he do? He throws an interception, which gave my opponent enough for a 78.80 - 77.45 victory because he had the Vikings D going.
To make matters worse, all the Bears offense had to do to subtract three points from my opponent was score one measly point in the second half! One point!
Orton was 90 seconds away from making up for his fumble against Wisconsin in 2004, which has sent Purdue Football into a spiral that they still haven't came out of. Purdue was ranked fifth in the country going into the game against Wisconsin and Orton was being talked up as a Heisman candidate until he fumbled the ball, which was returned for a TD by the Badgers with only 2:36 remaining the game. The TD gave the Badgers 20-17 victory.
I'm sure I'll forgive Orton with time, but I'm done saying that he should be the starting QB of any NFL team. He's a third stringer all the way.
To be fair, it's not all Orton's fault. Tom Brady, Randy Moss, and Joseph Addai all turned in less than stellar performances. However, my least favorite person has to be Brian Westbrook.
Westbrook was pressured by one of his lineman to stop 1 yard shy of the goal line so that the Eagles could run out the clock. The Cowboys had scored a grand total of six points all game long. I'm sure an 11 point lead with less than two minutes would have stood up.
I think that whoever Westbrook was playing in his fantasy football league had him so Westbrook intentionally didn't score to spite his opponent.
I also believe that Westbrook and lineman John Runyan owe some kind of compensation to all fantasy owners that lost this week due to Westbrook not scoring the TD. I'm thinking of starting a class action lawsuit. Who's with me?
To make matters worse, all the Bears offense had to do to subtract three points from my opponent was score one measly point in the second half! One point!
Orton was 90 seconds away from making up for his fumble against Wisconsin in 2004, which has sent Purdue Football into a spiral that they still haven't came out of. Purdue was ranked fifth in the country going into the game against Wisconsin and Orton was being talked up as a Heisman candidate until he fumbled the ball, which was returned for a TD by the Badgers with only 2:36 remaining the game. The TD gave the Badgers 20-17 victory.
I'm sure I'll forgive Orton with time, but I'm done saying that he should be the starting QB of any NFL team. He's a third stringer all the way.
To be fair, it's not all Orton's fault. Tom Brady, Randy Moss, and Joseph Addai all turned in less than stellar performances. However, my least favorite person has to be Brian Westbrook.
Westbrook was pressured by one of his lineman to stop 1 yard shy of the goal line so that the Eagles could run out the clock. The Cowboys had scored a grand total of six points all game long. I'm sure an 11 point lead with less than two minutes would have stood up.
I think that whoever Westbrook was playing in his fantasy football league had him so Westbrook intentionally didn't score to spite his opponent.
I also believe that Westbrook and lineman John Runyan owe some kind of compensation to all fantasy owners that lost this week due to Westbrook not scoring the TD. I'm thinking of starting a class action lawsuit. Who's with me?
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4 Comments:
Fantasy football ruins the enjoyment of watching football because you want your NFL team to win but then again you want the people they are going against to have a good game as well but oh well can't do anything now and thats retarded what westbrook did but alot of the players are self centered and only do whats best for them.
i disagree, i think fantasy football makes football more enjoyable for the most part, there are some occasions where you are in a bad spot with your team, but I've actually learned a lot more about other teams and other players and i've grown to love football more due to being in these leagues. Unfortunately for Ryan, he got screwed by an unselfish player. I think what Westbrook did was smart and assured that his team would win.
I do like watching football more than I did before I started fantasy.
I could have won had I went with the Bears D instead of the Titans D so it's partially my fault. I just frustrating losing like that when I feel I have the best team in the league.
Westbrook's play was very smart, however, I stil contend that an 11 point lead with less than 2 minutes to play against a Cowboys team that had scored only 6 points all game would have be enough to win the game for the Eagles.
I think a little piece of me died last night when I saw Orton's pass get picked off.
I guess you guys are right come to think of it and that is why its called fantasy football you don't know how things are going to turn out for sure and that what makes it fun.
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