PAIN, USA – I have many regrets in my life. Times I should have made a move, times I shouldn’t have, but none of those compare to the worst decision I have ever made.
Despite riding it out with MVP candidate Matt Stafford for the majority of the fantasy season, I made the bonehead move to not only pick up but play JJ McCarthy this week in the semifinals. It will stand as one of the worst fantasy moves in league history.
I tried to use my brain and it fucked me. For some reason, the projections did not like Stafford against Seattle (he would more than double his projection).The young father McCarthy was coming off back-to-back 20-point games and facing a Giants’ defense that is among the worst in the NFL. I thought the computers were smart. They are not.
Stafford put up 30 and McCarthy, who didn’t even make it through the game, put up an embarrassing 8.32.
I ended up losing to Kris, in our fourth meeting of the season, by 20 points. Had I played Stafford, it would have been a narrow victory for yours truly.
So here I sit, sad on a Tuesday, wishing I had not made the fatal switch.
As a great man once said, “Life sucks and then you die.” So raw, so true.
Must Be Sunday 