It's led to more sports fans that don't have a team. You could legitimately make an argument that the legalization of gambling in the US has contributed to the rise in male loneliness.
Best fantasy memory for me is in our league, one of the guys drafted Andrew Luck literally 10 minutes before his retirement announcement. Most hilarious thing we have ever had and still talk about to this day.
Duuuuuuude LMAO In NHL fantasy i drafted sean couturier without realizing he had like back surgery or some shit and was out for the year. that was my 5th pick hahahaha
I run a 12 team league with just my family, there’s no money involved. We just play for a championship trophy, a losers trophy and trash talk. It’s one of my favorite things in my entire life and I look forward to it every year.
Our family does this too, I stopped with the money leagues and work leagues a few years ago. Its one fantasy league with the family now. We draft steelers high do things like that don't make things in the draft. It's a good time.
My favourite memory: I always put hours into research on who to draft but I struggled every season. Last year, I missed the draft so it was on auto picking mode and I won the league 💀
I only played once, many years ago. I drafted a kicker and a defense in the early rounds because I wanted the kicker on the best offense as well as the best defense, and made the playoffs with them. I also took two running backs in the first two rounds, and they both dominated that season. Might have been Marshawn and AP.
My funniest fantasy memory is way back when my and my dads teams were tied right up until the end of the MNF game and it was like "well shit we got one of those rare ties" and then he lost a point on a QB kneel cuz it counts as a -1 yd rush.
I almost didn’t do fantasy this year but I couldn’t bring myself to drop out a of league with my high school buddies who all live across the country. It never even occurred to me that the only reason I’m still in contact with a few of those guys is the fantasy season. I came to the understanding it was luck based a few years ago and I actually won my first league last year and I thought about going out on top. But when august rolled around and I got the “you in for another season?” Txt I couldn’t so no and after watching this video and thinking about it, as long as that league is active I will be. Sports is so much more than a game to so many people. Loved the video and thank you for giving me one more reason to hate my life every Sunday for awhile longer
The last two times I played fantasy in a full season I got off to horrible starts, recovered, reached the final championship round, only to fall short😭
I played fantasy football 10 years ago and my buddies girlfriend who knew nothing about football won that year. There were times she wouldn’t even substitute players on byes and still won lol. It honestly has taught me to never gamble on a game. The randomness of sports is too crazy for me.
Fantasy has made me watch teams, defenses and get invested in players I'd normally never watch. Our friends group is a bunch of former athletes win some D1 ball players - its always about the players first. The Chubb and Saquon injuries were more about how much it sucked for the player, less that our imaginary teams were not down a man. Its just a bonus if the player you have on your roster goes off.
We haven't thought about it but we might as well - we do all go to Church on sunday's post IR hit to make sure we send thoughts / prayers.@@realwiggles
Tell me about it I have terrible luck every year and yet I come back and do it to get trashed on by my friends lmao. Lost Chubb and rodgers already for the year 😂
@@masterbaiters1183I think I drafted pretty well. Took Nico Collins and nacua with my first pick but I still lose high scoring matchups weekly hate away
@@TheTEN24unless you drafted in-season why would you take Nacua with a first? Actually, why would you take Nacua with a first at all, his production is gonna tank when Kupp comes back.
The back-to-back footage at 4:05 of Antonio Brown's meltdown and Jefferson putting up 2 points in the championship week LITERALLY is me 😭. I lost in the championship two years in a row while having both on my starting lineup.
I LOVE the Donkey Kong Country music playing in the background! I stopped playing fantasy football 5 or 6 years ago because it was draining. Hours were spent every single week researching players, tendencies and matchups just to make one adjustment to my lineup. The last season I played, I went as casual as possible, basically starting whoever had the higher projected points for the week - and got 2nd. It made me realize how big of a crapshoot the game is overall, which took a lot of the desire away. More importantly, I oftentimes had players from division rivals on my team which always put me in that stupid scenario of "I hope the Packers lose but Aaron Rodgers goes off". It started to make football Sunday chaotic and stressful, rather than fun.
This is my first year doing three leagues. Everything you said is spot on, especially the learning players component of playing fantasy. It helps get names out there across the entire league that casuals players/viewers would not know. The wins are fun but the losses can be brutal.
My friends and I have a fantasy league where nothing makes sense and everything is insane. We all came up with two rule changes before the season began and the person with the highest score each week gets to introduce a new one. This has led to things like forcing us to start three kickers each, giving QBs points for a touchdown if they throw a Pick 6, granting bonus points ("the blessing of Thor") to players playing on Thursdays, etc. It's wildly unfair but also insanely unpredictable. I love it.
I played for 15 years or so and made myself stop last year. It was overtaking my enjoyment of just watching football. High level leagues for big money is a lot of work and gets stressful. I may go back someday but I’m good for now.
My story is the same. Almost the exact same, in fact. Only I played for 18 years. And have now been clean for 3. Of course, I use that verbiage (clean) jokingly... mostly. And I say THAT because it, absolutely, was an addiction. I have always been a numbers guy. A stat nerd, so to speak. I have also always loved the lore of sports. Particularly football and baseball. I grew up watching "NFL Films Presents" and adore that part of the game. But, my competitive nature coupled with being a numbers obsessed sports geek, fueled an obsession once I started playing in the more serious high-end leagues. I say high-end as in both money involved, but also rules and strategies. The last 12 years of my F.F. playing was in a keeper league, where one was, essentially, a GM. We had multiple drafts per year (one for out leagues free agents, and one for NFL rookies). I would get less sleep on Monday nights, because I was staying up until midnight to hit that waiver wire... often to stand pat, but also to see what my comp was doing. We had guys getting in trouble at their jobs because they were on their phones on the league pages, instead of working. We had a couple that damn near broke up, because they both played in the league. Their were friendships that were tested and weakened because of questionable trade tactics getting reported and turned down. It was intense. And also insane... once I stepped back to really look at it. To top it off, I was no longer watching the game I love so much for the stories. For the lore, that I grew up loving. I was missing all of that, because I was so intensely invested in the individual performances. I wasn't seeing the forest, for the trees, as the saying goes. I had to self-reflect, realize that I am far too competitive (as are many of friends and colleagues), and a little too obsessive, and step away from it. It was a great decision. I have more time on my hands, and have fallen back in love with the sport itself: the lore, the players, the play-calling. Every season is a story, with each team, hell even games, being the chapters... and I can see that again. And remember the seasons for those storyline rather than the season that the Pleasant Grove Buzz had Peyton Manning the year he broke the passing TD mark, only to fall to the Celtic Wolfpack in the playoffs, whose owner didn't even know who Joe Montana was. Enjoy your time away. And congrats on quitting. I know it's nor the easiest thing to put down, even though it absolutely should be. (Also, sorry for the book. 😏 I just read your comment and could relate...)
Same here, played from 2005-2021. I stopped bc of injuries mainly, just got tired of having a decent team only to lose 3/4 of them every year without fail. Also hated how it became about stats and not about human beings. I'm surprised how much more I enjoy football again, not stressing over fantasy. Just enjoy it for what it is. Another thing I hated is everyone bragging and showing their team. It's like we get it man you have a team.........so does everyone else.
@@rolmodel12. I’m with you. I miss the draft more than anything but I don’t miss staring at my phone all day instead of watching the games. I honestly enjoy watching football more since I quit. It’s nice to just focus on my favorite team and let them drive me crazy now.
@garrusvakarian6322 totally! The draft(s) was the best part of the season. A weekend day, or evening, spent with some old friends, making some new ones (or meeting some interesting folk anyway), having some drinks and talking ball. It would often turn into a bbq/party/event in and of itself. Last season, I was invited back to the draft, as I was the honorary big board person: writing the selections in. I had a blast! Watching people lose their minds, while scrambling to reorganize their draft plans when one of their players was taken, was a LOT more fun as an outsider. Lol. Highly recommend. I didn't even miss being one of the participants.
The entirety of the NFL has become too much about gambling. I remember watching games with my friends or talking to online buddies and it was about the games. Now it is "Oh my god, I got the under/over on this many yeards/TDs from this player" or "Just score to cover the spread! Stop milking the clock!" or other such nonsense. As you said, teams are in it to win games, not cover your bets or fantasy games and it is just really disappointing to see people who used to really love the game now just care more about individual stats due to monetary interests.
When I heard that someone in my $50 buy in league (already really high for me) was also in a $1,000 buy in league, that's when I realized people take this too seriously
I can’t speak for everyone but I feel that when there’s money involved with fantasy football it takes away a lot of joy and adds a lot of stress, I play fantasy for the love of the game and to stay involved with current players.
I had Nick Chubb as a keeper and traded up to get JK Dobbins. Was bummed for my fantasy team when they went down obviously (especially since the rest of my roster is doing really well and I feel like I might actually be able to compete), but was also sad for these players I grew fond of to have to endure such tough injuries. I was so relieved to know that Chubb’s injury wasn’t as bad as originally feared, not because it increases his fantasy outlook, but it gives him a better shot at coming back stronger and staving off what could have been a career ending injury for an awesome player. Become fans of your fantasy players, it makes injuries hurt more, but you also don’t dehumanize them.
We had a running gag between a few people in my league after the first 3 years. I had wanted a hand in drafting my players and I’m very meticulous in drafting players and free agency and all that. But the year we started was after week 1 so it auto drafted and I got to do all my reconstruction through free agency. Year 2 my flight was delayed and by the time I could set the players I wanted to draft, I was too busy boarding. The year after that my flight landed and was delayed again, due to the fact another plane was parked at our gate and I didn’t have service on the tarmac. These days I’m normally in town for the draft but it was a funny three first years
Still remember the time my country's soccer league adopted a fantasy football thing (called Cartola) which the local media conglomerate naturally marketed to hell and back. Tried one year, remembered about it for two or three weeks tops then just ignored it and never went back. Still feels like an incredibly foreign concept even if I've tried it similar fantasy things for other sports (including NFL) with similar attention rates.
I think I've had like 2 fantasy teams ever. One was waaaay back in the early days of Yahoo fantasy leagues and I happened to pick up Randy Moss and Randall Cunningham during their Very Special Year. Without even trying I won that league. I think I tried one more time a few years later and realized how much I hated keep an eye on injury news, guessing who might get the most touches, etc, and never bothered again.
Fantasy is a major way I can stay connected with my dad and other family members now that I’ve moved to Europe. Four years of missing MNF because it’s at 2:30 am, but it’s worth it.
Currently reckoning with whether my previous season getting carried by Travis Kelce and Derrick Henry was a fluke. This year I drafted Chubb, Alvin Kamara and Garrett Wilson, so far I'm not having fun.
I play in a few leagues every year and if you play long enough, every conceivable outcome for or against you will eventually occur. I don't take outcomes as seriously as I used to. I can draft/acquire players to the best of my knowledge. However, I've accepted that I cannot control the external circumstances (injuries, play-calling) that affect my teams.
2 favorite fantasy football memories In 2017 or 2018 I was in the Super Bowl, in the morning I set my lineup and literally had 6 players from the chiefs vs Seahawks game, went to work, passed out from my long day of work and woke up to being back to back champion Then my all time favorite memory was the 2021 season, I started 1-5 and was just so busy with my girlfriend who was pregnant I didn’t really pay all to much attention to fantasy that year, but some how I scratched and clawed my way into the playoffs and the weekend my son was born I won the wild card game
There are 256 regular season games a year. Not all of them will be nail-biters. Fantasy football gives me a reason to watch a throwaway game like Indianapolis vs Vegas.
My favorite memory is when I was down big and I thought there was zero chance of coming back but since my league has extra points for big plays the Hopkins Hail Mary against Buffalo won me the game and something I’ll never forget.
I’m playing fantasy for the first time ever and I’m in two leagues with some friends and I’m bordering on 3-0 and 1st place in my main league and I’m absolutely demolishing my friend in my other league right now. I’m not anticipating this success continuing but I’m certainly going to enjoy it while it lasts.
Best fantasy memory for me was when I did a fantasy football league with my family one year, and my mom only drafted quarterbacks. Turns out, she got all of the good ones, and the rest of the family had none. This gave her basically all the negotiating leverage for trades.
I'm 33 years old and I've never played fantasy football. The worst was one of my former roommates, who on Sunday mornings would watch the fantasy football show, rather than the actual football analysis show.
I went into week 15 last year with the bye week and had Kyler, Hurts, Taylor, and Pollard all healthy. All of them got hurt by week 17 and I got blown out in the championship for a second year in a row in my dynasty league
My favorite fantasy moment was Peyton's last year, I was playing against him in the championship. Watching my lead slowly disappear as he marches down the field... he completes a pass to give my opponent a tiny lead over me.... and then throws a game-sealing pick on the next play
People who value their team over the health of a playets are some of the most annoying people I encounter on sports Twitter. Was in my first ever championship game last season going into MNF, and I only needed a few more points from Tyler Boyd to win, then Damar Hamlin went down. It was an awful way to end the season, but safety of the player's comes before everything. Unfortunately others on Twitter couldn’t seem to process that
I played fantasy football once d and some of the reasons you listed is why I stopped. I find it hard for me to enjoy football and focus on what actually matters
Very glad I found this video on the day my team has 3 40+ point scorers(one picked up an hour before game time to replace Saquan) and 14 point Defense from my favorite team
In my second year now. We had a 6 man league last year (that i was invited to by one friend) and we were all kinda new but I think I had the most football knowledge. But it was such a funny experience. We just played for bragging rights and in the end I won the championship after starting off hot at 4-0 and then 4-4 and finished 7-8. Luckily the two 12-3 teams were in the other division and I just sneaked out first in mine and got a free bye. And then in the semis both the powerhouse 12-3 teams lost (one by me) in absolute upsets. And we ended with a championship between a 7-8 team (me) and a 5-10 team. It’s very luck based but such a funny experience that’s great for anyone with any football knowledge. This year we’re running it back but I also started my own league with my close group of friends for an 8 man league. Most aren’t football fans but I’m trying this experiment to see how they learn the game and perform. So far I like how it’s going.
I enjoy fantasy football but every couple years I quit and so I can watch the games without constantly obsessing over it. If you get too into it you completely forget about everything else related to football. Every single piece of data you get is a dopamine hit or loss related to its fantasy implications I don't know how the house so many people have like five or six different fantasy teams. I could never do more than one without it feeling incredibly overwhelming
I played fantasy football for 8 years and won 0 money. And yet I still won 3 league titles and played it for pure competition solely. Bragging rights in my league had a personal value and pride you can’t put a price on. I stopped because I felt the best way to end playing FF was to go out on top.
I typically stick to the free NFL fantasy leagues since they're a lot more fun without needing about stakes while still getting dopamine from doing well
My favorite memory: it was my first year of fantasy football in 2017, I drafted devante freeman and aj green. The day before the first Thursday night game of the season I traded away devante freeman and aj Greene for Kareem hunt and AB… needless to say I had a pretty awesome first fantasy season 😂
I'm in 3 leagues, 2 of them for a good amount of money. The third one though is my favorite and the one I care about the most because its the one me and my friends started together when we were sophomores in high school. We've had so many laughs and good times because of this league and no doubt it is the reason we are still close and keep in contact with each other to this day. Like today my friend freaking out in the chat because he had Mostert and Achane on his roster and started neither of them lol
I did fantasy football for about 8 years. Just can’t be bothered to care about it anymore. I don’t care who each teams 2nd string player at each position is, I don’t care about the waiver wire, I don’t care about bye weeks. I just care about watching good football and hopefully seeing my hometown team win each week. Fantasy football becomes a chore the second you join a league with people who care about it more than you do
Can we just talk about how gambling is so just blasted everywhere now? It is so cancerous to make people think gambling and betting is just a normal thing to do with your money. In terms of fantasy this was my first season of doing it and I just realized it kind of ruins the traditional viewership. Now I'm not rooting for teams to win or lose it just rooting for certain players and even playing against someone that is the opposite wr or rb to your player. It is just so odd but I will admit it is fun but overall imo it ruins the game.
i lose week 1 134.9-135.9 because darren waller sat out the 4th quarter, i lose week 2 because i bench daniel jones and he goes for 30, going to lose week 3 because i start daniel jones
I played fantasy football twice and fantasy basketball once. I came in second in basketball and football the first year. It was stressful to me and it was bs how I lost both. After last years fantasy football I vowed to never play again lol. I’m not playing this year and so far I’m loving it!
I decided against fantasy this year and get to enjoy Sundays in a much better way. I actually have time to enjoy the team aspect rather than stressing over who’s on the wire what’s my IR looking like. But respects to everyone who toughs it out year after year
I will always be haunted by my fantasy season last year. I went undefeated until the championship game, where I lost by 2 points. For some reason I didn't walk away after that, its got a stranglehold on us all
I’ve lead my leagues in points scored for 2 years but missed the playoffs both years because I versed a top 2 team every week for actually 2 years, I didn’t think this was possible
I was way into it for years, but yeah nowadays it's just a nice way to follow all the stats and i only play one casual team yearly. Just pissed me off.
It's far more luck than skill today. You have to get lucky because everyone is specialized now. You never know when your RB/WR might have 3 carries for 10 yards or 20 carries for 180 yards. You can't just drop and pickup players nonstop every week. I had Nick Chubb this year and had Christian McCaffrey when he was the consensus #1 pick only for both both to end up lost for that year.
I also don't like how the points are done. I wish you could draft a full team including defensive players and that each position had detailed points based on important stats
Just draft your favorite team as your fantasy team. It works great and makes it totally effortless to watch and enjoy football! And it works great! Source: I drafted the Dolphins in my first ever fantasy league and I’m 3-0! I scored 181.66 points this week! My team name is OnlyFins and watching football is even more fun because now I know more about the Dolphins depth chart.
I’ve been a perennial cellular dweller in fantasy football when I played, I was usually 5-9 or 4-10, or 6-8. That’s my hobby of choice is CAW where you create wrestlers and make a show out of it.
1st year playing fantasy football and drafted Nick Chubb with my second pick...I already haten Fantasy football 😂. Get well soon homie, the NFL isn't the same without you!
Joined a public league on Sleeper for the first time. A guy in the league wanted ton scam me for a player I had. So, he knew the commissioner and the commissioner dropped my entire starting roster to his team (whom I was matched up with this week). The commissioner was also losing the match even with taking all my players and putting them on his bench because I had Achane. So he used commissioner powers to put Achane on my bench so I was once again losing. But I quickly added players and was about to win by 1 point. So he removed my backup quarterback so I was once Al more…. losing again. Now I have all backups on my roster and no way to lock in players. Fantasy football does in fact SUCK, especially when there’s collusion and cheating and no way to stop it.
basketball and football were always a struggle because of injuries and how comp it is and recently i havent been able to have james harden cuz of his TRADE DEMAND!
What most people don't understand is that being a fantasy manager is a simulation of being an NFL GM or involved team owner. You can field your best roster and start your best players but sometimes injuries, coaching, etc. cause you to lose. There's a lot of luck involved in football itself, so it stands to reason luck plays a factor for teams (both in fantasy and the NFL). It's just inherent to the game. I've finished top 4 and/or made the playoffs in every league I've played in since 2012. It often comes down to playing the waiver wire and utilizing trades to overcome bad luck.
Ive been playing fantasy with my main league for about 6 years, no gambling. Just guys who met on a game and been doing fantasy football together since.
I did fantasy football just once. My fantasy team started out rough, but I was able to win the league at the end. I haven’t done fantasy football since, just because I’m content with having won the league in my only time doing fantasy. I don’t feel the need to come back to it since I’m proud of what I accomplished.
Similar thing here. I played twice, won once. And while it was fun, it was also time consuming and I don’t have the time to follow every detail of the game.
My feelings on FF can be summarized by a line from the old Joe's Dinner commercial/skit from NFL, "So Jeff Garcia throws for 300 yards in a losing effort and suddenly you're the big winner?"
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I respect people that play fantasy just for the love of the game. The gambling aspect has brought the worst out of sports talk content.
Every single time a team scores a garbage time TD or FG the discourse is: “Vegas called”
"sports gambling has ruined sports" could be a video in and of itself
It's led to more sports fans that don't have a team. You could legitimately make an argument that the legalization of gambling in the US has contributed to the rise in male loneliness.
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I'm so sick of garbage time scores. @@Matt-dp7ze
Best fantasy memory for me is in our league, one of the guys drafted Andrew Luck literally 10 minutes before his retirement announcement. Most hilarious thing we have ever had and still talk about to this day.
That’s fucking hilarious
Never ever draft before Labor Day.
yeah i drafted kupp 3rd overall the day before he got hurt
Makes me realize in every league someone probably drafted Andrew Luck right before he retired
Duuuuuuude LMAO In NHL fantasy i drafted sean couturier without realizing he had like back surgery or some shit and was out for the year. that was my 5th pick hahahaha
I run a 12 team league with just my family, there’s no money involved. We just play for a championship trophy, a losers trophy and trash talk. It’s one of my favorite things in my entire life and I look forward to it every year.
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That is honestly the best type of fantasy when you play with your friends or family.
Our family does this too, I stopped with the money leagues and work leagues a few years ago. Its one fantasy league with the family now. We draft steelers high do things like that don't make things in the draft. It's a good time.
This is the positive effect that fantasy football can have 👏🏽
That’s what it’s all about my dude!
My favourite memory: I always put hours into research on who to draft but I struggled every season. Last year, I missed the draft so it was on auto picking mode and I won the league 💀
Played one season, barely touched it after week one, still made the playoffs. *shrug*
That’s a bad league lol
I only played once, many years ago. I drafted a kicker and a defense in the early rounds because I wanted the kicker on the best offense as well as the best defense, and made the playoffs with them. I also took two running backs in the first two rounds, and they both dominated that season. Might have been Marshawn and AP.
Taco moment
@@yunggrahamcracker4568 I'm from Europe. What does this mean lol?
My favorite memory was when I drafted Cooper Kupp, Nick Chubb, and Dionte Johnson this year. Great times
i literally drafted Chubb & Diontae and traded for Kupp 😭
Kupp is on you though lol
Drafting Kupp is all ur fault.
My funniest fantasy memory is way back when my and my dads teams were tied right up until the end of the MNF game and it was like "well shit we got one of those rare ties" and then he lost a point on a QB kneel cuz it counts as a -1 yd rush.
Ain’t no way that’s hilarious what was his reaction?
This literally just happened in my league this past Monday when Burrow kneeled to end the game 😂
I almost didn’t do fantasy this year but I couldn’t bring myself to drop out a of league with my high school buddies who all live across the country. It never even occurred to me that the only reason I’m still in contact with a few of those guys is the fantasy season. I came to the understanding it was luck based a few years ago and I actually won my first league last year and I thought about going out on top. But when august rolled around and I got the “you in for another season?” Txt I couldn’t so no and after watching this video and thinking about it, as long as that league is active I will be. Sports is so much more than a game to so many people. Loved the video and thank you for giving me one more reason to hate my life every Sunday for awhile longer
The last two times I played fantasy in a full season I got off to horrible starts, recovered, reached the final championship round, only to fall short😭
Congrats, you are the Buffalo Bills of your fantasy league
Bro that happened to me too didn’t run Chubb on the goal line 😔
Bro is 0-2 in fantasy rn😂
I get his arguments, but this was the most 0-2 shit I've heard lmao
@@kylepulis3193both of u: 🐶💔
I played fantasy football 10 years ago and my buddies girlfriend who knew nothing about football won that year. There were times she wouldn’t even substitute players on byes and still won lol. It honestly has taught me to never gamble on a game. The randomness of sports is too crazy for me.
Fantasy has made me watch teams, defenses and get invested in players I'd normally never watch. Our friends group is a bunch of former athletes win some D1 ball players - its always about the players first. The Chubb and Saquon injuries were more about how much it sucked for the player, less that our imaginary teams were not down a man. Its just a bonus if the player you have on your roster goes off.
Do you guys all get together and make care packages for players that go on IR or something
@@realwigglesthat sounds like you’re saying it as an insult but that’s a hilariously fantastic idea
We haven't thought about it but we might as well - we do all go to Church on sunday's post IR hit to make sure we send thoughts / prayers.@@realwiggles
I usually change my name to something like Chubbs knee or Rodgers Achilles.
There's nothing like picking up a RB free agent, inserting him in your line up and having him score 25 fantasy points that week.
Hello Zach Moss lol
Kyren Williams for me
I think this guy had Rodgers and Chubb on his fantasy team
Tell me about it I have terrible luck every year and yet I come back and do it to get trashed on by my friends lmao. Lost Chubb and rodgers already for the year 😂
Looks like you gotta draft better
@@masterbaiters1183nice name but you can’t predict injuries
@@massivematt3113 not with that attitude
@@masterbaiters1183I think I drafted pretty well. Took Nico Collins and nacua with my first pick but I still lose high scoring matchups weekly hate away
@@TheTEN24unless you drafted in-season why would you take Nacua with a first?
Actually, why would you take Nacua with a first at all, his production is gonna tank when Kupp comes back.
The back-to-back footage at 4:05 of Antonio Brown's meltdown and Jefferson putting up 2 points in the championship week LITERALLY is me 😭. I lost in the championship two years in a row while having both on my starting lineup.
I LOVE the Donkey Kong Country music playing in the background!
I stopped playing fantasy football 5 or 6 years ago because it was draining. Hours were spent every single week researching players, tendencies and matchups just to make one adjustment to my lineup. The last season I played, I went as casual as possible, basically starting whoever had the higher projected points for the week - and got 2nd. It made me realize how big of a crapshoot the game is overall, which took a lot of the desire away.
More importantly, I oftentimes had players from division rivals on my team which always put me in that stupid scenario of "I hope the Packers lose but Aaron Rodgers goes off". It started to make football Sunday chaotic and stressful, rather than fun.
This is my first year doing three leagues. Everything you said is spot on, especially the learning players component of playing fantasy. It helps get names out there across the entire league that casuals players/viewers would not know. The wins are fun but the losses can be brutal.
My friends and I have a fantasy league where nothing makes sense and everything is insane. We all came up with two rule changes before the season began and the person with the highest score each week gets to introduce a new one. This has led to things like forcing us to start three kickers each, giving QBs points for a touchdown if they throw a Pick 6, granting bonus points ("the blessing of Thor") to players playing on Thursdays, etc.
It's wildly unfair but also insanely unpredictable. I love it.
I played for 15 years or so and made myself stop last year. It was overtaking my enjoyment of just watching football. High level leagues for big money is a lot of work and gets stressful. I may go back someday but I’m good for now.
My story is the same.
Almost the exact same, in fact. Only I played for 18 years. And have now been clean for 3.
Of course, I use that verbiage (clean) jokingly... mostly. And I say THAT because it, absolutely, was an addiction. I have always been a numbers guy. A stat nerd, so to speak. I have also always loved the lore of sports. Particularly football and baseball. I grew up watching "NFL Films Presents" and adore that part of the game. But, my competitive nature coupled with being a numbers obsessed sports geek, fueled an obsession once I started playing in the more serious high-end leagues. I say high-end as in both money involved, but also rules and strategies. The last 12 years of my F.F. playing was in a keeper league, where one was, essentially, a GM. We had multiple drafts per year (one for out leagues free agents, and one for NFL rookies). I would get less sleep on Monday nights, because I was staying up until midnight to hit that waiver wire... often to stand pat, but also to see what my comp was doing.
We had guys getting in trouble at their jobs because they were on their phones on the league pages, instead of working. We had a couple that damn near broke up, because they both played in the league. Their were friendships that were tested and weakened because of questionable trade tactics getting reported and turned down.
It was intense. And also insane... once I stepped back to really look at it.
To top it off, I was no longer watching the game I love so much for the stories. For the lore, that I grew up loving. I was missing all of that, because I was so intensely invested in the individual performances. I wasn't seeing the forest, for the trees, as the saying goes.
I had to self-reflect, realize that I am far too competitive (as are many of friends and colleagues), and a little too obsessive, and step away from it.
It was a great decision. I have more time on my hands, and have fallen back in love with the sport itself: the lore, the players, the play-calling. Every season is a story, with each team, hell even games, being the chapters... and I can see that again. And remember the seasons for those storyline rather than the season that the Pleasant Grove Buzz had Peyton Manning the year he broke the passing TD mark, only to fall to the Celtic Wolfpack in the playoffs, whose owner didn't even know who Joe Montana was.
Enjoy your time away. And congrats on quitting. I know it's nor the easiest thing to put down, even though it absolutely should be.
(Also, sorry for the book. 😏 I just read your comment and could relate...)
Same here, played from 2005-2021.
I stopped bc of injuries mainly, just got tired of having a decent team only to lose 3/4 of them every year without fail. Also hated how it became about stats and not about human beings.
I'm surprised how much more I enjoy football again, not stressing over fantasy. Just enjoy it for what it is.
Another thing I hated is everyone bragging and showing their team. It's like we get it man you have a team.........so does everyone else.
@@rolmodel12. I’m with you. I miss the draft more than anything but I don’t miss staring at my phone all day instead of watching the games. I honestly enjoy watching football more since I quit. It’s nice to just focus on my favorite team and let them drive me crazy now.
@@BenDover91187 Same. Fantasy was making watching football not fun for me. Been nice just being a fan of the game again.
@garrusvakarian6322 totally! The draft(s) was the best part of the season. A weekend day, or evening, spent with some old friends, making some new ones (or meeting some interesting folk anyway), having some drinks and talking ball.
It would often turn into a bbq/party/event in and of itself.
Last season, I was invited back to the draft, as I was the honorary big board person: writing the selections in. I had a blast! Watching people lose their minds, while scrambling to reorganize their draft plans when one of their players was taken, was a LOT more fun as an outsider. Lol.
Highly recommend. I didn't even miss being one of the participants.
The entirety of the NFL has become too much about gambling. I remember watching games with my friends or talking to online buddies and it was about the games. Now it is "Oh my god, I got the under/over on this many yeards/TDs from this player" or "Just score to cover the spread! Stop milking the clock!" or other such nonsense. As you said, teams are in it to win games, not cover your bets or fantasy games and it is just really disappointing to see people who used to really love the game now just care more about individual stats due to monetary interests.
When I heard that someone in my $50 buy in league (already really high for me) was also in a $1,000 buy in league, that's when I realized people take this too seriously
I can’t speak for everyone but I feel that when there’s money involved with fantasy football it takes away a lot of joy and adds a lot of stress, I play fantasy for the love of the game and to stay involved with current players.
I had Nick Chubb as a keeper and traded up to get JK Dobbins. Was bummed for my fantasy team when they went down obviously (especially since the rest of my roster is doing really well and I feel like I might actually be able to compete), but was also sad for these players I grew fond of to have to endure such tough injuries. I was so relieved to know that Chubb’s injury wasn’t as bad as originally feared, not because it increases his fantasy outlook, but it gives him a better shot at coming back stronger and staving off what could have been a career ending injury for an awesome player. Become fans of your fantasy players, it makes injuries hurt more, but you also don’t dehumanize them.
We had a running gag between a few people in my league after the first 3 years. I had wanted a hand in drafting my players and I’m very meticulous in drafting players and free agency and all that. But the year we started was after week 1 so it auto drafted and I got to do all my reconstruction through free agency. Year 2 my flight was delayed and by the time I could set the players I wanted to draft, I was too busy boarding. The year after that my flight landed and was delayed again, due to the fact another plane was parked at our gate and I didn’t have service on the tarmac. These days I’m normally in town for the draft but it was a funny three first years
Still remember the time my country's soccer league adopted a fantasy football thing (called Cartola) which the local media conglomerate naturally marketed to hell and back. Tried one year, remembered about it for two or three weeks tops then just ignored it and never went back.
Still feels like an incredibly foreign concept even if I've tried it similar fantasy things for other sports (including NFL) with similar attention rates.
I think I've had like 2 fantasy teams ever. One was waaaay back in the early days of Yahoo fantasy leagues and I happened to pick up Randy Moss and Randall Cunningham during their Very Special Year. Without even trying I won that league. I think I tried one more time a few years later and realized how much I hated keep an eye on injury news, guessing who might get the most touches, etc, and never bothered again.
Fantasy is a major way I can stay connected with my dad and other family members now that I’ve moved to Europe. Four years of missing MNF because it’s at 2:30 am, but it’s worth it.
Currently reckoning with whether my previous season getting carried by Travis Kelce and Derrick Henry was a fluke.
This year I drafted Chubb, Alvin Kamara and Garrett Wilson, so far I'm not having fun.
Donkey Kong music, football talk, and buddy keeping in touch cause of fantasy…. You understand me so well
Always a great day when you upload
4:58 WHO TF GETS DRUNK AT APPLEBEES?!?!?!?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I play in a few leagues every year and if you play long enough, every conceivable outcome for or against you will eventually occur. I don't take outcomes as seriously as I used to. I can draft/acquire players to the best of my knowledge. However, I've accepted that I cannot control the external circumstances (injuries, play-calling) that affect my teams.
My first year of fantasy football I had 7 running backs get season ending injuries, and on the last week I was starting a 33 year old Ahmad Bradshaw
2 favorite fantasy football memories
In 2017 or 2018 I was in the Super Bowl, in the morning I set my lineup and literally had 6 players from the chiefs vs Seahawks game, went to work, passed out from my long day of work and woke up to being back to back champion
Then my all time favorite memory was the 2021 season, I started 1-5 and was just so busy with my girlfriend who was pregnant I didn’t really pay all to much attention to fantasy that year, but some how I scratched and clawed my way into the playoffs and the weekend my son was born I won the wild card game
There are 256 regular season games a year. Not all of them will be nail-biters. Fantasy football gives me a reason to watch a throwaway game like Indianapolis vs Vegas.
My favorite memory is when I was down big and I thought there was zero chance of coming back but since my league has extra points for big plays the Hopkins Hail Mary against Buffalo won me the game and something I’ll never forget.
I’m playing fantasy for the first time ever and I’m in two leagues with some friends and I’m bordering on 3-0 and 1st place in my main league and I’m absolutely demolishing my friend in my other league right now. I’m not anticipating this success continuing but I’m certainly going to enjoy it while it lasts.
Best fantasy memory for me was when I did a fantasy football league with my family one year, and my mom only drafted quarterbacks. Turns out, she got all of the good ones, and the rest of the family had none. This gave her basically all the negotiating leverage for trades.
Nice song choice for the last few mins when you were talking about how fantasy football is actually cool.
Which boss theme were you using at the start? Around 1 minute
Logan!!! Your alive! Great video as always man 😁 proud patron
I still cannot believe I drafted Jefferson first to see him injured after just a handful of games.
Oh and I had Nick Chubb
I'm 33 years old and I've never played fantasy football. The worst was one of my former roommates, who on Sunday mornings would watch the fantasy football show, rather than the actual football analysis show.
Adding the underwater Donkey Kong music to the last part of the video was tactical genius. Put me exponentially more in my feels
I went into week 15 last year with the bye week and had Kyler, Hurts, Taylor, and Pollard all healthy. All of them got hurt by week 17 and I got blown out in the championship for a second year in a row in my dynasty league
Once drafted 3 kickers is the most wild. 😂😂😂
My favorite fantasy moment was Peyton's last year, I was playing against him in the championship. Watching my lead slowly disappear as he marches down the field... he completes a pass to give my opponent a tiny lead over me.... and then throws a game-sealing pick on the next play
People who value their team over the health of a playets are some of the most annoying people I encounter on sports Twitter. Was in my first ever championship game last season going into MNF, and I only needed a few more points from Tyler Boyd to win, then Damar Hamlin went down. It was an awful way to end the season, but safety of the player's comes before everything. Unfortunately others on Twitter couldn’t seem to process that
GET IN! I had Set The Edge in my team, hope he posts next week too!
I played fantasy football once d and some of the reasons you listed is why I stopped. I find it hard for me to enjoy football and focus on what actually matters
I quit playing fantasy in 2017 after playing for a decade. Felt like I wasn't enjoying football the same way. I have no intentions of playing again.
Very glad I found this video on the day my team has 3 40+ point scorers(one picked up an hour before game time to replace Saquan) and 14 point Defense from my favorite team
I came for your perspective, stayed for the Donkey Kong sound track in the background!!
We don't talk about Chubb
In my second year now. We had a 6 man league last year (that i was invited to by one friend) and we were all kinda new but I think I had the most football knowledge. But it was such a funny experience. We just played for bragging rights and in the end I won the championship after starting off hot at 4-0 and then 4-4 and finished 7-8. Luckily the two 12-3 teams were in the other division and I just sneaked out first in mine and got a free bye. And then in the semis both the powerhouse 12-3 teams lost (one by me) in absolute upsets. And we ended with a championship between a 7-8 team (me) and a 5-10 team.
It’s very luck based but such a funny experience that’s great for anyone with any football knowledge.
This year we’re running it back but I also started my own league with my close group of friends for an 8 man league. Most aren’t football fans but I’m trying this experiment to see how they learn the game and perform. So far I like how it’s going.
I enjoy fantasy football but every couple years I quit and so I can watch the games without constantly obsessing over it. If you get too into it you completely forget about everything else related to football. Every single piece of data you get is a dopamine hit or loss related to its fantasy implications
I don't know how the house so many people have like five or six different fantasy teams. I could never do more than one without it feeling incredibly overwhelming
5:27 this is genuinely the hardest I’ve laughed from a football video ever lmao.
I played fantasy football for 8 years and won 0 money. And yet I still won 3 league titles and played it for pure competition solely.
Bragging rights in my league had a personal value and pride you can’t put a price on.
I stopped because I felt the best way to end playing FF was to go out on top.
Favorite player you used on your teams if anyone?
I typically stick to the free NFL fantasy leagues since they're a lot more fun without needing about stakes while still getting dopamine from doing well
That Donkey kong OST in the background, I see you STE with your love of gaming.
The key to fantasy football is to have as much fun as possible while simultaneously putting your team in the best position to win each week.
I legit can't have a reasonable discussion about the Falcons because everyone is mad due to them picking up London and Pitts for their leagues.
My favorite memory: it was my first year of fantasy football in 2017, I drafted devante freeman and aj green. The day before the first Thursday night game of the season I traded away devante freeman and aj Greene for Kareem hunt and AB… needless to say I had a pretty awesome first fantasy season 😂
I'm in 3 leagues, 2 of them for a good amount of money. The third one though is my favorite and the one I care about the most because its the one me and my friends started together when we were sophomores in high school. We've had so many laughs and good times because of this league and no doubt it is the reason we are still close and keep in contact with each other to this day. Like today my friend freaking out in the chat because he had Mostert and Achane on his roster and started neither of them lol
I did fantasy football for about 8 years. Just can’t be bothered to care about it anymore. I don’t care who each teams 2nd string player at each position is, I don’t care about the waiver wire, I don’t care about bye weeks. I just care about watching good football and hopefully seeing my hometown team win each week.
Fantasy football becomes a chore the second you join a league with people who care about it more than you do
I play fantasy and I agree, I say I will get out of it the next year and end up doing it again. It is very addictive.
Can we just talk about how gambling is so just blasted everywhere now? It is so cancerous to make people think gambling and betting is just a normal thing to do with your money. In terms of fantasy this was my first season of doing it and I just realized it kind of ruins the traditional viewership. Now I'm not rooting for teams to win or lose it just rooting for certain players and even playing against someone that is the opposite wr or rb to your player. It is just so odd but I will admit it is fun but overall imo it ruins the game.
Bro I remember watching that Game between the bears and the giants where Saquon tore his ACL.
My brother, a diehard Dolphins fan, was mad when Mostert scored and happy when Stevenson scored last week. All because of fantasy matchups.
i lose week 1 134.9-135.9 because darren waller sat out the 4th quarter, i lose week 2 because i bench daniel jones and he goes for 30, going to lose week 3 because i start daniel jones
3:31 - In all seriousness, Kyle Pitts hasn't gotten enough targets to justify the *FOURTH OVERALL PICK.*
My favorite fantasy moment happened this year in our draft, one of my boys couldn’t make it so the CPU auto drafted him 8 QB’s in a row😂😂
I played fantasy football twice and fantasy basketball once. I came in second in basketball and football the first year. It was stressful to me and it was bs how I lost both. After last years fantasy football I vowed to never play again lol. I’m not playing this year and so far I’m loving it!
I wish I wasn’t playing . So much stress 😂
Love the Donkey Kong Country music in the background. Great vid.
Donkey Kong Country 2 music put me at ease. Great video 🔥
I decided against fantasy this year and get to enjoy Sundays in a much better way. I actually have time to enjoy the team aspect rather than stressing over who’s on the wire what’s my IR looking like. But respects to everyone who toughs it out year after year
I will always be haunted by my fantasy season last year. I went undefeated until the championship game, where I lost by 2 points. For some reason I didn't walk away after that, its got a stranglehold on us all
Congratulations you’re the 2007 New England Patriots 🎉
@@BigWood21 I have greater empathy for that team after last year
Miss your content brotha. Hopefully you drop some more stuff soon 💯
I’ve lead my leagues in points scored for 2 years but missed the playoffs both years because I versed a top 2 team every week for actually 2 years, I didn’t think this was possible
Did not expect dark souls music in a football video
I was way into it for years, but yeah nowadays it's just a nice way to follow all the stats and i only play one casual team yearly. Just pissed me off.
Mr Set the Edge, thank you for making this video, Arthur Smith would be proud
2nd year of fantasy and last year I finished 2nd with Alvin kamara as my 1st pick and currently I’m pretty much tied for first
It's far more luck than skill today. You have to get lucky because everyone is specialized now. You never know when your RB/WR might have 3 carries for 10 yards or 20 carries for 180 yards. You can't just drop and pickup players nonstop every week. I had Nick Chubb this year and had Christian McCaffrey when he was the consensus #1 pick only for both both to end up lost for that year.
I just like the managing the team part of ff. I really could care less about the result just drafting players and managing a team is fun
I also don't like how the points are done. I wish you could draft a full team including defensive players and that each position had detailed points based on important stats
Just draft your favorite team as your fantasy team. It works great and makes it totally effortless to watch and enjoy football!
And it works great!
Source: I drafted the Dolphins in my first ever fantasy league and I’m 3-0! I scored 181.66 points this week!
My team name is OnlyFins and watching football is even more fun because now I know more about the Dolphins depth chart.
I’ve been a perennial cellular dweller in fantasy football when I played, I was usually 5-9 or 4-10, or 6-8.
That’s my hobby of choice is CAW where you create wrestlers and make a show out of it.
1st year playing fantasy football and drafted Nick Chubb with my second pick...I already haten Fantasy football 😂. Get well soon homie, the NFL isn't the same without you!
Joined a public league on Sleeper for the first time. A guy in the league wanted ton scam me for a player I had. So, he knew the commissioner and the commissioner dropped my entire starting roster to his team (whom I was matched up with this week). The commissioner was also losing the match even with taking all my players and putting them on his bench because I had Achane. So he used commissioner powers to put Achane on my bench so I was once again losing. But I quickly added players and was about to win by 1 point. So he removed my backup quarterback so I was once Al more…. losing again. Now I have all backups on my roster and no way to lock in players.
Fantasy football does in fact SUCK, especially when there’s collusion and cheating and no way to stop it.
The worst part is people at work trying to talk to me about their fantasy teams
I do it to slam dunk on my buddies but it just gets more and more sad with every injury
basketball and football were always a struggle because of injuries and how comp it is and recently i havent been able to have james harden cuz of his TRADE DEMAND!
What most people don't understand is that being a fantasy manager is a simulation of being an NFL GM or involved team owner. You can field your best roster and start your best players but sometimes injuries, coaching, etc. cause you to lose. There's a lot of luck involved in football itself, so it stands to reason luck plays a factor for teams (both in fantasy and the NFL). It's just inherent to the game. I've finished top 4 and/or made the playoffs in every league I've played in since 2012.
It often comes down to playing the waiver wire and utilizing trades to overcome bad luck.
My fourth straight season starting off 0-2 and you bet I’m gonna play again next year
Ive been playing fantasy with my main league for about 6 years, no gambling. Just guys who met on a game and been doing fantasy football together since.
Yo did u use the donkey Kong water level theme. Nice
6:28 literally the best feeling
I did fantasy football just once. My fantasy team started out rough, but I was able to win the league at the end. I haven’t done fantasy football since, just because I’m content with having won the league in my only time doing fantasy. I don’t feel the need to come back to it since I’m proud of what I accomplished.
Similar thing here. I played twice, won once.
And while it was fun, it was also time consuming and I don’t have the time to follow every detail of the game.
My feelings on FF can be summarized by a line from the old Joe's Dinner commercial/skit from NFL, "So Jeff Garcia throws for 300 yards in a losing effort and suddenly you're the big winner?"