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Someone in your league picked up Favre in the 9^th round, and along with Ronnie Brown in the 5^th, and Kurt Warner in the 14^th round (or week one waiver wire). He’s probably walking around with a  "Dolores McNamara" grin on his face, or otherwise thinks like the teenager who was digging for change in the bottom his father's sock drawer until his fingers glanced upon the cover of a glossy magazine..... "Jackpot". 

He's probably leading the league, and you either hate him, or wish he wasn't such a nice guy - so that you could hate him.

     "Diligence is the mother of good luck."

                             - Benjamin Franklin

This is in deep contrast to the depressed guy in your league who had such “surefire” keepers as Tom Brady, Carson Palmer, Ocho Cinco, Ryan Grant, Laurence Maroney and Antonio Gates, who is now walking around like Roy Cleveland Sullivan wondering when his next potentially fatal blow will happen. If you’re that guy, don't be Roy.  Roy's story had a bad ending.  Maybe clicking this will help.

Let’s all just remember that after all her good luck, Delores has spend her days hiding in fear, plagued by threats of abduction, hated by her peers and friends.  Plus, the NHL and NBA Seasons are just starting, so you can probably still get in a Fantasy pool that has meaning for you.

                                                            "If it weren't fer bad luck, ah'd have no luck a'tall"

                                                                                                   - The guys on “Hee Haw”

The Patriots of 2008 now seem about as secure as a Pamela Anderson brassiere, and teams like the Bills, Titans, Falcons, and Dolphins (Hold on... wha? the Dolphins) with wins against the Pats and Chargers, are about as surprising as a Marisa Tomei Oscar for her role in “My Cousin Vinnie”.

Like Tomei’s Oscar, or the contents of Pam Anderson’s brassiere, the world continues to wait and see whether they're for real or not.

And the Running Back stories?  Running back mayhem and surprises. Egad! LT2 doesn’t seem himself with a bad toe (By the way this is what "turf toe" is), Westbrook seems to get a new injury every week (at least he plays through it), Joseph Addai and Steven Jackson (especially Steven Jackson) have gone missing, and Adrian Peterson… well, ok, he’s Adrian Peterson. But of the top 5-6 running backs in the league, only All-Day is performing close to expectations. Honestly. Raise your hand if you thought after 5 weeks, the top 5 running back point-earners would be; Michael Turner, Frank Gore, Clinton Portis, Marion Barber and Matt Forte. Oh c'mon, you did not.  Ok, MAYBE, if you had a degree in witchcraft you had Gore and Barber, but if you had the other guys, then you deserve to be burned at the stake.  (side note: In hindsight, with results in from both his predecessor and successor, yeah, I guess Cedric Benson really did suck).

Speaking of Forte. I won’t harp on this, because everyone says it week in and week out, but if you just grabbed WR’s in the first 4 rounds and then picked Forte, Chris Johnson, Steve Slaton, LeRon McClain, Jonathan Stewart and Tim Hightower, then you would own 6 of the top 25 Running Backs in your league after 5 weeks.

In the interest of full disclosure, in my 5 FFootball leagues, I’m 4-1, 4-1, 4-1, 4-1, and 2-3 (Curse you Carson Palmer and Larry Johnson!!!!). It won’t last, so I figured I’d post my records now before it all goes to hell.

Please feel free to post your fantasy league stories, or boast about your records in the “comments” section below.

Until next time, 

Author – Rob Pashko, FFootball Collective.