[Nittany Dodgers]

Well, I drafted what I thought was going to be a monster team in my local money league this year. I've won the title the last two years running. This is only a partially competitive league, with about 5 owners being serious fantasy footballers, a couple more being somewhat serious, and 2-3 who are total nutcases who win only when they are lucky.

It is a ten team, keeper league, with an auction draft. Players drafted at the auction are signed to three year contracts for their acutioned price, and their contract remains in place until they are cut. Each year we can keep up to $75 dollars of our $150 total cap.

Going into the draft this year, I kept Ahman Green ($49), Chambers ($6), Elam ($1), Tampa D ($1), Baltimore D ($1), Davenport ($6), Chris Brown ($1), Emmitt Smith ($5), Larry Johnson ($1). At the drafted I added Jake Plummer ($1), Curtis Martin ($20), Terrell Owens ($32), Dallas Clark ($1), Wheatley ($7), and Brandon Lloyd($2). I was admitted thin at WR behind Owens, but it is a 2 WR league only, and I figured I could trade RB depth for a WR down the line. Since I've won 2 years in a row, no one will trade with me, fairly anyway. Someone who drafted 3 QBs dropped Brooks, so I nabbed him for Plummer. I've also since added Marcus Robinson and Reggie Wayne. I should have a great record, but here's now the season has gone.

Week 1-3 went fine. Started 3-0. The only possible thing I could have changed is starting Chris Brown over Ahman Green in Week 2, but I wasn't going to do that, and it didn't cost me the game. Then, in week 4, I benched Martin in a what I thought would be a tough matchup against the Miami D. Brown gets 7 points for me, Green gets 10.6. On the bench are Martin's 19.1 points and Emmitts' 19.5 points. I also dropped Dallas Clark after 2 bad weeks, and he gets a TD. Result is a loss. In week 5, I go back to Martin, and bench Brown. Martin goes for 10 points, Brown for 27.2, and Ahman gets a whopping 3.8. Emmitt also outscores both of my starters with 11.3. Fortunately I played a winless team, and I managed the win. Week 6 rolls around, and I finally bench Green. He does better than Brown (albeit, by only 3 poitns). I also dropped Jeb Putzier who scores a touchdown. Second loss of the season. Then, this week, I keep Green on the bench, and start Brown and Martin. Brown gets 7.3, Martin goes for 7. On the bench is Green with 26.7 and Emmitt with 18.6. I also cut bait on Chambers this week who finally explodes. Another loss drops me to 4-3, with two teams in my division at 5-2.

Every move I make with this team is for the bad. :Banghead :Banghead :Banghead :Banghead