Talking trash with a punch
Fantasy football just wouldn’t be the same without trash talk. I love it. I love warning opponents they’re going down. I enjoy pointing out when league mates are wrong and the occasional insult is a staple of my trash talking repertoire.
But verbal assaults are best when accompanied with roster moves that can improve your team and hurt your target’s chances at the same time. For example an owner, who shall remain nameless to protect his/her dignity, in one of my favorite leagues got a little out of hand with the trash talking. Of course, I fired back (several times) but today right above my post on the league forum he can find my acquisition of Indianapolis Colts QB Jim Sorgi.
Seems harmless right? Not quite. Sorgi is the handcuff for his pride and joy, Peyton Manning. The owner foolishly failed to lock up Manning’s backup, and if Manning were to go down, Sorgi would be a huge steal. His limited career numbers are enough to make you at least raise an eyebrow (five TDs and only one INT) and Helen Keller could have put up big numbers in the high powered Colts offense.
Will the move pay off? Probably not, because Manning hasn’t missed a game since he was drafted in 1998. If it does however, I’ll be throwing a “Peyton Manning broke his leg” celebration party where I’ll tell the victim that the only reason I had Sorgi on my roster was because he couldn’t shut his mouth.
If anyone has any stories about trash talk I’d love to hear ‘em. I know people are reading this thing, but I’d like to seem more interaction with you guys.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be out purchasing my Peyton Manning voodoo doll.
But verbal assaults are best when accompanied with roster moves that can improve your team and hurt your target’s chances at the same time. For example an owner, who shall remain nameless to protect his/her dignity, in one of my favorite leagues got a little out of hand with the trash talking. Of course, I fired back (several times) but today right above my post on the league forum he can find my acquisition of Indianapolis Colts QB Jim Sorgi.
Seems harmless right? Not quite. Sorgi is the handcuff for his pride and joy, Peyton Manning. The owner foolishly failed to lock up Manning’s backup, and if Manning were to go down, Sorgi would be a huge steal. His limited career numbers are enough to make you at least raise an eyebrow (five TDs and only one INT) and Helen Keller could have put up big numbers in the high powered Colts offense.
Will the move pay off? Probably not, because Manning hasn’t missed a game since he was drafted in 1998. If it does however, I’ll be throwing a “Peyton Manning broke his leg” celebration party where I’ll tell the victim that the only reason I had Sorgi on my roster was because he couldn’t shut his mouth.
If anyone has any stories about trash talk I’d love to hear ‘em. I know people are reading this thing, but I’d like to seem more interaction with you guys.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be out purchasing my Peyton Manning voodoo doll.
posted by The Coach at 7:58 PM
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