Forget about week 16. Won it with 161.96 points. Forget about week 17. None of that really matters. What matters is that the Galapagos Tortoise once again displayed its dominance by putting on a clinic and bringing home the gold in the “Football’s Like My Best Thing” fantasy football league for 2009. Carried by a 13th pick steal, the one, the only, Chris Johnson, en route to his 2000 yard season and Drew Brees doing what he does best, no one, so I’ve been told, had a chance.
There were stellar seasons all around though. Few weak links. I got exactly what I wanted from Ryan Grant as my 3rd pick. Solid each week finishing as the #7 back despite being the 16th back off the board. Reggie Wayne in the 4th carried my team for the first half of the season. Matt Ryan and Kyle Orton in the 5th and 8th did enough. DeSean Jackson in the 9th round? Umm… I can’t complain. Let’s not forget Owen Daniels in the 11th round. He was unstoppable until he was stopped. Vernon Davis off the waiver wire (WHAT?) was an OK fill in I suppose. Nothing beats picking up the #1TE off waivers after you lose the #1TE to a season ending injury. The Eagles defense in the 12th came up huge in some real big games throughout the season. And David Akers off the waver wire ended up as the #1 kicker.
There were some busts. As a 6th round pick, Dwayne Bowe played alright and made my WR position pretty crowded despite riding my bench until he missed 1/4th of the year due to suspension. Not too hot. For my W/R, Larry Johnson in the 7th was a complete failure. I got all I needed from Hightower and Wells later on off the waiver wire. And those were just the early busts. Practically no one in the later rounds was on my team by the end of the year.
When all was said and done, the Tortoises won by over 350 points… over 20 points a week. This team also reached a new total points mark for our 10 team league, 2579.99, exacting revenge on the Tom Brady/Randy Moss led J-E-T-S team of 2007 that made me come in 2nd during AP’s phenomenal rookie season. It’s another fantasy season in the books and it ended the best way possible. With the Galapagos Tortoises on top.
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