The Worst Fantasy Football Draft Pick Ever Made ...

Last night during my fantasy football league draft I was witness to what might likely be the worst fantasy football draft pick ever made.

The first selection in the draft was a major surprise when new Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning was taken first overall. I think this is a bad selection, but it’s definitely a high-risk-high-reward pick that will probably work out well for the player.

The second selection in the draft was Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who will likely be the first quarterback taken in many fantasy football drafts this season and is a great selection.

Then came the third pick, which was taken by one of the league’s players in the blink of an eye without a second guess, and it was so dumbfounding and idiotic that I almost missed my own first round selection out of sheer shock at what I had just witnessed. This league member drafted Kansas City Chiefs running back Peyton Hillis, a player that likely should’ve gone undrafted in our relatively small league, third overall above any other running back. I mean, come on, Peyton Hillis is probably not even dumb enough to draft Peyton Hillis third overall in his own fantasy football league.

Now I’ve talked many times before in my life, even a time or two on this very podcast, about the stupidity and idiocy of sports fans and this fantasy football pick is just another example of it. I’ve heard and seen sports homers time after time, but taking Peyton Hillis, who is likely the Chiefs second string back behind Jamaal Charles, third overall just because he’s a fan-favorite of Arkansas Razorbacks fans pretty much takes the cake.

I know that Hillis had a breakout season with the Cleveland Browns a couple of seasons ago and looked like he could be a budding star in the NFL, but his atrocious season last year made it seem like he was more of a fluke than a potential star. Let me point out that even if this was the same Hillis of two seasons ago that drafting him third overall would still be a terrible mistake. It’s the case of a fan acting with his heart and not his head and it frankly makes me love the fact that there’s a person this unbelievably dumb in my fantasy football league. It should make it all the more easy for me and others to defeat him and potentially win the league.  

How Chris Johnson Screwed Over My Fantasy Team Before the Season Even Started

There are a lot of players in the NFL that I don’t care much for … most of the players that I don’t like have always been of the Terrell Owens, Chad Johnson, Randy Moss nature because I feel like they talk too much and think of themselves first and their team second.

Then you have guys like Mike Vick who I don’t like for things they’ve done off the field.

Well, last week a new player joined my list of NFL stars that I can’t stand and for a different reason, one that probably shows a little selfishness on my part.

That player is Tennessee Titans star running back Chris Johnson, who last week finally ended his preseason long hold out when he and the Titans agreed to a new deal.

You see a few weeks ago my Yahoo Sports fantasy football league held its draft. I had a middle pick in the first round of the draft and figured that I’d select Johnson in hopes that he could maybe have another MVP type season. I took him knowing that he was holding out, but players hold out all of the time and I figured it wasn’t serious.

Well, then I started hearing that it was getting pretty serious and that it seemed more and more likely that Johnson would at least miss a few games. It finally looked so bleak that I offered Johnson up to another competitor in the league for Dallas Cowboys running back Felix Jones, despite Johnson being ranked much higher. I figured a decent back like Jones would be better than nothing and that the other guy would be the one taking on the risk.

A week after I completed that fantasy trade, Johnson finally ended the hold out. Sure, it turns out that I probably worried far too much and ended up making a bad trade that essentially waste my first round draft pick and could severely hurt my chances to win the league. However, it’s a deal I feel Johnson forced me into … so I sure won’t be rooting for his success this season.