Pro Bowl

I voted 4 times for the Pro Bowl.  I really wanted to assure that my favorite players made it to Hawaii, even though most people don't care much about the Pro Bowl game.  Perhaps I should have voted more because very few of my players made it to the big game.

The player I'm most excited for is my dear Nick Mangold.  Not only is he arguably the best Center in the league, but he's one of the coolest guys around.  As I've mentioned before, Nick and I are friends on Twitter.  Seriously, he's supposed to be sending me a macaroni necklace as a belated Christmas present.  I'm not just a creepy weirdo who tweets him incessantly (though I do), but he actually follows me and tweets me back.  He's so easily accessible and likable and incredibly dedicated to his team.  I just adore him and I'm so happy that the fans recognize his hard work.  However, I'm hoping he can't go to the Pro Bowl because he'll be ineligible due to playing in the Super Bowl.

I'm also very proud of Marc Mariani, my little rookie Kick Returner.  He had such a great rookie season and I'm happy that he got the recognition he deserves.  Good job, kid!

I do have a few bones to pick about two particular players who did NOT get selected:

Chris Johnson- Seriously?  I know he didn't have the best season, but the guy had 11 touchdowns, over 1,300 yards and gets overlooked for the Pro Bowl?  That's ludicrous to me, not just as a Titans fan, but as a fan of great football players.  I feel personally slighted that he didn't make the cut.  Dude's got swagger and is friends with Lil' Wayne, that should be reason enough to put him in the Pro Bowl. 

Peyton Hillis- Yet another, SERIOUSLY?!?!?  Look at those guns!  Bro is awesome!  1,100 rushing yards, 474 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns.... Proof that fans should not be in charge of Pro Bowl voting. 

Also, because he's my favorite Titan, I am disappointed that Cortland Finnegan was excluded as well.  I know he has an attitude, but he's a fierce competitor and I think it would be fun to watch him in the Pro Bowl for a second consecutive year.

Next year, I'll take some more time for voting so I have less to bitch about after the roster is announced.

xoxo,
Blanche Sanche

A successful first foray into Fantasy Football

Now that my first season of fantasy football has come to an end, I find it only appropriate to take to my blog and profess...


I WON!!!!!!!

In a league of people I don't know and have never talked to, but, dammit, I still won!  Before I decided to start an "office league" (many of the members of the league do not work with me), I joined a random NFL.com league.  I created my player wish list, but forgot to participate in the actual draft.  I still ended up with a pretty successful roster.

WEEK 1:

QB- Mark Sanchez
RB- Chris Johnson
RB- Jerome Harrison
WR- Nate Washington
WR-Santana Moss
WR- Mike Wallace
TE- Jermichael Finley
K- David Akers
Def- 49ers

Bench:
QB- Matt Stafford
RB- Fred Jackson
RB- Brandon Jacobs
RB- Laurence Maroney
WR- Devin Aromashodu
WR- Santonio Holmes

Over the season, I had my ups and downs.  Chris Johnson didn't do as well as predicted, Mark Sanchez doesn't have a middle ground between playing really well and sucking, Santonio Holmes was out for the first 5 weeks.  But, by week 15, I was 8-6, which was good enough to get me into the playoffs.

FINAL ROSTER:

QB- Josh Freeman
RB- Chris Johnson
RB- Peyton Hillis
WR- Santonio Holmes
WR- Mike Wallace
WR- Santana Moss
TE- Mercedes Lewis
K- David Akers
Def- Packers

Bench:
QB- Mark Sanchez
WR- Austin Collie
RB- Mike Tolbert
WR- Nate Washington
TE- Zack Miller
Def- Titans

Josh Freeman and Peyton Hillis were definitely the best players I could have acquired for my team.  A lot of my wins are credited to them.

But, now what?  Now that fantasy football is over for the season, I feel empty inside.  FF literally consumed my life for the past few months.  Guess I'm going to have to start plotting for next season....

xoxo,
Blanche Sanche