Right now, Hector & Victor, the two guys that do the fantasy football prognostications for ESPN.com, are predicting the Giants D/ST will score six points this weekend. Six. Whole. Points. Against Cleo Lemon and the winless and Ronnie Brown-less Miami Dolphins. When Usi Umenyiora will be playing for the first time in front of his Nigerian mother. Really. Six points.
Now, this runs counter to the general trend of H&V drastically overestimating fantasy values. To boot: All of my players, except Giants D and T.J. Housh, are expected to exceed their season averages by an average of 50%.
Why does ESPN do this? Clearly, it’s more fun to think your team has a chance every week - this makes fantasy football more fun. I can imagine fielding a team of has-beens like LSDubC would start to wear on someone (PS: I see you picked up Brown Star mainstay Randy McMichael. Well done; let’s see how that goes.)
However, I find the lack of accuracy/accountability in fantasy football predictions troubling.
The thing about being a fantasy football expert is…you need no qualifications whatsoever. All you have to do is be somewhat entertaining (like the Talented Mr. Roto) and you’re good to go. Man, I wish I had gotten into that game 10 years ago!
Oh yeah, and sorry I haven’t posted in a while. I had to return some videotapes.
Sincerely Yours,
Hotdog
PS: Here’s a funny link from our favorite Rose Bowl-winning Delta Chi.