A mixed blessing

As someone who LOVES fantasy football to the point of obsession, I was delighted to see that many of the networks were doing fantasy football specials this year. Then, I realized...they had no idea what they were talking about.

Here was my first clue -- ESPN did their draft, and Suzy Kolber took Brett Favre with her second pick. She then followed up with Jerome Bettis in the third round, and the Pittsburgh defense in the fourth. There's simply nothing that can help her win with this team, aside from dumb luck. For those who don't play fantasy football, there's nothing wrong with any of those players, it's just that she passed on guys like Donovan McNabb, Julius Jones, Dominick Davis, and the like in order to take guys who would have been there in the 6th round or later. WAY later in terms of the Pittsburgh defense. I should also mention this was an EIGHT team league, which is preposterous in its own right.

Then, on the FOX show - lord knows why I had hopes for this - both Terry Bradshaw and Troy Aikman agreed that Favre was the #2 QB. Look, I love Brett Favre - how can't you? But in terms of fantasy football, he is at BEST the 4th QB, and much more likely the 6th or 7th. Terry Bradshaw was either drunk or bored, or both. Halfway through it, he started screaming out the defenses he'd rank higher than his "official" picks. He ranked Priest Holmes as the 10th best RB.

Sigh.

Fantasy football is NOT real football. In real life, I'd always want Favre leading my team over Trent Green, Marc Bulger or Kerry Collins. In fantasy? Maybe not so much.

All it would take is having a fantasy expert - and they are legion - host the show, and provide real fantasy advice. The only reason someone watches those shows is to get actual fantasy help, and currently, they provide NONE. So sad.