Another season down the drain. This time around it played out that I had my best team and best season ever but no hardware on the mantle. When I think back, there was one pivotal moment in week 13 just before the playoffs where I entertained the idea of tanking my last week to avoid playing in the 1st round what I believed to be the best and hottest team.
Of course, my skewed interpretation of ethics kicked in and I played my best players and naturally I scored my season high on this meaningless week. And of course, I end up playing the one and only team that could possibly beat me….and of course it happened.
As the playoffs worked themselves out it is possible to gauge how I would have fared the rest of the way. It turns out I would have won the championship handily.
Alas, this is how things play out sometimes. Justice doesn’t get doled out on a regular basis. Sometimes the best teams are weighted heavily towards one division. Our division, all six teams ended up being .500 or better. On the other side: only one team was above .500…..and of course this is the team that ends up winning the title!
This plays out in the real football world too: the NFC is packed with much more talent than the AFC. And I’m guessing the Arizona Cardinals are thinking life isn’t fair right now. They are sitting at 10-5. Even if they go 11-5 they need help to make the playoffs. Meanwhile in the AFC, there are teams locked into the playoffs that are sitting at 10-5 or worse.
For me, time to rework the team and make some deals in the off-season.
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