Who are you gonna draft?

Yep, it’s that time of year. You get that email or phone call. You buy that magazine and start researching online. Then the questions start racing through your mind. Where do I pick? Do I take a QB first or a RB? Let’s all say it together, FANTASY FOOTBALL!!!! It has become a five month obsession of checking injury updates, bye weeks and subscribing to the NFL Sunday Ticket. I imagine the NFL loves fantasy football. Why? Week one features an AFC matchup between the Chiefs and Bills. In the early 1990’s, that was a marquee matchup. In 2011, not so much. However, it is very possible that someone could have Jamaal Charles as their RB. That same person could also have Stevie Johnson as their WR (just don’t do him wrong God). Because of fantasy football, everyone wins. The NFL wins because the ratings are up. The fantasy owner wins because he gets to watch two of his fantasy football players. Where does he watch this game? If he watches at home, NFL Sunday Ticket gets another customer. If he watches at the local bar, that bar gets a patron for a three or six hour stretch. Fantasy football has become a phenomenon. It’s no longer the twenty-something college male participating. It’s the retired sixty-year-old male. It’s the soccer mom talking trash to her husband. It’s the sorority sister participating in a league against nine other guys. How many of you out there see a performance by Peyton Manning and say, “That’s a big fantasy week,” completely forgetting whether or not he won the game? We have had big fantasy weeks and big fantasy years. And who are the top performances all time? Well I’m glad you asked because below is a list of the greatest fantasy football team of all time. Well at least of players in the past 30 years, by position.

QB - Tom Brady, 2007 – 398 completions, 4,806 yards. 50 TDs, 8 INTs

QB – Dan Marino, 1984 - 362 completions, 5084 yards. 48 TDs, 17 INTs

RB – LaDanian Tomlinson, 2006 – 1815 rushing yards, 28 rush TDs. 56 rec, 508 rec yds, 3 rec TD

RB – Marshall Faulk, 2000 – 1358 rushing yards, 18 rush TDs. 81 rec, 830 rec yds, 8 rec TDs

WR – Randy Moss, 2003 – 111 rec, 1632 yards, 17 TDs

WR – Jerry Rice, 1995 – 122 rec, 1848 yards, 15 TDs

TE – Tony Gonzalez, 2004 – 102 rec, 1258 yards, 7 TDs

TE – Antonio Gates, 2005 – 89 rec, 1101 yards, 10 TDs

W/R - Priest Holmes, 2003 - 1420 yards, 27 rush TDs. 74 rec 690 rec yards

W/R - Marvin Harrison, 2001 - 109 rec, 1524 yards, 15 TDs

K – Jeff Wilkins, 2003 – 39 FGs, 46 PATs

K – Mike Vanderjagt, 2003 – 37 FGs, 46 PATs

DEF – Bears, 1985 – 198 points allowed, 54 forced TOs, 2 special team TDs, 4 DEF TDs

DEF – Ravens, 2000 – 165 points allowed, 49 forced TOs, 2 special team TDs, 1 DEF TDs