Fantasy Football 2013 Roster!

That time of the year again... fantasy football season.  We just finished our draft and I had first draft position.  So we all know who I picked first... Adrian Peterson!  Who else?

The draft ended an hour ago... C is still trying to get me to agree to some trades.  Who do you think has the better team??  I'll pick a random commenter to win a Bath and Body Works gift card (with minimum 10 respondents).

My roster
QB: RGIII
WR: Larry Fitzgerald
WR: Danny Amendola
RB: Adrian Peterson
RB: Steven Ridley
TE: Jermichael Finley
W/R/T: DeAngelo Williams
K: Josh Brown
Def: HOU
Bench: Mike Williams (TB), Matthew Stafford (QB), Bryce Brown (RB), Alshon Jeffrey (WR), Fred Jackson (RB) & Rob Housler (TE).

C's roster
QB: Tom Brady
WR: Julio Jones
WR: Randall Cobb
RB: Ray Rice
RB: Jonathan Dwyer
TE: Antonio Gates
W/R/T: T.Y. Hilton
K: Blair Walsh
Def: St. Louis
Bench:  Jordan Cameron (TE), Rob Gronkowski (TE), Mike Wallace (WR), Ronnie Hillman (RB), Percy Harvin (WR) & Isaiah Pead (RB).

Looks like we made it... Survived FFAD (Fantasy Football Affective Depression)

I am proud to introduce my boyfriend, the CHAMPION!  Yes, C won his 16 team fantasy football league with IDP.  For people who do not know fantasy football, it is an impressive feat.  More importantly, we survived.  If we can do it, so can you!

Today was again an especially difficult day.  We are at my parents' house, with no NFL Redzone.  So C went to watch the game at a bar, but I could not go with him.  Not only could I not go with him, but I could not watch football at all.  So my only source of his mood was checking his fantasy football scoreboard.  You would think it would have been relatively nice, because his gloom and doom conviction was not around.  I theoretically could just enjoy myself.

Update: FFAD #2 (Fantasy Football Affective Depression)

Here we sit, talking about football, relaxed.  This will last until Thursday night.  Luckily (for me especially), it looks like C survived his matchup and is entering the championship game.  Just yesterday, he was talking about his fantasy football funeral.  He even dressed in all black.  All through the 1:00 & 4:00 games, we barely spoke.  I said little, because I knew how nervous he was.  He didn't say much other than expressing his frustrations.  Though when we did speak, it was followed with a lot of "knock-on-wood."  I was feeling a little superstitious.

However, we survived.  Through a lot of support for one another and care.  We survived only to face it again this upcoming week.  The good news is he'll win some $$ either way.  You can bet I'm expecting a nice dinner out for being so supportive.  {I'm not perfect}

Living with FFAD (Fantasy Football Affective Depression)

It is that time of the year again, where fellow fantasy football players enter their league playoffs and losing one game ends the season.  Now C belongs to a very dedicated group of fantasy football players (FF'ers).  They have a live draft (as in physically together) and there is not only money but bragging rights and reputations on the line.  And boy is there bragging rights.  Myself I play in a much less serious league, but one which I feel just as vested in.  After all there is dinner and servitude on the line for us.

So now as we enter the second week of the playoffs, C and I are faced with FFAD (Fantasy Football Affective Depression).  Many of you might have seen the result of FFAD.  Begging on twitter for Bryce Brown to actually do something besides dropping the ball!  After all you made the gamble to put him in.  Or yelling at Cam Newton for somehow making one of the biggest point play of his season.  Wasn't he facing a sophomore slump?  Whatever the results, the cause is the same.  It is the end of the Fantasy Football season and though you can join another fantasy sport, none feels as well organized.  If you lose a game now, it is no longer just an obstacle to entering the playoffs.  You are out.  Done.  Finished.  Finito!  

From my experience living with FFAD, I have found the following helps.

Just as with SAD and light bars, you can simulate as if the season is still going on.  Through joining another fantasy sports team.  Basketball has been going on and baseball will be starting.

Dawn simulation, which helps the body raise naturally as if the skys are still bright can be used here too.  This means doing your traditional football routine.  It might not hurt to still go to the bar and watch the games with your friends.  After all part of the fantasy football fun is to do that.  Enjoy your "medicine" in the forms of the beer you would normally consume while watching a game.  Now I am not saying drown your sorrow in alcohol.  That would be very unhealthy!

Other ideas are..