Thursday, November 13, 2008

"This is Curious" (or, "Who do I punch?")

Steven Jackson is about to get the biggest face punch I can muster. If he were not on my fantasy team, he'd be receiving a moderate face punch, but no, he was my first round pick and was a stud for me two years ago when he decided that no defense could hold him and he wanted to gain a total of 2334 yards from scrimmage and 16 touchdowns. Ah, that was a good year.

He was disappointing last year as a Fantasy back but still a decent runner, so maybe he was a questionable first round pick considering that he had an offensive line that likes to do an impression of Swiss cheese and was holding out up until a week before the season. But he got paid as well he should and all seemed right in Ram-town, right?

Wrong. So unbelievably wrong. He didn't score until week four, when I benched him. Then in Week 7, he decides he's a golden god and scores 3 touchdowns with 160 yards, hurting himself in the process. Then he sat for a week. Then he "attempted" to play the next week. Then he sat last week, and is doing so again. Did this guy even want to play football this year??

Look, I know the Rams suck and are out of it at 2-7. There is no point in him ruining his career when the team could get an amazing draft pick. But...couldn't you have done this earlier so I hadn't wasted so many weeks playing you? Couldn't you have signed the contract then tapped out after week 6? You guys were 1-4. It was over. Le sigh...

-Jobimoto out.
"And Jackson's tackled for a loss..."

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