Alright, listen up, y’all. We gotta figure out this football stuff, this… uh… “fantasy” team thing my grandson keeps yammerin’ about. He’s always hollerin’ ’bout some fellas named Najee Harris and Diontae Johnson. Says I gotta pick one for the team, but darned if I know which one’s better.
So, let’s talk about these two fellas, Najee and uh…Dee-on-tay, is it? Sounds like fancy names to me. My grandson, he keeps showin’ me numbers and charts, but my eyes ain’t what they used to be. All them squiggles and dots just make my head spin.
From what I gather, Najee, he’s the one who runs with the ball. A “running back,” they call him. Sounds like hard work to me. Reminds me of chasin’ chickens back on the farm, all that huffin’ and puffin’. My grandson says Najee, he gets the ball a lot, specially near that… whatchamacallit… “goal line.” That sounds important, I reckon. If you gotta get the ball across that line to score, then a fella who does that a lot must be pretty good, right?
- Najee runs with the ball.
- He gets the ball a lot near the goal line.
- Sounds like he works hard.
Now, this Diontae fella, he’s different. He’s a “wide receiver,” they say. That means he catches the ball, I think. Like catchin’ eggs afore they hit the ground, but with a pigskin instead. My grandson says he ain’t doin’ so hot this year. Somethin’ about not catchin’ enough balls or somethin’. He says this fella needs the ball thrown to him a whole bunch to be any good, but that ain’t happenin’ much lately.
They keep talkin’ about “points.” Seems like the more points you get, the better you are. And these fellas, they got folks who guess how many points they gonna get each week. Sounds like a whole lotta guessin’ to me. They call it “projections,” fancy word for guessin’, if you ask me. They say Najee might get around nine points, while this Diontae fella might get… zero. Zero! That don’t sound too good, does it? If a fella ain’t gettin’ no points, he ain’t helpin’ the team much, I reckon.
Now, they also talk about “PPR.” Lord knows what that means. More numbers and letters, just makin’ things complicated. But from what I can piece together, it has somethin’ to do with catchin’ the ball. Seems like Diontae, he used to be good at that PPR stuff, but not so much anymore. They say he needs to prove he can still catch the ball good with this new quarterback fella. Sounds like a whole lotta drama to me. I just want someone who can get the job done, no fuss, no muss.
So, who do I pick? Well, it seems to me like this Najee fella is the safer bet. He gets the ball a lot, he runs hard, and he scores points, or at least they think he will. This Diontae fella, he’s more of a question mark. Maybe he’ll get better, maybe he won’t. But I ain’t got time for maybes. I need someone I can count on. My grandson says it’s a big decision, says I gotta think about it. But honestly, it seems pretty clear to me.
Give me the fella who runs with the ball and gets them points. That Najee fella sounds like a workhorse. He might not be fancy, but he gets the job done. And that’s good enough for me. This fantasy football thing is confusin’ enough as it is. I don’t need no fancy fellas causin’ me more headaches.
Anyways, that’s my two cents. Take it or leave it. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I gotta go make some supper. All this talkin’ about football has made me hungry.
Tags: Fantasy Football, Najee Harris, Diontae Johnson, Start Sit, Week 14, Running Back, Wide Receiver, PPR, Fantasy Advice, Player Projections
