Stat Guys Suck

First off, excellent Officials article JNR! While reading, it immediately reminded me of last season when I had a similar circumstance, except this time it was the scorers table that screwed me over. It was a Monday night and I had a close fantasy matchup on my hands. Towards the end of the game, Jake Delhomme (my starting QB) handed off to his fullback who took the ball and wobbled up to the line where he was met at the line by several D-lineman. He fumbled and the defense recovered. This was all fine and good, because I had Delhomme, not the fullback. However, after the game that I thought I had won by a single point, I checked the league site only to find out that I had lost by a point! I thought to myself, "self, how could this be?"

I looked at all players' stats closely... and discovered the scorers had given the fumble to my homie Delhomme! I couldn't believe it, so I looked through the drive chart on nfl.com carefully and found the play! It was the same play to the fullback that I saw clear as day (I knew it was that particular play because the FB had only one carry that game). I was furious... but I told myself that I couldn't get mad over how the ball bounces, and that I had in fact probably won several games because of my opponents lack of luck. Still, I was upset being that I had already marked it down as a win. This was week 1 of the season. When all was said and done, my team, the Disposable Heroes, missed the playoffs by a half of a game. My advice, score as much as you can, as often as you can, and leave no doubt who is the best team.