Happy post-Thanksgiving everyone and apologies for missing you all last week, but I have a very special profile today...
What makes #GMRRFFA so fantastic is its owners, a group of Riff Raff that have made the league one of the most exciting things out there in the #fantasyfootball world.
Every few weeks, we spend some time getting to know some of you, because understanding the psychology of owners may not be useful, but it sure is entertaining. With that in mind, I’m happy to share some of the insights of the league's best smile – Kerryon my Wayward Johnson (Coop) – who is fresh off saving democracy earlier this month
Kerryon my Wayward Johnson (Coop)
Overall GMRRFFA Record: 17-22
Playoffs: 0-1
2018 Record: 6-5
Current Power Ranking: 8th
Question: How many fantasy football leagues do you play in currently? Answer: Four. One standard league with some college friends that I have been in for 8 seasons (2 third place finishes), another .5 PPR Keeper with a different group of friends from college that I have been in for 6 years (1 win, 1 3rd place), one (everything is a point) work league (which I admittedly am bombing in this year after winning my work league last year), and of course, the incomparable GMRRFFA.
Q: How much time do you dedicate to fantasy football, and the #GMRRFFA league specifically? A: Does the 20 minutes I spend scrolling through WhatsApp to catch up at the end of the day count? Realistically this year, I have been going through the motions due to a busy campaign season so haven't spent much time on my teams (and the results show it). Normally, its a solid half hour every morning with my coffee, browsing the wire, ignoring trade offers, and doing some long term planning, and probably another 10-15 minutes sprinkled throughout the day while on conference calls checking injuries and scouting, all before a 5 minute QC check before the games go off each day.
Q: What's the biggest obstacle to you engaging more in fantasy football? A: This year, its been my schedule. An average day for me this fall has included 3 hours of driving and 3 hours of meetings, and then 3 hours of catching up on work, and has left little time for my fantasies.
Q: What would you tell someone who asked about #GMRRFFA? A: A lot of fun guys who are passionate about the sport and about winning. No dead weight at the bottom of the league never setting their rosters. Not saying there isn't any dead weight: They at least try to win in our league, or at least play a long game with the intent on winning big in future years.
Q: What's the inspiration for your #GMRRFFA Team name? A: I traditionally come up with team names throughout the college football season, looking for potential rookies with interesting names that intersect with history or pop culture. "Guice Guice Baby," "Blake Bortles & Jaymes." "Claudia Jean Prosise," "HydeYoKidsHydeYoWife," "Gurley Man," and "JuJuSmith-SchusterOnThaBeat" have all been my sobriquets. Though, with the pending return of GOT next year, ATHNN may be pull some Jon Snow shit and be resurrected, for what is dead may never die.
Q: What #GMRRFFA moment stands out as the best since you've joined the league? A: They lobbying last season to arrange a veto of a trade, and the offseason efforts on rules changes were memorable, but for me personally, is how close I came to winning last season, only to lose it because I wanted to screw with The Commish. I dropped Eric Ebron for the first round of the playoffs and went with Dwayne Allen starting for a Gronk-less Pats vs Fins on MNF, which I watched from my room at the Holiday Inn Express in Albany, NY while doing laundry and writing a memo on prospective candidates for congress in upstate New York. I was projected to lose by a solid amount going into the weekend, which is one reason I wasn't putting as much thought into my prospects for the day, but I at the very least wanted to make the Commish sweat it out on MNF, and boy did he ever. Kenyan Drake (my flex) went bonkers putting me within a baby's breath of a win, if only Dwayne Allen did, oh, I don't know, ANYTHING. He went 2 for 5, for 10 yards compared to Ebron's 10 for 11 and 94 yds. Lost that game by 9.2pts. Staying with Ebron over Allen had me +12.4. Looking at my scores for Week 15 (165) and Week 16 (130.9), I would have crushed Silvio and then Mark. Alas, it was not to be.
Q: What is your strategy when preparing for an upcoming #GMRRFFA season? A: I pay a lot of attention to free agency and the draft, and then the comings and goings in the pre-season. Then I pull rankings from several sites, creating an optimal rank, and then add in my own personal rankings, obviously weighted, to create a master rank. I then do a few mock drafts to get a feel where the vox populi are ranking players, but those are often so useless after the first round or two, because apparently patience is in short demand in the world today, and the mocks end up falling into autodraft. I then ignore everything I just did and just go where my gut takes me. Admittedly, I frequently get in my head depending on when the draft happens in relation to my other drafts, because I don't like having the same players on too many of my teams.#GMRRFFA was my first draft in previous seasons, so it gave me more freedom to draft anyone, but this year it was my 3rd (better scheduling in the vacuum of the calendar, but less so in the matrix of all my leagues). Also, I'm really fucking cheap. Like, I was poor most of my life, so the thought of spending a lot of money on one thing in real life impacts my spending strategies in fantasy...something that I am working to get over.
Q: Who would you consider your league rival and why? A: The Commish...only because he is the only person in the league I really know. I mean, yeah, I have had drinks with a few of you guys, but I haven't pissed on a fire to put it out with yall.
Q: Since you've been in #GMRRFFA, which roster decision are you most proud of and why? A: Not accepting a trade in 2017 with Silvio for Carson Wentz...four days before he tore his ACL.
Q: Who do you think will win the 2018 title and why? A: There is a lot of parity this year, so its really anybody's league to win.
Q: Which team do you think will place last in the 2018 season and why? A: There is a lot of parity this year, so its really Eric's league to lose.
Q: While every other league is already inferior, what do you enjoy most elsewhere that you'd enjoy in the league?
A: Offseason trades.
Q: What else would you want to share about the league? A: Seriously, what the hell does everyone do all day that they can be that active on WhatsApp?
Q: What is your favorite curse word? A: Limiting my options to the 7 Dirty Words, it would have to be FUCK. Its so versatile. https://youtu.be/JfqEY8QNsjk
Q: In your opinion, what's the most underrated food?
A: Hmm, I have been trying to think about this one since the first Owner Profile was released. I was going to say Cereal, being reminded of a story a couple years ago about millennials not eating cereal because its too much work: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/24/dining/breakfast-cereal.html. But along the same lines, the other breakfast grains (Oatmeal, Grits, Cream of Wheat) get no love.
Q: If you were to get rid of 1 state in the US, which one and why?
A: If Rhode Island or Delaware were all of sudden consumed by the seas, would anyone actually notice? Ok, maybe Delaware because of all the corporations that have a PO Box in Wilmington, but really?? But given the choice, Bye Florida! I mean, Florida is really one of the most shitted up (nope, pissed up, nope, C-worded up, nope, cocksuckered up, motherfuckered up, tits up, nope, nope none of those work, see, gotta go with Fuck, it really is versatile), states. Florida is a fucked up hot mess of a state, with old ass racist farts who want to pretend they are accepting of all the diversity they have in the 3rd largest state in the country but are just as racist as anyone coming out of Mississippi. When you hear about some crazy fucker (Motherfucker or Cocksucker could have worked here) eating someone's face, or trying to fuck a python, or riding bearback on a missile, you go "What the Fuck", until you realize where they are from, and then you say, "Oh, yeah, its Florida." Don't get me started on their fucking elections!
Q: A penguin walks through that door right now wearing a sombrero. What does he say and why is he here?
A: "Does this hat make me look racist? Yes? Perfect! Now I can apply for a job in the Trump Administration."
Q: What do you want to be when you grow up? A: Supreme Court Rapi..., I mean Justice. Seriously though, I do plan to run for office one day, so have fun with this one Oppo Research team!
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