Kinda late on posting this one, eh? Well, I won my Week One matchup against “Vida Es Un Carnaval”.  Adrian Peterson really came through with 31 points.  I should have played Matt Ryan instead of Aaron Rodgers, but everything worked out at the end of the day.  My biggest upset: Anthony Gonzalez got injured!  I’ve since dropped him and Laveranues Coles (1 pt, bro?) and picked Justin Gage and Devery Henderson.  Look out for Week 2 results on Tuesday!

The 2009 Tecmo Fantasy Bowl Draft took place yesterday and as promised, here’s my lineup.

Starting Lineup

Quarterback: Aaron Rodgers

Wide Receivers: Steve Smith, Wes Welker, & Anthony Gonzalez

Running Backs: Adrian Peterson and Derrick Ward

Tight End: Tony Gonzalez

W/R: Leveranues Coles

Defense/Special Teams: New York Giants

Defensive Player: Jon Beason

Bench

Matt Ryan, Marshawn Lynch, Michael Crabtree, Ricky Williams

My bench is kinda suspect, I’ll admit, but I’m confident Michael Crabtree will come to some kind of deal with the 49ers. I’ve already waived Ricky Williams for Tim Hightower and will probably be getting rid of Marshawn Lynch. Whatever it takes to get that Bill Winkenbach Trophy.

Orchestrated Pain will not loose this year!

For the past four years, a few friends and I have maintained a fantasy football league. We only play for bragging rights, no money exchanged. This year the stakes got higher. Enter the Bill Winkenbach Trophy:

The Bill Winkenbach Trophy (If you're wondering, he's the guy who invented Fantasy Football)

Our league commissioner just ordered it and I intend to be the first one to win it.  I’ve always finished in the middle of the pack. With the trophy at stake, that can’t happen.  This year, I’m approaching the draft differently.  I can’t afford to go with the generic draft chart Yahoo gives out, and I certainly can’t draft off of hype (Ocho Cinco was a bust last year) or hometown favoritism (Vince Young wasted an early round pick *sigh*).  When the draft comes, I’ll have my personal cheat sheet in hand. I’ve done research in three different draft guides and followed pre-season play pretty closely. Nothing gets held back this year.

I’m calling it. This is the year I win.  I’m calling out every team in the Tecmo Fantasy Bowl league. Orchestrated Pain (more on the team name this weekend) is taking the Bill Winkenbach trophy home.

I’ll be back this weekend with my roster. Starting in September, check back every Tuesday to see how my team fared against the week’s opponent.

Until then, feel free to chime in with who you think I should pick for my team.

Bonus: Fantasy Football History (including Wilfred “Bill” Winkenbach’s involvement in the games invention). Turns out the game was invented as a PR ploy.