It's been a long couple days, but I'm glad I had more time between the draft and the start of the season. It gave me ample time to produce the JFL Season Previews, which when put together, total 15,353 words. To put that in perspective, the novel my friend and I wrote — I recommend it — is 130,000 words.
This project was nearly 12 percent the size of a novel.
Twelve percent! That's like the same percentage chance the Channel 4 News Team has to repeat as champion.
Yes, you read that right. Channel 4 News Team, fresh off his JFL Super Bowl VII title, is in trouble, says I and the polls.
There were certainly some interesting polls handed over to
me this year. Either we all have some really disparaging views on how certain
NFL players are going to succeed and/or fail this year, or some of us were
voting with our hearts.
And it’s clear that no one has it in their heart to see that
the defending AFC Champion World of Noise actually boasts a pretty good squad heading into
2014. He’s got a pretty good QB, a top-scoring RB, and a decent WR corps, and
yet he finds himself in the cellar of the AFC North Preseason Poll.
Odds are, if he would shut up or come up with a new catch
phrase, he’d be in first or second place. Yet somehow, he finished behind a
team — Fear and Loathing — that doesn’t even have a backup QB and has a WR corps led
by Julian Edelman.
But that’s what the preseason poll is all about. It’s an
accolade that doesn’t really mean much when the day is over.
So why do we do it?
To stir the pot.
Because what we do have are four division favorites, Sunday
Slackers, Real Houserville, Philly Cheese Steaks and the Graybill’s Generals.
Only one of those is right in my mind, but I’ll get into
that when I release the division by division previews.
Here are the polls and how everyone faired. Points were
given 4 to 1 based on your finish, and the number in the parentheses is the
number of first-place votes. As you notice, two divisions have a second-place
team earning more first-place votes, which shows you how close it was.
And you’ll also notice, further proving my point about the
Noise, that he got three first-place votes, second-most in the division,
despite finishing last.
Sadly, the Jerks were the only team not to get a single
first-place vote. I couldn’t vote for my own division, so way to go all you
jerks for letting the Jerks feel left out.
AFC EAST (PREVIEW CLICK HERE)
Sunday Slackers..........41
(5)
Jimmy
Jammers............38 (6)
Choo Big
TDs.............23 (1)
Jerkin’ My
Kirk..........18
AFC NORTH (PREVIEW CLICK HERE)
Real Houserville.........36
(6)
Jawz
Attack..............29 (2)
Fear and
Loathing........28 (1)
World of
Noise...........27 (3)
NFC EAST (PREVIEW CLICK HERE)
Philly Cheese
Steaks.....37 (5)
Dottsville
Toasters......30 (2)
Chalupa Batman...........28
(3)
T-Money..................25
(2)
NFC WEST (PREVIEW CLICK HERE)
Graybill’s
Generals......38 (4)
Chinese Organ
Thieves....33 (5)
Channel 4 News
Team......27 (2)
Team Boyer
Spacklers.....22 (1)
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