Not rolling out the Barrels

From Barrels owner Chris Traczek:

Has a team fallen as far, as fast, as the 2012 Creighton Barrels? After nearly setting a single-game scoring record with 81 points in Week 1, they have dropped four straight, two in lackluster fashion (18 and 24 points in Weeks 2 and 5) and two in tough-luck fashion (43 and 42 points in Weeks 3 and 4).

 

Prior to Week 5, ownership tried to send a message to the locker room by jettisoning its kicking staff (Cundiff and Barth for Zuerlein and Novak) and adding another maybe-I'll-catch-lightning-in-a-bottle RB (J. Stewart).

 

The problem has been inconsistency. Julio Jones was great in Weeks 1, 3 and (to a lesser extent) 5, but a ghost in Weeks 2 and 4. McFadden has been on a roller-coaster all season. Flacco was spectacular in September (when I admittedly stuck with Romo for too long), but then lays a goose egg in Week 5 when even an Andy Dalton-level performance would have gotten me a win. As a Vikings fan and proud owner of him, I am thrilled that Adrian Peterson appears to be fully recovered, but why were the Vikings handing the ball to Harvin on first-and-goal at the 4 on Sunday?

 

With all that said, I still like my team and think it's capable of a turnaround, but that must start immediately.

Regarding the so-called fantasy "experts," they are all stealing money, mainly because there is no accountability. For example, Rotoworld has Jones and AJ Green ranked as the Nos. 1 and 2 WRs for Week 5. When neither came close to approaching that level, were there any mea culpas? No, there was either excuse-making (the coaches didn't "target," this season's term do jour, them enough) or they just moved ahead to their (extremely flawed) analysis of Week 6.

 

Reminds me of that douche bag Jay Mariotti. For years he insisted that the White Sox would never win a World Series with Jerry Reinsdorf as their owner, but when the glorious fall of 2005 happened (has it been 7 years already?) did he admit he was wrong? No, he just wrote, "Come on, Sox fans, admit it, you thought the same thing, too." Like I said: "douche bag."

 

OK, enough of my ranting, good luck to everyone the rest of the way--and look out for the Barrels, they can't be nearly as bad as they've been so far (I hope and pray).