Cheers and Jeers

So, I’m checking my email this afternoon and one of the add/drop approval notices from league that I get as commissioner comes in. Interested to see who would be looking to make a roster move 30 minutes into the week’s contests, I opened it up. Well, none other than the man of the week, Xander, is hoping to pick up a QB in an effort to do something to fix what was from the start and a pathetic QB corps. That’s where the cheers come in – good to see an owner spotting a deficiency in their lineup and deciding to do something about it. Now, here comes the jeers – he wants to pick up Chad Pennington. Yes, that Chad Pennington. The Chad Pennington who was benched two weeks ago and most likely won’t take another snap for the Jets this season (if ever). Well why, one might ask, would someone be interested in just such a player then? The answer is both both notoriously simple yet highly revealing as to the kind of owner Xander is – see, Pennington is currently the highest ranked free agent QB available. Apparently, that’s the extent of Xander research – choose a player based on a number but don’t actually take the time to click a link and see what might be said about the player in question. If he had actually done this intensive level of research, he would have seen that Sportsline clearly and inequivocally says that Pennington has no fantasy value and should be left alone.
And that, my fellow owners, is why Xander’s time in the league is fast drawing to a close.