Will the REAL Chris Johnson Please Stand Up?

Chris Johnson is in my fantasy league. You know, the guy with the dreads and gold fronts who only ran for 2,000+ yards last season?

Yes, THAT Chris Johnson.

This is a true statement that I'm willing to put on everything I love.

I've been friends with Chris for about 2 years so yesterday we were chatting on BBM. When I told him yesterday that my fantasy draft was after work he replied with one statement: "I want in. How do I get in on ya'll league?" At first I chuckled because there was no way in hell THE Chris Johnson would want to join my tiny 6 man office fantasy football league. Little did I know, Chris was very serious. He's never played fantasy football before and wanted to try it out on one condition: If he could draft himself. I figured my coworkers wouldn't mind giving up the first pick to the man who we were all gunning for as the first pick ourselves.

Our league is through Yahoo Fantasy Sports so we set Chris up with a Yahoo e-mail (he didn't have one) and he joined our league. He dubbed his team "GreenTeam" in tribute to his friends. Since this was Chris' first fantasy experience he really had no idea how the fantasy system even worked so I stepped into one of my office conference rooms and along with my co-worker Matt, explained to Chris Johnson exactly how fantasy football works.

Chris was really fired up about the notion of playing himself in fantasy football. He BBMed me what picks he wanted and when he got a break from football he called in during our live draft and did the draft right along with us over the phone. My co-workers Derek and Mike were so thrilled by this they could barely contain themselves when they got the opportunity to speak to Chris as I had him on speaker phone.

The draft took a total of 2 hours and because our league is so miniscule we've doubled the amount of starters as a usual team. We're playing each week with SIX starting wideouts and FOUR starting RBs. Crazy huh?

Chris will of course be starting himself each week and for someone who has never played a down of fantasy football he had perhaps the best draft out of all of us! Here's how all our teams broke down:

Chris:
QB: T. Brady
QB: B. Favre
RB: C. Johnson (obviously)
RB: J. Stewart
RB: R. Brown
RB: D. Sproles
WR: R. Moss
WR: D. Jackson
WR: G. Jennings
WR: K. Britt
WR: D. Bryant
WR: P. Garcon
TE: J. Finley
TE: K. Winslow
Flex: F. Jones
Flex: D. McFadden
K: S. Gostkowski
K: J. Feely
DEF: Eagles
DEF: Vikings
B: E. Doucet
B: M. Stafford
B: J. Shockey
B: S. Slaton
B: S. Holmes
B: L. Washington
B: K. Walter
B: B. Scaife
B: T. Heap
B: J. Gaffney

Matt:
QB: M. Shaub

QB: J. Flacco
RB:  M. Jones-Drew
RB: R. Grant
RB: C. Benson
RB: R. Williams
WR: C. Johnson
WR: S. Smith (CAR)
WR: M. Sims-Walker
WR: D. Driver
WR: J. Maclin
WR: R. Meachem
TE: T. Gonzalez
TE: B. Celek
Flex: L. Tomlinson
Flex: J. Knox
K: N. Kaeding
K: R. Bironas
DEF: Ravens
DEF: Saints
B: G. Olsen
B: C. Henne
B: C. Portis
B: B. Berrian
B: D. Heyward-Bey
B: M. Lynch
B: T. Hightower
B: M. Manningham
B: V. Young
B: A. Gonzalez

Bill:
QB: T. Romo

QB: J. Cutler
RB: A. Peterson
RB: M. Turner
RB: S. Greene
RB: L. McCoy
WR: R. Wayne
WR: R. White
WR: A. Boldin
WR: D. Bowe
WR: H. Ward
WR: T. Owens
TE: J. Witten
TE: H. Miller
Flex: M. Bush
Flex: M. Barber
K: L. Tynes
K: A. Vinatieri
DEF: 49ers
DEF: Cowboys
B: M. Ryan
B: L. Evans
B: S. Moss
B: L. Maroney
B: B. Edwards
B: M. Cassel
B: S. Rice
B: M. Massaquoi
B: A. Collie
B: J. Carlson

Mike
QB: P. Manning

QB: E. Manning
RB: R. Rice
RB: S. Jackson
RB: D. Williams
RB: P. Thomas
WR: B. Marshall
WR: L. Fitzgerald
WR: S. Smith (NYG)
WR: W. Welker
WR: M. Crabtree
WR: H. Nicks
TE: O. Daniels
TE: Z. Miller
Flex: C.J. Spiller
Flex: J. Addai
K: R. Longwell
K: R. Succop
DEF: Steelers
DEF: Patriots
B: J. Jones
B: D. McCluster
B: C. Williams
B: L. Robinson
B: A. Bradshaw
B: J. Harrison
B: F. Jackson
B: J. Cotchery
B: V. Jackson
B: A. Smith

Derek:
QB: D. Brees
QB: P. Rivers
RB: R. Mathews
RB: A. Foster
RB: J. Charles
RB: M. Forte
WR: A. Johnson
WR: M. Austin
WR: M. Floyd
WR: N. Burleson
WR: M. Williams (TB)
WR: C. Schilens
TE: D. Clark
TE: A. Gates
Flex: K. Moreno
Flex: J. Forsett
K: M. Crosby
K: G. Gano
DEF: Bengals
DEF: Broncos
B: B. Roethlisberger
B: C. Cooley
B: D. McNabb
B: B. Jacobs
B: D. Brown
B: B. Scott

B: J. Walker

B. D. Aromashodu

B: T. Gerhart

B: C. Chambers

 

Marisa (a.k.a. ME - The Divine Ms. Ross)

QB: A. Rodgers

QB: C. Palmer

RB: F. Gore

RB: R. Mendenhall

RB: J. Best

RB: C. Wells

WR: M. Colston

WR: C. Ochocinco

WR: M. Wallace

WR: S. Breaston

WR: G. Tate

WR: P. Harvin

TE: V. Davis

TE: V. Shiancoe

Flex: T. Jones

Flex: D. Keller

K: G. Hartley

K: D. Akers

DEF: Jets

DEF: Packers

B: K. Kolb

B: T. Houshmenzadeh

B: B. Hartline

B: E. Royal

B: J. Gresham

B. D. Mason

B: M. Sanchez

B: A. Hernandez

B: J. Delhomme

 

How do you like them apples?