Tuesday, November 6, 2012

The Genius Who Drafted Doug Martin

Yup, that's me.

Aside from being an extremely badass MoFo, I was the genius who drafted Doug Martin in my fantasy league. You may be thinking I got lucky as hell or that I drafted him hoping he was a distant cousin of Curtis Martin, but your boy does his research. Your boy knew what he was doing.



Some may have questioned my fourth-round selection of a rookie running back who was joining a Tampa Bay Buccaneers squad that saw 2011 rookie RB LeGarrette Blount rush for 781 yards and five touchdowns, even when guys like Reggie Bush, Percy Harvin, Jordy Nelson and Trent Richardson were still on the board.

Question no more.

If you watched Martin and his Ray Rice-like body (Martin is just an inch taller than Rice and weighs three more pounds) tear it up at Boise State then you should have seen this coming.

The 23-year-old RB has a great combination or power and speed, and from what we've seen this season, it's working for him. Martin ranks third in the NFL in total rushing yards and put together one of the best rushing performances in the history of the NFL in Week 9, to the tune of 251 yards and four touchdowns on the ground.


Furthermore, Martin made me look like a stud, given his fantasy value this season. In my PPR, 12-team league, Martin ranks first among all RBs in total fantasy points with a whopping 161.9, highlighted by that 53.2 mark he put up this past weekend.

I would be an idiot to say that Martin wasn't the reason that I won this week:


And to think all the assholes in my league were trying to trade rape me for Martin a few weeks ago. HA.

I'll take the rest of the week to gloat about my 142-87 drubbing of last year's champ (suck it, G-Ron) and look forward to watching Martin run all over stupid Philip Rivers and the San Diego Chargers this weekend.

You can read more at Bleacher Report or hit me up on twitter.