Everyone loves fantasy football. But what separates an avid follower and a certified addict? Here are eight hilarious ways to know you’re addicted. GridironGrit.com is home to original, insightful, entertaining and thought-provoking news, analysis and more on college football, the NFL, and yes, fantasy football. Have you ever wondered who Tom Brady would draft with the top pick if he were to play fantasy football? If you have, you’re addicted to fantasy football. Whenever the key word to an addiction is fantasy, it is definitely time to seek help from a professional. Seriously, stop trying to coax your buddy into trading Andre Johnson for Chad Ochocinco and check yourself into a rehab facility. You need help.
In no particular order, here are ways to know you’re addicted to fantasy football.
1. Firstborn - You know you’re an addict if you name your firstborn Adrian Peterson. This is double-trouble if you have a girl and you name her Adriana Peterson. I know that he is a beast for fantasy football, but that doesn’t give you the right to ruin your son or daughter’s life.
2. Hooters - You know you’re an addict when you drag your wife to Hooters just so you can watch as many football games as possible. Hooters is not a family establishment. If you need to watch that many games at the same time to keep tabs on your fantasy players, get NFL Sunday Ticket.
3. “The GM” - You know you’re an addict if you refer to yourself as The GM. First, self imposed nicknames is never a good idea. Second, just because you manage a fantasy football team to victory doesn’t mean you could actually do it in real life. Last time I checked, there is no salary cap in fantasy football.
4. Desk Space - You know you’re an addict when your fantasy football trophy gets more prominent desk space than a picture of your wife and kids. Whenever bragging about your fantasy football accomplishments becomes more important than your family, you need to step back and evaluate your life. No matter how bad the picture is of your family, they should still matter more than a silly trophy. The only exception to this rule is if your trophy includes a picture of your smokin’ hot wife because you were so confident you would win the league. If that is the case, kudos to you.
5. Trading Your Car - You know you’re an addict if you’ve considered trading your Toyota Camry for the first overall draft pick in your fantasy draft. On one side of the scale you have a 1997 Toyota Camry. On the other side of the scale you have the possibility of drafting any player your heart desires. If you just read that and it took you more than three seconds to decide which is of greater value, you’re an addict.
6. Fingers and Toes - You know you’re an addict when you have a larger number of Yahoo! fantasy football teams than the number of fingers and toes combined. One fantasy football team is enough. Two means you are about to fall off the wagon with your addiction. More than ten means that you need to drop everything you are doing and head to the Betty Ford Clinic, or whatever establishment they have for fantasy football addicts. (Adopted From http://gridirongrit.com)
