I get a text message from my dear friend, Doc Z, on Monday morning. A guy I've probably known longer than anybody outside my immediate family. So he obviously knows me well as he sends this:
"I have you right where you hate to be going into Monday night football..."
Of course he did. I was up by three points. He had Frank Gore going in the Monday night game. You know how this ends. Only a stat correction can save me now, as the final score ended 120.02 to 121.26. Yes, please. Can I have a bloody stat correction already? (Which I categorically hate. And if there was a way the platform I'm using could undo stat corrections, I'd be all about it.)
So the Monday nightmare rolls on for me. I guess it does give me fodder for this column, so I could only take that as a good thing. But as we like to do every Tuesday morning, we take a look on Twitter using the hashtag #MondayNightmare to see who else among our fantasy football brethren are mourning today.
I have a feeling there are going to be some people burnt on Brian Quick and/or Zac Stacy.
@NFLfantasy @adamrank lost by one bc zac Stacy came in a caught a pass in the last seconds!
— Adam Rabern (@adam_rabern61) October 14, 2014
Yes, that was kind of rude.
@NFLfantasy @adamrank Lost by 0.2. I was up by 0.6 going into the night with Jared Cook left. My opponent had A.Davis. Blown call killed me.
— Tabor Hill (@StonewallTabor) October 14, 2014
Oh boy.
@NFLfantasy @adamrank Up 7 with Quick, he had Crabtree.
— Eric! (@EricIdol) October 14, 2014
I would have been printing the check headed into that one.
@adamrank I was down by 7 pts goin in2 Mon. night w. Brian Quick left 2 play. Thought I had it in the bag...I thought wrong #MondayNightmare
— Kayla Wiginton (@KayMill_) October 14, 2014
Two points. That's it, two!
@adamrank I lost thanks #FishSticks #ThatHelpsNoOne #UnFreeMasons #UnCunnings #NESQUICK NOT CATCHING THE BALL #MondayNightmare
— packergirl (@p9cker_girl) October 14, 2014
Now it's Monday Nightmare column! Packer Girl is here!
@adamrank needed Brian Quick to score 2.09 to win. He scores 1.00. #MondayNightmare pic.twitter.com/58AAGjOdPS
— Ash Curtis (@AshJCurtis) October 14, 2014
Great Caesar's Ghost.
@NFLfantasy @adamrank needed Brian Quick and Larry Donnell to get 9 points total for a W. They got 1... #MondayNightmare
— Gus Young (@gsayoung) October 14, 2014
Oh that's right, Larry Donnell. I'm getting to the point where we need to eliminate TEs and just have a category for pass catchers.
@adamrank "Having the only active player & down by 1.16 Feeling confident Brian Quick will finish the job. Loss by .16..." #MondayNightmare
— Johnny Huynh (@Johnnyyy_Huynh) October 14, 2014
Oops, sorry. We have a new leader in the clubhouse for bad beat of the night.
2 mins remaining. Up by 7pts. 9ers pick 6. I lose by .44 pts. Seriously can't get over this right now. #MondayNightmare @adamrank
— Raymond Crane (@Craymond_17) October 14, 2014
Oh right, we're going to get into the pick six right now. Here's a tweet I sent out after the play. And just check out the responses.
I have to believe that pick six led to a #MondayNightmare for somebody. #SFvsSTL
— Adam Rank (@adamrank) October 14, 2014
Putting my bid in early for @adamrank #MondayNightmare. Up 2 with a minute 2 go. He had the Niner's defense. Doomed by an extra possession.
— Logan! (@LoganFisch) October 14, 2014
@adamrank Over 20 up with opponent having SF Def and J Cook. Still 7.98 ahead when Pick6 and 7yds for Cook meant 0.72 loss. #MondayNightmare
— Graham Connacher (@GrahamConnacher) October 14, 2014
@adamrank Up by 2.36 points. Interception and I'm yelling, "Go down Dontae, take a knee, trip, ANYTHING but score!" WOW! #MondayNightmare
— Jakob Perkins (@jakeperk5) October 14, 2014
When you find yourself yelling at the TV, begging for a guy to fall down, you know it's probably a lost cause.
@adamrank Entered the matchup with 30 pt advantage w/ A. Davis, Quick & Gore in my lineup vs Kaep & Crabtree. Lost by .02. #MondayNightmare
— Douglas Sloane (@dugarroba) October 14, 2014
You might want to take a few plays off.
What was that all about, right?
@NFLfantasy @adamrank needed 4.5 points out of hyde. just an inch short of the goalline... now I'm 2-4
— Tomas (@xeneize368) October 14, 2014
Well, we can talk about LOS HYDE because we had really high hopes for him.
@NFLfantasy @adamrank Up by 36 going into monday night. Ended up losing by 5 to Kaepernick and Dawson...Great time for Kaepernick to wake up
— Chris Klassen (@CjK_Moose) October 14, 2014
Yes. Well, except for Akbar. It's not good for him.
Just beat @Akbar_Gbaja by 1.34 pt! He had Dawson, so he wins if SF kicks the FG instead of going for it on 4th LOLOLO pic.twitter.com/wGbtt2Tqj5
— Out of Context James Koh (@JamesDKoh) October 14, 2014
Am I right? San Diego State DEs FTW.
@NFLfantasy @adamrank Actually the pick 6 at the end won my game for me!
— Jim Hoffman (@jimhoff7) October 14, 2014
Nobody likes you, Jim.
All right, so if you're not Jim and want to commiserate about last night, or this weekend, be sure to use the #MondayNightmare hashtag. Consider this your big fantasy therapy couch. Let it all out, you'll feel better when you do.
For the record, you can submit your fantasy questions to NFL Fantasy Live, Michael Fabiano or me on Twitter. But realize, NFL Fantasy Live has 270K followers, and Fabiano has 165K. Me? Just four. See, the odds are better I will answer your question, so hit me up both via Twitter or via Facebook. And if you follow him on Sundays, he'll quote "The Wolf" from "Pulp Fiction" and then it's game on! Although, it's tough to catch me on Facebook. Twitter is your go-to." Plus seriously people, I'm not taking your fantasy tweets after Midnight. I'm into the #HashtagWars via @Midnight, so don't try. Just ask the people on Monday night