Battle Red Blog And CBSSports.com Present The Jonathan Wells Memorial League

In the beginning (i.e., 2002), the NFL created the Texans, and they were awful. Oh sure, they beat the Cowboys, but they were filled with mediocre players, as most expansion teams are. Our eyes, so joyous at the thought of football returning to Houston, didn't even mind that Jonathan Wells crashed into the line of scrimmage 197 times at only 2.7 yards per attempt. It was football, and for many years, football had been a fantasy to us.

We have already started creating fantasy leagues for next year on Battle Red Blog, as we are Texans, and football runs through our veins year round. I count no fewer than three leagues started in FanPosts in the last month, and we are still another month and change of time before training camp even opens, so I can see you thinking "Eh, another league, I'll pass." I realize that the competition for your league slot is a little stiff, and I also realize that it is a bit uncomfortable using a website that you are unfamiliar with (I personally have always used Yahoo! as my jumping page, so playing there is always natural to me) since there's the off-chance that you just forget to go there as it's not a normal part of your schedule.

Let me present you with two facts that will hopefully change the opinion I just told you to have.

1) I plan to create a CBSSports.com Fantasy Football Commissioner league that is much different from the rest of the leagues you play. By the time we have our draft in August, I'm sure you'll know exactly what running backs you like best at the end of the first round and what fifth round sleeper you're going to jump on. It's fun, but at some point you've got it figured out to where you're not on your toes anymore and you can sleepwalk through the draft. Not so much here, where I've created a league loosely based on Football Outsiders' Loser League. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to create a roster of the worst NFL players who actually start and play. Will you pounce on a steady bad veteran like Jake Delhomme, or will you entrust your season in the hands of potential badness, like Sam Bradford? It's all up to you. However, if your player doesn't play, you are docked points.

My theory is that things tend to even out, so while we talk up this league of awful players all season, perhaps this site can be balanced by talking about a good real football team that is knocking the gee-whiz out of the AFC South. Or at least thats my hope. It's all brought to you by CBSSports.com, who are willing to offer you a 50% discount as a SB Nation reader to switch your league over to them, and also by the memory of Jonathan Wells steadfastly running into a wall of his own offensive linemen.

2) What if I told you that bragging rights will go up right on Battle Red Blog? Yes, there will be a widget on site that will show results and standings from the league. Marvel at how good your bad players are doing right on the website, or if you are like Salad, look at them right from your cell phone! You're a busy man, after all! I've also been charged with writing a weekly update on the league, so if you've ever wanted to hear me say condescendingly nice things about you while your team loses, this is your lucky day! My default compliment is that you smell nice, but I can dig deeper if I have to!