Maclin Firing shots at Fantasy Football owners.
 

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...r-fantasy-team

Jeremy Maclin is on a warpath, and he's coming for the heads of selfish roto-nerds everywhere.

The morning after he caught another preseason touchdown for the Chiefs, Maclin took to Twitter to take issue with a large sect of football fans: fantasy owners.

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"It amazes me how 'Fantasy Football' is the only football that some of you know," Maclin said. "It's sad. News flash for yall (sic): I don't give a damn about ur (sic) "Fantasy" football team. #ChiefsKingdom"

It's not clear what set the Chiefs wide receiver off, but it has ignited fevered responses from fantasy experts and fans from around the world wide web.

After ESPN's Matthew Berry tweeted at Maclin that he shouldn't "insult fans who drive ratings and revenue", Maclin responded, "Football is about what a team achieves. You taking it way too far talking about my salary."

He also retorted with a haymaker of reason, "I'm not insulting anybody who roots for players. I'm frown (sic) upon those who will sacrifice a team victory for a fantasy victory."

As with all Twitter beefs, both parties have a point. Maclin doesn't like how Chiefs fans will be more upset with losing a fantasy matchup because of Maclin's performance than with the Chiefs losing; that's a brand loyalty issue that Kansas City's new acquisition would clearly have trouble with.

On the other hand, Berry, like most fantasy experts around the internet, isn't wrong when he implies that fantasy owners are often some of the most invested in the league and make up a massive percentage of eyeballs on any given Sunday. Not that insulting fantasy owners would deter them to not select Maclin in their draft, especially when he's the only Chiefs wide receiver that actually scores touchdowns.

Thankfully, football fans don't have to choose between rooting exclusively for their favorite team or for individual fantasy players. They can do both, as long as they don't take either too seriously so as to wish ill will against players.

If you want to stick it to Maclin, sign up for fantasy here. If you agree with the Chiefs wideout... well, sign up anyway.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/MatthewBerryTMR">@MatthewBerryTMR</a> how can one possibly be a die hard fan of a team but want a player on that team to do bad because he plays them in fantasy.</p>&mdash; Jeremy Maclin (@jmac___19) <a href="https://twitter.com/jmac___19/status/637646936208736256">August 29, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Blessed to be apart of this great organization and to play in such an historic stadium! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Arrowhead?src=hash">#Arrowhead</a>… <a href="https://t.co/ZQZe0nZY6K">https://t.co/ZQZe0nZY6K</a></p>&mdash; Jeremy Maclin (@jmac___19) <a href="https://twitter.com/jmac___19/status/637671607641706497">August 29, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Seeing as how the NFL itself has embraced the fantasy football world, and the $$$ it brings in, I wonder if they will start taking issue with comments like this?

Faptastic

Idk, I would imagine so. But damn I love Maclin for speaking the truth.

Didn't the Chiefs just ink a deal with Draft Kings?...

I have no idea, but that would be interesting. If that is true, I'd assume the Chiefs couldn't be too happy this morning.

That's his truth. And your truth, apparently. But it is hardly the prevailing opinion. Like it or not, Fantasy Football is here and it's a force. It's likely responsible for the increase in NFL popularity over the last decade as well. Speaking against it is not a good business move.

I think fantasy football is fun for casual fans or dads who might play it with their kids, but otherwise I just don't see the point anymore. Nothing more annoying than someone's personal fantasy update in a Sunday afternoon thread

No doubt, it was probably pretty idiotic on his part lol. But I do agree with him. I have no problem with fantasy football. But there are a lot of FF fans out there who claim to be a fan of a team, and then root against their own players to win in FF.

Love playing fantasy. If the best player on my fantasy team plays the Chiefs, I hope he gets crushed.

DraftKings partners with Cowboys, Patriots and Chiefs.

http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/d...ots_and_chiefs

Fair point. I used to be major into Fantasy Football. 12 or 13 money leagues a year. It got to be too much. Now it's just one league and the Chiefs.

Edit: and the Chiefs have always been top priority for me.

Fantasy football is the AIDS.

This is why I don't play fantasy anymore.

Glad I'm not the only one.

I used to sit players when they played against the Chiefs. But over the years they have gotten us so used to them losing and just generally providing nothing but false hope I figure I might as well at least have some positive come from their games so playing my guys against them in fantasy does that. If my guy does good or bad and the Chiefs win that is still my preferred outcome.

Fantasy football sucks. Part of the problem.

Agreed. It's a lame way to include fans that can't get inspired from the game itself. To each his own, really.. but it's silly nonsense to me.

It's a way for me to still enjoy football after KC has decided to no longer be competitive or enjoyable to watch...

Fantasy NASCAR is where it's at anyways

This gained Maclin lots of bonus points in my book.

Maclin just got a fan.

Well, Bob Dole was already a fan, but you get the point...

Good for Maclin. There are/were honestly people out there who think Stafford is a good QB because he put up big fantasy numbers for a couple of seasons.

Can't really disagree much with anything he said honestly

I play from time to time but take it for what's it's worth. Some people take it waaay too seriously. It's about 99% luck. There are so many variables and dependencies that effect a players performance from week to week.

Good for him, I've never had any interest in playing FF. I have friends who play and all they ever want to talk about is how their team is doing, That shit get's old quick, ecpecially when I'm trying to watch the Chiefs. News flash, I don't give a damn about your FF team and never will....

Claynus can hear you talking about him.

I play fantasy, but the Chiefs success trumps fantasy every time.
In fact, I purposely don't draft AFC West players and consider benching any player going against KC just to eliminate any conflict of interest.

I love it. Too many nerds in their parents basement. Root for your team, not individual players.

Im not good at fantasy football bcuz I draft all Chuefs. Im good at Fantasy NBA bcuz KC has no team. But then I just end up drafting all KU guys anyway

Bunch of boring ****ing bums in this thread.

I totally agree with Maclin. I personally hate FF. I can't root for other players to do well but ours. I'm old school I guess.

I remember defense...

I'm playing this year. First time in a couple years. People were taking it way too serious. I always forgot to change my rosters as well.

Of course, my uncle needed another team for his league and he paid the $25 fee for me.

Wow he makes some really good points. I just quit all my fantasy leagues after reading that, except the pick 'em pool I do every year with former co workers that I have been in for like 15 years. Maybe I will enjoy football more now. Haha he will be happy because when I dropped out of one of the leagues, the draft got cancelled because it made the league have an odd number of teams. I am going to screen shot that and put it on his twitter, maybe I will get an autographed jersey out of the deal or something hahaha.

Good for Maclin. Fantasy football is everything that's wrong with this country.

Thanks Obama.

Maclin nails it.

Love playing fantasy football, but Maclin is 100% right. I'll play players against the Chiefs, but I always wish them the worst. I'll always take a Chiefs W over a fantasy W. Fantasy has helped me through a bunch of these shitty Chiefs years though.

I've never done Fantasy football and never will.

Or any other sports for that matter.

People do get confused on this. There are great players that aren't necessarily good fantasy players, and vice versa. I've heard people say Tom Brady is garbage now because of their fantasy team. The office conversations I hear sometimes are amazing lol.

Fantasy football was cool 10 years ago although Fan Duel is kinda neat

I'm really annoyed that a Chiefs 2017 home game will be in North Korea. They could never support a franchise, and the tailgates will be nothing but stewed native grasses and tree bark.

Maclin is not wrong. You can tell he received a Mizzou education. Smart guy.

You quit your leagues and ****ed one of them over because of an offhand butt hurt tweet from a single player?

I love maclin and he right about #FF but i play anyway because it fun. and i don't care if i lose every game as long as my chiefs win i'm happy!

I love that.

I used to play fantasy. Heck I ran a keeper league for about 8 years. Loved it, it made every game must watch and I had to learn about players on other teams. But did not play at all last year and did not miss it at all.

As an aside, I LOVE Maclin and he may become my favorite Chief simply based on that last tweet:

Blessed to be apart of this great organization and to play in such an historic stadium!

Seriously, how many people know that "an historic" is proper English? I see that wrong all the time and it really bothers me when an editor does not correct it. To see that from a football player is, IMO, very impressive!

You're a ****ing douchebag.

Someone needs to explain this to Maclin.


Thankfully, football fans don't have to choose between rooting exclusively for their favorite team or for individual fantasy players.

I Back Mac.

Okay, thanks Maclin. **** you, too.

Fantasy football is a big pile of ****ing suck my dick.

He ****ed up the "to be apart" part so don't go deepthroating him just yet.

I took that as a simple missed space typo. The other is an understanding thing which seems to be rare in the general population. He also did things like "ur" in a previous tweet. It is just that the "an historic" is a pet peeve of mine.

Never understood why so many people simply can't separate fan allegiance from fantasy football. It's not impossible for those two things to peacefully coincide....

Not sure why, he made a difference in my life. Now I do not have to obsess if some damn QB2 is going to save me on a bye week or if a WR4 can adequately fill in due to massive injurys (Mostly torn ACLs every damn year) with my WR crew.

exactly

I'm an avid fantasy football fan but I always cheer for the Chiefs first ... a few years back, when the Chiefs were garbage, I was sitting next to a Chiefs fan at a bar while we were watching Chiefs/Chargers and he had Rivers on his team and he kept cheering every time Rivers threw a TD and I was like ... "really, man?"

I love fantasy football...but from the players perspective it's a double edged sword. Some of them I know enjoy playing fantasy but have had discussions with players who hate fans reactions when their assignments aren't to garner fantasy points and drunk fans talk shit if they don't help them in their fantasy leagues. It's a weird dynamic for the athletes.

Ya, you gotta go for your team first. In my drafts next week I will purposely try not to target Raiders, Broncos or Chargers....I can still win using the 29 other teams

My hatred of fantasy football is primarily driven by the way that many hardcore fantasy types watch games. I have (Bronco fan) family members who, during Chiefs-Broncos games - will constantly talk about how well an individual Chiefs player is doing (positively) and checking their phones for fantasy updates and barely pay attention to the actual game itself. It's obnoxious.

While I agree it's possible to disassociate fantasy from reality football, many don't and make others around them hate them.

That's dumb and unnecessary. Exactly what I was talking about with regards to separating fan loyalty and fantasy football. You're just hindering your own chances...

I don't do any fantasy updates during Chiefs games. Even when the Chiefs aren't on ... I only do fantasy updates after the noon games and then after the 3 PM games. I hate when my friends update me on fantasy scores (H2H) during games ... huge pet peeve.

I'm sure part of it is the constant tweeting to him:

"What do you think of my draft dude?"

"Hey bro, how many yards you think you'll put up?"

"JMAC, how many TDs you got this year my man!"

Meh. There's idiots present in every form of entertainment, and how they consume their entertainment is their business. Why are you watching them check their phones and stuff instead of actually watching the game yourself?

Have to agree with Fish and Hootie. It's not hard to separate the two.

I'd draft Peyton ****ing Manning if I thought it would help me win a league. I'd also be rooting for a career-ending injury anytime he plays the Chiefs.

I'm a football fan, though. I have no problem separating fantasy from the actual sport. That's a big part of the reason I'd say a guy like Russell Wilson is on the same level as Andrew Luck. Gaudy stats are for n00bs.

Because they're sitting beside me and talking about it during the game. Brother in law and his two sons.

I had a friend last year that texted me sometime around week 4, 5, 6 (I'm guessing it was around the time we slaughtered them) saying Gronk sucked because he wasn't putting up enough fantasy points.

What a ****ing dumbass. I considered ending our friendship on the spot.

Maclin is just setting up the ff players that are going to be posed at him for a down year.

READ - "I'm going to have 800 yards and 5 TD's in this offense, but that doesn't mean I suck." /JMac, probably

I also have given up on fantasy football. Used to be I would have literally 8-10 teams going on every game day, and I would be glued to the computer/phone checking updates. Way too much work, way too stressful. Now I just sit back and enjoy the games without freaking out over who scored what and when. It's kind of nice.

That pressure must have been intense!

Maclin and Mizzou #shame

I play in two fantasy football leagues

One is a bar league 10 bucks

One is a bigger money league 150 entry plus fees for transactions.


I set their lineups and let them play I treat both leagues the same and never worry about either.

Chiefs games are more important.


Some of you ****ers confuse fantasy with real ****ing life.

You can't leave a team and call it a business then complain when people are hustling your ass for fantasy football money.

I think the truth hurts for Maclin. He is a piece of meat on the field and no one will care if he gets brain damaged or injured. Fans aren't going do crap for him if he is injured, they will just cheer for the next fast guy that wears the same laundry as him.

Pretty much...fyp...

823 yards and 1 TD.

Marlin is right about one thing in all of this.....it is about what the team does on the field.

Marlin was 6 years old the last time a Chiefs fan saw a win in a post season football game. He is right, it is about production on the field. My wife's 97 year old grandmother had exactly the same number of touchdown receptions in 2014 as any professional wide receiver playing in Kansas City. As far as I am concerned marlin can shut his ****ing mouth until he gets into the endzone in a Chiefs helmet during a regular season game.


Hate fantasy football all you want but there has been a decade of football for Chiefs fans where it was the only reason to watch the steaming shit we paid to see on the field.

Maybe he wasn't watching football when we were suffering through Todd Collins and Tyler thigpin. There are 6-8 games a week no one outside of their maerkers would watch without a rooting FFB interest.

As far as comments about his salary, he can eat a bag of dick whistles on that, because as fans we do watch the salary cap. We are invested in the tea,s interest longer than MOST of the players, including this one who has been a chief for 5 minutes. You get the big bucks, fans expect you to back it up on the field.

Not a single time have I ever rooted against the Chiefs for FFB reasons, but for the decade we saw them suck, and they were losing anyway, it didn't hurt anything if the shit performing defense gave up another late TD to a RB who happens to be on my team.

This.

Anyone who cares more about their fantasy team or is unable to separate the two is a moron...most people I know care MUCH MUCH more about their real teams....and the fantasy teams are just a way to have some fun during the other games