Fantasy Football Maclin Firing shots at Fantasy Football owners. - Page 6

jonzie04 · 12:22 PM

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.

@MatthewBerryTMR 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.
— Jeremy Maclin (@jmac___19) August 29, 2015

Blessed to be apart of this great organization and to play in such an historic stadium! #Arrowhead… https://t.co/ZQZe0nZY6K
— Jeremy Maclin (@jmac___19) August 29, 2015

Demonpenz · 08-30-2015, 10:47 AM

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.

**Rausch** · 08-30-2015, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by OctoberFart

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

Pretty much...fyp...

OctoberFart · 08-30-2015, 12:33 PM

823 yards and 1 TD.

**Iowanian** · 08-30-2015, 12:59 PM

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.

**Ming the Merciless** · 08-30-2015, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

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.

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

**Predarat** · 08-30-2015, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by mr. tegu

That pressure must have been intense!

It was, they had to keep increasing my heart medicine. I have an appointment next week to see if they can reduce it now that the stress is gone.

Sweet Daddy Hate · 08-30-2015, 03:56 PM

Between Maclin's obvious high character as evidenced in the other thread, and the intense amount of butt hurt he has generated among fantasy-tards, I can easily dub him my new favorite Chief.

Huzzah!

**BigMeatballDave** · 08-30-2015, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Iowanian

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.

**Iowanian** · 08-30-2015, 05:43 PM

F'ing iPad!!!!!

Sweet Daddy Hate · 08-30-2015, 05:49 PM

That Marlin is a slippery one....

teedubya · 08-30-2015, 06:58 PM

It's one of the reasons that I don't play Fantasy Football anymore. I can't stand cheering for players on teams that I can't stand.

**Gonzo** · 08-30-2015, 07:07 PM

I just popped a huge boner reading this. Maclin is now my favorite Chief.

Sweet Daddy Hate · 08-30-2015, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Gonzo

I just popped a huge boner reading this. Maclin is now my favorite Chief.

Read the other article as well. He's an impressive specimen.

dj56dt58 · 08-30-2015, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

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?"

Cheering for fantasy players over your team when your team is garbage is really no different than wanting to tank for the draft.

Before Reid and Dorsey The Chiefs were so miserable I really can't blame the person. Fantasy football was their only reason to care at that point

**Iowanian** · 08-30-2015, 08:20 PM

I wonder is Jeremy marlin would approve of the name of my 14 man FFB team after getting stuck with Marshawn lynch at pick 5. Beast infection.

I am considering. "What would Jeremy marlin do" for the next team.

08-29-2015, 12:14 PM
jonzie04 MVP Join Date: Feb 2014 Casino cash: $5716817	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. Play NFL Fantasy Football! "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. @MatthewBerryTMR 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. — Jeremy Maclin (@jmac___19) August 29, 2015 Blessed to be apart of this great organization and to play in such an historic stadium! #Arrowhead… https://t.co/ZQZe0nZY6K — Jeremy Maclin (@jmac___19) August 29, 2015 Last edited by jonzie04; 08-29-2015 at 12:22 PM..
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Iowanian Supporter Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Utopia Casino cash: $1648454	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.
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Iowanian Supporter Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Utopia Casino cash: $1648454	I wonder is Jeremy marlin would approve of the name of my 14 man FFB team after getting stuck with Marshawn lynch at pick 5. Beast infection. I am considering. "What would Jeremy marlin do" for the next team.
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