Of all the days to have a record-setting performance, Brandon Marshall just had to pick yesterday.
The Denver Broncos Brandon Marshall set a new NFL record for receptions in a single game today with 21 against the Indianapolis Colts. His efforts came in vain in however as the Broncos fell by a score of 28-16 to Peyton Manning and his 13-0 Colts team.
Marshall had 200 yards and 2 touchdowns to go along with all of those catches and he is certainly playing his way towards a big time contract, and hopefully an extension with the Broncos.
This little nugget of information is relevant to just two types of people: those who care about NFL records, and those who are in points per reception fantasy football leagues. I happen to be in the latter group, and I happened to be playing against Brandon Marshall yesterday. Once again, it’s proven that fantasy football is all luck, and I’ve got none of it.
My starting running backs were Michael Turner and Ronnie Brown, both out with injuries. But apparently the fantasy gods didn’t think pissing on me was enough; they wanted to shit on me, too. So it figures that of all the days for Brandon Marshall to make 21 catches in a game, it happens the day I play against him in the fantasy football playoffs. Like, of fucking course it does. And who participates in a point per reception league? Obscure, right? Just another way for me to get burned. I should have seen it coming. People wonder why I’m always so bitter and here’s a great illustration of why. It could be raining money and I’d somehow have a nickel go down my throat and choke me to death.
