A New Fantasy Football League brings a New Team Name (Updated 12/16/24)

I have been playing Fantasy Sports since the late 1980s when my friends and I got permission from our math teacher on Tuesdays to go in the hall to figure our fantasy points from the baseball team stats in the USA Today.  Over the years, I've won a few seasons, had lots of promise for good seasons, but more than not, they end in disappointing seasons.  I have played Fantasy Baseball, Football, Basketball, and Nascar (I had no business in the Nascar league).  The league I have been with the longest started sometime in the early 2000's.  That is a baseball league league with guys from the West Coast to the East Coast of the United States.  I didn't know most of them when we started and some guys dropped off and some have joined, but we have become good friends even though many of us have never met in person.  

The whole point of this walk down memory lane is to say, when I am asked to join a new league, I struggle mightily to say no.  That said, I joined a new football league this year, and I would like to introduce a new Fantasy Football Team: The Kamino Clone Kids in the Jedi Knights Football League.  

Here's a look at the opening week roster of the Clone Kids: 

Starters: 

QB: Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills

RB: Travis Etienne, Jacksonville Jaguars

RB: Joe Mixon, Houston Texans

WR: Nico Collins, Houston Texans

WR: DK Metcalf, Seattle Seahawks

TE: Pat Freiermuth, Pittsburg Steelers

WR: Zay Flowers, Baltimore Ravens

WR: Brian Thomas, Jacksonville Jaguars

WR: Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Seattle Seahawks

DL: Nick Bosa, San Francisco 49ers

LB: Zaire Franklin, Indianapolis Colts

DB: Kevin Byard, Chicago Bears

Bench: 

QB: CJ Stroud, Houston Texans

RB: Blake Corum, Los Angeles Rams

RB: JK Dobbins, Los Angeles Chargers

WR: Hollywood Brown, Kansas City Chiefs

LB: Bobby Okereke, New York Giants

LB: Quincy Williams, New York Jets

DB: Antoine Winfield, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

I am excited for this league for a few reasons.  First, I've never played in a league where we draft individual defensive players instead of a team defense.  That is kind of fun and offers a new way to strategize both in the draft, but in the season as well.  Second, I'm in this league with some really great friends, and I think that is what it is all about, friendships.  Anyway, after week 3 the Clone Kids are looking pretty good, and headed for a clash with the only other undefeated team in the league, the Pabu Porgs managed by my very excellent friend Colby, host of The Colby Cast.  

Week 1: 1-0

Kamino Clone Kids: 177.6

Khofar Nights:  129.20

Week 2: 2-0

Kamino Clone Kids: 228.45

Mustafar Moof:  188.30

Week 3: 3-0

Kamino Clone Kids: 180.00

Kessel Revolutionaries: 167.50

Week 4: 4-0

Kamino Clone Kids: 184.50

Pabu Porgs:  181.40

Week 5: 4-1 

Crait Vulptex: 216.70

Kamino Clone Kids: 201.35

Week 6: 4-2

Ferrix Rebels: 158.75

Kamino Clone Kids: 152.15

Week 7: 5-2

Kamino Clone Kids: 222.35

Lothal Starbirds: 139.51

Week 8:  6-2

Kamino Clone Kids: 187.15

Alderaan Molators: 186.30

Week 9: 6-3

Dathomir Rancors: 236.90

Kamino Clone Kids: 222.85

Week 10: 6-4

Khofar Knights: 152.59

Kamino Clone Kids:122.55

Week 11: 7-4

Kamino Clone Kids: 204.90

Mustafar Moof: 138.60

Week 12: 8-4

Kamino Clone Kids: 175.10

Kessel Revolutionaries: 167.15

Week 13: 9-4

Kamino Clone Kids: 217.35

Pabu Porgs: 216.40

Week 14: 10-4

Kamino Clone Kids: 202.75

Crait Vulptex: 162.55

Week 15: Round 1 Playoffs 11-4

Kamino Clone Kids: 

Alderaan Molators: