The Lendale White Fantasy Party Man/Douche of the YEAR Award!

Pro Football Talk

And a happy 2010 to all you lovers and haters out there in fantasy-land.  With the regular season of the Lord's Sport now in the books, I trust you all enjoyed a fruitful fantasy season with a championship in hand. 

If you are not of that persuasion, however, never fret.  As they say perenially in Denver anymore, there's always next year.

I surprisingly enjoyed the most successful fantasy season of my entire life in 2009, winning 2 of my 3 leagues, including one where I entered the playoffs as a number 6 seed and Larry Johnson as my number 2 running back. 

So while I have an entire offseason to gloat (at least about fake football..........fuck you, Broncos), it's time here at POFD to hand out our awards for the Inaugural Lendale White Fantasy Party Man/Douche of the Year Award. 

And the Grammy goes to....

Party Man of the Year

Ok, that one probably wasn't too difficult.  Johnson only had one of the greatest, if not THE greatest, seasons ever by an NFL running back, becoming just the sixth back to eclipse 2,000 yards rushing in a season on top of breaking Marshall Faulk's single-season yards from scrimmage record by a good 80 yards. 

This dude runs the football the way Predator was bred to hunt, and the striking resemblance is uncanny. 

Johnson tallied 329 fantasy points in 2009, an average of 20.6 per week.  If you were playing CJ in any week, and he was held below 20 points, you considered it a moral victory, and took your ass-whuppin like a man. 

Chris Johnson in 2009 was the epitome of having a 40 and just partying, and that's why he is POFD's inaugural Lendale White Fantasy Party Man of the Year. 

And onto the Douche of the Year...

There were many deserving candidates in 2009.  You have Matt Forte, nearly everbody's consensus top 5 running back coming into the year who cracked the 100-yard rushing mark just twice in 2009.

You have Steve Slaton whose breakout 2008 led many to annoint him as the next Chris Johnson, notched 7 fumbles in just 11 weeks before coming down with an acute case of chronic ineffectiveness.

And you have Brett Favre, who had a pretty solid season fantasy-wise, but is just such a douche that he deserves a spot on this list.  That goes for Philip Rivers too, for that matter. 

But no, this year's Fantasy Douche of the Year is a special case.  Appointed as the next Great Douchey Hope coming out of USC, this man was supposed to change the way that football was played due to his awesome ability to, I dunno, outrun people from Oregon, I guess. 

Let's just say it hasn't quite turned out as planned.  This year's Fantasy Douche of the Year goes to...

Reggie Bush!

Since arriving in N'awlins, Bush hasn't really done much more than his beer-bonging former teammate Matt Leinart.  He hasn't changed the way the game is played, he's just proved that just because you're super good in college, doesn't mean that you can pull the same stunts once you hit the NFL  ( I hope you're listening, Mr. Tebow). 

In 2009, Bush amassed just 107 total fantasy points in 14 games, cracking double-digits just three times.  His high for rushing yards in a game was 83, and that was against the Rams which, let's be honest, shouldn't really count anyway. 

Even though he ended up the 36th rated running back in the league, he was still owned by a whopping 92.9% of all fantasy owners on ESPN.  I guess kicking ass in college counts for something, right?

Bush will never amount to much considering if he's not the focal point of an offense, he has no idea how to operate.  He's more well known for his curvaceous girlfriend than his football acumen.

And sorry Reggie, but you'll never love her the way Ray J did...

So Mr. Bush, please accept this generous gift basket of Bacardi Razz from all of us here at POFD.

You've earned it.