When losing, trash talk good option
by Chris Taylor, reporter

    If you are in a fantasy football league, the trade deadline has probably passed, and you’re stuck trying to win a playoff spot with the team you have.

   If you drafted well and have been lucky as far as injuries, then you should be primed to make a run for your league’s playoffs.

   So what is the logical next step? Picking up some more depth? Grabbing a key player from the waiver wire?

   Those are some pretty good guesses, but the next step should be to learn how to trash talk your opponents.

   Nothing intimidates people more than guaranteeing a win. Make a post on your league’s homepage claiming your dominance over your next opponent by guaranteeing you’ll win the game.

   It worked for “Broad-way” Joe Namath. Why wouldn’t it work on a smaller scale?

   Or if you really want to show you have guts, guarantee you’ll win the entire league championship. Now that takes nerve.

   Those are two good ways to properly intimidate your opponents, but nothing works better than a good old motto—something like, “Witness the awesome lethality of (insert team name).”

   Mottos always help frighten the rest of the league.

   The other teams will bow down before you and tremble in awe at your magnificence.

   If they don’t, then try a good old-fashioned comment about your opponent’s mother.

   Mother insults never go out of style, and your fellow owners will admire and respect you for sinking to that level.

   Heck, even the other owner’s mothers will find humor in it.

   Okay, so maybe that is going a bit too far. The point, though, is to have some fun in your league. If it’s good-natured, trash talk can be fun.
   In my league we have been fortunate to have some very creative trash talk.

   We really get into the idea of actually owning these teams. We issue public challenges to our players, accuse other owner’s players of consorting with prostitutes and accuse other owners of being soft.

   It’s just childish fun, and it helps to make for some friendly rivalries.

   Think about it.

   Wouldn’t you want to beat a team that posted a news item claiming your quarterback was of French heritage and, therefore, didn’t know the meaning of the word victory?

   That’s the other fun part of our trash talk—it takes more imagination than just saying, “Your team stinks.”

   So have fun, enjoy the moment and, like our politicians, sling some mud. Just behave better than a politician.