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Worst Fantasy Football Teams Ever This month, we'll look back at our football leagues, not to find the best teams, but to see which teams were the 10 worst ever. This list is totally subjective, compiled by the Commissioner after looking through past standings and rosters from the first few seasons. Keep in mind that all fantasy teams are all-star teams to some degree. Also, some seasons have had as few as five teams and others as many as 10 teams, which definitely affected the quality of all the teams in a given fantasy season. (For example, with only five teams playing, no team from the inaugural 1990 season made this list. The same went for 1996.) Also remember that we played roto style for two years, and only added head-to-head play in 1995. All these teams finished last or next-to-last, but are otherwise compared mostly to each other, and not necessarily to their own season's opponents. Here's how they are ranked, best to worst. See if you would do it differently: 10. 1995 South Baltimore Alikats (owned by "Sal") - finished last at 5-8. Troy Aikman, Barry Sanders, Cris Carter, Shannon Sharpe, and the San Francisco defense led a team that was competitive at times in an even season. Their roster also included marginal players such as Trent Dilfer, Bernie Parmalee, Roosevelt Potts, Alfred Pupunu, and the Colts defense. Although "Sal" had several teams like this previously, he won the championship the next year. 9. 1994 Michigan Marauders (Tim S.) - finished last by 28 points. Tim went from first to last with this group. Warren Moon, Jim Kelly, and Barry Sanders led this team, which must have had some injuries. They also had Cody Carlson, Derrick Fenner, Harold Green, and Ricky Proehl. 8. 1994 Wayne Co. Hounds (Mike M.) - edged out beat-up Marauders, but were 207 points behind the next team. Jeff George, Jerome Bettis, and Henry Ellard were the best players that they had; but they also had Craig Erickson, Keith Byars, Alvin Harper, and the Indianapolis Colts defense. 7. 1997 New Paris Titans (Allan M.) - finished last with 4-13 record. How can a team with Super Bowl runners Terrell Davis and Dorsey Levens end up last? Bad luck in the CNNSI computerized draft was part of the reason. Bobby Hebert, Jim Harbaugh, Frank Reich, Earnest Byner, Chris Boniol, and the Washington defense all appeared on the Titans' draft day roster. 6. 1997 West Branch Brewmasters (Chaz P.) - next-to-last at 6-11, somehow. This team had the lowest offensive total in the 10-team league, but managed to stay out of the cellar with the second ranked defense (led by Green Bay and Denver) in a defense-heavy point system. Karim Abdul-Jabbar and Antonio Freeman were the lone bright spots on offense. Team had to rely on quarterbacks Scott Mitchell, Elvis Grbac, and Mike Tomczak; plus Larry Centers, Terry Kirby, and Jeff Wilkins. 5. 1991 Bakersfield Bakers ("Ed") - next-to-last by 234 points. Although a prime Mark Rypien teamed with Jerry Rice and Sterling Sharpe, there just wasn't much rushing here. Others on this squad included John Friesz, Harold Green, G. Fenerty (?), Hassan Jones, and Roger Ruzek. 4. 1992 Wilmington War Eagles ("Sal") - last place by 110 points. Another team with Rypien, plus often-injured Rodney Hampton and Haywood Jeffires. Also had Bobby Hebert, Sammy Smith, Blair Thomas, and Albert Bentley (with a broken leg from preseason.) 3. 1991 Monmouth Monks (Lonnie S.) - last by 271 points. Injuries to Joe Montana and Randall Cunningham prevented this team from challenging at all. The Monks were left with aging players like Jim McMahon, Roger Craig, and Merrill Hoge. Also had Tom Tupa, Blair Thomas, and Bubby Brister on the roster. 2. 1998 Bowling Green Screaming Eagles (J.B.) - set a new record for the worst mark at 2-12, with the fewest points scored and the most points against. This was the bad luck team - injuries to John Elway, Warren Moon, Yancey Thigpen, and the N.Y. Giants defense sank this team early. So instead of contending, the Eagles used marginal fantasy players like Rodney Peete, Donnell Bennett, Lamar Smith, Mushin Muhammad, and Priest Holmes. 1. 1993 Minnesota Flurries ("C.D.") - 280 points in last place. Although the Cowboys were a Super Bowl team, their players' individual stats couldn't win in a fantasy league. Troy Aikman, Jay Novacek, and Michael Irvin were joined by Garrison Hearst to form a non-competitive fantasy league team, with no defense whatsoever. The Flurries also played Tom Tupa, Dalton Hilliard, Mark Higgs, Tom Rathman, and defensive players from Washington, New Orleans, and Cincinnati.
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