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Westbrook kneel-down will go down in fantasy folklore

Ask fantasy owners who Billy Volek is and you will undoubtedly here about the legend of the gunslinger who put his career clipboard down for a two-game stretch in 2004 and broke out for 918 yards and eight passing touchdowns on unsuspecting fantasy competitors in the crunch time of Weeks 14 and 15.

With that in mind, consider what Brian Westbrook just did on Sunday. In Week 15, generally the "conference championship" of fantasy leagues, one of the most valuable players in all of fantasy football had an opportunity to cap another solid effort off with a game-crushing blow in the waning moments of the Eagles-Cowboys game. As you of course know by now, rather than depositing another six pointer in his fantasy owners' laps, Westbrook took a knee at the one.

Don't tell fantasy owners it was a wise move. They simply don't care. All they know is that Week 15 is do or die, that the play came late in the day with their fantasy lives on the line. Depending on whether you owned Westbrook or faced him, it will long be remembered as one of the most heartbreaking or life-saving moments in the history of fantasy football.

Comments (2)

Ken:

OK, already. I luckily have Westbrook in 2 of 3 leagues I am in and was in the Playoffs in 1 of them and still in total points contention in the other. Westbrook is likely the only NFL RB that would put his team first over personal gain. Being a Villanova graduate he is no dummy and could care less about any fantasy impact and as a Fantasy Junky the 'kneel down' was refreshing. My gut says he blows up this week regardless and those that survived the so called blunder to advance in their playoffs will no doubt be needing him this week.

mike:

obviously those fantasy owners don't pay Westbrook's salary so I'm sure he doesn't care. He is quite simply one of the classiest guys in sports or anywhere else. I do wonder what they would be saying if he did that in a game that the Eagles were favored by 7. Surely Point shaving talk would follow. Unfortunately there is just more to the game than winning .

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