For the first time in league history (probably), a player has achieved perfection. Tim went 14-for-14 this week, an historic performance that has vaulted him to the top of the leaderboard, cemented his place in the record books, and inflated his already-enormous ego.
His sheet was punched perfect at 11:55 Monday night, when the Vikings suppressed a comeback attempt by their bitter rivals, the Green Bay Packers. It was so fitting: Tim’s most memorable Picks moment made possible by the emotional heroics of his favorite player, Brett Favre.
“Brett has tickled many things in my life, namely my fancy,” said Tim. “Now he has tickled my Picks legacy.”
As for his post-perfect strategy, Tim plans to follow in Favre’s footsteps.
“Having now realized that I’m invincible,” he said to no one in particular, “I’m going to engage in irrational decision-making at the expense of others and express no remorse. I will also adopt more of an aw-shucks attitude and gaily interact with co-workers when other people are watching.”
Will Tim’s new, self-righteous approach work in the long run? Most likely not, it doesn’t even sound like it applies to picking football games. But the history books don’t care. They’ve already been written, and Tim’s Week 4 reads this way:
“Perfect.”
Disclaimer: Quotes assumed
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As Brett Favre noted last night after the game, God clearly answered his (and my) prayers about the Vikings having a great game. God is a huge fan of spreading the ball around to a variety of receivers and establishing the run early, and He, in His infinite wisdom, made sure that this took place last night.
I am willing to postpone our celebration of my accomplishment until I’m back in Boston. I feel like carrying me around on your shoulders would be appropriate, obviously coming after a pig-pile at the airport. Someone already posted pictures of how the celebration went down here in Dallas. It was kind of just a spontaneous thing, here’s the link…