Ask the Expert Question: You just suffered a heartbreaking playoff loss. What do you say to yourself to come to terms with it?

You just suffered a heartbreaking playoff loss. What do you say to yourself to come to terms with it?

I put it all in perspective. I have my health, a loving wife and a devoted cat and in the big scheme of things that is not too bad. So a tough fantasy football loss really does not warrant too much worrying. Of course talk is cheap. Some losses will stay with you for life. I will never forget losing in the 2007 World Championship of Fantasy Football (WCOFF) League Championship Game when all I needed was one catch on Monday Night from Heath Miller (A University of Virginia alum no less). I watched PIT battle MIA in week 12 during a torrential rain storm. Heath had no yards and no catches during no targets. Really Heath….no catches.  But I am not bitter.

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Sam Hendricks is the author of Fantasy Football Guidebook, Fantasy Football Tips, Fantasy Football Basics and Fantasy Football Almanac 2011, all available at his website, http://www.ffguidebook.com/, at all major bookstores, and at http://www.amazon.com/. He is a 20-year fantasy football veteran who regularly participates in the World Championship of Fantasy Football (WCOFF), National Fantasy Football Championship (NFFC) and finished 7th and 16th overall (out of 228 top players) in the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC).

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