Well, let me tell you, this here tot in football, it ain’t as simple as it looks. I heard some folks talkin’ ’bout it down at the market, and it got me thinkin’. You see these young folks, they got all these fancy terms for things. Back in my day, we just played the game, you know?
But this tot, it’s got somethin’ to do with points, I reckon. Like, how many points a fella scores in the game. They call it “fantasy football,” like it ain’t even real. But these young’uns, they get all worked up about it. They sit there, starin’ at their phones, yellin’ about their “team” and this here tot. It’s a sight, I tell ya.
Now, I heard one fella say it stands for “total touchdowns.” That makes a lick of sense, I suppose. Touchdowns is how you win the game, after all. You gotta get that ball across the line, that’s what my old man used to say. He played a little football in his day. Wasn’t no fancy “fantasy” football, though. Just good old-fashioned runnin’ and tacklin’.
- So, this tot, it’s like keepin’ track of how many times a player gets that ball across the line, scores a touchdown.
- And it ain’t just for one kind of player, neither. It’s for any of ’em, even the quarterback.
- That quarterback, he can throw the ball for a touchdown, or he can run it in himself.
- Either way, it counts towards his tot. Five touchdowns? That’s a good tot, I reckon.
This here fantasy football, seems like they got all kinds of special words for things, not just tot. Like ADP and Flex. Sounds like a bunch of alphabet soup to me. I heard one young fella talkin’ about his “RB” and his “WR.” Don’t know what all that means. But I guess it’s important for this fantasy football game they play. The kids talk about TE, I guess the TE is one kind of the player.
And then there’s this TOT thing they talk about for the defense, too. These fellas on the defense, they got their own tot, I hear. It ain’t about touchdowns for them, though. It’s about somethin’ else. Maybe it’s about how many times they stop the other team from scorin’. That’s what defense does, right? They try to keep the other fellas from gettin’ that ball across the line.
I remember this one time, back when I was a little girl, my brother, he played defense. He was a big fella, strong as an ox. He’d knock those other boys down like they was nothin’. Maybe they had a tot for him back then, but they didn’t call it that. They just said he was a good player. That’s all that mattered, really.
This fella, Rinus Michels, they say he started somethin’ called “total football” or somethin’. And then this other fella, Johan Cruyff, he made it popular. Don’t know who them folks are, but they must be important, I reckon. They got somethin’ to do with how the game is played, I suppose. Like changin’ the rules or somethin’.
You know, people talk about Mike Tomlin and John Harbaugh. I don’t know much, just know that tot is important in their games. It’s like a big deal to these two, you know? They say it’s a stat to know about. Guess that means it’s something we should all be paying attention to. I don’t understand all the fancy football talk, but if those two are watching this tot thing, it must be important, right?
But this tot in football, it’s all a bit much for me. I like watchin’ the game, sure. But I don’t need all these fancy terms and numbers to enjoy it. Just give me a good game, with some hard hits and some excitin’ plays. That’s all I need. This fantasy thing, it’s all just noise to me. Like the roosters crowin’ in the morning, it don’t really mean nothin’ to an old gal like me.
I reckon these young folks, they like to make things complicated. They like to have their secrets and their special language. But at the end of the day, it’s still just a game. It’s about runnin’ and throwin’ and catchin’ and tacklin’. It’s about winnin’ and losin’. And it’s about havin’ fun. That’s what football is all about, ain’t it? Don’t matter what you call it, or how many points you count, or what your tot is. It’s just a game. And all the player is important, no matter it’s TE, RB or WR, they all good for the team. It’s all that simple.
So, this tot, it’s just another one of them fancy terms. Don’t let it confuse you. Just watch the game, and enjoy it. That’s what I do. And that’s all that really matters, ain’t it? The young people make it too complicated. But it’s just a game, like it always was. Nothin’ more, nothin’ less. You just play the game, like we did back in my day, before all these fancy words and made-up games.
