![]() Or if they think Mahomes is actually ready to be a top-15 quarterback and won’t throw 15-20 interceptions this year (as I fear), or maybe I’m just plain wrong and this is the year Andy Reid finally runs more than he passes. If they have more faith in Cousin’s passing in the second half of games where the Minnesota defense is shutting out the opponent, I want to know why and will review their schedule. Instead of leaving it at that, I ask myself “Why? Was there something I missed when I made my own list?” Kirk Cousins ranked 9th, Jimmy Garoppolo ranked 11th, and Patrick Mahomes ranked 12th over Matt Ryan at 15, Dak Prescott at 17, and Jared Goff at 18 didn’t make much sense to me. Just this morning I was baffled by some of the quarterback rankings. It’s those rankings I don’t agree with I investigate first. Every season I start my draft prep by reviewing the fantasy rankings on ESPN. So, no matter what, we need them and their input. ![]() As noted above, they have the contacts within the league the rest of us don’t. One must assume anyone who is paid to write and appear on TV knows at least a little bit about fantasy football. Therein lies the value of ethos: the opportunity to hear from informed sources. The only way to make it work is to read the work of others who do have all day for football. ![]() Putting off family and work obligations for fantasy football is not a road I plan on following. And, as is my case too, most of us don’t have the time to sit down and think about football all day. Most of us do not have access to NFL practices. As it applies to fantasy football, think of it as the Matthew Berry’s of the world. In the rhetorical triangle, Ethos refers to the speaker and, more importantly, their perceived credibility in the eyes of the audience. It is critical to note that each of the three appeals is necessary and, for me anyway, it works best to consider all moves through each lens. For each I’ll explain how it applies to fantasy football, how each can help, and, more importantly, the inherent dangers. As the Internet continued to gobble up everything, including my Sunday afternoon NFL binge, I needed something to help me process everything. Since I’ll be spending the season talking and writing about fantasy football, I thought it best to explain this concept as it will inform all of my coverage. In this article, I’m going to walk you through the three rhetorical appeals. They are the three appeals shown in the triangle above: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos.Īs I came to understand the concept, I found it explaining so much about the world around us. Though I have long since forgotten Kant’s Metaphysics of Morals and Nietzsche’s ramblings on objective truth, I have never forgotten Aristotle’s Rhetoric, namely his modes of persuasion. To those tweed-laden, bespectacled folks, I say, “hey, it was you who introduced me to the idea, is not applying it to every aspect of my life an homage to your teaching?” I jest, but the truth of the matter is this: as a perpetually five o’clock shadowed 19 year old, I took my first and only philosophy course. I’m sure there are academics out there who would say I’m besmirching Aristotle’s good name by using one of his defining works in a fantasy football article.
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