ESPN's Matthew Berry Goes On Wild Tirade Against Arizona Cardinals Over Injury Reporting: TRAINA THOUGHTS

Matthew Berry goes off on Cardinals for taunting fantasy football owners

1. Three years ago, I made the decision to quit playing fantasy football. It was easily one of the top five greatest things I've ever done in my life.

I had played fantasy football since high school. I'm so old, I remember the days of buying USA Today every Monday to do the scores by hand with - gasp! -- pen and paper.

But a few years ago, I realized that outside of draft day, I literally got no enjoyment from fantasy football. I didn't want to have to stay up until 3 a.m. so I could be the first one to pick up a kicker. I didn't want to bet the Packers, but then root against Aaron Rodgers because my fantasy opponent was starting him. It all became too much. And joyless.

Why am I telling you all this? Because ESPN fantasy expert Matthew Berry went bonkers yesterday ripping the Arizona Cardinals over fantasy football and it reinforced my belief that giving up fantasy was a life-changing decision for me that I haven't regretted for one split second.

Obviously, covering fantasy sports is what Berry does for a living and he does it well because he's become the No. 1 guy in that industry, as we discussed recently on the SI Media Podcast.

But when I watched this clip of an angry Berry, all I could think was, "Can you imagine getting this upset about the Arizona Cardinals backfield?" 

As Berry explained, Arizona expected David Johnson to start against the Giants, but then he didn't play and Chase Edmonds filled in and had a monster game. Then the team's official Twitter account taunted people who didn't start Edmonds.

So I ended up having two thoughts while watching the video: Can you imagine getting this worked up about the Arizona Cardinals backfield AND can you imagine getting this worked up about the Arizona Cardinals Twitter account?

But that's the life you sign up for when you play fantasy football.

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Be sure to catch up on past editions of Traina Thoughts and check out the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast hosted by Jimmy Traina on iTunes, Spotify or Google Play. You can also follow Jimmy on Twitter and Instagram.