10:2 Tight End

Where & When: This year I have been playing in a fantasy league through my part time job. Since I have no idea what anything actually means, I decided to pick one of the many terms I do not understand. Tight end is an important part of any football league.

Definition: an offensive football end who lines up close to the tackle and can act as a lineman or receiver 

Since this definition does nothing for me, I clicked the ELL definition and was provided with this:
American football : a player on the offensive team who plays in a position on the line of scrimmage and who blocks and sometimes catches passes

http://mw1.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tight%20end

Level of Familiarity: I have heard this word hundreds of times before as the tight ends are an important aspect of football. I just never knew what it actually meant.

Reflective Commentary: The ELL definition actually makes more sense to me than the other definition. Except I had to look up the line of scrimmage to see what it meant. Back in September when I signed up for fantasy, I had a delusional idea of what it meant. Turns out, you actually have to do work every week. I originally assumed you need to pick your team and not touch it for football season. Big Mistake. So every week I struggle trying to understand what terms means and what is important when I go to change my line up. I can see how it would be much easier have background knowledge of football. But I am in fourth place so I am doing alright for lacking all sorts of background knowledge. I can see through this hos important background knowledge really is. It makes things a lot easier and I probably would have an easier time picking my lineup because I would actually understand what people were talking about.

My tight end, Jermaine Gresham, who is playing this week