NFL Player Blasts Abusive Fantasy Owners on Twitter After Bad Game

It's no secret that aficionados of fantasy sports, the web-based contests that let fans digitally "own" players to compete in the accumulation of real-world statistics, sometimes take their virtual games a little too seriously.

NFL running back DeAngelo Williams (at right) is sick of it -- and he took to Twitter on Sunday afternoon to let overenthusiastic fantasy fans know he feels.

Williams received a stream of Twitter abuse from disgruntled fantasy owners after he was held to just six yards on six carries as his Carolina Panthers fell to the Seattle Seahawks. Fans called him foul names and denigrated his football skills. Fed up, Williams posted this tweet shortly after the game:…
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