No surprises it was a Philadelphian.
So I looked up Philadelphian and now I understand totally how he could have got to that point with his fantasy football team
I quote-
Philadelphians or
"the Philadelphian Society," is the name of a sect which was founded in 1695, and claimed.to have for its object "the advancement of piety and divine philosophy." It originated with Jane Leade (q.v.) and John Pordage (q.v.).
Mrs. Leade herself, however, combined much
fanaticism with her pietism, professing (like Swedenborg in a later generation) to hold intercourse with spirits. This
fanaticism imparted itself to many members of the Philadelphian Society, and imaginary apparitions of good and evil angels became for a time a prominent feature of their religious life.