Fantasy Footballers - Fantasy Football Podcast - Footie Award Nominees + Week 18 Recap, Super Bowl Picks! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 1/6

Episode Date: January 6, 2026

Fantasy Football show for Jan 6, 2026. Now’s your chance to vote for the BEST and WORST players from this past fantasy football season! The Footie Award nominees are in! Steal of the Draft, Rookie of the Year, Best Show Moment, and many more. Plus, Week 18 reactions and Super Bowl picks from Andy, Mike, and Jason. Manage your redraft, keeper, and dynasty fantasy football teams with the #1 fantasy football podcast.(00:00) Intro(05:05) NFL News, Injuries, Coaching Changes, Wildcard Weekend(19:05) Week 18 Studs(36:00) Footie Award Nominations(36:50) Performance of the Year(38:00) Fantasy Reaper’s Man of the Year(41:20) Poopiest Pants Award(42:00) Waiver Wire Wonder(42:45) Fantasy QB of the Year(43:10) Fantasy RB of the Year(43:50) Fantasy WR of the Year(44:10) Fantasy TE of the Year(45:35) Rookie of the Year(47:20) Breakout Player of the Year(49:00) Steal of the Draft(51:20) Comeback Player of the Year(51:55) The Playoff King(52:40) Bummer of the Year(53:35) Meow Man of the Year(54:25) Nickname of the Year(56:20) Show Moment of the YearConnect with the show:Subscribe on YouTubeVisit us on the WebSupport the ShowFollow on XFollow on InstagramJoin our Discord Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Welcome to the fantasy footballers podcast with your host, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright. Tuesday, January 6th, 2026, welcome in to the fantasy footballers podcast. Offseason edition. Jason Moore. Yeah, this is our first technically offseason episode. And we're back. We've got NFL playoffs on the horizon. But your fantasy season is done.

It's over. Week 18ers out there, you weirdos. But that was a good time. Weirdos. That was a blast, wasn't it? No, it was, you know, it was funny because going into the week, it felt like. Riley Leonard. Early on, it was like, you know what, this year doesn't have too many bad hiccups.

And then it was just like, everyone, right down to the stretch, was just like, yeah, we're not going to play him. Yeah, he's going to play a little bit of the game. It's just so dumb. You, like, you know, you shouldn't play Week 18 championships. I know we joke about it. And we were like, ah, you weirdos and what, but like, don't do it. But we mean it. Don't do it.

Don't do it. It takes away from something so majestic, so much work and energy and effort and brainpower and fun. Well, the product actually isn't very good. No, not at all. Like for NFL fans, independent of fantasy. Most of those games were bad. I mean, you did have an incredible amazing. Oh, man.

Steelers, Ravens game for the ages. Lamar Jackson. What a loser, am I right, guys? Can't win the bid one. What a loser. I mean, it's wild, though. No Mahomes, no Burrow, no Lamar for the AFC this year. This is why you're saying Josh Allen, it's your time. It has to be. And now they have to go beat Jacksonville. Consider me worried. They do not beat Jacksonville. I think they are favored.

The bills. Yeah. I think the bills are favored. You got to remember, these playoffs, you guys both have Seattle going to your Super Bowl. we got our predictions and stuff like that. Let's just say the playoffs are too kicking as that situation was to tie the loop. Pressure packed. And I don't, I don't, you know, big, big players, the reason Mahomes has been so successful, doesn't matter what the regular season looks like, he gets here and he does it. And I, if you can't do it now, Josh, you're going to look back with regrets.

Yes. Because you're not going to have an off season or, playoffs like this again. But, I don't know. What was the, what's our website? Or not our website, Brooksie's website. MyPlayoffpicks.com. So if you are, you know, just listening, you didn't see the tweet where we tweeted out

my playoff picks.com. It is a super duper duper easy way to make a playoff bracket, not for money or anything, just to like make your picks. Yeah. See how you think the playoffs are going to go. Recedes for you so you don't make that. that mistake. I know. Years ago, we used to do it on paper and then be like, wait, this team can't play that. That's impossible. Um, and what's funny is, just a bracket maker. So we all

made our bracket. We, we do it around the office. Everyone makes theirs, put it in a little thread. And I made mine and I felt like, I felt like some wild stuff. I was like, this is crazy. And I, I felt like I was doing some wild stuff. And then afterwards, Mike scoots over and he looks and he had done his bracket earlier, 100% identical picks in every round which is insane that two people can be on this show will get every single pick right I know right

yeah two do you guys have just to summarize I have the bills over the Rams in the Super Bowl you two both had the Seahawks over Jacksonville in the Super Bowl wild so there you go it's going to be it's going to be fun I mean the truth of the matter is is when you're looking at these matchups

other than the Rams Carolina game which again that could bust some brackets. I don't want to take away any hope from Carolina fans, but it's going to be tough. It's going to be tough. But you did backdoor your way into the playoffs. You did sub-500 your way into the playoffs. You did have a negative 69 point differential, which is worse than the Giants. Yeah. I mean, they beat them. Carolina beat the Rams. They did. They did a month ago. But other than that one, you can kind of make an argument in almost every other game of how it can go either

direction right i mean you can see san francisco winning i can see philadelphia winning all the matchups in the first round to me feel like i want buffalo to win i could see them losing to jacksville in round one it's it's going to be crazy uh fortunately we're in a much better mood thanks to some news that has come out oh news and notes from around the league the coaching carousel shall begin we had the brown firing Stafansky and the Raiders firing Pete Carroll and the Falcons letting go of Rahim Morris and we felt left out.

They were saying the media is like, no, no, Jonathan Gannon is safe. Gannon was going on radio stations. He's like, what? No, of course I'm not going to get fired. And then all the media people were like, well, Jonathan Gannon said he's not going to get fired. So I guess he should keep the job. Gannon showed up at 5 a.m. to the facilities just ready for a normal day, waving to the cameras and just his story. historically one of the worst.

Were the doors locked, Jason? Because Jonathan Gary was fired! I can wear this hat. Out. Get on out. I was so close. I was so close to truly abandoning fanhood. I get out. Because the number three pick.

Got no blobfish. You get. Get out here. You don't come back. You get. It's always a weird thing because you are, you're celebrating this is a human

this is a man does it seem like we're celebrating yeah because we are I'm just saying like I get it it's it yeah

go get it John Gannon gone get on out get on out is yeah move on it's a man

he's a human being and he gets fired for like that's yeah that's a bummer he is paid so so much cash and

well not anymore right like next year and the next year. Yeah, no, no. Oh, no, he does. He'll still get paid in the entirety of his contract. And how many like how many

careers got ruined by Jonathan Gannon? I'm dead serious. Do you mean other coaches or players? I mean all of it. Like anyone in that coaching staff now has this is on, this is their resume. Is this, that cardinal season? Those players are trying to go

out and put stuff on tape and they're getting put in bad positions because the coaches stink and they don't know what they're doing. Just saying it. I get it. I think Josh sweats, a pro bowler if it wasn't for Jonathan Gannon's team going three and 14. It can feel anti

just caring humanity to celebrate a person being removed from their job. But he had to go. He had to go, man. And they were telling us it wasn't going to happen. Yeah, I mean, this is Yeah!

Get on. out of here. All right, that's it. Do you think... Results-based job. Yes. The Raiders fans, they've got to be happy that Pete Carroll's out. That one was

on the wall. I wonder if the Falcons fans are happy. Rahim Morris is gone. Yeah, you think so? I think that is unfortunately a move you had to make. And the one that I'm the most confused about from a fandom perspective, obviously

a terrible season for the Browns, but they let Kevin Stafanski who is, I think it's like two of the last four years of the coach of the year. He's clearly not a bad coach. Yeah, I mean, again, it shows how quick things can change. The last two years, they're basement dwellers in the division, and that was enough. So now you have Giants, Titans, Raiders, Browns, Falcons, Cardinals so far, looking for new head coaches. Bengals are bringing back Zach Taylor.

Colts are going to keep Shane Stuyken despite the fact that they went from 8 and 2 to 8 and 9. I mean, I don't blame them on that one. The fact that they were 8 and 2 and number 1 in the NFL when they had their quarterback shows that he had the team doing good stuff and then obviously dealt with losing your quarterback and lost games. And the Giants maintaining their general manager despite the fact Daibald got fired mid-season and there's going to be some names out there. Despite the fact that Dayball is the reason they drafted the quarterback and not the GM.

It was like Dayball's guy and then he was right. and then it's like, ah, you're going. That one is wild. We had some injuries in week 18. Cam Ward left with the grade three right shoulder AC joint injury. Brock Purdy suffered a stinger late in the game.

He's going to be okay. And then Devante Adams were supposed to get him back. When you look at what happened with the Rams and thank goodness the Cardinals lost to the Rams, Cardinals have the number three pick in the draft now. Hey. Thank you, Browns in a big way for that.

That victory was huge. But you got to remember, Matthew Stafford, the push for MVP, it didn't have, he didn't have Devante Adams in the last handful of weeks. Probably going to be the difference, I think. Saturday we have the Rams, Panthers, Packers, Bears. Oh, boy. That Packers Bears game is going to be unbelievable.

The last victory for the Packers was the Chicago Bears. And the last victory, no, no, no, the last team that the Packers beat was the Bears. And the last team that the Bears beat was the Packers. Really? Yes. Wait, what? I know, it feels impossible. It's because the bears have lost two straight, right?

Someone needs to vet this. I know. I think you made it out. Week 14. It makes no sense. Week 14, the Packers beat Chicago. There you go. And then it was four straight losses.

Oh, then this is right. Then Caleb Williams, let's see. Yeah, they had the comeback win. Week 16, they beat the Packers, and then they lost two games. So, there you go. It seems impossible. The NFL rules. The NFL is.

it just gives us so much of this. I mean, the Steelers Ravens game was so exciting from every moment. I mean, man, it really stinks that it was going to come down to either Boswell being, you know, ridiculed or loop being ridiculed. The game is so much more than those moments. I think I think Harbaugh not running the football and gaining as many yards as you can to make that kick more manageable was ridiculous. Absolutely nonsense to not do that. but I did re-watch the kick, and he could have been at the goal line.

It was so bad. He missed it. Yeah, but his approach is different. If you're 39-yard field goal, maybe that feels better in your head. If you're three yards forward, you kick a lot. I mean, I completely agree that it was wild to not only, I mean, you took like a two-yard lost on Lamar's kneel down there. Shout out to Aaron Rogers.

Played amazingly at the end of that game. Also had a look on his face like he knew he was going to lose. Oh, yeah. And the relief. His face through the entirety of the end. Like the celebration was a man who was like, oh, I can't believe we won that game. All the faces. Did you see Derek Henry's?

People want your reaction to your incorrect prediction about Aaron Rogers. That's the most thing I saw on Twitter. Now, now I'm just rooting for them to win the Super Bowl because I just want chaos. Yeah, because you had, I mean, it looked like we were one kick from then finally missing the playoffs. What's the crew out there? It's Austin. Yeah, Calvin Austin. Adam Thielen.

MV.S. And MVS. Hey, they'll get Metcalf back. Oh, yeah, they will. That was, uh, Mikecalf. That's as close as you can get to really screwing your team without screwing your team. With those three wide receivers. Yeah, it's true.

And he made some big throws. Shout out to Roger's getting it closed out. And then no Lamar for the playoffs. It's crazy. but I brought that up again because the Packers Bears, it feels the same. I mean, that's that kind of rivalry. And we'll either, we have two people in this office, the studio. They're going to come up with some kind of a bet.

I mean, Al Borland is the biggest Packers fan I know. And Jake, baby Jake, the biggest Bears fan I know. I don't know if these guys can, I mean, Saturday game. Maybe you can come to work on a day. I think after the game, those two getting a. ring, but one of them gets a sword, and it's based on whoever wins. I was just going to go like... The winner gets a sword or the loser gets a

no, the winner would get the sword. I was going a good old fashioned. It just seems like murder. A pinky toe? Yeah, yeah. Oh, just remember you the losers is the pinky toe. Yeah, that seems fine. I mean... Okay, that's cleaner. A sort to get messy. I'm in. Okay.

That just leaves baby Jake. Now, do you both... You have both your pinky toes? Do you genuinely... No, I lost one in a previous packer bet. That's why I'm in. So, Al, you're the only one here. Do you genuinely believe your Packers will win? Yes, I do.

You do. Okay. That's not fandom you think you're going to win. You can look at my bracket. I took the Packers and this one, but not win the Super Bowl. Oh, okay. All right. You took them, you tried to win the, actually tried to do the bracket right.

I tried to, yeah. Oh, my gosh. If I had might, if the Cardinals are past, they would always be. Yeah, exactly. Sunday games, Buffalo Jacksonville, Buffalo, one and a half point road favorites. that'll be a wild game Jacksonville playing so well what was it Trevor Lawrence at 38

touchdowns that's the record for the Jacksonville Jaguars the turnaround in the offense halfway through the year you know who it doesn't involve at all Brian Thomas Jr. Brian Thomas Jr. He was irrelevant in this game that they dominated.

Parker Washington. It actually gives me a little bit of I just think Brian Thomas is going to go somewhere else. I just if your plan, if you really have a plan to have him third or fourth in the depth chart, if it's going to be Jacoby on the contract and Parker, Washington, and then obviously Travis Hunter is going to be a big part because you invested everything to get him with this regime. And Britain Strange, it's not congruent.

You can probably get more for your team. Than the value. Out of trading him to someone else and getting a draft pick. And I don't know all the, I know he's on a rookie contract, and I know that that's advantageous. But again, rookie contract or not, if there's going to be a problem in the locker room, which, look, if I'm Brian Thomas, I got a problem. That's the truth. I've got a problem being the fifth target in an offense.

I don't know. I would have a major problem, and I'd want to go somewhere else, which is why it was rumored at the deadline. Yeah, it's just really tough to have a major problem while your team is dominating, winning every game. And, I mean, they could go on. Both Mike and I, shockingly, have the Jaguars in the Super Bowl. I don't think you have a problem

Like if you're the wider receiver of four You ever seen A.J. Brown have a problem with winning? Yeah. It happens all the time. Yeah, I just, I don't think that that's a given for all people to be upset not getting enough while, like if you're losing games and not getting enough. Bro. He's got one chance starting a contract. If he's getting one catch a game, two catches a game,

you're going to hear from BTJ. I just, I think it's already happened a little bit in that locker room. San Francisco, Philadelphia, oh my. You know, things get real when the playoffs hit. Yeah. It's like all this, all these games, all this lead-up, and then all of a sudden one of these teams is just going home. That's a real pick-em-style game.

Right now the Eagles are favored four and a half because they're at home, but it's the 49ers defense or lack thereof. I think that is the worry. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, who did you guys take in that game? I took Philly. I took the Eagles. Yeah, I mean, it was the, you know, we had the.

the San Francisco Seattle game where it was like the elite offense because that's what San Francisco is versus the team that has a good offense and an elite defense and that one went to Seattle. Yeah, you were dead on.

It was like round one with that game. The Chargers at New England, New England three and a half point home favorites. I did take New England in that one. Yeah, I got New England too. And then Monday night, Pittsburgh, I believe they have not lost a Monday night football game. at home since 1991.

23 straight games. They are on a, what, a wild card four in a row loss. And they are the underdogs because the Texans are favored by three on the road. Well, look, it's hard, Mike. You just mentioned the offensive

weapons for Pittsburgh. You're leading the way with Kenny Gainwell, no disrespect, but. No, Gainwell's good. Gainwell and Metcalfe against Houston. I know. There was no pass rush from Buffalo, or sorry, from Baltimore. Right.

There will be a major problem with a pass rush from Houston. Yeah. But I took Pittsburgh. I don't know why. That was very, it was a very tough one. Them being at home made it difficult. I believe I went. I agree.

Texans. Yeah, we took the Texans because it's the correct pick for our perfect bracket. But that one was the like, I could see Pittsburgh, just in a nasty, disgusting games. To me, the toughest one was the Patriots Chargers. That one, the Patriots haven't really beat some of the great teams. The week off for the Chargers, I think, was a real smart move. That's going to be tough.

We are going to take a break in a moment. This show is about the footies. The Footie Award nominees are coming up after we briefly talked through some of these week 18 stud performances, maybe framing a little bit of how we view these players for 2026 and the upcoming season. It's easy to tune out a little bit in week 18, but this puts an end to the season for a lot of these guys. And then we'll come back and give you the entire footy nominees. We need you voting at footy awards.com.

We'll announce the nominees momentarily. This week's, fantasy stud muffins Well, nothing says week 18 like Mitch Trubisky leading the way at quarterback. So Trubitsky, Stafford. But wait, Trubisky didn't start. No. Josh Allen started that game.

Yeah, you got that one right, Jay. If Josh Allen's going to come out here and what was it, Ripkin it? Yeah, one snap. Just, I started. I mean, that just kind of sucks. Yes. I don't feel like that makes it, like no one will remember it because to look at the years later,

they'll just be like he started this many games in a row. And I think that's fine. Like, to me, he wasn't injured. Right. It wasn't, yeah, it wasn't like they put him out there limping

and then he came off the field. Yeah, he just, they didn't want to break that streak. I know in the past, uh, Eli Manning had a chance to do that. And he,

he chose not to, you know, he's like, well, he was forcibly, yeah, sat down. Remember they did,

they broke his streak. And then they like went right back to him. Mitch Rubisky, Matthew Stafford, Trevor Lawrence, Tyler Shuck and Joe Burrow. You remember right now? Yeah, they hosed it. I think before that they yeah, but yes, they did. And then

they went back to him. It's like, all right, you can start again. Your streak's over. Stafford, Lawrence, Shuck, Burrow. The the Trevor Lawrence stuff is so exciting. Have to I mean, you imagine it will continue next year.

But perhaps this was just like the magic season. That'll be something to watch. And Tyler Shuck, man he had he's what the QB4 on the week he had a another passing touchdown called back on I thought it was a pretty weak OPI I thought the the player was fine for who for Shuck Shuck had a and then they had to settle for a field goal on that and no Alave hurt him this week yeah but it's like dude Tyler Shuck is going to be fascinating next year because his nine his nine starts he's on pace for 4200 passing yards as a rookie

throwing for what was a 69% completion of percentage as a rookie that's that's very very nice and then you're he still adds some on the ground and i don't think that people will be like man i got like shuck won't be the qb seven or eight i don't think i mean maybe crafted wise you're saying he'll he'll be more like kind of what uh probably a later this year's drake may was right where he was one of those targetable double digit close to it round type of players. It will be on watch for the Saints, because if they add a weapon, I mean,

that would, I don't know. I'm very, very intrigued moving forward for Shuck. I'm looking at this Trevor Lawrence season to try to, you know, I expected to go, looking at fantasy finishes before the buy, right? And it was not good. 23, 13, 28, 28, 7, 13, 14. I'm like, oh, okay,

well, what's his pace there? 39122. Not that great. Pretty normal Trevor Lawrence type of year, really. Yeah, that will not get it done. So then I'm like expecting the split to be wildly different in the second half after the buy week because he had a bunch of great fantasy finishes. They're not that different. I mean, four thousand. It's just touchdowns.

Yeah. It's just touchdowns. The touchdowns, he started going crazy basically from week 10 on. He was basically on 38 touchdown pace. What about rushing touchdowns? Yeah. Because he had, so here's a neat stat, quarterbacks with 4,000 passing yards, 29 passing touchdowns and nine or more rushing

touchdowns in the same season. It's 2023, Josh Allen, and 2025 Trevor Lawrence. Yeah, and to be clear, that 38 touchdowns is total, right? So he broke the record for the team at quarterback because of the nine plus the 20s. He broke Blake Bortles. That's a good one to break. You don't want to be a franchise where your records are all set by Blake Bollell. So, like, I mean, same team and everything.

That's the, like, going into next year. being willing to put your chips all in on Trevor Lawrence. Because the second half of this year, if that's what the guy you get, I mean, that's the top three quarterback. I mean, you drafted 101. And but Bortles did it. And then when, it's the volatility of the pocket passer.

And if he brings nine rushing touchdowns, it changes the equation, that's for sure. But yeah, it's going to be a bet on something that we haven't seen over a sustained amount of years. And I bet part of the momentum is, going to be what this playoffs looks like. Are they one and done? It might be. They're favored to, I mean, they're underdogs, right? So

could be one and done or they could be like your two brackets and be in the, you know, if he's a Super Bowl quarterback, all of a sudden he's drafted very high. It is really funny. Looking at my bracket, it's like I took Jacksonville over the bills and Jacksonville making all the way to the Super Bowl. But that Jacksonville Bill's game is the real

test for them. And if the bills win, I think I would take the bills all the way to the Super Bowl. So that game will be incredibly important. another funny performance from this week Riley Leonard Oh yeah Dude I was loving it Oh man

I was loving it When he had that bomb Which one Well the first wide open bomb Down the sideline Little rainbow ball that Philip Rivers Couldn't dream of throwing in today's day age That ball was in it was just like

Oh man Maybe they should have given Riley Leonard a chance That might have been the right moved 270 and two, Lamar Jackson. At one point in this game, it was like five for 60 or something in the third quarter, ends up with the

three touchdowns, two bombs to Zayflowers. Jackson Dart, they managed to defeat Dallas, which removed them from the number one pick. Yes. Because the Raiders won, which means they would have had the number one pick had they lost. Say, I know it's hard

to convince a team to lose, but they roper-doped. Like, Dallas, things got better for Dallas with Jackson Dart, not having a top, whatever, top two pick. Romandre Stevenson led the way for the running backs. He was unstoppable. Seven carries and three touchdowns total.

Seven carries for 131 and two. And still two touchdowns for Trevion. And Romandre had a receiving touchdown. That's five touchdowns between the two. Yeah, it was wild. I mean, they just, it was very easy for the Patriots. Unbelievable. Ray Davis, Tyrone Tracy,

Jemir Gibbs, and Ty Johnson. So two bills. Two bills backup running backs. Foof. Getting it done. Kenny Gainwell, got into the end zone again. Caught nine, or sorry, nine targets for eight catches in 64 yards. I thought both running backs at times looked really good in the San Francisco game. But Zach Charbonnet, I thought, looked better.

17 for 74 and a touchdown. You know, everything about those two guys, it's just funny. It's like Zach Charbonnet is a good running back. And he does some things really, really well. The one thing that keeps killing Kenneth Walker is his losing yards. I mean, he is just ridiculous when it comes to trying to get to the edge and then losing three or four yards at a time at least. Charbonnet is kind of more north-south.

It's wild. 12 rushing touchdowns for Zach Charboning. And yet the fewest amount of PPR points for a running back with that amount of touchdown since 2010. Yeah, I mean, that's pretty much. the only thing that he did. If you started him in fantasy, it was just like, oh, good, I got a touchdown, I got two touchdowns.

Was the guy in the bearers, Michael Bush? Oh, yeah. Where we had Matt Forte, and you're like, the greatness of Matt Forte, and they're like, get him out of there, we've got to get Bushed on the end of old. That's not a bad comp because Bush was very successful at it. Yes. Just like Charbonnet, you know, was this season.

He had 27-yard run in this game. He had a 29-yard run last game. Yeah, he does break him off here and there. Tank Bigsby. got it done we talked about him in week 18 chase brown nice finish of the season dude the walker's going to be a free agent the the chase brown stuff is very exciting uh in terms of next year i mean week three week four he was going to get replaced for sure and then it all came back and chase brown was excellent and say samaj p someone will get work there if it's

p rind or whatever but at least right now it feels pretty good if chase brown's on your dynasty squad. Kenneth Walker. He doesn't have a contract, right? Correct. So they need to refine. He's still under contract, but. Kenneth Walker ends here with 1,027 rushing yards,

five rushing touchdowns. We'll head to free agency after the playoffs. Imagine if that was 10 rushing touchdowns. I wonder if it's going to be better for both guys to leave. What, Charbs? Well, Charts is under contract. For Walker leaving, I mean. Oh, oh, yes.

If Walker leaves, it's like, I could see Chabs being the one in a committee. He'll be, there'll be a committee there, but he could be the one. And then Ken Walker could go be the one in a committee someplace else. I don't think either guy's going to get all the work for their team, but I do think it could be more predictable for those guys. Ken Walker. Because this year it was like, you know, basically paper rock scissors. It's, I don't know.

I don't know who's, I don't know if anyone's going to open up the bank for Walker. And his landing spot is going to mean so, so much. I can see Kansas City I can see why That would be perfect That would be a great spot

What he needs More than anyone Is an offensive line Like if he goes to a place With a good offensive line That can open up holes And just let him use his speed And just

You know Kind of like what we've seen Was that Jonathan Gannon? Pee-Pee-Pee-Poo Because you just gave me some PTSD brother I don't I just I don't know if Walker's

I don't know if it's going to be great Or the end Chris Rade There you guys making his pitch. Crod trying to get his opportunities next year. Wide receiver, Zayflowers, the amazing Alec Pierce, Pucca Nakuha, Jamar Chase, and Amonrae, St. Brown. Bad boy of football, Alec Pierce.

Getting thrown out. Getting thrown out for his egregious. Barely touching the... I was turning my body, and I kind of ran into the ref. That was soft. So, I mean, I... Grow up! I understand that, like, the rules are that.

But I mean, I mean, it's not like... like we don't see players running into refs and bump refs all the time. Accidents happens, incidental contact. Yeah, there's 22, you know, probably 30 plus people on the field at all times. Like, that happens. And, you know, it's like, you eject him? It was so weak. Another amazing week for Alec Pierce, though, 4-4-132 and 2.

He's a free agent. And Michael Wilson, aka Jerry Rice, might actually be Jerry Rice. Another 5 for 99 and 1. He had a 50-something-yard. catch called back that would have been on top of this that was in a Calvin Johnson-esque jump ball. What? I mean, he is going to finish as the wide receiver 10 in full PPR. No. Yes. What? If you include week with week 18. I mean, which they do, right? I mean, that's part of what the final finish is, right? It just depends on which resource you're looking at. We don't include it? I

I honestly, I honestly don't remember if our rest of season stuff goes through weekends. It shouldn't. Yeah, we do. We do. Yeah, and we, it should. It should. Should not. Well, I mean, the stat lines are the stat lines.

You can't take a game out of the stat line. So, I mean. We'll clarify all of how players got there when it mattered and everything on the truth series that we start, what, next week? Yep. 119 for 1646 was the pace from week 11 on. basically the best wide receiver in football. So he's nominated for some footy awards we're going to talk about. And then Parker Washington, three straight top ten finishes.

Jefferson got his hundred yards and a thousand yards on the season. Tight ends, Colston Loveland. So on the, do you know who is tied for the second most receiving touchdowns? This year? Yeah. There's three guys with 11. I do not. Higgins.

Makes sense. That one-handed catch was awesome. He has 11? Yes. So, Devante Adams, even without playing the final few weeks, he has 14, then Ammon Rae, T. Higgins, and McBride of 11. I just, I'm pointing out, like, T. Higgins, it was a very good year, and you should be excited. It was also a terrible year. Yeah.

There's also a terrible year. you know what I mean like if you had him it was terrible that's what that's all I mean like you you couldn't play him very often and expect much and then he got hurt and then he came back and then he got hurt again and there was the the way that the season started with two yes kind of bad games and then Joe Burrow gets injured and it was a rough start that's all I meant once Burrow got back obviously much much better just more ammo to him dropping in drafts is all I mean and it's also and I'll draft him I know I know you probably will as well as well but it is the same thing every year. It's like,

ah, he's great when he's healthy and when Joe Burrow is healthy. Those things are pretty universally true. It's just those things aren't always true. They don't line up very often. Yeah, they don't line up as often as you'd like. Certainly not 17 times in a year. No. Colston Loveland led the way at Tide-in. That's Mr. Loveland. He is 21 years old, 13 targets, 10 for 91 and 1 this year.

Sixth most fancy points ever for a rookie tight-in in the final eight games of a season, he had missed some of the beginning of the year, but just a really dominant season for Colston Loveland at this point, finishing the year as a primary target. We were talking about the room for Chicago, and we'll see what the playoffs holds. But, you know, it could be a little easier to predict what goes on there. If it's going to be a Dune's-A burden, Loveland future,

I feel like that's a good situation. Yeah, I mean, his last 10 games played, and this is totally fine for a rookie, side end to take time to not be, you know, the best. Tyler Warren was very impressive right off the bat to start season. That's not the norm. The last 10 games for Colson Loveland, he's on pace for 1,014 yards and 10 touchdowns. That is what you dream of at the tight end position for fantasy.

I think it will be difficult. I feel like that's pretty in draft season. Like as we are trying to make our, you know. Where do you think I'll go? Loveland? Yeah. Oh, Levin will be. You can just give me the rank, the tight end rank.

Let's see So I mean McBride Above him for sure Brock Bowers above him for sure Yeah Yeah yeah Brock Bowers will go ahead of him So I mean I think if Daniel Jones is back

I think Tyler Warren Will be in the discussion I think anywhere from three to five But I'm saying Is that how it seems to you Jay? Yeah Yeah it does I'm saying like when you're making your bets

On who in the bears Is going to be the guy Like will it be a duncee burden Or Loveland It's going to be the target Love one's the best bet there. I think so. The difficult part of Loveland's breakout here, these last 10 games, where a lot of his production

came without Rome. Right. And so if Rome is the true number one for this team, that that's going to make a massive hit on what Loveland can do. And Rome hopefully is back for the playoffs. If the Bears end up making a run, maybe we will have a little bit more data to see how this version of the Bears does when all of their pieces are healthy. because I do have fears next year

of just, you know, DJ Moore's not going anywhere. I think he's mostly irrelevant, but still going to be involved. Luther Burden looks like he's breaking out. Loveland is great. And I think Rome could be the best wide receiver on the team, like should be the one. So... In the games that Rome played with him in that sample

that you gave, which was six games, his pace is basically the same, 927, and 8. So... Yeah, my chips will be on... Maybe the total targets wouldn't be the same, but at least the fact that he looks like a touchdown threat for this team every week is encouraging to me it's 21 this this man can barely buy a beer i could see harold fanning above him and of course cowpitz we've got to get to these footy nominations

but a nice end of the year for tray mcbride it finishes with 1226 for 1239 and 11 it was a really nice beginning of the year and the middle of the year correct end of the year for tray micbride yeah all of it was pretty good we'll take a break we'll talk footy noms All right, it's that time of year. It's time to get into the footy nominations. It is footy time, everybody, the most special time of the year. No award, more valuable. Imagine.

Imagine thinking any other award was better than. And always in the mail. Well, on its way to your doorstep. Don't get me started on the post office. I think some of the original footies are still on the way. Keep checking your mailbox. Yeah. Alan Robinson, just keep checking.

We have signature tracking on it. Have not seen that. Yeah, nobody's coming up. It's weird. Footy Awards.com. We'd love you to go and vote before Monday. The winners will be announced on next Tuesday's show. So we'll give you a week to lock in your votes.

But we're going to get into the nominations here. we're starting with the performance of the year looking at the best single week performance the most impressive performance last year. Josh Allen won this with a cool 51.9 fantasy points in week 14. Goodness. This year's nominees Jemir Gibbs in week 12. You remember this game. It was the last great game

he happened to year. 49.9 fantasy points 12 targets. He got a lot of people to the playoffs and then ended there. Helped them leave the playoffs. Yeah. Derek Henry in week 17. Championship week. That's a valuable performance. Jonathan Taylor in week 10, three touchdowns, 48 fantasy points. Trevor Lawrence in week 15 with the five touchdown passes, 44 fantasy points. Puck and Akua going crazy in week 16. Just happened. 40.5 fantasy points. And then Kyle Pitts, why not? 12 targets, 11 for 166 and 3. Best performance by a tight end since ever. Ever. Ever. Ever. Ever o'clock era. It's wild to think that you started the playoffs with the all-time greatest titan performance. Unbelievable.

And it was Kyle Pitts. Yeah. We have the Fantasy Reaper's Man of the Year. So which players injury hurt fantasy managers the most? There's always a sad list. Christian McCaffrey won it last year. But look, Christian McCaffrey came back so maybe these players can come back next year. Malik Neighbors.

Oh, man. I know. We didn't talk about that, by the way. But neighbors still using a cane. which Not great Is it like jeweled on the top at least? Yeah I mean

Unless he was like pimping Yeah Which I'm told Not easy Uh Our injury guy Matthew Betts Told us that that is

concerning at this point To be It could take a while For him to be this far off Of or recovering from his surgery To still need a cane Is not great Well then neighbors said

He had a lot wrong with his knee. So there's a big difference between those easy ACLs that are clean and multi-ligament. That one was early and that sucked. Yeah. So you got neighbors, Jane Daniels. Oh, that sucked, too. It feels like he didn't play in football this year. It really does. That's James Connor. James Connor

was the starting running back for the Cardinals this year at some point. Poof. Sam LaPorteurta. That one, I think, was just good for James Williams. Everyone's like, yeah. Garrett Wilson. Oh, that's the Jets leading receiver, Jason. That's a Jets leading receiver, Garrett Wilson. Don't believe he's caught a pass since week 12? No. Yeah. Still leading the team and receiving yards. Does not have 400

receiving yards, but leading the team and Mike Evans who went. Imagine telling Jets fans before the year. Listen, your leading receiver will be under 400 yards and you're not going to pick off one pass this year. That's impossible. Glenn still has a job? Yeah, yeah. But they said that that's because they just asked around and no one would take the job. if they were to fire him. So they're like, well, you got to be able to hire someone

and we can't. There was... He's the defensive guy, right? Right. I was watching a clip. I don't want to miscredit it. It's a higher profile. And they were talking about the...

You know, like we're about to get into Dinesty season, into prospecting, talking about these rookies, because we're removed. We're focused on pros and now we're going to catch up on the college kids. And it's like,

okay, so Mendoza, he's like... probably a lock to be the first pick in the draft. It seems that way. And what's the kid out of Oregon? Dante Moore. So in the show they were saying, if I'm Dante Moore

I am doing whatever back channeling I can. I'm having my agent get a hold of the Raiders and say is there a chance I go number one. And if the answer is not you have a good chance of you then, don't leave school. Like don't. Do not go get drafted by the

judge. Alternatively, Mike. And Jets fans, you can help us out with this. Please make it common knowledge that you are not one quarterback away as a Jets fan. And you should not take a quarterback with that number two big. No, no, no, no, I disagree. They're one quarterback away. And we got him. He's available.

Oh, Kyler Murray. I mean, imagine Kyler in the green. He'll look so sharp. He'll look bigger than ever. The jolly green giant. There you go. Oh, I'm up. Poopiest Pants.

Wait, did we get through all of the... We did. Did you mention Mike Evans? I did. Oh, okay, sorry. The Poopiest Pants Award, despite high expectations. This player let down fantasy managers over and over again. Last year's winner was Travis E.T.N.

Whose pants are not poopy this year. No. They are clean and pristine. But this year, Justin Jefferson, who was the wide receiver two, Lamar Jackson. Pretty poopy. Not a stranger to poopie pants. The quarterback, too.

Brian Thomas Jr. Oh, my gosh. Brian Thomas Jr. in the second round is the wide receiver 10. Vlad McConkey. Marv in, yeah, Marvin Harrison. And then Chuba,

who was the running back 18? Yeah, those are some poopy pants. The Waver Wire Wonder, our fourth award, which undrafted stud was the best pickup in the season. It's a long list. Last year's winner was Bucky Irving. This list is fun.

It is. Trevor Lawrence, Jacoby Brissette was on fire. Rico Dowdell had that run. Woody Marks in there. Kyle Monongai at times. Christian Watson once he came back, Wondale Robinson. Huge.

Quentin Johnston, Michael Wilson, Alec Pierce, and Harold Fannin, Jr. Lots of good names in there. Yeah, Harold Fannin is a great player, period. He is. He is a great player. The fantasy quarterback of the year, Jaden, Daniels took this one home last year. I mean, it's the obvious big choices.

Josh Allen, Drake May, and then just like everyone saw, Trevor Lawrence. Right. You got Dak Prescott, Patrick Mahomes, and Matthew Stafford. There are your nominations. I forgot. Mahomes started really, really hot. He was on fire and then. And then not and then hurt.

The fantasy running back of the year, it's a lot like the quarterback one, except it's about the running backs. Thank you. Christian McCaffrey Must I continue But Jonathan Taylor Not everyone's going to vote for him But Chris McCaffrey

Johnny Taylor What a start Jamir Gibbs Devon A. Chan Bejohn Robinson James Cook And Derek Henry I'm not going to sway the votes

By naming them But I feel like there's only two people You can even Really See I was about to say Like Devon Achan deserves a tremendous amount Of respect

in this category He does But there's two champs on this list. Fantasy wide receiver of the year. And by the way, we're looking at kind of draft position, big game performances, the impact of fantasy teams. That's what you're voting on. Last

year's winner was Jamar Chase. This year's nominees, J.S.N. and Pooka Nakuwa. Amon-Ross, St. Brown, George Pickens, and Jemar Chase once again. Jason, you can introduce our fantasy tight end of the year. Yeah, the fancy tight end of the year. It's a lot like the fantasy wide

receiver of the year, but with tight ends. Brock Bowers was last year's winner this year I mean okay you got George Kittal and Kyle Pitts and Dallas Goddard and Tyler Warren and Harold Fanon Jr. And Trey McBride.

I'm sorry to Harold Fanon. I'm sorry to everyone else. That's your... I mean that one was you can't sway the boat here that he lapped the field by... A lot. It was just it was the craziest gap between him and second place.

I'm going to look. Holy Toledo. Yeah. It's what? Yeah. Okay. What I'm seeing? Well, because number two is what? Kyle Pitts?

Yeah, so in a half point. Wait, what? Yeah, Kyle Pitts is your number two tight-in. No. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 40 points in a week will help you. So in a half-point scoring format, what I'm seeing is Trey McBride at 253 points. And Kyle Pitts is the tight end two at 169 points.

Oh my God. I mean, this. This is, there shouldn't be a vote. It's over. Yeah. It's Vince Carter. Also, every year, we got tight ends. No, we don't.

No, we don't. 252 points is more than Jamar Chase scored as the wide receiver four at the tight end position. That was a good pick. All right. Rookie of the year. Last year's winner. Wait, it's a lot like the tight ends, but with guys who have never played and they can be at any position. Jane Daniels was the winner last year.

I like this bit a lot. We got Jackson Dart, Cam Scataboo. Honorary vote. Yeah, in loving memory. Ashton Gentie, Trayvionn Henderson, Omarian Hampton, Quinn Sean Judkins, R.J. Harvey, Teteroa McMillan McMillan. It's just every rookie who played football. Ameca, Emeka, Bucca.

Yeah, he was awesome. Carol Fanon Jr. and Tyler Warren. Who left Abuka in here? What do you mean? Abuka is worthy of being on here as Trayvion is. They flipped their seasons. Yeah, they did. That's the problem.

When you're reading these names for Rookie of the Year, I don't know the right vote. It is tough. There's a bunch of broken seasons here. Scataboo barely played. Hampton barely played. Judkins got hurt. Didn't get going until he came back from the suspension. Holy crap.

Abuka. You guys know where he finished? Yeah, I do. Wide receiver 20. He managed to finish at 20? Trayvion Henderson running back 19 Yeah They did the same figure of

Why they both belong here It's not how you It's hard because the vote here is like It's just the man had Eight straight weeks of Do you have any inkling on how that vote's going to go? I'm not going to make you say who you think is going to win Let me look at it again

I genuinely I don't know the right answer I want to vote for Cam Scatapoo Right The heart wants what the heart wants Yeah I think I know who is going to win I can tell you

I can tell you who the top three finishers are going to be I'm not going to do it right now. Don't think we'll have a different name. I think I know who's going to win. Yeah, we'll talk about it. I want your votes. We don't want to sway anything. Breakout player of the year. Rookies are not allowed here, right? Just breakout players that we've already seen that leveled up last year was Brian Thomas Jr. who is this year's breakdown player. I'll tell you what. When we're reading these last year names, right? Like rookie of the year last year was Jane Daniels bad this year. Last year's bad players of injured Christian. I don't like it. Injured Christian McCaffrey. And then he was

great. Pooby Pants. It was E.TN. Then he was great. It's like, it's just the opposites he's award. Everybody, I thought you were going to say we are cursing people. What about the Jamar Chase part? Yeah. He's still great. That was pretty good. Sequin. Yeah, a little bit. He could be back-to-back winner.

Breakout player of the year nominees, Drake May, Javante Williams, Jalen Warren, George Pickens, Chris Oliva, and Michael Wilson. All worthy nominees. But who was... Did you feel like Jalen Warren was a breakout player? He was for a while. It's the only one in that category that doesn't feel right to me. When he got injured late and Kenny Gainwell was just awesome.

It was like Gainwell should be in there. Yeah. Warren had, what, over 1,200 yards? I love that. Brooks is going to hear us debating the inclusion of people and be like, you had three days to change any names you wanted in this list. I know, I'm just thinking like I feel like Kenny Gainwell broke out more than Jalen Warren. That's all I'm saying.

The nominees are the nominees But Kenny Gainwell broke up I know why you're saying that But it also is probably a little bit of recency bias Because it happened later in the year And yeah I mean he's their leading receiver on the year Yeah

Not their leading runner He's a running back Yeah he just surpassed a thousand Where Warren had almost a thousand rushing yards Plus 330 receiving yards The steel of the draft This is actually always the Brian Thomas Jr.

Yeah Brian Thomas Jr. steal of the draft ninth round pick these are the guys that really genuinely like these win leagues for you yeah james cook drafted as the running back 13 yep tray mcbride even though he was drafted as the running back two still obvious tight end two it's still obvious uh worth it js in third round pick wide receiver 14 in the draft devante adams man if he could have stayed healthy he was unbelievable wide receiver 19 in the draft how about george pickens drafted as the wide receiver 28. Where did he finish? Look that up, Mike. I'm sorry. I'm seeing a note here from the Falcon who never makes a good point. No, never. But I wasn't paying attention.

Close to Mr. Loveland's not in up for tight end of the year. And Warren is. Yeah. Who finished tire? Might have been Loveland. I mean, we count week 18. Yes, we can't week 18. No, Warren was better by four position points. Yeah. By seven and 11. What was his total points? Colston Leveland? No, no, no, Warren. Loveland was 136.

Warren was 150. Okay. There you go. George Pickens did finish as the wide receiver 5. Drafted as the wide receiver 28. DeAndre Swift drafted as the running back 24. Chris Olave

was drafted as the wide receiver 34. I think he's one of the most surprising of this year. Nobody really wanted to draft it? No, no, nobody did. It was a reluctant click. You had Giovante Williams, another surprise, running back 39 in the ninth round was very good, cooled off towards the end of the year.

And then Travis E.T.N, last year's poopiest pants, now on the steel of the draft category as a nominee. Got to poop your pants to become a steel. That's true, that's true. Unless you're a rookie, you've got to poop your pants to become a steel. You got to drop. You got to drop one? Yeah, got to drop one to go late in the draft.

Normally, you drop your pants to drop one. Yeah, but if you don't drop your pants and then you drop one. It's called the poopy pants. Yeah, and then you go. The comeback player of the year. Thank you, which fantasy player amazed you the most in their return to relevance? What is this one like? This one is not like the rest.

No? Okay. We got Matthew Stafford, who had vanished for us as a fantasy quarterback. By the way, J.K. Dobbins won this last two years. Oh, yes, yes. So we did it again. I'm taking it. I was just like that. Yeah, and we're about to in the next one.

So go on. Keep going on. So Maddie Stafford, Trevor Lawrence, Javante Williams, Chris Olivae, Kyle Pitts, and Dallas Goddard. Are you with? I just saw what the next one was. It's unbelievable. The playoff king. Who drove fantasy managers to a championship during playoff weeks, 15 to 17? Last year's winner was Jemir Gibbs. Who drove people? He drove you home. He got you to the play. He's the exact opposite of this one.

He's the exact opposite. This year, a lot of nominees, Trevor Lawrence, Brock Purdy, Derek Henry, Christian McCaffrey, Bejohn, Olavet, Nakua, McBride, and Pitts, all dominated during the playoff weeks. Jamir Gibbs did not. No. We have a new... We got two new awards this year. Two new awards. By the way, footie awards.com.

PuttyaWords.com to vote. That's right. And that's T-I-E, Footee. Just in case you want to put a Y in there. Do we not have the Y? I don't know. We should look into that. Just grab it.

Yeah. So the first new award is the bummer of the year. It's not necessarily the biggest bust. Right. But it's still a huge bummer for fantasy football managers. And those people deserve. Oh, he's not here. That's the bummer of every year.

You just win it every year. But the bummer of the year, Emeka Agbuka is in this list because this is like the the fill-me-up buttercup just to let me down Brian Thomas Jr. Oh gosh. We're going to let him get he won the bummer and the poopiest pants.

Here's my bummer of the year, Caleb Johnson. Remember him? Nope. Yeah. Bucky Irving and Travis Hunter, which one just hurt your heart, I think, the most.

And then Mike, we got one more new category? We do. We introducing the the Meow Man of the Year this year's nominations for the first ever Meow Man of the Year Mason Taylor aka Meowson Taylor

and that's it all right you can vote for whoever you want in this category at footy awards dot com F-O-O-T-I-E Footeawards.com It was confirmed that Mason Taylor is the only rookie tight end since 2010

to not force a single missed tackle in a season with 40 plus reception. He's also the only rookie tight-in since 2010 to be nominated for the inaugural Miao Man of the Year Award. Vote with your heart. But choose your brain. Yeah. All the above. Next category. Did you introduce that one?

Yeah, we have the nickname of the year. It went by quit. There's not a lot of nominees. The nickname of the year this year Is I was trying to find Of last year Well no

We're introducing nominees for this year Last year's winner Was Laser Mayfield What a flop The end of the season Was to that team Every single Every single winner of a footy last

They have so much power They just did the opposite this year And it's not all a curse Because if you got a bad award last year You're awesome this year Oh my gosh And the show moment of the year last year it was me and Jeremy in the title game

when we finished dead last. I mean, every single thing was the opposite. Oh my gosh. How good is Mason Taylor going to be? Oh, he's going to break every tackle record. He'll always break some tackles. Also, to be clear, only one of us finished dead last. Also, to be fair, we do not know who has won any awards yet, Mike. So I don't want you to presume. I apologize. Yeah, we don't know

who's going to win the Meow Man of the Year. Yeah. Nickname of the Year nominees, last year, Baker, may Field this year. George Pickens' nickname. George. T. Higgins's nickname. Meat Higgins. Dylan Gabriel's nickname. You mean Gillen-Dabriel. Ehrlich, Iommanner's nickname.

Ooh, Epic Iommanner. Mason Taylor's nickname. Mawson Taylor. Jacori Kroski, Merritt is. Bill Kroski. Jake Tongis is. Tongus Mick Basketball. D.K. Metcalf is.

You mean D.K. Mike Kaff. And then for the first time, I think ever, two nicknames for one dude. Colston Loveland as Catston Dogland and Colston Loveland as Mr. Lovelin as Mr. Lovelin. Oh, Mr. Lovelin, I do declare. You know, I will say from the moment that his nickname kind of leaned towards Mr. Loveling, he really was on fire. Yeah, I think we really did that. And then the final category, the most important category of the footies every year, although really nickname of the year might be. The show moment of the year.

And here is the best part. If you go to vote at Footie Awards.com. We will have a YouTube link to all 10 video clips. It is a fun watch to remember and remind yourself of all these. Yeah, what a year. Bizarre, stupid, accidental problems that happened on the show. We have the Bill Kroski jokes. Okay. Those are good.

Bill Kroski. We have the Falcon Mailbag drop. That was a bad time. That made it in. It shouldn't have. Mike's Henderson hate blockers. That was a good day. You enjoyed that.

We have Meat Higgins. That's crazy that that's still from this year. It was a long time ago. We've got the Nard attack. What? You know, Joanne Jennings getting his Nards attack. Oh, my gosh. We had me.

Why'd we go with Nard? I think that's great. It's a family-friendly show. That's a great. That's a good one. We have me hating fantasy football after week four. Yep. That was awful.

We have me going missing. Yeah. We have the Cardinals Meltdown. Oh, yeah, that was good. That was after the Titans game. Yeah. And, uh, oh, yeah, you and I were going back and forth. That was us.

Um, and then my Cam Scataboo Halloween costume. That was fun. That was, that was a good time. And the Falcon buying food on the company card for months. So. For a really long time. You can. Did you ever pay all that back?

Yeah, what's going on with that payment plan? Yeah. It's on the way. Okay. It's in the mail. You paid me back with DoorDash. gift cards for some reason i don't know what falcons in here twice i don't like that at all yeah he didn't put it together though so hmm there you go he's probably getting all his friends to vote for him yeah

that's kind of what he does all right footy awards dot com vote before monday winners will be announced next tuesday thankfully he's got like four yeah so yeah four friends yeah oh that's a lot yeah but not not when the voting matters okay you know i mean we appreciate your votes we appreciate you hanging out with us. We're going to say goodbye for today, but we'll be back on Thursday. A very special Footballer's AMA episode, Footy Award show coming up, Truth Series coming up, and the best week of football ever, maybe? These playoff matchups should be a blast. We'll see you soon.

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