The Ringer NFL Show - Our Top 10 Most Memorable (Ridiculous) Podcast Moments of 2023

Episode Date: February 19, 2024

The 2023 season is over, which means another year of 'The Ringer Fantasy Football Show' is in the books. For the first time, we thought it would be fun to look back at the 10 funniest and most memorable moments from the season—most of which involve Heifetz mispronouncing something. Enjoy! Email us at [e-mail] if you think there was a moment we left out! The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please check out theringer.com/RG to find out more, or listen to the end of the episode for additional details. Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck  Social: Kiera Givens and Jack Sanders Producer: Jack Sanders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Worldwide. Hey, everyone. This is Danny Heifitz, and we have a special episode for you today. I say thank you to everyone who has listened to us all season. Maybe this is your first episode you've ever listened to, which is perfect timing. one of our producers Jack has put together the top 10 moments on this podcast over the 2023 season these are the best the dumbest and the funniest arguments and moments that we had on the show this year it runs through the end of the regular season and if again for whatever reason this is the first time

you're listening i think you can't hit jackpot here so this is the last episode dk Craig and i will have for the spring just the three of us we're now going full tilt NFL draft show so it's the three of us plus ben solac through the draft which is at the end of april And then early May, we're going to flip the show back, retitle it, art back to the Ringer Fantasy Football Show. So stick it with us through draft season, but just a little touch on the season. Thank you to Jack for making this.

Here are the top 10 moments for the Ringer Fantasy Football Show from the 2023 season. Enjoy. Number 10. The Rams signed this week. I read this three times. Signed to the practice squad, a guy named Dresser Win.

They just thought him out. He's been frozen since 19, Like the, yeah, he was on the 34 Chicago Cardinals. Dressor Wynn sounds like an Austin Powers character. Dressor win. Condoms are for sailors, man. Only sailors use condoms, baby. That's Dresser Wynn.

Number nine. There's something going on right now in the airline industry. The technology is getting worse. I think I've probably been on, whatever. I think like six of my last 10 flights have not even offered Wi-Fi or internet to be purchased because it's down. They're terrible. Every time I'm on the plane, it's like our Wi-Fi is temporarily down.

I think this is the worst form of conversation. Complaining about being a Greek myth. Like you get to like be like you get to go to Friese in one day. But it doesn't matter where I'm flying. This isn't a champagne problem. Any flight anywhere, the internet doesn't work.

I'm just flying anywhere. I flew in Portland. For like six years, the idea of internet on a flight. You can just have like you have some God-given right to internet while you jetset across the goddamn sky. Here's what I'm saying. If a very expensive piece of equipment that you pay a ton of money to use offers a product, I expect that it should work.

Number eight. All right. We're here with Kai. Kai has prepared his mac and cheese. Kai, what are your thoughts going in? I'd like a smell test. Smells pretty weird. Okay.

Here we go. Okay. Okay. She's chewing. Um Oh my God It's not great They're interesting

I feel like I've conquered something It wasn't as horrible as I thought it was going to be Nice But I don't like it He took a second bite For those at home Hmm Yeah

Well This one was worse Okay But what would you give this guy out of 10 First bite was like a solid 3.5 Where's the second bite at? I think the second bite's maybe coming into like a 1.2.

Yeah. No. Not great. Number seven. I think Catara's Tony's going to be healthy this season. We warm down. Hell yes. He's like a post-hyped sleeper.

He's a sleeper. He's overhyped. He's boom-bust. He's like, literally everything. Let's just talk about him on every show. Many months later. Mahomes hit Kelsey with like a 25-yard catch over the middle.

And Kelsey actually dodged a guy. And then right as Kelsey is about to be tackled, he just throws the ball, like almost as far as Mahomes did, took Cadarius Tony, who ran in for a touchdown and probably would have won the game. Do you, D.K., do you think that Mahomes was right to complain about the refs in the play? Absolutely. Absolutely. Cadarious Tony, like, lining up eight inches ahead of where he's supposed to, has zero effect on the game of football.

I understand it was technically illegal, visibly if you watch it. He was on the line. It was an infraction. The only NFL player who could line up and not actually get in communication with the ref about that is Cadarius Tony. Like, I'm sorry, but like Cadarius Tony in the Super Bowl lined up wrong on five plays he was on. He lined up wrong. He lined up wrong.

His head was blocking the goddamn ball. It's a receiver. We can move on. I think it's absolutely stupidly tiki-tack. It's so ridiculous. It's so ridiculous. They called this in that situation. Two minutes left in the game.

Are you kidding me? Email us at ringer fancy football. Gmail. dot com. I feel like this is a government out of my sport. Number six. Arthur Smith, the head coach of the Falcons and DK's least favorite person on earth. I got tagged so many times. I think it's fine for like 95% of teams.

For this team in particular where you spent a fucking eighth overall pick on a running back, give him the ball. If you want to criticize the Falcons. Three weeks later. Yeah, Bijon Decoy Robinson is what I think we have to call him now. Because Arthur Smith is essentially using him. Like NBA teams used to use JJ Reddick. I just have no more energy to like give to this situation.

I mean, this is where we're. We talking about the number eight pick in the draft. A running back who everyone talks about, don't take a running back in the first round. This is the eighth overall pick. They took a running back. And not just that like supposed to be the best running back we've seen in like 10 years. Like the best running backs in Saquan Barkley.

Four to six weeks later. And I think Arthur Smith, I think he might have. actually be a genius. Only thing he cares about is ruining our fantasy seasons. And he, you know what? He did it. I got to almost give him his credit. He did it. Is there any chance in hell you draft an Arthur Smith player next year in fantasy football? No, absolutely not. The Napoleon of fantasy crime. Number five. You've Tony Pollard running back for the Cowboys. Yeah, we all do. Let it all agree. So, first of all, this was one of our favorite players, if not our favorite player. It was our, Yeah, okay, let's just say it.

We went on the Bill Simmons podcast and we're like, he should be the number one pick of the dress. I literally, I'm so mad at myself. I started off the year being like, didn't he break his leg in 20, 23? And by the end, I was like, Tony Pollard, what a steal? Flashback. Danny Cowell, you're up. All right. My one true love, who is it?

I got to go with Tony Pollard for the Cowboys. Wow, we all have Pollard too. Wow, we all have a hollard. Wait, did you too, Crick? I'm scared now. Yeah. This is the pregame show where they all pick the same team. the winner in football and then that team loses.

So you should probably stay away from Tony Pollard. End of flashback. Number four. Craig, do you want to summarize the bar idea we came up with? Yeah, dudes love hanging out in bathrooms. Like, we spend more time in bathrooms than we do anywhere else. We love sitting on the toilet on our phones. Like, why not just merge it?

Just completely merge it. Just make the bathroom in the bar the same thing. You know, the gentleman's piss club. We... The gentleman's... That's what it's called. We don't need any other names. We already gave it.

There were two days thrown out, which was, do we call it? It's got to be gentlemen. Only gentlemen allowed here. Gentleman's Piss Club. High class. Dude, imagine every bar stool is just a toilet. And there's TVs everywhere. Gentleman's Piss Club with bids everywhere.

He's got TVs. Everything's heated. Oh, my God. I can't even imagine how this place would smell. We need a lot of TVs, too. This is good. Because it's also a sports bar. We got this all figured out.

I personally don't want to go to this bar. I'm just going to tell you right now. Yeah, you do. You have a child. It's the only place you get peace of quiet. It's in your bathroom. You know what sucks is when you're at a bar and there's a big line for the bathroom.

Not anymore. Not at the gentleman's piss club. Gentlemen, like we've gone full circle to be gentlemen's piss club is the right answer for the name. Number three. Brock Purdy is going to be a top 10 quarterback in fantasy this year. Oh, God.

We've spent the entire fucking, we've spent the last like calendar year. Well, most of it anyway, just fucking talking about how the Brock pretty cult is delusional. But I'm, and I'm not pretty pilled. I'm just trying to be pragmatic here. Like in the five starts that he had last season and the regular season, he averaged 18.2 points per game. Over the full season, that would have ranked eighth. He has the best skill group in the NFL. He has the best left tackle in the NFL.

is the best play caller in the NFL and Kyle Shanehan. And the thing that we're forgetting, guys, you can't measure Dick Swagger. Am I totally blasted for considering taking Travis Kelsey with the first pick? And of course,

the year that we hype up Kelsey as the top-thugick is when he's going to get hurt for the first time. He hasn't been hurt in a decade and Jamar Chasing Cooper Cup missed more time than him last year than he has in 10 years. Soon after.

Okay, Travis Kelsey, injured, hyper-extended his knee. Kenny Pickett over 17 and a half passing touchdowns. Pickett is a, obviously, you know, one of the major candidates to take the biggest leak this year. 17 and a half is disrespectfully low. Like I said, Justin Fields through 17.

In 15 games last year, he threw 17 touchdowns. Davis Mills threw 17 touchdowns last year. Andy Dalton threw 18 and only 14 games. And we're putting Kenny Pickett at 17.5. That is disrespectful, yeah. Why is he at 17 and a half? Explain that to me. Several months later.

I can't stress enough how awful the Steelers, like, offensive. from a vibe's perspective and like an actual X's and O's perspective. It's just like all a mess. You have no idea. Can he pick? It probably sucks. Let's be honest. He's awful.

He's awful. I want to thought one more guy here in round 12, 11, whatever it is, like late ad here is. Adam Thielen, kind of old and kind of slow. But again, he's another guy that just gets by with technique, separation. He's a little Cooper Cuppie in that way. Just that he's a really good route runner, incredible hands. Just a savvy ability to get open. Much later.

And since week three, Adam Thielen's the 11th best receiver in fantasy football. Like he was drafted on average 138th. And he's a top 11 receiver 53 for ADP, which is wild. Adam Thielen's counting numbers is essentially identical to Travis Kelsey. Probably worth a dart throw. Another guy I like who is very old, has been hurt a lot, much like Odell Beckham. Rahim Moster's just the starting running back on the dolphins.

Love that one. And every time he's on the field, he's a, if Rahim Moster, played 17 games. He's probably a top 10 running back in the league, and he's going around the 140 mark in our rankings. Much, much later. Rehim Mostert's the number one running back. Sorry, he's the number one fantasy MVP this year. He's the MVP. He's the number two running back on the year. Christian McAfri's better. Christian McCaffrey's like 50 more points to Rheemoster. And while McAfee's 50 more points, he was going 100 or 150 picks before Mostert. Number two. How far back until

Taysonville's the best. 50s? I don't know. Probably like Sonny Jurgensen wouldn't have, or Fran Tarkin, they wouldn't have had shit on Tazan Mill. Was it Sonny? Sunny. Is it Sunny?

Is it sunny? Why does he put an O in it? Sunny is often spelled S-O-N-N-Y. Is it? Yeah. I actually think all Sunny's Italian dudes. Is it Sonny in Cher? Is it Sunny and Cher?

It's Sunny and Cher? What? What are you put the O in? in. What's the O-for? S-O-N, as in Sun, as in my son. Oh.

You thought the name Sunny was named after like the the giant star in the sky? I never thought about it. I just saw. You thought it was Sonny and Cher? Yeah, I did. Sonny. This is the greatest. How is it possible?

Has no one ever said the name Sunny and Cher to you? You've only just read it? I guess, yeah. Sonny Bono. That's what you call him. Sonny Bono. In the godfather, what's the oldest son's name? James Con.

Sonny Corleone? It's the Sonny Corleone? What? Didn't you watch the movie? I say sunny. He's sunny? Is he fucking with us? I'm on TV right now, I think.

I don't know. James Conn's character name is Sunny. And in the movie, Vito Corleone calls him sunny. Well, he just speaks weird. I don't know. I thought he was... Number one. They're like the Hanson brothers.

Remember them? No, who's that? What? Mbop. You don't know Mbop? The Hanson brothers? What? M.M. M. M. Bop.

There's so many ghosts right now. It's hard to sing because there's no real lyrics. It's all like gibberish. Oh. Like the chorus is gibberish. Well, maybe that's why I've never heard of Hanson. You've definitely heard of Hanson. They're like three blonde brothers.

They were just like a thing. They were really popular. They're like these like three long-haired blonde brothers. They were just like, you know, a big piece of pop culture for a small portion of time. Dude, so many songs. I didn't get when I was younger and I'm like, oh, dude, that song, again, don't know the name was like, it's called teenagers. It's like, teenagers scare the shit out of me.

I'm not going to yell it. I don't know that. It's called teenagers. Yes, you did. Is it my chemical romance? Yeah. Yeah, maybe I know it. And I'm like, I didn't get it, but now I get it.

You know that song. All right. That's a much bigger song than the song you were giving me crap over. Perhaps. I don't know. I mean, it's hard to tell because like you can't look at streams now because Unbobab came out in 97. Teenagers are teenagers.

because you're not going to be as high. My Chemical Romance is bigger than Imbop by Hansen. When the internet was very nascent, umbop was a fucking big deal. You just couldn't tweet about it and put it on YouTube. Dude, my chemical romance was a much big... You know who my chemical romance is, right?

Yes, obviously I fucking know, but they have a million big songs. So I don't think this one song was as culturally defining as Mbop who burst onto the scene, these three brothers. I'm like hyped out. I'm like mad, though.

Is it their biggest, song? Isn't the number one biggest song, we think? Oh, but it's the biggest, it's bigger than imbop by Hansen. I don't agree. We're going to put this into. Fuck it, dude. I'm sticking to my roots here. I'm saying Mbop had a bigger splash.

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