Footie Award Winners + Super Bowl Picks, Judgment Day - Fantasy Football Podcast for 1/13

He's been such a difference maker at the position for so long that I have to imagine other than maybe the Darren Waller year. Well, the kiddle year, he ended up winning that one as well because of the draft capital. All right. Well, the nominees this year. Let's see if Kelsey can do it again. Mark Andrews, Travis Kelsey, George Kiddler, Kitter, George Kittle, the Dr. Dalton Schultz, and Rob Gromkowski.

And the winner is Fantasy Tide End of the Year. It was a runaway. It was Mark Andrews at 77% of the votes. Did you both vote for Mark Andrews? You're darn right I did. I did not. Yeah, I for sure. Really? You did it? I for sure voted for Mark Andrews. He was so unbelievable. He was Travis Kelsey dominant.

this year and you didn't have to pay for him in the first. So if you drafted him, if you had him on a roster, I had him in two main places, you experienced him. You know, you were on his back for a while. Who did you vote for Andy? Rob Gunkowski. I understand when he was actually playing, he was fantastic, but I mean, how many games that Grong? He missed a huge chunk, but obviously it was really good at the end, really good in the beginning, and that you paid nothing.

You know what I mean? He was free. Yeah. So I mean, so you had. He missed five games, but really six because, you know, came back for that one game. Points per game. What was his? Points per game? Because he finished Titan 5 with missing those games. Do we have his points per game? Yeah, we could pull that of 12 points per game. No, not how many. Like what finishes he in points for good? Third. He would have been, he's tied in three and points per game. Okay. So I mean, that's pretty amazing for a free tight-in.

Yes. Um, fancy. Wait a minute, wait a minute. He's third in points per game. Yeah. So listen to this. This is, this is silly. This is the tight end position. He's third in points per game. Obviously, we have to go points per game because he missed five, basically six games. Right. He finished number five overall. That's, I know. With missing all those games, Titans suck, man. Yeah. That's why I voted for him is I, is you did, you draft the Mark Andrews.

and maybe he overperformed his draft position, but you drafted him because you believed Mark Andrews could do this, right? And so for me, Grunkowski was just so free. Who was the runner up? It was not marked. It was not marked. Thanks, guys. Good job, guys. The other ones are all within a percentage of each other. It wasn't worth it. Who was the second highest? Second highest was, in fact, Rob Grankowski at 7% of the vote. But, I mean, Mark Andrews getting him in the

I think he was the fourth, if I remember right, his ADP. But to finish off the season with week 14, 23 points, 30 points, 22 points, 12 points. He was a difference maker if you got into the playoffs. Fantasy quarterback of the year, same considerations, draft position, big game performances. We talked yesterday or two days ago on the nominating show.

Just how close we thought this one would be. So I'm excited to find out the winner. No, I don't either. But go ahead and read the nominees. Yeah, the nominees this year were Josh Allen, the quarterback won, Justin Herbert, Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes, Aaron Rogers, and Jalen Hertz. An entire list where any single one of them deserved a vote. And the winner of quarterback of the year.

goes to Tom Brady with 37%. It was a pretty, I mean, the plant man. It was a pretty decisive victory. My guy. That actually was. Yeah. There you go. We did it. No.

All the runner-ups were so, so close together. But Jalen Hertz was the... Jalen Hurts was my vote. Was the second place at 18%. You had Herbert at 17%. Josh Allen, Aaron Rogers, 14 and 13. So they were all right there. But Tom Brady, you drafted him super duper late. He was great all season and worthy of this year's footy. And your footy is in the mail.

He may actually turn that one down just with the amount of other awards he already has. How dare you, Andy? He might get rid of some of his other awards. What is this? An NFL MVP? I don't need that. Move over NFL MVP. I got a footie coming in the freight. All right. Breakout player of the year, which player was Fantasy Football's breakout player this season last year? It was D.K. Mecca. Who could have won the breakdown player of the year? Oh, no, we couldn't. He was fine.

It's not very good. And the nominees this year, Jamar Chase, Najee Harris, Jalen Hertz, Damien Harris, Debo Samuel, and Cordero. She's called him Damien Harris? Damien Harris. Did I call him a bad word? It sounded like it, but I mean, whatever. I mean, I'm just explaining him what I saw in the field. It was, dang, that's pretty good. The winner, the breakout player of the year.

Oh my. It was very close. Debo? Is it Debo? Within 10 percentage points, the winner was. Debo, Samuel. I love it. I love it. He was definitely the breakout player. Obviously, Jamar Chase and Najee, they broke out, but they broke in. You know, when there's a player like Debo who, you know, this is his third year, fourth year in the league, and.

just dominated. I mean, he deserved this because he should have, he should have like been a wide receiver of the year candidate, but Cooper Cup said, not allowed. That's, that's mine. So I'm so happy Debo won this award because, whew, doggie. I saw your highlight. Yeah. Andy, I watched the whole thing of Debo's highlights. I still don't understand how no one can wrap their arms around him on first attempt ever. He's.

So talented. I mean, if he converted to running back tomorrow, he'd be a top five pick in the fantasy draft. If he was a full-time running back. I mean, he's just so... Sure. You build your offense around him, and you... It's like Cooper Cut. Yeah, they'll stop him eventually. No, you don't. You can't stop him. You can't... Oh, it's going to him. I mean, that play where he threw the touchdown. That worked because he's such a good running back.

that he comes around the edge. They're like, oh, my gosh, he's going to do it again around the edge. And then the entire defense came up, and it was easy. He's very good. And he led the NFL in yards per catch. So he's one of the best receivers running backs. And he stayed healthy. And that was a humongous factor. The ADP of Cup and Devo is going to be so fascinating because they will skyrocket and be, what, second round?

Cup? Yeah. Oh, man. I will take Cup in the first round in every league. He will be my number one wide receiver off the board for sure. Man. I couldn't imagine getting out of the first round without having Cooper Cup personally. Repeating that type of a season is very difficult. Oh, for sure. But I don't think he has to repeat what he did this year. If he comes, if he does 80% of what he did this year, he's worth the first round pick. The next category is the rookie of the year.

Last year's winner, shockingly, was Justin Jefferson. The nominees for this year are Najee Harris, Jamar Chase, Jalen Waddle, Kyle Pitts, and Pat Fryer Muth. Oh, come on, Pat. Come on, Pat. You got this. Can he get that luth to win the rookie of the year? I'm guessing no. Yeah. The winner is...

By a humongous margin, which that is the surprising part. It is Jamar Chase. Really? At 75% of the vote, which is crazy considering how good Najee Harris was. You had a top five wide receiver and a top five running back in their rookie years. Both of them deserving of the category. I think there's a little disrespectful to Najee, but what Jamar Chase did in the playoffs. Yeah, I think that did it. It's more than that. It's draft capital.

Everyone expected Najee to be a difference maker. But some people didn't expect Jamar Chase to be a difference maker. Yeah, I mean, Najee was drafted in the back of the first, early second, whereas Jamar Chase was a fifth round pick. They're both awesome. Congratulations, Jamar Chase. Your footie is on a semi. I'm a little surprised it was that big of a blowout. You know, Naji had, it's the inverse, too, in the playoffs. I mean,

two or three games that were essentially duds, his only real duds of the year. Right. In the playoff weeks or nearby. So I think that that impact was probably felt. Oh, it certainly was. Jamar had a fantastic year. I mean, over 1,400 yards and 13 touchdowns. But he had a lull there in the middle of the season. He did. But I guess when you win championships, people don't care about the low in the middle of the season.

Which is why they should be thankful for D.K. McCaff, Mike. He had a lull. Oh, he had a lull. And then he won you a championship with three touchdowns. Well, not me because the album Cook couldn't score nine. But anyways, comeback player of the year. Which fantasy player amazed you the most in their return to relevance? Alex Smith won at last year. This year's nominees were Leonard, Fournette, James Connor, Zacherts, and Matthew Stafford. Oh, very interesting.

The winner of the comeback player of the year, very tight race. We had six percentage points between first and second place. The winner, James Connor of your Arizona Cardinals, the runner up was Leonard Fournette. But James Connor, I mean, I get it. Both these guys were drafted around the same area, right? Mm-hmm. Like eighth, ninth round.

James Connor. Did you vote for Connor? Did you vote for? I voted for James Connor on this one. I think it was well deserving. You lead, you know, the amount of touchdowns he got the value that he provided the surprising involvement in the passing. I mean, all those things are also true of Leonard Fournett, but I think they were just stronger with James Connor. Plus, I'm a Cardinals fan. Where did you go, Andy? Where'd you take your vote?

I believe I voted for net on this one. But I think that Connor is worthy of it. And it's so strange because every year you have a handful of players where there's a, is the breakout real phase of these situations? Or is the comeback real in this case? And so you had several weeks, I think, in the beginning when people were like, well, I can't play him again, can't? I mean, he's just falling into the end zone. He can't do, he's not going to score all year long. You see Chase Edmonds is going to steal away. And then all of a sudden it was just too real.

Right? And once it was and people just locked him in, he still delivered. So it was an amazing season for James Connor and he's going to make himself some cash money. He is. He is. The playoff king, the new category, the playoff king, footy, which player drove fantasy managers to a championship during the playoff weeks? Tons of nominees, Joe Burrow, Josh Allen, Rashallin, Pennie, Devon Singletary, Alman Ross St. Brown, Devante Adams, and Mark Andrews. You ready, Jason? Oh, man. I was.

Born for this moment. Introducing the playoff king. Aman Rae St. Brown. What? Who surprisingly dominated 41% of the vote. My vote went to Joe Burrow for the unfathomable quarterback, quarterback one, quarterback one finished to the year. But he was second place with only 19% of the vote. I guess when you have a...

guy off the waiver wires, who is a wide receiver won every single week of the playoffs. Do you mean? You were six, seven, and two? I mean it was dominant? Do you mean the player that finished with more points per game than C.D. Lamb on the year? Is that who you're talking about? Wow. Is that true? Baby? Man, he was so dominant at the end of the season. See, he will be to me, like one of the most fascinating players going into next year because.

He was awesome. The breakout seems to happen. But it also happened, you know, when you didn't have T.J. Hawkinson and D. Andre Swift. Remember how dominant Brandon Ayuk was at the end of his rookie year? And then, oh, well, he didn't have Debo for some of that. He didn't have kiddle. But he showed it on the field. He was great. So it's like, what will be the story on the Detroit Lions?

And he scored a touchdown every single week. So it's like, is Amon Ross St. Brown really a 17 touchdown, 18 touchdown player? We all know the answer to that is no. So what's his true value next year? Yeah. All right. The steal of the draft, the absolute best value in the 2021 fantasy draft compared to their ADP. Last year was Stefan Diggs. This year's nominees, Mike. Who are they?