Footie Award Nominees + Week 18 Recap, Brock Nasty - Fantasy Football Podcast for 1/9

13 for 98 and 2 for Lamb, 12 for 192 and 1 for Jefferson. Nico Collins finishes the wide receiver 9 this year for all of you believers out there. Yeah, amazing. Remember Jason was pooping all over that man. But every time he had a chance to perform, it was a little bit like Robert Woods in Buffalo in the early days. Yeah? When you watched Robert Woods back in Buffalo, you're like, that's a good receiver. He's just never had the opportunity. And this year, C.J. Stroud afforded it to him in ways that we never thought possible. Amunrah. Alman Road is a monster. Monster. Absolute monster. Jacoby Myers scored a touchdown and Calvin Ridley 64106. What a boom bus season for him. Yes. Calvin Ridley, Kyle, is, is Ridley finally a free agent? Yes. Okay, that'll be a, that's going to be a really tough decision for Jacksonville. Because Calvin Ridley is going to want that shmoney, but already 29?

being streaky. I don't know that he's worth the money. And I got some sad news for you. I mean, oh, that's a little loud actually. But Evan Ingram? Oh, oh, oh, man. Anything you want to say? 10 catches for 79 and a touchdown. Just the, it was, it was awesome. So if you're somehow missed what we're talking about, Evan Ingram was 12 receptions away from tying. the tight-in all-time record for most catches in the season, obviously 13 for breaking it. Jason and I had a very spirited debate about the possibility of it happening. And I said, I think he can do it. I wasn't. You're dead wrong. I was not anyway. Dead wrong. Proclaiming it was a lock, but it was a, when you're that close to a historic record, it can happen. And the way that the pace shifted for Engram through this game was.

absurd. I mean, he had multiple catches on the first offensive drive. So he was easily on pace. Disappears from the offense. Before you know it, and we're going into the fourth court, and he has 10 catches. Ten catches at the top of the fourth. We didn't get there. Seemed like he was going to. And then we did score, somebody scored a touchdown. Yeah, Big Montana. You got to hit the button when you can hit the button, Mike. And you got to, I mean, you got to dunk on people when they're not here. Jason canceled the bet. Jason canceled the bet. What a coward after the last Jimmy Graham touched. He said, no, I can't take anymore. Yeah, he said, I got to get out of this bet. I'm going broke. I can't handle Jimmy Graham versus Will Disley touchdown bets anymore. I'm out. And he would have been, you know, up another hundred dollars. Yeah, yeah. Coward. Yeah. And Laporta scored. McBride scored, not big yardage numbers. Isaiah likely back into the end zone as well. And then other players played bad. Yeah.

Like Austin Echler. Dude. And now he's a free agent. And can I be, can I be honest? Yeah. I just feel bad saying anything negative about him. Yeah. I totally understand that. We're living in the world of like the fantasy football world. Yep. And so the stuff we say should hopefully be contextualized in that world. But I also know Austin Echler. And Austin Echler is an amazing dude. And nobody works harder than Austin Echler. And. The Lord knows that he was not handed a good situation there this season in Los Angeles. So, you know, it's still hard for me to see Austin Eckler going someplace and being more than a compliment. But I will say this. We didn't expect James Connor to go to Arizona and become the James Connor that we got. In fact, he was dying in Pittsburgh. The James Connor signing by Arizona was, oh, here. Arizona did it again. Gave a really old running back.

Bunch of guaranteed money, but Connor has been great for them. Three years in Arizona when we thought he was dying out. Yep. So maybe Echler has the situation and the health. Like that's the part. It's easy to say to blame it all on an age cliff because it's just really, it's the high level view. But if he's hurt, I mean, you brought up Josh Downs. Yeah. Oh, what happened to Josh Downs? I'm telling you, in the middle of the season, Josh Downs, he wasn't just performing for Indianapolis. He was. He was the leader in a ton of advanced metrics when it comes to yards of separation from the defenders. He was picking apart defenses. Then he got hurt. Let's not just, you know, throw out the baby with the bathwater, so to speak. Sure. But, yeah, we've got, you know, Mike Evans into the year kind of limping through. Yeah, yeah. Same with Pittman. Jamar Chase. Welcome to next year. Jamar Chase. Same with Metcalf.

J.S.N. George Pickens. Full Gabe Davis didn't score. So. Yeah. And then Drake London, you're free. You're free to fly. But they got to find a quarterback. And they pick at number eight again. Atlanta does. And I'm going to tell you right now, they're going to have to trade up if they won't want one. I don't think that'll be the move. That won't be the move. No. You'll find. Russell Wilson. Yeah. You'll find a stopgap quarterback. And it's fine. And I mean, I'll do a pre-congratulations here to Michael Pittman, who he was talking about his contract, and he said both him and the team, they, you know, a joint decision of, we're going to table negotiations until the season is over, aka, I'm betting on me, you're betting against me. Whoops! Because his number, his demands have skyrocketed. That guy could go to the Colts and say,

Make me the highest paid wide receiver in the NFL. No, he can't do that. Yeah, you can. No, you cannot. You can. No, that's outlandish. He doesn't deserve more money than Tyreek and Jamar Chase and Jefferson. He's not even on those levels. I'm not saying he is on their level, but every year the contract just goes up. Let me change the language. Okay. Make me the highest paid possession receiver in the NFL. That's what he can say. Give me that Jarvis Landry money. He'll get money. He will get a big, big bag of money. Who gets more money, Calvin Ridley or Michael Pittman? Michael Pittman. Okay, just age. And production. Who would you rather have on your team? Michael Pittman. Hmm. I don't know. Oh. Maybe. He's a good player. Michael Pittman is a great player and when you, you can't just disappear. Like Calvin really vanishes for lengths of time.

And if you're a true number one wide receiver, you can't disappear like that. He disappeared a little bit. He's a B in our consistency. Didn't do nothing the last three weeks, maybe dealing with injury. Yeah, he definitely was. Here's the thing. Michael Pittman doesn't have a, in my opinion, he doesn't have the top five finish in him. Like that's not an outcome. And I don't think Anthony Richardson's going to help that. I think he's solid, like T. Higgins. Who would you rather have T. Higgins or Michael Pittman? That's the tier to me. Teagans is going to get a bag. They're both going to get a ton of money, yeah. But I don't think either one is necessarily the kind of, I don't know, he's not my prototypical number one. But that's, that's not a disrespectful thing. I mean, 1,100 yards. That's fine. With a backup quarterback. I know. It's 18 games, though. I mean, that's not crazy. That's not crazy. I think it's pretty crazy to have a backup quarterback and you put up those numbers. Okay.

I feel like you always think I'm trying to disrespect. Michael Pittman? Michael Pittman. Well, that's only because of the large history of you always crapping on Michael Pittman. That's 72 yards a game. Are you happy with that? 72? Yeah. That's, I mean, those are good numbers. Yeah, I guess I am crapping on him. I'm trying to find a lane. That's ridiculousness. All right, hit your button then. What button? I mean, build the city if you want to. Oh, I don't even have that button anymore. I think they took it away from me. I'll get Andy out of there. Not allowed anymore. You're out of the city. Look, I wouldn't invest my entire future money on Michael Pittman. You can spend it elsewhere. But you're either, you pick Michael Pittman and move forward with you. Do you think he's back with the Colts? Yeah, I do. But I'm saying the situation that the Colts are now in because they didn't extend him before the season started is now you.

His demands. It was his best. You can go here. You can do the whole NFL business. We're going to franchise you. And then Pittman will say, well, either I'm going to play or I'm not. So that's in the playbook. But if you don't keep Michael Pittman and your wide receiver crew, like who's your best wide? Then Josh Downs is your best wide receiver? Would it be? You will fail. Would it be considered an insult if I were to call him Big Lots Michael Thomas? Would that be a mean thing to say? It's not nice. But it's right. It could be meaner. It's right, though, right? Sure. Okay. Nothing wrong with Big Lots. Yeah. You can find a deal. And back when he was actually healthy, nothing wrong with Michael Thomas. No, exactly. All right. We're too much pitman. We're moving on. This is what people came to listen to the Footy Award nominations.

Let's rock. That's right, baby. The fantasy football season has concluded. It's award season for everybody. Yes, it is, Mike. Have you got your ring in the mail yet? It is. It's been ordered. Yes, it's in the mail. Oh, man. All right. Footy Awards.com. Vote before next Monday. The winners will be announced on next Tuesday's show. We'll have Jason back for the announcements, the awards, the footies. Here we go. Mike, why don't you start by introducing our first nomination? The first category we will discuss is the performance of the year, which single week performance was the most impressive? And this one is, it is usually difficult to narrow it down because there are huge weeks, but sometimes they're done a little bit earlier in the season. Maybe less important. It feels not as impactful, especially when you're talking about wide receivers. But here we go.

The nominees are Dak Prescott, Week 10, versus the New York Giants, where he went 404, also had a rushing touchdown. Lamar Jackson, championship weekend. Yeah. Versus Miami, 320 and 5. Then at the running back position, you had the Devon A-chan breakout against Denver. That was so wild. Two hundred two on the ground, two receiving touchdowns as well. Then you had Christian McCaffrey. in the first week of the playoffs, 18 for 115 with a touchdown, 5 for 72 and 2 through the air. Then a three pack of wide receiver performances, Jamar Chase, which I believe fantasy points-wise is the biggest one of the year. But week five against Arizona, 19 targets, 15 for 192 and 3. Amari Cooper, a man near and dear to Andy's hard. That's going to be hard not to vote for. But that's what I'm saying. Week 16. Is you have some emotional attachment. You played Amari.

I played Joe Flacko. So this performance means a lot to us, but does it mean a lot to everyone else? Week 16 at Houston, 15 targets 11, 265 and 2. And then the man, C.D. Lamb championship weekend, 13 for 227 and a 92-yard touchdown. Last year, the winner was Joe Mixing, who had a five touchdown game. All right, the second nomination that you'll be voting for, the Fantasy Reaper's Man of the Year, which player's injury hurt fantasy managers the most. Last year, Cooper Cup took it home this year. Who will it be? Nick Chubb, J.K. Dobbins, both early injuries, Aaron Rogers, as early as it gets. Joe Burrow, Justin Jefferson, slicing up the middle of your season. Yeah. And then Mark Andrews, you had an unfair advantage at tight end, and then you did it. Yeah, you did. Aaron Rogers, it.

So I play a decent amount of Fortnite now with my boy. Yes. And they give you an award. Like, I don't know, you know, a little bit to mock you, a little bit to say, hey, get back in there. If you're the first player eliminated, you get a little XP bonus. Really? Yeah. They're like, hey, first elimination, good for you. Have you got that? Oh, I've gotten it. Got that bonus? Oh, yeah, several times. All right. What else do we have? The poopiest pants award. Yes. This one's illustrious if you get that. Yes. Despite high expectations, this player let you down over and over again. Oh, man. Last year's winner was, in fact, Kyle Pitts. Ooh. I don't think his pants were big enough to win this year, but the nominees, Austin Eccler. Sorry, Austin. Oof. Running back two off the board. Travis Kelsey at the 105. Started great. Patrick Mahomes. Started great. Quarterback one. Tony Pollard.

the RB 8 in the second round. Damian Pierce in the fourth, who was the running back 18, and Miles Sanders sitting atop his wondrous bag of gold as the RB 20 did nothing. You know, that one will be a very interesting vote to see who really felt the pain because Pollard Mahomes, Kelsey Eccler especially, really hurt people. I will be extremely curious to see who wins that. The number, our fourth award, the Waverwire Wonder, which is the undrafted Waverwire stud. That was the best signing. I have a hunch on who will win this one. But there's a couple. There's a couple close ones. Last year was Justin Fields. The nominees this year, Kyron Williams, Pooka Nakua, Nico Collins, Jaden Reed, and Brock Nasty. Brock Nasty. I don't know. Brock Purdy. Brock Purdy. Sorry, that's what I meant. I don't know. Trying to up his name on. Trying to up his street cred?

Honestly, when you read through those names and you get to Brock Purdy, you're just like, hmm. But he was great. Did you see the Christian McCaffrey talking about Brock Purdy growing facial hair? No, no, but this is what I'm talking about. This is why I gave him Brock Nasty as a nickname. It's a pretty funny clip. Can't do it? They were asking McCaffrey, like, why don't you do the beard? And he was, you know, getting on himself. He's like, yeah, I don't connect, which fellas out there, I know it. I mean, I didn't connect until. like my 30s. Yeah. It was real patchy. Did you ever try to fix that problem? Like the rollers or get hair to grow? Or did you just live with it? You just lived with it. Yeah. Well, I didn't look into it. I didn't realize there was things I could be doing. I don't know. I don't know if it works. But he was talking about that. And then they asked about Brock Purdy. And he was like, oh, he's never had a single hair grow out of his face in his life. Yeah, I believe it. Oh, so the, yeah. So that was the waiver. That'll be a tight race between two people.

The fantasy quarterback of the year, last year's winner was Jalen Hertz. This is interesting too. Josh Allen, Jalen Hertz back in the conversation, Lamar Jackson, and Dak Prescott. You have the number one guy, but then you have players who were really impactful. Lamar was incredible but inconsistent, and yet if you made it to the championship week with him, you won. See what people do. Fantasy running back of the year nominees. Last year, Josh Jacobs won this. The nominees this year, Christian McCaffrey. Josh Jacobs still game time decision. Yes, even for... For week one. Yeah. Rahim Moster. Yeah, I mean, what a steel Moster was. McCaffrey was the 101. Moster was late. Kyron Williams, unbelievable. Rashad White, maybe the best value. Jemir Gibbs came on really strong. So good...

Good competition there for fantasy running back of the year because we want you to factor in draft position big game performances. Mike, who are the wide receiver of the year? Wide receiver candidates this year. Citi Lamb. Oh, yeah, my sweetie. Sorry. Tyree Kill. That's what I'm voting for. Amun Ross, St. Brown, Mike Evans, Puka, Nakua. This one is brutal. Yeah, those are all great. Brutal. Tight-ins. Last year, Kelsey won it. This year's nominees. Kelsey's not even in it. Sam Leporta. Well, see, T.J. Hawkinson, George Kittle, David Najoku. Yeah. And Evan just missing the record, Ingram. We kind of figured as a group that despite Travis Kelsey's, you know, finish on the season, it's not, you cannot be up for poopiest pants and the best tight end of the year. Agreed. Agreed. Yeah. So that'll be a close vote.

You know, we're consistent here. That's what we're about. Yeah. Then what am I? Oh, breakout player of the year. Last year, with Justin Fields won it. He won the hearts of many of us for fantasy football. But this year, the candidates are Rashad White, Kyron Williams, Isaiah Pacheco, and his angry feet. Yes. Nico Collins, Sam Laporta, and Puka Nakua. The rookie of the year. Last year, Kenneth Walker took it home this year, Jemir Gibbs, Bejohn, Avon A. Chan, Pukua, and Sam Leporta are the nominees. Yes, and Brooks would like us to remind people. The honorable mention goes to C.J. Stroud. Because while it was, like, for the NFL, it was quite the ride. No, no, let's put him in. Put him in? Put him in. He's the QB11. Don't matter. Okay, we can put him in. You don't want to put him in? I don't think he deserves to be in. The QB. 11?

And not a ton of points per game though, right? Not a ton of games. Yeah, I don't know where he is. Points per game we could see because he did miss two games. I don't know. I think when you start a season as a rookie and you come on late, I wouldn't look at the end of year finish. I'd be looking at like what was his peak like? His peak was very small for fantasy. If there's a rebellion, it's at FF Hitman. Well, let me, okay, I'll read it off to you. Quarterback, 22, 13, 12, 10, 17, 12. Mute his mic. 23. Here we go. 1. 9, 13, 4, 15. Okay. Yeah, we don't have to do it. Same. I just wanted to give them. When you're up against. You won't win, so it's fine. Yeah, stop. All right. You won't win, so stop wasting people's time. That's what I said. Am I back up? Yeah, comeback player of the year. Come back player of the year. It's short and sweet this year. Rahim Moster. Baker Mayfield.

Joe Flacco. Just three, huh? Michael Pittman. Just three. Just three in contention. Can I put Michael Pittman in comeback player of the year? No, no. Oh, man, come on. Steal of the draft award. Which player was the absolute best value in their draft compared to their average draft position? Last year, Josh Jacobs, the fourth round pick was the winner? This year, Rashad White, in the seventh round. Mike Evans, in the seventh round. David Montgomery, in the seventh round. Oh, man. The seventh was hot. The hot seventh. Devon H.N. in the 11th or Sam Laporta in the 13th round. All right. And the playoff king, who drove fantasy managers to a championship during playoff weeks 15 through 17? Last year, it was Jerich McKinnon. Oh, yeah. Which was. The playoff king, Derek McKinnon. It was wild. It seemed like it was going to happen again. And then Jerich McKinnon was hurt. But here we go. Lamar Jackson.

Joe Flacco, Joe Flacko in here. Yeah. QB 9, 1, and 5. Unbelievable. Yeah, we're looking at just weeks 15 through 17. Kyron Williams, James Connor, Seedy Lamb, Amun Raw, St. Brown, and David Najoku. Good luck. Good luck voting on this one, everybody. Will they give me multiple trophies to hand out to some of my guys here? Sure. Okay. Nickname of the year. Okay, the final two awards always... These are the good ones. Very, very fun. And when you vote for these, booty awards.com, you get to vote for three. You're a three favorite, and then we'll see who wins it. The nickname of the year and the show moment of the year. I'll go through the nicknames last year. Al, make sure you have this drop ready for us. But last year's winner, Leonard Fournett, the Dump Truck. Oh, whoa, whoa.

Almost wasn't ready. Oh, he was ready. I tried to, I talked slow and everything. I appreciate it. Yeah. Leonard Fournett took it home with the dump truck last year, but listen to these nominees, guys. And my goodness, there's a lot. You got Gabe the babe for Gabe Davis. Okay. Oh, you guys. Yeah, we did. JK2 legs. JK2L, man. JK2L for JK Dobbins. That's stupid. All right, Schoon, man. For Luke Schoonmaker. How can you go through any of this list and say, oh, that one's stupid. Stupider. Cameron for Cammakers. Okay, I rest my case. Banana ramma for Will Levis. Oh, we've got Rippin Farts for Brett Rippin. We got Fergillicious for Jake Ferguson. Yeah. We got just huge. Huge for Quentin Johnston. We got Bill Bo Bejant for Tyson Baygett. I forgot about him.

You got T. McB for Tray McBride. Ah, fat Thor for Josh Jacobs. Fat Thor wasn't even really a, coming into the season. It was supposed to be a nickname. Fat Thor. It was more of me joking around, but it's, I don't know, it stuck around. Brevin Almighty for Brevin Jordan. Danny DeVito for Tommy DeVito. Come on, guys. How is that? Come on. And then we've got Arthur Sith for that mean old man. Danny DeVito? What are we doing here? These are all Jason approved. I was to say, was Jason in charge of this? Yeah, yeah, he was. Where's Brock nasty? All right. So those are the, yeah, I guess so those will be, uh, the nominees. And then Mike, we've got, um, got some show moments. And they can, uh, when they go to footie awards.com and they get to the show moment of the year, there's a link to a YouTube video with all of these moments. Yes. The 2022 winner who can ever forget, Andy's voice crack.

as I think you were coming back from COVID. That's right. You were coming back from some sickness. You didn't, you didn't know if you had the show opening in you. And you didn't. No, no, I didn't. But you went for it. Yeah. And that's all I meant. So this year, the nominees are Taylor Swift joins the show. Yeah. Kind of talked about that. Waiver. rankings rankings rankings yes oh old man feeling made the list oh it's me see the reason you don't like that as much because you didn't get to do the voice i just tried it on for size it's delightful it is really making fun of old people is great okay all right and they deserve it all right uh old man the mock draft anger when jason got repeatedly snipped during a mock draft it was that was funny the show 1500 musical number

Okay. Jason wanting a game. Hashtag game perv. I want this game. Yeah, that devolved quickly. The Wheel of Shame candidate from this year, we went with the Alvin and the chipmunks. The geese talk where these two clowns didn't know that a goose and a swan are different animals. We had late addition. Jason gets a knot thought where Jason missed the word not and reported false news. And then. the trade betrayal saga between our fearless host, Andy, and the betrayer, Papa Josh. And his sidekick, Al. Yes. Yeah, yeah, let's not forget that part of it. He would happily have me forget. All right. Brooksie, we're announcing these winners win next Tuesday. Okay, beautiful. Footy Awards.com, go vote. We'll hand out some footies next Tuesday to some very deserving winners.

And I think that's going to wrap us up. And some deserving losers. That's true. Look, when you get the Poopie Pants Award in the mail, which obviously they're all going to be in the mail after we announce the winners. That's a tough one to put on the mantle. A lot of people don't put it on the mantle. I say if you receive it, Arthur Smith, if that's you, you don't put it on the mantle. I agree. Yeah. All right. Thursday, we're doing a fantasy footballer's AMA, so there will be some opportunity for you to put questions in. out on the social media world over on X at the FF Ballers or on Instagram, Instagram.com slash fantasy footballers. And we'll have the footie award, uh, footie award show next Tuesday. And then next Thursday, the truth series begins. The truth. So for those that don't know what that is, we'll start looking at the truth of the fantasy finishes at every position and whether players legitimately helped your team, which we kind of got into it today about like, um, you know, Bijon.

What's the truth about Bijon? Yeah. We'll dig into the numbers, the consistency, all of that stuff. And if you want extra episodes of the show, we're in our offseason schedule. So shows are Tuesday and Thursday. There's an extra episode of the show that you can listen to at join the foot.com. That is for those that support the podcast on Patreon. And I think we're done, Mike. We did it. We did it. We did. And, man, the season's over. Wow. Thanks for being with us. Or is it just beginning? Goodbye. Thank you for listening to another episode of the Fantasy Footballers podcast. Join our fantasy football community on join thefoot.com. And follow us on Twitter at the FF ballers.