Footie Award Nominees + Week 18 Recap, Super Bowl Picks - Fantasy Football Podcast for 1/7

It's the numb hand. Jalen Hurts still in concussion protocol. No new information. I have new information that he will not be in the concussion protocol for this weekend. Yeah. It's funny how those things. And that's, he might still be in it, but he will be playing this weekend. Four and a half point home favorites against Green Bay. Yeah. They're guessing that Jalen Hurts is going to play. It's so not fair because I mean, I, I would, I would be impressed if somehow they kept him out of this game because he, if in the situation where he would need to not play that they would

actually not play him. But did either of you pick the whole world knows, did either of you pick the Rams to win their wildcard game? That was very, very close to me, but I did not. They are the, that's the closest game. Minnesota. The closest line? Minnesota minus one and a half. The second closest game. Chargers are favored on the road against Houston. Two and a half point favorites. Oh, Houston. Then Tampa's favored by three. I actually took Washington in that game. I don't know. Did either of you take Washington? I think I did. I did not. The Bucs, they're a weird team, man.

They're like, to me, they're one of the lower seeds that can actually, like, I think they can make a run. Sure. I think that the Bucs are good enough, but they're, they're, sometimes they show up. Sometimes they don't. I mean, they, they had to barely showed up. They had to pull up a, a, a comeback win against the saints and Spencer Rattler. They had to have two scores, right? Yes. It was, it was like, it was dire for a little bit. And then the second half, I finally turned it on. So it, they're such a strange team. With Mr. McMillan.

Yeah. Getting it done. Touchdowns. That's all he does. That was today's news and notes presented by USAA insurance. Learn more at usaa.com slash insurance. We'll take a break. We'll hit the studs. All right. Let's talk studs. This week's fantasy stud muffins. This is a fun group of quarterbacks to talk about. By the way, no duds today. It's all studs today. And then we'll get into the footy nominations. The fantasy football awards. The greatest awards in the known, known universe. Yes. Uh, Bryce young. Yeah, baby. This is so good for football. Week 18, 36.4 against Atlanta. I knew Atlanta would Atlanta.

They did. They did Atlanta. They lost. Um, they, they did lose. They were in overtime before they knew Tampa. Yes. I think they, they were like, they got the note, like paging Atlanta. Uh, the bucks have won as you're going out for the coin toss. So yeah, you were still 38 points of mistakes before that. But I'm saying in overtime, you gotta be crestfallen. Your hearts are broken. But Bryce young, not only like this wasn't just a, he was good for fantasy as it was. Bryce young balled out. Like he was awesome. Including a, a full Steph Curry. No look after the, after he threw the ball.

Yeah. He's like, this is a touchdown. I'm turning around. It's going to be a cool celebration. And I think, I think it was to Sanders who double caught the ball. If you actually watch what happened, but this is, it's so exciting. If, if Bryce, you have been Mr. Bryce. Because I want every single, I want all 32 quarterbacks to be awesome. I like when a quarterback comes out and they're drafted and then they suck. Like it, it hurts me. It hurts my heart. Cause I, I want that kid to be good and I want an entertaining product. And it all starts with the quarterbacks and two games into this year.

Right. He got benched and it was, this is the end. This is the end of Bryce young. And then, and he came back with an absolute fury and it wasn't just this week. I mean, it's been basically since he got on bench that he's been playing extremely well. It's weird. The transformation from what he was in week one and two to this guy is, you can't even recognize it. I don't want to take any credit away from his mental change and transformation because he had to go through what he went through. But Dave Canales. Oh, sure. I mean, it's all part of it.

It's cool to see that come to fruition, putting your players in a position to win. I love that he got benched when he wasn't playing well enough and, and got brought back because it is really, it's a confidence thing. Like that's when you watch Bryce young play the last month and a half, two months. Oh yeah. Yeah. It's, he looks so much more. Free. Yeah. He's like having fun on the field. And he looks like, no, I can make that throw. He looks like he, when in his head, he's doing the, the Brett Favre. I can complete any throw on this field.

Bo Nix was number two. Holy moly. Which this was a just whooping, including a hilarious catch. I mean that. Yeah. The Vele watch that double, you know, deflection catch by Vele. It seems improbable that they could have stayed in bounds, but they did. Bo Nix, the first month of the season had one total passing touchdown. And now he has the second most for a rookie quarterback. Let me ask you this. The last eight games. So the second half of the season, Bo Nix. Bo Nix. How many passing touchdowns do you think that pace would be? The whole, the entire second half of the season.

How many games? Eight or eight or nine. The last eight games, 17 game pace. I'm going to guess 35. That would be so many. 44.6 with 4,300 passing. Let's go. I mean, the offense has been. So Mike's talking about it. He wants them youngsters. Yes. We need it. And we have it. The next generation. We've had so many crops of quarterbacks that were, these guys can't miss. I'm guessing. And they're, then they're whiffing. Jason, I'm guessing with a 44 touchdown pace, that's got to put Troy Franklin on pace for. Dozens of targets. Marvin Mims. Two more touchdowns. Dude, he's coming alive.

I loved him coming out of college. It's nice to see them actually use him. He's going to be so impossible next year. He played on 31% of the snaps. He is making the most of his opportunities. Justin Herbert. 346. Got the dub. Good efficiency. Kyler Murray, when it doesn't matter. Yeah. Thanks for nothing, Kyler. Put up four. One to McBride. One to Harrison. A couple to Dorch. Thanks, buddy. The footy awards has a players that let you down category, right? Based on their draft position and where you took them and who hurt you the most. I mean, prequel or a preview of that.

You know, Travis Etienne's in there, right? Mm-hmm. Kyler's not on that list because there's a lot of names that are more worthy. Yeah. Kyler is in the ring of honor of that list. Kyler. He's been the most frustrating for the most people that I've seen. For the, I mean, because the first half, yeah, there's a lot of, there's a lot of bad games in there, but there's actual really good ones before the bye week. And then it all just, it fell apart for fantasy over the second half. You just talked about Bo Nix's pace. What was the touchdown total? The 44 point something.

So, Kyler's last seven games played 21 touchdown pace with 19 interceptions. That includes this past week where he threw no picks. It's been a bummer. So, I mean, that is, if you take out this week, 14 touchdown pace with 22 picks. Yeah. That's not good. That's out of the league numbers. Geno Smith against the Rams second group. Got his millions of dollars. Yeah. 223 and four. And the win. Michael Penix Jr. 312 and two. What'd you think of Penix Jr. This week? Mike, you're the. I thought it was, I mean, he's 21 of 38. It was like, I've seen, I think I've seen enough from, from Penix to be confident moving

forward that he can become a franchise quarterback. I mean, they're already, I mean, they're already, they're going to try and trade Kirk Cousins or they're fine with him being the backup. Which Cousins will not be fine with. It's like he's already, he's not doing that. I mean. I would imagine teams would want Kirk Cousins. He may not have a choice because he signed the contract and has all that guaranteed money. But I'm excited for Penix, but it's, it's not completely there yet. Yeah. I agree. He still looks like a rookie, but he showed enough to where you're glass half full going

forward. Jameer Gibbs, B. John Robinson, Derek Henry, Miles Sanders. Yeah, man. And Jonathan Taylor, the final five or the top five running backs. I'm going to be completely honest. When the game came around and Sunday morning started, you know, we were talking about Blackshear and all of a sudden Miles Sanders was in the game. I was like, Miles Sanders. Like, I didn't know he was, that he was active. He was active or going to play football this week. And not only did he play football, but he got 17 carries, 50 receiving yards, two touchdowns. Okay. Yep. Jonathan Taylor finished the year on fire.

Yeah. That's, that's very. 218 and three, 125 and two, 177 and one. We need that for next year. That will, there's no question the end of this season has moved his ADP way up. Yeah. Damian Pierce had a 92 yard touchdown. He did. That was, that was fun. I saw the replay of that and I thought at first it was a kicker turn. And then I realized all the offensive players were there because it's the 92 yards is the long, it's a long way. The longest of any player this season. Devon, a channel 11 for one, 21 and one. And on the ground, all on the ground.

He had literally not a single target in that game, which feels stupid. Bucky Irving. Oh, he's so good. He is going to be really interesting in draft season next year. And, uh, Michael Carter scored wide receivers. Drake London. How dare you? Rico Dattle scored. Yeah, he did. Are you, are you good now? Brees Hall scored. He did. Uh, Rico, he didn't make it to my top 20 bold prediction. Just, just outside of it. But his. What about points per game though? Um, I'm not sure where he is. Points per game. Uh, I'm willing to give you. No, Kyle says no.

But it's like, it's, he's RB 24 in points per game. It's go look at his numbers and look at Najee's. They are like identical. Except Najee has a couple more rushing touchdowns. Man, two. Those are two running backs that I don't want. They're both thousand yard rushers. I know they are. They are. But they are actually very similar in how they feel on your football team. Yeah, that's fine. They're not Gibbs and A-Chan. They're going to get theirs. And they can handle volume. Um, top five wide receivers. Drake London. Quentin Johnston. Jacoby Myers. Kayshawn. Boutte. Dude. The huge. 14 targets.

Yeah. Caught 13 of them for 186 yards. This was. Does that mean he just. He dropped one? I don't. I don't know if he dropped it or not. But I'm saying that. Future Super Bowl. Maybe. Wide receiver. He will be fun to like. If this can somehow carry through the playoffs. And you're like. Oh no. The Quinn Johnson was a first round. Early wide receiver. We need to figure this out. What is the message on Q'd after. We had a lot of talk in the off season. They lose. Mike Williams. They lose Keenan Allen. They lose Austin Eckler. We talked a lot about.

Quentin Johnson going into the year. What is like the summation of the season. Compared to what we thought going in. I think he's a talented ancillary piece of a wide receiver core. Yeah. I can agree with that. Does that equate to wide receiver two? Would he be a good. Two-ish. Because you look at. I mean. McConkie's not a traditional one. Right. I. Are you speaking. NFL. Yeah. Landscape or fantasy. Yeah. NFL landscape. I still think probably a three. Jamar Chase at number five this week. Corlin Sutton. Five for 98 and one. Hit the. Hit his. Bonus. Got that money. Got the money.

Got into the playoffs. Did you mention Drake London's. Eight team targets. We did not. I mean. In the. In the games. Michael Pinnock. This is the game. These last three games. Michael Pinnock. Go ahead and give me the numbers. Yeah. He's targeted on 41% of his routes. Which is number one in the NFL. So. That's going to mess up people. For next year. I don't know how high he'll go. But it will. It will be higher than. Than. He would have. A couple weeks ago. Mooney was out of this game. Keep that in mind. It was Carolina. But. Like. Are you going to be all in on Drake London next year?

I'm pretty in on Drake London. Yeah. I think. Pennix. Can get the job done. I mean. He was. He's the wide receiver six this year. Yeah. So it's. You know. In the end. He's the wide receiver six. By ADP. I think next year. He'll probably be more like wide receiver eight or nine. But. He'll be a wide receiver one. By ADP. For sure. Okay. Jalen McMillan. Seven receiving touchdowns in the final five games. He'll be interesting in draft season as well. Because Godwin will be gone. Mike Evans will be a year older. Godwin. Could. Could be gone. He's a. He's a free agent.

We don't know if they're going to bring him back. You. You don't think the Bucs have any interest in bringing him back? I think it's very unlikely that he'll be back. Yeah. I think you've seen what you needed to see from Jalen McMillan. And there's other places to invest on that roster. Man. That I would be shocked for them to bring him back. If he's gone. Godwin was so good this year. He was. But I get it. He's older. Coming off of an injury. McMillan's breakout. You're going to have a lot of conversation down the road of. You know. Is this.

Jahan Dotson scored more touchdowns than he should have. Or is this. Amon Ross St. Brown. The end of year breakout where he just couldn't be stopped. Well. And that'll be connected with Baker. And throwing over 40 touchdowns. And whether he'll do that every year. And McLaurin. With two seconds left. Scoring. McLaurin. With the backups. I don't know if you saw Cliff Kingsbury. High-fiving up and down the sideline. Yeah. But that. That. Combined with the Green Bay loss. Secured Washington seating in the playoffs. Top. Tight end scores. The Muth was Luth. Number one on the week. Trey McBride. Number two. Jordan Aikens.

Noah Fant. And Johnny Smith. Wasn't Brock Bowers. Um. But Brock Bowers finished. With. 112. Yeah. And McBride with 111. Yeah. It was. It was insane. McBride had seven for 65 for a long time. They just stopped throwing to him. Yeah. Like he. I think he. I thought he had six catches in the. In the first half. If I'm remembering it right. Because I. I. You said you thought that. And I tweeted it out. It was like. Because. It was. The target disparity between Trey McBride and everybody else. Was like. This is. This is fishy. Like. They're. It seems like they were going after it.

But they. If they were. They. Aborted that plan in the second half. Trey McBride. Led the entire NFL in reception since week 12. That's. More than. Jamar Chase. Puka. Trey McBride is. Very good. Yeah. Who would you rather have next year. Between McBride and Powers. Whoever's drafted later. Yeah. Probably. I mean. There. It's a. To me. It is a 1A 1B thing. You got to hope that these last. Two weeks were. Probably McBride. We're figuring out that. If we. We can get McBride touchdowns. Because that will be everything. Probably McBride for quarterback. Situation. I don't know. Yeah. We don't know.

Is it going to change. The landscape of the Raiders. If they. Bring in a high profile wide receiver. Which they desperately need. I mean. This season went. Like Brock Bowers is a unique talent. Maybe he puts up these exact numbers anyways. But the fact that this season goes the way it did. Where they. Literally get rid of Devante Adams in the middle of the year. Had injuries to Jacoby Myers early in the year. I thought Myers missed some time. Didn't he? Yeah. Myers missed a couple games. I thought he missed some time. He did. So. You know. It went pretty well.

For Brock Bowers. Yeah. Jacoby missed. Two weeks. All right. And a shout out to Mike. Start of the week in week 18. Yeah baby. Hey. We got that. Tutty. That's all. That matters. That's all we need for the drop baby. Will Disley. Yee-haw. He's going to the Super Bowl too. Well. He'll probably get tickets. Yeah. He's an NFL player. I think a lot of them will be there. He got an inside track. Oh. Hey Raj. Yeah. You guys want to. Get into these footy numbers. Is it time? No. I'm just. Hold on. It's. Because. It's just a quick. Is what.

It's just a quick. Throwaway tidbit. But we are in. Look. It's dynasty season. And you're looking for. Nasty boys. Who. Could be on the waiver wire. And. Jawan Johnson. Tight end of the Saints. He is. He is an unrestricted free agent. And. To. He was six for 80 this past week. He to me is a. Is a guy that. Could. Land. On a team. Where he becomes a. True part of the offense. It's not. This is a long shot. He loves week 17. 18. Every year. He. Yeah. The second half. He's been able to show up. But. Just saying like.

This is a player who. I think has the. He has the skills and ability. Should he find an offense that. Features a tight end. That he could sneak in and be a. A quality guy. It just. He might be on some waiver wires out there in dynasty. Because he just. Because he's a second half guy. All right. We'll take a break. And we'll hit the footy nominations. All right. The time has come. We're going to. Present you with our footy nominations for 2024. And you'll get the opportunity. To go. And vote. Get that trophy out man. The footy. The footy awards.