Footie Award Winners + Hot Takes for 2025! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 1/14

Summary

Fantasy Footballers Podcast Summary: "Footie Award Winners + Hot Takes for 2025!"

Release Date: January 14, 2025

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Introduction

The episode kicks off with Jason Moore welcoming listeners to the Fantasy Footballers Podcast alongside Andy Holloway and Mike "The Fantasy Hitman" Wright. The trio expresses their excitement for discussing this year's Footie Award Winners, highlighting the extensive listener participation in the voting process.

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Footy Award Winners

Performance of the Year

• Winner: Josh Allen (Week 14 Performance)
  • "Josh Allen. Week 14, 342 yards, 3 touchdowns on the ground, 51.9 points." (31:03)
  • Josh Allen secured the award with an impressive Week 14 performance, scoring 51.9 fantasy points. This season, Allen has been a standout performer, consistently delivering high scores that significantly impact fantasy lineups.

Fantasy Reapers (Player Injuries Hurting Managers)

• Winner: Christian McCaffrey
  • "The winner is Christian McCaffrey with 88%." (32:23)
  • McCaffrey dominated the category, reflecting the frustration of fantasy managers dealing with his injury issues. Despite recent recoveries, his history of injuries makes him a risky but valuable first-round pick.

Poopiest Pants Award (Players Letting Down Managers)

• Winner: Travis Etienne
  • "The winner of the Poopiest Pants Award is Travis ETN with 52% of the vote." (33:15)
  • Etienne received criticism for underperforming despite high expectations. His inconsistent performance has led to significant letdowns for fantasy teams relying on him.

Waiver Wire Wonder (Best Undrafted Pick)

• Winner: Bucky Irving
  • "The winner is Bucky Irving with 47%." (35:55)
  • Irving emerged as the top waiver wire addition, proving to be a game-changer later in the season. His late-season surge provided immense value, surpassing early-season predictions.

Fantasy Quarterback of the Year

• Winner: Jaden Daniels
  • "The winner is Jaden Daniels, 39% of the vote." (37:15)
  • Daniels captivated fantasy managers with his rookie performance, securing the top spot despite expectations favoring veterans like Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen.

Fantasy Running Back of the Year

• Winner: Saquon Barkley
  • "The winner is Saquon Barkley with 54% of the vote." (38:54)
  • Barkley maintained his status as a premier running back, consistently delivering high-yardage games and valuable fantasy points throughout the season.

Fantasy Wide Receiver of the Year

• Winner: Jamar Chase
  • "Jamar Chase takes it home with 49% of the vote." (40:32)
  • Chase's stellar performance makes him the leading wide receiver in fantasy football, narrowly edging out rising stars like Brian Thomas Jr.

Fantasy Tight End of the Year

• Winner: Brock Bowers
  • "The winner is Brock Bowers with 66% of the vote." (41:14)
  • Bowers dominated the tight end category, showcasing exceptional gameplay and consistency that made him indispensable to fantasy rosters.

Breakout Player of the Year

• Winner: Brian Thomas Jr.
  • "The winner is Brian Thomas Jr. with 39% of the vote." (44:15)
  • Thomas Jr. surprised many with his breakout performances, becoming a top fantasy asset and exceeding draft expectations.

Rookie of the Year

• Winner: Jaden Daniels
  • "The winner is Jaden Daniels, 40%." (45:02)
  • Daniels not only excelled as a quarterback but also earned the Rookie of the Year title, highlighting his immediate impact on the fantasy landscape.

Comeback Player of the Year

• Winner: J.K. Dobbins
  • "The winner is J.K. Dobbins with 48% of the vote." (46:00)
  • Dobbins' return from injury revitalized his fantasy value, delivering impressive performances that reestablished him as a reliable running back.

Steal of the Draft

• Winner: Brian Thomas Jr.
  • "The winner is Brian Thomas Jr." (47:32)
  • Thomas Jr. was recognized as the best draft value, providing exceptional performance relative to his draft position.

Playoff King (Player Driving Teams to Championships)

• Winner: Jameer Gibbs
  • "The winner is Jameer Gibbs with 48%." (48:58)
  • Gibbs proved instrumental in guiding fantasy teams to championship success, making crucial impacts during the fantasy playoffs.

Nickname of the Year

• Winner: Laser Mayfield
  • "The winner is Laser Mayfield with 77% of the vote." (51:00)
  • Mayfield's unique nickname resonated with listeners, earning him the title through its widespread popularity and recognition.

Show Moment of the Year

• Winner: Jeremy’s Championship Trolling
  • "The winner is the championship trolling for Jeremy with 67% of the vote." (52:57)
  • Jeremy’s playful trolling at the championship was a standout moment, garnering significant attention and laughter from the audience.

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Hot Takes for 2025

Brian Thomas Jr. Ascending the Ranks

• Andy Holloway's Take:
  • "Brian Thomas Jr. is thought of alongside Chase Jefferson after next season. He's in the upper stratosphere for next season." (05:05)
  • Holloway predicts Thomas Jr. will solidify his position as an elite player, joining top-tier receivers in fantasy rankings.

Chargers Winning the Super Bowl

• Mike Wright's Prediction:
  • "Mr. Chargers are going to win the Super Bowl." (04:41)
  • Wright confidently asserts that the Chargers will secure the Super Bowl title, adding this bold opinion to the hot takes.

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Recent Game Analysis

The hosts discuss the upcoming Monday Night Football game between the Rams and the Vikings, expressing excitement about Arizona hosting a home playoff game for the first time. They touch on team performances, fan expectations, and potential impacts on fantasy football.

• Mike Wright on Chargers' Loss:

  • "Who thought that the Chargers were going to win Vegas?" (10:26)
  • The Chargers' unexpected loss is analyzed, highlighting poor quarterback performance and defensive shortcomings.

• Andy Holloway on Mike Tomlin:

  • "Mike Tomlin hasn’t won a playoff game in eight years." (12:24)
  • The Steelers' coach, Mike Tomlin, is critiqued for his stagnant playoff success, leading to predictions of his potential departure.

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News Segment

Coaching Changes and Team Updates

• Mike Wright on Mike McCarthy:
  • "Mike McCarthy will not remain as head coach of the Cowboys." (17:54)
  • Wright discusses the implications of Mike McCarthy’s exit from the Cowboys, speculating his next move and impact on other teams.

Player Health and Moves

• Deshaun Watson’s Achilles Injury:

  • "Deshaun Watson ruptured his Achilles again, uncertain to play next year." (21:34)
  • The ramifications of Watson’s injury on his availability and fantasy value are examined.

• Tyree Kill’s Commitment to the Dolphins:

  • "Tyree Kill is now committed to the Dolphins after positive meetings." (22:29)
  • Kill’s decision and its potential impact on the Dolphins’ fantasy prospects are analyzed.

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Behind the Scenes: Cricket Gate

The hosts share a humorous and chaotic behind-the-scenes story about a fan who sabotaged the office with hidden cricket devices embedded in 3D-printed trophies. This amusing incident, referred to as "Cricket Gate," nearly jeopardized the show’s operations but ultimately became a memorable anecdote for the team.

• Jason Moore on Cricket Gate:
  • "We almost burnt it down. Thank you to our fans who have almost destroyed the company." (28:19)

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Upcoming Content and Closing Remarks

The hosts tease upcoming segments, including the "Truth Series" episodes and a Top 10 quarterbacks Fantasy Face-Off. They also introduce potential new award categories, such as "Bummer of the Year," to address players who disappoint fantasy managers.

• Andy Holloway’s Suggestion:
  • "Bummer of the year. Because there's just somebody that is a letdown." (56:54)

The episode wraps up with expressions of gratitude to listeners, encouragement to engage with the community, and a reminder to follow the podcast for continued fantasy football insights throughout the season.

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Notable Quotes

• "Brian Thomas Jr. is thought of alongside Chase Jefferson after next season. He's in the upper stratosphere for next season." — Andy Holloway (05:05)
• "Mr. Chargers are going to win the Super Bowl." — Mike Wright (04:41)
• "Mike Tomlin hasn’t won a playoff game in eight years." — Andy Holloway (12:24)
• "We almost burnt it down. Thank you to our fans who have almost destroyed the company." — Jason Moore (28:19)
• "Bummer of the year. Because there's just somebody that is a letdown." — Andy Holloway (56:54)

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Conclusion

This episode of the Fantasy Footballers Podcast delivered a comprehensive overview of fantasy football standings through the Footie Awards, bold predictions for the upcoming season, and engaging analysis of recent NFL games and news. The hosts’ candid discussions, combined with humorous behind-the-scenes stories, provided both valuable insights and entertaining content for fantasy football enthusiasts.

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Transcript

[Jason Moore]

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[Jason Moore]

Welcome to the Fantasy Footballers Podcast with your host and Holloway, Jason Moore and Mike Wright.

[Andy Holloway]

Welcome In Tuesday episode January 14th, the Fantasy Footballers podcast. Mike Wright is here. Jason Moore, I'm Andy Holloway and we have the footy award winners on today's show. Very excited. Thousands of you voted for the awards this year and I am proud to say I don't know a single winner.

[Jason Moore]

I do not either. A lot of times, I'm going to be honest, I have cheated and looked, I have logged in and I know who wins and by how much. And I don't have a clue.

[Andy Holloway]

That is. It makes me do any of the dosers?

[Mike Wright]

No, no, no. I mean who packed it?

[Jason Moore]

I put the envelopes together but I did not look at any of the names.

[Mike Wright]

Impressive.

[Jason Moore]

Oh man, I hope that everything's wrong inside, you know what I mean? We open this up, it's just a picture of. I printed and cut him up without looking at him.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay, so this is all on Brooks. If it comes crashing down, he's the only one that's gone through.

[Jason Moore]

I think if it goes crashing down, it would be performance of the year.

[Andy Holloway]

Brooks has. Yeah. So we've got that. We got a quick question. We've got some news. The all of the games from the weekend. We'll talk about those briefly. We're recording this episode just before the Monday Night Football game between the Rams and the Vikings. So we'll be able to share our feedback on that game, our reactions to that game out here in Arizona.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, we finally get a home playoff game, boys.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, gosh.

[Jason Moore]

Congrats to us.

[Mike Wright]

Just took, you know, devastation, just destruction and chaos, terribleness.

[Jason Moore]

It is insane.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. It will be a Rams home game out here in Phoenix, Glendale, actually.

[Mike Wright]

It would. It will be interesting to see what the crowd is because Arizona is. There's a lot of Midwest transplants down here. Like, there's a lot of Minnesota people who are here and I'm interested to see what it looks like.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes. Not the way we would have wanted to get a home playoff game, certainly with everything going on in Los Angeles, which thoughts and prayers out to everybody out there. Quick question of the day from Brinton. If you had to make a hot take right now for next season, what would it be?

[Jason Moore]

Why.

[Andy Holloway]

Why do we like hot takes so much?

[Mike Wright]

Because they're fun.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, just. You just like, I don't know.

[Mike Wright]

Mr. Chargers are going to win the Super Bowl.

[Andy Holloway]

I was bringing it up.

[Mike Wright]

Okay. Sorry.

[Andy Holloway]

I was gonna say, I know this idio. You picked the Chargers to make it to the super bowl, but you beat me off at the pass.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I definitely beat you to it. Yes. People like hot takes. People like, because they're fun. Because when they actually happen.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, here's the hot take. Brian Thomas Jr. Is thought of alongside Chase Jefferson. Alongside chasing Jefferson after next season. So Brian Thomas Jr. Is in the upper stratosphere for next season. That's my hot take.

[Mike Wright]

He looks like he's going to be there. Like, just hopefully Trevor Lawrence and whoever, like whatever this team looks like management wise next year can make sure that we force feed Brian Thomas the ball. But he looks the part.

[Jason Moore]

Brian Thomas had easy to force feed.

[Andy Holloway]

When you're that open.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. I mean, the thing is, is going back. One of the big knocks on Brian Thomas now appears to be almost a feather in his cap, which was he only had like the one breakout year of production because he was later, I think he played basketball. And so it was like you just didn't see enough in college to know for certain that he is going to translate.

[Mike Wright]

He had Neighbors. Right?

[Jason Moore]

Right.

[Mike Wright]

Like, I mean, it's the.

[Jason Moore]

Did that open it up for him? Is that what made it easy? But then once you have rookie season in the bag where he dominated the way he did with Mac Jones, you're like this. So I love that hot take. Just having him really be one of the elites of the elite.

[Andy Holloway]

And I guess Chase and Jefferson and Brian Thomas, the LSU crew could lead the NFL for years to come.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Wow. They're all lsu.

[Mike Wright]

LSU is.

[Andy Holloway]

And neighbors is going to be right there, too.

[Jason Moore]

Well, speaking of lsu, Mike, why don't you hit him up with the next one? Because it's yours.

[Mike Wright]

Sure. So I'm going. I'm calling. T. Higgins stays in Cincinnati. Joe Burrow will be the QB one. And both Jamar Chase and T. Higgins will be top 12 guys by the end of the year.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, I don't hot takes. Don't consider me surprised that you would take a T. Higgins take here. But I can't stop, guys. You can't.

[Mike Wright]

He has destroyed me so many times.

[Andy Holloway]

You know, they were.

[Mike Wright]

He's so good.

[Andy Holloway]

They were one game out of the playoffs, right?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

And do you remember this team lost to New England in week one?

[Jason Moore]

Yep.

[Andy Holloway]

They lost to New England in week one.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Both teams wishes they could swap that.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, my gosh.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, that's true.

[Andy Holloway]

The Broncos would be. Or the Bengals would be in the playoffs and the Patriots would have the number one pick.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. But they won.

[Jason Moore]

Instead, the Broncos made the playoffs. And my hot take is that the Broncos next year win the division over the Chiefs on the back of a superstar rookie running back. This team is really good. I think Bo Nicks is legit. And they have no running game whatsoever. They have.

[Andy Holloway]

They really need an Alvin Camara.

[Jason Moore]

Yes, exactly. Sean Payton has always had a group of really strong running backs, pass catchers. Whether it was Ingram or pure Strong or Deuce Callister. Like, he's always had good. A good running game. And that is so abhorrently absent from the Broncos. I think they fix it this year.

[Andy Holloway]

It's wild what we've seen happen. You know, the Eagles. We'll get into the news momentarily. But like Saquon Barkley's team, clearly, I mean, Jalen hurts, I think completed 11 passes or something. And then you see what Baltimore did. Derek Henry, almost 200 yards rushing. Again, like, it is not an exaggeration to say that all 32 teams should have been in on Derek Henry and all 32 teams should have been in on Saquon Barkley. And yet both of them, like the Sake one sweepstakes, more high profile. But the prediction of the demise of Derek Henry or the lack of courage by Dallas by any of these. I mean, how about the Chargers? You tell me. The Chargers with Derek Henry aren't a different football team.

[Mike Wright]

Sure.

[Andy Holloway]

Denver with Derek Henry, like every single team should have been in on those guys.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, Yeah. I mean, at the very least, every single competing team, every team that had aspirations to make a playoff run, you know, should have been in. And it'll be interesting for fantasy purposes because I think we'll hit year five next year of saying, well, Derek Henry's probably too old.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, this has been most of our entire career.

[Jason Moore]

Exactly. So at what point, I mean, we. I think we really did transition a handful of years ago to just saying he's different. I'm not betting against him. But it still hasn't been a strong enough bet for him.

[Andy Holloway]

I think the last two years, our advice has been just go down with the ship because it's not worth trying to get out early because the ship is real nice.

[Jason Moore]

It's such a nice ship.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, there was. Someone had released numbers of. For Derek Henry. It's like his, you know, his speed when he, when he hits the line of scrimmage and then his top speed, you know, and yeah, it's the same. He has literally not slowed down yet now. I mean, I'll bet on him again next year for sure. But Derek Henry, it feels like when it goes, it's going to be immediate, but I mean, I'm not going to bet on it happening. But when we get to the end, you'll go, yep. That was what a great run, Derek Henry. But. But you're toast now.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, Age. Age will come for us all. But Frank Gore, Fred Jackson, I mean, he's Emmett Smith. You're entering that category of running back at this point. Let's talk some more news.

[Jason Moore]

News and notes from around the league, presented by USAA Insurance. So apparently the Chargers lost in pretty large fashion, 32 to 12. It wasn't that egregious. Through the beginning of the game.

[Andy Holloway]

Who thought that they could get through a divisional game where they were favored?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I was going to say, who thought the Chargers were going to win Vegas? The majority of people who are making a prediction on the career high, four interceptions for Herbert and the Texans took.

[Andy Holloway]

That Very personally, Will Disley didn't do anything to help. I'm just throwing that out there.

[Mike Wright]

No, we did not.

[Andy Holloway]

The Steelers got thromped. That's a new word by the Ravens. I do.

[Mike Wright]

Like.

[Andy Holloway]

They got thromp. They got thromped. Like throttled and whomped.

[Mike Wright]

Nice.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. I mean, we all know exactly what you mean because a lot of us watch that game.

[Mike Wright]

That was.

[Jason Moore]

That was a pure thomping.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, please don't be a bad word.

[Andy Holloway]

It was. Oh, gosh. Yeah. This is. Don't even bother looking it up.

[Mike Wright]

I'm looking.

[Andy Holloway]

It's plead ignorance. It's bad.

[Mike Wright]

It. No, no.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay, okay.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, Kyle's. I got from the AI Overlords. They have said it's an informal verb that means to trample or move heavily and clumsily.

[Andy Holloway]

That is. They were clumsy.

[Mike Wright]

Yes, Kyle, Everything on Urban Dictionary is bad. Every word on Dictionary.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. You can put. You could say any word and go there and you'll find something.

[Andy Holloway]

But 28 to 14 Ravens manhandled them. It was not close. Mike Tomlin has not won a playoff game in eight years. Mike Tomlin, that's a stretch that surpasses all of their previous coaches. Chuck Noel, Bill Cower, all of those guys. You know, Jason, you're the. You're the. Tomlin, Truth or for life, hasn't figured out how to win a playoff game in eight years. I also don't think six consecutive games to end the season, which I think is more the story I think that might resonate with fans is they looked. They didn't get better, they got worse.

[Jason Moore]

I would say one of my bold predictions was almost going to be that next year will be Mike Tomlin's final year as the Steelers head coach because it looked bad down the stretch. I think that that city is getting sick of not winning. I don't believe it will get better when Tomlin leaves. No, I don't think Tomlin has had the personnel over the last 8 years post Ben Roethlisberger to really make a run in the playoffs. He hasn't really had the quarterbacks there.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. And I guess you can point fingers wherever you want. I mean, Tomlin has a lot of power in the organization. He's the one that's going to be fine going ahead with the Najee Harris. Fine going ahead with retreads at quarterback. Like, there are choices that were made.

[Jason Moore]

Well, but the quarterback. The quarterback situation. The quarterback situation is one of those where it really, to a large degree, it's kind of like, where are you drafting In a fantasy football first round draft. Yes. I don't get Jamar Chase.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm stuck.

[Jason Moore]

Yes, they are because they are stuck.

[Mike Wright]

They're stuck because Tomlin's good.

[Jason Moore]

Exactly. Exactly.

[Andy Holloway]

Which is why you need to. Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

You might need to clean up.

[Andy Holloway]

You might need to be bad to be good.

[Jason Moore]

Yep. He is not willing to tank. And he could take a team of hodgepodge guys and get the most out of them.

[Andy Holloway]

I think if you asked him to tank, he'd punch you square in the face.

[Jason Moore]

I think he would look at you so hard you'd punch yourself in the face. He would give you a look and you say, Mr. Tomlin, that's on me.

[Mike Wright]

But they are. They're in purgatory because they will always be a competitive team.

[Andy Holloway]

You have to be in retread land, then you have to be in the.

[Mike Wright]

Or you have to hit on Kurt.

[Andy Holloway]

Cousins or Kenny Pickett. Had to hit. Right. Like you have to have the late round pick. The Bills scored 31 unanswered after the Broncos and Troy Franklin came out and got the first score, which. Look, when I saw that I wasn't. When I saw the Broncos got on the board first, I hadn't been watching yet. I was following it on my phone. I was like, oh, maybe they can do it. And then I checked back.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, that's.

[Jason Moore]

The game was really, really, really close the entire first half. They went into the half, it should have been tied 10 to 10. They missed the walk off field goal at the end of the half. This was whatever second half adjustments were made. The Bills were much, much better. And then they, you know, that was a second half thromping the whole game wasn't. I was like. I was kind of proud of the Bills or of the. Of the Broncos. I was kind of proud of them. Like, you put up a real nice fight in that first half. No one saw you win in this game.

[Mike Wright]

First half, right. Like.

[Jason Moore]

No, just the first half.

[Mike Wright]

They're still.

[Andy Holloway]

There are ways away.

[Mike Wright]

There are ways away.

[Andy Holloway]

It feels like the Broncos and the Chargers are a few missing pieces away.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Well coached. Quarterback situations figured out. Need some more elite talent and just like time together, Right?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, for sure.

[Andy Holloway]

That's what the Bills have. The packers lost to the Eagles 22 to 10. I believe the packers lost three wide receivers in this game. Or two of them. And then they were already missing.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, they were down Watson. And then what. Or Dobs and Dobbs got a hospital ball and.

[Jason Moore]

And they lost a lot more players than just those wide receivers. It Was not a fun game for packers fans who feel like they were jobbed. We know that from Al Borland. How are you feeling about your Packers?

[Andy Holloway]

Everything would have been different if one of the plays went your way.

[Jason Moore]

If it had gone. We don't need to get it. We've talked about it enough. The refs made the wrong call.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay, first drive.

[Jason Moore]

Other than that, the packers played like garbage. The Eagles are the better team. Their defense is outstanding.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, they just had a major.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, Michael Parsons agrees with you, Al. They were just. As long as those big plays by the Eagles didn't happen. They were. Packers were right in there.

[Andy Holloway]

It does feel like we are on a collision course for Eagles Lions. Yeah, that's the way it feels. But was it Kobe Dean? Was Torres Patel attendant? That's so sad.

[Mike Wright]

The Eagles Eagles offense needs to. Let's get cooking here.

[Andy Holloway]

Find their inner Excellence. The Commanders 23, Buccaneers 20.

[Mike Wright]

Great game.

[Andy Holloway]

Fun game. Very much so. Wish I could watch those two quarterbacks play some more in the playoffs, but Baker's gone. Going home. The doink off of the inside of the upright after Zane Gonzalez finally figured out how to put his helmet on.

[Jason Moore]

That was.

[Andy Holloway]

That's one of those things that you watch it and you see it and you kind of laugh to yourself, but then you don't know that it got like everybody else.

[Jason Moore]

At first I thought, is this a guy who's trying to get FaceTime? And like, he thought the camera wasn't on him yet. So I'm gonna try to do it again.

[Andy Holloway]

He does have ocd.

[Mike Wright]

Does he really? Okay.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

We're not.

[Mike Wright]

Explains it.

[Jason Moore]

I'm not now I feel bad.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, it was just interesting. Like, you're watching it and you're going, oh, that's. That's odd.

[Jason Moore]

I'm guessing he needed it to be even because he missed the kick. So that's how that works.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, you know, nice doink.

[Jason Moore]

As I always say, it was one of the hardest doinks I can remember.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay. All righty. We've got footy awards momentarily. We got Vikings Rams tonight. So we'll react to that on the Thursday show. We also got news. Mike Vrabel, the new head coach of the Patriots.

[Jason Moore]

Perfect.

[Mike Wright]

What?

[Jason Moore]

I mean, it's where he should have been all along.

[Andy Holloway]

Mike McCarthy will not be remaining as head coach of the Cowboys.

[Mike Wright]

Dude, Cowboys.

[Andy Holloway]

Jerry Jones has announced he is indeed the head coach.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, that makes a lot of sense.

[Mike Wright]

The Cowboys.

[Andy Holloway]

That part's a lie.

[Mike Wright]

Like it thankfully for Mike McCarthy, the man like the Bears were trying to interview him the other week and Jerry Jones is like, no, no. And then you just hold on to this and then you're not the coach the Cowboys. So the Bears haven't figured it out yet. So I'm sure Mike McCarthy will get a shot there.

[Jason Moore]

I think McCarthy will go straight to another head coaching job.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't. I don't know. Maybe the reason I don't think it'll happen has nothing to do with what I think happened here. I think what happened here is that Jerry Jones actually wanted Mike McCarthy back. That's why this dragged out. I think what happened is we've seen Mike McCarthy in the press conference. We know what Mark McCarthy believes about himself. What does he believe?

[Mike Wright]

Oh, he's a winner.

[Andy Holloway]

He's a winner. He has won a championship. And I think it came down to dollars and cents in those negotiations. And I think that's my. Maybe why he won't get a job right away is because he has a value that he has imparted and he's convinced Jerry Jones to give him that. At one point in time wanted it again.

[Mike Wright]

There was the report said of New Orleans at least are McCarthy.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

They're like, you know, they're going to be very interested. All right.

[Jason Moore]

A lot of times when you want the money going somewhere new, people will shell out more for you than just renewing your contract.

[Andy Holloway]

That used to be the place that the Cardinals always spent their lives. They'll pay big for Buddy Ryan before.

[Mike Wright]

He was paying four coaches paying Dennis Green.

[Andy Holloway]

Right. The retread back to Arizona to fail.

[Mike Wright]

I saw a cut up of it was Magic Johnson and whoever the other owner.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, for Washington.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Then there was like. They're being asked like, how did you guys. I mean, they're celebrating the win. How'd you turn it around? They're like, whoa, whoa. We don't get a ton of credit here. Like, we just. We identified. We got the right people in the culture and then we got out of the way and we're letting them do their. Yeah, Josh Harris. Thank you, Kyle of we got out of the way and we're letting these people who are good at their jobs do their thing. And then it goes to a cut of Jerry Jones.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, gosh.

[Mike Wright]

And they're asking him about, maybe, maybe you don't want to be the GM anymore. He's like, get out of here. Essentially like, no, I'm the GM forever.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, that's what I was gonna ask you. Like if you. We can make fun of Jerry.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, I can and I will.

[Andy Holloway]

Because he has put himself into a position where he is eligible for it.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

And he won't know Jerry Jones is a winner.

[Andy Holloway]

But here's what I'm. Here's what I bring up. He said he did not buy a team. He bought an occupation. That was his quote. Because he chose to buy the Cowboys, and he wanted to do it for the rest of his life, which is his right.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

To do, like, if I bought a team, I might want to be gm.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

I might not be good at it, but I probably would think next year I'll be good at it.

[Jason Moore]

I would.

[Mike Wright]

But how long. How long do you. How long are you bad at it before you're like, I'd like my team.

[Andy Holloway]

To win, but maybe you're okay being bad at it, but being it.

[Jason Moore]

Andy, literally, as we were talking, a statement came out from Jerry Jones.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, boy, am I defending him, by the way.

[Jason Moore]

You were. You were so Big Rap Big Joe.

[Mike Wright]

You're not defending. You're just explaining his position.

[Jason Moore]

There's a lot of. A lot of words in this statement of just, we did this. We looked at everything, the staff and we. Whatever. But I think the most important part, the climax of this is prior to reaching the point of contract negotiations, though, it became mutually clear that it would be better for each of us to head in a different direction. This is Jerry Jones saying, this isn't money. This was not money. We decided before. Before that. Before talking about money. Everybody and everyone believes you, Jerry.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, Deshaun Watson ruptured his Achilles again.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, man.

[Andy Holloway]

He's now uncertain to play at all next year. Probably won't take a another snap with the Browns. If you're looking at this situation, you've seen all the. I've seen the videos, all the chatter. He was seen on Instagram on a recent date without a boot on, which could make him eligible to have those years voided. If he did not follow protocol that the team put out there for his Achilles recovery, it would have been under three months from surgery.

[Mike Wright]

They would get off the hook.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, we don't. We don't know if that's in their protocol or not. And they also have an insurance against the cap for injury. I don't pretend to be an expert on this, but what I saw was that some of that cap money the following season would come back. So, yeah, maybe they do get off the hook a little bit here, thanks to the second re. Rupture of the Achilles.

[Andy Holloway]

What else? Tyree Kill says now he's committed to the Dolphins after positive meetings with the team.

[Jason Moore]

And that might sound like, why is this news? If you hadn't heard or seen him posting things all over about basically wanting out of playing for the Dolphins, including putting his face on the Antonio Brown photograph where he left mid game. Peace out. Peace sign.

[Mike Wright]

Not a good look.

[Jason Moore]

Not a good look.

[Mike Wright]

Very funny.

[Jason Moore]

It was a delightful tweet. I very much enjoyed it. But I was, you know, you saw that, you went, yeah. Ooh. And that's why he has to come out and say that no, things are good now.

[Andy Holloway]

That was today's news and notes presented as always by USAA Insurance. Learn [e-mail] insurance we'll take a break and we'll get into the footy awards. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Every new year comes with endless opportunities and blank pages for you to write your own story. For example, this year, look, we head into 2025. I want to be able to spend more time with the family, with the kids. Enjoy those days. I've got plans for 2025. What are you hoping is going to happen? However you want your story to play out, it's going to take work, it's going to take dedication. But don't worry, you don't have to do it alone. Therapy is a great option to keep you focused on living the life that you want. It's like having an assistant coach to help you move things along. It's a great tool to have on hand. I know from experience and I've got friends and family that have experience with therapy and the benefit that it is to their life. It's been immeasurable. So if you're not sure where to start, I would try BetterHelp. Everything's online. It's. It's more convenient, it's more affordable. They have thousands of therapists in their network, all with different specialties. And if the first match, you know, that's a concern for people. If that's not a good fit, you can switch to someone else without worrying about any extra costs. Write your own story with better help. Visit betterhelp.comfootballers to get 10% off your first month. That's betterhelphelp.comfootballers. what's up, foot Clan? This episode is brought to you by Vuori. Vuori is performance apparel that's designed for working out, but it doesn't look or feel like it. And let me tell you, the Ponto Performance Jogger, it's a game changer. It's part of Viori's dream knit collection. It's soft it's super soft and lightweight. And what I like about it is I can wear it. It looks casual and then I can go. I can play some pickleball in those things. It's a performance jogger. It looks great. It's perfect for them, the low impact workouts. Or maybe, maybe I'll play some one on one. Maybe that high impact workout too. Or maybe you're doing some yoga or some stretching or even sitting at the desk in the studio. Whatever you do, it'll keep you comfortable for hours without sacrificing style. And they're my go to for relaxing days at home. Go to viori.comballers to get 20% off your first purchase. Exclusions apply. Visit the website for full terms and conditions.

[Jason Moore]

I'll tell you, before we get into the footie awards, I feel like there should have been an extra category this year, which is it's like the best show moment, but it's the best off air show moment of the year because we've had a couple things around the office going crazy.

[Andy Holloway]

Are you sharing this?

[Jason Moore]

Yes. Yes. Including cricket gate. Cricket gate just happened.

[Mike Wright]

I don't know that we have time to explain.

[Jason Moore]

Our entire crew, programmers, doosers, y'all almost got fired today because there was someone put. And I don't know if you know this exists and if you didn't, congratulations, because you can, you can really hurt someone with this information. There are little chirping cricket bugs that chirp anywhere between.

[Andy Holloway]

You're talking about.

[Mike Wright]

It's a tiny little speaker.

[Andy Holloway]

It's an electronic device.

[Jason Moore]

Yes. And it chirps at random between 5 and 45 minutes. And you can't find this thing. And after a couple days, you definitely.

[Andy Holloway]

Can'T find it when it comes from different areas.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. And so we were like, Friday, we were threatened. What? You know, we just knew it was Papa Josh. Of course, it's like, yeah, okay, Josh.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. It's the usual suspect.

[Jason Moore]

It's a good goof. Get it? I'm sick of hearing this cricket. And then it just kept escalating, getting worse and worse. And so this morning we find after the weekend, it was like I'm sitting.

[Andy Holloway]

In the office by myself. I hear it again and I'm like, this is it. The company's over. Like, I can't work in this environment.

[Jason Moore]

I told Andy we move offices and we clean house. Hire a whole new.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, this is like Raiders style stuff. You start all over.

[Jason Moore]

So we go out to the producers and we just. I tell Falcon he's fired in one Hour. So it doesn't matter whose fault it is. One hour from now, he's fired. Just completely like I put a timer on my watch. And I don't care if it was Josh that did it.

[Andy Holloway]

We own this company. We ain't living with that.

[Jason Moore]

That's cricket gate, Josh. You're gonna have to have that on your conscience. And then we tell everybody because we pay for lunch every day here at Student. Then we tell everybody we're not paying for lunches anymore. Not while the crickets happening.

[Andy Holloway]

No, no, no. This is serious business.

[Jason Moore]

This is serious. And apparently that not firing Pingree, but threatening, taking lunches away allowed Jeremy to come clean. He gets his championship. He thinks he could do absolutely everything it was.

[Andy Holloway]

You don't want me to explain the full situation?

[Jason Moore]

There's a lot more to it than that.

[Andy Holloway]

Apparently. We had a fan of the show. This is the true story. This is what happened. We had a fan of this show who offered who makes 3D printed trophies to send us a few trophies. He wanted to send one to Al. Congratulations. And to Brian Catron, his co manager, the Biggest Loser. A biggest loser trophy. And then he actually sent a trophy to the falcon that has a toilet on it because. Come on.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

And apparently without telling me, he embedded in the middle of the 3D print a cricket device. And these guys had made up in their minds that I had secretly done this as a way to get back for you ruining my life on the show where my family came on here and congratulated you. Anyways, they had made up this whole story. And so that was getting back at us. He took the device out, they hid it in the rafters.

[Jason Moore]

He ordered more devices. He took it out and then was like, that one's not enough. I'm getting more. And then he put it in the drop ceiling. We're looking under desks, we're looking everywhere.

[Andy Holloway]

Mike knew instantly that something was wrong too. He's like, that ain't a real cricket.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. So anyways, congratulations to Owl and thank you to our fans who have almost destroyed the company.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, we almost burnt it down.

[Mike Wright]

These things are devious. It's really small. That battery is going to last for decades for infinity. And it's gonna be a cricket going off that you can't find.

[Andy Holloway]

To the footies.

[Jason Moore]

Welcome to the annual footie awards show featuring performance of the year, the Wafer Wire Wonder, the Poopiest Pants Award and many more. It's the annual footie award show.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, I don't know if it was as loud for Everybody out there. But that was real. The horns were hitting. All right, we've got the winners. We do not know the winners yet. Thank you to the thousands upon thousands of Foot Clan listeners that voted for this year's Footie awards. I am going to kick this thing off.

[Jason Moore]

I'm so excited.

[Andy Holloway]

I know. Right here, right now. Now do these just so I know, since I haven't opened these yet. Do I read the nominees? Then open them. Is that the nominees are not on here.

[Jason Moore]

Okay, we'll hit the drum rail. Drum roll. And you open it.

[Mike Wright]

Why can no one say drum roll?

[Jason Moore]

That's the second time.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, so the first award is the performance of the year. Which single week performance was the most impressive on the year? Our nominees was Josh Allen's Week 14 with 51.9 points. Saquon Barkley's Week 12 had 44 points.

[Mike Wright]

Alvin Camara, Is that the butt jump week?

[Andy Holloway]

Probably.

[Jason Moore]

I don't know.

[Andy Holloway]

Probably. Alvin Camara, 43 points in week two. Jonathan Taylor's week 16 important playoff game, Jamar Chase in week 10 with 49.9 points. And Brock Bowers with 25.2 in week 13. And the winner. Are you going to be the drum roll guy?

[Jason Moore]

What do you want?

[Andy Holloway]

I think I want you to be the drum roll.

[Jason Moore]

I'll be the drum roll.

[Mike Wright]

All right, rail them.

[Andy Holloway]

The winner is Josh Allen. Week 14, Josh Allen. 342 and 3 with 3 on the ground, 51.9 points, 44% of the vote.

[Jason Moore]

Wow. The runner up pretty much a landslide then with that many people, right?

[Andy Holloway]

The runner up was not far off. Jamar Chase.

[Mike Wright]

That was my vote.

[Andy Holloway]

That was my vote, too.

[Jason Moore]

That was mine. And when you started with Josh or the sound, I was like, jamash Allen.

[Andy Holloway]

That's right. Jamar Chase was the runner up with 35%. But Josh Allen takes home this year's performance of the year.

[Jason Moore]

All right, Andy, well, I will read this one for you even though it is your award.

[Andy Holloway]

Please do.

[Jason Moore]

This is the Fantasy Reapers man of the year. Which players injury hurt fantasy managers the most? You had a four pack here. Christian McCaffrey, Isaiah Pacheco, Chris Olave, and Chris Godwin. I'll be honest, I thought the Christians.

[Andy Holloway]

They all get hurt.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, that's right. And then the only one who wasn't named Christian is Isaiah. I mean, come on, you're not too far off there. All right, so drum roll, please. And the winner with 88%. I think we know. No surprise, the first pick in your draft. A lot of times Christian McCaffrey. Who?

[Mike Wright]

I don't. Did you guys. Do you guys see the recent McCaffrey.

[Jason Moore]

That he's totally fine and good.

[Mike Wright]

If they made the playoffs, he was good to go.

[Jason Moore]

That is going to help him stay near the 101 this next year. And you know, it's true he won't.

[Mike Wright]

Be the one on one, but he will still be a top of first round six pick.

[Jason Moore]

He'll be a first round pick.

[Andy Holloway]

It's going to be. Who's the first one that wants to live dangerously is what it's like. Because there are. Yes, because there are big names that I can't imagine passing on to go to Christian McCaffrey.

[Jason Moore]

That's fair. That's fair. He won't be at the one on one, but he'll be in the first round. You'll get to a point where everyone's willing to take the risk of. Because you've had this before. You've had Christian McCaffrey disappear for years.

[Mike Wright]

Two years in a row.

[Jason Moore]

Right.

[Andy Holloway]

Look, time though. Injuries. All right, Mike, it's up to you.

[Mike Wright]

We are at the poopiest, your specialty, the poopiest pants award. Well, it's Jason's specialty.

[Jason Moore]

That is true. I have pooped in my pants.

[Mike Wright]

Despite high expectations, this player let down fantasy managers over and over and over again. This year's nominees, Travis Etienne who was drafted as the running back. 7. Marvin Harrison Jr. Drafted as the wide receiver. 8. Patrick Mahomes was the QB 3. And Jalen Waddle drafted as the wide receiver. 18 Rail them drums. The winner of the Poopiest pants award is Travis ETN with 52% of the vote. Marv and his woolly pants. He was second 31%.

[Andy Holloway]

You know, the crazy thing about Travis ETN is that it did not like the pants were poopy, Right?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

All year long.

[Jason Moore]

Oh yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

But nobody else did anything.

[Jason Moore]

What do you mean?

[Andy Holloway]

I mean like it wasn't. If you wanted to tell me Rashad White's pants were poopy, I'd be like, all right. But Bucky Irving took over, right?

[Jason Moore]

Oh, I see what you're saying.

[Andy Holloway]

Travis etn's pants were poopy and so were Tank Bigsby's pants.

[Jason Moore]

Tank Bigsby got. I think Tank Bigsby did hurt Travis ETN this year. But what is insane is that, you know, it's like it feels like he was awful. It feels like.

[Mike Wright]

No, he wasn't. It was awful. He was not. Like you couldn't start him for fantasy. But I'm saying like, but his production like he Tink Bigsby was ran for 4.6 a carry over the course of the season.

[Jason Moore]

ETN wishes his 3.7. He played 15 games. Like, it feels like he missed half the season. He didn't. He only missed three games.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

He had 632. I'm sorry.

[Andy Holloway]

558 yards rushing yards across 15 weeks.

[Jason Moore]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I was.

[Mike Wright]

Wait, he had 558?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

So, yeah, Bigsby had 766 rushing yards.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

On how many attempts did ETN have?

[Andy Holloway]

Bigsby had 168.

[Jason Moore]

ETN 150.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Jason Moore]

So they kind of.

[Andy Holloway]

It's just you didn't have somebody that like. Like for him to be that bad with that draft capital and still not have somebody fantasy relevant in the backfield. I just thought that was interesting. Waiver wire Wonder which undrafted waiver wire stud was the best signing. This year's nominees. Baker Mayfield was awesome. Sam Darnold. Juwan Jennings. Darnell Mooney. He had a good run. John. Ooh. Smith. Bucky Irving.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, man.

[Andy Holloway]

I know who I voted for. And this year's winner is.

[Mike Wright]

I don't know who I voted for.

[Jason Moore]

I know who I voted for.

[Andy Holloway]

The winner is Bucky Irving.

[Jason Moore]

That's who I voted for.

[Andy Holloway]

47%. The runner up was actually Baker Mayfield at 27%. Bucky was my vote as well. When you get running back value late in the draft, it is a glorious thing.

[Mike Wright]

Is juicy.

[Jason Moore]

I wish it happened earlier in the season. We've talked about and we've got the data to back this up. This has been a tip in the past that did not come true this season, which was that the waiver wire is usually so much more valuable in weeks one and two. Those guys hit and stick oftentimes. And that is true over the last decade. It wasn't really true this year. Some of the biggest waiver wire pickups early on in this season, they just turned out to kind of be flops like Isaiah likely was. You know, he was the big spin. The big spin. Then it turned into not much. Bucky Irving was later in the year off of waivers, several weeks in and totally worth it.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, Jason, you are.

[Jason Moore]

I'm up with the fantasy quarterback of the year. Remember, this takes into account the draft position, the big game performances, impact to fantasy teams everywhere. Last year was Dak Prescott with the winning award, and this year the nominees are. Do I. Oh, that drumroll comes after.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, that's.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, we don't read the drumroll for the.

[Mike Wright]

We're on the Knees. We're on number five right now. Dude, we've done this four times already.

[Andy Holloway]

Also, 10 years of it.

[Jason Moore]

I just woke up right this second.

[Mike Wright]

Did you blackout?

[Andy Holloway]

Where's the rail?

[Jason Moore]

All right, the nominees are Lamar Jackson, who was the quarterback. One, Josh Allen, also awesome as the quarterback. Two. Burrow, Fantastic. Jaden Daniels, rookie sensation. And the aforementioned waiver wire wonder, Baker Mayfield. And the winner is. Can I get the drum roll, please? The winner is. Wow. Jaden Daniels, 39% of the vote. I thought for sure this would be Lamar Jackson.

[Andy Holloway]

I thought it'd be Lamar. That's who I voted for.

[Jason Moore]

I actually did vote for Jaden Daniels.

[Mike Wright]

But I used to be 14, all the way up to 4, and it was a rookie.

[Andy Holloway]

What's the percentage?

[Jason Moore]

The percentage was 39%.

[Andy Holloway]

And who was runner up?

[Jason Moore]

Runner up was actually BAKER Mayfield at 21. So people were taking into account drafting them late, you know, because, you know, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, they were awesome. But you're spinning a second and third round pick for them.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

If you had Jaden Daniels, you might have just won your championship because you got him so late. Owl, you had Jayden Daniels, you won your championship against Lamar Jackson. So I guess footies. Hey, Jaden.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Your footy is in the mail. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

You're a rookie in the NFL. You may not know that.

[Jason Moore]

You don't. You don't know. We send them out by freight. Almost impossible to lift. Where they got to get craned in sometimes.

[Mike Wright]

All right, fantasy running back of the year.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, Christian McCaffrey won this last year.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, that's cute.

[Mike Wright]

He could have won again, but he didn't play football. This year. This year's nominees, we got. Saquon Barkley drafted as the running back. 6. Derek Henry, drafted as the running back. 9. Jameer Gibbs, drafted as the RB.

[Jason Moore]

4.

[Mike Wright]

Chase Brown all the way down at running back 40. Chuba Hubbard at running back 43. And Joe Mixon sneaking in here was drafted as the running back. 15 had some big games. All right, running back of the year. This one's not really a surprise. It is saquon Barkley with 54% of the vote. Jameer Gibbs, runner up, 13%.

[Jason Moore]

Wow, so that was a drubbin.

[Mike Wright]

An absolute thromping.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, the fantasy wide receiver of the year. All of those factors considered. Big game performances, ADP impact to fantasy teams. Last year with CD Lamb. This year's nominees, four names. Jamar Chase, drafted as the wide receiver or as the. Yeah, wide receiver. Four. Is that true?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay. Brian Thomas, Jr. A ninth round pick, Terry McCluren in the late 70s and Malik Neighbors in the fourth round. Let me make sure I got the right envelope. The winner is unsurprisingly, but actually narrowly Jamar Chase. Listen to this. 49% of the vote, but Brian Thomas Jr. Coming in at 42%.

[Jason Moore]

Wow. No one liked Terry McClure? Malik neighbors.

[Andy Holloway]

No. So Ja'marr Chase takes it home. Your footy.

[Jason Moore]

That is fantastic. Well deserved. He was awesome this year. Fantasy tight end of the year last year. Sam Laporta, a rookie this year might be another rookie. Brock Bowers, who was drafted as the Titan 9 finishes the Titan 2. Trey McBride, drafted at 3, finished at 3. John who Smith, undrafted finish at 4 and the always forgotten, never loved tight end one on the season, George Kittle, who was drafted as the tight end six. And the winner is Brock Bowers with 66% of the vote.

[Mike Wright]

Whoa, 66%?

[Jason Moore]

66%. It was, it was absolutely a landslide. And the runner up, George Kittle, only 14%. So it was kind of split between the other.

[Andy Holloway]

You know, I think part of that was how obviously there's a pretty big three round gap between Bowers and McBride, but McBride's performances were just steady for a while. And Bowers, yeah, Bowers were more impressive in terms of value.

[Jason Moore]

And Bowers, because you are a rookie, you need to know your footy is in the mail.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, we'll take a break and come back with the final footy awards right after this. This episode is brought to you by Abbott. Let's talk about a small thing that can make a big difference if you have diabetes. The Freestyle Libre 3 sensor. It's amazing how the sensor gives you real time glucose readings so that you can see the impact of every meal and activity to make better choices. The Freestyle Libre 3 sensor can help you live life with diabetes on your terms. This is progress. You can try it for free at Freestyle Libre US. Offer available for people who qualify. Visit MyFreestyle US to see all terms and conditions. Certain exclusions apply for prescription only. Safety info found @freestylelibre us.

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[Mike Wright]

All right, we're on to the congrats. Brock Bowers, the breakout player of the year.

[Andy Holloway]

It's a big one.

[Mike Wright]

Well, it's so for a player who wants to get out and he has to break his way there. Jaden Daniels, drafted as the QB14, Brian Thomas Jr. Drafted as the wide receiver 47. Malik neighbors, got a lot of rookies here. Wide receiver at 22, Chase Brown, running back 40, Chuba Hubbard, running back 43. And Brock Bowers at the tight end nine.

[Andy Holloway]

Interesting breakout player of the year.

[Jason Moore]

Who did you guys vote for on this one?

[Andy Holloway]

I think I voted for Brian Thomas.

[Mike Wright]

I think I voted for Brian Thomas. I did as well.

[Andy Holloway]

Let's see who the winner is.

[Mike Wright]

It is, with 39% of the vote, Brian Thomas Jr. Oh, congratulations. Jay Daniels is the backup.

[Andy Holloway]

Nice.

[Mike Wright]

Not backup. This second place.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, look, here's another award that maybe Jaden Daniels could take home.

[Jason Moore]

I think Brian Thomas was the breakout because it was far more surprising. Yes. You know, like mobile quarterback. You could see Jaden Daniels coming. Brian Thomas was the most surprising breakout.

[Andy Holloway]

I agree. All right, rookie of the year, Puka Nukua took it home in 2023. Jaden Daniels, Brian Thomas, Malik neighbors, Brock Bowers and Bucky Irving. Undrafted Bucky Irving. The winner of the rookie of the year is. All right, they flip flop. Jaden Daniels.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, that makes sense.

[Andy Holloway]

40% and then Brian Thomas Jr. 27%.

[Jason Moore]

I think it makes complete sense.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, because it makes no sense.

[Jason Moore]

Well, it makes sense because Jaden Daniels was like, he was the best. He was the rookie of the year, but he didn't break out as much as Brian Thomas did because Jaden Daniels was already drafted, you know, as the second pick in the NFL. Supposed to be great.

[Andy Holloway]

These are very subtle differentials, Mike.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I mean, it's just like small nuance. It's how in the NFL, you know, the MVP is not the offensive player of the year type of voting. So that's just how I see it. All right, where are we? We are to the comeback player of the year which fantasy player amazed you the most in their return to relevance, you had J.K. dobbins come back from the Achilles corner. The two legs, Kareem Hunt come back from not playing football, Johnnu Smith coming back from Arthur Smith, and Adam Thielen.

[Andy Holloway]

From the grips of death from.

[Jason Moore]

From the nap. He woke up just in time to hear this. And the winner is, with 48% of the vote, a clear winner, J.K. dobbins. Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

He made an impact.

[Jason Moore]

He made an impact.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, he was a shot out of a cannon for the first few weeks there.

[Jason Moore]

And he really, you know, he was coming back from something people don't come back from. So that's. That's an especially special treat.

[Mike Wright]

All right, into the good stuff we go. It's the steal of the draft. Which player was the absolute best value in the draft compared to their ADP Last year it was Raheem Mostert from the running back 45 up to the running back two, if I'm not mistaken, on the RB2. All right, your nominees for the steal of the draft, Jaden Daniels, Chase Brown. It's just. It's all the same list. Chuba Hubbard, Brian Thomas Jr. George Kittle and Brock Bow.

[Andy Holloway]

Before you announce it, I will say nobody got less publicity for playing great than George Kittle this year. I don't know if it was just like our eyes were not on San Francisco as much with the record and the performances. You know, this was the all pro tight end.

[Mike Wright]

This is who.

[Andy Holloway]

Trey McBride did not make the all pro team because of George Kittle's performances this year. So there you go.

[Mike Wright]

I don't think he's going to win, but let's find out. Brian Thomas Jr.

[Jason Moore]

The kids go back and forth.

[Mike Wright]

Brian Thomas, I hope that you have place or a room for like an expansion of your home.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes. These are very heavy, dangerous and heavy.

[Mike Wright]

If you have not like an extra thousand square feet in your place, you're going to need to find it. Jane Daniels was the runner up.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. And you're also going to want probably 18 foot ceilings.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Jason Moore]

If you haven't seen the footy, I mean, this is your first time in the mail.

[Andy Holloway]

It looks smaller on the camera, but it's actually just one of those mirror things.

[Mike Wright]

If you don't have 18 foot ceilings.

[Jason Moore]

You will at least wherever the make its way in.

[Mike Wright]

That thing's going right up through.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, we have three awards left. I'm going to give you the winner of the playoff king. So this is the one player that drove fantasy managers To a championship game. Weeks 15 through 17, the best performances last year. Kyron Williams took this home. A lot of good nominations this year. Jared Goff, Jaden Daniels, Baker Mayfield, Jonathan Taylor. With those Back to back RB1 performances, Jameer Gibbs stole the show down the stretch. Brian Thomas Jr. T. Higgins getting a pity nomination. And then Sam Laporta. Sam Laporta. The winner of the playoff king, the 2024 footy. I don't know who's going to be Jameer Gibbs.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, that's who I thought it would be. I actually voted for Jonathan Taylor.

[Andy Holloway]

Jonathan Taylor was the runner up, but the gap was not close. 48% of the vote went to Gibbs, 17% to Jonathan Taylor. Gibbs is RB3 7 and 2 performances. I think the data came out. He is the most commonly rostered player in fantasy on championship teams. Yeah, that makes salt in my wounds as a Gibbs manager.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, the Jonathan Taylor thing is interesting because it was his running back 17 finish in the first round of the playoffs was the fumble through the end zone. And if that one play was just. He was so destructive and he was so good on the field through the fantasy playoffs. That one play where it was really a breakaway touchdown, it wasn't a bad play. Turned into a negative 8 point loss for you that, you know, he would have been probably a top five running back. Then the running back one, then running back one. But as someone who exited round one with John and Taylor, maybe I shouldn't have voted for him. All right, we are to the biggest awards. The big of the big.

[Mike Wright]

This is the.

[Jason Moore]

This is why you're here. It's the nickname of the year and the show moment of the year. Let me hear that special music. Yes, that's right. It is time for the nickname of the year. Last year's winner, Brett Rippon Rippin farts. But this year we have the senator Ben Sinott. Sam Darnold as the prodigal son or the sacrificial. Vidal Sassoon from Kymani Vidal Estimay Lauder from Audric Estimay. Ken Bone, Kenneth Walker. The dominator in Jared Goff, Jenna for Jawan Jennings. The bidet Tyler Bidet, Lazer Mayfield, Richard Dick Rashad White and of course Mike Sticky Gasicki. But the winner is full Laser Mayfield.

[Mike Wright]

Really?

[Jason Moore]

With 77% of the vote. Now you voted for.

[Andy Holloway]

That's not even close.

[Jason Moore]

Well, you voted for three. So actually the runner up, Jennings was at 52%.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, that's right.

[Jason Moore]

Ken Bone at 33%. But Laser, Laser Jennings, Kin Bone yes, sir.

[Mike Wright]

If stupid Walker did get hurt at.

[Jason Moore]

The end, I think if Jen Nangs was earlier in the season because Laser, we got that the whole season long. We had the drop.

[Andy Holloway]

I feel like Jennings actually let people down.

[Jason Moore]

He did, yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

At the end of the season. So it was fun to say the name, but you wanted the points attached to it.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

And one more. One more. The biggest award of the year to us.

[Andy Holloway]

It is.

[Mike Wright]

It is the show moment of the year. Your nominees, Mike, AKA me, inducting myself into the ring of honor. The golden ticket surprise at the megalith show when Andy loved Kyle Pitts. Andy picking Tank Bigsby as his my guy.

[Andy Holloway]

False.

[Jason Moore]

So crazy.

[Mike Wright]

Jay Grizz busting out his new theme song. Andy's loose tooth. The megalodon spatchcock falcon. And deucers doing their poop jokes weren't jokes. Yeah, they were not jokes. Jason versus Dennis Allen. Andy wearing the blue medical tent. And guess who is in this last one. It's Andy again, getting trolled by Jeremy for the championship loss.

[Andy Holloway]

A lot of those were real dumb.

[Jason Moore]

You have pretty dumb padded.

[Mike Wright]

You padded the moments this year, man. This was. This was your time to shine last year.

[Andy Holloway]

The winner the trade betrayal. Yeah, I was getting the worst of that, too.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, yeah, it worked out. Rail them drums. The 2024 show moment of the year.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm so curious.

[Mike Wright]

67% recency bias. Yeah. Good. The championship trolling for this is really an award for owl.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Good work.

[Jason Moore]

The championship trolling. Now, what was the runner up there?

[Mike Wright]

So the runner up was Tank Bigsby as the surprise my guy. And then in third, Jay Grizz theme song debut that.

[Andy Holloway]

See, that's bad news that. That hit that song that got popularity. I mean, there's just no hit it excuse for that garbage.

[Mike Wright]

Hit it, stupid.

[Jason Moore]

Take your time.

[Andy Holloway]

Goofy song.

[Mike Wright]

How did you not know this was Hit the button.

[Andy Holloway]

Hit that.

[Jason Moore]

Just put Push your finger on the button.

[Andy Holloway]

Hit the button.

[Jason Moore]

Hit it.

[Andy Holloway]

Hit that.

[Mike Wright]

The switch on the wall.

[Andy Holloway]

Flip it quick.

[Jason Moore]

Hit it quick while they're not looking.

[Mike Wright]

Hold on.

[Andy Holloway]

And.

[Mike Wright]

And hit and hit it.

[Jason Moore]

Okay, ready?

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, my God.

[Jason Moore]

You still haven't found. Okay, ready?

[Andy Holloway]

Hit it.

[Jason Moore]

And hit that button. Oh, my gosh. He.

[Mike Wright]

No, no, no.

[Jason Moore]

He just hit about 40 buttons.

[Mike Wright]

I got it. I got it.

[Andy Holloway]

I got it.

[Mike Wright]

Ready? 3, 2, 1.

[Jason Moore]

Hit it.

[Mike Wright]

Stop it. Oh, my.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, wow. All right. Well, before.

[Andy Holloway]

This is the guy that won the.

[Mike Wright]

Moment of the year.

[Jason Moore]

This guy won the show moment of the year. But now it's his time to shine. Hit it. Hitting the J. Grizz song right now.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, God. First try. How sweaty is he right now?

[Jason Moore]

Oh, man, I am crying after winning the show. Moment of the year, Jeremy, your biggest accomplishment.

[Andy Holloway]

I guess that's not the case.

[Jason Moore]

He just retired. He got that and he's like, I'm done. I don't know how to do my job anymore.

[Andy Holloway]

That's not producer of the year. You know what I mean?

[Jason Moore]

That's true.

[Andy Holloway]

That would have gone somewhere else.

[Jason Moore]

Tell your family that that footy is in the mail.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I was gonna say that. Really? Two years in a row. Show moment revolving around me in a title game. I can live with that. If we get another one next year because I'm in a title game, I'm fine with that. Let's do it.

[Jason Moore]

Thank you so much for being along on the ride with us in this stupid show. We love you and we appreciate your votes and our nonsense.

[Andy Holloway]

If you didn't vote and you wanted to catch those moments, I believe they were all tweeted out over on X.

[Mike Wright]

So good.

[Andy Holloway]

And all the Moments are on YouTube.com the fantasy footballers, which we rewatched this morning. And the Tank Bigsby one did hit me fresh. Like, it was like, you guys got me so good. I was ready to say Jaden Daniels and the announcer.

[Mike Wright]

The incredible nature of it, which I think we said it. But in case you had missed it, we had. We duped Andy. Like, we swapped his my guy to being Tank Bigsby, someone who, despite having a good season, Andy's still over here calling Tank Bigsby crap. Even though, like, a lot of running backs in the NFL would be very happy with that stat line. And then Andy found out.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, like, And Andy spoiled the surprise.

[Mike Wright]

Andy spoiled the surprise, knew about it somehow totally forgot and still went forward with it. And it still tricked him.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, like Jason said. Thank you so much for voting for listening. We've got the Truth series episodes coming up.

[Jason Moore]

I'm deep in them docs, and I. Let me tell you, Kyler Murray's messing things up.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, dude.

[Jason Moore]

Kyler Murray's messing things up on the Truth series. Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Why? Because he ain't the truth. Is that what we're learning?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

His truth is confusing.

[Jason Moore]

His truth is confusing.

[Andy Holloway]

His truth is a lie.

[Jason Moore]

His truth is a lie. Really? When we get to the Truth series, we'll talk about the splits. First half, second half. And that's really the truth for him, I think.

[Andy Holloway]

And Call of Duty, we need.

[Jason Moore]

I mean, it's every year when the game comes out, he gets worse.

[Andy Holloway]

We need. Do we need, like, a new award category for next year that's called.

[Jason Moore]

Sure.

[Andy Holloway]

Here's the. Here's my suggestion. You can noodle on this.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

Bummer of the year. Bummer of the year.

[Jason Moore]

Because.

[Andy Holloway]

Because there's just somebody that. It's like the letdown. But it's just. You had high hopes and.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, I get what you're saying.

[Andy Holloway]

Football would be better.

[Jason Moore]

Like, Kyler is a bummer of the year.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

He wasn't.

[Jason Moore]

He wasn't the biggest bus.

[Mike Wright]

Not a total bus. He was just sort of good.

[Andy Holloway]

Just the bummer of the year, man.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

There's a handful of those guys where you, like, you kept believing every week and you kept throwing them out there. I mean, Jordan Love would be a bummer of the year.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Right. Jaden Reed.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, Jaden Reed. Bummer of the year.

[Andy Holloway]

There's some. There's some players like that, but you got about a year to think about it. Mike, let me know the true series Top 10 quarterbacks Fantasy Face off coming up very soon.

[Mike Wright]

Hold on. Before you close.

[Andy Holloway]

I wasn't ever going to close.

[Mike Wright]

No, before.

[Andy Holloway]

Jeremy, hit it, hit it, hit it, hit it.

[Mike Wright]

Okay, there we go. Redemption. I wish the camera was on you. Cause you about jumped out your chair.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, man. Oh, man. He needs bigger buttons. He needs bigger buttons. All right, that'll do it for today's episode of the show. Thanks for listening. Click that follow button. We're here all off season long. We're gonna have a blast throughout the NFL playoffs and beyond. I mean, free agency will be here soon, right?

[Mike Wright]

Yes, it will. Goodbye.

[Jason Moore]

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