Good morning everyone, welcome the the Pot Cakes Dynasty League Regular Season Awards. We are winding down the fantasy football season, but in a Dynasty League some moves last a lifetime.
Let’s start things off by looking at the Avalanche Award. This award goes to the manager that absolutely collapsed. A force of nature, collapsing was inevitable. I’m talking an absolute tumble. Dangerous fall.
Those Managers up for this award include, JonnyDIII, Bottom Bunk, Trashman, and Mush.
Without a doubt, the manager with a collapse that can only be summarized as an act of God, was…..
Mush was an early season frontrunner, but as the season and schedule caught up to him, there was no parachute, and this collapse continued into the consolation bracket.
Next up we have the Vikings Deal. One of the worst trade deals in NFL history is Herschel Walker to the Vikings for 5 players and 7 picks. My goodness. No one remembers Herschel as a Viking. Let’s look at some of the worst trades this season.
Bottom Bunk trades a 3rd Round pick to JonnyDIII for Kendrick Bourne. Bottom Bunk trades Michael Pittman to JonnyDIII for J.D. McKissic. Bottom Bunk trades a 3rd Round Pick to Batman for Taysom Hill (the one week Hill was a QB playing TE). Bottom Bunk trades Adam Thielen and a 2nd Round Pick to Touchdown Guy for Christian Kirk and Darrell Henderson. Bottom Bunk trades a 1st Round Pick to PeePaw for Alexander Mattison and Mike Williams. There were a lot of questionable trades. The trade that wins the Vikings Deal and is what the voters voted the worst trade was…..
Bottom Bunk trading away Adam Thielen and a 2nd Round Pick for Christian Kirk and Darrell Henderson. This is a bad trade because Bottom Bunk was in the mix, he had a top 5 WR. He then traded for a WR and RB that next year will be competing to be Top 5 in their own position group. Cam Akers is in full control of the L.A. backfield, Christian Kirk maybe replaces Fitz, but were does Isabella and Arnold and the backs rank as far as receptions. Plus, D-Hop takes a lot of targets. That is a bad target share. B.B. probably enjoys this chilly weather because he got absolutely fleeced.
We now look at the best trade of the year. This is the Pound for Pound award. This is twofold, pound for pound is a fighter slogan, as in the best pound for pound fighter. There also was some investor back in the day that did something with the British pound and he made a lot of money on it. Stocks, amirite? Anyways here are the Pound for Pound candidates.
Touchdown Guy trading two 1st Round Picks to PeePaw for Derrick Henry. PeePaw trading Melvin Gordon to Touchdown Guy for A.J. Brown. Batman trading Miles Sanders and a 4th Round Pick to PeePaw for Miles Gaskin and a 1st and 2nd Round pick. JonnyDIII trading a 2nd and 5th Round Pick to Touchdown Guy who traded Le’Veon Bell to PeePaw who traded Devin Singletary to JonnyDIII (the only 3-way trade). The winner of the Pound for Pound trade award is…..
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PeePaw and Touchdown Guy for the Derick Henry for two 1st Round picks. It is such an even trade. It worked out for both as both made the playoffs. TDG has a bell cow back, PeePaw has a couple good chances to get a good player out of it. I like the trade, I mean PeePaw might wonder where he would be if he had kept D-Train, but long term it’s a good trade. Same for TDG it’s a good trade, D-Train is not stopping and addresses the RB room for TDG for at least 2 more years.
Next we have the Lottery Pick. This is the pick of the year, which manager received the best value on their pick, or which manager just made the most sound pick. Candidates for winning the Lottery are:
CrossFit – Zach Pascal Round 20 Pick 12 – Young WR on a team that needs a WR1
Touchdown Guy – Calvin Ridley Round 6 Pick 11 – WR 7 and the new WR1 for Falcons
Batman – Ronald Jones Round 8 Pick 10 – Sneaky RB this year, RB 13 on the year as of today
Bruce – Damien Harris Round 19 Pick 4 – JT is another choice but is Harris a bargain bin steal
JonnyDIII – Stefon Diggs Round 5 Pick 5 – WR4 on the year, WR 20 off the board
Bottom Bunk – Dalvin Cook Round 1 Pick 6 – #4 non-QB on the year after missing a few games
Pistol – Russell Gage Round 21 Pick 7 – a late steal that provided weekly boom/bust and future
Daddy Wombat – DK Metcalf Round 4 Pick 5 – WR3 on the year, Second year WR & a Monster
Mush – Antonio Gibson Round 11 Pick 9 – RB9 and a rookie, future is bright
Trashman – Cam Akers Round 6 Pick 3 – late bloomer, rookie, future is bright
PeePaw – Justin Jefferson Round 6 Pick 2 – WR 8 & a rookie, potential top 10 for years to come
Teach – Aaron Rodgers Round 7 Pick 12 – Old vet who scored the most TDs, 6 Point TD league
There are obviously a lot of good picks that were left out. Surprise announcement, there are two winners, the best pick for today and the best pick for tomorrow. For today…
Daddy Wombat – DK Metcalf – I mean he is WR 3 on the year and young, its good now it’s good tomorrow.
But for tomorrow….
PeePaw – Justin Jefferson – it is a toss up with Calvin Ridley, but with the Falcons being in some turmoil who knows who the QB will be. Jefferson can catch touchdowns from Kirk Cousins. If you can catch him, you’re going to be alright.
Now we have the opposite. The Leaf Award. Ryan Leaf is one of the worst picks of all time. No one had the perfect draft, so let’s look at the nominees.
CrossFit – Zach Ertz – Round 5 Pick 1 – this one shocked a lot of people
Touchdown Guy – Julio Jones Round 2 Pick 11 – you had to take him here, but it’s over
Batman – Juju Smith-Schuster Round 3 Pick 3 – where does he end up next year
Bruce – Leonard Fournette Round 4 Pick 9 – very early for a backup RB
JonnyDIII – N’Keal Harry Round 10 Pick 8 – drafting a Patriot was a bad idea this year
Bottom Bunk – T.Y. Hilton Round 5 Pick 6 – he’s old and better guys went later
Pistol – Jordan Howard Round 8 Pick 6 – he was waived by both Pistol and the Dolphins
Daddy Wombat – Todd Gurley Round 3 Pick 8 – it’s over for Gurley
Mush – Jalen Reagor Round 6 Pick 4 – early pick for an Eagles WR
Trashman – Kenny Golladay Round 3 Pick 10 – contract year issues, not Trashman’s fault
PeePaw – Breshad Perriman Round 13 Pick 11 – was cut at some point by PeePaw
Teach – Joe Mixon Round 2 Pick 1 – banged up all year but when he was in he was bad
And the worst pick goes to….
CrossFit – Zach Ertz Round 5 Pick 1. I mean CrossFit missed out on Darren Waller two picks later. The two players are on two completely opposite career paths. This is a early miss and a big one as the TE position is so important.
Now we have the First to Worst, these awards go to the best individual start of the year and the worst start of the year. I’m not going to list the performances here are the two winners.
JonnyDIII starting Justin Herbert over Patrick Mahomes Week 5 and Week 13. Week 5 Herbert outscored Mahomes boasting a whopping 40 points, this performance should have given JonnyDIII four 1st round picks but some managers are not men of their word. Week 13 was a different story, Herbert only put up 9 points to Mahomes 27, which 27 is still bad and JD3 made the right call to not start Mahomes, but if he had and maybe some other things in Week 13 he wins.
Next up we have the Gimme That Award. This goes out to the guy you just had to have on your roster, maybe someone you spent up on in waivers. ($200 at beginning of season) Whether it was a good move or a weird one, here are some of the candidates….
Teach – Gunner Olszewski – $22
Bruce – Adrian Peterson – $22
Bruce – Frank Gore – $29
Batman – Cam Sims – $21
Pistol – Antonio Brown – $100
Bottom Bunk – Travis Fulgham – $100
Mush – Kerryon Johnson – $60
Mush – Jason Huntley – $30
While some of these moves were good, others weren’t. The Gimme That Award goes to…..
Teach – Gunner Olszewski – $22
The reason this goes to Teach is because this guy stunk, and still stinks. It was the one in a million game that triggered a $22 purchase by Teach, and there is not much upside. But when you see something this shinny you just have to have it. That is why Teach gets the Gimme That award.
Next we have a completely made up award that is to include everyone. The Aim Small Miss Small Award. This goes to the manager who won a tight one, lost a tight one. Managers eligible for the nomination are; Bruce, JonnyDIII, and Pistol. The winner is…..
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Pistol and Bruce
I mean I made up the name so it has to go to Pistol, but the series of events that took place include Bruce. Week 2 Pistol pumps Bruce 160.1 to 159.25, Week 3 Pistol loses to Mush 132.26 to 131.2, and Week 5 Bruce loses to CrossFit 113.82 to 113.3. These were some tight games. Pistol saw both sides of the coin while Bruce just yelled into his pillow. Both win a share of the Aim Small Miss Small Award.
Next we have the Big Brain award. This goes to the manager with the biggest brain, the one with the foresight to see a guy would make a comeback or roster at some point during the season.
The nominees are….
CrossFit – Demaryius Thomas
Batman – Devonta Freeman
Bottom Bunk – Royce Freeman
Trashman – Cam Newton
The winner is…..
Batman
While Cam Newton is likely the better pick, we all knew or at least were expecting Cam to sign eventually. Devonta Freeman was an insane gamble taking him in the 20th round. But it did not work out in the end, but it’s the thought that count. It was a move that worked perfectly, it just turns out Freeman doesn’t run like he used to.
Next we have the Hoarder award. Some managers find a position they like and they go for it. This one is really a no brainer, there is only one nominee and only one winner.
Trashman.
Trashman carried three to four QBs throughout the year. He also at times rocked two Kickers. But the QB thing is interesting. Baker, Cam, Danny Dimes, and Wentz. He has four QBs that you want to be good, but they just aren’t. These are exactly the type of thing a hoarder hoards. None of these QBs are worth anything, let alone four of them. Trashman is going to have four QBs going into the offseason and no chance at a dart-throw rookie that climbs the depth chart in the offseason.
Lastly, we have the most coveted award, Manager of the Year. While every manager is eligible for this award there is one clear cut manager that did things a little bit better than most, the Manager of the Year is…..
Touchdown Guy.
Touchdown Guy did things simply. He took Calvin Ridley when he was there. He made a big trade to get the top RB in scoring. He also received Adam Thielen and a 2nd Rounder for nothing. The TDG got things done and it just so happens that he is playing for the Championship. Well done TDG.
DISCLAIMER***** I would like to say that in my passed posts I have claimed TDG as my favorite, this has nothing to this award, I mean come on Thielen and a Pick for C. Kirk and D. Henderson, that type of insanity can only compete with TDG’s insane good looks. Oops, my bias came though, but really, he had a great year and kept his team in it throughout.
That does it for our regular season awards. Good luck the rest of the way in this Championship Weekend. I hope you and yours have a better tomorrow, I’ll see you in a couple days for a Championship Recap.
Let’s Go!
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