The NFL award season is upon us.
Pro Bowl selections have been made.
But for fake football, there is only one award that matters.
Troll of the Year.
Just joking about the court ordered psychiatrist part, of course.
It’s the only thing worse than having a bust.
At least with busts, you knew you had to play someone else at some point in the season.
But with a true Troll, you don’t.
Just look at that 2023 performance from last year’s viral tweet above.
Let’s start with some honorable mentions.
First up is Carson Steele.
The out of nowhere full back style running back who got his chance after the Pacheco injury.
Worst RB performance of the year (-4) for those started in at least one percent of leagues.
But that’s not enough.
you might’t just be a dud.
Steele needed to hit one or two boom games afterwards to even have some consideration.
He turned out to be just another dart throw dud.
What about Mr. Mayo himeself, Will Levis?
And that’s when Will went Troll.
The -4.44 hurt too seeing as how many managers clearly forgot to switch him out in Week 15.
But I wouldn’t exactly call this a miracle whipped effort.
Let’s get the real contenders now… Let’s start with Jayden Reed.
Fantasy managers were waiting and waiting for the rest of the season for it.
And it never really came.
Then you have Romeo Doubs on a smaller scale troll effort.
His troll campaign was fueled by his stellar Week 6 and 7 PPR performances.
And finally, Christian Watson.
To me, Watson is the strongest case so far.
Same idea for the inverse.
That’s some solid trolling Christian.
Fair to say you should never trust a Christian when it comes to fantasy football.
At least not in 2024.
Even his most started week was in less than 30 percent of leagues.
So you could deal probably with the headache.
This performance is simply marvelous.
Let’s track the chronology.
All systems go!!
Week 3 - 1.2 points.
Most started week of the season by a long shot.
At this point, Jameson’s work was done.
But not Markable enough.
2024 TROLL OF THE YEAR WINNER!!!
Just an asbsolute spectacle out of what everyone thought should be a top-3 tight end in fantasy.
Let’s relitigate this absolute fantasy nightmare.
Week 1 - The Isaiah Likely game planted to seed.
To be honest, 3.4 points seems high based on my recollection.
Week 2 - Signs of life.
Week 3 - Signs of death.
Week 4 - Proof of death.
Week 5 - Signs of life.
He’s only… mostly dead.
An absolute stud four out of the next five weeks, yet still left about half of leagues skeptical.
Week 11 - 4.2 points.
And with that, half his managers were out on him rest of season.
No longer could this guy be trusted even in the most precarious, hard to predict position in fantasy.
Well, except for kicker.
Weeks 12 - 16 - WE’RE SO BACK BABY.
Except in 60% of Andrews' lineups.
His four worst performances came in top-five starting weeks.
Congrats to all contenstants.
Everyone give a wellness text on the group chat to Mark Andrews owners.
See you next year for fantasy football Troll of the Year.
