As my second year as a father, this Christmas was different. My daughter can finally open presents and play with toys. Seeing the joy on her face opening gifts has made Christmas better, even though I got knocked out of the playoffs. But with all this being said, I have a unique Christmas diva before we get into our all-grinch team. My Diva of Christmas is toy companies. I'm not a grinch, I promise. But some of these toys require more than a knife and scissors to open them. You have to have a 450-piece tool set to get a Barbie out of the box these days. You have a kid screaming, "open, open, open." They have zip ties, plastic twists, and rubber bands. Plus, the pressure to hurry and not cut Barbie's arm off. You're opening toys while hearing your cousin blab about having to drive an hour for Christmas, trying to convince you all to go to her house next year, all in the name of traffic. Anyways Christmas was significant other than my fantasy football team deciding not to show up. Dear Santa, next year, send Legos, bouncy balls, and Davante Adams a new quarterback. Now to our all grinch team.
Quarterbacks
Jalen Hurts, this is tough because he carried your team all season. Then got hurt when you needed him most. But, his heart is in the right place, just like the toy factories adding 35 zip ties. It's just inconvenient timing.
Honorable mentions: Derek Carr, Tom Brady, and Justin Fields. Russell Wilson stole more than Christmas this year.
Running Backs
Alvin Kamara has been a Grinch since the draft, and to remind you of his talent, he decided to have a decent game this week for your team that didn't make playoffs. The ultimate "Grinch" move.
Jamaal Williams: got you a top seed in playoffs, then disappeared when it was time to open gifts.
Honorable mentions: Dalvin Cook, D'Andre Swift, and Najee Harris
Wide Receivers
DeAndre Hopkins: first off, he misses the first couple of weeks for PEDs. Then he gets your hopes up for playoffs to fall down. Part of this has to do with the QB situation. The whole meltdown in the desert, regardless, he"grinched" us in the offseason.
Stefon Diggs: he took you to the dance but forgot his dancing shoes.
Honorable mentions: Davante Adams, Allen Robinson, Cooper Kupp, Gabe Davis, and Mike Evans
Tight Ends
Mark Andrews: last had double-digit fantasy points in week 6. You spent up on him and the draft and quietly finished as a top-10 tight end. It's like getting socks for Christmas, they are nice, but you wanted something else.
Honorable mention, everyone else that is not named Travis Kelce.
Coaches
Josh McDaniels: took a team that was a blown whistle away from winning a playoff game, too, being below .500 all season. Last year’s Grinch of the year was Urban Meyer.
Honorable Mention: Kliff Kingsbury, Brandon Staley, and Jeff Saturday.
Who did we miss on our all-Grinch team?
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