And then there were 6. The race to the playoffs did not disappoint....except for those who..uh..didn't make it.  But what a finish it was, with a surprise sleeper upset and a discombobulated bracket.  Congratulations to Chewie and Brock for securing the first round byes (each via their own, vastly different means). The gloves are off and niceties are history.  It's every manager for himself, whether you're competing for ultimate glory, top score, toilet trophy, reputation salvage, or simply avoidance of the SATs.  Good luck, and ...

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2020 Playoffs – Round 1

It's Week 13.  After a "brief" hiatus, the boys are back with another thrilling rundown of the week ahead.  We're just in time, as our Game of Thrones culminates into an epic playoff race saga. The attractive and talented Oberyn takes on the formidable Mountain as they duke it out for the #1 spot and first round bye. The wealthy Lannisters spend all their FAAB in a last ditch effort to secure an army. House Stark and House Fray prepare to cut each other's throats at a red wedding matchup. The Night Watch Rangers are watching the wall.  (You just keep doing you, ...

Week 13 – Get The Picture

After a brief hiatus, the boys are back to squash the rumors of a fallout in the T&R relationship. Despite Pete's multi-season run of hauntingly narrow losses to the better man, they are in fact still friends. This week, we welcome Jared Lorenz to the show as we mourn with those who are mourning.  Despite COVID routing four starters from his roster, Jared still looks ready to win week 4, set a league record high score, and ultimately march straight to an exciting round 1 playoff bye followed by a swift and dramatic clenching of the 2020 trophy.  You're welcome. Meanwhile, ...

Week 4 – What Hath Covid Wrought

Rubber meets the road as the 2020 NFL season kicks off, throwing our formerly whimsical dream-teams into the fiery reality that is the weekly match-up.  Wheat shall be threshed and, more grievously, chaff shall be burned. In Week 1, we welcome league-newcomer Brian Kidd as we talk draft, team Bean Dip, and legitimacy of certain curses. Brian wastes no time dropping a t-shirt worthy quote on us, and we're in awe.  Just when the greatest fantasy football league in the world couldn't get better... We're glad to him and Fleming aboard (and we look forward to having JF on the air ...

Week 1 – We Kidd

The dust has finally settled on the field of human clay.  The 2020 Draft was a brutal collision of wit, stamina, research, and 4.5% ABV.  These, gentlemen, are the times of our lives. And this is THE episode.  You've been weighed and measured, and (some of) you have been found wanting.  In a league this competitive, however, the line between success and failure is razor thin. Ultimately, hats are off to each of you for your prowess in the auction draft battlefield.  No one came unprepared for war.  But enough with the warm and fuzzies.  As in any battle, there were ...

The 2020 Draft Report

Alright alright alright! In a year that has been anything but ordinary, we're pleased to bring you what has become an anchor to us all: it's T&R 2020. We're back, baby. This season kicks off with a bang as we welcome two new league members, an additional flex spot, and a draft that is sure to be explosive.  Gentlemen, it's time. Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now. If you stand for nothing, what will you fall for?  I am not throwing away my shot.  I am young, scrappy, and hungry, and I'm not throwing away ...

The 2020 Pre-Draft – I Believe It’s “Fleming”

Twelve Little Indians hoped to cross the Playoff line;  three went and choked themselves, and then there were nine. Nine Little Indians, four of which secure;  five go to battle, yet only two shall endure. Six Little Indians will make the final stand;  five will meet their folly by the lone victor's hand. It's the greatest fantasy football league in the world, and THIS is its ...

Week 12 – It’s Not A Pretty Picture

Too little, too late? We think not.  This one was a riot, and it represented a dramatic turning point within the league as the competition shifted back to divisional play. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll...cringe awkwardly in a few moments.  Worth the listen, because... It's the greatest fantasy football league in the world, and THIS is its ...

Week 9 – The Forgotten Episode

After a brief hiatus, T&R is back on track as we scrutinize ESPN rankings, matchups, and everything in between.  No one is safe from the critical mouthpiece of the great and powerful Pod, and it's good to be back. The drama builds as two teams face certain peril, while the podcast curse will surely finally catch up with another (you know who you are). Injuries and byes have potmarked every line up, and Week 7 promises to be an ugly, bloody battle. There's no room for softness, not in the Pellwood League. No place for weakness. Only the hard and strong may ...

Week 7 – Best for Last

With a bloody Week 5 in our rearview, most eyes are looking forward as the Week 6 byes and waiver wire drys (SIC) further ravage an already beat up board of players. Last week's surprises were a-plenty, as some managers emerged from their low-point depths to conquer with gusto, while still others folded like lawn chairs. Week 6 promises only one certainty as King Squish sits on his mighty thrown, quietly pulling the strings as he nobly puppeteers our rankings into order. His wrath will fall upon only one: a lone manager will kneel at 1-5. It's the greatest fantasy football league ...

Week 6 – An Armchair Expert Is Never Wrong

A curse is a curse, of course of course, and no one can shake off a curse of course. That is, of course, unless the curse is a double neg-a-tive! Go right to the source and test the curse. We'll interview you and endorse your Week 5 match up, it's sure to force a season-ending-in-jur-reeeey!!! *Takes a bow* You're doomed. It's the greatest fantasy football league in the world, and THIS is its ...

Week 5 – Of Curse You Are

The Squish battle rages, but the war has just begun.  Most teams are 1-2. A few are 2-1. And a lone 3-0 victor stands on his 3-week high hill, victorious for the moment, but a target on his back. The waiver wire abounds in moves.  The trade count is stacking up.  The delicate tension of respectful comradery could break at any moment, likely to dissolve into the angry cesspool of bitter competition we all know and love. It's the greatest fantasy football league in the world, and THIS is its ...

Week 4 – I Shall Call Him Squishy And He Shall Be My Squishy

**Editor's Note: This broadcast was intentionally withheld past its due date to avoid aiding and abetting the collusion discovered upon conducting the guest interview contained within.** Too little, too late, but certainly likely to be the best episode of the season thus far, we present to you T&R Week 3.  The fellas are joined by current former steamroller and current future president, Charles Gaines, whose on-air disclosures of what is, at best, collusion, and, at worst, a total abuse of the T&R podium offered to him.  You dishonor the microphone, sir! But I digress.  Put on your hindsight goggles and judge us accordingly ...

Week 3 – It’s Too Late To Apologize

And here we go. The season is upon us, and with it all of the unexpected twists and turns that can be..uh..expected..in such a competitive and savvy league. Early front runners seek to hold on to their video game performances.  A few lack-luster scoreboards from week one motivate several managers to recover from their black eyes. The waiver wire heats up, and the trade banter begins.  Plus, the opinions of this podcast's experts are called into question. It's everything we know and love in the Pellwood league, plus a little extra. It's the greatest fantasy football league in the world, and THIS ...

Week 2 – Sorry I’m Not Sorry

We came, we saw, and we drafted.  The dust and ash of the draft battlefield (drattlefield?) continues to settle, and the echoing cries of the wounded and bleeding can still be faintly heard as surviving loved ones anxiously search the hellscape for any sign of... Wow, sorry, that was a darker path of thinking than was probably necessary. Or was it? This is it.  THE episode.  You have been weighed, measured, and celebrated or scourged appropriately. The grades are in. Your timestamp of review can be found here: Jared | 18:39 Michael | 23:04 Andy | 25:58 Brock | 29:23 Charles | 31:28 Chewie | 34:58 Pete | 37:29 Scott | ...

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