(Cue the Wellerman Sea Chanty tune)There once were a band of managers keen,With fantasy drafts, keepers, and trades.They studied stats and scoured the news,To make their lineup, no time to lose.Soon may the weekend come,bring us points

Week 7 – That’s Against Our Policy

Oct 22nd, 2023 44m 30s

As the Squish Factor™ celebrates big wins in Week 6, League Managers scaffold their dry and dusty line-ups amid the bye-week drought of Week 7.T&R welcomes to the pod a special guest who quickly violates our NDA, Non-Compete, and Indemnificat

Week 5 – Airing Our Dirty Laundry

Oct 6th, 2023 37m 16s

Just in time for the first cold front of fall, league managers scramble to patch their rosters as Week 5 ushers in the first bye-week blast of the season.Team Rankings continue to squish as this week's lineup offers a monster head-to-head mat

Week 4 – For Whom The Bell Tolls

Sep 29th, 2023 38m 21s

Surprising Squish has arrived early as Week 4 begins with no team better than 2-1, mostly due to narrow wins and the bad beats brought by happenstance the schedule.League chatter is lively as waiver activity and trades abound, the latter incl

Week 2 – There’s A Small Possibility We Might Have Been Mistaken

Sep 15th, 2023 24m 30s

It's Week 2 in the (P)Ellwood Fantasy Football League, and in addition to learning the P is silent, Week 1 was chock full of surprises. Namely, we were wrong.Wrong about everything.Our draft grades? Wrong.Week 1 predictions? Wrong-o.Pow

The 2023 Draft Report

Sep 10th, 2023 1h 11m

Now, here on this ragged patch of earth called the Draft Lobby, hordes face obliteration.A-ooh!Just there the barbarians huddle, sheer terror gripping tight their hearts with icy fingers -- knowing full well what merciless horrors they suff

The 2023 Pre-Draft

Aug 23rd, 2023 24m 4s

Alright alright alright!It's the final countdown as we mighty men emerge from hibernation and step out into the sunny rays of fantasy football. That's right, the 2023 Draft is upon us.Like the morning dawn, the season ahead offers bright pr

The Playoffs – Round 1

Dec 16th, 2022 50m 25s

And then there were six.Six fierce competitors sit in the coveted seats of the 2022 Playoff Bracket, each with formidable chances of a successful run. And while their victories may be short-lived, their 2023 "incumbent" status and badge of ho

Week 8 – The Oh-and-Sevens

Oct 28th, 2022 32m 16s

A chaotic wind blows as the league is wrought with statistical anomaly. We teeter on Squish Factor™ while not one—but two—teams have yet to claim a win on the eve of Week 8.How is that even possible, you might ask? How could two talented mana

Week 5 – The Debate

Oct 7th, 2022 57m 14s

Tensions are high as the League faces an existential crisis: the reckoning of variable draft dollars and its implications this season and beyond.In this episode, two mighty managers square off in public discourse — the kind that reminds us th

Week 4 – The Most Disappointing Episode of All Time

Sep 29th, 2022 32m 40s

It's Week 4 of the Pellwood Fantasy Football season, and Occam's Razor slashes fiercely at the hopes and dreams of many a manager. The few who have avoided its cuts stand unscathed and triumphant while others seek only to stem the bleeding.Ho

Week 2 – I Regret Everything

Sep 16th, 2022 35m 36s

Week 1 is over and done, and what's not to love?Everything. All of it. Let it burn.This week we're joined by the first brave soul to challenge the alleged Podcast Curse: Chris "Chewie" "It's All Uphill From Here" Clark, who enters week 2 lo

The 2022 Draft Report

Sep 9th, 2022 1h 9m

In less than 48 hours, fantasy football managers from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest fantasy battle in this history of mankind.Mankind -- that word should have new meaning for all of us toda

The 2022 Pre-Draft

Aug 24th, 2022 42m 1s

Alright alright alright!Smell that? Smells like mock drafts, spreadsheets, podcasts, and pagan rituals offering blood to the fantasy gods.It's football time, and the Pellwood League is kicking off yet another thrilling season to be filled u

Week 7 – Never Too Late

Nov 4th, 2021 40m 57s

We're at better-late-than-never-but-really-late-sorry status here at T&R as we present to you the episode you've been waiting for: The Reckoning Of Charles Gaines.Week 7 was a doosey, and it's been downhill since then for most* managers as mo

Week 6 – Top Dogs and Underdogs

Oct 17th, 2021 44m 14s

While the war wages for Top Dog, another race has emerged in the Pellwood League: Who will be the greatest underdog?Charles sits alone at 5-0 in a streak fueled recently by Antonio Brown and personal anti-curse measures, including ducking the

Week 5 – The Bowls

Oct 8th, 2021 46m 49s

Bowl Week is upon us! Week 5 features multiple bowl games of significance — both in relationship and record — including:T&R Bowl - The Pod Hosts' grudge matchWaskow Bowl - Father and son pretending this matchup won't effect Thanksgiving

Week 4 – The Return of the Squish

Oct 4th, 2021 53m 7s

It's week 4 as the League's closely-matched peloton of competitors begins to diverge into three distinct groupings. While no manager is down for the count, Week 4 is the kind of week that gives porch-rocking old men a prophetic pain in their bo

Week 3 – The One Percent

Sep 26th, 2021 48m 23s

It's the eve of Week 3 as a small percentile of the league sits at the envied 2-0. But it's a long way to the top if you want to rock and roll, and the injury lottery seems as random as it is just. Whether or not you believe in — or pray to — t

Week 1 – The Upsets

Sep 17th, 2021 39m 54s

Week 1 is in the books, and if our chatter-factor is any metric at all (and it should be), it was an interesting season kickoff to say the least.While some in our league were regaled by the fruit of their drafting labor, plenty still were lef

The 2021 Draft Report

Sep 9th, 2021 1h 8m

You should see the Draft Lobby, Spaniard. Fifty-thousand Romans watching every movement of your sword, willing you to make that killer blow. The silence before you strike and the noise afterwards. It rises. It rises up like a storm. As if you w

The 2021 Pre-Draft

Aug 26th, 2021 41m 33s

It's been a long day without you, my friendAnd I'll tell you all about it when I see you againWe've come a long way from where we beganOh, I'll tell you all about it when I see you againWhen I see you again.It's the greatest fantasy footb

2020 Playoffs – Round 1

Dec 13th, 2020 38m 53s

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 se

Week 13 – Get The Picture

Dec 4th, 2020 1h

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 f

Week 4 – What Hath Covid Wrought

Oct 2nd, 2020 1h 1m

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 Loren