It’s Oscar season, and to be honest we’re feeling a little left out. Our entertainment writing brethren get to talk about nods, snubs and the miscarriage of cinema justice — while we’re stuck with arguments over whether Brock Purdy is elite.
Oscar nominations if everything was NFL football
From Taylor Swift to Skip Bayless, these awards have it all.
The NFL has more than enough drama to have its own Academy Awards, so we sat down as a panel to agree on the best examples of each category in the sport.
Best picture: Football (Taylor’s Version)
Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images
It’s not for everyone, but there’s no double that Football (Taylor’s Version) took the NFL by storm this year.
Best actor: Skip Bayless for Throwing My Cowboys’ Gear Away or Frustrations With An Automatic Trash Can
A scintillating performance that starts being the worst acting job of the year, and then becomes a tale of one man’s struggles with technology.
Best supporting actor: Dom DiSandro for Big Dom’s Wild Ride
Photo by Kyle Ross/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
Everyone needs a director of security who is willing to fight anyone, and everyone for his team.
Best director: Mike McDaniel, The Swaggy Nerd
Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images
Mike McDaniel’s Miami glow up has turned him into a weird poker player.
International film: Role Player’s Delight by the weird British NFL fans
This horror movie caught us all off guard and rocked us to our core.
Visual effects: The Detroit Lions, for Sam LaPorta’s trick play
Just beautiful work here.
Costume design: New York Jets players Jermaine Johnson, Will McDonald, and Bryce Huff for A Naruto Halloween
The Akatsuki have never looked so good.
Animated short: CJ Stroud and the Texans, Squabble
You know a celebration is good when everyone in the NFL starts doing it as soon as you debut it. The Squabble is now synonymous with Stroud and the Texans.
Animated feature: Miami Dolphins for Rollercoaster
This captured the childlike glee and imagination of a day at the theme park in a way no other celebration did.
Editing: The Lions and Chargers for Splicing Austin Ekeler into a Lions sandwich
Photo by Harry How/Getty Images
Putting this together is takes craft and skill. Really captured the anguish of the moment.
Best Makeup and hair: Andy Reid in Journaux d’une Moustache Gelée (Diaries of a Frozen Mustache)
It looks so real that it might as well be real ice.
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