It's the footballiest time of the year.

With quarterbacks throwing and tailgators ready for some brots and beer.

It's the footballiest time of the year.

Hi, hello, and happy New Year's sports fan.

Welcome to Sheck Show.

You join us at the optimal time as we're about to give you our week 18 NFL picks. We're also working our way through

the Shecky Awards, the 37th annual, including the granddaddy of them all. Root of the year. We'll

give you that by the end of it, plus all the playoff implications, the team's playing. I love this time

of the year, Eddie Spaghetti, when you're trying to fight your way into the playoffs.

Yes, the fancy pants are all in there, one seeds, fighting for all that kind of jazz.

But it's also a lot of fun to be a football fan right now, hoping your team can just get that one extra game in early January.

We'll get into those games in just a second.

Like I say, Eddie Spaghetti in his spot behind the glass and Staten Island.

Kevin Hensch joining us in a second.

I mentioned the Shecky Awards.

A couple to get out of the way right here.

Broadcaster, cliche, empty remark of the year.

Always a juicy category, so many to choose from i don't like the

the uh at the end of a good play hey you got to respect that don't tell me what to do broadcaster

i'll i'll take care of my own business um next i don't like when the analyst looks at a slow-mo replay of a penalty and says,

yep, yeah, that's going to get called 100% of the time.

No, that's exactly the issue, analyst.

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