THE LAURELS OF FUCKDOGGERY: 2020 Weekly Barnabus Fuckdoggle Award Thread

[smuggler]

The Packers have a knack for having unheralded players step up and play well when it matters most and it is fucking INFURIATING. I would like the loss of a star player to crush them. But NO… no, they always have some asshole behind him ready to go because they’re committed to internal player development because they’re so goddamn PERFECT. Bah! I want scrubs to be SCRUBS. I want to be able to laugh at a rival team for having to put Barney Fuckdoggle in at corner or whatever. It’s a real let-down when Barney turns into a hidden gem, and Collinsworth is like, “You know, Al. I think I really LIKE this Fuckdoggle guy!” That never happens with my team. With my team, the shitty players are shitty.

Our guy Magary coined the nickname "Barney Fuckdoggle" in a 2015 article he posted on Deadspin after the Packers defeated the Chiefs at Lambeau. Inside linebacker Joe Thomas (now on the Cowboys) was the first recipient of the award, after he recorded a sack and played well in 38 snaps in his first significant playing time of his career.

This week we have a few candidates for players that can be immortalized in the laurels of Fuckdoggery. I propose Krys Barnes and Jon Runyan as the two best candidates. Perhaps Barnes is the better choice, in a smaller body of work, because he went undrafted. Runyan, at least, was a 6th round pick, but he played the remainder of the game after coming in off the bench.

What say you, rats?

[George Cumby]

I didn't see enough of the game but I am glad to see the Fuckdoggle get fished out of the Dispose-All.

Carry on.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Has to be Barnes

[RashanGary]

Barnes. Obscurity for sure

[Patler]

Barnes got there an odd way, but he didn't really replace anyone. He apparently won the starting job. Martin probably would have had the position, but he has been gone a coupe weeks. Barnes beat out Burks, Summers, etc.

On the other hand, Runyan got in only because three guys ahead of him were injured.

Give it to Runyan.

[Guiness]

Barnes with a classic Fuckdoggle play blowing up that screen to Cook!

(saw a clip of it but it's gone)

edit: dude was waived, signed to practice squad, then back to roster!

[MadScientist]

Barnes with a classic Fuckdoggle play blowing up that screen to Cook!

(saw a clip of it but it's gone)

edit: dude was waived, signed to practice squad, then back to roster!

That just screams Fuckdoggle.

[run pMc]

I'm with Patler. Runyan played RG off the bench when he mostly practiced at LG in camp, and held his own. Offense kept right on humming with him. That's stepping in and and stepping up.
I'd put Barnes in 2nd place. If it weren't for Runyan he'd get it. He had that nice play on the TFL and the game didn't seem too big for him. Joe Thomas-esque.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Barnes was cut and added to the practice squad. 31 teams could have signed him. He obviously wasn't penciled into the starting lineup until late in the week. Otherwise, they wouldn't have subjected him to waivers. Besides, I think the Fuckdoggle goes to an obscure player doing the best (not with how they got there), and that has to be Barnes.

[Fosco33]

It might be Barnes as BF2020 annual winner

[Patler]

Barnes starting just showed the lack of talent at the position. He didn't really replace anyone. He just won the job in a very odd way.

Runyan played only because of an injury, after an injury, after an injury. Three of them. His play demonstrated their depth. Isn't this what the Fuckdoggle is all about?

[hoosier]

The beauty of the Fuckdoggle seems to reside in its simplicity, but this thread brings out an interesting complexity. Is the Fuckdoggle an homage to depth or to coming out of obscurity and making something of yourself? Or is it both? If both, then maybe we have two meritorious candidates. But then there's an additional layer of complexity: Runyan, through no fault of his own, is already a known entity, national recognition. Barnes, nobody has ever heard of him before. I even had to scroll back up to remember his name when writing the previous sentence. So can an accident of birth damage your Fuckdoggle chances, or is the Fuckdoggle an equal opportunity award?

[George Cumby]

If we return to the source material:

"...I would like the loss of a star player to crush them. But NO… no, they always have some asshole behind him ready to go..."

Which should be canon, Runyan is the Week 1 Fuckdoggle.

[Upnorth]

What is obscure about runyon. Everyone thought he would be at least ok and would play at some point.

Barnes for fd!!!

[Upnorth]

Plus Barnes is the closest to barnabus we will get. It almost too perfect when you take your snoopy colored glasses off