The 2021 fantasy football season was the most challenging campaign that fantasy managers have ever endured. Playing in the middle of a pandemic that kept us guessing about players' statuses on a week-to-week basis), blew up schedules and changed waiver deadlines, there were more hurdles than ever before en route to a league championship. But we endured, getting through a full 18 weeks (544 games) and crowing a league winner. So, now’s the time to hand out a little online hardware with my annual Fabby Awards for Sports Illustrated. Because... it’s all about the gold!
Most valuable player
Cooper Kupp, WR, Rams: Kupp is coming off the greatest fantasy season of all-time among wide receivers, scoring 439.5 fantasy points in 17 games. That broke the previous record of 414 points set by Jerry Rice in 1995, but he did it in just 16 games. Kupp scored 20-plus points 14 times, including scoring 30 or more points six times and averaged nearly 12 more fantasy points per game than he did the previous year.
