Oscar nominations if everything was NFL football

It's Oscar season, and if we're being honest, we're all feeling a little left out. Our entertainment writing brethren can nod, sneer, and talk about the film's failure of justice while we get bogged down in debates about whether Brock Purdy is elite or not.

There's more than enough drama in the NFL to warrant its own Academy Awards, so we sat on a committee to agree on the best examples of each category in the sport.

Best photo: Football (Taylor's Version)

It's not for everyone, but it's not twice that. Football (Taylor's Version) He took the NFL by storm this year.

Best Actor: Skip Bayless Throw away your cowboy gear or get frustrated with automatic trash cans?

A scintillating performance that begins with the worst acting job of the year and becomes the story of one man's struggle with technology.

Best Supporting Actor: Dom DiSandro Big Dom's Wild Ride

Photo Credit: Kyle Ross/Icon Sportswire, Getty Images

Everyone needs a security director who is willing to fight anyone and everyone for the team.

Best Director: Mike McDaniel lame nerd

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images

Mike McDaniel's Miami Grow Up turned him into a weird poker player.

Foreign movies: Roleplayer's Delight By Weird British NFL Fan

This horror movie caught us all off guard and shook us to our core.

Visual effects: detroit lionsfor Sam Laporta's trick play

There are many beautiful works here.

Costume design: new york jets Jermaine Johnson, Will McDonald, Bryce Huff naruto halloween

Akatsuki has never looked better.

Animated Short: With CJ Stroud texans, quarrel

You know the celebration is good when everyone in the NFL starts celebrating as soon as you debut. The Squabble is now synonymous with Stroud and the Texans.

Animation features: miami dolphins for roller coaster

This captured the childlike joy and imagination of a day at a theme park in a way no other celebration could.

Edit: With Lions charger for Connect Austin Ekeler to Lions sandwich

Photo by Harry Howe/Getty Images

Assembling this requires technique and skill. It really captured the agony of that moment.

Best Makeup and Hair: Andy Reid Journaux d'une Mustache Gelée (Diary of a Frozen Mustache)

Looks very real so maybe it is genuine ice.