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Eli Manning for an unconditional cut

We have our first trade of the 2010 PAFFL season.  

Potential Rule Changes

I sent some of these in email yesterday but have elaborated on some and added a few additional ideas.  None of these are mutually exclusive and all ideas shall be considered.  The goal for us all is to continue to evolve the PAFFL so it remains, fun, fair and adds new elements of strategy along the way.

PAFFL's Future Leadership

An underlying league conversation this past year has been who is going to be the next PAFFL commissioner.  At the auction we voted and agreed that the South Whore Jibbers would be the next commissioner.  Since then there has been some good arguments that we should have an open discussion about this and agree to a measured, or phased, transition to new leadership.  

2010 PAFFL Auction Weekend

How does everybody feel about the 2010 PAFFL Auction Weekend on the first weekend of August, (8/6-8/9). 

Passing Judgment Takes Patience & Time

The act of consummating a trade is an essential component of fantasy football.  Adding in the elements of budgets & contracts only adds to the importance of dealing.  Trades are always at the heart of most league disagreements and a forum for its members to tee of on the parties of the transaction.

2009 Rookie Pick Order & Early Projections

The final PAFFL rookie pick selection order for 2010 is below with very early projections.  

Jankster Championship 2009

The road to a championship begins with a single step... a single trade... a single decision to create your team around a certain player... or perhaps none of the above - it instead begins with luck.

You can trace back the success of the Palo Alto Short Bus to many moments in PAFFL history.

Was it when Kurt Warner was drafted for $1, traded to the Pomona Short Bus for the first four weeks of the season, and then traded back to the PA Short Bus when we realized he was going to be a MVP candidate that year?

Short Bus takes the '09 Jankster Cup!

Congratulations to the PA Short Bus for building the highest scoring team that came thru when it mattered in taking 2009 Jankster Cup.

Reggie Wayne or Darren McFadden in week 16?

For this Jankster Cup participant it has literally come down to a lineup question between my most consistent, top five fantasy scoring receiver, Reggie Wayne, or my hands down biggest '09 bust Darren McFadden. 

@OGOchoCinco: "I'm going to contribute more than my share"

Chad OchoCinco is distraught about the death of his teammate and friend, WR Chris Henry.  He and his fellow Cincinnati Bengals teammates plan to play the rest of the NFL season for their fallen teammate. 

Conference Championship Matchups

After some close opening round playoff matchups, its off to the conference championship round of the 2009 PAFFL playoffs. 

Final 2009 Regular Season Standings

Below are the final standings for the 2009 PAFFL regular season.  Now comes the fun, the single elimination playoff round that started on Thursday with the surprising Cleveland Browns upset of the defending super bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers.  Have you seen a bigger collapse out of a defending super bowl champ, folding down the stretch. 

Rookie Tourney Matchups

For all the non-playoff qualifiers its time for the annual fight for 2010 rookie selection order.  This year promises to be a good fight with a strong crop of potential NFL rookies in 2010. 

Playoff Matchups

It's time for the postseason.  Here are the matchups for the first round of the 2009 PAFFL playoffs.

Plenty of Stud PAFFL QB's Available in '10

Unlike what we witnessed in '09 where there were essentially only 2 of the top 15 fantasy quarterbacks open and available at this year's annual auction (Tom Brady & Peyton Manning), due to expiring contracts, this next year's auction will see approximately 8 of the top 15 open. 

2010 Fantasy Football RB's Value Will Increase

Entering 2009 all the fantasy experts were touting that the two back system was ushering in a new era for the NFL and fantasy football participants as it spread the rushing production across two and in some cases three tailbacks per team.  This in turn meant that there were a broader number of productive options versus other positions like quarterback that remained stagnant at thirty-two (the number of NFL teams).  Unfortunately that trend towards two backs hit somewhat of a roadblock in 2009 and 2010 will see the same experts calling on the fantasy stud single back theory of years past. 

Greg Jennings for Steve Smith & Laurence Maroney: Fantasy Football Trade

Team Kitty and the PA Short Bus hook up on a deal. This is a classic salary dump where one person's crap is another person's gem (Greg Jennings).  

Fantasy Trade Deadline RoundUp

Below are a list of the smaller deals (less than 3 players exchanged) deals. 

Donald Driver, Thomas Jones & Hines Ward for prospects: Fantasy Football Trade

The Jack Trippers liquidated their one year players for a couple of prospects as they retool for 2010. 

David Garrard & Devin Hester for Matt Hasselbeck & Chad Ochocinco: Fantasy Football Trade

The Beavercats were active at the trade deadline, starting off the first of two major deals by hooking up with Team Kitty. 

Carson Palmer, Antonio Gates, Brandon Jacobs for Tony Gonzales, Darren Sproles, Matt Hasselbeck & Nate Davis: Fantasy Football Trade

In arguably the biggest deal of the 2009 PAFFL season, Fuego and The Beavercats exchanged a lot of big names. 

PAFFL Trade Deadline

Lots of trade activity at the deadline yesterday. I'll post all the big individual deals and then recap the small ones.

Ben Roethlisberger & stuff for Eli Manning & stuff: Fantasy Football Trade

Huge fantasy football deal in the PAFFL this past week between the Fightin' Irie and Firkin Crawlers.  This is a major deal that could have a big impact down the stretch. 

Flag Football Pain

A work colleague and participant in our college football fantasy league had a massive collusion captured in HD, and now on YouTube that knocked out both guys.  A warning, this video is graphic and I highly recommend you check it out. 

Chris Johnson for LT & DeAngelo Williams

This is easily the biggest PAFFL trade of the regular season, mostly because it involves two of the young stud backs that will continue to be impactful for a couple of years, and easily the most productive, fantasy football RB of this decade.