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Eddie Royal for Jason Snelling & Devin Hester for $1

There have been two small trades this past week that could be meaningful come July. 

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. 

Fantasy Surprise Performers (thru 5 weeks)

I wanted to highlight a handful of players who are outperforming their expected pre-season performance. 

Roster Cut-Down Trade Recaps

There were at least seven (by my official count) small deals consummated on the final roster cut-down day.  I may have missed one or two, hopefully this captures everything. 

Top Rookies for '09

It's a quick look as the NFL Draft's first day starts to wind down on who the top fantasy rookies will be, specifically for the PAFFL (where long-term success is just as important as short term).  I'll update this as the 3rd round is completed but at this point here are the top guys based on talent & situation. 

Quit Crying, Jay Cutler....

I think this ESPN article says it all, how can a sub par NFL quarterback (one who took over a perennial playoff contender) who has failed to lead his team to the playoffs (in an easy division), compiled a 17-20 overall record (and was more than 30 games under .500 during his college career) in two+ years starting complain about his name being mentioned in hypothetical trades? 

NFL All Rookie Fantasy Team for '08

With the vast majority of Fantasy Football leagues finished and the NFL season nearly concluded, here are the top '08 rookies and guys to look for in 2009. 

Worst PAFFL Contracts

For every great contract there usually is at least one bad one, if not two.  So in an effort to highlight the good, this is to highlight the bad. 

Top PAFFL Contracts

Another former tradition that I've gotten away from is highlighting some of the great contracts in the PAFFL.  This historically was to highlight the new deals but I think its important to showcase the best deals regardless of what year they were put on as long as they carry the same characteristic which is high production per dollar cost value.  Thus the stars at more than $55 (at QB & RB or $35+ at WR) won't be on this list unless they're way out pacing LT's '06 or Brady's '07 production, which nobody is coming close to this year. 

Week 2 Starts, Sleepers & Sits...

Two new articles on the FFCollective blog today, the first is the traditional who to start, sit and potential sleepers for week 2.  The other is a deep dive into who could be Denver's break out, 1k rusher in '08.