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LFP goes on a trade binge...

The Los Frijoles Pintos completed two other deals this afternoon.

Top Available Talent for '08 PAFFL Auction

Team Kitty also compiled the top available talent, both unrestricted & restricted, for the upcoming 2008 PAFFL auction.  This is only the top 40 guys by position (top 35 for QB's) who are available and reasonably can be expected to be starters this year. 

Projected Topper/Holdover Selections for '08

Thanks to our dedicated Team Kitty, he has compiled his projected topper / holdover selections for 2008.  This is the first year the right is limited to non-playoff teams, providing more certainty around the selections. 

Braylon Edwards, Willie Parker, Donovan McNabb in a blockbuster...

The first blockbuster deal of 2008 was consummated between BINGO (formerly Blak Jesus) and the Beavercats. 

2008 PAFFL Auction Details

We're roughly a month out before the 2008 PAFFL Auction, so its time to lay out the details and get the discussion going.  This year we're staying local, and we're hoping that by following the similar structure as recent years we'll continue to string out the suspense and get the widest participation from the group at large.    

New Owner & other updates...

It's been a couple months since we last addressed the open ownership of the Blak Jesus franchise, so I wanted to give everybody an update on that, address realignment, publish 2008 auction details and open the forum for league improvement discussions next month.

What Fantasy Leagues can learn from NFL Rule Changes

The Wall Street Journal published an article today titled, "What Fantasy Leaguers can Learn from the NFL Draft Rule Changes".  They list out five points to take away from them shortening the time between rounds, from adding new elements to the draft and the game itself.  The core point though was that as successful as the NFL is, they're not afraid to continue to improve. The PAFFL and every fantasy league for that matter should take that advice seriously. 

2008 PAFFL Rookie Pick Projections (1st Draft)

       

The 2008 NFL draft brought fantasy football a plethora of fresh talent. Five first round selections at RB, two QB’s and plenty of solid 2nd & 3rd rounders as well.  The one troubling development though is the two-back system becoming pervasive in the the copycat NFL. Possibly not a single RB selected this year will be a true featured back (sans McFadden & Stewart)  McFadden is a likely #2 fantasy back, no team will select a player that high with that type of talent w/o a plan to feature him, and maybe Jonathan Stewart in Carolina where HC John Fox likes a bruising back to wear down defenses.  But the next eight backs off the board (Felix Jones, Rashard Mendenhall, Chris Johnson, Matt Forte, Ray Rice, Kevin Jones, Jamaal Charles & Steve Slaton) will be in share situations at best.  In fact the only one in that group with an opportunity to start is Matt Forte in Chicago where all he needs to do is beat out bonafide bust Cedric Benson.

PAFFL CONTRACTS W/Grossman Trade

The Beavercats just sent me a copy of the most recent PAFFL 3-Year Contracts. Please everyone take a second and check to make sure your roster is correct. Also, a reminder... please don't drop players from your squad on the website until the roll-over. Thanks.

Download paffl_contracts_2008_2.28.08).xls

New PAFFL Owner?

For the first time in eight years the PAFFL has a franchise opening.  It's incredible to think we've had the same group for the past eight years, its easily the longest single stretch without a change in owners, division or conference alignments.  This year is as good as any to make changes, I guess.

Rex Grossman & Ocho Cinco for Larry Fitzgerald?

The first trade of the 2008 PAFFL season was consummated earlier this year between two of the league's most active traders, Team Kitty and the PA Short Bus. 

Team Kitty acquired QB's Rex Grossman ($55, 2009) & Kyle Orton ($11, 2007) and the rights to WR Chad Johnson ($55, 2007) from the Short Bus for WR Larry Fitzgerald ($53, 2009)

PAFFL 2008 Auction - July 17-20th

We've finalized the dates for the 2008 PAFFL Auction - July 17-20th.  Due to multiple conflicts over the following four weekends, this year's date will be slightly earlier than most. 

2008 PAFFL Conference Re-alignment

Following this past year's auction, the league agreed that if following the 2007 season, if any single division had a 10% variance (in total points scored) than the next closest and/or 15% from the best or worst, then the league would be realigned by seeding each team based on total points scored. 

Well I ran the numbers this evening and it's conclusive.  The PA South division is 11% worse (15,055 total points) than the 3rd best division, PA Eastern division (16,905 total points), and has a 16%+ variance from the best division, the PA Western division (18,084 total points).  Which means we will realign for 2008. 

PAFFL Winter Meetings Review

Big thanks to those folks who made the effort to join the winter meetings (Ron Jeremy, Los Frijoles Pintos, PA Firefighters, Jack Trippers, Fightin' Irie, the Isotopes & Beavercats).  Since we didn't have at least eight owners present, all we could do was build some consensus (or not) around issues and then we had the playoff fantasy draft. 

2007 Payout!!!!

Hello all,

Sorry about the delay but here is list of what teams got paid and how much.

1) Palo Alto Firefighters - The Jankster Cup winners take home 38% of the pot ($1,216.00). A new record!
2) The Ron Jeremy Fan Club - The Jankster runner-up got 28% of the pot ($896.00). Finally the PAFFL is paying off for RJFC
3) Pomona Stoned Hens - The AFC runner up got 12% ($384.00)
4) Salem Beavercats - The top team in the NFC won 10% ($320.00)
5) South Whore Jibbers/East Bay Funk - Being the 2nd best team in the NFC was equal to one lucky playoff win (j/k). 6% of the pot to each ($192.00)
6) Palo Alto Short Bus - DSing one of the best players of the year never pays off. ($0.00)

For the rest of you, get off your asses and make some moves! IMT, any interest in trading Garret Wolfe for Randy Moss?

For the winners, checks will be sent this week.

PAFFL Winter Meetings - January 2, 2008

This year's PAFFL winter meetings are next Wednesday, January 2nd at 6:30 PM.  The meetings will be held at my house with a conference call in number for those who want to join remotely.  The Fiesta Bowl will be played that night so we'll also be able to scout the West Virginia & Oklahoma squads for the next Adrian Peterson.  I will serve up some appetizers and pick up some beers for folks who make it in person.  We also have the Dutch Goose a few blocks away which we can hit up for some pitchers after the meetings.

2008 PAFFL Rookie Pick Order

The final rookie pick order for 2008 is below.  If there are any questions, please feel free to drop comments on this.  The 2008 NFL draft promises to be deep at QB (Brian Brohm, Andre Woodson, Matt Ryan & Colt Brennan) but soft at RB & WR until the underclassman declare starting next week.  There is widespread speculation that junior RB's Darren McFadden (who said he would enter the NFL this past summer), Kevin Smith and Steve Slatton would enter the draft.  If at least two of them do, we'll have a solid four to five deep 1st round selections QB's & RB's to choose from come next July.

PA Firefighters - 2007 Jankster Cup Champions

Congratulations to the PA Firefighters for successfully defending their PAFFL title in winning a back to back effort in '07.  This year's Jankster Cup featured the upstart Pomona Stoned Hens and the PA Firefighters.

Final 2007 PAFFL Rosters

Next week is the last one to correct any potential errors on your roster.  So please take a minute to download the file and check them.  Also don't waste any remaining cap room, use it to settle those worthless contracts.

Download paffl_contracts_12202007.xls

Peyton Manning: The fantasy beauty of his presence

It occurred to me this morning that QB Peyton Manning has been a special fantasy player the the last half decade. In the PAFFL alone, he has been in the Jankster Cup game (our equivalent of the Super Bowl), for 5 consecutive years.  During that period he only has won one (with an opportunity to win a second this year) but he's been the dominant force on his respective squad every year during this period.

2007 Jankster Cup Matchup: Pomona Stoned Hens vs. PA Firefighters

Congratulations to the 2007 NFC & AFC champions, the PA Firefighters & Pomona Stoned Hens who face off in this year's title game this weekend.

Jankster Cup Matchup & 3rd Round of Rookie Tourney

Below are the results for the 2nd round of the playoffs and rookie tourney matchups; and the matchups for the 3rd round and Jankster Cup.  The first eight rookie pick selection spots have been finalized, the next eight will be finalized this weekend.

Congratulations to the 2007 NFC & AFC respectively champions, the PA Firefighters & Pomona Stoned Hens who face off in this year's title game this weekend.

Blak Jesus Resignation

Blak Jesus, the 2000 Jankster Cup Champion, has announced their resignation or retirement from the PAFFL.  We've had owners drop off in the past, dozens to be exact, but this is the most recent and so it feels the worst.  The last competitive owner we lost was the Tha Shiznit in the late 90's after one bad year and a scandalous burrito for a player trade. 

Playoffs & Rookie Tourney 2nd Round

This is the 2nd round of the playoffs and rookie tourney matchups.  The 1st round saw some pretty good matchups, and the playoffs team in particular were in elite form with six of the eight teams exceeding 80 points and all eight scoring 70+.  It was a good week, this one will determine the finalists (or Jankster Cup participants), the top 8 rookie pick order and the initial round of the playoff rookie selection order. 

2007 Fantasy Football All-PAFFL Team

The 2007 regular season is finalized and its time to recognize the studs that made this regular season sizzle and led to the Ron Jeremy Fanclub being the leading PAFFL team throughout the regular season.  You'll notice some trends as QB-WR tandems in New England & Dallas have exploded this year to dominant their respective positions unlike any other tandems in NFL history.

Playoffs & Rookie Tourney Matchups for 2007

It's finally here, after a relatively quiet thirteen game regular season, fireworks erupted this week over what I'll call 'lineup gate'.  The gist of it is we've been making obvious substitutions (injured players or bye week replacements for teams that aren't paying attention or aren't motivated to put their best lineup together) for more than a dozen years but this was the first time an owner complained, starting a seemingly endless round of emails & PAFFL.com blog posts.  So without further ado here is the 2007 Playoff & Rookie Tournament Matchups. 

A Resolution

Thanks to a very generous offer from Ron Jeremy Fanclub, and agreement from everybody effected we have a resolution to the fiasco of this week.  That said, and I want to stress this, we still need to come to a conclusion and agreement on how to handle this going forward (more on that below). 

Firkin Alerted the League to Lineup Issue

I wanted to post Firkin Crawlers posting just after gametime on Sunday (after I had already made the switch but it wasn't clear yet on the live scoring since it requires a page refresh to see lineup substitutions) since it will be lost from PAFFL message board shortly (the primary reason why PAFFL.com is good for reference).

Ideas to improve the subjectivity of lineup decisions

Given the amount of emotional stress the Naughty Thoughts lineup change has caused, I would like us to figure out a solution that reduces the ambiguity of this situation in the future and helps pave a path to a more consistent and universally accepted rule.  I agree that the way we've done this in the past has been subjective and not as consistent as it should be.  I propose the following change that I believe will eliminate (or at least significantly reduce) this scenario in the future.

Naughty Thoughts Lineup Question

Ok before people get too excited and emotional I want to set the record straight.  We, the PAFFL, have made lineup changes when there were obvious ones to be made and the owner has been delinquent, throughout this season and in every year of the past decade+. The PAFFL is and always has been about fun competition, to ensure that its as fair as it possibly its critical all of us are committed to winning each & every week.  When there is an obvious lineup issue (such as leaving a kicker on bye week in over one on the bench, or a starting QB is out due to injury and their backup is on that same team's bench), we have & do make changes. 

Week 13 Lineups, PAFFL Rosters & Notes

This is the final week of the regular season.   There are several things to be aware of as we finish up the season and enter the playoffs next week. 

PAFFL Playoff Scenarios

It's that time of the year, we're heading into the final regular season game for the PAFFL - week 13.  Unlike previous seasons, this year one conferences playoff spots are all locked up and in the other its an open competition for only the last spot and the right to play the most explosive 2007 PAFFL team, Ron Jeremy Fanclub. 

Self Promotion?

Every year there are those owners who like to play hermit only to jump out of nowhere to paste the message board with what amounts to public relations and shit talk.  This year that group includes the South Whore Jibbers and PA Firefighters who turned the message board into a self promotion angle for their own players and/or GM feats.

Sunday Lineups...

Don't forget to set the best possible lineup you can.  There are several important playoff implication games, it would be a shame if any teams flake on their duty to roll out their best possible lineup. 

South Whore Jibbers set single game point record

Tonight the South Whore Jibbers set the all-time PAFFL single game points scored record with 143 (and counting).  While some of you will point to the scoring changes I want to add that we've also reduced scoring somewhat with Pick 6 and this has been (and will continue to be) a difficult number to beat.   The numbers behind the scoring are impressive: WR's Brandon Marshall 13 (and counting), Terrell Owens 44 & Randy Moss 35, QB's Derek Anderson 9 & Jay Cutler 16 (and still counting) and only a combined 22 from RB's Edgerrin James & Frank Gore & Kicker Stephen Gostkowski.   Congratulations on a record performance!

Game of the Week

I hate to hype our squad up (no I don't), but Team Kitty vs.Pomona Stoned Hens is clearly the game of the upcoming week.  Firkin, Short Bus and TK are all tied for the 3rd and 4th playoff positions. Firkin has a bye against Blak Jesus and PASB will be heavy favorites against Naughty Thoughts.  Accordingly, TK must get a
win against the Hens to keep pace.  A win for TK would also open the division race back up as both PASB and TK would only be a game back with two remaining and the tie-breakers still up in the air.

Shaun Alexander for Jacoby Jones & performance bonuses

The Pomona Stoned Hens and Salem Beavercats consummate a trade deadline deal. 

The Pomona Stoned Hens receive RB Shaun Alexander from Salem Beavercats for WR Jacoby Jones ($7, 2009) and performance bonuses.

The performance bonus is more of a clause - for every game Alexander doesn't start his nfl game, Pomona receives $1 from the Beavercats. However for every game Alexander plays, the Beavercats receive $2 for every 5 paffl point interval he scores.  The maximum Pomona can receive is $5 and the maximum the Beavercats can receive is $10.  So each party is protected against the extreme ends of Alexander's potential performance the rest of the season.

Fantasy Football Trade: Plaxico Burress for Kellen Winslow Jr.

The South Whore Jibbers send WR Plaxico Burress ($24, 2007) to the Palo Alto Firefighters in exchange for TE Kellen Winslow Jr. ($17, 2009). This trade began about a month ago but was slow to close because both owners were wary of the others player propensity to be injured. To prevent bad feeling between the teams, an injury clause was added to the deal. The other team is liable $2 per game of 2008 money for any missed games (including playoffs) starting in Week 10.

Michael Pittman for future $ based on performance

The Ron Jeremy Fanclub and Salem Beavercats have consummated a deal. 

Ron Jeremy Fanclub acquires RB Michael Pittman for 2008 cap space.  The amount will be determined by Pittman's 2007 performance from week 11 on thru the remainder of the season.  For every 2 fantasy points (PAFFL points), the Beavercats will receiver $1, with a maximum payout of $10 in 2008 cap space. 

Trading Deadline & other Notes

Just a reminder of the league that this Saturday is the PAFFL trade deadline.  It's officially Saturday at 11:59 PM PST.  Any trade needs to communicated via email, phone, PAFFL.com post to the league or one of its three cabinet representatives (South Whore, Short Bus or the Beavercats).  There are a couple other deadlines that are listed below. 

Quinn Gray for Tim Rattay

East Bay Funk and Fightin' Irie made a small deal on Thursday. 

EBF acquired QB Quinn Gray ($1, 2008) for QB Tim Rattay and $2 in 2008 cash.  If Gray scores negative points (due to turnovers) this weekend, EBF would only own FI $1 next year. 

Shaun Alexander, RB, SEA for Marques Colston, WR, NO ($35, 2009)

The Salem Beavercats send WR Marques Colston ($35, 2009) to The Jack Trippers for RB Shaun Alexander and the removal of the rookie pick protection from the Chris Chambers deal earlier this season (picks 1-2 were protected in that deal, now the Beavercats have the opportunity to grab the number 1 or 2 if the Trippers repeat on their rookie playoff prominence of the past.  Darren McFadden could be the next Adrian Peterson).

Pomona speaks!

Firkin Crawlers, I think you are right that this calls for Pomona's first post of the year.  However, I guarantee that this post causes me to lose the rest of the regular season games and miss the playoffs.  I had given up all hope last night when RB DeShawn Wynn went down and Travis Henry did not play.  However, WR Greg Jennings took the team on his back and brought us to victory.  That performance belongs in the Pomona Stoned Hens hall of fame, and we will be requesting the TD ball for such enshrinement.

Please don't kick me out

I loved this message board post by the Firkin Crawlers who were concerned about league opinion after they mistakenly left inactive WR Marvin Harrison in their lineup this past weekend.  While that sucks for the Crawlers its not the end of the world. 

Tony Gonzales for Devin Hester

Blak Jesus and Ron Jeremy Fanclub have consummated a deal. 

Blak Jesus, against their MO, have dealt TE Tony Gonzales to RJFC for WR/KR Devin Hester ($1, 2009).      

Brett Favre for Cedric Benson, Joey Harrington, Jake Delhomme and a future pick

Team Kitty and the LA Isotopes completed a trade during our fellow owner's wedding this past weekend in Seattle.  This was consummated after several inappropriate phone calls & text messages at all hours of the day & night. 

Team Kitty receives QB Brett Favre & WR Brandon Jones ($2, 2008) from LA Isotopes for RB Cedric Benson ($55, 2007), QB Jake Delhomme ($55*, 2007), WR Ike Hillard, QB Joey Harrington, Team Kitty's next 9-16 rookie pick and the option of either a topper/holdover or a cut next year OR if Team Kitty makes the playoffs this year then both the next year Team Kitty does not make the playoffs.