http://www.paffl.com/ Opinionated Fantasy Football News & Analysis en-US 2009-07-05T15:00:14-07:00 http://www.paffl.com/2009/07/paffl-09-key-dates.html Below is a list of the key dates for the PAFFL '09 season, starting with the auction (end of July) thru the trade deadline in November. Auction Weekend Thursday, July 30th • 7PM - BBQ @ Jack Trippers pad in Aptos area (details to follow later) Friday, July 31st •... PAFFL League Info Beavercat 2009-07-05T15:00:14-07:00 http://www.paffl.com/2009/07/preauction-report.html Happy Belated 4th of July! We’re less than a month out from the ’09 PAFFL auction, our 22nd year of fantasy football competition. This year brings some changes, gone are the former auction format (by position & team) to a more open draft style auction selection, gone is a long-time... PAFFL League Info Beavercat 2009-07-05T14:57:40-07:00 http://www.paffl.com/2009/07/steve-mcnair-shot-killed.html With the news dominated by the passing of Michael Jackson, the NFL and fantasy football communities lost a great player today. Steve McNair was apparently murdered, shot & killed, in an apartment with a female friend. The 36 year old, three time pro bowler and one of the first african-american... Baltimore Ravens Fantasy News NFL News Quarterbacks Tennessee Titans Beavercat 2009-07-04T15:11:07-07:00 http://www.paffl.com/2009/05/brett-favre-brian-brohm-a-cut-for.html Team Kitty continues to acquire talent at the quarterback position in the hope that some will end up as fantasy contributors in '09. Team Kitty acquires QB Brett Favre ($50, '10), QB Brian Brohm ($24, '11) & an unconditional cut from the South Whore Jibbers for nothing (they're dropping salary).... Fantasy Football Trades Green Bay Packers Minnesota Vikings Quarterbacks Beavercat 2009-05-22T08:43:10-07:00 http://www.paffl.com/2009/05/projected-2009-paffl-rookie-pick-selections.html Given that the draft is over and many of the PAFFL rookie picks have changed hands, I thought it was a good opportunity to do another mock (or projected) rookie selection order. While personal preference will dictate selections here is my best take on how the draft will end up.... PAFFL League Info Prospects/Rookies/Sleepers Quarterbacks Running Backs Tight Ends Wide Receivers Beavercat 2009-05-12T19:34:40-07:00 http://www.paffl.com/2009/05/rookie-picks-jp-losman-laurence-maroney-and-more.html In what was really two different deals put together in one, IMT & the Beavercats have completed a fun, 21st century style PAFFL trade. IMT acquires an unconditional 2009 cut, QB J.P. Losman ($6, '11), QB Brodie Croyle ($25, '09), the #11 & #16 2009 Rookie PIcks from the Beavercats... Fantasy Football Trades Beavercat 2009-05-12T18:32:47-07:00 http://www.paffl.com/2009/05/minor-deal.html File this under, barely registers as a fantasy football deal but matters in the deeply sophisticated, micro economics style fantasy football format of the PAFFL. The Fightin' Irie agreed to trade a 2009 unconditional cut (of a long-term contract) to the Salem Beavercats for $23 cap dollars in '09. This... Fantasy Football Trades Beavercat 2009-05-07T22:41:17-07:00 http://www.paffl.com/2009/05/new-auction-format-loopholes.html Two things that we need to discuss, one of which is a clear loophole, around the new auction format. As a remember, starting this year each team will receive a number, we'll go around the room, one by one, with each person naming a player to be auctioned off. We'll... PAFFL League Info Beavercat 2009-05-07T22:30:27-07:00 http://www.paffl.com/2009/05/vince-young-for-brodie-croyle-5.html Team Kitty and the Salem Beavercats agreed to a minor, salary cap era type of deal tonight. The Beavercats acquire QB Brodie Croyle ($25, '09) & $5 from Team Kitty for QB Vince Young ($55, '09). Beavercats GM, "This is a tough deal for the Beavercats, we love Vince Young,... Fantasy Football Trades Kansas City Chiefs Tennessee Titans Beavercat 2009-05-02T22:31:23-07:00 http://www.paffl.com/2009/04/top-2009-nfl-rookies-continued.html I posted what I think will be the top eight most valuable rookies in the NFL from both a 2009 & beyond standpoint. Below are another eight that will make some impact this year and/or are well positioned to be big time contributors down the road. In many fantasy leagues,... Fantasy News Prospects/Rookies/Sleepers Quarterbacks Running Backs Tight Ends Wide Receivers Beavercat 2009-04-28T23:25:11-07:00 http://www.paffl.com/2009/04/nfl-team-by-team-draft-summaries.html On the FFCollective blog, there are posts for each NFL conference with an overview by team of how the draft will impact player's fantasy values. You can get one person's opinion on how Donald Brown will impact Joseph Addai or whether Josh Freeman has a chance to contribute this year... Fantasy News Prospects/Rookies/Sleepers Quarterbacks Running Backs Tight Ends Wide Receivers Beavercat 2009-04-27T23:25:24-07:00 http://www.paffl.com/2009/04/top-rookies-for-09.html 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... Arizona Cardinals College Football Denver Broncos Detroit Lions Fantasy News Indianapolis Colts Jacksonville Jaguars Miami Dolphins New York Giants New York Jets Oakland Raiders Philadelphia Eagles Quarterbacks Running Backs San Francisco 49'ers Tamba Bay Buccaneers Tight Ends Wide Receivers Beavercat 2009-04-25T18:22:05-07:00 http://www.paffl.com/2009/04/nfl-draft-auction-weekend-updates.html I hope everybody is getting excited for the '09 season, its just around the corner. In fact our auction weekend is nearly three months away. The NFL draft un-officially kicks off the new season as we all dream about how a college player we love will fit in the NFL... PAFFL League Info Beavercat 2009-04-24T09:17:17-07:00 http://www.paffl.com/2009/03/reggie-bush-for-rookie-picks.html Confirmed by multiple sources (including one of the principals), Team Kitty & BINGO completed a trade last night over drinks at a couple of watering holes over the span of several hours. Team Kitty acquires RB Reggie Bush ($55, '08) from BINGO for kittie's '08 rookie pick (the #6 overall... Fantasy Football Trades New Orleans Saints Prospects/Rookies/Sleepers Running Backs Trash Talk Beavercat 2009-03-28T22:53:28-07:00 http://www.paffl.com/2009/03/beavercats-name-new-personnel-associate-1.html As Team Kitty mentioned, we added little boy to the flock this past week. He has been part of the Beavercats franchise since last summer but now will have an official role as an associate with the personnel department, focused on the rookie class of 2025 & beyond. If you... PAFFL League Info Trash Talk Beavercat 2009-03-14T23:25:37-07:00 http://www.paffl.com/2009/03/quit-crying-jay-cutler.html 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... Denver Broncos Quarterbacks Trash Talk Beavercat 2009-03-02T22:55:17-08:00 http://www.paffl.com/2009/02/jack-trippers-offseason-winners.html Ok, NFL free agency is only two days in but with a flurry of trades & signings, some of the question marks heading into the '09 season are being answered. A few of the most fantasy relevant moves have been Minnesota & Kansas City locking up their starting QB's for... Fantasy News Houston Texans Kansas City Chiefs Minnesota Vikings New England Patriots Quarterbacks Running Backs Beavercat 2009-02-28T18:08:11-08:00 http://www.paffl.com/2009/02/am-i-a-kobe-hater.html The other night while watching the Celtics play the Lakers with Team Kitty, Ron Jeremy and the Trippers calling in, we had an impromptu debate on who the best player in the NBA was. The consensus was Kobe Bryant, at which I cringed b/c I don't believe he's a team... Hoops Trash Talk Beavercat 2009-02-16T11:32:23-08:00 http://www.paffl.com/2009/02/top-nfl-free-agents-by-position.html I've started to read religiously The National Football Post. While most of the content is general, I love former NFL GM Michael Lombardi's inside perspective. While its just another opinion, he breaks it down from a general manager's viewpoint giving you a look not from a journalist but from a... Fantasy News NFL News Quarterbacks Running Backs Tight Ends Wide Receivers Beavercat 2009-02-15T01:51:38-08:00 http://www.paffl.com/2009/02/is-the-stanford-mens-hoops-run-of-success-over.html Stanford men's basketball has a run of fifteen straight years with ten or more conference wins, the longest such streak in the pac ten conference. During that time Stanford made one final four, won several conference championships and developed a program with expectations of success. The program obviously changed when... Trash Talk Beavercat 2009-02-15T01:43:47-08:00 http://www.paffl.com/2009/02/the-best-of-the-nflcom-fantasy-files.html Fantasy News Trash Talk Beavercat 2009-02-04T12:22:12-08:00 http://www.paffl.com/2009/02/2009-paffl-rookie-draft-order.html The 2009 PAFFL Rookie Draft order is final. In a draft that is commonly thought to be lacking in high end talent like '06 & '08, its one that may deliver a lot of sleeper talent at the running back & wide receiver positions. Much of it won't blossom for... PAFFL League Info Prospects/Rookies/Sleepers Trash Talk Beavercat 2009-02-01T23:47:54-08:00 http://www.paffl.com/2009/02/arizona-is-my-hearts-choice.html but my head says Pittsburgh will roll to its 6th Super Bowl title later this evening. While the Arizona Cardinals are the true cinderella choice, an original NFL franchise which has not tasted a title in sixty years (not to mention only a single playoff victory in the past thirty... Arizona Cardinals NFL News Pittsburgh Steelers Trash Talk Beavercat 2009-02-01T13:07:46-08:00 http://www.paffl.com/2009/01/punched.html Trash Talk RonJeremy 2009-01-30T18:17:04-08:00 http://www.paffl.com/2009/01/andre-johnsons-rights-for-5-in-09-cap-space.html In the first official deal of the 2009 PAFFL season, the Jack Trippers & Beavercats consummated a small cash for a player's rights deal. The Beavercats deal the rights to WR Andre Johnson (one year deal in '08 at $60) to the Jack Trippers for $5 in 2009 cap space.... Fantasy Football Trades Houston Texans Wide Receivers Beavercat 2009-01-20T15:28:58-08:00