https://www.paffl.com/ Opinionated Fantasy Football News & Analysis en-US 2015-06-25T11:43:35-07:00 https://www.paffl.com/2015/06/paffl-rookie-pick-order-2015.html With the annual auction a month away, here is the current list of the rookie pick selections. Cooking Monkeys Blak Jesus Beavercats Isotopes Engel Shiznit Firefighters PA Dream Team Delta Mad Dawgs Balls Deep Isotopes Cooking Monkeys Beavercats Blak Jesus Engel Shiznit (via Team Kitty) East Bay Funk Naughty Thoughts... Prospects/Rookies/Sleepers Beavercat 2015-06-25T11:43:35-07:00 https://www.paffl.com/2015/06/2015-fantasy-football-rookie-projections.html We hear endless predictions on each years rookie class’ fantasy football production. There’s endless hyperbole, and this year will be no different, however this year’s positional breakdown can be determined by tiers. The QB class is two deep (top 2 overall picks), after that it’s all developmental, long-term projects (such... Beavercat 2015-06-12T11:44:50-07:00 https://www.paffl.com/2014/09/nfl-must-take-a-stand.html The NFL forever looked the other way on everything that didn't promote the game or detracted from their perceived value and/or protecting "the shield" as the current commissioner loves to say. Until this offseason the league focused on drugs and alcohol violations, they didn't seem to care much about or... Beavercat 2014-09-15T13:09:13-07:00 https://www.paffl.com/2014/07/top-projected-fantasy-football-rookies-2014.html Here’s my second version, a more informed take, of this year’s top PAFFL fantasy football rookie picks. As I wrote about earlier, the NFL evolution has changed the value of rookies. QB Johnny Manziel ($55) - South Whore Jibbers - There’s no more upside in this year’s rookie class. Advanced... Prospects/Rookies/Sleepers Quarterbacks Running Backs Wide Receivers Beavercat 2014-07-20T22:13:43-07:00 https://www.paffl.com/2014/06/paffl-2014-auction-observations.html I finally had the opportunity to sit down and start my preliminary fantasy football research this year (latest by at least 2 months; I know I'm an addict :). I had some interesting observations when I looked at the values by position. The short answer is there is a LOT... PAFFL League Info Beavercat 2014-06-23T23:00:49-07:00 https://www.paffl.com/2014/05/another-fantasy-rookie-pick-prediction.html Since our quasi Commish is busy trying to further his professional career and can't seem to focus on what's important in the world, here is Team Kitty's quick prediction for rookie picks at this year's draft. I haven't spent any time recently analyzing team's rosters (is google doc updated?) so... Prospects/Rookies/Sleepers Quarterbacks Running Backs Wide Receivers Beavercat 2014-05-28T19:35:47-07:00 https://www.paffl.com/2014/05/2014-projected-top-rookies.html The NFL has evolved into a passing league, run centric offensive philosophies have slowly died due to the advent of short passing game strategies and matchup systems setup to exploit personnel. This has led to a proliferation of 3 wide receiver sets, 1 back (or no back) sets, and a... Prospects/Rookies/Sleepers Quarterbacks Running Backs Wide Receivers Beavercat 2014-05-28T19:32:14-07:00 https://www.paffl.com/2013/12/2014-paffl-rookie-pick-order.html Here are the 2014 Rookie picks based on the rookie tourney final results. There maybe some deals that have dealt picks, this is how it ended up with deals noted. South Whore Jibbers Pomona Stoned Hens Team Kitty Team Kitty (via BINGO Blak Jesus Los Frijoles Pintos Salem Beavercats Monkey... PAFFL League Info Prospects/Rookies/Sleepers Beavercat 2013-12-29T10:33:19-08:00 https://www.paffl.com/2013/12/2013-year-end-conclusion.html First off it's important to celebrate the 2013 Jankster Cup champion, East Bay Funk. The Funk, under Vic's leadership, has perennially been one of the top teams, competitive year to year in one of the toughest divisions. There are many of us who feel like we deserve a title but... PAFFL League Info Beavercat 2013-12-29T10:31:36-08:00 https://www.paffl.com/2013/12/week-14-game-previews.html I apologize now for not putting in the time/effort to write this up properly, there's simply no excuse other than this week has been crazy and with my team in the crapper, I just couldn't muster the energy. But it's not from a lack of interest or love, so I'm... PAFFL League Info Beavercat 2013-12-08T10:26:54-08:00 https://www.paffl.com/2013/11/week-13-game-previews.html There's seemingly a lot less drama this year on both the playoff and non-playoff tourney's. Can anybody recall a more parity laden year though? Seriously we have 2 deadbeat teams that completely are a wash, three others that neutered their squads but still remain competitive and then 11 others that... PAFFL League Info Trash Talk Beavercat 2013-11-26T20:35:46-08:00 https://www.paffl.com/2013/11/week-12-game-previews.html Due to some unusually heavy travel and personal schedule, this week's previews are going to be abbreviated. Though given the fact only 9 teams are still in the running for the 8 playoff spots with 2 weeks to go means this week's games are less meaningful than any other week... PAFFL League Info Beavercat 2013-11-21T15:31:06-08:00 https://www.paffl.com/2013/11/league-manual-modifications.html The ethos of this league is to constantly iterate in the quest of the ultimate game. To have a competitive, fair balance that gives everybody a chance but requires a deliberate strategy and attention to succeed. It's our history, it's what spawned and quickly killed the Double DS, and birthed... PAFFL League Info Beavercat 2013-11-14T21:24:50-08:00 https://www.paffl.com/2013/11/wee-11-game-previews.html We're at the end of the regular season, the intra-divisional games that will determine who is fit for the money round and who will be looking to '14 for glory. The sad truth this year though is nearly all the playoff spots have been determined, and all that's left to... PAFFL League Info Beavercat 2013-11-14T17:20:27-08:00 https://www.paffl.com/2013/11/rashard-jennings-for-.html The last deal of the in-season 2013 season was completed by Fuego acquiring RB Rashard Jennings from the Beavercats for $2 in '13 cap space and a '14 DS spot. Fantasy Football Trades Oakland Raiders Running Backs Beavercat 2013-11-14T14:39:46-08:00 https://www.paffl.com/2013/11/roddy-white-k-for-assets.html PA Short Bus acquires WR Roddy White and K Greg Zuerlein from BINGO for $4 in '14, WR's Brian Hartline ($2, '14) and Brandon Lafell ($11, '13). Solid deal for both parties, Short Bus improves it's depth and ceiling with White while BINGO picks up solid chain movers with lower... Atlanta Falcons Carolina Panthers Fantasy Football Trades Miami Dolphins Beavercat 2013-11-12T21:15:52-08:00 https://www.paffl.com/2013/11/marques-colston-for-14-rookie-pick.html Blak Jesus acquires WR Marques Colston from Beavercats for Engel Shiz '14 rookie pick. Classic trade deadline deal, a tier 2 rookie pick (Engel Shiz is in the playoffs) for a quality starting receiver. Fantasy Football Trades New Orleans Saints Beavercat 2013-11-12T21:11:48-08:00 https://www.paffl.com/2013/11/week-10-game-previews.html It's officially crunch time, there's a handful of teams that took an important step to locking up a playoff spot last week and a few that took a step back from the playoffs. With the aggressive blockbuster trades this year, it feels that all but the final two playoff spots... PAFFL League Info Beavercat 2013-11-06T20:37:58-08:00 https://www.paffl.com/2013/11/week-9-game-previews.html We're down to the final two weeks of inter conference play and the jockeying for haves and have nots is in full swing. With the trade deadline two weeks away, these next two weeks will define who is truly a seller and who is a buyer. This week also features... PAFFL League Info Beavercat 2013-11-01T23:09:20-07:00 https://www.paffl.com/2013/10/week-8-game-previews.html We're hitting that critical point in the season where the wheat is separating from the chaff, only this year teams are self-selecting to be this year's chaff and others loading up to be premium wheat. At this rate we may end up with eight clear playoff squads, most of which... PAFFL League Info Trash Talk Beavercat 2013-10-24T21:37:46-07:00 https://www.paffl.com/2013/10/week-7-game-recaps.html Here's the week 7 game recaps, another solid stanza of the 2012 season is in the books and we're firmly past the regular season's midpoint. Good luck to everybody as we head into the thick of the playoff races. Beat Down A.J. Green's 29 points help Strongfighters crush Los Frijoles... PAFFL League Info Beavercat 2013-10-24T21:34:49-07:00 https://www.paffl.com/2013/10/tom-brady-chris-johnson-antonio-gates-for-75.html This is easily the most unorthodox deals in the twenty-six year history of the PAFFL. Engel Shiz acquire two future hall of famers and another hall of fame talent in QB Tom Brady, RB Chris Johnson ($83, '13*) and TE Antonio Gates from Naughty Thoughts for TE Ed Dickson &... Fantasy Football Trades Beavercat 2013-10-24T19:05:25-07:00 https://www.paffl.com/2013/10/brandon-jacobs-for-lfps-14-rookie-pick.html Blak Jesus or the team now formally known as BJeezy (?) acquires RB Brandon Jacobs from Monkey Fust for LFP's '14 rookie pick. This is one deal that I like for both squads. However it's better for Monkey Fust b/c that pick could easily end up in the early non-lottery... Fantasy Football Trades Beavercat 2013-10-20T00:04:18-07:00 https://www.paffl.com/2013/10/brandon-weeden-aaron-dobson-for-larry-fitzgerald.html This was a back door salary dump, a classic trade move that on paper may look equitable but in the long run will be very one sided. Monkey Fust acquires WR Aaron Dobson ($17, '15) and QB Brandon Weeden ($55, '15) from Short Bus for WR Larry Fitzgerald. Weeden will... Arizona Cardinals Cleveland Browns Fantasy Football Trades Prospects/Rookies/Sleepers Quarterbacks Wide Receivers Beavercat 2013-10-19T23:54:28-07:00 https://www.paffl.com/2013/10/blockbuster-trade-week.html Has there ever been this many studs exchanging hands across nearly a half dozen teams in a single week this early in the season? It'll be fun to watch the squads in question, PA Short Bus, Jack Trippers, BINGO, East Bay Funk and Monkey Fust among others. Here's a link... Beavercat 2013-10-19T23:45:38-07:00