3FL Standings (after S24:Week 1)

3FL Notes: S24: Week 1 Preview

Can the Marauders defend the title from the Sunshine State? Or will we finally have another new name on the trophy? And will any of the teams with plain helmets change their logo?? There are a lot more options this year! The 24rd 3FL season will have these answers. 

It all starts tonight. Get your team ready to go!

And remember, there is also a Friday Night game this week in São Paulo, Brazil. Vamos então!

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Week 1 Information

Thursday Night: Baltimore Ravens @ Kansas City Chiefs

Friday Night: Green Bay Packers @ Philadelphia Eagles
Sunday Night: LA Rams @ Detroit Lions
Monday Night: NY Jets @ San Francisco 49ers
Bye Week: None until week 5

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And now the Comm-nosticator’s predictions for week 1:
The first week is always the toughest to predict, but here goes...

Baltimorons (-1/2) vs. the HAW
It's looking like a great set of matchups around the league as we kick off our 24th season. This one is even across all positions, and the four players set for prime time games will make it even more exciting as we end the week. The 'Morons have a slight edge thanks to the FLEX spot.

Yuengling Brewers (-1/2) vs. Dumbbums
I'm not sure why these two are starting Defenses tonight against each other (and against two high powered offenses). But that should be a fun way to begin a matchup that features more than half of the players in games that start after 8pm EDT.

Spiked Vipers (-1/2) vs. Misfits, Inc.
This one might honestly come down to the health of a Kicker. There is a player in each of the six time slots so the points will be spread throughout the week, starting with two per side going in KC tonight.

Stiletto Stompers (-1/2) vs. Phys. Ed. Phenoms
Maybe we'll have a tie in week one? That would be a fun way to start things off. The Stompers have five of their starters on just two NFL teams, so they'd better be rooting for the Cowboys and Bucs. Those links will make or break their chances.

Marauders (-1/2) vs. Lightning
This battle of the autodrafted lineups gives us another close one. Coach Hoss has the advantage thanks to his RBs, but you'd have to think the Bolts aren't going to stick with teammates in the backfield by the time 1pm on Sunday rolls around. Right?

And the game of the week...

Renegades (-1/2) vs. Predacons
The teams with our top two draft grades face off in our first week to see if those letters mean anything. Lamar Jackson can give the Preds a head start tonight, but the Renegades (and their A+) have a couple players ready to lead a Monday Night comeback. 

Good luck in Week 1 and for the rest of Season 24!

3FL Notes: 2024 Draft Analysis

Most of our twelve teams were represented at some point during the online draft on Thursday night. Here is an analysis of the results (in draft order):

1. Renegades: It's not easy earning the Best Draft with the first pick. Christian McCaffrey and Josh Allen are probably the reason for that, but Coach Val needs to hope for healthy starters. And a Chubb return to prominence (in a few weeks). Grade: A- (Yahoo! Grade: A+)

2. Stiletto Stompers: That is a lot of Cowboys, which could actually be a good or a bad thing. But the Stompers could use a trade for a starting RB. Grade: C+ (Yahoo! Grade: B+)

3. Lightning: For future reference the WiFi on an Alaskan cruise may not be adequate for a fantasy football draft. I'm also wondering why the autodraft chose all those Dolphins and a backup TE? Grade: C- (Yahoo! Grade: C)

4. Dumbbums: Going with rookies at starting QB and FLEX is an interesting strategy. We'll see if the rest of the lineup can pick up the slack. The projections say the 'Bums will earn only one win this season, but I'm thinking...more than that? Grade: D (Yahoo! Grade: D)

5. Yuengling Brewers: The Hurts/Smith hookup highlights another solid draft by the Brew Crew. The bench might not be of much help, but their starting lineup looks scary. Grade: A (Yahoo! Grade: A-)

6. Phys. Ed. Phenoms: This team is way better than Yahoo! is thinking. The RBs are top notch and the WRs will perform well after getting in some reps. Maybe the grade is lowered because nobody knows some of the players on the bench? Grade: B- (Yahoo! Grade: C-)

7. Baltimorons: Well, at least the 'Morons were slightly above last year's draft grade of an F. But then again, they made the SuperBowl last season. So maybe Coach Drew knows something that Yahoo! doesn't? Grade: C- (Yahoo! Grade: D-)

8. the HAW: Mahomes and Justin Jefferson? We can stop right there. This is an above average team for sure, even if you don't look at the rest of the picks (which are actually quite good). Grade: B (Yahoo! Grade: B)

9. Predacons: I'm not sure there has ever been a grade this high for the Preds. But I don't think I agree. They picked RB-RB-QB like it was 2007 and the team ended up fine but not great. Grade: B (Yahoo! Grade: A)

10. Marauders: Coach Hoss will begin his title defense with an autodrafted team that appears to be right in the middle of the pack. The RBs could give them a slight bump. Grade: C+ (Yahoo! Grade: C)

11. Spiked Vipers: Taking Travis Kelce first may have been a little bit of a stretch, but it doesn't look like SpiVi deserved such a low score. I mean, they didn't even pick a Defense until the 10th round! Grade: C- (Yahoo! Grade: D-)

12. Misfits, Inc.: Having the last pick isn't usually the best but FitzCorp did what they could with it. Some of these players might just outperform their projections. They will probably need to find some help in the backfield, though. Grade: C (Yahoo! Grade: D)

The Comm-nosticator makes his first predictions soon. Stay tuned.

2024 Draft Order & Divisions

Our annual meeting included a video call to the SuperBowl champion and a decision to wait for any substantial rule changes until after next year. And using the updated double-secret reverse reveal draft pick method the draft order for the 24rd season of the 3FL was chosen. Nine out of our twelve teams were present during the selection process.

2024 3FL Draft Order

1. Renegades
2. Stiletto Stompers
3. Lightning

4. Dumbbums

5. Yuengling Brewers

6. Phys. Ed. Phenoms

7. Baltimorons

8. the HAW

9. Predacons

10. Marauders

11. Spiked Vipers

12. Misfits, Inc.

Divisions will be based on the draft order, giving us the following league structure:

EAST
Renegades, Dumbbums, Baltimorons, Marauders

WEST
Stiletto Stompers, Yuengling Brewers, the HAW, Spiked Vipers

NORTH
Lightning, Phys. Ed. Phenoms, Predacons, Misfits, Inc.

We will tentatively hold the live online draft at 9:00pm EDT on Thursday, August 29, 2024.

Have a great off-season!

3FL Notes: 2023 Fantasy Player MVPs

Here are the top performers at each position for the 2023 season. Also, the playoff portion of our records page and individual statistics for each manager (on the sidebar) are up to date through the end of this year's postseason. We added to the playoff records again this year!!

If there are any other stats you would like to see, let me know.

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3FL 2023 Fantasy Player MVPs

QBs

Josh Allen (Buf/tH) - 330 points
Jalen Hurts (Phi/B) - 312 points
Lamar Jackson (Bal/P) - 292 points
Dak Prescott (Dal/YB) - 283 points
Jordan Love (GB/PEP) - 271 points

RBs

Christian McCaffrey (SF/M) - 309 points
Raheem Mostert (Mia/M) - 230 points
Kyren Williams (LAR/R) - 214 points
Travis Etienne Jr. (Jax/SS) - 200 points
Derrick Henry (Ten/D) - 189 points

WRs
Tyreek Hill (Mia/SV) - 236 points
CeeDee Lamb (Dal/MI) - 234 points
Mike Evans (TB/P) - 195 points
Amon-Ra St. Brown (Det/YB) - 184 points

A.J. Brown (Phi/D) - 177 points

DJ Moore (Chi/SS) - 177 points

TEs
Sam LaPorta (Det/YB) - 136 points
George Kittle (SF/SV) - 128 points
Travis Kelce (KC/YB) - 119 points

T.J. Hockenson (Min/B) - 117 points
David Njoku (Cle/L) - 112 points

Ks
Brandon Aubrey (Dal/SS) - 168 points

Justin Tucker (Bal/YB) - 154 points
Jake Elliott (Phi/tH) - 150 points
Jason Myers (Sea/FA) - 148 points

Harrison Butker (KC/SV) - 144 points
Dustin Hopkins (Cle/PEP) - 144 points

Ds
Baltimore Ravens (D) - 162 points

Dallas Cowboys (MI) - 157 points
Cleveland Browns (tH) - 150 points

Miami Dolphins (B) - 150 points
Buffalo Bills (L) - 148 points

3FL Notes: Season 23 Wrap-up

The 3FL 2023 final standings are as follows:

1. Marauders
2. Baltimorons
3. Phys. Ed. Phenoms
4. Spiked Vipers
5. the HAW
6. Yuengling Brewers
7. Predacons
8. Renegades
9. Lightning
10. Misfits, Inc.
11. Dumbbums
12. Stiletto Stompers

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Week 17 Recap

Top Scoring 3FL Team: Predacons - 124 points

Player MVPs:
Lamar Jackson (QB/Bal/P) - 39 points
Jordan Love (QB/GB/PEP) - 29 points

Kyren Williams (RB/LAR/R) - 27 points

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Playoff Predictions Tally

Yahoo! Projections: 7/12 - 58.33%

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Top Scoring Team of the Week
Number of times each team had the top point total for the week (playoffs include 8 teams only):

Yuengling Brewers (5.5)
Dumbbums (3)
Marauders (2)
the HAW (1.5)
Baltimorons (1)
Phys. Ed. Phenoms (1)
Predacons (1)
Stiletto Stompers (1)
Renegades (.5)
Spiked Vipers (.5)

Player MVPs to come...

SuperBowl XXIII Champion!

Congratulations to Coach Hoss on winning his third 3FL championship (and second in the past three years)! Since the 2021 season, his team has gone from first to worst and now back to first.

The Marauders held off a Sunday night comeback and earned the victory by just two points thanks to a strong late afternoon showing by a couple of Steelers players.

Stay tuned later in the week for final stats and the 2023 season wrap-up.

Thanks to everyone for another fun season!!

3FL Notes: S23: Week 17 (SuperBowl) Preview

There was not a whole lot of drama last week in any of the games as we marched toward the SuperBowl. No MNF comebacks were needed and the average margin of victory in our two championship bracket games was 32 points. But I don't expect the same thing this week.

There are games on Thursday night, Saturday night and Sunday night this week, so we'll know our league champion before the ball drops to usher in 2024. Make sure your team is ready!

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Week 16 Recap

Top Scoring 3FL Team: the HAW - 115 points

Player MVPs:
George Pickens (WR/Pit/M) - 31 points
Breece Hall (RB/NYJ/tH) - 30 points
Jordan Love (QB/GB/PEP) - 23 points
Puka Nacua (WR/LAR/B) - 23 points

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Playoff Predictions Tally

Yahoo! Projections: 6/8 - 75%

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Week 16 Information
Thursday Night: New York Jets @ Cleveland Browns
Saturday Night: Detroit Lions @ Dallas Cowboys
Sunday Night: Green Bay Packers @ Minnesota Vikings

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It's SuperBowl week in the 3FL!

For 7th Place:
#3 Predacons vs. #5 Renegades
Having Amari Cooper's 40 points on the bench last week added insult to injury for the Preds, but they were already in the consolation bracket. And perhaps the decision made sense before the game started? Either way they'll battle Coach Val to not finish last in the playoffs. It could honestly go either way.

For 5th Place:
#1 Yuengling Brewers vs. #2 the HAW
Hmm. This was supposed to be the week 17 matchup to see who would take home the championship. Instead it's to see who ends up fifth. What a shame that it is probably our best game of the week. Look for a barnburner that starts tonight and lights up the scoreboard.

For 3rd Place:
#7 Spiked Vipers vs. #8 Phys. Ed. Phenoms
After each suffered a disappointing (but not nail-biting) loss in the semis, our bottom two seeds play each other for the bronze digital trophy. It's not the result either was hoping for, but it's a definite jump up from being the last two teams to clinch just a couple weeks ago. PEP's Kicker has been ruled our for tonight. Perhaps SpiVi can loan them one since he kept two Kickers on his playoff roster?

3FL SuperBowl XXIII
#4 Marauders vs. #6 Baltimorons
This is quite an intriguing game. The Marauders come into the championship having scored the most points in this year's playoffs and they posted the biggest blowout in each of the past two weeks. The Baltimorons pulled off an exciting comeback for a single digit win and then eased through the semifinals by playing the lowest scoring team of the week. But we all know that anything can happen in any given week. As of this writing, the 'Morons are the favorites by more than a TD.

These two played each other back week five and the Baltimorons earned a victory to secure the tiebreaker here. Both of these coaches have multiple SuperBowl wins, with Coach Hoss earning two and Coach Drew having his name on the trophy a record-tying four times.

Will SuperBowl scoring records be broken again? Can Coach Drew earn one for the thumb? Maybe it will end up with a SNF FLEX comeback to win it all?? It all comes down to week 17!

Good luck this week!

Happy New Year and thanks to everyone for another great season!!

3FL SuperBowl XXIII Matchup

3FL Notes: S23: Week 16 (Semifinals) Preview

A very dramatic week gave us two Monday night nailbiters and saw our top three seeds lose in the quarterfinals. Anything can happen in the 3FL playoffs!

All individual team pages (see links on the sidebar) and the 3FL Records have been updated and show statistics through the end of the 2023 regular season. This year's additions to the records page are in bold. Through 1,830 regular season games we have scored a combined 252,849 points,.

Don't forget, the four teams still in the championship bracket will have only one player add available this week. There are NINE scheduled game times this week, including matchups on Thursday, Saturday, Christmas Eve and three games on Christmas Day.

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Week 15 Recap

Top Scoring 3FL Team: Marauders - 122 points

Player MVPs:
Christian McCaffrey (RB/SF/M) - 36 points

James Cook (RB/Buf/PEP) - 33 points
Miami Dolphins Defense (B) - 22 points

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Playoff Predictions Tally

Yahoo! Projections: 3/4 - 75%

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Week 16 Information

Thursday Night: New Orleans Saints @ Los Angeles Rams
Saturday Late: Cincinnati Bengals @ Pittsburgh Steelers
Saturday Night: Buffalo Bills @ Los Angeles Chargers
Sunday Night: New England Patriots @ Denver Broncos
Christmas Early: Las Vegas Raiders @ Kansas City Chiefs
Christmas Late: New York Giants @ Philadelphia Eagles
Christmas Night: Baltimore Ravens @ San Francisco 49ers

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Semifinal Games
(Winners play in 3FL SuperBowl XXIII, losers play for 3rd Place)

#4 Marauders vs. #8 Phys. Ed. Phenoms
The Marauders put on a show last week, outscoring everyone and posting 25 more points than the closest other team. Can they (and the Dolphins) keep it up as the now highest remaining seed? Possibly, but they'll have to get through the Phenoms who just knocked off our #1 seed and ended a W9 streak. Nobody is scheduled to play tonight, but Christmas afternoon and evening are going to be exciting!

#6 Baltimorons vs. #7 Spiked Vipers
For the second time in the past three weeks the 'Morons used an incredible MNF comeback to keep their season alive. This time it was Jalen Hurts who brought them back from a 17 point deficit to win by one. The matchup here is even across the lineups. Could we see another tie? Or can SpiVi put up enough points to counter the tush push? There is a player in every single one of the NFL time slots, so strap in for this one.

Consolation Games
(Winners play for 5th Place, losers play for 7th)

#1 Yuengling Brewers vs. #5 Renegades
The curse is back. After ending the regular season with the best record and most points scored, the Brew Crew was poised for a championship repeat. But instead they got only two points each from Dak, Kelce and their Defense. They are projected to win this one, but the Renegades could have some surprises in store starting tonight.

#2 the HAW vs. #3 Predacons
Wouldn't it be more exciting if the second and third seeded teams were playing for a SuperBowl berth? Unfortunately the CAPS had the lowest score of the quarterfinals and were the only team to never reach triple digits all season. But perhaps they can surpass 100 here? The Preds were snakebit again, seeing a -1 from their FLEX player and losing by a mere point. That makes zero championships in 23 seasons. In case anyone is counting.

Merry Christmas and good luck this week! The SuperBowl awaits!!