It's time to start the serious prep work, if we have any hope of preventing Matt Pringle from a third consecutive title
Invaiders owner Vern Ahrendes looks for the Air Tag he'd hidden in the bottom of the JSFL championship trophy after he won the title in 2021, the first time he'd seen the trophy up close in 34 years. "I just wanted to make sure I always knew where it's at, in case I win again in 2054 and I'm too senile to make my own lineup changes," Ahrendes said.
As Invaiders owner (and two-time champ, 31 years apart) Vern Ahrendes would say: "I'm feeling a draft coming on."
And he's correct. We are now less than 10 days away from the 38th annual JSFL Draft, which is set for Saturday, Aug. 24 at commissioner Jeff Lambert's stunning abode in Del Mar. Also, we're now two years away from our 40th anniversary draft event, which will likely be held in Las Vegas, unless climate change has made southern Nevada uninhabitable.
The timeline for the draft has tentatively been set:
8am: Pre-draft golf outing at Rancho Santa Fe Executive course. So far, Vern, Ron and Bob have commited to this; if you'd like to join, e-mail Vern before Friday, Aug. 16
11am: Draft set to begin at Casa Lambert. If there are Lambert horses running at Del Mar, the draft will move to the track at some point.
Draft order
(and money owed to 2023 champion Matt Pringle):
Tirades, Ron Hender ($146)
Gerbils, Chuck Nelson ($131)
Recliners, Chris Zimnoch ($140)
Rangers, John Lambert ($141)
Who Dey, Matt McCumber ($0, taking over for Blayze Hanson who paid $163)
Invaiders, Vern Ahrendes ($130)
Packers, Jeff Lambert ($158)
WTNE, Jordan Garcia ($128)
Band Aids, Bob Garcia ($152)
Spread Beaters, Matt Pringle ($0, champion)
Trades
WTNE sends first-round pick, WE Marquise Brown to Saddles (now Who Dey) for WR Calvin Ridley*
Spread Beaters send eighth-round pick, QB Deshaun Watson and WR Diontae Johnson to Invaiders for QB Tua Tagovailoa and RB De'Von Achane
Band Aids send fourth- and eighth-round picks, WR Raheed Shaheed and RB Darrell Henderson to Tirades for RB Gus Edwards and WR Brandon Aiyuk
Band Aids send sixth-round pick and TE Tyler Higbee to Gerbils for TE George Kittle
Packers send fourth-round pick, WR Adam Thelen, WR Terry McLaurin and TE Jonnu Smith to Tirades for WR Cooper Kupp, WR Deebo Samuel and TE Sam LaPorta
Saddles (now Who Dey) send sixth-round pick and WR Smith to Gerbils for WR Amari Cooper.
Saddles (now Who Dey) send second-round pick and WR Chris Godwin to Rangers for WR Justin Jefferson
Band Aids send second-round pick and QB Jalen Hurts to Rangers for QB Patrick Mahomes and Rangers seventh-round pick.
Tirades send Band Aids eighth-round pick (from trade 3) to Invaiders for RB Saquon Barkley
*This was an actual trade, and is not a joke
Free-agency update
Here's the status of players that were pending free agents in 2023 (players that were keepers two years in a row):
Nick Chubb, WTNE: Was released
Justin Jefferson, Rangers: Traded to Who Dey
Jonathan Taylor, Saddles: Free agent, returns to draft
Derrick Henry, Spread Beaters: Free agent, returns to draft
Here are the players that will likely be pending free agents in 2024, if kept by their teams prior to the 2024 Draft:
Amon-Ra St. Brown, Band Aids
Ja'Marr Chase, Packers
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