This season, our league has been pretty active on the trading. I have made 6 (yes 6) trades this season and ever team has at least 1. Lets take a peek and judge my 6 starting with the most recent-
1)
RICH traded Kevin Curtis, Phi WR to Pastrami
WOP traded Ben Roethlisberger, Pit QB to Brawlers
*I wanted to get rid of Roethlisburger in the worst. Granted I was trying to move him at after a stinker of a game, but I thought the trade deadline was soon approaching and was willing to move him for 50 cents on the dollar. I targeted WRs and D/st who I thought would have really big 2nd halfs that were so far disappointing. I was happy to get Curtis, whose schedule is nice and will be a great 4th WR or even a decent enough replacement if one of my 3 studs gets hurt. And I also am putting a lot of stock into Garrard, Schaub, and Ferotte - Crap, who would thought I would be saying that in the pre-season? Will see how this plays out.
2)
PATE traded Steve Smith, Car WR to Pastrami
WOP traded Jerricho Cotchery, NYJ WR to Cocks
WOP traded Michael Turner, Atl RB to Cocks
*I had 4 top 20 RBs and wanted to move one. I looked through the matchups for the rest of the year, who had the most trade value and also keeper potential. I determined that Burner Turner was my best chip to move and I also wasnt too keen on his playoff schedule (NO, TB, MIN). Also, I wanted to keep Forte and Slaton as keeper guys. For turner, I wanted to get back a stud WR - I went after Fitzgerald and Steve Smith. With Delhomme giving him lots of targets, Smith is having a sweet year (averaging 102 yards per game) and I think of him as someone who has 100 yard potential every game, no matter the matchup. I loathe him as a person, but this year looks like he is going to be a top 5 WR. Not bad to match up with Randy Moss and Wayne every week. Cotchery looked to be somewhat of a disappointment (i drafted him in the 4th round) I thought his 2 TD game was a fluke. I thought he could rebound but didn't need him if i was getting smith. Since the trade, Turner has 2 crappy games, Cotchery had a stinker and a great game. Smith has played in one game and got his season high! Awesome. still love this move.
3)
WOP traded Eagles Coach, Phi HC to Assassins
HAWK traded Colts D/ST, Ind D/ST to Pastrami
*I need a D/ST -any D/ST- for a bye week play. And they got me -4 points (ugg). And I think you can grab a decent HC play on the waiver wire. No biggie. But they might not last on the roster long. Don't love them or hate them. But hopefully I dont need them to start.
4)
PATE traded Reggie Wayne, Ind WR to Pastrami
PATE traded Darren Sproles, SD RB to Pastrami
WOP traded Kurt Warner, Ari QB to Cocks
WOP traded Donald Driver, GB WR to Cocks
WOP traded Heath Miller, Pit TE to Cocks
*In terms of straight value, I probably "lost" this trade. But I was (still am) convinced that Warner does not play a full season and I wanted to try to sell him high. QB is the 1 position that can win or lose a week, so it hurts a little to see warner still be really good. He has 2 average a game a 1 amazing game. Driver has done little since I moved him and miller wouldn't be starting any games with daniels on my roster. Wayne has had 2 great games and 2 bad games since the trade. I wanted him since I believe in Peyton Manning for the 2nd half of the season and I think he'll do awesome in the fantasy playoffs (CLE, CIN, DET) so I'm not sweating what he does right now. But I still think he'll help a lot now as well.
5)
BOOB traded Justin Gage, Ten WR to Pastrami
WOP traded Ricky Williams, Mia RB to Boobs
*Ricky Williams has been below average to average all year. Gage has been a decent surprise but hurt most of the time. An okay 5th WR for depth. I guess I "won" this trade. Shrugs.
6)
BOOB traded Heath Miller, Pit TE to Pastrami
WOP traded Matt Jones, Jac WR to Boobs
*First trade of the season. I did it when it looked like Owen Daniels would be disappointing. I ended up moving Heath Miller when Daniels showed that his is legit, a real top 5 TE. Jones has had a pretty nice season so far, but now he'll be missing 3 games for a suspension. I probably "lost" this trade, but it didnt hurt me either. Thank goodness.
2 comments:
Turner and Warner had big games again this week.
It's pretty clear that you made these moves looking forward, though, so it shouldn't make too big a difference what they do now. Also, as long as you keep winning, it won't make a difference.
It's a relatively small sample size, but it's worth noting that your average score in the four weeks before the Warner-Wayne trade was 144.6, while in the five weeks after the trade it is 140.2. You also had your high score in those first four weeks, but not by much (165.8 vs. 163.2). Of course, there are no bye weeks in the first three weeks, so that should make your score a little higher during that time, so this may be irrelavent.
Turner is proving a pure matchups play. good when they play a sucky team and less than average against a good team. and his playoff schedule sucks.
but true - my team hasn't been better after these trade than before. But my idea was to make it consistent enough that I'm above the league average in points each week (so i have a chance to win regardless of byes, matchups, etc) and also during the playoffs I can say "I'm going to score 145 points each week so your team cannot put up a stinker score." I'm confident that during the playoffs, I dont have to risk trying to win with a sub 100 point game. I wanted to eliminate any chance that I would lose because of a bad score. I only want to lose if someone scores ver high, at least 150.
Now watch, I'll score 160 and lose or score 85 and win. Its all luck.
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