The Trade Thread

OK lads I need some serious advice today (for a change). I rejected the Benson for White deal and benson's owner has come back with this proposal -

I get - Mendenhall and Baldwin (WR) KC
He gets - White and Felix Jones

My roster
Current roster flex league

QB Romo, Eli

RB MJD, Wells, Felix Jones, Ogbonnaya

WR White, Bowe, Manningham (thanks to advice from here), Burress, DHB, Robinson (DAL)

TE Hernandez

His roster -

QB Newton

RB McGahee, Mendenhall, Greene, Benson (he's traded him for Murray now though)

WR Smith (CAR) Johnson (BUF) Baldwin, Ford, Smith (BAL)

TE Gates, Davis

I'm thinking maybe asking for Smith (BAL) instead of Baldwin?

ashdale5 wrote: »

I get - Mendenhall and Baldwin (WR) KC
He gets - White and Felix Jones

Baldwin has one decent game. In the other 2 games he's played he's had once catch

Mendenhall has gone over 10 points only 3 times, and only gone over 70 yards once.

White is the only good player in the deal, and I wouldn't do it

Maybe

That'd leave your RBs as; MJD, McGahee, Wells
WRs; Bowe, manningham, PLax and a bunch of guys who may/may not play

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

My total lack of knowledge of most players in the NFL. First time playing so I was naively going by the projected scores for the whole season.

He was projected for 76 points and Dallas Clark was going to be my starting TE. Gronkowski racked up 57 points in his first 3 weeks, is now on 95 overall and has started every week. That's more points than White who was tipped as a top-3 WR in pre-season.

In my view that's over-achieving but I don't know enough about him or the game to say that everyone else should believe it.

Once it became clear Tom Brady was using both his tight-ends as primary receivers (which we had already seen to a degree last year) it was clear both of them were going to be very good options, it's hard to make a value case for any of the receivers over Gronkowski and Hernandez at this point.

D3PO wrote: »

Honestly if anybody offers you a QB for Battle, Austin or Branch there are clueless and I will defo be voting against such a trade.

Nothing to do with me (Im in Division 3) but is that not a complete abuse of the voting against a trade functionality? IMO only trades that are dodgy (i.e. AP & Megatron for Hillis and Ochocino) should be voted against.

D3PO wrote: »

None of them have even scored more than a top 25 QB

Thats immaterial. A 45th ranked WR is worth more than a 17th ranked QB in our league as he's likely to play most weeks

If you don't think you're getting value, don't trade, but vetoing a deal where both participants think they're getting value is a cock move IMO (particularly seeing as you haven't even seen it)

D3PO wrote: »

well to me that would be a dodgy trade hense a veto. Offering to trade away your bench rubbish for a starting QB isnt reasonable.

If I had Alex Smith (for example) and needed a WR, I'd absolutely trade him for Miles Austin. I'd 100% be getting the better deal there (if Austin gets fit like msot think he will)

I think i've won the stupid trade offer stakes. Somebody in the Boards keeper just tried to offer his Matthew Stafford for my Adrian Peterson. If this wasn't bad enough, I currently already have Big Ben, Eli and Tebow on my roster

D3PO wrote: »

I see Stompers in Div 1 is in the market for a QB now that Matt Schaub is out for the season.

Frankly a time sharing Jackie Battle, Deon Branch or an injured Miles Austin are a joke of players to put on the block in search for a QB.

None of them have even scored more than a top 25 QB. Stompers you need to offer more.

Ive offered you Big Ben for Ray Rice. Fair trade based on points.

Honestly if anybody offers you a QB for Battle, Austin or Branch there are clueless and I will defo be voting against such a trade.

Joke of an offer. Rice went no.5/6 in most drafts and has exceeded expectations. Big Ben went in the 50's and has barely reached expectations. The drop off between Rice and a RB you'd pick up from the waiver wire is far more than the drop off between the QB equivilant

Hulk Hands wrote: »

I think i've won the stupid trade offer stakes. Somebody in the Boards keeper just tried to offer his Matthew Stafford for my Adrian Peterson. If this wasn't bad enough, I currently already have Big Ben, Eli and Tebow on my roster

You just got a serious trade offer from me. Think it benefits us both.

Hulk Hands wrote: »

Its a decent offer, but I think the loss of Murray is too much, especially as its been hinted that he's going to stay as the every down back when Jones comes back and he has potential in a keeper league. However, if you also swap Harvin for one of my receivers (Reggie Wayne, Hines Ward or Malcolm Floyd) then i'll agree to the trade

No I couldn't do that at the moment. I'm willing in the trade offer to weaken my wr corp significantly in order to improve my rb corp which admittedly is not good right now. If I were to do what you ask then I'd be very weak in the wr position and I don't want to do that.

May I try and help create a fair trade as a neutral? Obviously if you'd like me to help posting your rostersand what you want in a trade is required.

Hi all. Mind if I interupt with my weekly trade drama?

Current roster flex league

QB Romo, Eli

RB MJD, Wells, Felix Jones, Ogbonnaya

WR White, Bowe, Manningham, Burress, Moore, Robinson (DAL)

TE Hernandez

I've been trying to trade for a RB for yonks (well documentd in this thread) so I put all my WR's on the block and an owner came wanting to know if I wanted Blount - he was willing to trade him for any one of White, Bowe, Manningham. Not really interested in Blount but he also has Lynch but he wants White for him.
So White/Bowe/Manningham for Blount
or
White for Lynch
or
Stand pat

Thanks again lads.

deccy15 wrote: »

Just agreed a trade in Prem div. with me giving up:
Jason Witten
Michael Turner
Deoin Branch

In return for:

Matthew Stafford
Beanie Wells
Brandon Lloyd
Owen Daniels

Thoughts guys??
Was very thin at QB with Kevin Kolb as my starter.

Steal and a half. Sure you gave up an elite TE and RB, but you got a top quality tight end and a very startable RB, while Lloyd's value is far better than Deion's, and getting Stafford is obviously brilliant as he has fantastic matchups for the rest of the season.

deccy15 wrote: »

Just agreed a trade in Prem div. with me giving up:
Jason Witten
Michael Turner
Deoin Branch

In return for:

Matthew Stafford
Beanie Wells
Brandon Lloyd
Owen Daniels

Thoughts guys??
Was very thin at QB with Kevin Kolb as my starter.

I'm the other side of this trade and I'm pretty happy with it. Obviously I'm giving up a lot in Stafford but I'm happy to take a chance and roll with Tebow for the rest of the season so Stafford would have been on the bench most weeks.

Turner is a big improvement over Wells on my team. Wells always seems to be playing with an injury and has not done much in the last few weeks. Turner has outscored him by 35 points in the last five weeks.

Witten is also a big improvement over Daniels, who has failed to get in the endzone in the last five weeks. Witten has outscored Daniels by 21 points in this period and Daniels cause is not helped by Schuab going down. Daniels is also on a bye this week, which is a factor so late in the season.

Branch is a downgrade from Lloyd alright, but not that much.

I looked at how this trade affected my starting line-up:

Turner > Wells
Witten > Daniels
Branch <= Lloyd


Plus it's always cool to pull off a blockbuster trade

Mr. Guappa wrote: »

I'm the other side of this trade and I'm pretty happy with it. Obviously I'm giving up a lot in Stafford but I'm happy to take a chance and roll with Tebow for the rest of the season so Stafford would have been on the bench most weeks.

Turner is a big improvement over Wells on my team. Wells always seems to be playing with an injury and has not done much in the last few weeks. Turner has outscored him by 35 points in the last five weeks.

Witten is also a big improvement over Daniels, who has failed to get in the endzone in the last five weeks. Witten has outscored Daniels by 21 points in this period and Daniels cause is not helped by Schuab going down. Daniels is also on a bye this week, which is a factor so late in the season.

Branch is a downgrade from Lloyd alright, but not that much.

I looked at how this trade affected my starting line-up:

Turner > Wells
Witten > Daniels
Branch <= Lloyd


Plus it's always cool to pull off a blockbuster trade

The trade's clearly very good for you too. 2 big upgrades, one minor downgrade and one proper downgrade. No point in having great players you don't need at this point in the season.

However, I'm not sure Schaub going down hurts Daniels. As we know the Texans have been run-first for a while, but often when a QB goes down it causes a team to change tactics. I think that teams may be putting 8 and 9 guys in the box with Leinart at QB which may force them to throw more.