I'm hoping this latest trade, involving Ryan Mathews earns me a win this week.
Big news in Bloggers League! I’ve been looking to make a big trade and I just did, this time with Sam Brief of sambrief.com, which is a fantastic site, definitely check it out. Anyway, I’m 0-3 and struggling big time in a league that has only 11 regular season games before the playoffs start. Here’s the trade.
I Traded: James Starks, RB, Green Bay Packers; Mike Wallace, WR, Pittsburgh Steelers, Kellen Winslow, TE, Tampa Bay Buccaneers; and LaDainian Tomlinson, RB, New York Jets
I Received: Marques Colston, WR, New Orleans Saints; and Vernon Davis, TE, San Francisco 49ers. I also received Ryan Mathews, RB, San Diego Chargers in the same deal.
I’ve been wanting to have a trade, and writing a fantasy sports blog with a team who’s 0-3 and 10th place (aka last) in a bloggers league is not good at all. Luckily, Sam’s Sports Brief (the name of Sam’s team and also his blog, once again, check it out) was willing to make a trade, and after 2-3 trade attempts that were denied, mostly by me, we sorted out this deal.
Analysis:
I like this trade a lot, it gives me a lot of new faces and players that I needed. I needed a change of scenery, as a 0-3 team, and I got it. I’ll go player-to-player in this trade. Meaning, I’ll match up a player with another player in this trade. The players I match up are the closest in value in my opinion in the deal.
Sure, Mike Wallace is a great receiver, probably the best on my team, but I had to make a move.
-Mike Wallace for Ryan Mathews
Both players are great, especially this year. It depends what you need. I have a very good WR corp (Greg Jennings, Reggie Wayne, Percy Harvin), and I wanted a running back as Tomlinson and Reggie Bush weren’t going to do much for me. Wallace is a top-notch receiver, my best this season, but giving him up for an elite running back in Mathews is worth it, in my situation.
Verdict: Win for me, but only because I already have good wide receivers.
Vernon Davis for Kellen Winslow? You bet'cha!
-Vernon Davis for Kellen Winslow
This is a complete win. Davis is a very good TE, and even with Alex Smith as his quarterback will put up big numbers. Winslow and my other TE Owen Daniels did virtually nothing for me, I needed a tight end, and I got one. Winslow was very injury riddled as well, and gimpy throughout the first three games. Very happy to welcome Davis to my team.
Verdict: Big Win
When he's healthy, this guy is Dangerous with a capital D.
-Marques Colston for James Starks
Colston’s stock has fallen since he’s been injured for the first 4 weeks, but he’s a very good receiver, and even if he doesn’t perform so well this week, I’m glad to have him on my team. He can have #2 or even #1 status as a WR when he’s on, so this is a win.
Verdict: Win
What's the risk? Who knows, maybe he'll do something helpful for me!
LaDainian Tomlinson I gave away for pretty much nothing and added struggling RB DeAngelo Williams from the free agent list. Like Chris Johnson, Williams’ value may never be lower this season.
Verdict: No risk, but possible reward
By the way, you might have noticed I traded 4 players to Sam for 3 players. He had one too many players and dropped Jerome Harrison from his team in order to complete the trade.
Now, I know I may be VERY biased, like Clark of basketballonmymind.wordpress.com pointed out last week after I wrote a post about the trade I made with him, but if I looked at it from Sam’s point of view, I think he’d be happy with the trade as well. It’s a win-win for sure, for both teams. Hopefully I’ll get over the hump and put a win to my name this week against The Newton Effect (Eddie from caniacwiz.wordpress.com).
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Foreal, traded Mike Wallace? He looks untouchable so far this year, but I like getting Mathews in return.
Yeah, I wasn’t so willing to give him up, but I had to do this. I needed to make a trade, even though Wallace wasn’t the problem at all. It was the guys who I traded with him.
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