Uh oh...
Doing some early morning shopping of the trade blocks, and I ran across this trade. I ran across it during player shopping, so the Browns are willing to make the deal.
Here's what those blue numbers you keep seeing on trade and FA screens mean:
- When the AI evaluates players, it generates a value number of that player for every position, based on skill and coach preference. (0-100)
- That number is used to determine where the player fits in the team's depth chart.
- The team then figures out how much better or worse the depth chart is, by adding up the value rating for the new depth chart against the old depth chart.
- That blue number is the resulting calculation. A positive number means the team would get better, and a negative number means it would get worse.
I rely heavily on that number for trading. (Not quite as much for FA)
So looking at this trade, the Browns would get 35 points better by sending the #1 player on their roster for my OL3???
Well, the answer is yes. (they are stacked with CB talent) The problem is that nobody in their right mind would make this deal if they were the Browns GM.
I'm clearly missing something when it comes to trade evaluation.