Official Trade Talk Thread

[wwharton]

Quote: Originally Posted by MachineGunLotto

My friend offered (His)Matt Ryan, Jimmy Graham, Eric Decker for (My)Peyton Manning, Vernon Davis, Miles Austin. Accept or decline? I most likely would accept due to being a Falcons fan so I wouldnt mind Matt Ryan, but id still like outsiders input on it

Most definitely take that one. I'd say you're breaking even or winning in every spot.

[Dwadefan]

Quote: Originally Posted by MachineGunLotto

My friend offered (His)Matt Ryan, Jimmy Graham, Eric Decker for (My)Peyton Manning, Vernon Davis, Miles Austin. Accept or decline? I most likely would accept due to being a Falcons fan so I wouldnt mind Matt Ryan, but id still like outsiders input on it

I would take it

[TheSportzGuru]

This is going to sound crazy but I traded away Tom Brady for Brandon Marshall. Before doing this, I realized that Joe Flacco was available as a Free-Agent. I picked him up, and now I have:

QB Joe Flacco
RB Jamaal Charles
RB Ahmad Bradshaw
WR Hakeem Nicks
WR Brandon Lloyd
WR Brandon Marshall
TE Jimmy Graham

[Mo]

just got offered Matt Stafford and Darren McFadden for Drew Brees

I have AP, Law Firm, Cedric and Turner as my HB.

PPR league.

Yay or Nay?

[IlliniM1ke]

Props to Baughn and wwharton for telling me to slow play my pursuit of Julio Jones from a QB desperate opponent in my league.

He rolled with Jay Cutler this week and after his awful performance yesterday approached me at work and said so how about Aaron Rodgers for Julio Jones, told him I'd think it over and then later countered with Julio for Matt Ryan and he is up for doing it.

As much as I hate giving up Matty Ice I think I'd rather take my chances trading him off rather than Rodgers, and even though it would be great having both Ryan and Jones on the games they put up huge stats its just as crippling if they have an off day. Great having two awesome QBs but can only start one so adding arguably the second best WR in the NFL for my backup QB feels pretty great.

[wwharton]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mo

just got offered Matt Stafford and Darren McFadden for Drew Brees I have AP, Law Firm, Cedric and Turner as my HB. PPR league. Yay or Nay?

I like this trade too. Stafford will put up numbers close enough to Brees. They'll be throwing 40 times a game. He had a "bad" game last week and still netted probably top 10-15 points for a QB. Meanwhile, a healthy McFadden is as good as any back in the league. You'll be insanely stacked at RB (you already are) but you're still improving the position. You can try to trade one for an upgrade at WR or TE.

Quote: Originally Posted by CardsFan27

Props to Baughn and wwharton for telling me to slow play my pursuit of Julio Jones from a QB desperate opponent in my league. He rolled with Jay Cutler this week and after his awful performance yesterday approached me at work and said so how about Aaron Rodgers for Julio Jones, told him I'd think it over and then later countered with Julio for Matt Ryan and he is up for doing it. As much as I hate giving up Matty Ice I think I'd rather take my chances trading him off rather than Rodgers, and even though it would be great having both Ryan and Jones on the games they put up huge stats its just as crippling if they have an off day. Great having two awesome QBs but can only start one so adding arguably the second best WR in the NFL for my backup QB feels pretty great.

Nice work.

I think people get a little too excited over pairing QBs and WRs. It depends on the league you're in. It also means that 2 of your best players will be out the same time during their bye week. If you're in a bigger league, your bench is filled with guys with upside and the FA market is week. You might as well be punting a week.

But more importantly, you expect these players to blow up just about every week. They're high end players. So there isn't much difference if your WR blows up and you have an elite QB that you'd also expect to blow up anyway (like Rodgers in your case). On a week to week basis in most leagues, a guy with Jones and Rodgers/Brady/Stafford/Newton/Manning probably feels better about their situation than a guy with Jones and Ryan.

[wwharton]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheSportzGuru

This is going to sound crazy but I traded away Tom Brady for Brandon Marshall. Before doing this, I realized that Joe Flacco was available as a Free-Agent. I picked him up, and now I have: QB Joe Flacco RB Jamaal Charles RB Ahmad Bradshaw WR Hakeem Nicks WR Brandon Lloyd WR Brandon Marshall TE Jimmy Graham

Guess you're wondering if you did the right thing. I'd say no, but only bc you could've gotten more for Brady. Even if Marshall ends up being on Brady's level, you still overpaid bc he's not expected to. I also think it would've been better to upgrade your RBs with that big of a trade chip.

Your team still looks good. Flacco is no Brady but I think he'll have a big year.

[jnofx]

Agreed with everything wwharton just said.

So, I just traded the Law Firm straight up for Cam Newton (Because he has RGIII) in a 12 Team Standard league. I think BJGE is going to have a monster year, but I just couldn't pass this one up. My only QB is Philip Rivers, but I have LeSean McCoy, Trent Richardson, Donald Brown, Ben Tate and Toby Gerhart at RB, so I felt OK about it.

Once this thing goes through, I may try pursuing an Andre Johnson for Philip Rivers deal with a guy who's very thin at QB. What do you guys think on these?