FANTASY: Any team stand out to you at all? Either good or bad?
What jumps out at me is how difficult this is to read, and it's really not worth the effort.
Do I trade away Justin Hunter for Carlos Hyde? My current WRs include: Demaryius, Roddy, Terance W, Hopkins, Justin H Current RBs: Joique, Toby
Yeah. Hyde has more value then Hunter at the moment, even with Gore getting the majority of the carries. I'd look into picking up a running back from the Waiver Wire. McKinnon from the Vikings might be a good pick up. He didn't have a great game last night, but he has some value as he is the best back they have in Minnesota. They are just giving Asiata the carries since he's been behind Peterson for years.
Should I trade Brandin Cooks for Darren Sproles?
Darren Sproles is a little overvalued right now as he blasted that 40-yard TD run (which was, admittedly, amazing, and as a Saints fan, Sproles is one of my favorite players). Especially if your league is PPR, Cooks has a higher week-to-week floor. It's entirely realistic that Sproles' 10ish touches a game might be reduced further by Polk's usage (other Eagles RB) or just don't hit the lottery ticket of a long TD like this week. My hunch is that Cooks is probably going to be good for a 5/70 line a week at the bare minimum. Definitely 4th tier (for now) of what you have, but worth hanging on to.I'd aim at least one tier of RB higher - somebody like Joique Bell or Ryan Mathews.
I traded Aaron Rodgers, deangelo Williams, and Andre Johnson for desean Jackson, mike turner, and mike Vick. Was this a good fantasy trade?
Rodgers is frankly not a player you trade. Vick is always getting hurt. DWill vs. Turner is a wash but Turner is getting old. Andre Johnson is much better than DeSean Jackson, DeSean is streaky and inconsistent. Getting two Eagles players in the trade puts all of your eggs in one basket. Bad trade on your part unfortunately.
What are the big surprises to players of fantasy football this season (2016-2017)?
Echoing what others have said, I would put these three guys among the biggest surprises of the 2016-2017 fantasy football season:Marcus Mariota, QB, Tennessee -- So much for a “sophomore slump.” Mariota is making a lot of pundits who questioned whether Titans head coach Mike Mularkey was stunt Mariota’s growth look bad. Mariota has produced more touchdowns (passing + rushing) than Matt Ryan, one of the front-runners in the MVP race. Only two quarterbacks have more combined touchdowns than Mariota's 25 to date: Aaron Rodgers (28) and Drew Brees (27). And it's not like Mariota is doing it all on the ground, either; his 23 touchdown passes puts him at fourth in the NFL, ahead of guys like Philip Rivers, Derek Carr, and Andrew Luck. He's third among all quarterbacks in rushing yards, behind Tyrod Taylor and Cam Newton.Melvin Gordon, RB, San Diego -- Yes, the fact that Melvin Gordon didn't score a single touchdown seemed more like a statistical outlier versus a sign of things to come. Yes, Gordon was bound for a major improvement in his second year, especially after training with Adrian Peterson during the offseason (I can't think of a single running back in the NFL you'd rather work out alongside). Even with that, almost nobody would've expected this type of output from Gordon, especially in the Chargers pass-first offense. He's fourth in the NFL in rushing yards, and on pace to run for more than 1,300 yards this year. He went from zero touchdowns all of last year to 11 total touchdowns in 10 games (putting him at second in the NFL to date).Jamison Crowder, WR, Washington -- In PPR/Half-PPR leagues, Crowder is the 11th ranked fantasy wide receiver to date, despite the fact that he's probably the third receiving option on his own team. So far, only three players have more touchdown catches than Crowder: Jordy Nelson, Mike Evans, and Antonio Brown. He has more receiving yards than preseason consensus top-10 wide receivers like Brandon Marshall and Allen Robinson.