Are these good fantasy football trades?
Hi there.Both of the trades are fair, but in my opinion...Trade #1 will make your team weaker.Trade #2 will make your team better especially as Isaac said, it's even better and more important for you to pull the trigger on that trade since Romo will be out for quite awhile if not the year.Some more details.Trade 2 first - V Jax for Brees.Even w/out the Romo injury, this is still a good trade for you. Brees would be an upgrade over Romo (even more so with Dez Bryant's injury). V Jax is your 3rd/4th best WR so you have an extra WR to move and no options at QB. Obviously you won't have as much WR depth, but you'll survive as decent WR3's are popping up now and will be for the next couple of weeks that you can pick up for your bench (you might as well drop Dez to free up a bench spot if you have no IR position. Players like Terrance Williams, Donte Moncrief, J Kearse, Brandon Coleman (although I saw he got hurt today and not sure the extent), etc.If this trade is on your team page right now, I wouldn't wait another second to Accept it. Depending on who the person is that has offered the trade, they may try to up the ante with Romo hurt that has put you in a weaker position.Trade 1 Abdullah for MaclinIf you are able to make Trade 2 above, this trade may seem slightly better since you won't have a decent WR4 and Maclin would fill that role. Then again, if you do, you won't really have a great RB3. Gio isn't a bad RB to stash on your bench in case of injury and Yeldon could be considered a RB3 right now, but he's iffy being a Jaguar. Plus RBs are not as easy to find in the first few weeks of the season and even late in the season like Wrs are so you are better off with more RB bench options than WRs if you can help it. PLUS (and this is probably much more important) - Abdullah is easily a Top 10 (if not Top 5) RB that has considerable upside. He could easily turn into a regular start given time. This will make setting your lineup each week more difficult because you already have two great RBs, but hey maybe you can then trade him for a much better WR than Maclin since I don't believe many would consider him an every week start at WR.Hope this helps.Ryan
2011 Fantasy Football Season: Trade Advice: I've been offered Rob Gronkowski for Brandon Marshall. Should I accept this trade?
I would take that deal. Gronkowski seems like he's emerging as one of Brady's favorite targets (OK, behind Welker, but still...) and Marshall may have to develop chemistry with a whole new QB as Chad Henne is out (and rumored to have the same season-ending injury Matt Stafford had). Besides, WRs ebb and flow throughout the year, whereas the TE market stays pretty static.
Fantasy Football: Should I trade Amari Cooper for Greg Olsen and Duke Johnson?
No. Now that David Carr is back starting for Oakland, it's very likely that you're gonna see Cooper's stats begin to spike. I know the next two weeks look like tough starts for Cooper, but they're division rivals who he tends to play good against but even if he doesn't, the schedule will open up a little more for Oakland.Olsen's probably going to be the only one who might play again this year since Carolinas probably a playoff team and they'll need him. Arizona isn't going anywhere and if by some way they do become a playoff team it'll probably be in large part because of Peterson who a healthy Johnson will have to compete with for time.I don't see Johnson really coming back this season, if the teams playing bad, they're likely to shelve him in hopes of him returning next year.So, unless you have a stable of good WRs, you're trade would essentially be for a few weeks worth of work from Olsen.I wouldn't do it.P.S. I've already picked up Olsen as a F/A in one of my leagues, so it's possible that he might be the odd man out in one of yours.
What is the ideal payout for a head-to-head fantasy football league?
Can't really go against the experts who weighed in on this question, but many prefer a simpler solution: given a 10-team league, head-to-head, 50% to overall winner, 30% to 2nd place, 10% to third, all others get zip, nada, zilch ("most points", best hairdo, cleanly-pressed trousers for the most weeks notwithstanding).Championship rounds begin Week 14, with top two finishers (by record) getting byes, playoffs between teams 3-6. If records are identical, points as tie-breaker. Champ game Week 16. No play Week 17.But, A. An ideal payout scheme doesn't exist, and B. Any time spent fiddling and worrying about ideal payout takes away from important research, like watching actual games, setting lineups, plotting evil schemes (I mean, "trades") and watching the waiver wire.
In fantasy football, is trading Alex Collins and Buck Allen for Kareem Hunt a fair trade? Why or why not?
Although Hunt is in a murky situation, losing passing down work to Spencer Ware, he’s still the clear lead RB in a great offense.Allen and Collins cannibalize each other’s value. Collins gets touches without the upside of TDs, Allen gets TDs without the floor of touches. Both are risky plays at this point. Trade them away.
How does Jay Ajayi being traded to the Eagles impact his fantasy value (PPR)?
Philadelphia is one of the weakest running back fantasy team. With such a strong arm at Quarterback, they do not need a long yard running back. Blount did good enough for what they needed, the short runs on third downs. I think that the trade was needed as the Eagles sit at the top of power rankings, they are trying to go for the ring. It solidifies the team overall. His fantasy value is kind of unknown, the team could use him as a receiving back which would really be good for a PPR league but running wise he might only be used for first downs ads Blount being the bruiser will be used for third downs.
Anquan Boldin for Victor Cruz. Is this a premature bad trade?
Standard or PPR? That's a tough call either way. The Giants look terrible but Cruz is clearly their #1 receiver and has proven to be a play-maker. Bolden is just a solid receiver. He doesn't get hurt much, he seems to always catch the ball when it's thrown his way but at the same time he doesn't have big playmaking abilities. He's not going to break one for a 50-yd TD. SF's offense is a lot better than NY's and therefor has longer drives instead of a bunch of 3 and outs. Depends on what your team needs too...Cruz can be a risk with inconsistent points every week but has the ability to rack up some big points, while Bolden won't give you monster games, he is a guy that will be solid all season long.
In a 10-team league, what's the best drafting spot in a snake-type fantasy football league? Snake meaning a draft order that goes 1-10, then 10-1, then 1-10, then 10-1, etc.
There are a couple of factors that impact the best spot in a 10 team snake draft. The biggest factors are personal preference and tiers of the top rank players in the year of the draft.Personal Preference: Are you comfortable with starting runs on positions? Or losing out on a target because of a position run? If you have the 10th pick in the snake draft, your team has picks 10,11,30,31. If you go RB and WR for 10 and 11 then 18 players will be picked before the 30th pick and every team will have 2 picks. What if 8 quarterbacks get picked? Did you do enough prep work to have a "sleeper" QB with a position rank from 9-15? I view the safest picks are 4-6 because if a run happens you normally can still get a target.Tiers: Ranking positions into tiers is a great strategy for organizing your players. If you have a top tier with 5 players in the tier and you view all the players as being equal then your preferred draft position would be 5th. If your top tier is 7 players deep then you might want to pick 7th. Sandwich picks (1st, 2nd or 9th, 10th): These picks can start position runs and are victims of position runs. Frequently you have to "reach" for players you want. If you have the 1st pick your draft spots are 1, 20, 21, 40, 41, etc. If you like a player in the 30 range, more than likely he won't fall to 40 so you have to consider reaching at 20 or 21. This is more exaggerated in a 12 team league.Middle (4, 5, or 6): I think this is the safest draft spot. You can mostly follow player ranking sheet or player tiers and normally get good value.Other (3, 7, or 8): These positions combine some of sandwich picks and middle. For the most part, you can follow a player ranking sheet but occasionally will caught up in a position run.