Here's the final report on my trading activity to transform an orphan team I took over a couple days before the start of the NFL season. This team was winless last season, and I was hoping to take it from winless to champion. I'm 9-3, the second seed, and still may. But I hurt my chances with some trades made the past few weeks for future value. And the only trade I was able to get done at the deadline was a small one for Freeman and Taysom Hill. I really needed to move Henry (who I traded for after his injury) and/or the 23 1st for a RB.
Overall, I made 21 trades from the first week of the season to Monday's deadline. You start 8 RB/WR/flex in this 12-team SF PPR with 1.25 for TE, and the team had one startable WR!
Team I took over:
QB: Burrow, TLaw (Tua, Winston/Hill, Heinicke)
RB: Chubb, Mixon (Hines)
WR/flex: D. Smith, Parker, AJG, Pascal, Hines, Jared Cook (MT, Nico, Hamler)
TE: Fant (Cook)
Picks: Team earned R1-4 22-24
I began by trading away MT, Tua and Winston, then Heinicke once he took over as starter. I traded Tua for Pittman and a 1st, then traded Pittman and a 2nd for Deebo. I traded Chubb straight up for Najee, and Mixon for Waddle and a 22 1st. I got DJM for MT. I collected extra picks at first and was still considering the possibility of a rebuild. But then I decided to go for win now and traded away those pics as well as my future pics.
My team now ...
QB: Mahomes, Burrow (Hill)
RB: Najee, Freeman (Henry/Foreman, Singletary/Moss, Eno)
WR/flex (start 6): Chase, Deebo, DJM, Diontae, MWill, ARob (RBs above, Parham, Moreau)
TE: Pitts
Picks: 23 1st (not mine, but likely playoff team), 24 4th
Burrow is my one player remaining from the roster I inherited. According to KTC, I have 3 of the top 10 and 6 of the top 20 dynasty SF players. But I don't think that's going to win me anything this season.