Hankmoody said:
It is, and your post also relies on it.
Actually my post doesn't rely only on what has occurred. It looks forward as well as backwards.
Every owner in dynasty has different priorities and different priorities for different teams they have at any given time. Some may be more willing to sacrifice productivity now for productivity in the future. My focus puts more value on producing now than the future, but even those with a very long term view have to consider the present value in their decisions.
Hindsight isn't even relevant to my point. I am not saying I would have loved those offers be made to me in September because they would have turned out well, I'm saying it because I would have loved them and accepted them at that moment. If Hunt were averaging 29.2 PPG right now I would still be saying I would have taken EZE for him in September because I would have with the information we had at that time. And I would have had no regrets either way if I make a decision that just didn't work out. That happens.
I don't think many people were giving Eze for Hunt in early September. Maybe you could have gotten Gurley at that time as there was some unknowns about him. You may have been able to get David Johnson for him after Johnson was injured, sacrificing productivity from Hunt now for better productivity in the future, maybe.
While I wasn't pointing the hindsight comment directly at you, but to everyone I do think your previous post stating that you wish you had sold high in early September seems to ignore that Hunt was a productive player for the first seven games, and if you traded him at that time, you would have been sacrificing that productivity. Posts recently are focused on Hunts recent decline in his productivity, not those first seven weeks, if Hunts productivity had not declined, then there would be no reason to be talking about it, as Hunt would still be a high performing player. No need for popcorn posts and so on. It is only because of Hunts lack of productivity the last 5 weeks that these posts are emerging now.
This could still turn itself around and Hunt become a productive player for the rest of this season, or he could continue to struggle, points I made in my previous post that are not based on hindsight, they are forward thinking. It is also possible, perhaps even likely in my view that Hunt is a more productive player in 2018 than he will end up in 2017. There is historical evidence that shows RB performance improving after their rookie seasons. The rookie season is the lowest performing season of a RBs first six seasons on average. Some RB do have their best season as a rookie, but the majority of them do not. On average it is the 3rd season of a RBs career that is the most productive.
These are reasons to think that Hunt (or any RB) will perform better after their rookie season. The only reason I would not expect that is if the RB rookie season was so good that it would be virtually impossible for subsequent seasons to be better. Elliot is a possible example of that, because his rookie year was so productive.
Not all trades are done with this year or now in mind. It's a dynasty league and I'm managing for the next 3-4 years. I'd trade Hunt for EZE or DJ right now, today, even in the league I'm a contender in. If that left me with a starter problem I'm make another trade to fill that. Trading for a fill-in like Fitzgerald or Stills is a lot easier than getting a shot at Ezekiel Elliott.
Thats fine. I agree with you in regards to Eze as I stated earlier in the thread. I would trade Hunt for Gurley without hesitation as well. I most likely would do it for Bell or Johnson also, although I would have to think about that a bit more because of those RB age and possible situation change for them affecting their productivity in 2018 and beyond that. I keep hearing that Carson Palmer may retire. I have to worry about how this may affect Johnson next season. If you are talking about these players 4 seasons from now, so the 2020 season, then you are talking about a 28 year old Bell/Johnson compared to a 26 year old Hunt and that does matter a bit to me.
As far as you making another trade to fill that, it would be difficult and expensive to make a trade that gives you a top 5 RB which Hunt was for the first seven weeks of this season, compared to a RB 3/4 that Hunt has been the last 5 weeks.that could pretty easily replaced. Again its a matter of price. What you are giving up are two different things. Top 5 productivity then to top 40 productivity now. How Hunt performs for the rest of the season I would guess will be somewhere in between those two extremes, but maybe not if KC continues to keep sucking.