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I think you gave up a little too much. I think Cam is going to be really good for years to come, but I think you sold low on Freeman and Ingram and threw in a 1st to boot. But I am no expert and if you like Cam that much I can't blame you.
I would not have done that trade.
Sometimes you have to over-pay to get the best player in a trade. A lot of this trade is fluff--Knox, Bess, Shockey, late round picks. Even Freeman--you can get a guy to produce his numbers without much trouble. In my mind, this was basically Cam for Ingram/1st. Not bad, especially if you are contending this year and Cam is improving your chances at a title.
Those are both bad deals for him, but I agree that he probably has to "shake it up" a bit.I personally think that this is the wrong way to go about rebuilding though. I think you keep your core guys unless they only have 1 or 2 years left (Gates, Turner, Wayne, etc.). To me, Brees and Fitz still have 5+ good years left and I'd try to add around them as opposed to trading them. If you can add 1 or 2 guys to your core group each season, you can turn a team around much quicker than by giving up all your decent vets and hoping to strike gold with draft picks.
Hard to say without knowing anything about the league's size, scoring, etc. but I probably like the Gore side a little better. There's no guarantee that Stafford ends up being much better than Cutler (and I'm a Stafford owner) so the loss at QB is more than made up for with Gore being much more valuable than Carter.
I'm not contending, but I like Cam long term better than Ingram. I tend to go after franchise QBs as I'm building and get RBs later. This is the league where I stupidly traded Aaron Rodgers a couple years ago and Stafford this off season (after getting him cheaper).
First, I was the guy getting Tebow. More of the boom factor here and looking for a push this year. Only way this trade blows up is if Tebow flops and Baldwin comes on very strong. ETA: My only QB was Flacco, WRs are Marshall, Jennings, Fitzgerald, DHB, Crabtree, and A.Jeffery. Made sense for a push for me this year. I'm with you that Baldwin is undervalued right now, but he's unlikely to start and if Tebow flops... hopefully it's after this season and until then he puts up big time numbers.Not a deal I was involved with on the 2nd. I agree by a large margin.Not involved in this either on the 3rd. I think it's Ingram/Blackmon by a LARGE margin. Greene doesn't look very good and isn't a great PPR guy, either. Those devy picks are going to be pretty late and it's going to have to be a big hit to get back from Ingram/Blackmon (basically two top 2 picks two years in a row).
I agree terrible
I have no idea why anyone would trade away Charles for a 1st.That is terrible. I can see a team dealing Charles away for a player that can help him now but for a 1st ?Bad bad bad bad trade unless this pick is a top 2 pick.
Why the rolleyes at his trade? So little board ettiquette anymore. They should remove that emoticon. I'm guilty of using it myself from time to time.
You could always pm EBF and ask him?I had the same sort of thinking as you, my team had the #1 overall the last two years and I thought there was a good chance I'd end up near the top again and get Richardson/Luck. I'm currently projecting around 6/7 but if I can sneak the division it could end up being later.As soon as I realised it was unlikely I end up with a top2 pick I wanted to trade it. RB's a huge problem for me and I figured the pick probably has more value now as an unknown than it will at the end of the season.
Well, it is pretty accurate to what happened when I read the trade.Why the rolleyes at his trade? So little board ettiquette anymore. They should remove that emoticon. I'm guilty of using it myself from time to time.
I'd agree that there's considerable risk on both sides here, with my team in such a desperate need of anything at the RB position I think it's a fair trade.
'Dez said:
I'd make that trade. Charles tore his ACL. Have you seen the history of RBs coming back from ACL injuries? Think Ronnie Brown.He won't be full strength next year, the season after he should be. But he could be injured again, any setbacks, he could never be the same (his game is predicated on speed and planting, you know) and now all that risk belongs to someone else, plus you get to become younger.I owned Charles in 4 leagues at the start of the year - 3 I have him IR'd, and the one without an IR spot I moved him for a first from a team that is bad - although they're doing better than I expected, I still think I get a top 5 pick. It looked top 2 when I made my trade. I would do it again 10 times out of ten, if only because you have more options with the first.1. Keep it, get younger2. Trade it for immediate help - chances are you get more for a poor team's first than for Charles3. Trade it for multiple picks and reloadAnd regardless, you have no more of that risk attached to a spot and you open up a roster spot.'Dez said:
Wow, wish I could give up a bunch of junk and damaged goods for two studs and a RB2.
Why is Jamaal Charles "damaged goods", while Kenny Britt is a "stud"?
