Trade advice: Crowell for Fitzgerald (1 Viewer)

[jimbus]

10 team, redraft, 1QB/2RB/2WR/1Flex/1TE/1TD, ESPN standard scoring, currently 4-0

My Team:

• Luck, Stafford
  
• Elliot, Miller, Ware, Charles, Crowell, Sims, Morris
  
• Hilton, Diggs, Sharpe, Enunwa
  
• Reed
  

Overall I'm super happy with this team, but obviously have some room for improvement at the WR position.  Going back and forth with an 0-4 owner who has D Martin, Lacy, Henry, Forsett at RB.  His WRs are AJ Green, AB, Fitz, DeSean Jackson, Snead.

He initially offered Snead for Crowell.

I countered Sims for Fitzgerald.

He countered Fitzgerald for Crowell.

...I actually am buying into Crowell this year given 4 weeks of data, but I do think this would improve my team overall assuming J Charles pans out.  I'd love to offload Sims though...

Thoughts on accepting this trade vs countering Sims for DeSean Jackson or Snead?  Seems like more of a depth move to balance out my team overall but less impact potentially for a starting lineup. Or do I just keep riding my team as is?

Interested to hear some thoughts.  

 

[wlwiles]

Elliott/Morris ensures you've got a top end RB1 for the year.  Miller is a great #2, he's top 7-8 I'd say.  Ware/Charles should ensure that your third RB is solid as well, provided they don't get woodshedded again like the Steelers did to them, and Charles actually returns to form.  But, Crowell so far is a top 15 RB in a league where there aren't a lot of good startable-every-week RBs.  The other owner is 0-4 and needing bigtime RB help since his only real one right now is Lacy (Martin out, Forsett benched, Henry is a handcuff).  I'd try real hard to get AJ Green from him if I were you.  Crowell + Sharpe for Green sounds like it's not enough, but to an 0-4 owner who needs RB help badly, it's not that far off. 

Or, throw him Sims and Diggs for Green.  Then he'll be able to pair Sims with Martin and get his RB2 back, and he gets a flexable WR back while you get a big WR upgrade for the cost of your RB5. 

 

[winkdogs]

I think crowell is undervalued but think that trade makes a lot of sense for both parties.  I doubt the counterparty takes Sims but you can try.  Wouldn't alienate the other party but trying to change everything around all else equal if a risk.  Very nice to have 3 rb and 3wr you feel good about for byes and injuries.