Worst Dynasty Trade You Ever Made (1 Viewer)

[pghrob]

I feel like I am gonna be sick. Prior to the 2010 training camps, in a 12-team PPR league, I traded Dwayne Bowe for a 2011 1st rounder and Colt McCoy, whom I immediately traded for another 2011 1st rounder. So essentially, I got rid of him for two first rounders nexst year. And of course he starts delivering on all the promise he had failed to show up until this year. And it is getting more and more ridiculous just how amazing he is doing. It does not help that the two 1st rounders I got are looking to be in the bottom half of the first round, as those other teams are doing fairly well.

Consider it a lesson learned. My son told me, "Dad that was stupid...never trade your studs in their prime." Who would have thought that Bowe would have finally gotten his game together? Boy, I hope I can do something with those 2 picks. Or this trade is going to haunt me for a good while.

What kind of dynasty trades have you made that you wish you could go back in time and not make the deal if you could do it all over?

 

[FUBAR]

too many to count, the one I thought of today was last year's (essentially) Rodgers for Randy Moss and Garrard.

I've also benefited from many, so I think it balances out.

 

[thehornet]

I feel like I am gonna be sick. In a 12-team PPR league, I traded Dwayne Bowe this year. For a 2011 1st rounder and Colt McCoy, whom I immediately traded for another 2011 1st rounder. So essentially, I got rid of him for two first rounders nexst year. And of course he starts delivering on all the promise he had failed to show up until this year. And it is getting more and more ridiculous just how amazing he is doing. It does not help that the two 1st rounders I got are looking to be in the bottom half of the first round, as those other teams are doing fairly well.Consider it a lesson learned. My son told me, "Dad that was ######ed...never trade your studs in their prime." Who would have thought that Bowe would have finally gotten his game together? Boy, I hope I can do something with those 2 picks. Or this trade is going to haunt me for a good while. What kind of dynasty trades have you made that you wish you could go back in time and not make the deal if you could do it all over?

these things happen. you listened to all the negativity during his 1 down year. go look at his first two seasons including his rookie year when he went for nearly 1K yards. (995). basically, he's been great every year except last.

 

[Utter Chaos]

Probably one I made 3 weeks ago. I have Gore and Hillis at RB so I traded Jamal Charles and Jason Witten (no TE league) for Terrell Owens and C.J. Spiller. Owens has done crap since I traded for him.

Edit to add this is a redraft league. I missed the "dynasty" part of the post.

 

[D'OHtis]

Little known Willie Parker for Michael Clayton (yes, still waiting for his bounceback year & am certain it will happen during Nicks/Smith absence once he adjusts to the Giants offense).

 

[flc735]

if that is your worst trade you are in good shape.

i gave hillis for bjge in week 3

i gave foster+nicks for marshall right before week 1

i gave m wallace for garcon a few weeks ago

but the other 17 trades (in 7 leagues) i have made this year were good ones

don't kick yourself for a bad deal, they happen. at least your trying to improve your team.

what about all of those guys that declined those 'give a 3rd round rookie pick to get brandon lloyd' or 'give VY to get orton' offers in the beginning of the season? aren't those equally as bad?

we just don't hear about them because they didn't happen. keep on tradin!

 

[Masked Vigilante]

After week 1 in 2004, I traded for Quentin Griffin for the 6th pick in the 05 dynasty draft. That ended up being Roddy White.

 

[I was in the pool]

V.Davis + M.Williams (TB)

FOR

McFadden

Couldn't keep Williams next year, so did the deal. Since that time, McFadden has been on bye and crapped the bed against PIT and MIA....any Hernandez has been my TE since Davis departed - I feel sick.

But that isn't a bad deal compared to most on this thread...

 

[thehornet]

if that is your worst trade you are in good shape.

i gave hillis for bjge in week 3

i gave foster+nicks for marshall right before week 1

i gave m wallace for garcon a few weeks ago

but the other 17 trades (in 7 leagues) i have made this year were good ones

don't kick yourself for a bad deal, they happen. at least your trying to improve your team.

what about all of those guys that declined those 'give a 3rd round rookie pick to get brandon lloyd' or 'give VY to get orton' offers in the beginning of the season? aren't those equally as bad?

we just don't hear about them because they didn't happen. keep on tradin!

WAT

 

[FUBAR]

if that is your worst trade you are in good shape.

i gave hillis for bjge in week 3

i gave foster+nicks for marshall right before week 1

i gave m wallace for garcon a few weeks ago

but the other 17 trades (in 7 leagues) i have made this year were good ones

don't kick yourself for a bad deal, they happen. at least your trying to improve your team.

what about all of those guys that declined those 'give a 3rd round rookie pick to get brandon lloyd' or 'give VY to get orton' offers in the beginning of the season? aren't those equally as bad?

we just don't hear about them because they didn't happen. keep on tradin!

I rejected an offer that essentially gave me Bradford for VY and a 1st - it was part of a larger deal that we worked out in the end but didn't end up including Bradford.

 

[SkyRattlers]

I realize that it's supposed to be my worst trade, but this was certainly a bad trade, just not for me. Two weeks before this season started....I got Arian Foster for Geno Hayes, LB, TB. :championship:

 

[Papa Georgio]

I tried to unload Hillis in a league I had great RB depthafter week 2. Offered him to a guy for a rookie 2nd rounder. He replied with, "what are you smoking?" and declined.

I have about a million that went south for me but I enjoy trading eventhough I think I must be pretty bad at it.

 

[flc735]

if that is your worst trade you are in good shape.

i gave hillis for bjge in week 3

i gave foster+nicks for marshall right before week 1

i gave m wallace for garcon a few weeks ago

but the other 17 trades (in 7 leagues) i have made this year were good ones

don't kick yourself for a bad deal, they happen. at least your trying to improve your team.

what about all of those guys that declined those 'give a 3rd round rookie pick to get brandon lloyd' or 'give VY to get orton' offers in the beginning of the season? aren't those equally as bad?

we just don't hear about them because they didn't happen. keep on tradin!

WAT

what? to your WAT

 

[thehornet]

if that is your worst trade you are in good shape.

i gave hillis for bjge in week 3

i gave foster+nicks for marshall right before week 1

i gave m wallace for garcon a few weeks ago

but the other 17 trades (in 7 leagues) i have made this year were good ones

don't kick yourself for a bad deal, they happen. at least your trying to improve your team.

what about all of those guys that declined those 'give a 3rd round rookie pick to get brandon lloyd' or 'give VY to get orton' offers in the beginning of the season? aren't those equally as bad?

we just don't hear about them because they didn't happen. keep on tradin!

WAT

what? to your WAT

oh nothing. those are just some very unfortunate trades by you. i've made bad ones too, but you traded away 3 of the top 5 players in all of fantasy in 2010.

 

[jeter23]

Thought I had a stud team, but only lacked a great defense, so I gave Greg Jennings after his rookie year for the Bears D.

After the Lions brought in CPepp, I wanted Joey Harrington as insurance, so I gave a rookie WR who had done next to nothing, Vincent Jackson.

Thanks for making me remember these.

 

[The Real Hipster Doofus]

I feel like I am gonna be sick. Prior to the 2010 training camps, in a 12-team PPR league, I traded Dwayne Bowe for a 2011 1st rounder and Colt McCoy, whom I immediately traded for another 2011 1st rounder. So essentially, I got rid of him for two first rounders nexst year. And of course he starts delivering on all the promise he had failed to show up until this year. And it is getting more and more ridiculous just how amazing he is doing. It does not help that the two 1st rounders I got are looking to be in the bottom half of the first round, as those other teams are doing fairly well.Consider it a lesson learned. My son told me, "Dad that was stupid...never trade your studs in their prime." Who would have thought that Bowe would have finally gotten his game together? Boy, I hope I can do something with those 2 picks. Or this trade is going to haunt me for a good while. What kind of dynasty trades have you made that you wish you could go back in time and not make the deal if you could do it all over?

Posted in the Dwayne Bowe thread as well, but how in the world did you get a 2011 1st round pick for a late 2nd/early 3rd round pick in Colt McCoy who had yet to even step foot on the field and prove he could play?

 

[Sultans]

Worst trade. Traded Marion Barber , Garrard and MJD for Carson Palmer, Edgerin James and Jerious Norwood. UGHH

Best trade, traded Romo for 2 2008 1st rounders 4 and 5. Got Chris Johnson and Ray Rice in PPR format to boot.

 

[renesauz]

Roddy White for Steve Smith south and Jerome HArrison (the day after Cleveland lost their rookie runner, a couple days before the season started)

Who is this Hillis fella anyway?

 

[Pack43]

During the off-season I gave Arian Foster and a 2nd round rookie pick for Julian Edelman.

I wanted Edelman as insurance for Welker in case he wasn't ready to start the year and I didn't expect Foster to be the starter in HOU. To make matters worse, I'm deep at WR and thin at RB in that league.

 

[flc735]

if that is your worst trade you are in good shape.

i gave hillis for bjge in week 3

i gave foster+nicks for marshall right before week 1

i gave m wallace for garcon a few weeks ago

but the other 17 trades (in 7 leagues) i have made this year were good ones

don't kick yourself for a bad deal, they happen. at least your trying to improve your team.

what about all of those guys that declined those 'give a 3rd round rookie pick to get brandon lloyd' or 'give VY to get orton' offers in the beginning of the season? aren't those equally as bad?

we just don't hear about them because they didn't happen. keep on tradin!

WAT

what? to your WAT

oh nothing. those are just some very unfortunate trades by you. i've made bad ones too, but you traded away 3 of the top 5 players in all of fantasy in 2010.

well, im not mad about it. these things will happen when you trade as much as i do. my best trades since 2009 preseason:

gave sproles for ray rice

gave felix for mike wallace, james jones and a 2011 first (1.07ish)

gave a 2nd round rookie pick for miles austin

gave sjax for calvin

gave slaton for cj2k

i build my dynasty teams through trades and not through the drafts, nor do i wait and hope to get lucky on a flyer i picked up on the WW. i kind of suck at drafting and think almost every rookie pick is overvalued. its the best way to go as long as you win more trades than you loose.

i just don't have the 'get attached you the players you own' gene

 

[purplehaze67]

This could be the worst of 'em all. Had the 1.01 in 2007. Felt I was ok enough at RB (DeAngelo, Caddy, Rudi) and needed QB (Hass and assorted garbage) to trade it for the 1.04 and a 2008 1st.

Used those picks to secure JaMarcus and James Hardy. Both long since cut while Peterson is helping his team to championship after championship...

 

[Riffraff]

Pre-season last year, gave QB Orton for RB Perry because I had Benson.

Perry never played a down for me. So, for return on investment (ROI) I got a big fat zero.

There were other "worse" trades name wise, but for ROI this takes the cake.

Had another one where I got WR Burress a few days before he shot himself and went to prison, but other players were involved and they at least played a down for me.

 

[Badgers Fan]

Mid season last year I traded Randy Moss to get Andre Johnson, in a keeper league with an eye for this year. It's worked well assuming Johnson isn't suspended. Can't say I've ever made any bad football trades. Baseball theres 1 i got my ### ripped in. Besides that, I have a pretty good record in these things. All tho I traded Lance Moore about 6 weeks ago for Mike Sims-walker, when i had the option for msw/bowe.

 

[pghrob]

I feel like I am gonna be sick. Prior to the 2010 training camps, in a 12-team PPR league, I traded Dwayne Bowe for a 2011 1st rounder and Colt McCoy, whom I immediately traded for another 2011 1st rounder. So essentially, I got rid of him for two first rounders nexst year. And of course he starts delivering on all the promise he had failed to show up until this year. And it is getting more and more ridiculous just how amazing he is doing. It does not help that the two 1st rounders I got are looking to be in the bottom half of the first round, as those other teams are doing fairly well.Consider it a lesson learned. My son told me, "Dad that was stupid...never trade your studs in their prime." Who would have thought that Bowe would have finally gotten his game together? Boy, I hope I can do something with those 2 picks. Or this trade is going to haunt me for a good while. What kind of dynasty trades have you made that you wish you could go back in time and not make the deal if you could do it all over?

Posted in the Dwayne Bowe thread as well, but how in the world did you get a 2011 1st round pick for a late 2nd/early 3rd round pick in Colt McCoy who had yet to even step foot on the field and prove he could play?

The guy I traded McCoy to is a huge Browns homer and was envisioning McCoy the Texas Longhorn great to be great for his now Holmgren run Browns. I would not have traded Bowe if I did not think I could parlay McCoy into another first with that guy.

 

[Kree]

The crux of it for me was Gore for Barber. Keep on trying to block it out.

 

[fsufan]

I feel like I am gonna be sick. Prior to the 2010 training camps, in a 12-team PPR league, I traded Dwayne Bowe for a 2011 1st rounder and Colt McCoy, whom I immediately traded for another 2011 1st rounder. So essentially, I got rid of him for two first rounders nexst year. And of course he starts delivering on all the promise he had failed to show up until this year. And it is getting more and more ridiculous just how amazing he is doing. It does not help that the two 1st rounders I got are looking to be in the bottom half of the first round, as those other teams are doing fairly well.Consider it a lesson learned. My son told me, "Dad that was stupid...never trade your studs in their prime." Who would have thought that Bowe would have finally gotten his game together? Boy, I hope I can do something with those 2 picks. Or this trade is going to haunt me for a good while. What kind of dynasty trades have you made that you wish you could go back in time and not make the deal if you could do it all over?

had bowe for 3 years in a dynasty league and got tried of him. traded him about 4 weeks ago for blount

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Yes. I (Minnesota) did this one at the beginning of the year.

* Dallas Cowboys will give

Miller, Zach OAK TE

Year 2011 Round 1 Draft Pick from Dallas Cowboys

Year 2011 Round 3 Draft Pick from Dallas Cowboys

* To Minnesota Vikings for

Foster, Arian HOU RB

Breaston, Steve ARI WR

Daniels, Owen HOU TE

Year 2011 Round 2 Draft Pick from Minnesota Vikings

 

[Don Quixote]

This could be the worst of 'em all. Had the 1.01 in 2007. Felt I was ok enough at RB (DeAngelo, Caddy, Rudi) and needed QB (Hass and assorted garbage) to trade it for the 1.04 and a 2008 1st.Used those picks to secure JaMarcus and James Hardy. Both long since cut while Peterson is helping his team to championship after championship...

Thanks again for that one, Rob.

 

[WKTSWAY]

I made this trade on Oct 18, 2008, so it was almost a full year before he broke out, but still...

gave up

Moore, Mewelde PIT RB;Austin, Miles DAL WR

received

Sweed, Limas PIT WR

 

[ninerfanatic492000]

back in 05 i was in a real pinch at RB and dealt Larry Johnson 2weeks prior to Priest going down for Kevan Barlow. being a niner fan i always expected Barlow to explode. Kevan had all the talent and looked so smooth and pretty as a runner then nagging injuries just sapped everything and poof he was gone.

i still made my league finals(thankfully to surprising Willie Parker) but lost none other to the team that i dealt Larry to

 

[Lash]

what about a trade that you THOUGHT was lopsided your way but turned out to be in the future possibly lopsided the other way...

i was so proud of trading Bowe and a 2011 3rd for Vick the week before Vick's blowup...

 

[Skeletore Eh]

what about a trade that you THOUGHT was lopsided your way but turned out to be in the future possibly lopsided the other way...i was so proud of trading Bowe and a 2011 3rd for Vick the week before Vick's blowup...

about a week before the Eagles traded McNabb, I traded McFadden for Kolb and a second round rookie pick. looked great at first, now I have to root against DMC every Sunday

 

[Lash]

winner right here:

I Traded AFoster and a 2010 3rd rd pick for DJax preseason/pre dynasty draft

and followed that up same day DJax for JFinley

AND the trades caused my salary cap to go over by 0.5 Million so I had to do a last minute deal Nicks 2.5M for VJax 2.0M to get under the cap

so in total: AFoster, Nicks, 3rd rd 2010 draft pick for Finley, VJax in 24 hours

adding to that traded Calvin Johnson for Miles Austin in the summer

AND if that's not enough, AFoster/DJax/Nicks/Calvin all went to teams in my division

so on a defending super bowl team that also had ADP and MJD, i now sit 4th in a 4-team division

 

[Shutout]

To the OP: I really don't think its a bad trade. This ride with Bowe is not the norm. Its a good run but I can't really see it being the beginning of a great long streak. If this were Nicks or some new guy that is just emerging it would be different but this is a guy that has been in the league for awhile and the Chiefs just seem to keep running across these very particualr types of games/circumstances.

I remember drafting Bowe with the 10 pick in a dynasty. He was top 20 or so and I traded him away and, honestly, he's never been a true factor in all the years since. This year, for about a month and a half, he's been godly. But the point to remember is "lots of guys have nice runs for short term" and if you are a Bowe owner, you have been frustrated for years and only happy for 6 weeks. This could easily be a case like James Harrison, Michael Clayton, or any of a number of guys that, next year at this time, you will look back and say "Nice little run".

 

[CataclysmicThunder]

I needed to bolster my WR corp going into the Playoffs in a Dynasty league last season and traded Peyton Manning (already had Rodgers and Stafford) + Ryan Grant (already had CJ2K, SJax, and Mendenhall) for Vincent Jackson (Jennings, DJax, Bowe, and Crabtree were my best WR's). I did manage to win the Championship but I've been waiting a whole year to reap the benefits of that particular trade.

On the eve of Week 1 this season in a Dynasty PPR league, I traded Arian Foster for the 1.03 pick in a rookie draft and parlayed that pick into C.J. Spiller. :(

 

[zed2283]

Oh this one is easy... that would have been on 3/30/2001 when I acquired CLE RB T.Prentice by trading away FA RB P.Holmes, who signed with with the Kansas City Chiefs shortly thereafter...

 

[gandalas]

I have made some HORRID moves this year in my biggest cash league.

My team was looking strong coming into the season, with Gore and Jones-Drew at RB, along with the OAK RBS.

At WR, I had Roddy White, Mike Wallace, Chad Johnson, and Hakeem Nicks.

At TE, I was set with Witten and Zach Miller (Oak).

My only perceived weak spot was at QB, where I had Eli Manning, Chad Henne, and Garrard.

My first trade, I gave up Roddy White, Mike Wallace, Mason Crosby, and Donald Driver for Miles Austin, Steve Smith, and Jerome Harrison (I had drafted Hardesty). So I basically gave up the #1 and #7 WRs for the #12 WR and Steve Smith

My second trade, I gave up Eli Manning, Hardesty, Harrison, and my 2011 1st and 2nd rounders for Tony Romo and Willis McGahee Manning has turned out to be a top-5 QB so far, and Romo got hurt...

My third trade, I gave up Hakeem Nicks and Zach Miller for Jermichael Finley and Golden Tate. Finley got hurt the next week, and Nicks continued to blow up...

So basically I gave up 3 top-7 WRs, a top-5 QB, a top-5 TE, and my 1st and 2nd round rookie picks for Romo, Austin, Steve Smith, and Jermichael Finley.

 

[VaCatFan]

My main dynasty league, in 2008, I was desperate for RB help as I only had ADP and FWP. I traded DJax for Choice when he started doing well in relief of the injured Barber and Jones.

I did wind up winning the trophy that year, so I guess all was not lost. Wound up picking up Charles and Foster off the WW in 2009, so that helped a bit, but I did some more damage by trading away Phillip Rivers and Driver for Mendenhall and assorted WW fodder QB's.

Guess it's nice to have ADP, Foster, Charles and Mendenhall now.

 

[Steed]

I remember drafting Bowe with the 10 pick in a dynasty. He was top 20 or so and I traded him away and, honestly, he's never been a true factor in all the years since. This year, for about a month and a half, he's been godly. But the point to remember is "lots of guys have nice runs for short term" and if you are a Bowe owner, you have been frustrated for years and only happy for 6 weeks. This could easily be a case like James Harrison, Michael Clayton, or any of a number of guys that, next year at this time, you will look back and say "Nice little run".

This doesn't make sense to me at all. Bowe had a brilliant rookie season and a solid 2008. He's been around a while and producing outside of the diuretic suspension. Now he's finally put it all together and blowing up!

 

[ibtfu]

I traded Roddy White for Chad Ochocinco before 2008.

I also traded DeAngelo Williams for Willis McGahee right before his breakout.

 

[Dough Boy]

Steve Smith for Germaine Crowell. Before I knew anything about holding rookie receivers.

 

[Tybeeman]

I moved Percy Harvin for Steve Smith (CAR) after week 2 or 3 this year. Honestly, I don't know what I was thinking.

 

[Traders2001]

Oh this one is easy... that would have been on 3/30/2001 when I acquired CLE RB T.Prentice by trading away FA RB P.Holmes, who signed with with the Kansas City Chiefs shortly thereafter...

And the rest his history.I traded Egde for R Williams ( Williams retired a few weeks after ) ....

 

[Daniel Shirley]

That would be the trade between weeks 4 and 5 of

Give:

D Bowe

Jacoby Jones

Kenny Phillips

Charles Godfrey

2011 2nd Round

Get:

Jonathan Stewart (Concussion, sucking)

DJ Williams (Concussion, DUI)

LaRon Landry (Mysterious Achilles injury)

Patrick Chung (Sat out two or three games with Knee injury)

This coming from a Chiefs homer...come home DBowe!

(also that week 6 first rounder traded for randy moss is looking pretty dumb)

If I ever post any betting picks, FADE AWAY!

 

[Keepers]

Vick and Fitz for Culpepper ... and then Moss is traded and Culpepper gets injured.

 

[FunkyTeaParty]

In 1999 I traded Marvin Harrison for Fred Sanders and Jason Taylor.

 

[Sebowski]

Love this thread guys. Thanks for making me feel better.

A guy in my dynasty has done the following moves:

Traded Bowe for a 2011 first last year.

Traded Sanchez and a 2011 first for Kolb this past offseason. He had the option to give his first or the onhe he got for Bowe. He gave his. It is now going to be 1.1

Traded me DMC and a 3rd for Hardesty and a 2 during the draft. He had Harrison and wanted to lock up the Browns backfield. Who is that Hillis guy again?

 

[one time]

Im pretty sure mine takes the cake. I did some savvy trading early one year and wound up with the 1.1, 1.2, and 1.4 picks. I wanted to stabalize my RBs so I traded the 1.2 and 1.4 for the previous years #1 RB who was just starting his prime.

Fast forward a week and Ricky Williams get suspended the year and Steven Jackson and Larry Fitzgerald started their careers. Its not all bad, I took Kevin Jones 1.1 and still have Ricky Williams on my team

 

[Yenly]

Wow, this thread is great.

I still can't get over my trade last year (2009):

I picked up Miles Austin and started him the week he blew up (42 points or something)... a leaguemate offered me this and I took it (thinking austin was a fluke):

Give: Miles Austin - Get: Bernard Berrian

*sigh* Regrets suck. Safe to say that Berrian has long since been dropped and Austin has been a stud. At least I didn't lose much seeing as how I got Austin off the waiver the week before (some consolation).

 

[Billy Costigan Jr]

My worst trade ever was to Pick...

2002, WEEK #5:

TO ME:

2003 Round 3 (Future) Pick

LB Bell,Marcus

S Kennedy,Kenoy

TO PICK:

RB Westbrook,Brian

S Offord,Willie

WR Brown,Tim

2003 Round 3 (Future) Pick

At the time, Westbrook was a rookie behind Duce Staley (1500 rush/rec yards + 8 TDs) and Dorsey Levens, and was looked upon as a smaller scat back, not as a lead rusher.And Tim Brown was on my team with a terrible contract in his worst year.

More of cap move for me...ended up being a huge steal for him...although in 2005 when our teams met in our Conference Championship, I smoked him* en route to my 1st title.

* Brian Westbrook was injured for the FF playoffs that year.