Here's an interesting team makeover. The week the season started, I took over a 12-team dynasty SF PPR TE 1.25 team that went winless last season. Here's 10 trades I've made since Sept. 9 that I hope will take it from worst to first.
Team started with ...
QB: Burrow, Lawrence, Tua, Winston/Hill, Heinicke
RB: Chubb, Mixon, Hines, Cohen/Damien Williams, Tony Jones, Kelley, Mack, Bell
WR: Davonta Smith, MT, Nico Collins, Parker, Hamler, AJG, Pascal, R. Higgins
TE: Fant, Cook
Picks: Regular team-earned
You start 3 WR and 3 regular flex in this league, so I was really hurting at WR. I took the team because I had never played SF before and thought I had two young ones to build around plus some ammo for other moves.
10 trades in order
Week 1
1) Chubb and Tua for Najee, Pittman, 2022 1st, two 2022 3rds
2) MT, Winston and a 2022 3rd for DJM, Singletary and a 2022 2nd
3) Fant and a 2022 3rd for Gesicki and two 2022 2nds
4) Mixon for Waddle and a 2022 1st (late)
Week 2
5) Gesicki and Pascal for Higbee
6) Pittman and a 2022 2nd for Deebo
7) 2022 1st (late), two 2022 2nd, Heinicke, Hines, Hamler, Njoku, Sherfield for CEH, ARob, Boyd, Jamaal Williams, Renfrow
Week 3
8 ) Higbee and 2023 2nd for Mike Williams
9) CEH, 2022 1st (hopefully late), 2022 2nd, Nico Collins for Kamara
10) DeVonta, Waddle, 2022 1st, 2023 1st, 2024 1st (all hopefully late) for DK, Higgins, Kittle, Moss
Certainly not all of these trades are home runs. Some might be blunders.
But my team now is ...
QB: Burrow, Lawrence, Hill/Book
RB: Kamara, Najee, Jamaal, Singletary/Moss, Tony Jones, Felton, Cohen
WR: DK, DJM, Mike Williams, ARob, Samuel, Higgins, Boyd, Renfrow, AJG, Washington
TE: Kittle, Cook
Picks: Traded away 1st and 2nd in 2022, 2023, and 1st in 2024
Got a lot more depth now in a league where it is needed. Won't have the picks to help me fix any issues the next couple years. But I did trade for a lot of young players who will still be in their primes in 2024. Obviously I either need to trade Lawrence for a QB who is ready to win now or trade for short-term solution for this year who will allow me to wait on him. I'm thinking this could be my best work every in fantasy football if I can complete this quick turnaround.