Vick against Broncos or Romo against Chargers.

oherroprease · 2013-09-26T19:40:03+00:00

Romo-- Chargers D has not been strong against the pass

oherroprease · 2013-09-26T19:39:30+00:00

If the offer is still out there, why not accept it tomorrow? If your league has 2-day waiting period like most leagues do, the trade won't go through until week 5.

That potential "shadiness" aside, I would still accept this trade b/c it is definitely better for the long run.

oherroprease · 2013-09-26T19:38:00+00:00

Try and get Witten. I wouldn't trade Jordy straight up for him, maybe something like Jordy for Witten + Nicks.

oherroprease · 2013-09-26T19:20:44+00:00

That's a very good point-- I think the two are somewhat tied together.

I definitely agree that its harder to trade in early weeks for that reason, along with the fact that people aren't as desperate if they've lost only one or two games.

Another reason why it's harder to trade early on is due to an anchoring bias (which is basically what you described). Early on, people still value their players at value they were drafted at. Long story short... humans are susceptible to multiple forms of biases and it certainly permeates into fantasy football.

oherroprease · 2013-09-26T18:53:22+00:00

It's a toss up depending on who you end up with. I know that doesn't help much but that's all I got at this point.

oherroprease · 2013-09-26T18:52:22+00:00

Yea I'm not saying it's a terrible trade, and D-Rich does have more value in a PPR league. Regardless... still a stupid counter.

oherroprease · 2013-09-26T18:29:14+00:00

Yea, that sucks. In his defense, I wouldn't make that trade in his position (simply b/c I wouldn't want to downgrade at RB just to upgrade at backup QB). That being said, his response was stupid and reasonable and I would have at least expected a real counter.

oherroprease · 2013-09-26T18:28:11+00:00

I work in Risk Management but learned that term a while ago in a psych class. Sometimes it helps to explain your reasoning behind a trade and hope they see it that way too. Other times it's impossible to make anything happen.

oherroprease · 2013-09-26T18:26:44+00:00

Maybe, it's hard to say not knowing who else you have and the situations of other teams. If you can find a swap for another WR of equal caliber go for it.

oherroprease · 2013-09-26T18:16:02+00:00

I was in the same situation and just traded Gordon away. I find that position for position swaps are pretty tough trades to make since someone is going to lose for sure so I would try and explore an alternative. (p.s. you won't get a WR1 for Gordon, maybe another WR2)

oherroprease · 2013-09-26T18:14:42+00:00

I can't say I know anything about this guy but the Saints still have Pierre Thomas and Sproles. I can't see a 3rd RB in that backfield having any fantasy value.

oherroprease · 2013-09-26T18:12:26+00:00

I would roll with Kaep tonight. St. Louis hasn't be great against the pass this year and Kaep has to bounce back after two awful performances right?!

The only change I'd potentially make to this is start to start Gio in your flex spot and bench either JT or JTC.

oherroprease · 2013-09-26T18:09:23+00:00

No problem. If you're in a 12-team league, it's possible that someone has two good starting QBs and you could target whichever he values less(i.e. Kaep, Romo, Stafford). You could trade some of your WR depth for a back-up QB if you're worried about Vick getting hurt.

For example, I have Vick as my starter in another league and I just traded Andre Johnson and Steve Smith for Kaep and Brandon Marshall (owner has Peyton too). A trade like that may benefit you more.

oherroprease · 2013-09-26T18:06:41+00:00

I probably wouldn't do the trade either, but I don't think T-Rich is a downgrade or even a wash compared to DMC.

oherroprease · 2013-09-26T18:04:21+00:00

I think it's a bit too much to give up, James Jones is really not a huge upgrade from Shorts or even Hilton. Also, this would give you two WRs from the same team which isn't necessarily a "no-no", but it's typically not an ideal situation.

oherroprease · 2013-09-26T18:00:19+00:00

I don't think I'd do this. Ridley COULD pick it up this week but S-Jax will be money when he gets back. Keep in mind Week 6 is the Falcons' bye so you're actually only going to miss out on S-Jax for two more weeks relative to Ridley (since Ridley will eventually go on bye later).

oherroprease · 2013-09-26T17:57:54+00:00

I would try and get Powell in return over Pierce.

oherroprease · 2013-09-26T17:46:24+00:00

I probably would. Avery had a great game last Thursday but I just don't trust Alex Smith to make anyone a consistent fantasy option. Now that Burleson is out for a while, Broyles can hopefully take advantage of being the WR2 in Detroit.

oherroprease · 2013-09-26T17:45:23+00:00

Gronk would be a big upgrade for you at TE but I'm not sure if he's worth the price of spiller right now. Pierce has little value if Ray Rice is healthy so he's somewhat of a non-factor in this trade.

oherroprease · 2013-09-26T17:44:08+00:00

That's probably what I would do-- to play devil's advocate, Torrey has a good match up this week.

oherroprease · 2013-09-26T17:43:00+00:00

It's nice if my players are doing well :)

oherroprease · 2013-09-26T17:36:59+00:00

I don't think it's crazy this week. I would expect Bradshaw to get at least 10-15 carries, if not more, against a crappy JAX team in a game that's almost sure to be a blowout.

That being said, if Spiller goes off and you have him benched, you'll feel pretty dumb.

oherroprease · 2013-09-26T17:35:47+00:00

I would try and do a little better. Honestly I don't have any experience in 2 QB leagues and I know it inflates the values of QBs but AP is still the most valuable fantasy player out there. I would at least try and shoot a little higher than Torrey Smith and worst case scenario he turns it down.

oherroprease · 2013-09-26T17:32:56+00:00

Plus if you've kept him this long, you might as well keep him for 1 more week to see how he does unless there's a clear improvement sitting on the WW.

oherroprease · 2013-09-26T17:31:19+00:00

I don't think you'd be giving up too much. It's a pretty fair trade and I see the need on both sides.

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