JCShutout wrote:I threw out an offer and he accepted. I don't think its that off. Considering some of the offers I got (backup RB or a #3 wr for Rodgers/Big Ben), I figured why not.
Also, when I offered, yahoo said the point difference between our starting lineups would be like 12 for the rest of the year fwiw.
EDIT: I just redid it to see, and yahoo says I'll get about 6 extra points over 8 weeks, not 11 per game.
For Reference the trade is:
Hound Dogs.....................................
Violent Pacifists
Frank Gore.......................................Knowshon Moreno
Reggie Wayne...................................Wes Welker
Brett Favre to Waivers.........................Aaron Rodgers
These are Yahoo's crazy projections. Yahoo still has Wes Welker gaining 10+ pts a game, he's averaging six in the games he's played, and that's not even taking into account his demise has a massive downward trend (Week1-Week8: 18.4, 9.8, 4.5, 7, 5.3, 2.5, 2.4). Yahoo also still has Ryan Fitzpatrick projecting 11pts per game when his
lowest point total has been 16 something. The trade evaluator doesn't take into account value over waiver wire replacement players or having higher point earning bench players you can swap in for injuries. Reggie Wayne and Knowshon essentially have equal point value, ceteris paribus though an elite WR is more valuable than an average RB b/c of value over replacement. Aaron Rodgers is a 4.5pt replacement over the average QB. Thus the real meat of the trade is essentially a flipping of Wes Welker (6pts) for Frank Gore (16pts) avg, the overall 7th pick.
The whole trade is nuts. That said, you're also stacked with three high-rated QB's and only one slot to play one each week. Any manager you trade with should realize you're getting zero value from two elite players each week and thus you should have to sell one at somewhat of a discount. With this trade you're essentially taking a #1 round pick from another team and giving up nothing. Trades should marginally improve both teams, not steal from one.
I've vetoed with ICE; others should do the same. With this trade the Violent Pacifists would become a 100pt juggernaut every week and completely unbalance whats been a very close league.
