Thoughts on trades I made

[jeffro151]

Team is 2-5 (lost 5 in a row). Lost Rodgers to injury and finally dropped Pryor (4th rd pick)

Lineup before trades and waiver pickups:
Dalton, Mariota
Freeman, Kamara, Abdullah, Smallwood, Dion Lewis, Alex Collins
Thielen, Fitz, D Thomas, Shepard
Kelce

Traded Freeman and Shepard for Lamar Miller and TY Hilton
Traded Kelce, Kamara and D Thomas for Doug Martin, Kelvin Benjamin and Evan Engram


Lineup after trades and waiver pickups:
Dalton
Lamar Miller, Doug Martin, Abdullah, Smallwood, Dion Lewis
Thielen, Hilton, Fitz, Benjamin, Doctson
Engram, Witten

So I essentially turned Freeman, Kamara, Shepard, Kelce and D Thomas into Lamar Miller, TY Hilton, Doug Martin, Kelvin Benjamin and Evan Engram.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

Hated the first trade. Don't mind the second. But seems too lateral for my liking.

 

[TKOSpikes]

Also not a fan of the first. I am not a Miller guy. Like the second one.

 

[SteelersPride]

First trade is bad

Second trade is personal preference

 

[jeffro151]

Also not a fan of the first. I am not a Miller guy. Like the second one.

I am not a big Miller guy either, but when I compared the matchups down the stretch, it swayed me.

Houston's next 7 games and opponent's fantasy points against RB's:
Seattle- 25
Indy- 2
LAR- 3
Arizona- 21
Baltimore- 4
Tennessee- 19
SF- 1

Atlanta's next 7 games and opponent's fantasy points against RB's:
NYJ- 8
Carolina- 29
Dallas- 16
Seattle- 25
Tampa- 10
Minnesota- 32
NO- 13

 

[femurov]

I am a Miller guy, but I still don't like the first trade. Overall, I'm not sure you actually got better. What happened to Mariota? I hope you just forgot him and didn't cut him or anything.

 

[SmokingMonkey]

assuming the first trade went down weeks ago, I can see why you did it, even if it doesn't look good now with Shepard in line for WR1 duties after giants bye.

miller and benji both have light schedules down the stretch, just need them to perform.
cuff him with Foreman (if available)

Really need Engram to be top 10 and Martin to be top 12 ROS, and the deals should improve your team, imo.
I have Martin in a ton of my leagues, just traded him in 1. Expecting good things now that the rust is knocked off and their schedule opens up a bit - 5 of next 8 are vs division teams, NFC South not known for its defensive prowess.

 

[jeffro151]

I am a Miller guy, but I still don't like the first trade. Overall, I'm not sure you actually got better. What happened to Mariota? I hope you just forgot him and didn't cut him or anything.

Yes, I cut Mariota for roster space.

 

[Robotech]

Yes, I cut Mariota for roster space.

I like Mariota over Dalton. I think he's more consistent, and he'll give you rushing yards. Dalton is more of a streamer type, IMO. What's your reasoning for going with Dalton?

 

[MilkSpiller22]

I like Mariota over Dalton. I think he's more consistent, and he'll give you rushing yards. Dalton is more of a streamer type, IMO. What's your reasoning for going with Dalton?

Think it is simply that he is having a piss poor season. But so is dalton. Which makes me more confused.

 

[jeffro151]

I like Mariota over Dalton. I think he's more consistent, and he'll give you rushing yards. Dalton is more of a streamer type, IMO. What's your reasoning for going with Dalton?

Last 4 games:
Dalton: 20 vs GB, 30 vs CLE, 16 vs BUF, 14 vs PIT
Upcoming: IND(8th vs QB), JAX(32nd vs QB), TEN(13th vs QB)
Dalton has 7 TD passes in his last 3 games.

Mariota: 23 vs SEA, 15 vs HOU, 17 vs IND, 8 vs CLE
Upcoming: BAL(29th vs QB), CIN(23rd vs QB), PIT(31st vs QB)
Mariota has 4 TD passes all year.

 

[femurov]

Last 4 games:
Dalton: 20 vs GB, 30 vs CLE, 16 vs BUF, 14 vs PIT
Upcoming: IND(8th vs QB), JAX(32nd vs QB), TEN(13th vs QB)
Dalton has 7 TD passes in his last 3 games.

Mariota: 23 vs SEA, 15 vs HOU, 17 vs IND, 8 vs CLE
Upcoming: BAL(29th vs QB), CIN(23rd vs QB), PIT(31st vs QB)
Mariota has 4 TD passes all year.

Mariota has been knicked up and gets this week's bye to heal up an injured hammy (I think it was). I think he is a sure fire top 10 QB when healthy, which he should be by his next game. But that's just me...

 

[SteelersPride]

Mariota has been knicked up and gets this week's bye to heal up an injured hammy (I think it was). I think he is a sure fire top 10 QB when healthy, which he should be by his next game. But that's just me...

yup

 

[SmokingMonkey]

I thought the injury earlier was to his knee (same one as last yr), which is why I cut him in one league, then he came back right away, of course.

pulled the trigger too soon before getting the full injury assessment

 

[SmokingMonkey]

Was streaming Palmer in my work league, traded Martin and kearse for wentz and cohen from the guy with wentz and dak.

Thoughts?

 

[SteelersPride]

Was streaming Palmer in my work league, traded Martin and kearse for wentz and cohen from the guy with wentz and dak.

Thoughts?

it depends what u got at rb, cohen is big ply dependent, his touches keep going down down down

 

[SmokingMonkey]

it depends what u got at rb, cohen is big ply dependent, his touches keep going down down down

Hopefully won't need him, Freeman, Kamara, Smallwood, D Henry, full ppr

 

[SteelersPride]

Start 2rb? Decent move

 

[TKOSpikes]

I am not a big Miller guy either, but when I compared the matchups down the stretch, it swayed me.

Houston's next 7 games and opponent's fantasy points against RB's:
Seattle- 25
Indy- 2
LAR- 3
Arizona- 21
Baltimore- 4
Tennessee- 19
SF- 1

Atlanta's next 7 games and opponent's fantasy points against RB's:
NYJ- 8
Carolina- 29
Dallas- 16
Seattle- 25
Tampa- 10
Minnesota- 32
NO- 13

that's why we play the games! "on paper" doesn't always win. well done.

 

[jeffro151]

that's why we play the games! "on paper" doesn't always win. well done.

What sucks is I might still lose because my opponent managed to pickup Jack Doyle and Crowder, who are having their best games of the year.