Pros and Cons to Consider Before Closing the Deal
This column is designed to quickly unearth some not so obvious things to help you... buy low and sell high.
Further, we suggest you only make a trade if you receive plenty of value in return and the deal results in an improved roster for your squad. In short, obtain players that will outperform their current perceived value while trading overrated talent. Do that and you'll be on your way to improving your roster. The perfect trade!
Owners considering trades should also consult our Rest-of-Season Rankings and Player Trade Evaluator.
Trade for Andrew Luck
Why trade for him now?
1) Has a nice schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
2) Has a soft game this week.
3) Price may be at an all time low.
Possible trade bait to land him:
Ronnie Hillman
Martavis Bryant
Melvin Gordon
Trade for Kendall Wright
Why trade for him now?
1) Has a soft game this week.
2) Has BYE week out of the way.
Possible trade bait to land him:
Melvin Gordon
C.J. Spiller
Brandin Cooks
Trade for Latavius Murray
Why trade for him now?
1) Because of last weeks modest effort, may be undervalued now.
2) Has a nice schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Possible trade bait to land him:
Joseph Randle
Jeremy Hill
Jeremy Maclin
Trade for Lamar Miller
Why trade for him now?
1) Because of last weeks modest effort, may be undervalued now.
2) Has a nice schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Possible trade bait to land him:
Martellus Bennett
Vincent Jackson
Chris Johnson
Trade away Jeremy Hill
Why trade him away now?
1) Due to excellent showing last week, may be overvalued.
2) Schedule gets much harder.
3) Faces a very difficult opponent this week.
4) RBBC factor - has another RB with talent on team.
Possible reach target players to land in trading him away:
Todd Gurley
Demaryius Thomas
Travis Kelce
Trade away Gary Barnidge
Why trade him away now?
1) Due to excellent showing last week, may be overvalued.
2) Schedule gets much harder.
3) Faces a very difficult opponent this week.
Possible reach target players to land in trading him away:
Andre Williams
Thomas Rawls
Leonard Hankerson
Trade away Duke Johnson
Why trade him away now?
1) Schedule gets much harder.
2) Faces a very difficult opponent this week.
3) RBBC factor - has another RB with talent on team.
Possible reach target players to land in trading him away:
Alshon Jeffery
Andrew Luck
Doug Martin
Trade Pros and Cons: Full Breakdown
Ameer Abdullah
Because of last weeks modest effort, may be undervalued now.
Young, learning with huge upside talent.
Davante Adams
Faces a very difficult opponent this week.
Nelson Agholor
Young, learning with huge upside talent.
Kamar Aiken
Due to excellent showing last week, may be overvalued.
C.J. Anderson
RBBC factor - has another RB with talent on team.
Tavon Austin
Due to excellent showing last week, may be overvalued.
Gary Barnidge
Due to excellent showing last week, may be overvalued.
Schedule gets much harder.
Faces a very difficult opponent this week.
LeVeon Bell
Has a soft game this week.
Hard schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Travis Benjamin
Has a soft game this week.
Schedule gets much harder.
Giovani Bernard
Schedule gets much harder.
Faces a very difficult opponent this week.
RBBC factor - has another RB with talent on team.
LeGarrette Blount
Has BYE week out of the way.
RBBC factor - has another RB with talent on team.
Blake Bortles
Has a nice schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Faces a very difficult opponent this week.
Sam Bradford
Due to excellent showing last week, may be overvalued.
Tom Brady
Has BYE week out of the way.
Drew Brees
Schedule gets much easier.
History shows older players wear down more during the season.
Antonio Brown
Faces a very difficult opponent this week.
John Brown
Has a nice schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Dez Bryant
Has a soft game this week.
Martavis Bryant
Faces a very difficult opponent this week.
Derek Carr
Faces a very difficult opponent this week.
Jamaal Charles
Schedule gets much easier.
Charles Clay
Has a soft game this week.
Randall Cobb
Faces a very difficult opponent this week.
Brandin Cooks
Schedule gets much easier.
Has a soft game this week.
Amari Cooper
Young, learning with huge upside talent.
Riley Cooper
Due to excellent showing last week, may be overvalued.
Isaiah Crowell
Schedule gets much harder.
Faces a very difficult opponent this week.
RBBC factor - has another RB with talent on team.
Andy Dalton
Schedule gets much harder.
Hard schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Faces a very difficult opponent this week.
Phillip Dorsett
Young, learning with huge upside talent.
Eric Ebron
Has a nice schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Faces a very difficult opponent this week.
Julian Edelman
Has BYE week out of the way.
Tyler Eifert
Schedule gets much harder.
Larry Fitzgerald
Has a nice schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Coby Fleener
Due to excellent showing last week, may be overvalued.
Matt Forte
Has a nice schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Arian Foster
Because of last weeks modest effort, may be undervalued now.
Devonta Freeman
Has a nice schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Faces a very difficult opponent this week.
Pierre Garcon
Has a nice schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Antonio Gates
Has a nice schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
History shows older players wear down more during the season.
Ted Ginn
Due to excellent showing last week, may be overvalued.
Melvin Gordon
Young, learning with huge upside talent.
Faces a very difficult opponent this week.
RBBC factor - has another RB with talent on team.
Frank Gore
Has a nice schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Has a soft game this week.
History shows older players wear down more during the season.
Jimmy Graham
Faces a very difficult opponent this week.
A.J. Green
Schedule gets much harder.
Faces a very difficult opponent this week.
Ladarius Green
Has a nice schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Due to excellent showing last week, may be overvalued.
Rob Gronkowski
Has BYE week out of the way.
Todd Gurley
Young, learning with huge upside talent.
Leonard Hankerson
Has a soft game this week.
Due to excellent showing last week, may be overvalued.
Hard schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Jeremy Hill
Due to excellent showing last week, may be overvalued.
Schedule gets much harder.
Faces a very difficult opponent this week.
RBBC factor - has another RB with talent on team.
Ronnie Hillman
RBBC factor - has another RB with talent on team.
Carlos Hyde
Because of last weeks modest effort, may be undervalued now.
Faces a very difficult opponent this week.
Mark Ingram
Schedule gets much easier.
Has a nice schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Faces a very difficult opponent this week.
DeSean Jackson
Has a nice schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Alshon Jeffery
Has a soft game this week.
Duke Johnson
Schedule gets much harder.
Faces a very difficult opponent this week.
RBBC factor - has another RB with talent on team.
James Jones
Faces a very difficult opponent this week.
Julio Jones
Because of last weeks modest effort, may be undervalued now.
Has a soft game this week.
Hard schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Marvin Jones
Schedule gets much harder.
Faces a very difficult opponent this week.
Matt Jones
Has a soft game this week.
Hard schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
RBBC factor - has another RB with talent on team.
Travis Kelce
Schedule gets much easier.
Dion Lewis
Has BYE week out of the way.
RBBC factor - has another RB with talent on team.
Andrew Luck
Has a nice schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Has a soft game this week.
Marshawn Lynch
Has a nice schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Jeremy Maclin
Schedule gets much easier.
Peyton Manning
Because of last weeks modest effort, may be undervalued now.
Has a soft game this week.
History shows older players wear down more during the season.
Marcus Mariota
Has a nice schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Young, learning with huge upside talent.
Has BYE week out of the way.
Doug Martin
Has a soft game this week.
Due to excellent showing last week, may be overvalued.
Ryan Mathews
RBBC factor - has another RB with talent on team.
Jordan Matthews
Has a nice schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
LeSean McCoy
RBBC factor - has another RB with talent on team.
Lamar Miller
Because of last weeks modest effort, may be undervalued now.
Has a nice schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Alfred Morris
Has a soft game this week.
Hard schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
RBBC factor - has another RB with talent on team.
DeMarco Murray
Because of last weeks modest effort, may be undervalued now.
RBBC factor - has another RB with talent on team.
Latavius Murray
Because of last weeks modest effort, may be undervalued now.
Has a nice schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Greg Olsen
Because of last weeks modest effort, may be undervalued now.
Has a nice schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Carson Palmer
Has a nice schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Has a soft game this week.
History shows older players wear down more during the season.
DeVante Parker
Young, learning with huge upside talent.
Breshad Perriman
Young, learning with huge upside talent.
Adrian Peterson
Hard schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Jordan Reed
Hard schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Philip Rivers
Has a nice schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Due to excellent showing last week, may be overvalued.
Aaron Rodgers
Faces a very difficult opponent this week.
Richard Rodgers
Due to excellent showing last week, may be overvalued.
Kyle Rudolph
Has a nice schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Matt Ryan
Hard schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Steve L Smith
Has a nice schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
History shows older players wear down more during the season.
C.J. Spiller
Schedule gets much easier.
Has a nice schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Faces a very difficult opponent this week.
Darren Sproles
RBBC factor - has another RB with talent on team.
Matthew Stafford
Has a nice schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Jonathan Stewart
Because of last weeks modest effort, may be undervalued now.
Kenny Stills
Due to excellent showing last week, may be overvalued.
Julius Thomas
Has a nice schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Faces a very difficult opponent this week.
Delanie Walker
Has BYE week out of the way.
Kevin White
Young, learning with huge upside talent.
Karlos Williams
RBBC factor - has another RB with talent on team.
Terrance Williams
Has a soft game this week.
Jameis Winston
Young, learning with huge upside talent.
Hard schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Jason Witten
Has a soft game this week.
Hard schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
History shows older players wear down more during the season.
Danny Woodhead
Faces a very difficult opponent this week.
RBBC factor - has another RB with talent on team.
Kendall Wright
Has a soft game this week.
Has BYE week out of the way.
T.J. Yeldon
Young, learning with huge upside talent.
Segmenting Players by Category
Due to excellent showing last week, may be overvalued:
Sam Bradford
Philip Rivers
Coby Fleener
Gary Barnidge
Richard Rodgers
Ladarius Green
Doug Martin
Jeremy Hill
Riley Cooper
Kenny Stills
Tavon Austin
Kamar Aiken
Ted Ginn
Leonard Hankerson
Because of last weeks modest effort, may be undervalued now:
Peyton Manning
Greg Olsen
Ameer Abdullah
Jonathan Stewart
Lamar Miller
DeMarco Murray
Carlos Hyde
Latavius Murray
Arian Foster
Julio Jones
Schedule gets much harder:
Andy Dalton
Gary Barnidge
Tyler Eifert
Isaiah Crowell
Duke Johnson
Giovani Bernard
Jeremy Hill
Marvin Jones
Travis Benjamin
A.J. Green
Schedule gets much easier:
Drew Brees
Travis Kelce
C.J. Spiller
Mark Ingram
Jamaal Charles
Brandin Cooks
Jeremy Maclin
RBBC factor - has another RB with talent on team:
Darren Sproles
Alfred Morris
Matt Jones
Ryan Mathews
Isaiah Crowell
Duke Johnson
Karlos Williams
Melvin Gordon
C.J. Anderson
Ronnie Hillman
LeGarrette Blount
LeSean McCoy
DeMarco Murray
Danny Woodhead
Giovani Bernard
Jeremy Hill
Dion Lewis
Has a nice schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16:
Blake Bortles
Matthew Stafford
Marcus Mariota
Philip Rivers
Andrew Luck
Carson Palmer
Kyle Rudolph
Ladarius Green
Julius Thomas
Eric Ebron
Antonio Gates
Greg Olsen
C.J. Spiller
Lamar Miller
Frank Gore
Devonta Freeman
Latavius Murray
Marshawn Lynch
Mark Ingram
Matt Forte
Steve L Smith
Pierre Garcon
DeSean Jackson
John Brown
Jordan Matthews
Larry Fitzgerald
Hard schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16:
Jameis Winston
Andy Dalton
Matt Ryan
Jordan Reed
Jason Witten
Alfred Morris
Matt Jones
Adrian Peterson
LeVeon Bell
Leonard Hankerson
Julio Jones
Faces a very difficult opponent this week:
Blake Bortles
Derek Carr
Andy Dalton
Aaron Rodgers
Gary Barnidge
Julius Thomas
Eric Ebron
Jimmy Graham
Isaiah Crowell
C.J. Spiller
Duke Johnson
Melvin Gordon
Danny Woodhead
Giovani Bernard
Jeremy Hill
Carlos Hyde
Devonta Freeman
Mark Ingram
Davante Adams
Marvin Jones
Martavis Bryant
James Jones
Randall Cobb
A.J. Green
Antonio Brown
Has a soft game this week:
Peyton Manning
Andrew Luck
Carson Palmer
Charles Clay
Jason Witten
Alfred Morris
Matt Jones
Doug Martin
Frank Gore
LeVeon Bell
Terrance Williams
Leonard Hankerson
Brandin Cooks
Travis Benjamin
Kendall Wright
Alshon Jeffery
Dez Bryant
Julio Jones
History shows older players wear down more during the season:
Drew Brees
Peyton Manning
Carson Palmer
Antonio Gates
Jason Witten
Frank Gore
Steve L Smith
Young, learning with huge upside talent:
Jameis Winston
Marcus Mariota
Todd Gurley
Melvin Gordon
T.J. Yeldon
Ameer Abdullah
Amari Cooper
Kevin White
DeVante Parker
Nelson Agholor
Phillip Dorsett
Breshad Perriman
Could be rested if team clinches a top playoff seed:
Has BYE week out of the way:
Marcus Mariota
Tom Brady
Delanie Walker
LeGarrette Blount
Dion Lewis
Kendall Wright
Julian Edelman
Rob Gronkowski
