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) Because of slow start (QB27 through 2 weeks), may be undervalued now.
2) Schedule gets much easier.
3) You may be able to land a true stud at a discount.
Possible trade bait to land him:
Justin Forsett
Ben Roethlisberger
Alfred Morris
Trade for Frank Gore
Why trade for him now?
1) Because of his slow start, Gore may be undervalued now.
2) Schedule gets much easier.
3) Has a soft game this week.
Possible trade bait to land him:
Brandin Cooks
Jordan Reed
Andre Ellington
Trade for Jonathan Stewart
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.
3) Has a soft game this week.
Note: Stewart has a Week 5 BYE and then faces the Seahawks, so there will likely be more buy low opportunities for Stewart.
Possible trade bait to land him:
Doug Martin
Giovani Bernard
Vincent Jackson
Trade for T.J. Yeldon
Why trade for him now?
1) Schedule gets much easier.
2) Has a nice schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
3) Huge workload. Yeldon has handled 45.7% of Jaguars touches through two weeks (rush + rec).
4) Young, learning with huge upside talent.
Possible trade bait to land him:
Martellus Bennett
Alfred Morris
Brandon Marshall
Trade for DeAndre Hopkins
Why trade for him now?
1) Schedule gets much easier.
2) Has a soft game this week.
3) Back-to-earth game against Carolina may present the last reasonable buy opportunity of the season for Hopkins.
Possible trade bait to land him:
Joseph Randle
Alshon Jeffery
Mike Evans
Trade for Jimmy Graham
Why trade for him now?
1) Because of last weeks modest effort, may be undervalued now.
2) Has a soft game this week.
3) Seahawks are still figuring out how to use Graham.
Possible trade bait to land him:
Melvin Gordon
Jordan Reed
Ryan Tannehill
Trade for Ameer Abdullah
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.
3) Young, learning with huge upside talent.
Possible trade bait to land him:
Martellus Bennett
Brandin Cooks
Isaiah Crowell
Trade away Ryan Tannehill
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:
John Brown
Peyton Manning
Mike Evans
Trade away Heath Miller
Why trade him away now?
1) Schedule gets much harder.
2) Faces a very difficult opponent this week.
3) History shows older players wear down more during the season.
4) Usage will likely go down with return of LeVeon Bell and Martavis Bryant.
Possible reach target players to land in trading him away:
Roddy White
Antonio Gates
Eric Decker
Trade away Andre Ellington
Why trade him away now?
1) Schedule gets much harder.
2) RBBC factor - has another RB with talent on team.
3) David Johnson pushing for Ellington's job while Ellington is not healthy to defend it.
Possible reach target players to land in trading him away:
Todd Gurley
Greg Olsen
TY Hilton
Trade away Colin Kaepernick
Why trade him away now?
1) Due to excellent showing last week, may be overvalued.
2) Hard schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
Possible reach target players to land in trading him away:
Davante Adams
CJ Spiller
Golden Tate
Trade away Terrance Williams
Why trade him away now?
1) Due to excellent showing last week, may be overvalued.
2) Hard schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
3) Brandon Weeden.
Possible reach target players to land in trading him away:
Ronnie Hillman
David Johnson
John Brown
Trade Pros and Cons: Full Breakdown
Ameer Abdullah
Nelson Agholor
Keenan Allen
C.J. Anderson
Odell Beckham
LeVeon Bell
Travis Benjamin
Giovani Bernard
LeGarrette Blount
Anquan Boldin
Drew Brees
Teddy Bridgewater
Antonio Brown
John Brown
Dez Bryant
Martavis Bryant
Jordan Cameron
Derek Carr
Amari Cooper
Michael Crabtree
Isaiah Crowell
Andy Dalton
Vernon Davis
Eric Decker
Phillip Dorsett
Eric Ebron
Tyler Eifert
Andre Ellington
Mike Evans
Larry Fitzgerald
Justin Forsett
Matt Forte
Arian Foster
Pierre Garcon
Antonio Gates
Crockett Gillmore
Melvin Gordon
Frank Gore
Jimmy Graham
A.J. Green
Ladarius Green
Rob Gronkowski
Todd Gurley
Leonard Hankerson
Darrius Heyward-Bey
Jeremy Hill
Ronnie Hillman
T.Y. Hilton
DeAndre Hopkins
Allen Hurns
Carlos Hyde
Chris Ivory
DeSean Jackson
Vincent Jackson
Alshon Jeffery
Andre Johnson
Calvin Johnson
David Johnson
Stevie Johnson
Julio Jones
Matt Jones
Colin Kaepernick
Eddie Lacy
Jarvis Landry
Dion Lewis
Andrew Luck
Marshawn Lynch
Eli Manning
Peyton Manning
Marcus Mariota
Brandon Marshall
Doug Martin
Jordan Matthews
LeSean McCoy
Heath Miller
Lamar Miller
Donte Moncrief
Alfred Morris
DeMarco Murray
Cam Newton
Carson Palmer
DeVante Parker
Breshad Perriman
Joseph Randle
Jordan Reed
Philip Rivers
Allen Robinson
Aaron Rodgers
Richard Rodgers
Ben Roethlisberger
Kyle Rudolph
Steve L Smith
Torrey Smith
Jonathan Stewart
Ryan Tannehill
Golden Tate
Tyrod Taylor
Julius Thomas
Delanie Walker
Kevin White
Roddy White
DeAngelo Williams
Terrance Williams
Russell Wilson
Jameis Winston
Jason Witten
Danny Woodhead
Kendall Wright
T.J. Yeldon
Segmenting Players by Category
Due to excellent showing last week, may be overvalued:
Crockett Gillmore
Eric Ebron
Darrius Heyward-Bey
Leonard Hankerson
Travis Benjamin
Torrey Smith
Terrance Williams
DeAngelo Williams
Matt Jones
Derek Carr
Colin Kaepernick
Tyrod Taylor
Cam Newton
Ryan Tannehill
Because of last weeks modest effort, may be undervalued now:
Jimmy Graham
Mike Evans
Keenan Allen
T.Y. Hilton
Ameer Abdullah
Jonathan Stewart
Frank Gore
Lamar Miller
Chris Ivory
C.J. Anderson
DeMarco Murray
Jeremy Hill
Carlos Hyde
Eddie Lacy
Marshawn Lynch
Drew Brees
Andrew Luck
Schedule gets much harder:
Heath Miller
Jordan Cameron
Tyler Eifert
Martavis Bryant
Vincent Jackson
John Brown
Jarvis Landry
Mike Evans
Larry Fitzgerald
A.J. Green
Antonio Brown
David Johnson
Andre Ellington
Giovani Bernard
Doug Martin
Lamar Miller
Jeremy Hill
LeVeon Bell
Andy Dalton
Ryan Tannehill
Carson Palmer
Ben Roethlisberger
Schedule gets much easier:
Antonio Gates
Julius Thomas
Ladarius Green
Jordan Reed
Andre Johnson
Allen Hurns
DeSean Jackson
Pierre Garcon
Stevie Johnson
Donte Moncrief
Allen Robinson
Keenan Allen
T.Y. Hilton
DeAndre Hopkins
Melvin Gordon
Matt Jones
Alfred Morris
Danny Woodhead
T.J. Yeldon
Frank Gore
Arian Foster
Philip Rivers
Andrew Luck
RBBC factor - has another RB with talent on team:
Ronnie Hillman
David Johnson
LeGarrette Blount
Andre Ellington
Melvin Gordon
Matt Jones
Alfred Morris
Danny Woodhead
Dion Lewis
C.J. Anderson
Has a nice schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16:
Richard Rodgers
Kyle Rudolph
Rob Gronkowski
Andre Johnson
Michael Crabtree
Kendall Wright
Donte Moncrief
Golden Tate
John Brown
Amari Cooper
Larry Fitzgerald
T.Y. Hilton
Calvin Johnson
Ameer Abdullah
Jonathan Stewart
T.J. Yeldon
Arian Foster
Matt Forte
Teddy Bridgewater
Tyrod Taylor
Cam Newton
Hard schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16:
Jordan Reed
Jimmy Graham
Anquan Boldin
Terrance Williams
Dez Bryant
Odell Beckham
Joseph Randle
Frank Gore
DeMarco Murray
Colin Kaepernick
Russell Wilson
Faces a very difficult opponent this week:
Heath Miller
Kyle Rudolph
Jordan Cameron
Kendall Wright
Roddy White
Stevie Johnson
Steve L Smith
Alshon Jeffery
Keenan Allen
Jordan Matthews
Julio Jones
Lamar Miller
DeMarco Murray
LeSean McCoy
Carlos Hyde
Matt Forte
LeVeon Bell
Tyrod Taylor
Ryan Tannehill
Ben Roethlisberger
Aaron Rodgers
Has a soft game this week:
Vernon Davis
Delanie Walker
Jordan Reed
Jimmy Graham
Eric Decker
Vincent Jackson
Mike Evans
Brandon Marshall
DeAndre Hopkins
A.J. Green
Odell Beckham
Isaiah Crowell
Melvin Gordon
Danny Woodhead
Joseph Randle
Jonathan Stewart
Frank Gore
Justin Forsett
Eli Manning
Cam Newton
Russell Wilson
History shows older players wear down more during the season:
Heath Miller
Antonio Gates
Jason Witten
Andre Johnson
Anquan Boldin
Roddy White
Steve L Smith
Frank Gore
Drew Brees
Peyton Manning
Carson Palmer
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:
