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 Kenyan Drake
Why trade for him now?
1) Because of last weeks modest effort, may be undervalued now.
2) Schedule gets much easier.
3) Has a soft game this week.
Possible trade bait to land him:
Jared Goff
Eric Ebron
Amari Cooper
Trade for A.J. Green
Why trade for him now?
1) Schedule gets much easier.
2) Has a soft game this week.
3) Price may be depressed due to injury concerns.
Possible trade bait to land him:
Drew Brees
Emmanuel Sanders
Geo Bernard
Trade for Leonard Fournette
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) Asking price may be depressed due to injury concerns & recent missed games.
Possible trade bait to land him:
Golden Tate
Adrian Peterson
Aaron Rodgers
Trade away Ryan Fitzpatrick
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) History shows older players wear down more during the season.
4) Jameis Winston waiting in the wings if Fitzpatrick falters.
Possible reach target players to land in trading him away:
Kenny Golladay
Devonta Freeman
Jimmy Graham
Trade away Ben Roethlisberger
Why trade him away now?
1) Due to excellent showing last week, may be overvalued.
2) Faces a very difficult opponent this week.
3) History shows older players wear down more during the season.
Possible reach target players to land in trading him away:
LeSean McCoy
Doug Baldwin
Mark Ingram
Trade away Alfred Morris
Why trade him away now?
1) Hard schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16.
2) RBBC factor - has another RB with talent on team.
Possible reach target players to land in trading him away:
Julian Edelman
Matthew Stafford
Kenyan Drake
Trade away Javorius Allen
Why trade him away now?
1) Faces a very difficult opponent this week.
2) RBBC factor - has another RB with talent on team.
Possible reach target players to land in trading him away:
Sony Michel
Russell Wilson
Doug Baldwin
Trade Pros and Cons: Full Breakdown
Javorius Allen
Keenan Allen
Geronimo Allison
Saquon Barkley
Odell Beckham
LeVeon Bell
Giovani Bernard
Blake Bortles
Tyler Boyd
Tom Brady
Cameron Brate
Matt Breida
Antonio Brown
John Brown
Rex Burkhead
Chris Carson
Keelan Cole
Tevin Coleman
Alex Collins
James Conner
Dalvin Cook
Jared Cook
Brandin Cooks
Amari Cooper
Kirk Cousins
Andy Dalton
Sam Darnold
Corey Davis
Stefon Diggs
Will Dissly
Kenyan Drake
Tyler Eifert
Ezekiel Elliott
Evan Engram
Quincy Enunwa
Zach Ertz
Mike Evans
Larry Fitzgerald
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Leonard Fournette
Devonta Freeman
Royce Freeman
Will Fuller
Devin Funchess
Chris Godwin
Dallas Goedert
Jared Goff
Kenny Golladay
Marquise Goodwin
Jakeem Grant
A.J. Green
Rob Gronkowski
Todd Gurley
Derrick Henry
Tyreek Hill
DeAndre Hopkins
Carlos Hyde
DeSean Jackson
David Johnson
Kerryon Johnson
Julio Jones
Marvin Jones
George Kittle
Cooper Kupp
Dion Lewis
Phillip Lindsay
Tyler Lockett
Andrew Luck
Marshawn Lynch
Baker Mayfield
LeSean McCoy
Vance McDonald
Sony Michel
Lamar Miller
Joe Mixon
D.J. Moore
Alfred Morris
Jordy Nelson
Cam Newton
Greg Olsen
Rashaad Penny
Adrian Peterson
Jordan Reed
Calvin Ridley
Philip Rivers
Ben Roethlisberger
Kyle Rudolph
Matt Ryan
Ricky Seals-Jones
Sterling Shepard
JuJu Smith-Schuster
Kenny Stills
Courtland Sutton
Ryan Tannehill
Golden Tate
Adam Thielen
Chris Thompson
Sammy Watkins
Deshaun Watson
Carson Wentz
James White
Mike Williams
Albert Wilson
Russell Wilson
Robert Woods
Segmenting Players by Category
Due to excellent showing last week, may be overvalued:
Ben Roethlisberger
Matt Ryan
Jordy Nelson
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Ryan Tannehill
Vance McDonald
Sammy Watkins
Albert Wilson
Cameron Brate
Tyler Lockett
Jared Goff
Tyler Boyd
Sterling Shepard
Geronimo Allison
Jakeem Grant
Mike Williams
Ricky Seals-Jones
Dallas Goedert
Because of last weeks modest effort, may be undervalued now:
Tom Brady
Larry Fitzgerald
Dion Lewis
Kirk Cousins
Chris Thompson
Keenan Allen
Stefon Diggs
Carson Wentz
Kenyan Drake
Phillip Lindsay
Schedule gets much harder:
Lamar Miller
DeAndre Hopkins
Will Fuller
Deshaun Watson
Schedule gets much easier:
A.J. Green
Andy Dalton
Giovani Bernard
Tyler Eifert
Tyler Boyd
Joe Mixon
Kenny Stills
Kenyan Drake
RBBC factor - has another RB with talent on team:
Joe Mixon
Adrian Peterson
Chris Thompson
Tevin Coleman
Devonta Freeman
Alex Collins
Matt Breida
Dion Lewis
Giovani Bernard
Sony Michel
Alfred Morris
Derrick Henry
Javorius Allen
James White
Rex Burkhead
Has a nice schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16:
Sammy Watkins
Tyreek Hill
Quincy Enunwa
Devonta Freeman
Tevin Coleman
LeSean McCoy
Dalvin Cook
Dion Lewis
Derrick Henry
Leonard Fournette
John Brown
Marquise Goodwin
Russell Wilson
Chris Carson
Will Dissly
Ben Roethlisberger
Antonio Brown
JuJu Smith-Schuster
Rob Gronkowski
Zach Ertz
Cam Newton
Devin Funchess
Hard schedule during FF Playoff weeks 15 and 16:
DeAndre Hopkins
Will Fuller
Deshaun Watson
Julio Jones
Calvin Ridley
David Johnson
Tyler Eifert
Kenyan Drake
Jordan Reed
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Alfred Morris
Matt Breida
Robert Woods
Brandin Cooks
Jared Goff
Cooper Kupp
Greg Olsen
Faces a very difficult opponent this week:
Todd Gurley
Kirk Cousins
Adam Thielen
Stefon Diggs
Dalvin Cook
Golden Tate
Marvin Jones
Kenny Golladay
Corey Davis
Zach Ertz
Carson Wentz
Blake Bortles
Keelan Cole
Jared Cook
Amari Cooper
Carlos Hyde
Evan Engram
George Kittle
Ben Roethlisberger
LeVeon Bell
James Conner
Javorius Allen
Alex Collins
Has a soft game this week:
Kyle Rudolph
A.J. Green
Andy Dalton
Tyler Boyd
DeSean Jackson
Mike Evans
Chris Godwin
Ezekiel Elliott
Andrew Luck
Kenyan Drake
Leonard Fournette
Larry Fitzgerald
Chris Carson
Odell Beckham
Marquise Goodwin
Phillip Lindsay
History shows older players wear down more during the season:
Tom Brady
Larry Fitzgerald
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Marshawn Lynch
Greg Olsen
Philip Rivers
Ben Roethlisberger
Young, learning with huge upside talent:
Baker Mayfield
Saquon Barkley
Sam Darnold
D.J. Moore
Calvin Ridley
Sony Michel
Courtland Sutton
Rashaad Penny
Kerryon Johnson
Royce Freeman
Kenny Golladay
Could be rested if team clinches a top playoff seed: