Fantasy Football Talk

[breakout89]

It’s that time of the year again :) God I love fantasy football lol Anyways, It’s early in the year and my team has already taken a hit! One of my best receivers, Sidney Rice of the Vikings, will be undergoing hip surgery and could miss up to 8 weeks! I picked him up fairly high in the draft and am extremely disappointed to hear this.

However, my buddy offered me a trade before any of this ever happened. In the trade I would be getting RB Steve Slaton of the Texans and WR Braylon Edwards of the Jets. I would be losing RB Cedric Benson of the Bengals. I know the Bengals are supposed to be strong this year and Benson is a good player, but I feel I could benefit from this trade in the long run due to my NOW weak WR core.

Thoughts on the trade?

[breakout89]

well okay then, lol no fantasy footballers on sandtrap?

[Rexx]

Don't know your entire roster or your scoring format, but on the surface, that's a terrible trade. Steve Slaton may be relegated to kickoff returns and some third down work. The Jets are a running team. Edwards had one good year and there are other options on the Jets (Holmes, Keller, LT out of the backfield). And I think Sanchez is quite overrated -- at the very least, he isn't THAT good of a passer and is more of a game manager. Benson is one of less than a dozen RBs in a "workhorse" role. You don't just give those away -- he's got a good chance at finishing Top 10 RB.

[ilovecheesypuffs]

I prefer the 442 formation in real fantasy football, got Drogba upfront with Torres, loads of goals and points

[sc13ntific]

If you have a few other good back options and are desperate I think that would be a fairly good trade.

[nike_golf]

Don't know your entire roster or your scoring format, but on the surface, that's a terrible trade. Steve Slaton may be relegated to kickoff returns and some third down work. The Jets are a running team. Edwards had one good year and there are other options on the Jets (Holmes, Keller, LT out of the backfield). And I think Sanchez is quite overrated -- at the very least, he isn't THAT good of a passer and is more of a game manager. Benson is one of less than a dozen RBs in a "workhorse" role. You don't just give those away -- he's got a good chance at finishing Top 10 RB.

I will agree w/ this.

Sanchez isn't that good. Edwards drops a lot of balls. Slaton won't see the field that much. And Benson WILL end up being a top 10 back this year. Other than all of that, it's a good trade....................... (I must ask. Are you a newbie to FF?)

[Rexx]

I will agree w/ this.

I assume that question was for the OP.

But if not, I've played FF for over 20 years (ugh). Back in the late 90s to about the mid-2000s I used to play in several fairly big money leagues (> $1k... easily). It was practically a year round time consuming endeavor. I did quite well, but it stopped being fun long before I quit. Now, I play in a couple local leagues (minimal buy-in... all friends & acquaintances). Preparation for the draft involves maybe catching parts of a few preseason games, a day to read a few sites, and then printing out a cheat sheet (which I only sort've follow)... so I don't always trust my own advice. But I tell you... watching football is a lot more enjoyable now.

[JasonP]

Keep Benson. If healthy he'll always produce some yards and a few TDs. Hopefully he's not one of your top two backs though.

[breakout89]

Sorry, that ignored this thread, but I just recently got internet at my new APT. Fantasy Football started tonight:D I ended up not making the trade that I previously talked about. I think it was the right decision.

Hope all of y'all have a good fantasy season (or at least to the ones participating in a league)

[bwdial]

My opponent has Shiancoe and I have Longwell. That Minnesota touchdown was bad all the way around for me. Luckily I only lost one point for the missed extra point. Pierre Thomas got me back in the game with that touchdown.

[TN94z]

The only person I had was Devery Henderson...he ended up getting me more points than projected, so I was happy. My opponent didn't have anyone playing last night.