Welcome to Week 8 of Making the Trade, covering the week in dynasty trades from UTH Nation. Catch the previous installment here.
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Rage Against the Machine
My position here at UTH got slightly more tenuous with Chad launching his brand spanking new UTH Trade Calculator this week.
Apparently I crushed this trade earlier this offseason. Nice work @ChadParsonsNFL @Harahduh2 #UTHTrades pic.twitter.com/L3tIBD1g3P
— Jason Kerr (@jasonjkerr) June 3, 2015
@Harahduh2 @ChadParsonsNFL #UTHTrades loving this calculator. Great pod today, as always pic.twitter.com/nzSobeAQ75 — Dynastybd (@dynastybd) June 3, 2015
Personally I don’t get it. Who really wants trade advice at a moments notice based on Chad’s rankings and formatted specifically to your league? Wouldn’t you rather just make the trade and then find out afterwards if we like it or not? Actually, don’t answer that.
Fading the Dallas RBs
With the Dallas RB job wide open Darren McFadden and Joseph Randle are starting to gain some trade value. But I’m not buying. Back in April I wrote an article for RotoViz recommending that owners should avoid getting caught up in the hype surrounding whoever Dallas drafts at RB. The only problem is that Dallas didn’t draft a RB. Nonetheless, my argument–that much of DeMarco Murray’s 2014 success was built on volume rather than high value touches–remains relevant to the current members of the Dallas backfield, particularly because the talk out of Dallas is a committee approach at the position. If you own Randle, McFadden or Ryan Williams I would be looking to sell, especially at these prices:
Traded Darren McFadden and a 2016 2nd for a 2016 1st #packageup #uthtrades #dynastytrades
— Alan Anderson (@atothecanderson) May 20, 2015
@pkerrane #dynastytrades 12 tm PPR TE .5 pt prem. give j randle & j cameron get 1.07 & ’16 2nd mid — Mike Strong (@corvette8598) June 2, 2015
Patience is a Virtue
I’ve seen a couple of these types of moves and I always like them:
OTC rookie draft/complete rebuild gave 1.13, 3.05 & 2016 4th got 2016 1st, 2016 3rd, & 3.01 (Tre Mcbride) #dynastytrades #UTHtrades
— Big Perm (@BigPerm3313) May 29, 2015
@BigPerm3313 @DynastyTrades also 28 roster, 12team, 2RB/2WR/2Flex/TE/QB, very deep.
— Harrison (@harrisonju) May 30, 2015
Trading a late first for a future 1st is a great way to cheaply improve draft position. Sure you have to wait a year for the deal to payoff, but you free up a roster spot and improve your draft position at a fraction of the usual price. Bonus if you’re in a rebuild: you probaly just imporoved your own draft picks’ position slightly as well. The best time to do this is anytime you can do it, but you may find your leaguemates at their most impatient when you’re on the clock. Sometimes people get a little carried away in those situations:
@pkerrane @DynastyTrades gave 2.08(David Johnsom) got 2016 1st #UTHTrades
— Jordan Spires (@jordan_spires) June 1, 2015
Take the Value
This one is a no brainer right?
C.J. Anderson for Hopkins and Carr @ChadParsonsNFL @Harahduh2 #UTHDynasty #UTHtrades
— Jared Bentley (@JaredBentley) May 27, 2015
Well… unless it leaves you completely barren at RB:
@Harahduh2 @ChadParsonsNFL even though it currently leaves me with kniles Davis as my starting RB haha. — Jared Bentley (@JaredBentley) May 27, 2015
Knile Davis as your RB1 will have any owner thinking twice, but in my opinion you’re still better off getting the side of the trade with the most value. There’s cheap veteran production available at RB, and just like every other year, RBs will emerge from out of nowhere in-season. Don’t be a slave to positional need; if value is staring you in the face, take it.
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