Of course not…
Often times in fantasy football trades, much like real life sports team moves, the best ones are the ones that never even happen. Too often people make changes to their roster just for change’s sake alone. Now, it’s true that if your team is pretty sucky, there are times when a roster move can work just because it shakes things up from the way they were before, but usually the results are an ugly mish-mash of players that just don’t work, and you end up with Monta Ellis, Brandon Jennings, and JJ Reddick manning your backcourt one year (and OJ Mayo, Brandon Knight, and Luke Ridnour the next).
Yes, I’m looking at you, Milwaukee.
More often than not, I follow my own advice. When the Redskins used to trade away draft pick after draft pick for old, overpriced, overrated players that didn’t fit their system, it would drive me nuts. As a fan, I’d much rather suffer through an awful season or 2 and rebuild the right way than constantly be in that 7-9/9-7 no-man’s land every season. Similarly, with my fantasy teams I usually practice patience and stick it out with who I draft (for the most part…smaller trades and free agent pick-ups aside) rather than make wholesale changes. In my own stubborn head, I usually believe that I drafted smartly (even when I didn’t), and I feel like the players I already have can turn my season around.
Well, not this year, motherf***er.
Aww yeah, son!
Sitting at 1-3 with 3 straight L’s, I’d seen enough. Within the span of about an hour yesterday morning, I completed not 1, but 2, multiplayer deals. This morning I sealed the transformation with a couple free agent pick-ups as well. In the 2 trades I said so long to Aaron Rodgers, AJ Green, Darren Sproles, Eddie Lacy, and Bernard Pierce…and hello to Matt Forte, DeMarco Murray, Dwayne Bowe, Greg Jennings, and Zach Miller. Jennings was inconsequential…if he performs well enough to actually crack my lineup, mazel tov to me…if not, oh well. If Jennings was inconsequential, Miller was irrelevant (he was just a throw-in for 1 of the trades, and I promptly dropped him this morning).
It was a wild 24 hours to be sure. Out of my current starting position skill players, only 1 (Larry Fitzgerald) or 2 (Steve Smith) were even drafted by me. My wide receiver corps is definitely weakened, but at least I have 2 reliable plug-and-go running backs that I shouldn’t have to worry about (save for an injury) for the rest of the season…unlike before, when I had to deal with weekly running back-roulette bulls***. As for quarterback and tight end, all I can really say now is, we’ll see.
The best part about making a couple of high profile moves is that even if you’re in last place, it ruffles some feathers. What was a warm, cuddly, quiet league a few days ago is now whipped into a frenzy. When people see a couple of moves being made, everyone then wants to make a move from fear of falling behind…even if they don’t need to (see above). The question is whether or not all this change will help me win…I guess myself and the Milwaukee Bucks of the world will find out soon enough.
Ok, maybe I'm not loving the Milwaukee Bucks imagery so much anymore.
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