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I wanted to get some thoughts on offseason trades of keepers. I will use a hypothetical situation and I would like to get some opinions on which rule configuration makes the most sense and why. Please explain your rationale. Keeper Rules: You can keep any player one round higher than you drafted him the previous year, with the 5th round being the latest round that a keeper can be kept. You can keep a player for a second year, but they must be kept as your first round draft pick. Scenario: Team A drafted Peyton Manning in the 6th round last year, so Manning is a 5th round eligible keeper. Team B drafted SJax in the 4th round, so he is a 3rd round eligible keeper. Team A drafts near the end of the snake and team B drafts near the top. The two teams want to trade these players and there are two schools of thought as to what sort of trade can be allowed. Trade process one would have the teams trade the players as-is. Team A could then use its 3rd round pick to keep SJax and team B could use its 5th round pick to keep Manning. Trade process two would require each team to first keep their respective player in their respective round and then trade them. This trade would obviously never happen as team B would essentially be trading away a 3rd round pick for a 5th round pick. The argument against the 1st type of trade is essentially that it could result in trades that are unfair to other members of the league. For example if the team picking last had no viable running back keepers and the team picking 1st had several running back keepers, then the first team could trade away a keeper and keep their #1 overall pick, thus depleting the running back by one additional back. In theory, this screws the guy drafting 7th or 8th out of a good running back. The argument against the 2nd type of trade is that it artificially assigns value to keeper players. Manning is now assigned a value of 5.10, where he would almost certainly be taken with a higher pick than that were he thrown back in the pool. What do you think is the fairest rule? Thanks!