Trade Success/ Failure

[whomper]

Which trades put you over the top or sunk you ? This includes trades you should have done in retrospect but didnt pull the trigger

 

When Vick was hurt and maybe 1 week away from coming back a guy in our local offered me Vick for Randy Moss. I not only said no I gave an indignant no. Moss got traded and fell off the planet and Vick became fantasy Gold.

 

Any good trade stories ?

Edited December 15, 2010 by whomper

[osu1322]

I traded Beanie Wells and Peirre Garxon for Cedric Benson. I was happy overall with that trade cause Wells wasn't playing yet and Garcon had decent numbers.... The next week Garcon gets hurt and Wells never really showed up this season... I felt I got good value and a RB that I could actually start.

[MrTed46]

I did a TERRIBLE job trading this year.

Same league in this order

 

I traded Bradshaw for B Marshall (week 2)

I acquired BJAX for almost my entire cap

I traded Foster for Roddy White (week 3)

I traded Maclin for M Lynch when he got traded

 

A few that were out of my control

Gore - IR

Gates - Hurt

Pierre - Missed most of the season

Dez Bryant - IR

 

I actually had a great draft and did terrible moves afterwards... a season to forget. I traded away Foster (thinking he peaked) and Bradshaw (thinking he will wear down) because I had Gore + Pierre Thomas and BJAX as a backup.

[Caveman_Nick]

I made a lot of trades in a contract dynasty league this year. I was trying to help playoff teams get better for the stretch while helping my team for the future.

 

I accomplished my end, but the deals the other teams got have been marred by the players getting injured.

 

Then again, I had this happen to me in a league where I traded away Greg Jenngins for Steve Smith NYG who had a longer contract, and then lost Smith for the year, so nobody's immune to the potential injury bug.

[Zach19D]

I traded Hillis for Nicks straight up week 5. At first it was all good with Nicks going off for 33 points against Houston, but since then it's been all Hillis. I made the trade thinking ahead to the Playoffs where Nicks has an easier schedule than HIllis, but now that the playoffs are here I would start Hillis over Nicks in a heartbeat. We'll see if this makes or breaks my season when I meet the guy i traded with in the final.

[euphy]

CJ Spiller for Crabtree... both sucked. But what made the deal worst was that they both lost $20 from their cap.

[staniels12]

Worst trade rape ever in our league this year after Week 2. Dude traded Favre and Benson for......HILLIS and BOWE. Rut roe, Raggy!

[kevinkris]

I traded AJ for Charles and Calvin Johnson.

 

Worked out nicely:)

[Junkyard]

Traded Hightower for Bowe in Week 4, after starting the season at 0-3. Put together a great winning streak to come back and make the playoffs, but lost in round 1 when I benched Bowe for Choice and left Torain sitting on the bench.

[Swashbucklers]

Looking to shake up our rosters, I trade DWilliams and Mark Clayton for Ray Rice and Mike WIlliams (TB) right after DWilliams had his only TD and before Clayton got injured. I like the way this trade has panned out, just wish Rice would have become an every week starter instead of choosing between him and Wallace!

[montster]

In my dynasty, I traded Brady and a second-rounder for Hightower and Steve Smith (NYG). I had Kolb (he's gold!) and wanted to get something for Brady, who was in the last year of his contract. I played QB roulette all season, barely ever started Hightower and missed the playoffs by a hair. Would've cruised through the season with Brady.

[loaf]

I don't remember the whole offer but I was asked for Moss and he was going to give me Dez Bryant and someone else. I declined.

[jhm]

I traded A Johnson for McCoy and it turned out to be really good for me I also pick up Hillis off waivers.........But in the end I fell short of the playoffs by a game..........

[MTSuper7]

Took a crap draft and turned into a playoff team, but lost last week. Key trades:

 

Traded DWill, Cutler and Donald Brown after week 2 for AJ and Felix Jones

Traded Randy Moss for Matt Schaub right before Moss' last game with Minny (to replace my injured Romo)

Traded Schaub and Pierre Thomas after week 9 to a 6-3 team who wanted Pierre Thomas for a playoff run. He traded me Kyle Orton and Fred Jackson. Fred Jackson went nuts for three weeks right after that.

 

I've never had to work as hard to build a winner in my life. Marcedes Lewis and Jacob Tamme on the WW helped a lot too.

 

ETA - Trade I regret not making - I was offered MJD for Forte and Santana Moss. I rejected because MJD looked horrible to that point in the season (I think week 7 or so).

Edited December 15, 2010 by MTSuper7

[Shaman]

Too early to tell since it's a Dynasty League but I made some trades trying to shake the team around:

 

I gave up Smith, Steve NYG for

Amendola, Danny STL and Davis, Dexter SEA

 

Gave up Rolle, Antrel NYG and a 2011 5th for

Clemons, Chris MIA and a 2011 3rd

 

Gave up Benson, Cedric CIN for

Williams, DeAngelo CAR and Wilson, Chris WAS

[T_bone65]

During the off season I traded Steve Smith Car for L. McCoy and Kerry Rhodes, worked out very well for me so far

Edited December 15, 2010 by T_bone65

[billay]

I traded a 5th and an 8th in next year's draft for Desean Jackson, Law Firm and a 10th round pick back in week 5. At that point Greg Jennings and Dwayne Bowe had yet to break out, I had lost Ryan Grant for the year, but replaced him with Hillis as by RB1, but I had serious concerns with Benson as my RB2.

 

I finished #2 in points (after starting out at or near the bottom after the first 4 weeks.) and have thus far made it to the 2nd round of the playoffs. Obviously, the real impact of this trade won't be ascertainable until after next year's draft, but I already intend on keeping Jackson, so that's a 2 round plus.

[The Next Generation]

Made 3 trades this year and 2 of them have sucked. Hardly anyone trades in my leagues, so I like to try to shake things up a bit.

 

In one, a 10-team Dynasty, I traded C Benson for M Clayton (needed a WR badly) and he got hurt/IR in the 1st game I had him (FAIL).

 

In a 14-team, 1-player keeper, I traded LT2 for Randy Moss when he went to the Titans thinking he would ROCK during the soft schedule (FAIL). Also, in the same week, I traded BJGE and S Moss for K Moreno (EVEN). Even though the trades weren't all that positive, my teams are better now than they were prior to the trades, so...

[MTSuper7]

Too early to tell since it's a Dynasty League but I made some trades trying to shake the team around:

 

I gave up Smith, Steve NYG for

Amendola, Danny STL and Davis, Dexter SEA

 

Gave up Rolle, Antrel NYG and a 2011 5th for

Clemons, Chris MIA and a 2011 3rd

 

Gave up Benson, Cedric CIN for

Williams, DeAngelo CAR and Wilson, Chris WAS

 

Getting DWill and Wilson for Benson in a dynasty league is robbery. Benson is a bum.

[historymike]

Passed up a chance to receive Peyton Hillis after week two for (gulp) Santana Moss. Owner wanted to sell high (or so he thought) and I of course was far too brilliant to fall for such a sucker trade: of course Hillis would come back down to Earth and post ho-hum RB numbers like Jamal Lewis had been putting up in Cleveland the past two years. Of course Hillis would be little more than a weak Flex option, and not even worthy of a poor RB2. Of course a guy like Jerome Harrison would emerge as the dominant back, with Hillis doing some third down and goal line work and a lot of blocking.

 

Of course I am an utter idiot, at least in retrospect.

[historymike]

Oh, and I traded Maclin for Thomas Jones, a deal that did make some sense early on, but which really hurt me when I lost both Hicks and Collie to injuries.

[Riffraff]

14 team dynasty.

 

During our 2010 draft, May 1st. Traded my 2011 1st round pick for 2 early second round picks. The bad: Devin Aromashodu. The Good: Mike Williams (TB).

 

Traded Westbrook when he was a free agent for a 2011 second round pick. I own Gore and the other owner needed any RB that might play some downs. Both a good and a bad move there.

 

Traded Stevie Johnson for a 2011 second round pick. Not good.

 

Traded the two 2011 second round picks mentioned above, along with the Law Firm, for a 2011 1st round pick. Team with BJGE eliminated me this week. So bad that Law Firm helped knock me out of the play-offs, but also bad that it made the pick get worse in draft order.

 

Traded my original 2011 second round pick for Brandon Jacobs (I own Bradshaw). Had I started both Bradshaw and Jacobs last week, I would have beaten the Law Firm owner and made the draft pick better.

[Timmypg]

Best trade I ever made was last offseason I traded Beanie Wells for Roddy White in a dynasty league.

 

In another dynasty league I traded Ryan Grant & Steve Breaston for Thomas Jones & Dallas Clark. Not sure how that one will work out until next season.

 

I've made a few really bad trades too, I've just blocked them from my memory.

[Henry Muto]

I was 5-2 and traded Bowe, Cutler, Kitna, Sanchez and Keller for P-Manning and Wayne.

 

I finished 6-7 and missed the playoffs.

[buddahj]

I was @ .500 & made two trades between weeks 8 & 9. I traded away Maclin for Torain (the juries still out on this one). In the other, I traded away A. Rodgers, B. Marshall & B. Jackson for J. Flacco & S. Jackson (this one helped me sneak into the playoffs).