Blowing almost a seasons' worth of FAAB money on a guy who will be a RB2 at best most weeks is astounding.
Not sure how you see that. The guys who think their teams are completely solid are standing pat on their dollars, either waiver surfing defense or just flat out holding out for a difference maker. The guys spending have obvious gaps to fill if they want to make the playoffs (like me) and/or they see the guy they are picking up as that difference maker.
Let's take a look:
* Does McCoy have a lingering injury? Yes, and if he has a setback, he could be out longer. Or the season.
* Could he miss this week, when I need a win the most? Yes
* Is Karlos Williams relevant even when he's not the starter? Yes
* Has he outscored McCoy this season? Yes
Take a look at a random scattering of Rest-of-Season rankings and you'll see I'm not the only one drinking the kool-aid.
Basically you can never get a guy on waivers the rest on the year now, when you make a move like that you're kinda saying that a) the rest of your team is pretty solid b) you are confident you can make any trade at any time. I'm not so sure about the former and the latter is impossible to predict.
Of course I can. But I have to bid 1 or zero, which are still valid bids. But I have the guy, which is more valuable to me than 20 extra faab bucks I could maybe spend on somebody's third receiver.
If you don't want to make moves and tank your season that way, be my guest. At least you didn't do something stupid like try to pawn Davante Adams off on me. (Not gonna name names on that one)
Besides, look at the waiver wire right now and tell me who will be the next difference maker. It's possible we've already seen them all this season, and the rest are guys already sitting on player's benches or roster. Tre Mason, Denard Robinson, ODB; those guys could already be gone as Karlos, James Jones, Donte Moncrief, Dion Lewis, and Matt Jones.
That CBSSports link with trade values is pretty interesting.
Several sites do Rest of Season rankings, and many also show trade value because it's intrinsically more useful than just a ranking number. Obviously the trick is you can't assume someone else assigns the same amount of value, but it is useful.
Someone offered me Lynch and Maclin in exchange for Charles and Fitzgerald because "the bye weeks are the same and my guys are ranked higher than yours".[/quote]
LOL well best of luck to him. But this is why I don't play public leagues unless money is involved.
Yeah, I'll have to give this one some thought. It's one thing that Murray hasn't been playing well, but now I also have to think about that hamstring injury. Blount got all of the goal line carries last week, but Belichick always seems unpredictable with his RBs.
I would do it in a heartbeat. Hyde is a struggling RB2 who's matchup dependent. Bell can slot in every week from now to the end of the year. Eifert would be a hit but chances are there are some waiver guys that could help you out?
I do agree it's a danger to have those eggs in the same basket, so the question is how good do you feel about your record until Big Ben gets back?
