L. Jordan for K. Winslow

[TruffleShuffle]

OK, here's the setting so people understand why I am probably going to make this trade. It's a 14 team league, and everyone must start 2 RBs, 2 WRs and 1 W/R, so starting RBs are hard to come by. With Marvin Harrison, Roy Williams and Bernard Berrian (as well as Reggie Williams and Eddie Kennison) I'm pretty much always filling up my W/R with a WR. My RBs are Edgerrin James, Ahman Green and Kevan Barlow, which even in a 14 team league is pretty lousy - considering James' suckitude this year. Ahman Green has been good when he plays, but he's pretty much a guarantee to suffer some sort of debilitating injury before the end of the year.

 

Winslow has become my best trading chip. I drafted him in the 2nd to last round, but picked Shockey in the 4th round (it's amazing how quickly the talent level drops in a 14 team league). So, a guy offered me Lamont Jordan for Winslow. Since he's basically an insurance policy, I figure that getting a starting RB for him is a pretty good parlay, even if the Raiders suck. I know he has minor back injury and missed last week, but it doesn't seem like something that would plague him the rest of the season. To me this deal is a no-brainer, but the guy I'm trading with definitely knows what he's doing - am I missing something?

[PrimeTime]

It is a no brainer.....TE's are all the same once you get past Gates,Shockey, and Gonzales...besides the big 3, you jsut hope they can give you a couple points a week and the occasional touchdown...you cant expect big from the TE position..The guy is giving you a starting RB who can blow up anytime..you have to do this deal..

[NCCubFan]

I agree on doing the deal. I'd always do a deal where I'm trading a bench player for one who has the potential to start.

[UMFan83]

Winslow is probably the best TE outside of the big 4 (Gates, Shockey, Gonzalez, Crumpler) even though Cleveland's passing game sucks. Jordan is pretty useless right now, but if he's your backup TE, it can't hurt

[TruffleShuffle]

OK, I'm doing the deal. Hopefully Shockey doesn't decide to blow out his knee next week!