Fantasy football advice thread

[Jehrico]

I thought it would be a good idea to have a thread where people can post questions seeking advice for fantasy football leagues, so here goes.

 

Anyways, someone in my league is offering me Braylon Edwards for Matt Forte. I've got Frank Gore, Clinton Portis, Julius Jones, and Ernest Graham in addition to Forte, so I've got some spare good RBs. I only have Jericho Cotchery, Larry Fitzgerald, and Brandon Lloyd at WR, so I'm not too deep there at all. The trade makes sense from a needs perspective, but the question is...is Forte giving up too much to get Edwards? I'm confident that Edwards will turn it around once his foot is 100% healed, but I'm wondering if I'm overpaying considering the guy wants a reliable RB badly. He doesn't want Jones and is unsure about Graham, and I'm not moving Portis or Gore. So that leaves Graham and Forte to make the deal with. Would you other fantasy gurus make that deal?

[imb]

i would have probably put this in the fantasy forum

 

do you play in a 2 RB league or a 3 RB league?

[Jehrico]

i would have probably put this in the fantasy forum

 

do you play in a 2 RB league or a 3 RB league?

2 WR, 2 RB, and a slot that can be either.

 

Oh, and if someone wants to move this from social, please do. I didn't even know we had a general fantasy forum.

[imb]

i would probably do the deal, but i havent really looked at the cleveland situation too closely

[Jehrico]

i would probably do the deal, but i havent really looked at the cleveland situation too closely

They're playing Baltimore this weekend, so if I get him, I wouldn't start him until possibly next week at the earliest.

[CubColtPacer]

As much as I'm unsure about Edwards, you have no #2 wideout right now. You have 4 RB's worthy of starting on a week to week basis and can only start 3 of them. Edwards is going to help you a lot more than Forte will the rest of the year, even if Forte ends up scoring more points.

 

As for is that too much to give up, you can ask a couple of owners who are loaded at wide receiver to see if you can get a better receiver. My guess is that buying low on Edwards will be worth more than getting a middling guy from somebody else, and I can't see anybody giving up a top tier guy for Forte or Graham. I see Edwards having a good second half even if he struggles for a couple more weeks. I would definitely do the deal unless another trade comes up that is even better. This is a very good deal though.

[Outshined_One]

*Punt*

[Jehrico]

As much as I'm unsure about Edwards, you have no #2 wideout right now. You have 4 RB's worthy of starting on a week to week basis and can only start 3 of them. Edwards is going to help you a lot more than Forte will the rest of the year, even if Forte ends up scoring more points.

 

As for is that too much to give up, you can ask a couple of owners who are loaded at wide receiver to see if you can get a better receiver. My guess is that buying low on Edwards will be worth more than getting a middling guy from somebody else, and I can't see anybody giving up a top tier guy for Forte or Graham. I see Edwards having a good second half even if he struggles for a couple more weeks. I would definitely do the deal unless another trade comes up that is even better. This is a very good deal though.

No one else has a guy like Edwards on the bench, and everyone wants a Gore type of runner for a legit starter. I think I'm going to go ahead and do this, and sit Edwards this week. Hopefully, he'll at least look healthy against the Ravens D, and be ready for Wk 4.

[Vanilla Ice]

id do it for graham but not for forte