Ajay receives Amon-Ra St. Brown
Nick receives James Conner and DK Metcalf
I have absolutely no data to back this up, but anecdotally it feels like DK has been the most traded player in league history. Weissbard, do your job as League Historian and look that up.
I'm sure a few of us in the league could sense Ajay getting desperate. Best record and a bye are clearly in play, but he somehow has more RBs than he can start, and has some big questions at WR. Holding on to his RB surplus was clearly an option, especially given the injury prone-ness of his guys specifically, but if he could upgrade at WR, a trade was probably the better option. For Nick, losing Aaron Jones meant the possibility of starting Jerick McKinnon, and while that would be an upgrade for Barnard and I, Nick decided that a more balanced lineup was worth sacrificing some of his WR upside. His receiving corps is still solid (though Chase obviously is downgraded now), but both teams seem better off than they were before the trade.
In terms of value, I think Ajay made out better, but I'm also assuming Conner either gets hurt or has more of a time share. If Conner plays the rest of the season and returns to his 2021 TD Monster ways, then it swings in Nick's direction.
Ajay Grade: A-
Nick Grade: B
That potentially concludes what was a busy trading season. Again, nothing to back this up, but of the 32 trade participants this season, I would bet that Ajay/Barnard/Marco/Weissbard make up more than half. That's 80% of FALAFEL Gamblers. Why won't anyone trade with me?
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