Barnard receives Najee Harris, Davante Adams, and Darnell Mooney
Marco receives Travis Etienne Jr. and Stefon Diggs
While I love trades as a rule, a Barnard-Marco trade always feels a bit like shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic. This one has some legitimately fun elements: Will Davante get traded and to where? Does ETN get benched this week or next week? Can Diggs explode in his Bills revenge game? Does being around Zeke make Najee decide that putting on weight is the answer to his speed issues? Does Barnard know which team Mooney is on?
The big wild card here is where Davante ends up. Staying in Vegas seems like a non-starter, but if he went to the Jets, Mandos, or Saints, those would all seem to be big upgrades. However, when is the last time a receiver traded mid-season did anything during the regular season? Probably Amari to the Cowboys? I would be scared to get anywhere near Davante right now. But that also applies to literally everyone else in this trade, all of whom were on my personal Do Not Draft list.
I guess Diggs and Najee have ceilings while their teammates are injured, and maybe Jacksonville figures something out, but in general I would cue the Celine Dion music on both of these teams.
Grades:
Barnard: C
Marco: C+
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