Fantasy Football Headset 2020; What I’d Trade (Danny Boy and Undynasty)

[12 team league, 25 man rosters, 5 taxi spots, start 1QB, 2RB, 3WR, 1TE, 2Flex, 1DST, 1K]

As we wrap up the fifth week of the season the playoff picture is starting to form and for teams that aren’t going to make it, or want to position themselves in the top of the draft. It’s key for selling teams to start making moves. Unless you’re in a league with very aggressive owners there will only be a set number of moves to make so it’s key to get ahead of the market, especially in our league where an arms race preceded the season.

Undynasty is in full tank mode, running out the tank lineup in a race to get to the top pick of the draft and heading for 1-4 to start the season. This team has already traded Kenyan Drake and James Connor for a 1st and a 2nd round pick in 2021 and a 2nd round pick in 2022. The 1st was his own, a big get to initiate the tank, and he should have three picks in the top 18.

Those picks go along with a core of Deshaun Watson, Mark Andrews, Chase Edmonds, Corey Davis, A. J. Brown, N’Keal Harry, Will Fuller and Courtland Sutton. Rookies Antonio Gandy-Golden and La’Mical Perine are the interesting kids to go along with those vets. Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Dalls Goedert are interesting pieces that could be on the team next season also.

What that leaves is not much after shipping out the two backs. Alshon Jeffery is the only notable vet that could fetch something, but that’s if he ever gets healthy and can produce for the practice squad receiving corps that is the Philadelphia Eagles. Justin Jackson and D’Ernest Johnson gained some value with injuries in their backfield but have a limited window. Those two are really the only pieces left to move and need to do so in a hurry.

Depending on your feelings for Goedert and Scantling they could be interesting flips if they do something, though the Zach Ertz contract could turn Goedert into something if his time ends in Philly. Otherwise, it’s about using their FAAB to find anyone that’s interesting going forward or could possibly be a minor flip as most of the selling work is done on this team. It’s all about the 2021 draft and hitting on those picks.

Danny Boy is on the cusp of pulling off an upset to move to 2-3 but still in contention for a top pick. This team has already been in seller’s mode to further push the tank. Raheem Mostert and Jimmy Graham were traded for Chris Herndon, Miles Gaskin and a 2021 2nd round pick. This gives them three top 23 picks.

Gaskin joins D.K. Metcalf, Tyler Boyd, Even Engram, D’Andre Swift and Devante Parker as the likely core for next season. Rookie K.J. Hamler is their other player that seems like an asset moving forward. This team has done a nice job adding pieces but not leaning in to a rebuild before this has seen their team sink to this point.

Todd Gurley, Jared Cook, Jarvis Landry, Drew Brees, Kirk Cousins, Marvin Jones and Larry Fitzgerald are the vets to move. Quarterback isn’t a high position of value so anything for them would be a win, but Jones and Fitz could be serviceable vets for a competing team. Cook would be someone I’d move as quickly as possible before Michael Thomas comes back, though the pecking order of pass catchers in New Orleans has left him as an inconsistent producer.

Landry has fallen off from his target monster ways but has put together some solid weeks and has seen at least a slight uptick with the Nick Chubb injury. He could slide in as a flex option for a competing team. Gurley is the real asset that could bring back something of note. The committee early on hurt his value but he has really come on the last few weeks and backs are always valuable. Gurley is worth a late 1st/early 2nd round pick and could be a boost to a team with all the injuries thus far in the season.

Both teams have been active sellers early on and that’s big for positioning themselves in contention for a high draft pick and also getting ahead of the market. Undynasty has just fringe moves left but Danny Boy could still be a factor before the selling is done. Fitz, Jones and Cook are quickly heading to roster cut territory and it’s hard to find value for signal callers so anything for them might be all you can get, but Gurley and Landry could still bring back something useful for the rebuild. They could both still be on the team for next season but their value has already trended down and it’s a dangerous game to play for a team clearly rebuilding.