Tuesday, August 28, 2012

First Ever 3 Way Deal Goes Down

In a trade that is sure to send shock waves throughout the league three teams came to an agreement in a blockbuster deal.

Sharks Receive: HB Demarco Murray, WR Antonio Brown, HB Jonathan Stewart, 2nd (2016 CLO), Bills D
CLO Receives: WR Julio Jones, HB Ben Tate, HB Ahmad Bradshaw, HB Mikel LeShoure
Kings Receive: WR Larry Fitzgerald













This trade could not have worked out any better for the three teams involved. Starting with the Sharks, they now have 2 stud halfbacks to pair with 2 stud receivers and Antonio Brown makes for a nice flex option which should have them in the hunt for the title this year and beyond.
CLO now has a super stud at every position with Staff, Richardson, and Julio. If Britt comes back strong he would have a runningback combo and receiving combo that could compete with the Sharks for tops in the league.
The Kings were able to land a top 5 receiver with some elite years left for mostly potential players and now have a sick receiving corp of Megatron and Fitz to pair with their elite tight end Jimmy Graham.

It's so rare to see three team deals, rarer to see three team deals between 3 potential playoff teams, and even rarer to see a three team deal where every team walks away looking better than they did before. In my opinion this trade helped three already strong teams become stronger.

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Scott's Tots Acquire Steve Johnson

Scott's Tots Receive: WR Steve Johnson and HB Isaiah Pead
Kings Receive: HB Shonn Greene and WR Randy Moss

In my opinion the Kings got ripped off on this deal sending youth with potential for a non talented runner in Greene and a 35 year old Moss that is supposed to only play 25 snaps per game. I'm the biggest Moss backer there is but you don't trade Steve Johnson a top 25 wide receiver who is still plenty young and Isaiah Pead a rookie runningback with some burst for unexciting Greene and the unfortunately old Randy Moss. Good get for Scott's Tots.

Friday, August 24, 2012

Boles Snags CJ?K; Anthony Gets Even Younger

Matt Boles Receives: HB Chris Johnson and WR Jon Baldwin
Anthony Hatfield Receives: HB Doug Martin, WR Santonio Holmes and 2013 1st

Matt's team now looks like a strong contender for 2012 while Anthony has gotten even younger and set himself up for the future.

Tick Lands a WR1; Anthony Snags Two Young Prospects

Tick Receives: WR Mike Wallace
Anthony Receives: WR Kendall Wright and HB David Wilson

Tick was able to land a proven WR1 something his team desperately needed while still staying staying youthful. Anthony grabbed two blue chip prospects that both have good upside and have potential to give him more depth and youth to compete for the foreseeable future.

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Huge Deal Sends Foster to Sharks

Sharks Receive: HB Arian Foster
CLO Collins Receives: HB Demarco Murray, HB Ryan Mathews, HB Jacquizz Rodgers, HB Kendall Hunter, QB Sam Bradford, TE Greg Olsen

This trade is a win-win for both franchises. The Sharks definitely overpaid for Foster but the addition of Foster to their team now makes them arguably the Ultimate Dynasty Bowl favorite. While CLO has the chance to field a scary good team in 2-3 seasons with RG3, TRICH, Mathews, Murray, Fitzgerald and Britt. Having that strong trio at arguably the most shallow position in all of fantasy should pay huge dividends.

Friday, August 3, 2012

NFL News-Ultimate Dynasty Impact (Mike Wallace)

These are special articles that will look at some of the top stories in the NFL and what impact they could have on our league.

The Mike Wallace Contract Situation - As everyone knows Wallace is in a contract dispute and things took a drastic turn for the worse when the Steelers gave Antonio Brown the contract they had been reportedly offering Wallace. It looks like if Wallace wants to play this year he's going to have to sign his one year tender which I think he'll eventually do but each week he holds out is another week he's behind in a brand new Todd Haley offense while Brown takes the reps in the one spot. Wallace' long term value is also cloudy as he's far from certain to be in Pittsburgh past 2012.

ULTIMATE EFFECT

1. Mike Wallace (Anthony Hatfield) - Wallace was coming into 2012 as a low end WR1/high end WR2 but now with this hold out even he plays the whole regular season you have to think Antonio Brown will have past him in this offense for the #1 receiver role. Wallace is now looking more like a mid level WR2 with upside and he still has plenty of skill so no matter where he winds up beyond this year he should still be plenty good and viewed as a high WR2 in dynasty depending on his landing spot.

2. Antonio Brown (Super Manning) - This is a huge boost for Super Manning as Antonio had already outscored Wallace for the last 7 weeks of the 2012 season and now with him in camp learning the offense while Wallace isn't he has WR1 upside even if Wallace does show up in time for the season. Even more important with that contract Brown is now assured of being in Pittsburgh for the foreseeable future and should even be the WR1. This potentially gives Phil two future WR1's in Demaryius Thomas and Antonio Brown, not too bad. It can't be overstated how big the Wallace situation has ended up being for Super Manning.

3. Ben Roethlisberger (Dynasty Kings) - Roethlisberger may be slightly effected by Wallace's absence but I can't see it being too big of a deal. The Steelers look like they're going to be throwing the ball all over the yard which makes Roeth a great high upside back up to have for the Kings. Losing Wallace in the long term would however slightly downgrade Roeth due to the decline in his receiving corps.

4. Emmanuel Sanders (Sharks) - A lot of sites last year were heralding Sanders as a break out candidate expecting him to do what Brown ended up doing. If he can avoid injuries he could be a pretty good receiver in that Pittsburgh system. The biggest bump he gets though is for his long term future while it looks like Wallace may be exiting come 2013 which would put Sanders in line as the #2 WR to Antonio Brown for the Steelers which could potentially make him a mid level dynasty WR2 with upside.