Move up from #9 to #6?

[Phaedrus1313]

Hi,

I'm in a relatively standard performance scoring league with 12 teams. We can keep 2 players from year to year. Our draft is 18 rounds and is serpentine. I draft in the #9 slot (odd rounds) and #4 slot (even rounds).

My only keeper is Brandon Marshall who costs me a 7th rounder.

Another team has both Adrian Peterson and Steve Slaton, and drafts in the #6 position.

The 1.6 pick will actually be the 5th pick of the draft, and there are 5 top/2nd tier RBs available to be drafted:

Westbrook
LT
Portis
Gore
SJax

(MJD, AP, Turner, Forte, Barber, Deangelo, Ryan Grant, Chris Johnson are all keepers).

I've been offered to swap first round picks (i.e. trade up from #9 pick to the #6 pick in the first round) in exchange for my 10th round pick. What do you think?

Alternatively, I've been offered to swap first round picks, swap my 2nd rounder for his 3rd rounder (a difference of 7 actual picks due to keepers), and swap 4th rounders (swap 4.4 for 4.7). In this second scenario, I don't lose any picks but I give up a total of 10 spots in early rounds in exchange for gaining the right to one of those 5 top RBs in round 1. Is that better, worse, or the same?

thanks for any advice!

phaedrus1313

[mattUTD20]

Who else is available? I would have to know what kind of players you are looking at at #9 to know for sure and if there are any WRs or QBs not being kept that might go before you if you move up. You'll probably end up with Westy if you move up so you should take McCoy later in the draft if you do that. So really you are giving up a 10 rounder and whatever round you get McCoy in to get Westbrook over whoever. If you can get someone like Jacobs at #9 I would rather just take him and keep my picks.

[lugmetric]

i would make the move and lock down gore. i think he's the only RB of that lot without serious question marks. you're going to be looking at LT/westy @#9 and i'd rather have a younger guy who's the focal point of an offense than an aging one who is going to lose touches. (LT may bounce back, but he's got a lot of wear on the engine at this point, so i still see him as a gamble.)

[mattUTD20]

i would make the move and lock down gore. i think he's the only RB of that lot without serious question marks. you're going to be looking at LT/westy @#9 and i'd rather have a younger guy who's the focal point of an offense than an aging one who is going to lose touches. (LT may bounce back, but he's got a lot of wear on the engine at this point, so i still see him as a gamble.)

The problem with this is I don't think he will get Gore at #6. He is actually pick #5, I assume because someone above got a keeper for a first round pick. If those are the best 5 RBs available and there aren't any worthy WRs or maybe Brees open to be picked, then he is looking at Westy or Portis. I don't think either of those guys is that much more favorable over someone like Jacobs who is more likely to be there at #9.