I've been offered RAY RICE, BRANDON MARSHALL, and AUSTIN COL

[dtownsound8]

...for Arian Foster and Ahmad Bradshaw...

...to which I promptly say NO THANKS.

However I'm looking to counter and want to know what you guys think about this?

Offering Andre Johnson instead of Arian Foster.

So... my Andre Johnson + Ahmad Bradshaw for his Ray Rice, Austin Collie, and Brandon Marshall.


Here's my concerns:

* is Rice going to have another season like last year?... slow start and then a huge takeoff through the end of the year? The toughest defenses are out of the way for Baltimore so maybe? Or is he just a bust?

* is Marshall going to live up to expectations?

*will Collie keep up his production when Garcon returns?

I'd be giving up a lot here but this makes me feel a lot better about my WR2 position. ALTHOUGH... I do have Mike Wallace who could be in prime condition to blow up once Roethlisberger takes the field. If I do this trade, it might work well to put Marshall and Collie in my WR1 and WR2 and have Wallace in my RB/WR flex position instead of Moreno. I know Moreno isn't posting anything huge right now but consider that he's only played two games and he did pretty darn good in both. When he recovers from his 'other hamstring' injury, he may not be a beast but from the way he started out his first two games, he might actually pan out to be a solid RB3.

Thoughts?


Here's my team:

12 TEAM LEAGUE
standard scoring
Start: QB x1, RB x2, WR x2, RB/WR x1, TE x1, K x1, DEF x1
(starters in blue)
QB - Aaron Rodgers, Ben Roethlisberger
RB - Arian Foster, Ahmad Bradshaw, Knowshon Moreno (hamstring), Chris Ivory, Danny Woodhead (RB/WR)
WR - Andre Johnson, Mike Thomas, Mike Wallace, Davone Bess, Sidney Rice
TE - Jermichael Finley, Brent Celek
K - Neil Rackers
DEF - Chicago

[tmacuf]

i don't like it. I like rice, but not quite as much as foster. I like marshall, but not as much as AJ. I don't like collie, he might not even get that many looks in a couple of weeks. I think you could do better than collie

[dtownsound8]

right that's why I'm turning it down. There's not much that could make me even consider giving up Foster.

What about the counter offer though? Thoughts on that?

[tmacuf]

whoops, misread. yeah i like it. im tryin to trade for rice, he got over 700 yards receiving last year. other balt rbs stink and theres a chance brandon jacobs gets hot and takes bradshaws points i like it. marshall wont be as consistent, but some huge games, aj gets hurt alot

[dtownsound8]

thx for the feedback.

anyone else? If I'm gonna make the offer I gotta make it in the morning. UM is playing MSU and I want to get the offer up before I head out to watch the game if I'm going to do it.

Looking for more opinions to see if there's any perspectives to this I haven't considered

Thanks!

[c0megets0me]

I would much rather have Rice and Marshall that AJ and Bradshaw.

[manicottimafioso]

I say take the trade!! Rice is off to a slow start, but should be as good if not better than Foster week-to-week. Brandon Marshall and Collie over Bradshaw is a complete no-brainer! Don't hesitate ... take it while you still caaaaaaaaaaaaan!!!!

[B3N1ZJAM1N]

I would much rather have Rice and Marshall that AJ and Bradshaw.

Amen to that. Marshalls good enough to put up 10 on his bye week

[BearsFan65]

I think your counter works well. I don't think any offer could pry Foster away from me, but getting Rice and Marshall for AJ and Bradshaw is a great deal. I also think Collie has a place in your lineup, I don't see Garcon or anyone else keeping him from getting a solid number of targets every week. Good luck!

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