My First Fantasy Trade of the Season.

So last night I get home around 10:30 from getting a haircut and driving uber and I receive a text from my friend in Colorado with this trade offer, "Odell Beckham Jr. for C.J. Anderson straight up."

Now I have OBJ so my first reaction is why on Earth would I trade my number 2 fantasy draft pick after week 1 for a running back that also had a terrible week 1 for a team that has looked on the decline since the end of last season. My initial reaction was to decline the trade and go about the rest of my night without a second thought. Then I deviled deeper into my own fantasy lineup and discovered that their might be some value if I could get another player from my friends team. At that point I targeted Stevie Johnson, wide receiver number 2 from the Chargers. Why did I target Stevie you ask? Well plan and simple he was a better option in my opinion than say Eddie Royal from Chicago or Breshad Perriman from the Ravens.  Now looking at that trade OBJ for Anderson and Johnson looked like to me a slam dunk in terms of equal value and slightly over what OBJ is going to produce over the final 15 games of this season.

Anderson should pick up in Kubiack's offense after the Broncos get things figured out up front and if Peyton can show he has the arm strength and touch to throw the ball accurately down field so teams can't stack the box against the run. However, Kubiack learned from Mike Shannahan and we all now that Shannahan could throw any running back out there and get him to 1,000 yards. So it is a risk pulling the trigger but I did it.

Stevie Johnson was a 1,000 yard receiver in Buffalo and I expect him to get close to that number this year in San Diego even with Kennan Allen getting the majority of the targets. Allen though had the kind of breakout game every expected in week one with 17 targets and 15 catches for a career high in yardage, but that means teams are going to start keying in on Allen and thus in theory it should open the field from Johnson to get more than the six targets he got week 1.

So let me know what you think about the trade and if I got robbed or if I got a good deal or option number three maybe it is a wash and I shouldn't done the trade in the first place.

Side note: my other receivers are Cooks from New Orleans, Evans from Tampa and Allen Robinson from the Jags. While My RBs are Crowell from the Browns, Martin from Tampa, Sankey from the Titans and Latavious Murray from Oakland. Just for some perspective on my team.