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you guys are acting like i traded bell for a guy on IR. whos to say bell will outscore ajayi for the rest of the season? ajayis got more points than bell since bell returned from suspension. been the #1 back in fantasy over the past 3 weeks and i dont see any reason for him to slow down. hes got 5 TDs to Bells 0 and is ranked in the top 5 in every ranking i can find.

of course i did it for a keeper but isnt that the point of keepers? do teams in the NFL get mad when other teams in their division trade guys for future draft picks? there were only 3 potential keepers i felt we worth it in david johnson OBJ and ajayi. i prolly wasnt getting the first two so i went and got the third.

i really dont see the problem in this. its not collusion im trying to better my team next season in a league weve been running for 10 years. the only reason to be angry is because mikeys team *might have* gotten better but if you had a potential stud keeper i would have proposed the trade to you as well -- and you wouldnt be angry about accepting it.

I'm not going to veto the trade or anything, and I agree its not like you're trading a bum for a top 5 back as ajayi has put up better fantasy numbers this season but I need to put something in place to make sure this doesn't happen with someone else who wants a good keeper and doesn't care who they give up.  so that is why I am asking, do you think there should be a requirement to have to keep him for next year unless there is an injury?

i may have bitched about Nick's trade (now i look like a hypocrit, but im okay with that lol) but the only time a trade can be vetoed IMO is if it's straight up collusion. Otherwise teams can do whatever they want.

FYI that trade was 100% Danny offered, i started out in a totally different spot and he came back with that, so yea

yeah and danny explained that to me.  it was just people like joe and brajer bitching that danny is an idiot and should have received more but like I said before, this is something danny thought would make his team better so why veto that? 

after I asked danny what his thought process was he asked why and I told him it was because a few people in the league weren't happy with it and thought it should be vetoed and that must have set him off or something.  he said:

"Fish, this league is dormant.  the only people who talk about it are you, nick and josh."

"honestly man, this league is horsesh*t.  nobody wants to trade. almost every trade I offer doesn't even get responded to."

ummm ok danny? so because there aren't a hundred trades that makes the league bad?  I know this league isn't what it use to be and that is partially my fault as I don't write weekly emails and there is very minimal interaction group wise, but is this fantasy league really any different than any other league where you don't see the other people in the league on a every day bases (such as an office or family league).  I've said it before, but if it wasn't for wanting to keep in touch with certain people from college I probably wouldn't even play fantasy anymore cuz I just don't care about fantasy like I used to.  this is my only league but is this league really that bad compared to other leagues??

he also has 100% of his FAAB budget left haha tell him to put some bids in and maybe he will enjoy it more. erm is the only other person who hasnt spent a dollar.

speaking of erm, fish ur below erm now?!

Honestly, everyone sets their lineup and has a complete roster, you cant say that about half of the fantasy leagues out there. He is right though about non responses for trade offers (Erm is possibly the worst offender of this)

Either way, theres nothing wrong with our league, as years go on trading dwindles, idk why it just does. Im very happy with our league IMO...

oh he is, i text him to let him know, he just wont acknowledge me

Season in Dynasty is basically kaput, put LeSean on the block, got these offers....

LeSean & Hunter Henry for Derrick Henry & 2nd Round Pick

LeSean & Rishard Matthews for Michael Thomas & Matt Asiata (bleh)


Overall would you rather have Derrick Henry for his career or Michael Thomas?

yeah first one no brainer

woooow are we really 10-11-12 in fantasy??? hahaha geeze

i like boyd and lee vs Broncos should be a very low scoring game.

the QB one is much more difficult. i love derek carr as a player but that finger looked nasty and who knows after the adreneline wore off. NO defense is absolutely pathetic.

i guess Id go boyd and stafford but dont blame me if im wrong.

i'm still kicking myself over the 1 time all season I didn't play ryan Matthews and he had his best game of the season.  if I started him over ANYONE I would have won that week and then I would only been a game back out of the playoffs vs josh's scrub team.  just kidding, my team is nothing special either but what's sad is that I actually think my team had potential with shady, hyde, big ben and jimmy graham.  my WR's killed me with maclin missing half the year and not being very good the other half and esp Hopkins.  you expected top 5-10 production out of him this year and he was nowhere near that.  the biggest problem for me the past few years has been the switch to the points in the waiver wire system.  I cant get a good feel for it, I either hold all my cap $ til the end and never use it on the right guy or I spend too much on the wrong guy early on and screws me out of someone I need.  and that's crucial in fantasy where most leagues are won by an injury and a waiver wire pickup esp when it comes down to bye weeks.