How to Improve my team?

Question

My team consists of:

Donovan Mcnabb
Jason Campbell

Laurence Maroney
Tatum Bell
Deangelo Williams
Leon Washington
Vernand Morency

Torry Holt
Marques Colston
Reggie Brown
Calvin Johnson
Jacoby Jones (Our league rewards 8 pts for KR and PR TDs)

Jeff Wilkins
Pats D
Saints D

We start 2 RB, 2 WR, and 1 Flex RB/WR. Also 1 point for every 5 receptions.

Basically, I need a better RB and I'm not sure who I should trade in order to maximize my potential. Who should I trade and who should I target exactly?

Answer 1

I don't think you do need a better RB. You have 2 for sure starters and 2 backups who could get the call at a moments notice. Foster is the new "fragile Freddy" and, as a Packer fan, I haven't liked anything I've seen out of Jackson. Plus, the Pack were so happy to get Morency healthy again, it just tells me that Morency may get more playing time than most people really think.

If you really are intent on getting yourself a better RB, I would find someone who's pretty soft at WR or who are a fan of New England. Of your WR's, I think Colston and Johnson are valued way too high and if you can get what their value is then do it. I think you value them too highly as well and that's why you have them on your team but if you want to improve a weakness, you have to give up a strength. In my eyes, it's only a perceived strength. Colston had a surprise year and he's not going to surprise anyone this year and Johnson is a rookie. He may do well for a rookie but he's not going to be a top WR. Marinelli is too much of a tool in Detroit and is already saying Calvin isn't a starter yet, moron. Sell them high before the season starts.

Donovan is a great QB but his value is only tepid. It's not worth the top spot that he'll finish at. The Saints aren't a D worth having on your roster so if you do manage to package NE and a WR for a top RB then make sure there's a D available.

Last piece of advice, and I tell everyone this but it may not happen in your league since you guys reward return points, pick up Wes Welker if he's available. He will be a friggin stud in New England and will play way better than last year. Which is saying a lot since he had a f**k of a year in Miami. Mark my words, Welker will be the best receiver on the Patriots.

Answer 2

There aren't 10 RBs better than Maroney and Williams. So who are you going to trade for ? Unless you're in a moron's league, you're going to have to give up a lot of talent. Both those guys are #1 backs on their team and Williams is about to join the elite RBs of the league. NE and Carolina have 2 of the better offenses in the league so they will be productive.

I don't see your RBs as a weakness. But to get somebody better you're going to have to package some of your talent at other positions that will surely weaken you (possibles - a combination of Bell/Colston/Johnson/Brown and maybe even Holt). It may not be worth it.

Answer 3

Trade Calvin Johnson, using Morency as the stop gap replacement for the other team.

CJ will be overrated since he is a rookie on a team that allowed a whopping 63 sacks last year. Rookies don't break a thousand yards.

Morency is already behind Brandon Jackson on Green Bay's chart and he's not a good fit. Trade him before people find out.