My Westbrook for his Portis and Evans?

Question

Evans is the man again in Buffalo, with longball QB Losman starting again. He is now the guy I expected him to be early in the season.

Portis has potential, and, although I never thought he was good, he is not terrible. Maybe he will miss a game here and there, but so will Westbrook.

Westbrook is the entire Eagles offense. He gets like 30 touches a game, which is why I want to trade him. He is already proven to be injury-prone, and with the way that he is over worked, he is sure to suffer from something.

No, I didn't fall into the trap that Portis is so good now. Yeah, he played the Jets.

Looking for an answer with a good explination.

Winner gets 11 pts.

My RBs (start 3)
Westbrook
K. Watson
Chatman
Maroney
Holmes

My WRs (start 4)
C. Johnson
Toomer
Coles
Branch
Hackett
Stokley
B. Marshall

Answer 1

I am a proud supporter of Brian Westbrook, I have him in my main fantasy league, and I wouldnt trade him for anything

Here are two things to think about
1) The Eagles arent that good, they will be playing him all year, even when playoff time rolls around in fantasy, the Eagles may be fighting for the last spot in the NFC so he will still be getting his touches
2) More importantly, unless you play in a league that gives points for every single reception recorded then WR's arent exactly a necessity, they are a luxury the RB's are what matters in fantasy trust me

(As for the injury prone ways of Brian Westbrook, Portis is not that much better, and yea they played the Jets, before that game Portis was under 4 Yards a carry)

P.S. Check the schedule, be sure you now when some guy is gonna have a field day

Answer 2

I wouldn't call Westbrook injury prone although he has been banged up this year. Portis has always had problems staying healthy, thats the reason he isn't usually considered among the top 6-7 RB's. Westbrook is a sure thing right now, producing every week. Portis has under achieved this year and I consider Evans an unproven player so far. I really wouldn't consider 30 touches overworked for a RB especially when several of those are often receptions. I would stay with Westbrook.

Answer 3

I would say do it. westbrook plays for the falling eagles who r caught in a free fall. Lee Evans is a touchdown threat everytime J.P. Losman drops back to pass. Some say Steve Smith is the biggest deep threat in the league but Lee is who i think is the number one deep threat. He is fast and not to mention the fact that losman looks to him everytime. He has a chance to score an 85 yard touchdown everytime. Look at his last two weeks. 5 catches for 138 and a td and 9 catches for 165 and a td(both with Losman back in the line up). As for portis he is a top notch back who is healthy for a full season for once. He is the main piece for the redskins offense who is a run first pass second(trust me i no cause campbell is my backup). he has 6 tds and those numbers should continue to rise as he will have to lead those Skins to the playoffs. Do the trade and watch it pay off.

Answer 4

Don't do this deal!

You have a good enough set of WR's and if someone hasn't yet, pick up Chris Henry from the Bengals as another. You RB's are not bad. It looks like Holmes will be the starter for the rest of the season and Chatman could be a nice surprise.

Either way, Westbrook gets the ball 30 times!!! Run him till he drops dead!

Answer 5

Westbrook is solid week after week- He's my team's high scorer!!
Receivers are hard to count on consistently- one high scoring game, then few or nothing.
If you have a game where Evans scores few, you'll wish you still had Westbrook. Portis is not nearly as good!

Answer 6

2 good games & you are ready to crown him? he is who i thought he was. - Dennis Green

tough call, Westbrook is a double threat (rush / receive) & both him & Portis are injury prone. you are going to have to drop someone to make this work so if you have some scrub rotting on your bench, it wouldn't be a bad deal.

11 points, ahhhhhhhh actually you'd get 12, 2 for answering & the 10 you can award.

Answer 7

Westbrook i would keep period and trade K. Watson, Chatman, and Hackett for Evans and Portis

Answer 8

hard to say without knowing the rest of your RBs and WRs. right now, i say keep westbrook. and for the record, evans has a history of starting slow and finishing strong. you should seen this coming all year

Answer 9

no i think westbrook is about to brakout

Answer 10

no