 We have our first vetoed trade in the NFC. This wasn't even close. LeSean McCoy is a big name, but he's missed two games already due to injury (and, when he's been in the lineup, he's been ineffective). Jeremy Kerley is zero percent owned. Zero. He's projected to score 2.39 points the rest of the season.  And who was Leal getting in return for these two? Eddie Lacy and Julian Fucking Edelman, who is the third-highest scoring WR in the OIL. Granted, Lacy has been a disappointment so far. He is averaging nine points a game, but he started off last year slow as well. The aforementioned Jeremy Kerley has games of 0.65, 0.00, 1.60, and 0.00 to go along with one standout game of 18.75 points. What does Yahoo! think of this exchange? Well, it would net Morgan 152 fewer points over the course of the season. Did I mention that Morgan is 1-4 while Leal is 4-1? There is no plausible explanation for this trade outside of collusion. Therefore, the trade was vetoed by our third-party reviewer.
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 Sitting at 1-2, Cliburn and Schmidt decided to shake things up. Schmidt gave up the number one TE in the game to Cliburn for the fourth-highest scoring TE and the fourth-highest scoring WR (Jordan Reed and Steve Smith, respectively). It's a risky move for Cliburn, who now needs to find a WR3 somewhere in a crowd that includes names like Darius Heyward-Bey, Marqise Lee, Devin Funchess, and Devante Parker. Meanwhile, Schmidt gets more depth at WR and not too much of a drop off at TE. After the trade, Cliburn's projected victories went down by two, and FantasySP.com's trade analyzer liked Schmidt's haul more.  But Cliburn is undeterred. With Gronkowski on a bye, it's possible the 'Mericans fall to 1-3, but this puts them in a better position for the playoffs if they can find a replacement-level WR3 in the interim.
 After starting the season with three disappointing losses, Roe Rebel Alliance decided it couldn't wait on Martavis Bryant any longer. They trade him and Shane Vereen to the Redlegs for emerging RB David Johnson and steady-Eddie WR Nate Washington. It wasn't the most Roe could command for Bryant, but Roe really needed help for this week. LeSean McCoy may not play, and the Rebels don't have Karlos Williams backing him up.
This is the AFC's first trade of the season.  After Trovillo and Duffy opened the floodgates, three more trades happened in rapid succession in the lead-up to week three. The DARC NARCS got their handcuff in Knile Davis. Lucky Enuf invested in Martavis Bryant, and the Arrogant Americans sent Chris Ivory-handcuff Bilal Powell and steady-Eddie WR Jeremy Maclin to the AMMODOGS for what Cliburn hopes is a buy-low, high reward WR in Brandin Cooks.
There has still yet to be a single trade in the AFC and PFC. You guys need to fix that.  Like recently-deceased Yogi Berra once said, it's deja vú all over again. TE Jimmy Graham has been traded from the 2014 champion Dirty Hippies to 2015 hopeful Adam Duffy and the Hangovers in exchange for WR Davante Adams. TE Jared Cook will assume Graham's role in Knoxville.
The trade deadline in the OIL was October 31. It's been an active season, with multiple trades completed before the first ball was even snapped, and it stayed that way all the way to the trade deadline.
First, SoonerJack (sitting at 3-5 and in bye week hell), sent Chicago Bears TE Martellus Bennett (who is on a bye this week) to Arrogant Americans for Indianapolis Colts RB Trent Richardson and Philadelphia Eagles TE Zach Ertz, neither of whom are on a bye this week. The trade made sense for both teams. SoonerJack is still in the playoff hunt and cannot afford a sixth loss. Kudos to Bruesch for doing all he can to fight for that playoff spot. For Cliburn's Arrogant Americans the trade upgrades his TE position while giving up only a couple backup players. Then, two likely playoff teams completed a trade designed to bolster their playoff rosters. Pyle's Lucky Enuf sent Oakland WR James Jones (who has been a serviceable WR3/Flex play in PPR formats) to Trovillo's Dirty Hippies for St. Louis WR Tavon Austin, Baltimore RB Bernard Pierce and San Francisco RB Carlos Hyde. For Pyle, the trade gives him the valuable handcuff to Frank Gore in Carlos Hyde, as well as a boom-or-bust WR in Tavon Austin. The Hippies, meanwhile, gave up a few backup players for a WR who can fill a valuable Flex spot while Giovani Bernard is injured. Our Ask the Arbitrator feature provides quick, unbiased trade review when controversy divides your league. Today's trade dispute comes from Joshua Johnson's .5 PPR keeper league (max of three players kept): Team 1
This trade should be upheld. Normally, the standard of review is simple: could a reasonable fantasy football manager make a case for this trade helping their team this season? But this is a keeper league. In a keeper or dynasty league, the standard of review is even lower because the rationale and ramifications extend beyond this season. So, let's take a look at what is really happening here.
Team 1 gives up two young SEC RBs in Zac Stacy and Isaiah Crowell (initially played for Georgia before transferring to FCS) to Team 2 for up-and-coming TE Travis Kelce and young QB Nick Foles. Zac Stacy is the starting RB in St. Louis and has looked good in his first two seasons. Crowell is a rookie in a crowded backfield, but many believe he is the most talented back in Cleveland. Travis Kelce is quickly becoming a TE1 in PPR scoring while Nick Foles is a top-10 QB in either format. As starters go, Foles and Kelce are probably better players than Stacy and Crowell right now. But it's entirely possible that Kelce is a backup RB for Team 2 while Foles could be his team's QB1 or QB2. Team 1 is most likely starting Stacy and stashing Crowell. So, in effect, this is a situation where Team 1 cashes in on his RB depth (one starter and one stash) for an upgrade at QB and TE. For Team 2, they sacrifice depth for a RB who is a stud right now and a RB who is predicted to be a stud soon. And this is a keeper league. Whether Team 2 truly has enough depth to pay this price is in the eye of the beholder. Whether Foles and Kelce are worth losing a stud RB in Stacy and a potential stud in Crowell is up to Team 1 to decide. This trade would be borderline if it were a redraft league, in which case it would essentially be Stacy and a lottery ticket at RB for Foles and Kelce. But this is a keeper league, so the lower standard of review saves the trade. Ruling: The trade should be upheld. Do you have a trade dividing your league? Send it to us and we'll arbitrate the dispute. Our Ask the Arbitrator feature provides quick, unbiased trade review when controversy divides your league. Today's trade dispute comes from Michael Fitzpatrick's 14-team PPR keeper league: Two trades for review:
Thanks for the submission, Michael. We'll address each trade in order. Trade 1: This trade should be upheld, but only because it is a keeper league. Normally, the standard of review is simple: could a reasonable fantasy football manager make a case for this trade helping their team this season? Under that standard, this trade would fail. But this is a keeper league. In a keeper or dynasty league, the standard of review is lower because the rationale and ramifications extend beyond this season. So, let's take a look at what is really happening here. Team A is 3-1 with Golden Tate and Malcom Floyd. At 3-1, it's unlikely that Floyd is starting for their team, but Floyd has been serviceable. Tate is currently ranked 20th in PPR scoring for wide receivers with 24 catches for 317 yards. Tate and Floyd are keeper-eligible for a 12th and 13th round pick, respectively. Team B is 1-3 even with Jordy Nelson, who had an ADP this season of second to third round. Nelson is the bigger name (as evidenced by his ADP), and is currently a top-three PPR WR. But Nelson is not keeper-eligible and Team B is 1-3 even with Nelson's Herculean efforts thus far. Team A gets the bigger name here with the most potential for this season. Team B gets an opportunity to cash in on a big name to help build his team for next year. It may be too early to push the panic button for Team B, but that's up to him (or her) to decide. Tate is actually scoring at a WR2 level even with Detroit's recent offensive struggles. Whether that is sustainable is up for argument. Floyd is doing decently well in a resurgent San Diego offense. There's a good possibility he wasn't good enough to contribute to Team A but is good enough to contribute to the 1-3 Team B. Kudos to Team A for not resting on its laurels. Ruling: The trade should be upheld.
Trade 2: This trade should also be upheld due to the keeper nature of this league. Here, we have two 2-2 teams going in different directions. It appears one team thinks it has a shot this season while the other is already building for next year.
Team C would trade away Montee Ball (currently outside the top-30 in PPR scoring for RBs) and Dez Bryant (a top-10 WR in PPR scoring). Neither player is keeper-eligible. Team D trades away 25th-ranked WR Alshon Jeffery, who has been injured this season but can be kept next season. From an outsider's perspective, it looks like Team D believes it can win this season. To that end, it is trading away a player who could help its team next season for a buy-low, one-season RB and a top-10 WR that may put him over the top this season . . . but will not be able to help his team next season. Team C appears to be looking forward to next year already, but it's not exactly holding a fire sale. It gives up on the disappointing Montee Ball and trades top-10 WR Dez Bryant for potential top-10 WR Alshon Jeffery (if he's healthy) with the understanding that he can go into next season already set at one WR position. Again, this trade would be overruled in a re-draft league, but this is a keeper league and that raises more possibilities for trade rationale. Ruling: The trade should be upheld. Do you have a trade dividing your league? Send it to us and we'll arbitrate the dispute. The league has spoken. From now on, all trades will be reviewed immediately by an unbiased third party. That third party is My Fantasy Commish.   OkIraqi.org is proud to introduce a new feature: Ask the Arbitrator. Have a trade dispute? Do you wonder if the offer you've gotten is fair? Fill out the form and await your reply.
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