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(Message started by: rickgpin on Nov 12^th, 2005, 10:54am)

Title: trade help!
Post by rickgpin on Nov 12^th, 2005, 10:54am

i am being offered willie parker for jamal lewis. i am afraid i am trading nothing for nothing. do you think cedric benson for jamal lewis would be worth the effort? thanks for you help? [smiley=idontknow.gif]

Title: Re: trade help!
Post by tm20 on Nov 12^th, 2005, 11:37am

Man. You got me here. I think I would actually rather have Willie on my roster and take the chance that he will be carrying the load in those late season AFC rivals. I really can't see Benson, other than a couple games at this point of the season, ever playing over a healthy Thomas Jones (especially late in the year). That is how I evaluate those deals...However, it looks like you could use a little help right now at RB so maybe Benson is your guy...I'd be curious as to what others think

Title: Re: trade help!
Post by StegRock on Nov 13^th, 2005, 2:31am

Right now, for the duration of this year, I like them in the following order: 1) Cedric Benson (I think he will start earning his bucks in a BIG way; as good as Jones had been, Benson is going to EXPLODE and also become difficult to justify benching and, furthermore, he was their original plan A, i.e. the guy they really wanted to go with), 2) Jamal Lewis (not going to do a whole hell of a lot from here on out, but he is the main show in town), 3) Willie Parker (love the guy, but he's banged up, and Duce is healthy and looks good, too, and Bettis will eventually be back in the mix, as well; read,... CROWDED backfield; Willie will have his chance to shine again next year). Good luck! [smiley=shamrock.gif]

Title: Re: trade help!
Post by MordecaiCourage on Nov 13^th, 2005, 9:28am

I'm dumbfounded!! I really don't know who or what order I'd place them in. I guess you can never argue the logic that Lewis at least IS a starter, and as such has potential to have big games. Benson, like Steg suggests, was their original plan so he may come on in at least some kind of role for the Bears. [smiley=bear.gif] Parker, to me has more downsize than up. If all 3 RB's in Pitt are healthy at the same time????? Ugly is the word that comes to mind, at least for fantasy stat consideration. [smiley=fireman.gif]

Title: Re: trade help!
Post by StegRock on Nov 13^th, 2005, 12:19pm

Boy,... I can see that you guys are going to need a serious dose of "Thomas Jones withdrawl" serum. [smiley=alcoholic.gif] ... Benson is "their" guy. They paid him to be so... They waited for him once before the season... They waited for him again during it... Thomas Jones is on such a thin leash, which is about to tighten big-time during today's game. (Think of me saying this in the soft, but firm tone of a psychotherapist... while doing this: [smiley=itllbeok.gif]...) It doesn't matter how well he played. You must blot that out as a fantasy footballer. He is VERY soon to commence assuming a "Priest Holmes-in-Baltimore-behind-Jamal-Lewis" posture circa 1998 - 2000. I'm sorry,... but you have to get ready for it,... AND get ready to "get over it"... [smiley=doseofreality.gif] ... :-/

Title: Re: trade help!
Post by StegRock on Nov 13^th, 2005, 2:42pm

Well,... best laid plans, right? :-[ That's all fucked now... :'( If Benson's knee is badly shredded, Jones has new life in the windy city, including for next year. A knee-ligament injury at this point in the season, especially to a rookie who held out as long as he did, probably hurts him going into next year... [smiley=no.gif] ... [smiley=bawling.gif]

Title: Re: trade help!
Post by MordecaiCourage on Nov 13^th, 2005, 5:32pm

on 11/13/05 at 12:19:39, StegRock wrote:

Steg...it's almost like you put a curse on him[smiley=dejected.gif] Anytime I highly tout anyone...I end up jacking them up....looks like you may have some of that voodoo [smiley=zombie.gif] stuff yourself!!! [smiley=shrug.gif]