Fantasy Football Trade Dispute: Brady for Benson & Moss

Q: Team A is 3-4-1 8th of 12;  Team B is 2-6 11 of 12.  Team A proposes Brady, Boldin, Carlson, and Chester Taylor for Flacco, Benson, Moss, and Chiniacoe on Team B.

This league is Commisioner only veto.  The league is up in arms as you might expect.  Impartially speaking, what say you guys?  For the record, Team A owner and Team B owner have never met other than at draft and have communicated trade info via email.

A: Thanks for the inquiry.   We’ve just written a rather lengthly post that details our philosophy on fantasy football trade vetoes.   That said, and assuming Moss = Randy,  we would let this trade pass.

First, both teams have poor records and are fighting for their playoff lives – so this isn’t a case of a bad team trading their stars to a contender.   Second, the fact that the two owners do not know each other very well all but eliminates the prospects of collusion.   From there all that is left is to evaluate the trade on its own merit.

At ESPN position rankings of 11 and 13 respectively, Shiancoe and Carlson are a wash.   That leaves Team A who is upgrading at RB (Benson over Taylor) and WR (Moss over Boldin) and Team B who is upgrading at QB (Brady over Flacco).   Team B is getting arguably the best player in the trade (Brady), but Team A is improving at both RB and WR.

This trade should pass.