Trade Dispute: Peyton for Eli and Maroney

Q: Team A is 2-7;   Partial roster:  Peyton, Orton, R Bush, T Hightower, C Portis, D McFadden, M Forte.  Team B is 6-3;  Partial roster:  M Sanchez, E Manning, M Schaub, S Jackson, T Jones, C Benson, D Brown, L Maroney.

They wanted to trade Peyton for Eli and Maroney. As commish, I vetoed. Thoughts?

A: Yeah we would agree with the decision to veto based off the current rosters.   The difference in points between Peyton and Eli for the season is actually not as large as you would expect (186 to 154 based on ESPN scoring).    With that in mind exchanging the two QBs is unfair but when you add in another player to the Eli side of the trade, like Maroney (with a now expanded role due to injuries), the trade begins to make more sense.

However, Maroney should not start over Bush, Portis, Forte or Hightower so unless you start more than four RBs each week, adding Maroney has virtually no value for Team A.   That puts the value exchanged in this trade back to Peyton for Eli, so unless you are Archie Manning, you should never even considering making that trade.