Andrew P

Trade #1

Player 1 Gets:

Paul Konerko

Nelson Cruz

Rafael Soriano

Player 2 Gets:

Miguel Cabrera

Addison Reed

Or...

Trade #2

Player 1 Gets:

Paul Konerko

Starlin Castro

Nelson Cruz

Player 2 Gets:

MIguel Cabrera

Jay Bruce

QB: Matt Stafford

WR1: Roddy White

WR2: Mike Wallace

WR3: Dez Bryant

RB1: Michael Bush

RB2: Chris Johnson

TE: Jason Witten

Flex1:

Flex2:

Options for flex spots:

Marion Barber v. Seattle

Ryan Mathews v. Baltimore

CJ Spiller v. Miami

P. Hillis v. Arizona

F. Gore v. Pittsburgh

A. Boldin v. San Diego

See? Told you that my collection of mediocre was impressive...

Start 3 of these guys: Chris Johnson, LeGarrette Blount, Fred Davis, Anquan Boldin, Michael Bush.

Mike Wallace for Dwayne Bowe & Vincent Jackson.

My current receivers are Wallace, Roddy White, Dez Bryant, Anquan Boldin.

I don't really like this all that much. What do you think?

Percy Harvin or Greg Little?

Well? Would you? I need the bye week help.

I currently have Doucet and Mike Thomas (bust), but don't like their matchups this week. Looking at guys like Fred Davis, Ben Watson, Greg Little, Preston Parker, etc. Any suggestions?

And guys like Hardesty, Victor Cruz, Heyward-Bey, Baldwin etc aren't out there, need deeper suggestions.

Dwayne Bowe

Dez Bryant

Jeremy Maclin

Overall, not just for week 5

And I mean at face value, to all you super-hip, snarky answerers, I know that we can't fully dissect the impact of a trade until after the season ends blah blah blah....

Week 1 (after losing Colston and Amendola)

I Gave: Marques Colston, Cam Newton

I Got: Mike Thomas, Frank Gore

Week 2 (After losing Jamaal Charles)

I Gave: Dwayne Bowe

I Got: LeGarrette Blount, Percy Harvin

Week 3

I Gave: Jonathan Stewart

I Got: Dez Bryant

Week 4

I Gave: Percy Harvin, Dexter McCluster, Robert Meachem

I Got: Maurice Jones-Drew, Vernon Davis

Yeah, I'm a tinkerer...

It's for a bench spot...

???

Jacobs is more of a sure thing, but I feel like Stewart is set to break out...

Who would you rather have?

So, here we go, my bench consists of the following players - Benjarvus Green-Ellis, Jonathan Stewart, Danny Amendola, Johnny Knox, Marcedes Lewis, & Eli Manning.

Question 1: My starting TE is Witten, but would you trade Stewart and Lewis for Jermichael Finley?

Question 2: Only in an 8 man league, so TE's like Heap, Gronk, Hernandez and Cooley are still FA, should I drop Lewis, not have a backup TE, and pick up Brandon Jacobs?

Question 3: Or should I keep a backup TE on the roster, but make it Gronkowski?

Pick 3 of each RB/WR from the following lists that you would rather have on your fantasy team.

RB

Ryan Grant

Green-Ellis

Jonathan Stewart

Brandon Jacobs

Tashard (sp?) Choice

WR

Danny Amendola

Michael Crabtree

Johnny Knox

Mike Williams (Seattle)

Nate Burleson

For a hypothetical AFC team the breakdown is as follows:

16 games

6 within the division, 3 at home and 3 away

4 against another AFC division on a rotating 3 year schedule, 2 at home and 2 away

4 against an NFC division on a rotating 4 year schedule, 2 at home and 2 away

2 against AFC teams that finished as the same seed in their own divisions, 1 home and 1 away

So here's the question, how do they decide which games are played at home and which are played away when they play the other AFC division and the other AFC teams that are the same seed? For example, this year the New England Patriots played the Steelers in Pittsburg and the Colts at home. And they will play both of them at the same locations next year. I know that there is some formula to decide, and I would have thought that it just alternated, but apparently it doesn't, unless the article (not wiki) I read was wrong. Can anybody tell me how this is decided?

Also, don't bother telling me how they do it intra-division, that's pretty straightforward.

They don't really have anyone else to tag, but it would surely be a d!ck move. Given the holdout and the Patriots refusal to meet his contract demands, Mankins obviously wants leave. The Patriots, on the other hand, do reserve the right to tag him, and could trade him and at least get a draft pick for him (see: Matt Cassel). But it would be different, in a way, it would be screwing Mankins, who will be a year older when he hits free agency, making him less valuable. It certainly seems to be something the Pats would do "for the good of the team", the team's mantra. WIll the Patriots do it, would you?

Yes, the Patriots are 9-2 and likely headed back to the playoffs. But they are certainly not without some glaring needs that need to be addressed in this year's fairly deep draft. Luckily, the Patriots are set up with about 800 picks, and their biggest needs are the positions that are the deepest in the draft But which needs should take take precedence?

Defense:

CB: Will the combination of McCourty and Bodden be enough to push this need to a later round?

OLB: Given that the Pats haven't relied on an elite pass rush much this decade, is this need important? Is Jermaine Cunningham the answer?

ILB: Nobody doubts that Jerod Mayo and Brandon Spikes are beasts against the rush and great tacklers, but they can't seem to get at the QB, nor are they any good in pass coverage over the middle, leading to an historically poor 51% opponent 3rd down conversion rate. Will they improve enough?

DE: Pats currently starting rookie 7th round pick Brandon Deadrick. It seems as though the loss of Richard Seymour has severely hurt this teams ability to get to the QB.

Offense:

RB: Are you satisfied long-term with the combination of Benjarvis Green-Ellis and Danny Woodhead. They have certainly been sufficient this year, but should the Pats go after a high profile name such as Mark Ingram?

WR: Randy Moss or not, the Pats have a deadly passing attack, but do they still need the big play receiver? Is Brandon Tate the answer there?

OL: Mankins is likely gone next year, Light and Neal aren't getting any younger, and Brady is a pocket passer. He's not his best on the run.

Now, all of these are legitimate positions of need for the Pats, which is scary, and Brady probably has about 5 years left where he's likely to win it all. So which positions would be the most beneficial to address now, and which can wait until later? Your thoughts? And who would you most like to see on the Pats?

Other than things like flasks and pocket watches and zippos. preferably between $40-$70 dollars for the groomsmen gift, $70-$100 for the best man gift... thanks

Other than things like flasks and pocket watches and zippos. preferably between $40-$70 dollars for the groomsmen gift, $70-$100 for the best man gift... thanks