Portis and Manningham for Lenwhale and Driver?

by Brendan Scolari on Oct 15, 2009 12:10 AM EDT

Some guy in my league offered me Clinton Portis and Mario Manningham for Donald Driver and Lendale White. Is this a good trade?

For some perspective, my team is 5-0 so I'm sort of looking more to the playoffs than you usually would. This is a .5 PPR league with bonus points for 100 yards rushing/receiving and 150 yards rushing/receiving. Here's my team:

QB: Schaub, Big Ben

RB: Barber, Lynch, Moreno, Washington, Lenwhale, Jamaal Charles

WR: Calvin Johnson, Reggie Wayne, Roddy White, Donald Driver, Bobby Wade

TE: Jason Witten, Donald Lee

The only other thing is that this is a keeper contract league. Lendale White has a 2 year contract and all of the other guys involved have 1 year deals. So is it worth trading 2 years of Lenwhale and 1 year of Driver for 1 year of Portis and Manningham?

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Would you trade Donald Driver and Lendale White for Clinton Portis and Mario Manningham?

Yes

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No

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I'd do it

Even with Megatron’s injury, Driver is not going to get on your starting squad to often. Portis is one you could insert into your lineup today and be better off.

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by Hyatt on Oct 15, 2009 9:40 AM EDT reply actions

What do you guys think of Manningham?

Is he a full-time starter or will Hakeem Nicks steal some snaps from him?

by Brendan Scolari on Oct 15, 2009 5:04 PM EDT reply actions

i'm looking at things from a non-PPR perception since those are the leagues i'm used to being in

i’d say no way. you’re pretty stocked at WR and if he wants driver i’d get someone better from him than portis. i think manningham’s stock is going to start falling (but he’ll still be a legit #2/3 WR) because nicks is going to start stealing some points from him. driver has been doing very well & if you get an injury/bye week for one of your starting 3 wr’s (which is more likely to happen with 3 wr’s than one of 2 rb’s) they’ll be more drop-off from using manningham instead of driver than compared to using portis instead of lynch or moreno. plus looking at portis’s remaing schedule he doesnt have very many favorable matchups left…yet those are the only matchups he seemed to do well in.

possibly offer your #3 rb instead or with lendale in hopes he gives you a really solid RB. then you’ll be stacked.

by t1mmy10 on Oct 16, 2009 6:57 PM EDT reply actions

We actually start 2 RB, 3 WR, and 1 RB/WR.

Sorry, I should have said that. But Barber, Lynch, and Moreno are going to be mostly every week starters for me.

by Brendan Scolari on Oct 17, 2009 3:56 AM EDT up reply actions

leon washington then? i’d think lendale is at most a #4 rb in a PPR league. and i’d rather start driver or manningham over lendale at the Wr/Rb spot.

by t1mmy10 on Oct 17, 2009 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions

I'd make that trade

Portis has lost a step, OL is in shambles, etc.

Even so, probably worth it. I still believe that when Green Bay’s OL gets healthy at SOME point, Jennings is going to start stealing production and take away from Driver.

I feel stiffed by the fantasy gods this year after taking Driver last year as a No. 2 WR, and then investing heavily in Jennings this year. This business, I swear.

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by Bryan Everson (The Royalty of Roto) on Oct 19, 2009 6:29 PM EDT reply actions

but don’t you also feel that manningham’s production is going to fall, too, when they aren’t playing against teams that make it look like a madden game with their offensive production? he’s already rotating with nicks, who looked pretty good on sunday.

by t1mmy10 on Oct 20, 2009 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions