Made a difficult trade that I lost value wise the other day. I& #39;m going to walk through my reasoning and maybe it could help people with process for a future trade in their league.

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14 team devy dynasty league
PPR .75/1/1.25

My team
QB: Goff, Baker
RB: Barkley, Fournette, Taylor, Swift, Etienne(devy), Bijan(devy)
WR: Tyreek, Evans, Sutton, Diggs, Lamb, Mims, Davis, Rondale(devy), Pickens(devy), Tylan(devy)
TE: Hooper, Fant
D: Chicago

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My team is one of the top contenders. But I& #39;m always looking for ways to improve and make sure that my team is going to continue to do well in the future.

I can only start 2 RB, 3 WR and 1 flex. Which means one valuable player will be on the bench each week.

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I prefer depth on my teams to help sustain bye weeks and injuries, but I hate wasting away on my bench as well.

At RB Saquon/JT/Swift is a great trio, but adding in Etienne next year makes Fournette irrelevant beyond this year. Even though I think he& #39;s underrated.

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I shopped Fournette with little interest. I went back and forth with an owner who enjoys winning on deals. He offers me this:

I give: Goff, Fournette, Hooper, $525 BB

I get: Allen, Breece Hall(devy), Engram, future devy(top 5)

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-I like Josh Allen in fantasy more than Goff.
-Engrams injuries worry me, but he was my WR2 in his class if he was a WR, so I& #39;ve been high on him. He& #39;s a slight upgrade over Hooper.
-Hall has potential, but he& #39;s only a sophomore and will cost a roster spot for 2 years.

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-Fournette is clearly more valuable than Hall right now. I doubt Hall will ever put up a FF season like LF will in 2020.
-Future devy(1 round each year) is nice and I already own two others.
-This also puts me at 3 RBs in a required start 2 league.

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I waffle on this offer for awhile. It makes me less of a contender in 2020, despite the upgrades at QB/TE.

I ultimately pulled the trigger on the deal for 2 main reasons.
1) LF& #39;s value will not be any higher than it is right now and he& #39;s a UFA next year.

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2) Barkley, Taylor, Swift, Etienne in 2021 and beyond would& #39;ve put Fournette on my bench. In 2022, Hall could come onto my team and 2023 would be Bijan Robinson.

It& #39;s a gamble to be worse with a contending team and lose on value, but I think I have the depth to withstand it.
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