The Trades Assessment

Jezebel Analyzes Recent BTFFL Trades

Bucky’s Goodgers:

Gave Up: Mario Manningham, Maurice Wells, EB Halsey, 9th round Pick

Got: Lawrence Maroney, Chris Taylor, 18th round pick

Bottom Line: Lawrence Maroney is the top prize at the trade deadline. Manningham might have made the Goodgers keeper list but he might not. Wells and Halsey not Seniors but not keepers, either. So really BGs give up a 9th round pick for the 4th highest scoring player in the BTFFL. Maroney is only a Junior – all signs point to him leaving early but stranger things have happened. Taylor some cheap RB insurance.

Fighting Farmers:

Gave Up: Anthony Morelli, 7th round pick

Got: Chad Henne, Mario Manningham

Bottom Line: Farmers get a needed starting QB, although a mediocre one. Manningham, a player who has now been on every team in the Big Ten Fantasy Football League, will likely be a keeper on this team, so this is not merely an attempt to add muscle for the Blue Ox Bowl run. The price is Morelli, the heir apparent to the now powerful Penn State offense and a relatively high seventh round pick (Pittman, Hinkel, Robinson and Cupito in 2005).

Halifax Spitfires:

Gave Up: Maroney, Taylor, Henne

Got: Morelli, Wells, Halsey, 7th round pick, 9th round pick

Bottom Line: As long as Maroney goes pro the Spitfires gave up almost nothing to get a possible keeper in Morelli and 2 extra, relatively high draft picks. Wells and Halsey have talent, so it is possible, although unlikely, one could get a chance due to injury as the season comes to a close and worth getting on a winless team. They are certainly worth more to the Spitfires than Chris Taylor. The Spitfires may regret flipping Freshman Michigan receiver Manningham as he could be a 3 year keeper – or maybe not.

This assumes that the trading flurry is over ...