TRADE 14: Need Drives Transaction

In 2013 The Orgrimmar Horde drafted Adrian Peterson in the first round. After a successful 8-5 season, the team lost to Toronto LTP in the first round, and went on a half decade hiatus. Returning this year, they have gotten off to a successful 4-3 start. And now they have regained Adrian Peterson.

ORGRIMMAR ACQUIRES: RB ADRIAN PETERSON
PHILADELPHIA ACQUIRES: WR DANNY AMENDOLA

The Horde cashed in their #3 claim on Wednesday's wire and were awarded WR Danny Amendola; they were then able to turn Danny-boy into the future hall of fame running back before he took a snap; literally, mere minutes before he took a snap. Amendola is slated to play tonight, and will do so for South Philly, a team in flux. At 2-5 and with top wideout Allen Robinson a game time decision the Rum Ham decided their security blanket at RB was expendable, and will proceed with a pair of diminutive playmakers in Alvin Kamara and Tiny Tarik Cohen in their backfield. Each has an entire reel of highlights to their credit already this season and a bye week in the rearview, so the Rum Ham will pin their fate on their sky high upside rather than the more workmanlike volume that All Day offers at this stage of his storied career.

Amendola is also small in stature, and although not young, but remains sprightly- and in line to attract heavy target volume. For how long is debatable, as he has an extensive list of past injuries, but sharp routes and soft hands will play as long as he can play. With Adam Humphries and Taylor Gabriel his main competition for snaps, he's an obvious starter in the City of Brotherly Love.

The Horde won't look for Adrian Peterson to be their premier runningback- that's Zeke Elliot. But with him on bye this week, a throwback performance would be welcome. After that he'll remain the team's best RB2 option; Jalen Richard has an opportunity to cement a role, and Chris Ivory has done well when called upon but neither profile as long term distance makers. Meanwhile Spencer Ware (fully recovered from an ACL torn on the eve of the 2017 season) is one of the league's high upside handcuffs, but is not currently playable. Devontae Booker is a never-was, far from relevance and inching closer to oblivion with this move. The Horde could have used Danny Amendola in their flex but made a shrewd move to address a more glaring need.

This deal looks like a trademark win-win, and a master class in turning your waiver claim into a solution in forty hours. If the Rum Ham suffer an injury at running back this trade may haunt them- but needing to win at least five of six down the stretch, it's the sort of boldness necessary to engineer a turnaround.