TRADE 7: A QB, a Tight End, and an injured Linebacker walk into a bar.

As week five wrapped up, we saw a major trade develop between two teams fighting to get over the .500% mark.. Both dealt from positions of strength to upgrade their starting lineup. I'm not going to finish that headline with a punchline, but if I did, the "tight end" would be a butt joke. Lets take a look!(AT THE TRADE!)

Oniontown acquires:

TE Antonio Gates

QB Joe Flacco

LB Brian Orakpo

Manitoba acquires:

QB Russell Wilson

TE Coby Fleener

LB DeMeco Ryans

Analysis of this trade has to start with the headliners: Russell Wilson has been a QB1 shelved by Andrew Luck being THE QB1 to date- he was a commodity the Massacre had to move to get value out of. While the QB Market is fickle, the MooseCrew were an obvious buyer after their hopes and dreams were squashed by RG3's injury. Now, they have a QB who might have been an upgrade on a healthy RG3, and got him by moving from a position of strength (Gronk remains their starting TE) and retaining their twin dynamos at WR: Demaryius Thomas and Jordy Nelson lined up wide might be the best 1-2 punch in the LFL. OT had a gaping hole at tight end after losing Dennis Pitta for the season. Now they have a future hall of famer they can trot out with confidence, and it only cost them a contextual bench piece. Barring injury, that's a win-win exchange. The spare parts on offense are procedural moves, bottom of the bench or top of the wire guys: Flacco is competent, and if he sticks on the roster would be a fine fill-in during Luck's week 10 bye week- elsewise he has some low level trade value as byes take their toll on the league. TE Fleener is not an every week guy, but has some value as a spot starter in the flex, with the upside to progress into a solid depth piece. On defense, we're looking at two tier two linebackers that suffered injuries this week. Ryans is a MLB that can be counted on for solid tackle numbers (high floor) while Orakpo is a big play OLB (high ceiling) so the severity of their maladies might determine who swings the advantage in this deal.