TRADE 18: Shuffling up the Decker

With byes and injuries depleting Oakwood's RB situation, and with the team needing a win to climb to .500 on the year and keep their playoff hopes alive, the Drivers exchanged players with the nearly clinched Uprising before week ten.

Oakwood acquires:
RB Joique Bell
WR Kenny Brit

RB Branden Oliver

Phoenix acquires:
WR Eric Decker

TE Jordan Cameron

After Phoenix made the move to reacquire Bell as a stalwart bye week fill in, they moved him before he could play his part, with an eye toward the end game: Decker has higher upside than Britt, as a true playmaker- though he will be sitting on bye next week, making him expendable for Oakwood's purpose. Britt is being given priority targets, giving him a high floor for a team that cannot afford flops. Branden Oliver's star has dimmed, but his early season exploits certainly count for something, and while his role is TBD, he is expected to maintain a healthy percentage of snaps- he has some near future value for an Oakwood team that took the hardest backfield hits the league doled out this year. The X-Factor in this deal may be Cameron: A stud for the Uprising during last year's breakout, he has not been healthy much this season, and when he has been on the field he has only been a difference make once in six games. He won't be pressed into a role immediately, but he might be an intriguing part of Phoenix's title defense if they can make him right again.