Trade 4: Bottom Feeding

The trade market has been pretty chilly this season, with proven wide receivers proving to a precious commodity that teams are holding sacred. New York's block has had three starting caliber backs on it for three weeks without finding a match; Early this morning they jettisoned the veteran Frank Gore to supplement their starting lineup with some fresh blood.

SAVANNAH ACQUIRES:

• RB Frank Gore
• LB Von Miller
• WR Danny Amendola

NEW YORK ACQUIRES:

• WR Victor Cruz
• LB D'Qwell Jackson
• RB Cameron Artis-Payne

First things first, Gore is the best fantasy player in this deal, and should team with Eddie Lacy to give Savannah a quality one-two punch. Even at his advanced age, he's sure to get his touches every Sunday as long as he remains healthy, and would be an every week starter for the majority of teams in this league. However, the Finest roster was imbalanced after moving Dez Bryant for Dev Freeman- optimally, they'd have found a WR2 to exchange, but as is, this is multi-faceted deal that upgrades their over all roster quality.

Victor Cruz has shown that he is a dependable slot weapon, with the rapport to see regular targets week-in and week-out. Fully healthy, his penchant for YAC should elevate his ceiling, although his WR1 days are likely behind him. Almost any team would be profiting on his production in the flex; In New York, he'll be counted on to be a WR3- testament to the weakness of their receiving corps, but a boon nonetheless. D'Qwell Jackson is an elite linebacker (4th overall in 2015, 8th overall in 2016) and while whispers about his age are bound to follow him, he's shown a tendency to reach and breach expectations. Cameron Artis-Payne is on the move again- in New York he'll serve as a backup, with the potential to grow into added value in the next few weeks with increased touches. If he can take advantage of his opportunity, he should be able to solidify a double digit workload in the back half of the season and be a reasonable bye week sub. New York can get back to .500% with a win this week- this trade signals that they mean to do just that.

Von Miller is a step down from D'Qwell Jackson in terms of week to week dependability, but has the big play upside that the 0-3 Petes require: If he can get a sack streak going, he might be the October difference maker the team needs. Earlier in WR Danny Amendola's career he was a dependable volume guy; Now, a lot of his production is game plan specific, so we'll see some big days and some quiet days from the diminutive slot man. Savannah has a much better WR situation than New York, so Amendola is better cast as a bye week filler, where the team hopes his lightning strikes when he is on the field. (Metaphorically speaking.)

If Jordan Howard can grow into an every week back and Jonathan Stewart recovers from injury, the Petes will have a surplus of good running backs that would enable them to make another move down the road to further optimize their lineup as they try to dig themselves out of an early hole.