Phoenix continues to dominate the trade market (in quantity at least, quality tbd) participating in five of the league's eight deals to date, the last of which saw them move their first round pick to Carmel.
CARMEL ACQUIRES: TE TRAVIS KELCE, RB MELVIN GORDON, QB CARSON WENTZ
PHOENIX ACQUIRES: RB JAMES ROBINSON, TE DALTON SCHULTZ, TE DALLAS GOEDERT
Utilizing the trading block to list Kelce, offers came fast- and after a few rounds of negotiation a blockbuster deal came together. The league's top tight end goes to the Green & Gold, while a pair of impersonators will try to fill the void in Phoenix. Meanwhile, the Uprising get a true workhorse running back, while Carmel will mix and match opposite Zeke Elliot.
With a top flight tight ends at a premium, Kelce is the belle of the ball; as long as he stays upright he will put up WR1 numbers with a positional advantage that is tough to match. Schultz and Goedert are both pretty well ballyhooed at this point, but are a couple of tiers below Kelce in upside while offering none of the reliable floor.
James Robinson is the get here- his role as a bellcow seems to be well defined, while the buzz is that Melvin Gordon will eventually be supplanted by Javonte Williams. We have seen veterans stubbornly hold on to their roles before- and Gordon is only a few years removed from elite production, so it is a gamble Carmel was inclined to take to set and forget Kelce.
The final piece of the puzzle here is Wentz, who in recent weeks has seemed to recapture his old glory. The quarterback market is notoriously fickle, but with Kyler Murray yet to have his bye (and in the waning moments of his week eight game suffering a yet to be defined leg injury) he could serve as a precognizant get for the Rudy-Toos.
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