Fantasy Football Week 9: Risers, Fallers and Top Trade Candidates

November 4, 2015   ·   Richard Janvrin   ·   Jump to comments

On Tuesday, November 3, 2015, the most "exciting" day in all of sports that could impact fantasy football happened—the NFL trade deadline.
Well, that's a lie.
After what is usually a rather pointless day, no players were traded, except for Cleveland Browns left tackle Joe Thomas—almost.
While we as fans would like the see the NFL trade deadline be as exciting as the NBA or MLB deadlines, maybe it's better this way.
Why? Well, unlike the NBA and MLB, a football player can't be traded and immediately step out on the field and contribute—especially a skill position player.
Let's say a wide receiver is traded, or even a quarterback. Those types of roles need to learn a whole new offense. While it may not be a huge or drastic change from one system to another, in reality, it's much more so than baseball, where the player is simply tasked with doing the same thing they did on their previous team.
That's not to say baseball is easy—it's a ...

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