Monumental Trade Day

Today is a monumental day in my fantasy football league!

For the first time in 3 years, a trade was executed.  I was the monumental leader of this movement.  Now, for most fantasy footballers, this probably doesn't seem like a big deal.  For the people in my league, this is a reason to take note.  See this is a feat that has not been accomplished in the prior three seasons. This is not because of any kind of difficulty, but because it is the slowest process in which you can add a player to your roster.  First, you have to find some semi-decent player on your roster that you want to get rid of.  Then, you need to present them in such a way that you can convince your buddy that they need to give you one of their players, that you find useful, in exchange.  So really, being a good salesman is part of the act.  Then you have to wait it out a couple of days to make sure that no one else in the league wants to oppose the trade.  Usually nobody does, but what do I  know; this is the first time in 3 years that this has occurred!

Now you see why this is a rare event.

It's so much easier to add and drop players, quickly bringing them onto your team, with no outside factors weighing in on the decision.  By the way, this week I added Bilal Powell of the Jets.  Before you pass a guy like that up, you have to consider his 226 rushing yards and 66 receiving yards in 3 weeks.  Sometimes you need to look past the team they play for to expose a great "diamond in the rough" type player (unless it's the Jaguars... Stay far away from that offensive disaster).

Because the league hasn't seen a trade in 3 years, I'm looking forward to having this achievement follow me around.  I can hear next year's draft already, "With the 5th overall pick in the 2014 fantasy football draft, Tyler, the only man to execute a trade in this league's storied 3 seasons, selects..."  So for all of you  who think this isn't a big deal, you're probably right.  However, in this small group of friends, I have provided them with enough material to keep them amused for weeks to come.  Sometimes it's not all about the move, but rather how your buddies can turn it into the biggest deal possible and have it be your legacy.