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  1. Einstein's Dog

    post your trade offers here

    I had the good fortune to draft a lot of useful B level RBs. Was trying to move one for an upper level WR (I have J Jeff- ouch). Standard/redraft. RBs Mixon/Montgomery/Kamara/Mostert/+Ford. I wanted to upgrade WR (Hopkins/M Thomas) Many rejects - offered Mixon/Hopkins for D Adams/J Taylor early on - the guy was starting D Jackson. Offered Mostert + M Andrews for Kelce - no go. Offered Mostert for Tua -no go. Tried Mixon (or any RB)/Hopkins/M Andrews for Diggs/Kelce. Tried Mixon (any RB)/Hopkins/Cousins for J Chase/J Taylor (when A Rodgers went down). Offered Ford for P Nacua (after the devastating J Jeff news). He countered with Mostert for Puka. I accepted and have been violently ill since Sunday.
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    Austin Ekeler Watch - Ankle Injury

    Saw on Rotoworld that Ekeler has the Doubtful designation.
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    Should I make this trade

    I would.
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    Austin Ekeler Watch - Ankle Injury

    Hard to get info on Ekeler, rotoworld hasn't reported anything yet. But on his podcast the part below caught my attention: I'm doing everything I can to get back, and be healthy, and not have any major setbacks. That blurb makes me think he is out until the Monday night Dallas game after the bye (as I predicted long ago). Not that it matters much to me because I'm not starting J Kelley over Ford or K Williams again (even though it is home against the Raiders).
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    Buy Low / Sell High Week 3

    I've been trying to think of ways to get Kelce. I think he will be head and shoulders above the other TEs, in a tier to himself. Unfortunately Kelce was drafted high so there is no easy way to get him. I tried M Andrews and Mostert (who I think is a sell high candidate) but no luck.
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    Austin Ekeler Watch - Ankle Injury

    I watched the video, got to admit Ekeler is saying all the right things and not showing any grudge at all (just the way we would have told him to do it). No need for a grudge, they say, you just need to realize this is a business. From Ekeler's business perspective the games that really matter now are the Monday night against Dallas and then the national KC game. According to the Charger report, Ekeler did not practice again today (Thursday). Odds are now Ekeler won't play on Sunday. If Ekeler doesn't play Sunday, you can then see the logic of if he stays out for the Raiders game he will then get the bye and two weeks rest to be 100% for what is a big showcase game for him.
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    Austin Ekeler Watch - Ankle Injury

    On NBC sports, the old Rotoworld, they have a podcast with Matthew Berry where they are baffled by the "no timetable for return" for Ekeler. They apparently haven't pieced it together. They love Ekeler because he is a FFer, talks about it, invested in it. Anyways, Ekeler did not practice Wednesday. Odds continue to increase that he won't suit up this weekend. J Kelley needs to get his act together. Much better opportunity this time with Minnesota.
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    Austin Ekeler Watch - Ankle Injury

    Maybe he'll get some more chances. Per Rotoworld: Chargers HC Brandon Staley told reporters there is “no timeline” for Austin Ekeler’s return from his ankle injury. Well, that went from bad to worse real quickly. Expect Joshua Kelley to continue serving as the team’s lead back in his absence, after Kelley played a massive 79 percent of the team’s offensive snaps in Week 2. Fantasy managers that sunk first-round capital into the veteran back have to be struggling to fill the void left behind.
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    Austin Ekeler Watch - Ankle Injury

    That stunk.
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    Austin Ekeler Watch - Ankle Injury

    The signs are there that Ekeler is furious. The team balked at extending him, at giving him guaranteed money. Probably told him they would ease his workload and understand and respect his position. But then when the game was on the line they sent him back in when hurt. Playing hurt, or playing through injury, is the last thing Ekeler should be doing if he wants to maximize his value for his next contract. There is a subjective element to the dreaded "high ankle sprain" diagnosis. It would not surprise me if Ekeler's doctor came to this conclusion. Sitting out through the bye week and being 100% healthy for the large audience games of Dallas (at night) and KC is a real possibility.
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    Austin Ekeler Watch - Ankle Injury

    My underlying premise continues. Health is only part of the issue. Ekeler's actions look the part of someone who is furious with the organization. If he feels as I mentioned that he was hurt in the early part of the 4th quarter and they sent him back out because it was close. He now has had time to process that. Ekeler claims he played through injury last year. Then LAC doesn't extend him - no added money/extension/guarantee. Says he can find a trade partner - but LAC wants high draft picks for him. Guess what - no team wants to give up good draft capital and pay a high salary to an RB. Faced with no trade partners he comes back. And then the first game back this team sends him back out while injured. If you were part of the advisors to Ekeler what would you be telling him to do? When I said "so it begins"., this is what I was referring to.
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    Austin Ekeler Watch - Ankle Injury

    Ekeler with the DNP on Friday. Odds are now in favor of him sitting out Sunday. J Kelley starting to look like a possible top 15 RB play this Sunday.
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    Austin Ekeler Watch - Ankle Injury

    They weren't preserving Ekeler's health, after Ekeler was injured they sent him back out because the game was in doubt. I think Ekeler knows he has to watch his own interests now, and those interests are not totally in line with the teams. The team will play him while he is hurt. As for J Kelley, it looks to me like K Moore's plan all along was to move him up to 1b. It just makes sense for several reasons. One Ekeler isn't built for full time abuse, even though he survived previous seasons doing it, it wasn't wise. Moore came from a Zeke/Pollard situation. It's a long season so having more than one good RB will help keep the offense going. Fourth, you've got a couple more years of cheap labor out of Kelley and the plan will be to let Ekeler walk.
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    Austin Ekeler Watch - Ankle Injury

    Okay if you must wait - Ekeler missed practice Thursday. I'm thinking with a couple days of reflection Ekeler now realizes he was rushed back in for the teams benefit. With the game on the line LAC sent him back in even though he had an injured ankle. Time for him to have his own doctors give him advice - he's on a one year contract.
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    Austin Ekeler Watch - Ankle Injury

    And so it begins....missed today's practice. If it happened on the play I saw, the Chargers put him back in for 3 or 4 more plays afterwards. My Ekeler scenario (as a J Kelley proponent) thinks he is getting his ankle checked out by his own doctor. A disgruntled Ekeler probably will not play hurt like he says he did in 2022. Decent chance IMO this becomes a case of the dreaded sprained ankle. J Kelley looks like he was already going to have value in standard leagues anyway. With the changes in OC to K Moore, it looked like more time for Kelley and Kelley was going to be getting more of the short yardage . According to the article from Christopher Allen on the waiver wire report, in short yardage situations (considered 3 or fewer yards) Kelley had 5 attempts to Ekeler's 2. And Red Zone attempts were 5-4 in favor of Kelley.
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