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Good news for Gronk owners. The back surgery is supposed to be minor and should sync up with his timetable for the arm. The good news is no infection. Had there been, week 1 would have been unlikely. 

 

Those looking to unload him can use this good news to their advantage. 

 

 

If anyone does own him and is looking to unload him, what would it take? 

also, if anyone sees any trades get done involving him can we post them here or in the dynasty thread?

 

The offers I sent out for him came right back at me rejected in a hurry.

I am assuming blount doesnt worry you at all.

 

Theoretically Blount would be a threat to Ridley's role not Vereen. In all likelihood he is a threat to no one because blunt is not too sharp.    

 

 

While I'm cracking myself up, the biggest risk factor now with Vereen is that you went and proclaimed him the "most talented RB" on the roster and that has been the kiss of death recently. 

"I hope it works out for ya. To each their own on RB's, as we all have our own RB's we'll swear by. Heck, I'm still a member of the Jonathan Stewart and Donald Brown fan clubs.

And let me tell you. There's plenty of room on those buses. I just can't seem to let let those 2 go and say I was wrong."

 

 

 

 

 

True Kopy. This is not quite yet the case for me with Vereen. I have not owned him anywhere previous to this offseason. The games I saw Vereen play in down the stretch last year highlighted the opportunity for NE to gameplan with Vereen as a "mismatch - maker" vIMO. I felt the observation was validated by the teams actions when NE let Woodhead walk. Remember how long they held onto Faulk? They certainly could have done the same with Woodhead fairly cheaply.

 

It is entirely possible 2 years from now I will be the one saying "just wait until next year, they have to figure out how good he is soon" on Vereen. The window is there for Vereen to take advantage of IMO but that doesn't mean he will do so. I thought Leon Washington looked good out of the backfield when Seattle chose to use him and he is a bigger threat to Vereens workload than Vereen bulls realize but the team would prefer Vereen to step up. FWIW I did not draft him in a recent startup that scored .5 PPR for RBs. The risk/reward on him being consistent goes down quite a bit in that scoring system for me.

You'll have to sell low right now, so I probably would just hold on to him and hope for the best.

 

I don't want to sell, I want to buy. I will probably wait until Sunday but I am going to send a couple of offers out. Is Gordon and Rudolph realistic? Non-starter? Do you think everyone who owns him would rather just ride it out?

You traded 1.07 for Shane Vereen?

 

Yes, I did.

 

Here are the trades I have made for Vereen in dynasty leagues, they are all full PPR. I like Vereen for his upside in full PPR but I think he would be very risky to count on as a starter. Really it doesn't take much in the way of screwups during a game or even in practice to find yourself not a part of the gameplan in NE. He is a RB 3/4 IMO with great hopes he will outperform.

Here are the deals I have done for him.

 

This was back in March after I was mostly done with my rookie evaluations and was pretty sure I wasn't going to get anything I really wanted at 1.07. It was an orphan team that has quite a few worthless players as you can see from this deal. how many leagues do you think Batch is owned in? This guy owned Plaxico, 3 Ds, and on and on. The thing that really sucks is that the WW doesn't open until after week 1 !

 

 

15. Underdog! / Killer Racoons Trade

• Underdog! gave up Batch, Charlie PIT QB; Year 2013 Draft Pick 1.07
• Killer Racoons gave up Vereen, Shane NEP RB

Thu Mar 21 10:17:41 a.m. ET 2013

 

This was in a league that is a $100 salary cap dynasty with a cutdown to $50. Its a more complicated deal than it appears because of the contract salaries but Vereen is at $3.

I think most guys at the time probably thought I lost the deal but folks are coming around to Vereen's upside now I think.There are actually alot of good contracts in this deal and it was to the Lynch owner. 

 

 

Arizona Cardinals / Green Bay Packers Trade

• Arizona Cardinals gave up Locker, Jake TEN QB;Green-Ellis, BenJarvus CIN RB;Vereen, Shane NEP RB
• Green Bay Packers gave up Mendenhall, Rashard ARI RB;Turbin, Robert SEA RB;Hartline, Brian MIA WR

Fri Mar 22 5:38:08 p.m. ET 2013

 

 

 

This was a week or so ago to the Blackmon owner who has a situation with the suspension. I hadn't been able to work anything out with him until that popped up.

 

  

2. Scorpion / Voice of Truth Trade

• Scorpion gave up Vereen, Shane NEP RB
• Voice of Truth gave up Shorts, Cecil JAC WR
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• Comments: really like vereen but since blackmon suspended

Wed May 8 8:58:27 p.m. ET 2013