Big trade (1.1) for Popes and Absolut

[Popes]

Popes send:
WR S.Moss (Wash) [1 year: 726]
2007 draft picks: 1.1, 1st round Portis comp, 2.5 [the comp pick should be around 1.20]

Absolut sends:
RB C.Benson (Chi) [3 years: 581/639/703]
TE V.Davis (SF) [4 years: 143/157/173/190]
2007 draft picks: 2.8, 3.8, 4.8
2008 draft pick: 1st round

[Valencia]

Trade confirmed

[Royal Hawaiian Opihi]

wow... lots of picks trading places.

Could this be another MIN-DAL "Herschel Walker" type trade?!?!?!

[Nittany Dodgers]

Originally Posted by Royal Hawaiian Opihi

wow... lots of picks trading places.

Could this be another MIN-DAL "Herschel Walker" type trade?!?!?!

Too many picks on both sides for this trade to be THAT stupid.


CURSED YOU, HERSCHEL WALKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:rant

[Popes]

I still love Hershcel. I don't care what other Vikings fans say!

Well, since I gave up all the high draft picks, I guess the question is: did I get the Herschel?

If Benson totally craps out in Chicago, then yeah. But I don't think so. Benson and Davis are going to be rock solid for the Popes.

If that 1.1 pick turns into the next LT, then I'll have taken the short end of this. But I've been coveting both Benson and Davis and with them and their contracts, I'm able to build exactly the kind of team I want.

What I don't look forward to is the 2007 draft. My first pick is 2.8. Wake me when it's my turn! But 2008 draft, different story

[Nittany Dodgers]

Originally Posted by Popes

I still love Hershcel. I don't care what other Vikings fans say!

That he sucks?
That he was more hype than substance?
That his two most memorable events in MN were when his shoe fell off, and when he almost killed himself?
That he never mastered the pro game? (OK, that one wasn't mine, but I like it)

Originally Posted by Popes

If Benson totally craps out in Chicago, then yeah. But I don't think so. Benson and Davis are going to be rock solid for the Popes.

Just like Herschel.

Originally Posted by Popes

If that 1.1 pick turns into the next LT, then I'll have taken the short end of this. But I've been coveting both Benson and Davis and with them and their contracts, I'm able to build exactly the kind of team I want.

The '89 Vikings?

Originally Posted by Popes

What I don't look forward to is the 2007 draft. My first pick is 2.8. Wake me when it's my turn!

I won't be the first one to make my first pick! Yes!

Originally Posted by Popes

But 2008 draft, different story

Yes, you'll have another shot at the 1.1.





Sorry, but Herschel Walker makes me bitter. Just look at this breakdown of points per game (our scoring system) in his Dallas and MN days:

1986-Dallas-19.8
1987-Dallas-24.2
1988-Dallas-30.1
1989-Dallas (5 games)-20.0
1989-MN (11 games)-15.5
1990-MN-14.2
1991-MN-15.3

:BS :dammit :idiot :ripped :lame :Owned oops :loser :soapbox :rant :Shrug :bitch :thumbsdow ukeface :bricks :Banghead :wallbang :furious

[Popes]

I know Herchel angers you. That's why I didn't bother to make any arguments ("the Vikings used him wrong"). I just still love him. Period. Arguments be damned. I still add 34 onto usernames, password, etc.

Originally Posted by Nittany Dodgers

Yes, you'll have another shot at the 1.1.

You don't mean that. You may wish it, but you know I'm building a formidable team. I can't wait to get on the field to show it!

[Popes]

Originally Posted by Nittany Dodgers

(smacktalk from an old thread)
Looking forward to week #2, and hoping things start out as they did the first time around.

As long as they end the same way, with me winning the championship, I'm fine with that

[Nittany Dodgers]

Originally Posted by Popes

I know Herchel angers you. That's why I didn't bother to make any arguments ("the Vikings used him wrong"). I just still love him. Period. Arguments be damned. I still add 34 onto usernames, password, etc.

You don't mean that. You may wish it, but you know I'm building a formidable team. I can't wait to get on the field to show it!

You're right, I don't mean that. It's just the Walker bitterness in me lashing out.

But you are right, they did use Herschel wrong. He should have been on the bench and allowing far superior RB talent on the team to show their stuff.

BTW, did you hear Rick Finney was in jail for a fake investment scam?

[Popes]

Wow, I had no idea.

[After reading up] Not really a fake investment scam. He was running a hedge fund and he basically gave out false info about how it was doing so people would keep investing even though it was losing money, then he stole $2.5 million from the fund. I couldn't find anything about how long he's in prison. All the articles are from when he pled guilty (over a year ago) and say he was facing up to 20 years in federal prison.

Well done, Mr. Fenney. Well done.

[Popes]

BTW, I was surprised there was no actual commentary on this trade. I thought it was a pretty big one

Well, I predict it will be big for me. I've been extremely active in remaking this squad (5 trades in the 3 weeks I've been running it) and this was THE KEY trade for me. I'm putting my stock in Benson and Davis to be my core for the next 3 years. I think both will put up monster #s (in comparison to their contracts, of course, I'm not saying LT #s) starting this year. Brian tells me he's got all his "I told you so"s ready to go for when Adrian Peterson becomes a stud that I could have had for 5 years.

As with all of fantasy football, time will tell.

What a great game! :football