Fantasy Implications From The Brandon Marshall Trade

I’ve certainly missed a couple of golden opportunities to post here.

I have covered a relatively large amount of space on this blog with fantasy football topics. But I didn’t write anything about the Donovan McNabb trade to the Redskins (McNabb’s value drops, albeit slightly, due to decline in surrounding talent and poor offensive line; Devin Thomas is going to have a huge season in 2010; Jason Campbell becomes expendable; Kevin Kolb is now an extremely popular sleeper, which I guess is contradictory; DeSean Jackson and Brent Celek unaffected and still enticing commodities).

And I didn’t write anything about the Santonio Holmes trade to the Jets (Tough to trust any Jets wide receiver because of the system, but Holmes is the No. 1 in my mind; Jerricho Cotchery may see less playing time initially, but he is still better/easier to trust than Braylon Edwards; Mike Wallace will get to start in Pittsburgh and has tons of ability; Not concerned about the impact of Holmes’ departure on Ben Roethlisberger or Hines Ward).

So, while the window of timeliness is still cracked open, let me say what I think about Wednesday’s Brandon Marshall trade to the Dolphins.

Simply, it’s a grand score for the ‘Phins. When free agency opened last month, many people were wondering why the Seattle Seahawks wouldn’t give up a first-round pick for someone like Marshall. Sure, he’s mercurial, but he also proven NFL star who is entering the prime of his career. The odds of Seattle actually pulling a more productive player than Marshall is about — I don’t have exact statistics — 1 in 46 duodecillion. He has averaged 102 catches and more than 1,200 receiving yards in his past three seasons. But no, go ahead and hold on to that No. 6 pick. Maybe you’ll end up with the very prompt Dez Bryant. He shouldn’t be too much of a headache, right?

Marshall finally gets his wish to get out of Denver. Of course, Marshall’s past attitude problems will make him quite a scandalous topic/target on South Beach. But if the Dolphins think they can keep him happy for at least 16 games per season until 2014, I wish them the best of luck.