Now that two weeks of the season are in the books, the 'experts' have broken out their "how to trade if you're 0-2 and hate your team" advice.
Yahoo offers these words of wisdom, while (if you can speak jive) MSN FoxSports offers this.
The tunes are basically the same: if you're 0-2, trade NOW! That's great if you're living in fantasy land. Oh, wait, we ARE in fantasy land. I mean fantasy fantasy land. But we're really in reality fantasy land, and in this land, trades are harder to pull off than you might think. Maybe I've just been in the 'wrong' leagues, but trades have been few and far between these past few years. I think what we're seeing that even the newbies are wisening up to the sharks and slamming the doors on any and all trade proposals. This is a shame because a proposal is just that and it SHOULD open the door to a negotiation. But again, that generally only happens in 'fantasy fantasy land'.
What you need to do if you're 0-2 (or even a very lucky 1-1) is be patient. You drafted your team of stars and, sadly, flops. You aren't going to get diddly-poo (what IS it with me and Jim Mora Sr. tonight?) for the flops and you'll look like an fool if you trade a star for a non-star (yesterday I turned down trading Barber III and Colston for Tatum Bell and Galloway, which is really 2-for-1 cuz Bell ain't worth squat). Remember, trades are VERY observable. They're most memorable to you and the guy who fleeced you, but others will notice as well.
Instead, work the waiver wire. Replace your flops with up-n-comers and see if you can trade them, but be patient. A shark knows a flash-in-the-pan when he/she sees one. You may have to package such a player with the star to get 2 players back that help you more. You may have to wait for a team to have a dire need for a player only you can provide (for example, if you've been stockpiling TEs; I don't advocate that, but it worked for me my first year doing FFB b/c I was able to parlay a marginal TE into Johnnie Morton (KC WR) and that was enough to turn 2-9 into 6-10).
Yes, you may go 0-3, but FFB can be streaky. The fantasy playoffs are still 11 weeks away and you can still grab that last seed. Just don't be stupid along the way. You may not have a win, but you'll still have your pride.
(Note: one of my pet peeves are people who, instead of rejecting a proposal, simply never respond. So if you're offered a bad trade, at least hit the 'Reject' button. As Skeletor said in that Robot Chicken sketch, "It's common courtesy!")
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