Green Bay Packers sends:
2040 Round 5
2041 Round 4

Minnesota Vikings sends:
Donald Downey (RB)


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I was going to say that trade was dodgy due to a lack of non core skills, but there appears to be a bug that when you click on a RB to view the player card, it's populated with QB stats.

I do note with a quizzical raised eyebrow a certain owner saying they wouldn't trade rbs with someone with the division...

EDIT: The bug is that RB weights are set to the same as QB weights - odd as there's no "copy" option. Changed one RB weight recently, and it's wiped those for QB ones...

seth and IoT are coming out ..... ha

All my RBs are hurt so I had to overpay for a temporary backup. Y'all should just be grateful I have fewer picks.

I mean IoT has more picks now but you win some you lose some.

Here's a potential goodie from the FA pool, no draft choices, and min salary. :) Samuel Tilly, 1 or 2 yr contract based on 8 yr vet. 89 speed, 67 break, and 70 carry. Would highly recommend him to anyone that needs a RB. Avg'd 4.0 per carry on 49 attempts his last season for KC. Would be an interesting "experiment" if you picked him up and compared him with Downey. I had a look at Downeys stats for the Vikes .... ouch.

One of my fav things in this game is to find players with good key attributes but low overall rating in the FA pool. I just picked up another FA, WR Nathan Ahrens, who was also cut by KC. 83 speed & decent level skills, Ai default had him at 63, I had him at 75, with speed being the priority attribute. I also check a players stats, Ahrens had 21 catches with a 65.5 % Rec, 2 TDs on 264 plays his last season with the Chiefs. And a 15 ypc!! Worth a shot? right? at minimum $ ? Also, on a team that went 5-11 in 2037 season, pretty impressive.

Tilly for me is an inside runner, I don't prioritise acc too heavily for RBs but 11 for me is just too low.

Tilly is serviceable in rotation, but as a converted QB, he has some severe limitations. (Route running is a factor in outside runs, for example.)

Downey is serviceable RB1. I used him as a TE last year, so his preseason rushing stats are a reflection of him being overweight and 5 points slower and playing behind a backup OL. I was just fortunate to have a surplus of RBs at the moment. Without this trade, he'd have been on my roster for years.

Just a note that as a 192-pound WR, Ahrens should not be played at TE2 or FB3, as his player card shows.

Your YPC will go up when you only have 21 catches and you have two big plays where you are matched up one-on-one with a guy who has 46 speed. Example: https://nfl.myfootballnow.com/watch/12563#2213162

Postscript:

Downey goes 20-149 on the ground and catches 4-29 in first game for Packers.

Ahrens' only contribution (a catch for 17 yards) comes from rule-violating use at TE: https://nfl.myfootballnow.com/watch/12829#2258460

20-149?

Pah, says the guy with the league leading RB...