Trading 101
By Alvin
Leadbetter
Welcome to trading 101, since many players are new to FPS Fbpro in the No
Pressure League, I decided to write this little tutorial in helping you make
decisions on whether trades are a good deal, or a Really bad one.
While the following system is no where near perfect, it should help some of
you get going on the trading circuit. I once read another article on
using a point system to trade with, and thought it was a good idea, so I
will be attempting to give you a point system to use in this article.
Writing is not my specialty (What is I don't know), so excuse the bad
grammar, broken sentences, etc..................
First and I can't stress this enough, Never take the first offer for a
player, Look it over and make a counter Offer. Teasm do not get rid of
players without a reason. While I seldom worry about a players actual
Game Statistics, some player do seem to be Classic over achievers and
others, under achievers. I'd use as a last resort stat though.
The Players Ratings are the Key.
When I look at a player I fire up Raffie's Roster Breakdown, or Sullivans
Fbedit Deluxe. I look over the ratings of the individual players, and
more importantly to me I look at what Raffie's gives the player for a rating.
This number is determined by information you put in to weight the players
Ratings by. I'll give you what I use at the end of this Tutorial!
So here is the fun part, Weighing the players (No not to see if they are
overweight, but to see what they are worth.)
Assign them points as follows:
 | Total Rating of player |
| If he is a Starter add 1000 |
| If he is a Backup that will get playing time add 500 |
| If he is a reserve player, he gets nothing |
| Endurance Add 100 for each point over 80, subtract 50 for each point
under 70 |
| If he is a 1 - 3 year player Add 500 |
| If he is a 4 - 6 year player Add 0 |
| If he is a 7 - 9 year player Subtract 250 |
| If he is a 10+ year player Subtract 500 and buy him Several Cases of
Ensure! |
| Impact Player award. If this guy is so much better than all
players you have at that position give him a bonus to reflect that. |
| Desperation (Add what you feel for a desperation situation i.e. your
starter gone for the year and you have to have a replacement. |
Points for Picks:
| 1st Round Pick 5900 |
| 2nd Round Pick 5300 |
| 3rd Round Pick 4900 |
| 4th Round Pick 4500 |
| 5th Round Pick 3900 |
| 6th Round Pick 3400 |
| 7th Round Pick 3000 |
Note: Obviously very few players would be worth two of the above
picks if added together, but we all know 2 7th round picks will never have
the Impact of 1 First rounder :< When adding picks together in
this way I would recommend using only half of the 2nd picks worth!
So how does this system actually work when used. Well for examples
I took the trades currently done this season in NPL and compared them! One
note about my Figures, I am figuring them based ont he worth to the team
they are presently on, your figures should differ taking into account depth
chart before traded!
CB3 36 Tate
Withycombe OK 6
0-0 0 77 81 80 63 73 76 59 66
for
A LB3 74
Brendan McCarthy OK 7 0-0
0 75 55 76 77 68 60 82 72
Looks like Cedar Rapids made out slightly better in this trade!
A HB1 31 Lee
Wheeler OK
R 6-0 179 82 82 89 73 66 84 59 62
A G1 65
Gene Horne
OK 4 6-1 281 57 51 54 81 68 72 62 81
for
A CB1 26 Armand
Williams OK 3
0-0 0 86 83 84 75 68 76 67 62
A LB5 52 Darius
Peglow Q-3 10
0-0 0 70 62 60 72 54 63 55 52
This deal looks like it was well in favor of New Jersey, but factoring in
Bangor's Desperate need for Db's might make it seem a little closer!
A HB1 28 Jimmy
Hawkins OK 3 0-0
0 89 80 86 83 74 87 69 73
for
A CB1 23 Jamie
Klein OK
1 0-0 0 82 86 84 80 82 69 69 76
A C1 67
Mark Bond
OK 4 0-0 0 58 63 58 81 73 70
67 86
For
A C2 59
Tony Case
OK 5 0-0 0 51 54 51 77 63 63
51 65
And a 2nd Pick
Clearly Oakland seemed to have come out ahead in this trade, the score
would even be more lopsided if Houston did not need Bond to Start for the
injured Regular starter, that's why I have the / scores.
A QB2 3
Quinn Bullock OK
R 5-10 206 72 57 64 89 59 61 78 70
for
A QB2 2
Skip Williams OK
R 6-1 212 57 46 53 74 57 58 72 66
and a 3rd
Looks like a clear win for New Orleans in this one, but NJ was
desperately seeking a QB to take over the Reins while Martin was out
injured, it didn't work and they stuck with their original backup, making
this trade even worse!
I DE 72
Robert Dixon OK
7 0-0 0 75 61 72 81 65 71 62 71
for
1st round pick
A clear win for the Russians in my book!
My Point system I use for player in either Raffie's or Sullivans. A
few notes 1) I modified it slightly from what I used to generate the
reports. 2) As you can probably notice I like the guys in the trenches
to have slightly better Endurance scores, and Defenses to be a bit more
disciplined. 3) And i would never trade a player for a kicker/Punter
of equal value :>
At any rate remember what is written here is just a guideline, use it,
modify it or ignore it I leave it up to you, if you have suggestions to make
it better, contact me |
