The Kitchen Sink

We've had some blockbuster trades in our history, but has there ever been in four-for-one?! Fueled by missing the playoffs, Dirty Birds' GM Jon moved quickly to blow up his team. After firing off multiple emails, he found a willing trade partner: Ante Up. Searching for another franchise caliber player, Jon and Jae quickly agreed on a trade. LeSean McCoy for Roddy White, C.J. Spiller, Alfred Morris, and Cecil Shorts.

Immediately a firestorm of controversy arose as the commissioners were called in to evaluate the fairness of such a transaction. On paper, it definitely seemed lopsided, as McCoy was not only currently injured, but engaged in a somewhat subpar season. In fact, both Spiller and Morris, at the time of this writing, were ranked higher than McCoy on the running back charts -- numbers six and tenth respectively. In addition, Roddy White has been a top ten receiver all season, while Shorts has been a free agent revelation, especially as he's been heating up with four straight games of 15+ points.

Digging a little deeper though, it was revealed that the trade was an ideal win-win for both sides. Ante Up needed to flank Aaron Rodgers and Ray Rice for a deep playoff run, something that having four new productive players will help with. The mega-trade immediately makes Jae a dark horse contender for the championship.

Meanwhile the Dirty Birds had a lot of extra talent on their roster, despite suffering from inconsistency and pathetic showings all season. Moving four players for one was no problem, as long as that returning player was someone like McCoy. An opposing GM, who wasn't against the trade, summed it up thusly: "McCoy's twenty four, he's the centerpiece of a franchise, and I have been trying to pry him away from Ante Up for years." The move will allow the Dirty Birds to pair McCoy with Adrian Peterson, potentially formed the best backfield tandem in the league.

The opposing view on the trade noted that C.J. Spiller is up-and-coming himself, so a trade with perhaps just him and Roddy would have sufficed. "Not even draft picks? Why couldn't the trade be consumated over the off-season? This upsets competitive balance for the playoffs! Conspiracy theorists could point fingers at the owners who now fear Ante Up, or perhaps at Dirty Bird's management, who has griped privately about "doing everything in our power to insure that Buffy and Chunky Monkeys don't win another title!"

Time will tell if this trade was indeed lopsided, but until then, we here at CTDB TV will be on the lookout for more blockbusters. Rumors are that this will be a wild off-season!