Everyone loves taking their favorite team to glory in Madden 18’s franchise mode, but some teams need a bit more work to find success than others.
Some teams need a full rebuild with long-time players being sent away while others just need some tweaks. But which players are worth keeping, and which are worth getting rid of?
That’s where we come in.
It’s time to go over some players in your online franchise that for a variety of reasons like father time is ticking, a younger guy is next up or he’s not as good as his overall suggest, you should consider trading as soon as you can.
So, without further ado let’s get to it
10. WR- Allen Hurns (Jacksonville Jaguars)
One of the few things the Jaguars have gotten right the last few years is acquiring a bunch of good receivers, which as a result makes it a position of strength, which means they can afford to let one guy go without missing too much a beat. Which is why Mr. Hurns is number 10 on our list. With the addition of DeDe Westbrook and Marquise Lee (whose been the better player in Madden going on 2 seasons now) Hurns is clearly the worst of the Top 4 Jaguars receiving options. So, it’s time to take advantage of his decent overall and age and flip him for something more useful to the Jaguars organization.
9. TE- Cameron Brate (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
With the beastly OJ Howard taking over the starting tight end duties in Tampa Bay, Brate should become very available. That is unless you run a 2 tight end heavy offense, I would shop Brate to the highest bidder. He’s only 26, and has a good overall so you won’t have to make a crazy sells pitch to owners to get them to take him, he also has 80 speed with good receiving numbers so he should find a taker fairly quickly.
8. TE- Martellus Bennett (Green Bay Packers)
Bennet is a fine tight end ya know, great run blocker ad everything, but the Packers have a much younger version of him on the squad in Richard Rodgers. He’s not as strong or as good a run blocker year, but is a better receiving option. Then when you realize Martellus is only one point faster, it isn’t enough of a different to overlook there’s not point in starting Bennett other than better run blocking. Ship him out!
7. QB- Sam Bradford (Minnesota Vikings)
Considering both Bridgewater and Bradford are on the last year of their contracts, you’re going to have to make a choice on who you’re going to use longterm and it’s obvious which one you should choose, but if you want to get crazy and trade Bridegwater (which admittedly you’ll get way more for go ahead) But if you decide to rock with him, you can send Sammy Sleeves off to one of the numerous QB needy squads in your league and keep it moving.
6. WR- Doug Baldwin (Seattle Seahawks)
Baldwin isn’t that old, but at 28 he’s at that age for a receiver where you start fielding offers if you want to trade him before you can’t anymore because his ratings fell off a cliff. The good thing with Seattle is they have 3 young receivers ready to step up in Tyler Lockett, the rookie Amara Darboh and Paul Richardson. All 3 are faster than Baldwin and 25 years old or younger. And on a team, that’s loaded with stars, you can pluck Baldwin from one of their positions of great depth to shore up a weakness like runningback, offensive linemen or the cornerback position (other than Richard Sherman).
5. HB- Latavius Murray (Minnesota Vikings)
Murray went from thinking he was going to replace Adrian Peterson to being replaced in a few months’ time and now he lands himself in this video…crazy. Cooks is obviously going to be your go to runner in the backfield and Jerrick McKinnon has been one of my favorite backs in Madden the last 3 years so your not going to get fair value for this beast. Which sadly leaves the former Raider as the odd man out. Luckily his rating is fairly high and he has name recognition, so there will be a market for him if you let it be known he’s on the block, and people who have ever played against him knows he can get busy, so you won’t get any terrible offers. Murray is just on the wrong team.
4. HB- Jeremy Hill (Cincinnati Bengals)
Like Latavius Murray, actually Hill would have been in this video had the Bengals not drafted Joe Mixon, because Gio Bernard is just that dude, but after taking Baby AP in the 2nd, Hill became extremely expendable. He’s one of the better young power backs in the game so he’ll have his uses, so use him to upgrade the Bengals positions of need, but his lack of blazing speed won’t get you any crazy offers so be prepared.
3. WR- Keenan Allen (San Diego Chargers)
Now, I might get some angry comments on this one, but let me explain! Yes, he’s only 25 and 91 overall, but it doesn’t matter how old or high rated you are when you can barely stay on the field. The dude has 71 injury man! He’s like the ultimately tease and you must ask yourself is it worth it. You can hold your breath every time he gets tackled, or turn this into something more stable and flip him for a young stud quarterback (because Rivers isn’t getting any younger), a couple offensive linemen, linebackers.
My point is the Chargers need a lot of help, and Allen is the one asset you can trade on their team to help improve that while not destroying that position. Because the Chargers have Tyrell Williams and most importantly Mike Williams who you can then with Allen out of the picture put all your effort into developing giving you 2 trees to throw jump balls too. Also Travis Benjamin, who isn’t that young, is a nice slot receiver until you find something better.
Bottom line is yes, Allen is one of the better receivers in the game, but in the name of team building and risk management I would pack his bags ASAP before he’s on your Injured Reserve and you got nothing for your troubles.
2. HB- Tevin Coleman (Atlanta Falcons)
While Coleman at least in Madden has been a beast ever since he touched down in Atlanta because of his unique combination of speed, ability to break ankles and steam roll defenders, but after Freeman just signed an extension to stay in Atlanta for a really long time, Coleman’s days became numbered.
The good thing is he has a lot of things going for him, he’s a #1 back stuck as a backup and his high overall is proof of that, great speed and can pull off basically any more you like and he’s only 24 years old. So, the return for him should be good, just don’t let anybody talk your offer down because “he’s your backup” as people like to say to get guys for the low.
1. QB- Tom Brady (New England Patriots)
Now I know, it’s Tom Brady. How could you trade the GOAT? Well in sports even the best can get traded. Wayne Gretzky got traded; Ken Griffey; Joe Montana. So, it’s time to let go of the sentimentality of it all and look at it for what it is. Tom Brady is 40, but he’s still a 99, so you can shop him around to QB needy teams and get a useful younger player or a good pick (I’ve seen him get traded for a 1st last Madden it can happen. And I’ll admit this was a much easier case to make when the Pats still have Brissett and Garrapolo, but Garrapolo is still waiting in the wings and will hit free agency after the first season in your league.
So, if you don’t do anything Brady might retire after the season and Garrapolo will hit Free Agency where you’ll have to resign him anyways. So, if you didn’t win the Superbowl with Brady in the first season and end up resigning Garraoplo, you might as well have traded Brady for something. Yea his cap penalty is 21 Million which is kind of high, but it’s a trade him or lose him for nothing situation.
Do you agree with this list? Who is a player that you made sure you traded ASAP as soon as your league started?
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