Questions
What is up with this trade? Jermichael Finley and Miles Austin for Cecil Shorts?
So I picked up Cecil Shorts three weeks ago when I realized he was about 90% of their offensive production (out of not much, but still he is a huge chunk) he has produced big for me.Now out of nowhere comes a trade offer for him they are offering Jermichael Finley and Miles Austin.
What's up? I need success at my WR position, especially this week with CJ on bench.
Here is my lineup:
QB: Tom Brady, Philip Rivers
WR: Hakeem Nicks (ouch all season), Eric Decker (ouch last week), Cecil Shorts (yay)
Benched WR: Randall Cobb and Emmanuel Sanders
TE: Joel Dreessen (I could probably use Finley, but IDK if I would start him over Dreessen)
RBs: Chris Johnson and Doug Martin
Benched RBs: Mikel Leshoure and DeMarco Murray
Am I missing something here or is this guy trying to poach a superstar that I just locked on to early?
I just checked strength of schedule for WRs and Miles Austin and the Dallas Cowboys have the 2nd easiest, while Cecil Shorts and the Jags have the 7th easiest, so that is more or less a wash.
Cecil Shorts 
Jermichael Finley 
Miles Austin
Cecil Shorts is NOT a superstar. He's had TWO really good games - Green Bay and Indy. Then he had solid games against Minnesota and Oakland. His only other double digit game was the first Indy game, but he just had one catch in that game (it just so happened to be a long TD).
So Austin has the better schedule, as you point out. Austin clearly has the better QB. Austin has also outperformed Shorts all season. I think you need to take this deal with or without Finley.
Then try to move Rivers and Finley to get a decent TE. If you can't pulloff a trade, there has to be someone out there - Olsen, Myers, Pettigrew, Pitta, Cook. I'd take all of those guys over Dreesen or Finley.