Filling Some Needs

A blockbuster went down as 100 Acre Wood Pooh Bears moved Ryan Mathews and Ryan Tannehill to Squirtle Squad for Miles Austin, Brandon Lloyd, and Russell Wilson.

With the emergence of Doug Martin, Mathews was no longer needed and the former number one draft pick has been on the trading block all week. Mathews has only been the 25th ranked RB this season, averaging 8.8 points per while missing the first two games of the season. Before getting injured during the pre-season, most prognosticators had him as a surefire first round pick. Obviously, it's been a tough year for him.

Meanwhile, Austin has been Squirtle Squad's third best player this season, and the Cowboys' leading receiver has been in the top dozen receivers so far, bouncing back from an injury plagued last couple of years. Austin is averaging 10.2 points, making J's goal of getting "a WR that gets me 8-10 points per week" complete. Adding Brandon Lloyd will help the Pooh Bears too, as Lloyd is capable of starting in place of Dez Bryant or Brandon LaFell should the need arise.

The exchange of rookie QBs Russell Wilson and Ryan Tannehill is mostly a wash, as Wilson will sit behind Cam Newton while Tannehill will duke it out with Christian Ponder to back up Michael Vick. Our analysts say this was a good trade for both sides as the Pooh Bears desperately needed a number one receiver, and had an extra running back to spare. The Squirtles will certainly miss Austin but red hot Randall Cobb is more than ready to step up. Brian bought low on Mathews and if he can bounce back in the next year or so, Mathews will make a nice RB pair with Adrian Peterson. A logical trade that helps everybody involved, just the kind we like!

• An original seventh round draft pick of the Ann Arbor Bamfers in 2009, Miles Austin was then picked up as a free agent by Squirtles' GM Brian. Austin promptly blew up for 250 yards and 2 TDs that week, pushing the Squirtles to their team best 132 points scored.
• Ryan Mathews was J's 2010 1.2 pick -- right after 1.1 Dez Bryant, also by Pooh Bears. The trade involved an exchange of 2010 RD1 picks and also 2011 RD2 and RD3. We took a brief look at it during our early round wheeling and dealing article -- ID#103 -- and gave it a big thumbs up.