Who wins this ppr dynasty trade? A) Saquan Barkley Or B) Josh Downs, a 2027 1st and a 2025 2.02

Bastards will even get in the group chat and lobby for the idea that for example the team moving Barkley has no choice but to do so.

That’s why patience is necessary

That’s where time-dependent fluctuations come into play

Yeah it’s certainly a fine line.. cause as I stated before, say you upgrade that 2nd to a mid 1st…but you don’t get the trade done until week 9-10. Not moving Barkley likely made your ‘26 pick several spots worse… so did you really upgrade that early 2nd to a mid 1st? The actual value in waiting isn’t necessarily reflected fully in the trade

Ok, yeah I’m with that. Waiting till the start of the season would definitely be wise

The one asset you have in a rebuild, more than anything or anyone else, is time. Time is your friend in a rebuild. So if you’re impatient, rebuilds will not be your thing

Time is NOT a luxury that competitors have

That was some good insight. I’m thankfully close to the end of my rebuild simultaneously in both my dynasty leagues, so I’m locked in this season. Can’t talk enough about football and fantasy.

@TimeJew let me give you an example of how I would approach Barkley if I have him and I believe I am in a rebuild (which I’m in a lot more than most, because I only have two modes…I’m either a favorite, or I’m rebuilding). I would first decide what I need to roughly get for him (defined in current picks). Then I’d start shopping him around to see if I can get that, but more importantly, to see what my other league mates are going to try and lowball me with (and they will do exactly that). Based on knowing what they’re offering, I can reasonably determine exactly when someone is going to cave and I can probably even predict who it will be. Then I just shut up and wait. The current draft will roll by and I’ll likely get slightly higher offers trying to lure me away from my price tag with the chance to play against my FOMO in this draft. If the value is there, great. If not, I politely decline. Then I wait, and I wait, and I wait. If I get to that point where I predicted someone will cave, I’ll float a non offer around, simply reminding people that I have Barkley and gauging interest. Then I wait (at this point, I’m genuinely surprised if I don’t have an acceptable offer within a week). If I don’t get an offer (with the assumption that now the season is approaching), now is when I decide my drop-dead date (which is usually a week or two before the trade deadline). Then I wait into the season. After week 2, I’ll send another non-offer around and start looking at the teams who have a chance, but need something. I’ll do this every few weeks and get more aggressive as the deadline approaches. All the while weighing my wins vs diminishing value (which secretly adjusts my acceptable price).

Yeah I like that approach. Honestly I operate similarly but probably not with quite the same patience. I don’t ever make trades this early unless I’m trying to make room on my roster for incoming rookies.. but Barkley most likely wouldn’t be that type of player. I certainly would shop for a while to try and get the deal done, but my deadline is likely around week 5. Waiting any longer than that makes me too anxious.

I answered the OPs question from the assumption that he is trying to make the move now.. and you have 100% talked me into believing the posted offer is too low to make the move now so far removed from the start of the season.