Now that Randy Moss and Wes Welker are no longer teammates -- and can you believe we've got a major trade to discuss in Week 5? -- who would you rather have for the rest of the fantasy football season?
For point-per-reception leagues, I'm taking Welker. Moss is a dynamic player capable of another monster season, as he had with Tom Brady only two seasons ago, but the way Brett Favre is playing, he's not Brady, so Moss, well, he's not Moss. Welker is still Welker. I'll explain later.
The stunning Wednesday trade that landed Moss back with the Minnesota Vikings really shouldn't send too many shockwaves through the fantasy football world. Moss is already owned in every league, as is Welker. I'd say take your pick between them in standard scoring, but ultimately things just don't change all that much for them. For one, Moss isn't having a great season. He was fantasy's No. 2 wide receiver, on average, in ESPN's live drafts, but counting his goose egg from Monday night, he's not even the top Moss, Santana Moss is. Randy is tied for 36th among wide receivers in standard scoring.
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Eric Karabell is an ESPN.com senior writer. He has worked at ESPN since 1997 and covered fantasy sports for ESPN since 2001, specializing in baseball and football. Eric appears several times per week on SportsCenter, NFL Live and other ESPN shows, contributes to ESPN Radio and ESPN The Magazine and is the host of the Baseball Today Podcast. He has been honored twice as fantasy sports writer of the year by the Fantasy Sports Writers Association, his blog was named best fantasy baseball series for 2007 and he was inducted into the inaugural FSWA Hall of Fame class in 2010.
Eric grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs, and accordingly, favors Philly teams first, his fantasy teams second. He previously served as ESPN.com's lead NBA editor, and is a former Washington Post and Philadelphia Inquirer sports writer. Eric is also the author of "The Best Philadelphia Sports Arguments," published by Source Books and available in bookstores and online.
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