Month: October 2017

7:03 PM ETWhat a trade deadline this year's was.In a completely unexpected move filed minutes before Tuesday's deadline, the Carolina Panthers traded Kelvin Benjamin to the Buffalo Bills in exchange for 2018 third- and seventh-round picks. It's a head-scratching move on the Panthers' part, but does beef up what was a precariously thin set of receivers in Buffalo.Benjamin's fantasy value gets a boost as a result of the move, but that's not because his performance in Carolina was necessarily poor. After all, through eight weeks, he was the No. 24 fantasy wide receiver using either PPR or non-PPR scoring, averaging 11.4 points per game in the former and 7.4 in the latter. Shifting him from the Panthers to the Bills, though, thrusts him into a more clear-cut No. 1 role for his new squad, wh...

APThe Panthers and Bills have made a number of deals, which is expected since the General Managers used to work together.But nothing about this one was #asexpected.According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Panthers have traded wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin to the Bills for a third- and a seventh-round pick.It’s not that Benjamin hasn’t been productive, it’s that the Panthers don’t have very many options in the passing game. Without him, they’ll lean on Devin Funchess and a group of younger, smaller players. Then again, interim General Manager Marty Hurney doesn’t have the same fascination with size that his predecessor (Dave Gettleman) did, so getting faster might help.The Panthers had previously picked up the 2018 option on the former first-rounder’s contract, which will be worth around