WR Braylon Edwards Traded To New York Jets

The Cleveland Browns have traded WR Braylon Edwards to the New York Jets for WR Chansi Stuckey, LB Jason Trusnik, a 2010 3rd round pick, and a 2010 5th round pick.

This is a win for both sides.  The Jets add a WR opposite Jerricho Cotchery who has the pure talent to be the best WR on the team, so it's a huge win for Mark Sanchez and the passing game.  Whether or not they can get him to concentrate and not drop passes all the time is another story.  The Browns get something for an unhappy player they probably weren't going to keep after the season was over, especially considering his clashes with head coach Eric Mangini, his bar fight, and then his public spat with Cleveland icon Lebron James.  They add a solid possession WR, a LB I've never heard of, and two fairly valuable draft picks.

Fantasy Impact: Braylon Edwards' value takes a small short term hit as he'll need some time to pick up the offense, but it's not like he was producing anything in Cleveland prior to the trade.  I definitely like him in the 2nd half better with the Jets than I did with Cleveland, so his 2009 fantasy value gets a slight boost, and his future value gets a big boost.  This also helps Mark Sanchez quite a bit moving forward with a bigger play maker than Cotchery was.  Cotchery's value unfortunately takes a hit as he'll eventually be sharing more targets with Edwards than he did anyone else on his team prior to the trade.  Both guys should be WR2/3 options moving foward, but it's no slam dunk that Edwards will be a big part of the offense this week.  I'll touch on that in my depth chart/injury report.  Massaquoi's value is uncertain...he's a better pick up now as he's the #1 WR in Cleveland, but he did his week 4 damage with Edwards drawing constant double teams.  That will be a situation to monitor before plugging him into your lineup, but he'll receive more targets as their top WR now.