S8 was a very crazy time for the Liberty. They were riding high after their first Ultimus win led by Philly legend Tyler Oles. However, they were a very old team and would soon need a rebuild. New GMs @PDXBaller and @kckolbe were looking to tear down this old roster sooner rather than later and set the Liberty up for the future. At the time, the idea of tearing down a roster that was capable of winning another Ultimus was crazy. However, what PDX and Kolbe were moves that would set forth “The Process” as Philly has coined it.
So, at the S8 trade deadline, five key trades went down that would change the future of Philly and the future of the league forever. Let’s take a look at these trades almost 3 seasons later and see who won each trade.
Trade 1: The Kamaka Trade
receives:
DT Eli Kamaka (would later be traded back to Philly with Andre Bly Jr. in return for PHI S12 2nd ((Logan Lejune))
PHI S9 1st (Kolby Deringer) (would later be traded to San Jose for S9 1st NOLA ((Oskar Ludvig)) and 10 million in S9 cap)
receives:
COL S9 1st (Marquise Brown)
COL S10 1st (Adriana Falconi)
COL S10 2nd (A.J. Robertson)
Verdict: So, in total, Colorado gave up Eli Kamaka (retired), Andre Bly Jr., Kolby Deringer, Marquise Brown, Adriana Falconi, and A.J. Robertson (inactive) for Logan Lejune, 10 million in S9 cap, and Oskar Ludvig (inactive).
This is an abomination.
Colorado gave up 5 active players for Lejune. I know he looks promising, but Jesus H. Christ. Colorado could have completely rebuilt itself and then some had they not accepted this trade. They would have had their QB for the future, their RB of the future and present, a stud somewhat active CB (to be fair he was planning on leaving Colorado anyway), and a stud LB. Without this trade, maybe Applehort could have even stayed, and then we’re talking about a potential Ultimus roster.
I can kinda see what they were thinking in terms of why they accepted this trade. At the time, Philly was looking to be a better team but ultimately they blew it all up at the deadline. Colorado didn’t quite know what that team was going to look like, but they knew that it was gonna be bad, and that they’d potentially be getting a better pick out of the trade. To add on to this, they gain a beast in Kamaka. S10 Colorado was poised to do some great things, so that’s why they add on the two S10 picks. So to them, they move up a spot in the draft to get a stud in a pretty nice draft, while ultimately giving up very little. But actually, Colorado ends up the worse team and Philly gets the better pick out of it. They pick Marquise Brown… and the rest is history. Colorado now has a chance to take Kolby Deringer or even Declan Harp, and if they do, then you could maybe consider this trade less of an abomination for COL. But no… they trade up two spots and take a now inactive Oskar Ludvig instead… what???
The next season, S9, Colorado finishes off with a decent 8-6 season and they make the playoffs, but ultimately get shellacked by Baltimore. Sure, this is fine. They just need to grab a couple of studs from this draft and they could be looking at a very bright future. Nope. They traded their first and second picks, which ended up being Adriana Falconi and A.J. Robertson (who’s now inactive). Now I will admit, outside of the first round, this draft isn’t the greatest. Colorado could have had their pick with Hondo, Grithead, Von Matt, and others. They didn’t really need a QB (at the time). If they weren't enthused about the class, they could have even traded the pick to get some better talent or picks for the future.
Either way, this trade is a disaster to look at, and had this not gone through, they could have been an Ultimus contending team right about now had Applehort stayed, which I can assume he would have with all of the talent that the team could have had. This trade is a huge L for Colorado, and an even bigger W for Philly.
Trade 2: The Hendrix Trade
receives:
LB Micah Hendrix (S2) **S8 Salary 100% retained by Liberty**
** If Hendrix retires before S8 Ultimus Wraiths receive PHI S10 3rd** (this didn’t happen)
receives:
YKW S10 2nd (Jordan Von Matt)
Verdict: I’d say this trade was even, maybe leaning slightly towards Philly. Yellowknife got one of the best LBs in the league in Hendrix. He was a key piece in their Ultimus winning season. However, Hendrix ended up retiring after S9, leaving YKW giving up a young stud WR in Jordan Von Matt for a two-year rental. Granted this rental helped them win an Ultimus, but in terms of playing for the future, Philly gains the advantage. I feel like they could have gotten more for Hendrix, but I’m not sure how negotiations went.
Trade 3: The Kroetch Trade
receives:
RB Damien Kroetch (inactive)
receives:
COL S9 3rd (apparently traded somewhere along the line to OCO, the pick ended up being Young Spaghetti ((inactive)))
Verdict: Meh, I’ll give this one to Colorado, but this trade is pretty much a wash. I wish I knew what Philly got in return for the COL 3rd rounder, then I’d be able to judge the trade more fairly.
Trade 4: The Melamedov Trade
receives:
CB Clifford Rove (inactive)
DL/FS Vikian Melamedov (inactive)
7M in cap space for S8
receives:
BAL S9 4th (Blake Marchand ((inactive)))
Scrub Kyubee (inactive)
BAL S10 3rd (Rico Flores ((inactive)))
Verdict: Baltimore wins this trade. They got Melamedov who was apparently a stud (can’t find much info on him), and helped Baltimore win a ring, and they gave up practically nothing for him. Can’t find much info on Kyubee either.
Trade 5: The DiMirio Trade
receives:
PHI S9 4th (Shadarien LaMellana ((inactive)))
TE Paul Dimirio
DT Godfrey King (inactive)
2M S8 Salary Cap
recieves:
NOLA S10 2nd (ended up being traded to BAL, can’t find much info on how that happened. Pick ended up being S Damien Arnold ((inactive)))
YKW S9 3rd (Robert Jordan ((inactive)))
WR - Stormblessed (inactive)
DT - Omar Wrong (inactive)
Verdict: Yeah I’ll give this one to NOLA. They got Dimirio and didn’t give up too much for him, and he helped win them an Ultimus. Philly was able to get their process era WR2 in this one in Stormblessed and a solid defensive lineman in Omar Wrong that I’m pretty sure has retired. Not much else to say about this one.
Overall, very interesting to look at these trades today and judge them, and I’m still in shock about how Philly fleeced the hell out of Colorado.. and in a sense.. how Colorado ended up fleecing themselves at the end of the day. Without these trades, the process would look very different than it looked over the past couple of seasons. Without PDX, Kolbe, and @adam2552, would there even be a process? So, to that I say thank you, mainly to the guys mentioned above and to Colorado for being so stupid. It's safe to say that Me, Falc, and JVM would not look good in Yeti red.
So, at the S8 trade deadline, five key trades went down that would change the future of Philly and the future of the league forever. Let’s take a look at these trades almost 3 seasons later and see who won each trade.
Trade 1: The Kamaka Trade
receives:
DT Eli Kamaka (would later be traded back to Philly with Andre Bly Jr. in return for PHI S12 2nd ((Logan Lejune))
PHI S9 1st (Kolby Deringer) (would later be traded to San Jose for S9 1st NOLA ((Oskar Ludvig)) and 10 million in S9 cap)
receives:
COL S9 1st (Marquise Brown)
COL S10 1st (Adriana Falconi)
COL S10 2nd (A.J. Robertson)
Verdict: So, in total, Colorado gave up Eli Kamaka (retired), Andre Bly Jr., Kolby Deringer, Marquise Brown, Adriana Falconi, and A.J. Robertson (inactive) for Logan Lejune, 10 million in S9 cap, and Oskar Ludvig (inactive).
This is an abomination.
Colorado gave up 5 active players for Lejune. I know he looks promising, but Jesus H. Christ. Colorado could have completely rebuilt itself and then some had they not accepted this trade. They would have had their QB for the future, their RB of the future and present, a stud somewhat active CB (to be fair he was planning on leaving Colorado anyway), and a stud LB. Without this trade, maybe Applehort could have even stayed, and then we’re talking about a potential Ultimus roster.
I can kinda see what they were thinking in terms of why they accepted this trade. At the time, Philly was looking to be a better team but ultimately they blew it all up at the deadline. Colorado didn’t quite know what that team was going to look like, but they knew that it was gonna be bad, and that they’d potentially be getting a better pick out of the trade. To add on to this, they gain a beast in Kamaka. S10 Colorado was poised to do some great things, so that’s why they add on the two S10 picks. So to them, they move up a spot in the draft to get a stud in a pretty nice draft, while ultimately giving up very little. But actually, Colorado ends up the worse team and Philly gets the better pick out of it. They pick Marquise Brown… and the rest is history. Colorado now has a chance to take Kolby Deringer or even Declan Harp, and if they do, then you could maybe consider this trade less of an abomination for COL. But no… they trade up two spots and take a now inactive Oskar Ludvig instead… what???
The next season, S9, Colorado finishes off with a decent 8-6 season and they make the playoffs, but ultimately get shellacked by Baltimore. Sure, this is fine. They just need to grab a couple of studs from this draft and they could be looking at a very bright future. Nope. They traded their first and second picks, which ended up being Adriana Falconi and A.J. Robertson (who’s now inactive). Now I will admit, outside of the first round, this draft isn’t the greatest. Colorado could have had their pick with Hondo, Grithead, Von Matt, and others. They didn’t really need a QB (at the time). If they weren't enthused about the class, they could have even traded the pick to get some better talent or picks for the future.
Either way, this trade is a disaster to look at, and had this not gone through, they could have been an Ultimus contending team right about now had Applehort stayed, which I can assume he would have with all of the talent that the team could have had. This trade is a huge L for Colorado, and an even bigger W for Philly.
Trade 2: The Hendrix Trade
receives:
LB Micah Hendrix (S2) **S8 Salary 100% retained by Liberty**
** If Hendrix retires before S8 Ultimus Wraiths receive PHI S10 3rd** (this didn’t happen)
receives:
YKW S10 2nd (Jordan Von Matt)
Verdict: I’d say this trade was even, maybe leaning slightly towards Philly. Yellowknife got one of the best LBs in the league in Hendrix. He was a key piece in their Ultimus winning season. However, Hendrix ended up retiring after S9, leaving YKW giving up a young stud WR in Jordan Von Matt for a two-year rental. Granted this rental helped them win an Ultimus, but in terms of playing for the future, Philly gains the advantage. I feel like they could have gotten more for Hendrix, but I’m not sure how negotiations went.
Trade 3: The Kroetch Trade
receives:
RB Damien Kroetch (inactive)
receives:
COL S9 3rd (apparently traded somewhere along the line to OCO, the pick ended up being Young Spaghetti ((inactive)))
Verdict: Meh, I’ll give this one to Colorado, but this trade is pretty much a wash. I wish I knew what Philly got in return for the COL 3rd rounder, then I’d be able to judge the trade more fairly.
Trade 4: The Melamedov Trade
receives:
CB Clifford Rove (inactive)
DL/FS Vikian Melamedov (inactive)
7M in cap space for S8
receives:
BAL S9 4th (Blake Marchand ((inactive)))
Scrub Kyubee (inactive)
BAL S10 3rd (Rico Flores ((inactive)))
Verdict: Baltimore wins this trade. They got Melamedov who was apparently a stud (can’t find much info on him), and helped Baltimore win a ring, and they gave up practically nothing for him. Can’t find much info on Kyubee either.
Trade 5: The DiMirio Trade
receives:
PHI S9 4th (Shadarien LaMellana ((inactive)))
TE Paul Dimirio
DT Godfrey King (inactive)
2M S8 Salary Cap
recieves:
NOLA S10 2nd (ended up being traded to BAL, can’t find much info on how that happened. Pick ended up being S Damien Arnold ((inactive)))
YKW S9 3rd (Robert Jordan ((inactive)))
WR - Stormblessed (inactive)
DT - Omar Wrong (inactive)
Verdict: Yeah I’ll give this one to NOLA. They got Dimirio and didn’t give up too much for him, and he helped win them an Ultimus. Philly was able to get their process era WR2 in this one in Stormblessed and a solid defensive lineman in Omar Wrong that I’m pretty sure has retired. Not much else to say about this one.
Overall, very interesting to look at these trades today and judge them, and I’m still in shock about how Philly fleeced the hell out of Colorado.. and in a sense.. how Colorado ended up fleecing themselves at the end of the day. Without these trades, the process would look very different than it looked over the past couple of seasons. Without PDX, Kolbe, and @adam2552, would there even be a process? So, to that I say thank you, mainly to the guys mentioned above and to Colorado for being so stupid. It's safe to say that Me, Falc, and JVM would not look good in Yeti red.
[OPTION]Height: 5'10
[OPTION]Weight: 230
[OPTION]Birthplace: Pahokee, FL
[OPTION]Number: 28
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[OPTION]Regular Season Stats
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[OPTION]DSFL
[OPTION]SA S8: 1222 Yards | 264 Att | 15 TDs || 81 Yards | 14 Rec | 0 TDs
[OPTION]SA S9: 1665 Yards | 331 Att | 13 TDs || 92 Yards | 13 Rec | 0 TDs
[OPTION]NSFL
[OPTION]PHI S10: 1902 Yards | 452 Att | 7 TDs || 33 Yards | 6 Rec | 0 TDs
[OPTION]PHI S11: 1571 Yards | 365 Att | 15 TDs || 290 Yards | 52 Rec | 2 TDs
[OPTION]PHI S12: 1555 Yards | 375 Att | 15 TDs || 237 Yards | 30 Rec | 4 TDs
[OPTION]PHI S13: 1510 Yards | 318 Att | 14 TDs || 366 Yards | 39 Rec | 4 TDs
[OPTION]BAL S14: 1578 Yards | 368 Att | 16 TDs || 479 Yards | 62 Rec | 2 TDs
[OPTION]BAL S15: 1577 Yards | 350 Att | 14 TDs || 450 Yards | 59 Rec | 4 TDs
[OPTION]BAL S16: 1172 Yards | 260 Att | 13 TDs || 237 Yards | 31 Rec | 2 TDs
[OPTION]PHI S17: 897 Yards | 215 Att | 5 TDs || 212 Yards | 35 Rec | 2 TDs
[OPTION]CHI S18: 825 Yards | 196 Att | 4 TDs || 752 Yards | 61 Rec | 1 TDs
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[OPTION]Playoff Stats
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[OPTION]DSFL
[OPTION]SA S8: 145 Yards | 25 Att | 0 TDs || 4 Yards | 2 Catches | 0 TDs
[OPTION]SA S9: 71 Yards | 18 Att | 1 TDs || 15 Yards | 3 Catches | 0 TDs
[OPTION]NSFL
[OPTION]PHI S12: 136 Yards | 30 Att | 0 TDs || 27 Yards | 3 Catches | 0 TDs
[OPTION]PHI S13: 93 Yards | 17 Att | 1 TDs || 4 Yards | 1 Catches | 0 TDs
[OPTION]BAL S14: 127 Yards | 25 Att | 2 TDs || 21 Yards | 3 Catches | 0 TDs
[OPTION]BAL S15: 212 Yards | 47 Att | 2 TDS || 64 Yards | 5 Catches | 1 TDs
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[OPTION]Trophy Case/Achievements
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[OPTION]Records:
[OPTION]NSFL Most Rushing Yards In A Single Season (1902) (S10)
[OPTION]NSFL Most Rushing Attempts In A Single Season (452) (S10)
[OPTION]NSFL Most Rushing Yards Of All Time (12587)
[OPTION]NSFL Most Yards From Scrimmage Of All Time (15643)
[OPTION]Awards:
[OPTION]DSFL Offensive Player Of The Year (S8)
[OPTION]DSFL Offensive Player Of The Year (S9)
[OPTION]NSFL Offensive Player Of The Year (S10)
[OPTION]NSFL Offensive Player Of The Year (S13)
[OPTION]NSFL Runningback Of The Year (S12)
[OPTION]NSFL Runningback Of The Year (S13)
[OPTION]NSFL Runningback Of The Year (S14)
[OPTION]NSFL Runningback Of The Year (S15)
[OPTION]NSFL Most Valuable Player (S13)
[OPTION]NSFL Pro Bowl RB (S10)
[OPTION]NSFL Pro Bowl RB (S11)
[OPTION]NSFL Pro Bowl RB (S12)
[OPTION]NSFL Pro Bowl RB (S13)
[OPTION]NSFL Pro Bowl RB (S14)
[OPTION]NSFL Pro Bowl RB (S15)
[OPTION]NSFL Pro Bowl RB (S16)
[OPTION]NSFL Hall of Fame Inductee (S22)
[OPTION]Other:
[OPTION]Drafted 9th Overall In The S8 DSFL Draft To The San Antonio Marshals
[OPTION]Drafted 3rd Overall In The S9 NSFL Draft To The Philadelphia
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