Ben, do you give trade advice? I lost Dak due to injury. I'm number 1 in the league. Someone is offering me Russell Wilson and David Johnson to give up Davante Adams and Raheem Mostert. Rostered WR: tyreek hill, marquise brown, Robby Anderson. Rostered RB: Miles Gaskin, Chris Carson, Chase Edmonds, Cam Akers.
YES ar, hitting too well on those churn fliers is a problem, though a welcome problem. My only solution is aggressively pursuing 2-for-1s and when that doesn't work out, accept Claypool is going somewhere else. Related issue experienced this week stems from what Ben also advocates: I don't carry a backup TE, Hunter Henry is on a bye, but my worst guy is Brandin Cooks, Akers, or Dobbins. Instead of dropping one of them, is it crazy to consider dropping my defense for Jimmy Graham and playing this week without a defense? Dobbins is the definition of an upside flier, Akers too but murkier, and I only roster 5 WRs incl Cooks. Feels like an impossible spot.
This was insightful. One of the things I struggle with is when a bench hits a saturation point where it's already serving your roster well, filled with the types of players described here (the Higgins and Laviskas of the world), and then lacks obvious back of roster options for weekly churn. Then I'm wrapping around the axle trying to gauge whether it's time to move on from a Laviska to chase, say this week, a Claypool or Fulghum. It's sad to watch everybody else rain down bids even if I'm already confident in the roster, especially when in-season churning has become a strength.
I love this piece. Timely as I’ve be rostering Higgins and Shenault as AJ Brown was out. Looking at them this week and wondering if I should drop either of them for Kirk or Mike Williams and really struggling with it. More strategy info like this would be great! Awesome stuff!
Ben, do you give trade advice? I lost Dak due to injury. I'm number 1 in the league. Someone is offering me Russell Wilson and David Johnson to give up Davante Adams and Raheem Mostert. Rostered WR: tyreek hill, marquise brown, Robby Anderson. Rostered RB: Miles Gaskin, Chris Carson, Chase Edmonds, Cam Akers.
YES ar, hitting too well on those churn fliers is a problem, though a welcome problem. My only solution is aggressively pursuing 2-for-1s and when that doesn't work out, accept Claypool is going somewhere else. Related issue experienced this week stems from what Ben also advocates: I don't carry a backup TE, Hunter Henry is on a bye, but my worst guy is Brandin Cooks, Akers, or Dobbins. Instead of dropping one of them, is it crazy to consider dropping my defense for Jimmy Graham and playing this week without a defense? Dobbins is the definition of an upside flier, Akers too but murkier, and I only roster 5 WRs incl Cooks. Feels like an impossible spot.
This was insightful. One of the things I struggle with is when a bench hits a saturation point where it's already serving your roster well, filled with the types of players described here (the Higgins and Laviskas of the world), and then lacks obvious back of roster options for weekly churn. Then I'm wrapping around the axle trying to gauge whether it's time to move on from a Laviska to chase, say this week, a Claypool or Fulghum. It's sad to watch everybody else rain down bids even if I'm already confident in the roster, especially when in-season churning has become a strength.
I love this piece. Timely as I’ve be rostering Higgins and Shenault as AJ Brown was out. Looking at them this week and wondering if I should drop either of them for Kirk or Mike Williams and really struggling with it. More strategy info like this would be great! Awesome stuff!