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Understand your league rules. Understand your fellow owners. Understand yourself. What strategy will best build your team can vary wildly based on those three things. League rules: What size rosters do you have? Do you have a taxi/practice squad? Do you have a salary cap? Do you have contract...

Generally speaking, is it time to completely cut the cord on Jonathan Stewart in dynasty? Assuming no immediate need for a flex/bye week plug-in, where would you draw the line on players that you would drop Stewart in order to pick them up? My specific situation is that I've got McCoy, T...

Hey Adam, just wanted to post a thumbs up on the article. Remember reading your old dynasty rankings, glad to see you on the FGB staff now. For me personally, the importance of being outcome-oriented versus process-oriented was driven home learning poker back in the day (+EV is +EV, outcome be...

My main league is TD-heavy, and I've got picks 11, 15, and 16. I'm expecting to use two of those picks on WRs, both due to roster fit/need and the expectation that WR will likely be BPA at that stage of the draft. Which receivers in this rookie class would you say deserve a bump in the rankings...

Still buying on Cam Newton in dynasty? Since they translate most generically, how much would you offer in terms of draft picks? Just had dinner with the Cam Newton owner and found out surprisingly that Cam's on the block. Since this is a QB-heavy league, hoping to work a deal while still...

I've done 25 over last five years (2007-2011) in my main dynasty league, four more so far in 2012. I'd trade a lot more, but only a few other really active traders in that league -- most will do maybe 1-2 at most a year.

Got some time this morning so I'll write up some thoughts on taxi squads. Taxi Squads One of my leagues has a taxi (reserve/practice/developmental) squad. Specifically, the only way a player can be placed on your taxi squad is through the rookie/FA draft. We do not draft college developmental...

The key difference would be that players must begin the season/preseason on PUP to be eligible, whereas players can be put on IR at any time. An example: David DeCastro tore his MCL in preseason this year. Since he wasn't eligible for PUP, but may be able to play late in the season, the Steelers...

Coming back to EBF's post. I absolutely agree, and I'll add a few related points:1) Take the time to create your own tiers based purely on player value, particularly if you're in any sort of non-standard league. If you're often picking in the back half of the first round, it's not always clear...

Some good debate. I'll try to pick out some specific points. As previously admitted, planning a startup draft around the "anchor" strategy is probably not a good idea. I wrote up my bits from the perspective of owning an existing team, not a startup -- while I do follow startup ADPs, it's been a...

I am suggesting a strategy focus for asset allocation -- not for upward value adjustment. I am not arguing that you should overpay for a QB/TE/WR1 simply because they have longer careers. If you find that owners in your league are consistently overvaluing QBs/TEs compared to VBD/VORP -- which I...

FBG's Faceoff: Discussing Dynasty Strategy article today was a nice bone to us fantasy owners. Dynasty strategy -- particularly for non-newbie dynasty owners -- often gets short shrift by FBG and in the Shark Pool in favor of newbie guides, trade discussion, rankings for rookie/startup drafts...

Coming back to this one, now that it's all done. I'm Team A, ended up giving Peterson + 2013 2nd for 2012 1.03, which did end up being Richardson. I feel pretty okay about that, though I would have preferred Luck/RG3 given the QB-favorable performance scoring system -- but 1.01 and 1.02 were...

Awesome stuff, though I have to ask: Where was Sig calling in from? Is he on Mars with the Curiosity rover? So much stutter! :P

He measured 5' 10 5/8" at the Senior Bowl. He is that short.He's got a high release point, huge hands, good vision, and running ability though, on top great character both on- and off-field. I legitimately believe he would have gone ahead of Tannehill in the top 10 if he'd been 6'1" or taller...