I haven't been at this too long, but it seems that IDP is really partially based on gaming the scoring system one is under and relies less on the talent of the players than the offensive side of the ball. For example, if you have no true EDGE designation, you'll want an off-ball linebacker or an ILB, and the best players generally aren't playing those positions (unless you have a true stud MLB). In the event of a true stud MLB, though, a team may realize that they want him rushing the passer like Parsons and make him a DE or EDGE in everything but designation. That's how you wind up with draft picks at the 2.5 and 2.6 that don't pan out like you'd hoped and that sink your team. You'd hope that selecting the best players with capital earned through trades would suffice, but it doesn't seem to.
Argh. Just frustrating. Have endured a crappy season with IDP. And I've worked fairly hard at it, researched before I bought, drafted three LBs to step into situations that should have been exploitable for points. I check stat crews now, even, but it does no good when volume keeps jerking both and forth with guys.
Yes, I've got Greenard and Long and a few others, but those are the only guys performing. The rest is just chaff. Or at least it chafes. I can't tell which. I did make a mistake and traded away Oluokun, but that's because I value receivers just a bit more than a guy who was taken in the sixth round and stands to maybe not return to Atlanta next season. It's just...everything I thought was I was doing right is something that I'm doing wrong here. Or it's also a patience thing that I need to learn to have while reconstructing a defense.
What I think I'm learning is to take guys in the fourth round or later, save the draft capital for the offensive guys, and just ride out the first weeks' bumps and bruises, whereupon you can suss out volume and injury and hope to capitalize on guys that have at least a greater than 80-85 percent snap share.
Anyway, just spitballing. Reeder sounds like a good get this week, but who knows if Ernest Jones eats into his time that we expect he'll have. McVay already alluded to that.
Any tips welcome and appreciated.