Do you have any "fat" on your roster? (1 Viewer)

[tombonneau]

I'm at the point in the season where I've done a good enough job assembling my squad that I have no real fat to trim. i.e. If I want to make a ww move to maybe pick up a D that is a good play, I simply have no one I can cut that won't get scooped up and help to improve another team's squad.

Does anyone else start encountering this problem this time of year?

It's pretty much at the point with our trading deadline coming up that I want to pull a 2-for-1 trade just to free up a rotating roster spot for the rest of the season.

Anyone else have any other ways they get around this problem?

 

[redman]

I guess it depends up on roster size. I'm my old redraft league with 16-man rosters, it's always a struggle to figure out who I'll cut. There's no magic solution.

In my 40-man roster dynasty league, however, it seems that there's always somone who is sucking or injured enough to cut without too much debate if there's a good player on the waiver wire.

 

[Da Guru]

I'm at the point in the season where I've done a good enough job assembling my squad that I have no real fat to trim. i.e. If I want to make a ww move to maybe pick up a D that is a good play, I simply have no one I can cut that won't get scooped up and help to improve another team's squad.Does anyone else start encountering this problem this time of year?It's pretty much at the point with our trading deadline coming up that I want to pull a 2-for-1 trade just to free up a rotating roster spot for the rest of the season.Anyone else have any other ways they get around this problem?

Play in a 14 team league! Every team has "Fat" to trim.

 

[tombonneau]

I'm at the point in the season where I've done a good enough job assembling my squad that I have no real fat to trim. i.e. If I want to make a ww move to maybe pick up a D that is a good play, I simply have no one I can cut that won't get scooped up and help to improve another team's squad.Does anyone else start encountering this problem this time of year?It's pretty much at the point with our trading deadline coming up that I want to pull a 2-for-1 trade just to free up a rotating roster spot for the rest of the season.Anyone else have any other ways they get around this problem?

Play in a 14 team league! Every team has "Fat" to trim.

Both leagues I play in are 14-team leagues. My work league I just had to cut Jerious Norwood to make room for a pick up; in my main league, its real tough too. If I had to pick a guy it would be Mark Clayton, but that's it, and there are teams so desperate at WR he'd be picked up and become an immeidate WR3.Of course, the flip side is that come this time of year there is not much worth adding in a 14-teamer anyway...I was actually at the point the other week that I was going to simply cut my kicker (obv. keep only 1) to pick up a player I wanted early in the week, then eventually try to work a trade to free up a spot.

 

[belljr]

If another team needs to rely on Mark Clayton that badly, chances are they aren't doing very well to begin with.

If Clayton is your WR4 then he is fat.

Unless this is a dynasty league. So don't worry about what other teams will do with Clayton. Norwood is a tough one.

Now if you need to cut say Harrison because he the worst of your WR's than you are in trouble

 

[Da Guru]

I'm at the point in the season where I've done a good enough job assembling my squad that I have no real fat to trim. i.e. If I want to make a ww move to maybe pick up a D that is a good play, I simply have no one I can cut that won't get scooped up and help to improve another team's squad.Does anyone else start encountering this problem this time of year?It's pretty much at the point with our trading deadline coming up that I want to pull a 2-for-1 trade just to free up a rotating roster spot for the rest of the season.Anyone else have any other ways they get around this problem?

Play in a 14 team league! Every team has "Fat" to trim.

Both leagues I play in are 14-team leagues. My work league I just had to cut Jerious Norwood to make room for a pick up; in my main league, its real tough too. If I had to pick a guy it would be Mark Clayton, but that's it, and there are teams so desperate at WR he'd be picked up and become an immeidate WR3.Of course, the flip side is that come this time of year there is not much worth adding in a 14-teamer anyway...I was actually at the point the other week that I was going to simply cut my kicker (obv. keep only 1) to pick up a player I wanted early in the week, then eventually try to work a trade to free up a spot.

Redraft league? Show me your roster, I am good at fat trimming.

 

[Donny Loved Bowling]

I'm in a 12 team redraft and I have recently encountered this problem. I'd like to add the Buffalo defense (nice playoff sked!) but I simply cannot justify cutting anyone right now. Sure, there are guys on my bench who are highly unlikely to crack my starting lineup the rest of the way, but dropping them would surely mean helping out another team. I'm going to have to pursue a 2-for-1 deal because I just can't find any fat to trim right now.

 

[Bri]

I'm at the point in the season where I've done a good enough job assembling my squad that I have no real fat to trim. i.e. If I want to make a ww move to maybe pick up a D that is a good play, I simply have no one I can cut that won't get scooped up and help to improve another team's squad.Does anyone else start encountering this problem this time of year?It's pretty much at the point with our trading deadline coming up that I want to pull a 2-for-1 trade just to free up a rotating roster spot for the rest of the season.Anyone else have any other ways they get around this problem?

I usually do and think of it as a trap. It can't be. So I hit PFR and re-look at week to week stats. I have incorrectly kept a 60 yards per week guy that I'd never start. You know how 66 yards per week will get ya 1000. At some point in the year, I think I see the season stats and fail to remember that. I can relate to your last statement. I feel inclined to do 2 for 1s then too

 

[Grigs Allmoon]

I'm at the point in the season where I've done a good enough job assembling my squad that I have no real fat to trim. i.e. If I want to make a ww move to maybe pick up a D that is a good play, I simply have no one I can cut that won't get scooped up and help to improve another team's squad.Does anyone else start encountering this problem this time of year?It's pretty much at the point with our trading deadline coming up that I want to pull a 2-for-1 trade just to free up a rotating roster spot for the rest of the season.Anyone else have any other ways they get around this problem?

Play in a 14 team league! Every team has "Fat" to trim.

The size of the league doesn't really determine anything except the definition of "fat".I'm in a 32 teamer, and I don't think I really have any fat to trim.I am in the no-fat in a 12 teamer, though. With Burress out this past week I had to cut Mike Bell in order to pick up a WR to start. I picked up Nate Washington, and lost by a few points. I should have kept Bell.

 

[digitalamish]

God yes I have fat on my team. With only 2 spots I have 3 starter quality RB's (Tiki, Portis, KJ). I have a carousel of QB's (Farve, Delhomme, Hasselbeck). And since we treat TE's as WR's, I'm overloaded there too (A. Johnson, Colston, Matt Jones, Heap, and Gonzo).

I've been trying to trade 2-1 to upgrade single positions, but no one wants to trade. In fact I'm being offered 2-1 trades for my players, giving me even more players. The problem is once Hasselbeck comes back, I have to cut someone. I know whoever I drop will be snatched up by someone, even though they won't trade for them now.

Anyone else have any suggestions on how to convince owners to trade?

 

[Garrett]

I have Ron Dayne, but I don't really see it as a hindrance.

 

[videoguy505]

12 team league. 14 player rosters--start 8, bench 6. And there's no fat to trim. Nor is there anyone worth picking up off waivers. Funny to say that when only 168 players are taken, but my league in total has rostered 28 QBs, and I just dropped one (Leftwich) to pick up the Bills. 46 RBs are rostered, no one on waivers worth anything. 44 WRs, 17 TEs. The only wiggle room I have at this point is in the Ds and Ks... making those calls right will be key to staying alive in the playoffs. But with 6 bench slots there's little room to move. I have 3 QBs, 3 RBs, 3 WRs, 1 TE, 1 K, 3 DSTs. And the trade deadline has passed. So picking up the Bills for the playoffs (other DSTs are Eagles and Jaguars) was the last move I could really make. Now it's just about whether or not to drop my starting TE or K for some guy off free agency the rest of the way.

 

[corpcow]

Yes, this is a perennial problem for me as well. I'm the type of manager that makes every roster spot count, which I think contributes a lot to my success in leagues even when I get a slow start. It's the reason I sit there chuckling when people are boasting about being 6-0, when really they're one injury away from a lost season. I get sick when I see some otherwise very competitive teams carrying 2 kickers or 2 defenses - but then happy because I realize I have a deeper bench because of it.

But obviously, this makes it difficult to cut players if you don't have any wasted space.

I tend to drop my kicker every week for the WW pickup early (i.e., this week it was Anthony Thomas), just to see how serious the injury is, how it plays out, etc. I'll try to package 2-for-1 but that rarely works.

At least it gives me the full week to figure out value, instead of making the decision on Mon. (And at the very least keeps the other guy off other rosters in the meantime if they're a short-term injury play).

Another thing is to try to know how the league values certain players. I know in my primary league, which is now 12 teams after a few years at 14, RBs are incredibly overvalued. We play 2 plus a flex, and people have been "trained" after the 14 team years. If I drop a RB, he will be scooped up immediately.

You also have to consider the other rosters. If some of the more dangerous teams are good except for, say, TE, you can carry two mid-range TEs because there's more value in keeping a potential starter away from them. This is one reason I have Watson rostered behind Gates and dropped Williamson and Michael Clayton in that money league even though WR is my weakest spot. My stance is that both are probably of marginal value to me, but Watson is more valuable to keep away from the competition.

And lastly, don't get too attached. Most sharks will have a great draft and then sometimes miss out on a guy like Boldin in his rookie season or Colston or Berrian because they think it's a one-time flash in the pan. The trick is gambling just enough with your depth and bench, balancing the upside with the solid base production.

(Sadly, I actually HAD Colston in my main league and dropped him for Watson when Watson hit the wire, but that's a separate story ).

 

[code]

I'd love to pick up Tim Carter but who can I drop, Antonio Bryant, Cadillac Williams, Chris Cooley?