In my two most recent drafts, I've taken Gronk at what I thought was pretty good value (5.2 and $18!!!). In both drafts, I took a TE in later rounds for insurance. It occurred to me that, if I didn't take Gronk, and taken someone like Vernon Davis or Greg Olsen, I would not have drafted a backup TE. In other words, taking Gronk made me take a backup TE, who is now taking someone else's roster spot. In my auction draft, the effect was immediately apparent in that the person I wanted to fit in was Carlos Hyde, and I couldn't. I looked back at my snake draft and determined the most likely candidate that I sacrificed was Mike Evans.
That got me thinking, risky players come with an added opportunity cost. It's not just what you paid/where you drafted for the player himself, but also who you might have had in place of the risky player's backup/handcuff. In my case, Gronk cost me 5.2/$18, and Mike Evans/Carlos Hyde. Is there a way to quantify this, or at get some vocabulary to talk about it, so value between players can be more completely compared?
That got me thinking, risky players come with an added opportunity cost. It's not just what you paid/where you drafted for the player himself, but also who you might have had in place of the risky player's backup/handcuff. In my case, Gronk cost me 5.2/$18, and Mike Evans/Carlos Hyde. Is there a way to quantify this, or at get some vocabulary to talk about it, so value between players can be more completely compared?
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