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Dynasty - Guys You've Given Up On Too Quickly (1 Viewer)

mr roboto

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Our league has been dynasty for about 10 years now. At first we overvalued older vets, but looking through the trades, drafts and WW in the last couple years, it appears that people are holding into players too long. Roddy White started it all. Was drafted and the owner held him for 1 1/2 seasons. Dropped him his 2nd year and I picked him up off WW at the beginning of his 3rd (breakout) year. But looking at my roster over the last few years, I held guys too long and wasted spots. Bernard Scott, Jacoby Jones and Finley come to mind. How do you guys determine that a player isn't going to break out? Is there a number of years, or watching them play, or do you find yourself, like me, holding out false hope too often?

 
Josh Gordon- spent over 1/5th of my FA money on him prior to week 1 and cut bait after a couple of weeks.Tashard Choice is a guy I held way way to long.

 
Victor cruz. Picked em up with the preseason huge game. Held him forever seemed like and dropped him for the rookies the year he broke out. He easily would have been y top wr

 
Josh Gordon- spent over 1/5th of my FA money on him prior to week 1 and cut bait after a couple of weeks.

Tashard Choice is a guy I held way way to long.
You dropped Josh Gordon this year in a dynasty league??
Yes but it's an FFPC league which requires off season cut down to 14 position players. So in this format you will often see guys like Gordon, Stephen Hill, Brian Quick on the waiver wire if they don't jump out and produce quickly. Hard to hold developmental guys in this league.To give an idea after I cut him the next week only one team made a bid on him and it was probably the team with the worst WR's in the league and they got him for a relatively modest $79 out of $1,000 budget. None of the other 11 teams bid so much as $1 and the team that picked up Gordon actually bid $286 on Brandon Bolden that week obviously means that is someone they wanted a lot more.

I got Gordon off waivers in week one in a deeper 20 man off season roster and can tell you cutting him in that league never crossed my mind. Those small off season rosters can force you to make some tough decisions.

 
Josh Gordon- spent over 1/5th of my FA money on him prior to week 1 and cut bait after a couple of weeks.

Tashard Choice is a guy I held way way to long.
You dropped Josh Gordon this year in a dynasty league??
Yes but it's an FFPC league which requires off season cut down to 14 position players. So in this format you will often see guys like Gordon, Stephen Hill, Brian Quick on the waiver wire if they don't jump out and produce quickly. Hard to hold developmental guys in this league.To give an idea after I cut him the next week only one team made a bid on him and it was probably the team with the worst WR's in the league and they got him for a relatively modest $79 out of $1,000 budget. None of the other 11 teams bid so much as $1 and the team that picked up Gordon actually bid $286 on Brandon Bolden that week obviously means that is someone they wanted a lot more.

I got Gordon off waivers in week one in a deeper 20 man off season roster and can tell you cutting him in that league never crossed my mind. Those small off season rosters can force you to make some tough decisions.
Ok, now it makes sense.In most of my dynasty leagues (24 man rosters), he went for the entire ww budget.

 
I drafted Drew Brees in the second round of a rookie draft and traded him for Drew Bledsoe a year later. I can also remember trying to trade MJD before his first season, on a team I inhierted, because I thought he was a terrible pick at 1.11. Luckily the rest of the league felt the same way.

 
Victor cruz. Picked em up with the preseason huge game. Held him forever seemed like and dropped him for the rookies the year he broke out. He easily would have been y top wr
Picked up Cruz in all 4 of my dynasty leagues. Kept him in two and dropped him in two. I guess I had better dept in the two leagues I dropped him in. oops
 
Josh Gordon- spent over 1/5th of my FA money on him prior to week 1 and cut bait after a couple of weeks.

Tashard Choice is a guy I held way way to long.
You dropped Josh Gordon this year in a dynasty league??
Yes but it's an FFPC league which requires off season cut down to 14 position players. So in this format you will often see guys like Gordon, Stephen Hill, Brian Quick on the waiver wire if they don't jump out and produce quickly. Hard to hold developmental guys in this league.To give an idea after I cut him the next week only one team made a bid on him and it was probably the team with the worst WR's in the league and they got him for a relatively modest $79 out of $1,000 budget. None of the other 11 teams bid so much as $1 and the team that picked up Gordon actually bid $286 on Brandon Bolden that week obviously means that is someone they wanted a lot more.

I got Gordon off waivers in week one in a deeper 20 man off season roster and can tell you cutting him in that league never crossed my mind. Those small off season rosters can force you to make some tough decisions.
Ok, now it makes sense.In most of my dynasty leagues (24 man rosters), he went for the entire ww budget.
Doesn't make sense to me. The 14 player cut isn't until the off season - plenty of time for evaluation.You don't drop 20% of your budget and cut bait that quickly.

 
Drafted Aaron Rodgers as a rookie. Sat on him for two and a balf years and then traded him for peanuts before he got the starting job. That sure worked out well for me.

 
Drafted Aaron Rodgers as a rookie. Sat on him for two and a balf years and then traded him for peanuts before he got the starting job. That sure worked out well for me.
Guy in my league outright dropped him... Ouch. Held onto Bernard Scott, Tashard Choice, Jared Cook, Peyton Hillis, Mike Sims-Walker and Chad Johnson too long.Gave up too early on James Starks, Heath Miller, and Ahmad Bradshaw (outright dropped him in 2008).
 
Josh Gordon- spent over 1/5th of my FA money on him prior to week 1 and cut bait after a couple of weeks.

Tashard Choice is a guy I held way way to long.
You dropped Josh Gordon this year in a dynasty league??
Yes but it's an FFPC league which requires off season cut down to 14 position players. So in this format you will often see guys like Gordon, Stephen Hill, Brian Quick on the waiver wire if they don't jump out and produce quickly. Hard to hold developmental guys in this league.To give an idea after I cut him the next week only one team made a bid on him and it was probably the team with the worst WR's in the league and they got him for a relatively modest $79 out of $1,000 budget. None of the other 11 teams bid so much as $1 and the team that picked up Gordon actually bid $286 on Brandon Bolden that week obviously means that is someone they wanted a lot more.

I got Gordon off waivers in week one in a deeper 20 man off season roster and can tell you cutting him in that league never crossed my mind. Those small off season rosters can force you to make some tough decisions.
Ok, now it makes sense.In most of my dynasty leagues (24 man rosters), he went for the entire ww budget.
Doesn't make sense to me. The 14 player cut isn't until the off season - plenty of time for evaluation.You don't drop 20% of your budget and cut bait that quickly.
Man I tell you here is a thread that has us admit our mistakes and people want to hold me over the fire for it. I'll keep it to myself next time, seriously.A few things on that last comment I'll line item list:

1. This is not meant in a negative tone but I think you would have to play in this kind of league to understand. This is a league where late first rounders have not made the opening day roster. I'd say the success rate of second rounders remaining on the roster at the end of the year is probably something like 25-33%. Even in season we have just 20 roster spots so assuming just one K and one D(which is not always the case on bye weeks if you have a K or D you want to keep) you work all season with 18 players. That may seem like a lot but you start combining a few injuries with a few other guys you want to hold, like for me the Colts rookie TE's, and you start running thin on roster spots. You find yourself needing help at a position and in the middle of a season battling and you have to make some tough choices. In this case a bad choice.

2. You assume I picked up Gordon just to spend the season evaluating him. He was the opening day starter on the Browns, not in a Michael Floyd type situation as an example buried to start the year. He was a late round draft pick in a lot of redraft FFPC leagues so it was not assumed he would be worthless all year. I hoped he could be a WR3/4 type for me while developing into something more.

3. I think it's mistake to hold onto a guy because of what you invested. That's similar to real NFL team continuing to roster or play a player they spent a high draft pick or money on. As an example in another league with the same format I bid a similar amount on Streater. I cut him as well after a few weeks and I've had no remorse over that move. Also keep in mind things change. When the season began I try to put together an idea of what my top 14 or so guys I would keep in the off season and that changes. So if a guy gets off to a slow start, you don't think he's going to help you now and chances of making the off season roster are small you got to make a decision.

 
I held Beanie since his draft day in 2009 and Stewie all this year. Somehow I still won the league championship this year (5 RB roster) only because my main RBs didn't get injured. I understand I am not so good at selling ... my nature is long term buy and hold in both fantasy football and stock markets ... once I make a decision to commit it takes a lot to make me let go. Most of the time it seems to work out but a lot of the time it doesn't.

 
'menobrown said:
'DropKick said:
'jwb said:
'menobrown said:
'jwb said:
'menobrown said:
Josh Gordon- spent over 1/5th of my FA money on him prior to week 1 and cut bait after a couple of weeks.

Tashard Choice is a guy I held way way to long.
You dropped Josh Gordon this year in a dynasty league??
Yes but it's an FFPC league which requires off season cut down to 14 position players. So in this format you will often see guys like Gordon, Stephen Hill, Brian Quick on the waiver wire if they don't jump out and produce quickly. Hard to hold developmental guys in this league.To give an idea after I cut him the next week only one team made a bid on him and it was probably the team with the worst WR's in the league and they got him for a relatively modest $79 out of $1,000 budget. None of the other 11 teams bid so much as $1 and the team that picked up Gordon actually bid $286 on Brandon Bolden that week obviously means that is someone they wanted a lot more.

I got Gordon off waivers in week one in a deeper 20 man off season roster and can tell you cutting him in that league never crossed my mind. Those small off season rosters can force you to make some tough decisions.
Ok, now it makes sense.In most of my dynasty leagues (24 man rosters), he went for the entire ww budget.
Doesn't make sense to me. The 14 player cut isn't until the off season - plenty of time for evaluation.You don't drop 20% of your budget and cut bait that quickly.
Man I tell you here is a thread that has us admit our mistakes and people want to hold me over the fire for it. I'll keep it to myself next time, seriously.A few things on that last comment I'll line item list:

1. This is not meant in a negative tone but I think you would have to play in this kind of league to understand. This is a league where late first rounders have not made the opening day roster. I'd say the success rate of second rounders remaining on the roster at the end of the year is probably something like 25-33%. Even in season we have just 20 roster spots so assuming just one K and one D(which is not always the case on bye weeks if you have a K or D you want to keep) you work all season with 18 players. That may seem like a lot but you start combining a few injuries with a few other guys you want to hold, like for me the Colts rookie TE's, and you start running thin on roster spots. You find yourself needing help at a position and in the middle of a season battling and you have to make some tough choices. In this case a bad choice.

2. You assume I picked up Gordon just to spend the season evaluating him. He was the opening day starter on the Browns, not in a Michael Floyd type situation as an example buried to start the year. He was a late round draft pick in a lot of redraft FFPC leagues so it was not assumed he would be worthless all year. I hoped he could be a WR3/4 type for me while developing into something more.

3. I think it's mistake to hold onto a guy because of what you invested. That's similar to real NFL team continuing to roster or play a player they spent a high draft pick or money on. As an example in another league with the same format I bid a similar amount on Streater. I cut him as well after a few weeks and I've had no remorse over that move. Also keep in mind things change. When the season began I try to put together an idea of what my top 14 or so guys I would keep in the off season and that changes. So if a guy gets off to a slow start, you don't think he's going to help you now and chances of making the off season roster are small you got to make a decision.
FFPC - Held Bryce as lottery ticket all season (non McCoy owner) until the Thursday before Shady got hurt. Could regret that one for years. Worst part is that I have a been a big fan of his talent since high school.
 
'menobrown said:
'DropKick said:
'jwb said:
'menobrown said:
'jwb said:
'menobrown said:
Josh Gordon- spent over 1/5th of my FA money on him prior to week 1 and cut bait after a couple of weeks.

Tashard Choice is a guy I held way way to long.
You dropped Josh Gordon this year in a dynasty league??
Yes but it's an FFPC league which requires off season cut down to 14 position players. So in this format you will often see guys like Gordon, Stephen Hill, Brian Quick on the waiver wire if they don't jump out and produce quickly. Hard to hold developmental guys in this league.To give an idea after I cut him the next week only one team made a bid on him and it was probably the team with the worst WR's in the league and they got him for a relatively modest $79 out of $1,000 budget. None of the other 11 teams bid so much as $1 and the team that picked up Gordon actually bid $286 on Brandon Bolden that week obviously means that is someone they wanted a lot more.

I got Gordon off waivers in week one in a deeper 20 man off season roster and can tell you cutting him in that league never crossed my mind. Those small off season rosters can force you to make some tough decisions.
Ok, now it makes sense.In most of my dynasty leagues (24 man rosters), he went for the entire ww budget.
Doesn't make sense to me. The 14 player cut isn't until the off season - plenty of time for evaluation.You don't drop 20% of your budget and cut bait that quickly.
Man I tell you here is a thread that has us admit our mistakes and people want to hold me over the fire for it. I'll keep it to myself next time, seriously.A few things on that last comment I'll line item list:

1. This is not meant in a negative tone but I think you would have to play in this kind of league to understand. This is a league where late first rounders have not made the opening day roster. I'd say the success rate of second rounders remaining on the roster at the end of the year is probably something like 25-33%. Even in season we have just 20 roster spots so assuming just one K and one D(which is not always the case on bye weeks if you have a K or D you want to keep) you work all season with 18 players. That may seem like a lot but you start combining a few injuries with a few other guys you want to hold, like for me the Colts rookie TE's, and you start running thin on roster spots. You find yourself needing help at a position and in the middle of a season battling and you have to make some tough choices. In this case a bad choice.

2. You assume I picked up Gordon just to spend the season evaluating him. He was the opening day starter on the Browns, not in a Michael Floyd type situation as an example buried to start the year. He was a late round draft pick in a lot of redraft FFPC leagues so it was not assumed he would be worthless all year. I hoped he could be a WR3/4 type for me while developing into something more.

3. I think it's mistake to hold onto a guy because of what you invested. That's similar to real NFL team continuing to roster or play a player they spent a high draft pick or money on. As an example in another league with the same format I bid a similar amount on Streater. I cut him as well after a few weeks and I've had no remorse over that move. Also keep in mind things change. When the season began I try to put together an idea of what my top 14 or so guys I would keep in the off season and that changes. So if a guy gets off to a slow start, you don't think he's going to help you now and chances of making the off season roster are small you got to make a decision.
FFPC - Held Bryce as lottery ticket all season (non McCoy owner) until the Thursday before Shady got hurt. Could regret that one for years. Worst part is that I have a been a big fan of his talent since high school.
That's awesome. When did you graduate?
 
'menobrown said:
'DropKick said:
'jwb said:
'menobrown said:
'jwb said:
'menobrown said:
Josh Gordon- spent over 1/5th of my FA money on him prior to week 1 and cut bait after a couple of weeks.

Tashard Choice is a guy I held way way to long.
You dropped Josh Gordon this year in a dynasty league??
Yes but it's an FFPC league which requires off season cut down to 14 position players. So in this format you will often see guys like Gordon, Stephen Hill, Brian Quick on the waiver wire if they don't jump out and produce quickly. Hard to hold developmental guys in this league.To give an idea after I cut him the next week only one team made a bid on him and it was probably the team with the worst WR's in the league and they got him for a relatively modest $79 out of $1,000 budget. None of the other 11 teams bid so much as $1 and the team that picked up Gordon actually bid $286 on Brandon Bolden that week obviously means that is someone they wanted a lot more.

I got Gordon off waivers in week one in a deeper 20 man off season roster and can tell you cutting him in that league never crossed my mind. Those small off season rosters can force you to make some tough decisions.
Ok, now it makes sense.In most of my dynasty leagues (24 man rosters), he went for the entire ww budget.
Doesn't make sense to me. The 14 player cut isn't until the off season - plenty of time for evaluation.You don't drop 20% of your budget and cut bait that quickly.
Man I tell you here is a thread that has us admit our mistakes and people want to hold me over the fire for it. I'll keep it to myself next time, seriously.A few things on that last comment I'll line item list:

1. This is not meant in a negative tone but I think you would have to play in this kind of league to understand. This is a league where late first rounders have not made the opening day roster. I'd say the success rate of second rounders remaining on the roster at the end of the year is probably something like 25-33%. Even in season we have just 20 roster spots so assuming just one K and one D(which is not always the case on bye weeks if you have a K or D you want to keep) you work all season with 18 players. That may seem like a lot but you start combining a few injuries with a few other guys you want to hold, like for me the Colts rookie TE's, and you start running thin on roster spots. You find yourself needing help at a position and in the middle of a season battling and you have to make some tough choices. In this case a bad choice.

2. You assume I picked up Gordon just to spend the season evaluating him. He was the opening day starter on the Browns, not in a Michael Floyd type situation as an example buried to start the year. He was a late round draft pick in a lot of redraft FFPC leagues so it was not assumed he would be worthless all year. I hoped he could be a WR3/4 type for me while developing into something more.

3. I think it's mistake to hold onto a guy because of what you invested. That's similar to real NFL team continuing to roster or play a player they spent a high draft pick or money on. As an example in another league with the same format I bid a similar amount on Streater. I cut him as well after a few weeks and I've had no remorse over that move. Also keep in mind things change. When the season began I try to put together an idea of what my top 14 or so guys I would keep in the off season and that changes. So if a guy gets off to a slow start, you don't think he's going to help you now and chances of making the off season roster are small you got to make a decision.
FFPC - Held Bryce as lottery ticket all season (non McCoy owner) until the Thursday before Shady got hurt. Could regret that one for years. Worst part is that I have a been a big fan of his talent since high school.
That's awesome. When did you graduate?
'99
 
Spiller for me. Also, while I never owned Crabtree, I am upset with myself for mot targeting him in the last offseason or two. I've generally liked his skill set from day one, despite the lack of elite speed, but I did not stick with my gut and analysis and gave up on him.

 
'Ketamine Dreams said:
'Boone22 said:
Drafted Aaron Rodgers as a rookie. Sat on him for two and a balf years and then traded him for peanuts before he got the starting job. That sure worked out well for me.
Guy in my league outright dropped him... Ouch. Held onto Bernard Scott, Tashard Choice, Jared Cook, Peyton Hillis, Mike Sims-Walker and Chad Johnson too long.Gave up too early on James Starks, Heath Miller, and Ahmad Bradshaw (outright dropped him in 2008).
How can you give up too early on Starks?
 
Typically, I've been the kind of guy who adds promising WR or TE prospects, holds them for a while as their value rises, and then sells them early. This has led to me getting phenomenal value on guys like Mike Sims-Walker, James Jones, Chaz Schilens, Legedu Naanee, Dustin Keller, Jermichael Finley, Andre Caldwell, etc. before the other shoe dropped. It has also had its downsides, though- I sold low on Jordy Nelson, Miles Austin, Mike Wallace, Austin Collie, and Pierre Garçon before their breakouts. I sold early (not low) on Demaryius and AJ Green only to see them jump a tier or more in value over the next several weeks, although I got very solid return on both sales. In some cases, I was later able to rectify my errors and trade back for the player in question. On the whole, though, the strategy has been very profitable for me- it's easy to be down on myself for selling low on Jordy Nelson and Miles Austin in back-to-back weeks, but I never would have been able to add Austin in the first place if I hadn't first sold Nelson, and I never could have added Caldwell and sold him without first selling Austin. Constantly churning allows me to extract maximum value from minimum roster spots. On the other end, I have been extremely fortunate to not have any guys I've really held too long. Most of the guys I held on to for dear life have rewarded me for my faith- Cobb, Kaepernick, and Vick are the first three that come to mind. Some might say Jonathan Stewart, but I won a championship on the back of his insane run to end the season in 2009, and he's served as a reliable rb3 for me, too. I suppose Lance Kendricks will be a guy I held for too long if he doesn't start turning things around soon.

 
'mr roboto said:
'loose circuits said:
Kaep; Miles Austin; BGE; Arian; Shorts; and many more I'm sure
Arian, once the starter, lit it up. Did you trade him in the offseason before his big year?
You can still trade someone once they 'lit it up'
 
This year, cuts of players I held onto too long...Benn, Felix, Powell, Lumpkin.Cook and Sanders are close to joining them as cheap toss ins.(This is a massive roster, IDP league, 40 spots with 8 WRs/RBs allowed on one roster NOT including IR, of which there are three spots, so I've had times carrying 10 WRs at once)EDIT: MSW....... Got too many offers on that guy as well :(

 
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Too Long: MeachemToo Quickly: Andre JohnsonIt was in about 2007 that I sold AJ, believing that his nagging little injuries and poor QB play to that point were just going to keep him from reaching his potential. Lesson: if a guy has superior god given talent do not give up until there is no hope.Meachem I draft and held until midyear in 2012. He kept me believing with his occasional big TD and long catch games. I thought he was under utilized by NO. Lesson: if a player cannot seize a featured role on a team that knows what it is doing, he just isn't that good. I thought he might be like Brandon Lloyd, he flashed talent in SF for years and then finally broke out when he went to another team. But SF didn't know what it was doing when Lloyd was there.

 
'Boone22 said:
Drafted Aaron Rodgers as a rookie. Sat on him for two and a balf years and then traded him for peanuts before he got the starting job. That sure worked out well for me.
I offered Rodgers in a trade and was rejected. I almost blew that one.
 
Typically, I've been the kind of guy who adds promising WR or TE prospects, holds them for a while as their value rises, and then sells them early. This has led to me getting phenomenal value on guys like Mike Sims-Walker, James Jones, Chaz Schilens, Legedu Naanee, Dustin Keller, Jermichael Finley, Andre Caldwell, etc. before the other shoe dropped. It has also had its downsides, though- I sold low on Jordy Nelson, Miles Austin, Mike Wallace, Austin Collie, and Pierre Garçon before their breakouts. I sold early (not low) on Demaryius and AJ Green only to see them jump a tier or more in value over the next several weeks, although I got very solid return on both sales. In some cases, I was later able to rectify my errors and trade back for the player in question. On the whole, though, the strategy has been very profitable for me- it's easy to be down on myself for selling low on Jordy Nelson and Miles Austin in back-to-back weeks, but I never would have been able to add Austin in the first place if I hadn't first sold Nelson, and I never could have added Caldwell and sold him without first selling Austin. Constantly churning allows me to extract maximum value from minimum roster spots. On the other end, I have been extremely fortunate to not have any guys I've really held too long. Most of the guys I held on to for dear life have rewarded me for my faith- Cobb, Kaepernick, and Vick are the first three that come to mind. Some might say Jonathan Stewart, but I won a championship on the back of his insane run to end the season in 2009, and he's served as a reliable rb3 for me, too. I suppose Lance Kendricks will be a guy I held for too long if he doesn't start turning things around soon.
We are at opposite ends of the spectrum strategically. If I take a guy that I believe in (talent, physical ability, opportunity), I will be very patient. And (unless someone offered the farm) I wouldn't deal an AJ Green, a guy who could be dominate at the position for a decade. What was your return on him?
 
It was Mike Sims-Walker most recently for me. I shopped him after his big year, but couldn't get what I thought was enough. In hindsight, I should've moved him for draft picks, but Couch Potato had me covinced I might have a gem.Also, about ten years ago I dropped Drew Brees. He had just had a bad year, and the Chargers had just drafted Philip Rivers. I thought he was done as a starter in the NFL. Plus, I slready had Peyton Manning and Mike Vick, and the rosters were only 18. I came to regret that one a lot, especially after that whole dog murdering thing.

 
Gave up on Gordon too early this year (after about Week 4 or 5) because I already had WR depth and took a chance on a flyer RB because I was light at RB. Sucks, but it happens.

 
We are at opposite ends of the spectrum strategically. If I take a guy that I believe in (talent, physical ability, opportunity), I will be very patient. And (unless someone offered the farm) I wouldn't deal an AJ Green, a guy who could be dominate at the position for a decade. What was your return on him?
Dealt AJ Green, Demaryius, Greg Little, and James Starks for MJD and a 2013 first (projected top 3, wound up being 5th). That was literally the day before he blew up, I was trying to make a run, and I was also loading up on tickets in what I (at the time) perceived as the Richardson/Luck/Blackmon lottery. Wound up working out in the end. MJD finished as RB2 overall, but I missed the playoffs with a stacked team due to brutal head-to-head luck. I turned MJD into Gronk after the season, and while I missed out on Richardson, I turned my four firsts (4, 5, 7, 11) and a couple seconds in that draft into Griffin, Marshall, Charles, and two future firsts, and was able to reacquire Demaryius for a reasonable price later. Like I said, I didn't sell low, and overall the trade made my team a lot better. I was just kicking myself because if I'd waited a little bit I could have gotten a lot more.
 
Traded McFadden before his breakout yearBeen taxi squading Jordan Cameron since he was drafted. And now with chud in town ill probably want to hold him a little longer.

 
Drafted Ray Rice and then traded him right away to the McGahee owner for D-Jax. Worked out OK for a little while, but now not so much.

 
'Ketamine Dreams said:
'Boone22 said:
Drafted Aaron Rodgers as a rookie. Sat on him for two and a balf years and then traded him for peanuts before he got the starting job. That sure worked out well for me.
Guy in my league outright dropped him... Ouch. Held onto Bernard Scott, Tashard Choice, Jared Cook, Peyton Hillis, Mike Sims-Walker and Chad Johnson too long.Gave up too early on James Starks, Heath Miller, and Ahmad Bradshaw (outright dropped him in 2008).
How can you give up too early on Starks?
I held him for awhile in 2010. Then cut him towards the end of the season after they didn't seem to want to play him. Someone else picked him up. He hasn't blown up by any means, but had a good run at the end of 2010. He's been a bust since that time though.
 
Gave up on:Demaryius Thomas after he was suppose to "replace" Brandon Marshall in Denver but didn't do jackPeyton Manning when he went away with injuryFrank Gore when I thought he was getting too old

 
Held onto Devin Thomas two years too long - really was convinced his skills would translate to the pros and he would be a dominant WR. I've whiffed on a few of these types, where I was convinced they would make it in the NFL and kept waiting, and waiting, and waiting.

 

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