Dynasty League Balance (1 Viewer)

[JohnnyU]

It's very easy to trade your #1 picks to win now. It's some what harder to trade for a #1, but easy to trade for someone elses #2.

How can you keep your team competitive and still build for the future?

Usually owners go one way or the other, but you can do both. Of course you have to have an eye for talent and stock your team with good young RBs and be patient with young WRs. RBs are easy, but WRs and TEs are the difficult part. Too many teams give up easily on WR and TE prospects. I've been guilty of trading a WR in year 3 for an 2nd rd pick. A lot of times this is justified, but a lot of times you f-up.

When is the time to trade your #1 pick? Well, certainly the time is if you think your team can make the playoffs. What if you are wrong, or have the possibility of being wrong? In dynasty leagues I've seen a lot of fantasy teams stock up on vets to win now, and when they don't win, they quit the league. I've also seen dynasty teams so in love with rookies they never win and eventually quit. Obviously the secret is to have a balance of both. Quite a revelation huh?

The moral of this story? Never put all your eggs in one basket.

 

[Green Apple Splatter]

Balance is hard. I want to win now, but I don't want to sacrifice not winning next year. The hardest part is deciding when a player is done, or will be done in a short time. I feel if I can decide that I have a leg up on the competition. Of course that is what all of us strive for, right? One thing I do know is that if I want to win this year I have to decide what will it take to make it happen. If it takes trading a #1 pick for a WR to put me over the top, then so be it. However, if I'm wrong and that pick is a high one, then I have just traded away my chance to be strong in the future. That's the beauty of dynasty leagues.

 

[KellysHeroes]

Trading picks away is easy for me too do... I just take a look at NFL drafts from the past 5 yrs and realize how many propects drafted early don't workout. So unless I have a top 5 pick; selling that puppy for an established player is at a blink of an eye. And theirs usually a Team that out of it that loves to take those picks and sell them in the off-season.

Now if you talking about selling a young / established player for someone thats at the end of their career but can help me win this yr... thats tough, but I think I would take the chance if the pots big enough.

 

[Sopranos]

If i can get a good player AND the pick will be outside the top 4-5 i will move it. It HAS to be a guy you could use for years to come. Like L Evans,CJ,S JAx and many others. Most of the time its with another player to get a blue chipper. Im not going to do it for a guy like E James or M Harrison or any great player that wont be there 2-3 years from now. SA was a guy to sell last season.