Dynasty league tutoring help requested (1 Viewer)

[Captain Spaulding]

Is it just luck or is there an art/skill to it? How do you scout out rookies, 1st/2nd year players on the rise who might be TD targets for dynasty leagues vs. WR who end up as possession receivers or RB's who don't have a knack for the endzone. I seem to have bad luck (or no skill) with this and there are 2-3 people in my league whom seem to either be very highly skilled at scouting out TD scorers (early in their career or rookies). Are there certain things or traits to look for before deciding on a player?

 

[BLOX]

You've already completed step #1, utilizing this forum. Subscribing to this site will help get you a lot of tools which will help out as well. There is one tool that breaks down a players trends pretty much however you want. It's worth it.

#2 is gather as much information you can on the rookies coming into the league.

use this site www.nfldraftguys.com as they have very good insite.

If you have lower rookie picks you may want to wait until right around draft time when the rookie hype is at it's max and trade your low 1st early 2nd for a 3rd year WR who may get his crack at the starting lineup (Chad Jackson for instance). Otherwise, analyze the draft and see who's being overlooked in the 2nd and 3rd rounds (James Jones and Greg Jennings come to mind immediately here).

Finding a Maurice Jones-Drew isn't easy that's for sure, but if you take the info you gather and identify areas where you see potential you'll hit the bullseye a time or two.

I thought the same thing you did about my dynasty league two years ago as one owner had LT, LJ, and Lamont Jordan. i figured that he'd run away with championship after championship. Well, it didn't work out that way and lo and behold my 10th round pick in 2003 is taking me to a magical playoff run (Brady).

I had the worst team in the league after the initial draft due to never playing dynasty before. However, I was able to trade away the talent I had to rebuild. I also took advantage of other owners giving up on players too soon.

It's not instinct, it's about doing your homework.

One last note would be to join and IDP league. In those leagues it's a little easier to do more homework as the other guys because I think only 25% on average IDP owners actually know most of the defensive players in the league and how they fit into their schemes, etc. Try that out. Plus, trading Defensive studs for offensive studs and then finding the next defensive stud is a lot of fun and not too hard.

 

[LILB811]

I'm in the same boat, as I'm just recently getting back into the dynasty area. In addition to the previous post, I also like to look at guys that will be free agents, and just pick them up now instead of holding scrub players.

Guys like Julius Jones, Bernard Berrian, Bryant Johnson, who may not all be on waiver wires, but given the right opportunity could be in a position to start next year. Grab them now, and if they don't land a good job in the offseason you can just cut them, but this gives you a leg up on the competition.

 

[Captain Spaulding]

You've already completed step #1, utilizing this forum. Subscribing to this site will help get you a lot of tools which will help out as well. There is one tool that breaks down a players trends pretty much however you want. It's worth it.#2 is gather as much information you can on the rookies coming into the league.use this site www.nfldraftguys.com as they have very good insite.If you have lower rookie picks you may want to wait until right around draft time when the rookie hype is at it's max and trade your low 1st early 2nd for a 3rd year WR who may get his crack at the starting lineup (Chad Jackson for instance). Otherwise, analyze the draft and see who's being overlooked in the 2nd and 3rd rounds (James Jones and Greg Jennings come to mind immediately here).Finding a Maurice Jones-Drew isn't easy that's for sure, but if you take the info you gather and identify areas where you see potential you'll hit the bullseye a time or two.I thought the same thing you did about my dynasty league two years ago as one owner had LT, LJ, and Lamont Jordan. i figured that he'd run away with championship after championship. Well, it didn't work out that way and lo and behold my 10th round pick in 2003 is taking me to a magical playoff run (Brady).I had the worst team in the league after the initial draft due to never playing dynasty before. However, I was able to trade away the talent I had to rebuild. I also took advantage of other owners giving up on players too soon.It's not instinct, it's about doing your homework.One last note would be to join and IDP league. In those leagues it's a little easier to do more homework as the other guys because I think only 25% on average IDP owners actually know most of the defensive players in the league and how they fit into their schemes, etc. Try that out. Plus, trading Defensive studs for offensive studs and then finding the next defensive stud is a lot of fun and not too hard.

I've been playing in a 12 team IDP league for 7 years now. I've hovered between dead last and 7th place and never cracked the playoffs in 7 years (need to be 6th seed or better). I've played in redraft leagues (offense only) for over 10 years and have had incredible success in them, but dynasty has stumped me. The main problem is I end up drafting underperforms and somehow I have a magnet for acquiring players who are good in the NFL but stink in my scoring format (primarily TD's). For offensive players in the last 5 years or so my 1st or 2nd round rookie picks have been Julius Jones, Chris Brown, Reggie Bush, Deangelo Williams, Onterio Smith, Rashawn Woods, Ben Rothlisberger, Byron Leftwich, Roddy White and Ted Ginn Jr. From this entire list of draft choices...all have underperformed to their expectations (verdict still out on Ginn Jr...but he's way behind many other rookie WR's drafted below him) but Ben Rothlisberger who is overperforming expectations (drafted in 2nd round of rookie draft), and probably Roddy White is even par since he was a 2nd round selection. And if I showed you the list of "plan B" picks I could have chosen with each of these selections, I could be a perineal superbowl champion. I use the input from this website, but obviously I get misguided.I've had much greater success on the waiver wire. I've picked up Brian Westbrook, Willie Parker, Frank Gore, Brandon Marshall....I traded Westbrook 2 years ago (mistake) and the other 3 don't score TD's.