Why would you load up on RBs now with a contending window opening no sooner than next year.? All that does is leave you with a worse draft pick next year. I'd get out of this draft.
There are good RB's in this draft. Makes sense to take them while they are there. Especially with next year not looking so hot prospect wise.
But that doesn't help this rebuild. Again, this team has one QB (Maye). There is no way its competitive. So why add empty points?
I’d try to deal the 1.02 for a QB to a team that wants Jeanty during the draft.
That would be an immediate boost.
I believe Jeanty will go 1.01 in 95% of drafts regardless of format, so saying trade the 1.02 to someone that wants Jeanty probably isn't accurate in most leagues, even in SF. Maybe he goes 1.02 in some 2QB leagues however, but not in most superflex and obviously 1qb leagues.
Right. My opinion is that the 1.02 this year in a Superflex league is much less valuable than consensus. Given that the 1.02 probably only gets you a Nix, Love, Murray type, I'd probably try to move out of the draft or trade it for a young WR (Ladd, Wilson, JSN, etc.). Moving back doesn't help much unless you strategically target the TEs. Otherwise, you end up with a handful of RBs.
And odds of him getting 1.02 next year are slim. I've seen miserable rosters who swear they will land a top 2 draft pick wind up picking in the bottom half of the round. Even if he only drops to 1.03, will the 3rd best QB next year definitely be better than Ward? Maybe? How is that any more or less a gamble than just taking Ward? Or Jeanty (who I agree with JohnnyU, will likely go 1.01 in 95% of leagues including SF)
And as far as RB, YYMV but IMO this is the best RB class we've seen in 8 years. The odds of next year even coming close to it are slim. Things can change, but you'd be making a bet with very poor odds of paying off.
Those two strategies above are very heavily carried by "I think"s and "should be"s. This years draft is still a question mark sure, but backed up by just about every single NFL and fantasy forecaster out there talking about just how amazing this RB class looks. On the flip side, there's basically no WR1s. There's barely a consensus on who is even THE WR1 in this mediocre class. Those are data points in my book, as good as we can get at this point. And considering he basically has nothing at RB, the play is to take them now. Ideally sure in a rebuild you want your QBs/WRs first and your RBs last. But he needs to live in the reality of the current situation.
I'd agree in a perfect world he'd swap all his 2025 X.02 picks for 2026 X.02 picks. But I strongly doubt he'd be able to return equal value basically moving every single pick he has this year for an equitable pick in 2026 1. because it's hard and time consuming to pull of trades in dynasty in general and 2. it's nearly impossible to guarantee he'll get commensurate value when he's picking 2nd in a 12 team league. There's pretty much only one direction to go regardless of how the dice fall.
Make hay when the sun shines, bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, and Occams razor (in this respect, follow the percentages). The hay right now is RB class. Jeanty/Ward + a RB at 2.02 that would likely grade as a mid to late 1st most every other year are TWO birds in his hand. His draft picks for this year are already locked in at 2. And you're a world closer to knowing what this year's class is going to be than trying to project next years.
Obviously you want to try to make moves to get a better pick next year (shed points), but not at the cost of your entire roster. There are definitely multiple ways to play it that could all work, but I think what some here are suggesting just isn't possible and/or will be to the detriment of his team for years to come. Passing on at least 2 RBs (or dealers choice of QB and another top RB) that are highly likely to be RB1s for the next 5-8 years when your roster is completely devoid of talent at the position is text book definition of doing the wrong thing for the right reasons IMO.
This whole exchange is also making me think too many people are already completely writing off Cam Ward. It's not even like he's a running QB with huge question marks on his passing game like Fields or Richardson. I keep hearing "he'd have been in the Maye/Nix tier last year!", well Maye and Nix are both QB1s on KTC SF dynasty rankings right now lol. Maybe there are 4 better QBs than him next year sure. But maybe this guy winds up picking 1.05 too lol. I dunno, just seems kinda crazy to me that's all. At some point you do have to commit to actually
improving your roster. And very rarely is that turn 100% made in one offseason where you suddenly go from bottom 2 to top 2. Especially when your roster is primarily made up of youth.
