LaDainian Tomlinson (1 Viewer)

[Hands_on_the_Heisman]

Keeper Question:

You have two options open to you. You can keep LT (the heart of the franchise for 4 seasons) and any one of the following three players: Gates, Wayne, DJAX. However, this option means you are only keeping 2 guys while the rest of the owners in your league are likely keeping 3 each.

Or you can unload LT back into the draft pile (with absolutely no hope of getting him back) and keep all three of the above mentioned guys -- essentially going into the draft needing 2 RBs off the bat.

Keep in mind... You made it to the Championship game last year while being the only team to keep only 2 players (LT & Wayne in the above scenario) -- and went all season without a viable 2nd RB (it was ugly).

Also -- This is a WR-weighted league i.e. WRs get 1 pt per 5 yards receiving while RBs get 1 pt for 10 yds of anything.

Help me weigh my options here.

 

[dickey moe]

Keeper Question:You have two options open to you. You can keep LT (the heart of the franchise for 4 seasons) and any one of the following three players: Gates, Wayne, DJAX. However, this option means you are only keeping 2 guys while the rest of the owners in your league are likely keeping 3 each.Or you can unload LT back into the draft pile (with absolutely no hope of getting him back) and keep all three of the above mentioned guys -- essentially going into the draft needing 2 RBs off the bat.Keep in mind... You made it to the Championship game last year while being the only team to keep only 2 players (LT & Wayne in the above scenario) -- and went all season without a viable 2nd RB (it was ugly). Also -- This is a WR-weighted league i.e. WRs get 1 pt per 5 yards receiving while RBs get 1 pt for 10 yds of anything.Help me weigh my options here.

I think you have to keep LT2 and Gates. It will be easier to find an up-and-coming WR to replace Wayne than it will be to replace those other two.

 

[Cixelsyd]

Keep LT and Gates...

DJax is a question mark with his injury... Wayne is ok...

If you had RB troubles keeping LT last year, you will have it worse this year without him...

We are a 3 keeper league, based on round drafted... the team with the worse keepers last year won the whole thing this year... keep the best players you have and draft accordingly...

 

[videoguy505]

Keep LT and Gates. WRs are a dime a dozen.

 

[secretid]

Yep, this is a no-brainer.

Better a bad RB2 and than a bad RB1 and RB2.

Think of it this way, if post-draft someone offers you Reggie Wayne and DJax for LT2, what would your reaction be?

 

[videoguy505]

When do you get the extra pick if you go light? If you only keep 2 guys, do you get an additional pick at the end of the draft or at the beginning?

Either way, picking keepers is kind of like a redraft where you can only pick guys off a very short list. In your case, you can only draft at the 1.1 slot. Would you really pick anyone but LT off your list here? Wouldn't you give up the 3.1 pick to lock in a 1.1 talent?

Put another way, would you ever start off a team drafting WR-WR-TE? Because by dropping LT, that's what you're doing. You'll get no better than fourth round RB talent available when your first pick comes up. Your RB1 will be a redraft-equivalent 4th rounder, somewhere near Warrick Dunn at best, or in the DeShaun Foster-Corey Dillon-Joeseph Addai range. Your RB2 will be a 5th round equivalent, because you can't wait to pick one up, you'll be getting a Cedric Benson-Deuce McAllister-Fred Taylor tier player.

Best case your first 5 players look like RB: Dunn, Benson. WR: DJax, Wayne, TE: Gates. Next round pick might have to be a QB; Culpepper, Delhomme, or Kurt Warner might be around then. Now it'd be time to congratulate yourself for drafting a question mark at every slot.

Trust me, everyone else will be keeping all the 1st and 2nd tier RBs, and most of the 3rd and 4th tier guys will be kept too. Don't expect anyone worth playing as your stud to fall to you.

Going LT, Gates, allows you to pick up Dunn-caliber player as RB2, and a servicable WR like Housh or Mason should still be around for your next pick. RB1, RB22, TE1, WR20 is a much better starting core than RB22, RB32, WR9 and WR13. WR is an easy position to fill by finding the right matchups and drafting guys with upside and opportunity. WRs are too unreliable to build a franchise around. Sometimes you'll get a big week, sometimes they go for only 30 yards. And WR 20 isn't that much worse than WR10, the difference might just be 80 yds and 1 TD between WRs 10 and 20... that's only 1.5 points a week in your format.

 

[SaintArnold]

Keep LT and Gates for sure.

 

[mcjc4]

I guess you have to ask yourself, Self, would you trade LT for Wayne and a 3rd round pick? You are essentially getting a player from 25-36 in the draft with all the keepers gone.

So no, you don't trade LT for Wayne and a Carolina RB to named later.

 

[Harry Beanbag]

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