No-brainer accept? (2 Viewers)

[JoeSteeler]

I have been trying to get Lamb for a little while now. Owner offered me the below trade. No-brainer accept right?

16 team PPR, 1 QB, IDP dynasty. I won the league but not super strong with WR. I also have the 1.01. Going to take Jeanty.

•Spears, Tyjae TEN RB •Lamb, CeeDee DAL WR •Year 2026 Round 3 Draft Pick

•Shaheed, Rashid NOS WR •Wilson, Michael ARI WR •Year 2025 Draft Pick 1.05 •Year 2025 Draft Pick 1.16

Maye, Drake NEP QB

Purdy, Brock SFO QB

Watson, Deshaun CLE QB (Q)

Dobbins, J.K. FA RB

Kamara, Alvin NOS RB (Q)

Pollard, Tony TEN RB

Robinson, Bijan ATL RB

Warren, Jaylen PIT RB

Kirk, Christian HOU WR

Moore, D.J. CHI WR

Moore, Elijah BUF WR

Nacua, Puka LAR WR

Odunze, Rome CHI WR

Shaheed, Rashid NOS WR

Wilson, Michael ARI WR

Freiermuth, Pat PIT TE

LaPorta, Sam DET TE

McBride, Trey ARI TE

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

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[Gally]

Assuming there are no keeper implications (salary cap, limited duration to keep a player, etc) then this is an easy accept.

 

[wombat104]

Hopefully you accepted by now

 

[JoeSteeler]

Thanks everyone! I made the trade.

 

[JoeSteeler]

Assuming there are no keeper implications (salary cap, limited duration to keep a player, etc) then this is an easy accept.

It is a salary cap league but my cap only went up a net $7 million after the trade ($206 million cap). Can keep players as long as you want, though they may hold out if they are underpaid.

If anyone is interested, here are the salaries of the players/picks involved. There is a chance Lamb could hold out after 2025 but I have some expiring contracts so will have the room.

Lamb $11.75M
Spears $3.25M
2026 3rd $1.25M

1.05 $2.75M
1.16 $2.5M
Wilson $2.5M
Shaheed $1.75M

 

[Gally]

There is a chance Lamb could hold out after 2025

who decides this? Is this some sort of auto AI deciding he is underpaid or ?????? This is intriguing to me

 

[JoeSteeler]

There is a chance Lamb could hold out after 2025

who decides this? Is this some sort of auto AI deciding he is underpaid or ?????? This is intriguing to me

When a player finishes top 5 at his position, he will hold out if his salary is not at least in the top 5 average at the position. AI sounds way cooler

There are some exceptions. Players on their rookie contract will not hold out. Players will hold out a max of once every 3 years.

When a player holds out, you can pay their new salary demand, trade them ( and the new team pays their new salary demand), or cut them and they go into the yearly FA auction.

The new salary demand is the average of the top 5 salaries at that position or double the player’s salary, whichever is less.

 

[JoeSteeler]

This league has been around since 2006, so no AI. Would be cool though.

 

[Gally]

When a player finishes top 5 at his position, he will hold out if his salary is not at least in the top 5 average at the position. AI sounds way cooler

So we have something similar in our salary cap/contract league. Any player that finishes in the top 15 of their position is subject to salary escalation if they aren't currently under contract. The team that has their rights can resign them to a one year contract at that escalated salary (there is a variable escalation depending on where they finish. Top 5 will be average of the top 5 highest salaries or a percentage of their current salary, whichever is higher). 6-10 go up $10 and 11-15 go up $5 (out of a $250 cap). This happens for all positions every year.

Very similar situation to your league. I really like how this works in action as players that actually perform increase salary instead of having some standard raise based on years where you can be crap but still have a salary increase.

We have one added wrinkle that if you don't extend the guy (any guy really) then he becomes your restricted free agent (RFA). You own matching rights to that player in the auction. Before our rookie/FA draft we have an RFA auction where any team with salary cap space can bid on RFA players in a true auction. Once there is a winning bid the team that owns that players rights can decide to match the bid and keep the player (if they have enough cap space to do so). Any player won/matched in the auction is now eligible for a 3 yr contract that prevents his salary from escalating. It works really well and is a lot of fun for draft day. Any RFA player not auctioned off falls to the rookie/FA draft that immediately follows the auction.

I never thought about going a step further and having players "hold out" even if under contract. It's an interesting wrinkle I will have to think about.

 

[JoeSteeler]

When a player finishes top 5 at his position, he will hold out if his salary is not at least in the top 5 average at the position. AI sounds way cooler

So we have something similar in our salary cap/contract league. Any player that finishes in the top 15 of their position is subject to salary escalation if they aren't currently under contract. The team that has their rights can resign them to a one year contract at that escalated salary (there is a variable escalation depending on where they finish. Top 5 will be average of the top 5 highest salaries or a percentage of their current salary, whichever is higher). 6-10 go up $10 and 11-15 go up $5 (out of a $250 cap). This happens for all positions every year.

Very similar situation to your league. I really like how this works in action as players that actually perform increase salary instead of having some standard raise based on years where you can be crap but still have a salary increase.

We have one added wrinkle that if you don't extend the guy (any guy really) then he becomes your restricted free agent (RFA). You own matching rights to that player in the auction. Before our rookie/FA draft we have an RFA auction where any team with salary cap space can bid on RFA players in a true auction. Once there is a winning bid the team that owns that players rights can decide to match the bid and keep the player (if they have enough cap space to do so). Any player won/matched in the auction is now eligible for a 3 yr contract that prevents his salary from escalating. It works really well and is a lot of fun for draft day. Any RFA player not auctioned off falls to the rookie/FA draft that immediately follows the auction.

I never thought about going a step further and having players "hold out" even if under contract. It's an interesting wrinkle I will have to think about.

I really like the RFA aspect and have been pushing for that in my leagues. We are able to franchise one player per year that has an expired contract.

 

[Gally]

When a player finishes top 5 at his position, he will hold out if his salary is not at least in the top 5 average at the position. AI sounds way cooler

So we have something similar in our salary cap/contract league. Any player that finishes in the top 15 of their position is subject to salary escalation if they aren't currently under contract. The team that has their rights can resign them to a one year contract at that escalated salary (there is a variable escalation depending on where they finish. Top 5 will be average of the top 5 highest salaries or a percentage of their current salary, whichever is higher). 6-10 go up $10 and 11-15 go up $5 (out of a $250 cap). This happens for all positions every year.

Very similar situation to your league. I really like how this works in action as players that actually perform increase salary instead of having some standard raise based on years where you can be crap but still have a salary increase.

We have one added wrinkle that if you don't extend the guy (any guy really) then he becomes your restricted free agent (RFA). You own matching rights to that player in the auction. Before our rookie/FA draft we have an RFA auction where any team with salary cap space can bid on RFA players in a true auction. Once there is a winning bid the team that owns that players rights can decide to match the bid and keep the player (if they have enough cap space to do so). Any player won/matched in the auction is now eligible for a 3 yr contract that prevents his salary from escalating. It works really well and is a lot of fun for draft day. Any RFA player not auctioned off falls to the rookie/FA draft that immediately follows the auction.

I never thought about going a step further and having players "hold out" even if under contract. It's an interesting wrinkle I will have to think about.

I really like the RFA aspect and have been pushing for that in my leagues. We are able to franchise one player per year that has an expired contract.

We can franchise one player (at the escalated salary) at a time for up to a 3 yr extension. But once you use the FT you cannot assign another one until the original one expires.

 

[JoeSteeler]

When a player finishes top 5 at his position, he will hold out if his salary is not at least in the top 5 average at the position. AI sounds way cooler

So we have something similar in our salary cap/contract league. Any player that finishes in the top 15 of their position is subject to salary escalation if they aren't currently under contract. The team that has their rights can resign them to a one year contract at that escalated salary (there is a variable escalation depending on where they finish. Top 5 will be average of the top 5 highest salaries or a percentage of their current salary, whichever is higher). 6-10 go up $10 and 11-15 go up $5 (out of a $250 cap). This happens for all positions every year.

Very similar situation to your league. I really like how this works in action as players that actually perform increase salary instead of having some standard raise based on years where you can be crap but still have a salary increase.

We have one added wrinkle that if you don't extend the guy (any guy really) then he becomes your restricted free agent (RFA). You own matching rights to that player in the auction. Before our rookie/FA draft we have an RFA auction where any team with salary cap space can bid on RFA players in a true auction. Once there is a winning bid the team that owns that players rights can decide to match the bid and keep the player (if they have enough cap space to do so). Any player won/matched in the auction is now eligible for a 3 yr contract that prevents his salary from escalating. It works really well and is a lot of fun for draft day. Any RFA player not auctioned off falls to the rookie/FA draft that immediately follows the auction.

I never thought about going a step further and having players "hold out" even if under contract. It's an interesting wrinkle I will have to think about.

I really like the RFA aspect and have been pushing for that in my leagues. We are able to franchise one player per year that has an expired contract.

We can franchise one player (at the escalated salary) at a time for up to a 3 yr extension. But once you use the FT you cannot assign another one until the original one expires.

Our franchise tag is only 1 year and then the player becomes an UFA.