I'm new to dynasty and already rebuilding (SF TE premium - Stroud, Garrett, Olave, Pitts my top 4 picks). Made these two trades over the past couple weeks, wondering if I'm doing it right or should I have held and asked for more?
Gave Josh Jacobs, Dionte Johnson, Tre Tucker __for__ 2025 1st (late), Blake Corum, Luke McCaffrey, Luke Musgrave
Gave Rhamondre Stevenson __for__ 2025 2nd.
I like that you have Stroud, Garrett Olave Pitts, Corum. late 1st and extra 2nd.
Try to acquire as many top 15 picks in any draft. That's the usual amount of good players even when factoring in Hit/Miss Ratios.
IF you have a 25man roster and use 5 spaces to roster Rising players.... and trade them for 5 extra picks..... and acquire 5 new players....you've additional value there.
Suggestion:
QB: Target MPenix JR. JJ McCarthy might still be a cheap QB to acquire. Also.... cheap. Bryce Young. He'll probably be given another chance somewhere. If you can get JLove, JAllen, LJax etc that's good too. Purdy might be Buy Low as well.
WR: Target Malik Nabers. I'd trade GWilson +? for him. Find out the price. This might be as low as the price tag ever gets. Right now. I like Olave. Rome Odunze might be affordable. He's elite caliber player. Nico Collins is hurt. Maybe he's cheap and good when he returns. Diggs leaves. you're Solid. Puka...Jayden Reed, JSN, Ayiuk, RRice, RShaheed, Godwin... there are a ton of value players where if they come back healthy you're golden. Pearsall, Burton, XLegette might be cheaper value. Troy Franklin, too.
RB target talent over situation. Use favorable situation to sell high when possible. Jaylen WRight is a buy low. Kimani Vidal, DLaube are value players cheap. No guarantee either. But T Benson, JBrooks are still possibly buy low-ish. Higher caliber. Sean Tucker Bucky Irving targets in TB. Kareem Hunt will get a lot of volume. Value could be cheaper than it will be later in the season.
TE: Cade Stover might be HOU future TE. Erick All Jr Buy Now. Njoku should get a ton of volume for rest of the season. HE's TE14 but might produce top 5 TE going forward. Get him and trade him. JaTavion Sanders improving.
WRs typically have a longer shelf life. Not every plays like DHenry or as long. DHopkins still being relevant this season. In SF leagues having 3 QBs. Top 6 and top 12 plus an emerging top18 if you're in 12 team league. CJ's value is there. BUT read Waldman's article on the Top 10 from Week 7 about the CJ section and cross blitzes.... something he didn't recognize very well and hurt him. Other teams might apply same DEF approach. Get a Top Caliber TE. Pitts is up there but hasn't totally fulfilled expectations.
I targeted Jordan Love last off Season because he was decent potential top 10QB but not in the top 10 necessarily and was younger. He was the only one that I felt I could target without paying a full premium. That might go away soon. Any of the top tier QBs should carry a premium and are probably worth it. But is it the best move for you?
Goff is probably a value QB too. Basically start acquiring value any way you can... and spend it on players you want to build your team around. Ask yourself Who is the hardest player/position to acquire....Start with them. Ask the owner...what's so and so cost? You'd be surprised that price tag is sometimes very reasonable. But.... Having an extra pick or two to sweeten a trade can really help. Good luck. .... OH..> it's OK to lose a week if you're gaining value. I was starting Nick Chubb in 2018 when he was getting 2-3 carries a game. Then he got the 2TDs and like 150yd on 3 carries game and didn't really look back until his injury in 2023. I hope you find players like him.
