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Kenny Phillips was dropped in one league last year. Jacob is yours a CB required league?
I agree with some of this. I don't know if I would dump all of my DBs, but I would certainly be open to trading (selling high). It depends who they are. DBs are impossible to rank because their fantasy points have wild and inconsistent swings from year to year. Once you get out of the top 10-15, you could literally list 75 DBs after them in any order and not really be wrong. In combined rankings (safety & CB), there has only been one player who has been in the top 25 in FBG scoring in each of the last 3 years (Bernard Pollard). There has only been 14 who have been in the top 25 in any 2 of the last 3 years. That is VERY low and shows the volatility of DBs. No other position is anywhere near this volatile at the top of the fantasy scoring lists.
No the dynasty leagues i am in it just needs to be a DB. So safety or cb is fine.
Off the top of your head, who would be in that elite tier of 10-15 guys that can be counted on to produce every year? Polamalu, Tillman, and Winfield come to mind along with Pollard; maybe Atogwe and Finnegan?On that subject (kinda), is it worth trying to target those guys in dynasty for the same reasons as the elite DLs? Or is the difference between them and the rest of the pack too small to be worth it?
Right now, I consider DB a low priority position and probably would not draft one early unless the value was too good to pass up. As Tick suggested, top 10 DBs are sometimes available on waivers or late in drafts and they are so up and down it is hard to count on them to stay near the top of the fantasy scoring lists. The big difference between the elite DBs and elite DLs is an elite DL is easy to spot and tough to acquire and DBs are more or less a dime a dozen.
I honestly don't see a single elite DB. Winfield's older and didn't bounce back from that injury very well, which is a concern at his age. Tillman always ends the season with good numbers, but doesn't ever seem to be a guy you want to start over the flavor of the year - I've had him for six years in a Z league (3 DBs each week) and have probably only started him 20 times. Roman Harper is the same for me - he's been on my roster forever, but I don't use him much. He's solid, but not great.Adrian Wilson was a stud, but isn't any more. Kenny Phillips hasn't proven anything.Polamalu's a great player... but not for fantasy. He's got two top-10 finishes, both awhile back.Ed Reed's not startable in fantasy.Bernard Pollard, Yeremiah Bell, and Tyvon Branch are the kinds of guys I like. Ride them for two seasons while their situation is good, then move on to the next batch.
Yeah, you guys are spot on here. The other thing I would add is that, in many leagues, DB scoring is more heavily weighted toward plays that are less predictable (like INTs), so you get some crazy swings in points scored both week-to-week and year-to-year. Additionally, offenses may not go after a "big name" CB as often as younger CBs, so you get the double benefit of seeing another owner grab Champ Bailey early, letting you snag a rookie/2nd year guy who will get thrown at a ton. (like Chris Gamble was a few years back)I rarely worry about filling my roster with DBs until training camp. Some no-name dude in a great situation is usually available. Last year I started a combo of Cedric Griffin, Chris Horton, Mike Brown, Daneal Manning, and Dashon Goldson.....my league mates laughed at how bad my DBs looked going into the season. (didn't even pick up Goldson until week 2 or 3; the same time that I cut Horton)
