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The point is next year you will have (I would think) a pretty big hole in your starting lineup due to Tiki leaving. I hope you win it all this year to ease your pain. Those points will be hard to make up with whoever you promote into that starting lineup.
The league that nightshift owns Tiki you only have to start 1RB, 1WR, 1QB, 1TE, and 3 Flex (wr,rb,te), and it's a PPR league. Besides, he also has Larry Johnson and Willie Parker. It's not like he's starving for RBs. Having said that, his only WRs of note are Roy Williams and Santana Moss, so losing Tiki will have an impact on his overall starting lineup.
With that in mind, there are also some good finds AFTER the rookie draft. Of course, you have to know what you're looking for!
By the looks of things it looks like he has his hands full in his division, those other 2 teams are pretty strong and are built for the long haul. Its lookin bleak for our hero"on the nightshift" -Commodores
Tags,People were making that bet this year. With real money. Like they will next year and I will be doin' the same. Any different in the leagues you play in? doubtful or at least I hope not.So what would you do? Dump Tiki and a real shot at a title for what? Since every dynasty player (with the exception of a few) OVERVALUES youth, what do you think anyone would have traded for Tiki's services? Whatever you answer, measure it this way - is that trade worth a real shot at a title?You make your call. I'd made mine.ns
I've never owned Tiki in a dynasty league so I only know what I would give up for him, it certainly wouldnt be much. Good Luck this year tho.And the name is "Tag", its singular.
Good Luck Nightshift
I love this stuff. 
I also own Tiki in my main league, so you would automatically think I'm screwed next year, right? A couple years ago, I had Favre, Marshall Faulk, Marvin Harrison, TO, Rod Smith, Jimmy Smith, Keyshawn and Keenan McCardell. So you'd assume I'd be losing big now, right?You'd be wrong on both. You can rebuild / retool, you just have to know what you're doing. FWIW, I don't own any of those players now.A few other teams have used similar approaches to mine (although not as drastic), while others went young from the start. You just might be surprised to hear that those who went young have quit at a higher rate than those who went with experience.Winning will play a big part in who stays & who leaves....
Tough loss today Nightshift. Nobody wants an easy road, Im sure you didnt want that #1 seed anyway. You'll get more satisfaction this way when you win it all. Think of it as a character builder. Good Luck
I think so, and gave a first round pick for him. It'll be a pick number 7-12.
restraining order down?Tough loss today Nightshift. Nobody wants an easy road, Im sure you didnt want that #1 seed anyway. You'll get more satisfaction this way when you win it all. Think of it as a character builder. Good Luck
I am not sure about Jacobs. It is certainly possible and Jacobs is definitly hurting Barbers value this year taking all the short yardage TDs from him. When I was pusuing Barber the same owner also had Jacobs. I was trying initialy to get him to give me both Rbs in a package. He was willing to trade Barber but not Jacobs. So I would say at least he thinks Jacobs will take over as the feature back when Tiki retires.I think he could also but most larger Rbs that do have success in the NFL have shorter careers. What has impressed me about Jacobs is he seems to be good as a reciver as well. So that opens up the possibility that he wont be spelled in 3rd down situations by a COP Rb. A rb that doesen't share significant time with a COP Rb is becoming a rare thing right now.ETA- The discussion of Tiki Barber/Jacobs and draft picks is a way to show tangible examples of difference in philosopy between Win now and rebuilding teams.To an owner who wants to win now Barber is a proven valuable asset even though the writing is clearly on the wall that he will not have a long career from this point and his value is diminished in the short term by losing TD opportunities to Jacobs.To an owner looking toward the future Brandon Jacobs is more valuable than Barber is because of his potential to become a feature Rb in the very near future. Still he is not a player who is proven as being able to be a feature Rb at this level and there is no garuntee that he will be given the opportunity when Tiki Barber leaves.Taking these things into consideration I have a question. Lets say we know that Barber will play for the Giants in 2007. We also have the facts of how Barber and Jacobs have been used in 2006. You have one draft pick that you can use to take Barber or Jacobs (no one else) for the year 2007. Which one would you take and why?
