Not your typical Keeper League Question

[fxdx_2003 0]

My not so typical keeper league has been doing this for some time now:

 

0 keeper, 1 keeper, 2 keepers, 1 keeper, 0 keeper and so on

 

this season is no keeper and I pick #11

 

How would this set up affect they way you drafted??

 

I find it very tough to decide from year to year based on the # of keepers and where I draft

[Frozenbeernuts 1,652]

My not so typical keeper league has been doing this for some time now:

 

0 keeper, 1 keeper, 2 keepers, 1 keeper, 0 keeper and so on

 

this season is no keeper and I pick #11

 

How would this set up affect they way you drafted??

 

I find it very tough to decide from year to year based on the # of keepers and where I draft

I would take advantage of people who over value rookies probably.

[Maulers1973 117]

I'm failing to see the challenge here. Since there are no keepers this year, you're basically in a redraft league like any other. Picking 11th you would try to select the 11th best player or pray that your league is full of suckers that will over-value guys like Tom Brady, Frank Gore or AJ Green.

[Quickolas1 80]

I would ignore the keeper aspect entirely, every year.

 

5 minutes before I'd have to name 1-2 keepers - depending on year - I'd pick my 1-2 best options at the time.

 

#RocketScience

[Frozenbeernuts 1,652]

I would ignore the keeper aspect entirely, every year.

 

5 minutes before I'd have to name 1-2 keepers - depending on year - I'd pick my 1-2 best options at the time.

 

#RocketScience

How?

[Brutal Brutus 182]

Depends on if keepers cost anything to keep, or is it just a straight keeper league. If it's just straight keeper it really doesn't affect much for the draft. I try to build the strongest team for this year. It's hard enough to project this year, let alone next year. Also,If you build a strong team this year, you should be able to find a couple of solid keepers for next year. In my keeper league, I don't worry too much about keepers until at least mid way through the season. If my team struggles I may make a trade or two and try and build for next year, but for the most part it's not that hard to find a couple of players worthy of keeping.

 

If players cost something to keep, upside running backs become more valuable. My keeper league has a few strange rules, but basically the first year you keep a player he counts for the pick he was drafted the previous year. All free agent keepers count as last round pick. This makes it extremely valuable to find the free agent or late round guy that becomes a first or second round pick next year. As you essentially get two years of high value out of that player. This means guys like Joe Williams and Marlon Mack, go a little sooner because they have the ability to out perform their draft position this year and next year. I'll reach a little more for guys like that. Nothing crazy, as the sooner I land them, the less value they'll have, and I'll be passing over other players that can help me. But maybe a round early, and a tie breaker if I'm debating between two players.

[fxdx_2003 0]

Depends on if keepers cost anything to keep, or is it just a straight keeper league. If it's just straight keeper it really doesn't affect much for the draft. I try to build the strongest team for this year. It's hard enough to project this year, let alone next year. Also,If you build a strong team this year, you should be able to find a couple of solid keepers for next year. In my keeper league, I don't worry too much about keepers until at least mid way through the season. If my team struggles I may make a trade or two and try and build for next year, but for the most part it's not that hard to find a couple of players worthy of keeping.

 

If players cost something to keep, upside running backs become more valuable. My keeper league has a few strange rules, but basically the first year you keep a player he counts for the pick he was drafted the previous year. All free agent keepers count as last round pick. This makes it extremely valuable to find the free agent or late round guy that becomes a first or second round pick next year. As you essentially get two years of high value out of that player. This means guys like Joe Williams and Marlon Mack, go a little sooner because they have the ability to out perform their draft position this year and next year. I'll reach a little more for guys like that. Nothing crazy, as the sooner I land them, the less value they'll have, and I'll be passing over other players that can help me. But maybe a round early, and a tie breaker if I'm debating between two players.

Keepers dont cost anything every year is basically a re draft except for the number of keepers

I was just hoping someone would help come up with a different draft stategy than what i currently do. Maybe i am making it harder than it really is

[ralphster 274]

Well no matter your squad you only get to keep 1 player next year regardless of how you draft.

 

At pick 11 I'd be looking at BPA rb/wr and then take the one you didn't grab at 11.

 

So at 11 you should have freeman, ajayi, howard or murray available at rb and/or AJG, jordy, m thomas, cooper or Dez at wr. I'd likely go rb at 11 and wr at 2.02 depending on who's there.

[fxdx_2003 0]

Well no matter your squad you only get to keep 1 player next year regardless of how you draft.

 

At pick 11 I'd be looking at BPA rb/wr and then take the one you didn't grab at 11.

 

So at 11 you should have freeman, ajayi, howard or murray available at rb and/or AJG, jordy, m thomas, cooper or Dez at wr. I'd likely go rb at 11 and wr at 2.02 depending on who's there.

 

Its also a PPR league so in the past the 1st round was WR for the guys who kept a RB (last year I kept David Johnson so I picked J Nelson at #4) and usually WR for the the guys who kept Wr's with maybe 1 RB picked in the 1st.

 

I like your strategy but I will most likely go with the WR first as the guy picking at 12 has always kept a WR and picked a WR first round so I think I can get a RB on the turn around