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12-team PPR. We have an unusual keeper format. You can keep up to 3 guys, at least 1 of whom must have been a rookie the previous year. But there is no penalty by round for keeping someone. If you draft a guy in the 5th round, you can keep him in the 5th round forever if you so desire.
Therefore, studs, especially stud RBs, don't get moved much. Bascially the league is a dynasty for studs and a redraft for everyone else. My team has been terrible two years in a row mainly because of issues at RB.
Forte was not kept and I took him at 1.2 (Peterson went 1.1, Morris, Foster and Martin went later in the first round, all others perceived to have RB1 value were kept). The rest of my team has been disastrous and one owner has been trying to pry him from me. I've told him that because of our keeper rules, I have no incentive to trade him unless I get something in return that is favorable from an RB keeper standpoint.
He has now offered Ellington, who is a 20th round keeper.
So, which would you rather have in this format, Forte at a 1st round price or Ellington at a 20th round price?
My other keepers would be two from this group, at least one of whom must be a rookie: Sankey 4th, Hyde 7th, Crowell 17th, G. Tate 5th, T. Smith 15th, Crabtree 16th, Big Ben 10th, Bridgewater 19th.
I expect to have either the 1.2 or 1.3 pick. The Toilet Bowl winner gets 1.1, and then it goes in reverse order of finish. I am 1-9 and so is another team. However, if I kept Forte, I could try to trade back in the first round in exchange for higher picks in other rounds, which would allow me to keep him for a low first-rounder instead of a high first-rounder. If I did the deal and kept Ellington, I would draft at 1.2 or 1.3, though there's no guarantee a consensus stud RB would be there.
Another consideration is that I may not be able to stay in this league: I may be sent to a conference in Europe that is always held the same week as this league drafts. If that's the case, I don't want to make the team seem too unattractive to a potential successor.
So, what say you all?
Therefore, studs, especially stud RBs, don't get moved much. Bascially the league is a dynasty for studs and a redraft for everyone else. My team has been terrible two years in a row mainly because of issues at RB.
Forte was not kept and I took him at 1.2 (Peterson went 1.1, Morris, Foster and Martin went later in the first round, all others perceived to have RB1 value were kept). The rest of my team has been disastrous and one owner has been trying to pry him from me. I've told him that because of our keeper rules, I have no incentive to trade him unless I get something in return that is favorable from an RB keeper standpoint.
He has now offered Ellington, who is a 20th round keeper.
So, which would you rather have in this format, Forte at a 1st round price or Ellington at a 20th round price?
My other keepers would be two from this group, at least one of whom must be a rookie: Sankey 4th, Hyde 7th, Crowell 17th, G. Tate 5th, T. Smith 15th, Crabtree 16th, Big Ben 10th, Bridgewater 19th.
I expect to have either the 1.2 or 1.3 pick. The Toilet Bowl winner gets 1.1, and then it goes in reverse order of finish. I am 1-9 and so is another team. However, if I kept Forte, I could try to trade back in the first round in exchange for higher picks in other rounds, which would allow me to keep him for a low first-rounder instead of a high first-rounder. If I did the deal and kept Ellington, I would draft at 1.2 or 1.3, though there's no guarantee a consensus stud RB would be there.
Another consideration is that I may not be able to stay in this league: I may be sent to a conference in Europe that is always held the same week as this league drafts. If that's the case, I don't want to make the team seem too unattractive to a potential successor.
So, what say you all?
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