Dynasty Advice

adrian522

Hey,

I'm joining a Dynasty league which will have it's initial draft soon after the real NFL draft.

Any advice for the Dynasty draft and how it differs from a regular draft.

I'm guessing it's more or less the same with a premium on the younger players?

We are doing 25 rounds, 16 teams, offensive players only.

JaMarcusHustle

So easy fall in to the trap of valuing a rookie over a player with 4/5 years experience. Sure, the long term payoff might be good, but you'll suffer short term. You can always pick up rookies every year, you're only guaranteed solid starters in Year 1.

And it's easy value sleepers too highly. For 2 years in a row I've been expecting Sam Bradford to "break out". I've suffered hugely as a result

adrian522

So, First half at least treat it similarly to a regular league? With the possible exception of guys who are likely to retire in a year or 2?

JaMarcusHustle

Well that's how I treat it anyway. Maybe I'm just impatient, but there's no fun waiting a few years for your picks to come good. League might not even be active at that stage! If I was given a choice of drafting Brady/Manning or Manziel/Bridgewater etc, I'd pick the first two every time. I know I'm going to get solid to elite production out of them for the next couple of years, whereas with the latter two I might have to wait 2/3 years for them to come good, if they do at all. Likewise a choice between Brandon Marshall/Sammy Watkins. I just think there's too much emphasis on rookies in dynasty leagues. I've had that opinion criticised before though, so it might just be me who feels that way. Any time I've done well in Fantasy Football it's when I've made safe, stable picks and one or two mid to late round undervalued players have come good. Any time I've done poorly, it's because I've drafted too many rookies, or put sleepers as starters from Week 1 (i.e. waiting until Round 6/7 to draft Sam Bradford rather than taking an established QB earlier). My golden rule these days is sleepers/players on new teams/players with new QBs or dramatic coaching changes etc. are for your bench until they prove other wise.

adrian522

I guess my question would be would you take Andrew Luck/Cam Newton/Kaepernick/Stafford ahead of the likes Manning/Brady/Brees?

In a 1 year league Manning/Brady/Brees would be almost no brainers.

Guffy

Well ur second tier there are all starters now and good starters. Imo I think luck is the no 1 for a dynasty. He can get u points now and will develop in the future.

Outside if qb I think you treat it as an ordinary draft for first say 10 rounds. I think u will find that u will select a good mix age wise anyway. Then look at upside young guys. Come the next draft u will need to replace 1 or 2 guys while someone who focused to heavily on prospects will have more holes to fill.

also if a space frees up I'm interested

actually I would make sure the ages of your rbs are staggered.

The Bogman

On a sidenote (didnt think it worth opening another thread), would there be much interest in starting a dynasty league? Always been interested in the idea but I never really got around to it. I'm guessing its a much larger commitment than a 1 year league. Anyone interested or offer any advice?

adrian522

I don't know, you need to get guys that you know will be commuted year after year for it, it lends itself more to people you know rather than an internet forum.

There is already a Dynasty league on here, (I left it after the first year, oh the shame!)

It could be worth starting a thread to see what sort of interest you get!