A tough keeper question

by ILLZ on Aug 6, 2009 9:34 AM EDT

I'm in a 14 team league with some interesting keeper rules. A player can only be kept twice in consecutive years, and then he goes back to the draft. You must keep 3 players. This is a bonus-heavy league (yardage bonuses and long TD bonuses) so QB's are king. I'm already decided to keep Schaub. Usually 12ish QB's are kept and it's just hell if you don't have one. There's never usually even a starter in the FA pool week-to-week. The format is QB, RB, WR, WR, RB/WR, TE. I just traded Welker and my 4th round pick for Chris Johnson. And my last spot is difficult: I have Gates, who I kept last year. Therefore he has only one year left of eligibility. Or I can go with Ward, and his 2 years of eligibility. I love Ward's talent level but he's got Graham challenging for carries (especially goal line) and Cadillac is still in the mix. Ward has better overall skills so I expect him to be on the field more, but the Bucs should be pretty bad this year and it's just a dicey situation. Gates is the sure thing, as far as I'm concerned. I'm picking around 9th or 10th and it's not a snake draft.

Poll

Who would you keep?

Schaub, Johnson, Ward

4 votes

Schaub, Johnson, Gates

4 votes

Johnson, Ward, Gates

1 votes

9 votes | Poll has closed

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Tight End?

You mention that QBs are always gone, but what about TEs? Can you get a decent TE during your draft? Ward has questions, but he’s a decent starting RB. I imagine people keep lots of RBs in this league

I think the difference between Ward and whatever RB you could get (especially since you don’t have a 4th round pick) is higher than the difference between Gates and whatever TE you could get. I’d let Gates go.

by Skeller on Aug 14, 2009 7:59 AM EDT reply actions