All in for championship run - What next?

[Ski mask ready]

I’m all in with team in wig for a championship run. I’ve traded all future picks through 2021. Finished third last yr but injuries decimated me. I outscored the champ in championship week by over 40 points. My question is I’ve tried to manage a decent balance of prime players and veterans since I don’t have draft picks. We have a super pool every third yr. I feel I can be a top 3 competitor with little change. HOWEVER,

I am completely open to all criticism for this team. Even if you want to tell me it was stupid to deal the picks for players. Let me know what you think are the next steps or who I should be targeting. I’d love any feedback.

[believeinthehunter]

Idk much about IDP value, but it seems to me that you could try to trade away one of your older receivers for picks to get some youth. Perhaps Jordy sanders could get you a late 1st early second?

[xlur8ed]

You are in semi-desperate need for RB depth. If you want brutal honesty, I don't see much realistic upside to your RB bench after Mixon. I'd be laser focused on getting ahold of RBs, at bare minimum Riddick types.

You have the roster to win the league, just need more immediate RB depth instead of future lottery tickets.
Good luck!!

[jimmo]

without knowing the scoring, it looks to me like you've sacrificed Offensive depth for Defensive depth. Now is the time to change that up.

Generally speaking, IDP depth can be had pretty cheap, so in my mind, all of your Defensive players should be made available for the right price. The reason injuries decimate a season is lack of depth and as it stands now, you can field a single starting offensive lineup with little margin for error.

2 QBs (both coming off injury), 3 RBs, 3 WRs, 1 TE is all you can realistically count on going forward...9 guys for seven spots. Sure Nelson and Sanders could reclaim some value at WR, maybe Benjamin. Maybe Grant gets that bigger role his numbers in limited time suggests, maybe Prosise gets on and stays on the field and is the pre-Kamara he was thought to be...maybe , maybe, maybe.

Again, don't know the scoring but at the very least you have way too much DL depth. If people make DL trades, look for Blount (I think he's going to score 10+TDS), Booker (when the dust settles, I think he's Denver's RB1), Chris Ivory (I know we've all been down this road before but I think he's at least scoring TDs this year) and yes Riddick like Xlur says above; you know he's catching passes at least. Basically, better lottery tickets than you currently have.

D injuries are easier to overcome than O injuries, move D depth for O depth, capitalize on any 'cuff situations that arise (I'd move Hill right now to the Burkhead/White owner for any pick- IDP depth can be found late in the draft).

[ddog2303]

Personally, I don’t agree with the previous post claiming defensive depth. In a league with only 8 defensive starters, DL and DB are a weakness for this team. There’s one or two solid players at each of those positions and very little behind them. I’d look to move a LB for a DE or DB plus a little (assuming IDP scoring is standard). I do agree that you need some offensive depth here but you likely aren’t getting that by trading defensive depth in a start little IDP league. I would suggest adding a DE and a DB and stay extremely active on the waiver wire. If you can get lucky with the right player you can add some offensive depth through waivers. If you can manage to package a Jordy/Wallace combination for an improvement that’s ideal but I don’t see that getting the job done

[jimmo]

Personally, I don’t agree with the previous post claiming defensive depth. In a league with only 8 defensive starters, DL and DB are a weakness for this team. There’s one or two solid players at each of those positions and very little behind them. I’d look to move a LB for a DE or DB plus a little (assuming IDP scoring is standard). I do agree that you need some offensive depth here but you likely aren’t getting that by trading defensive depth in a start little IDP league. I would suggest adding a DE and a DB and stay extremely active on the waiver wire. If you can get lucky with the right player you can add some offensive depth through waivers. If you can manage to package a Jordy/Wallace combination for an improvement that’s ideal but I don’t see that getting the job done

Fair point on the D depth argument. My main point is that D depth is very overrated. That DL is very strong, especially when you can only start two (and won't generally be using DL as flex); move some of those big names for anything you can get. I'll give you DB depth; I read McCourty and was thinking D not J. But the point still holds: DBs are usually pretty cheap. When was Kevin Byard owned last year? Jordan Poyer? That of course depends on scoring and quality of the league, but ...if moving Landon Collins nets a better Offensive depth chart, I'm all for it. In most IDP leagues (in my experience), the luck on the WW comes from the D side, not the O side. So push for known O depth now and pick up D depth later