Roster upside RBs over meh WRs?

[Prison_Mike]

In my work league (12tm PPR 1QB redraft), I've got a solid team that should be a great team once Kupp & JT return.

There are two guys sitting on waivers that I feel like I should pick up - (Kendre Miller and Tyjae Spears). The contingent upside RB play is one I often try to employ in dynasty, but I'm having trouble gauging the importance of depth in redraft.

Is there any reason to hold guys like Rashid Shaheed, Elijah Moore and Jakobi Meyers, knowing they likely wouldn't start for me barring an injury?

Here's my team + starting requirements:

QB: Geno
RB: Breece
RB: Swift
WR: Ridley
WR: Aiyuk
FLX: Puka

Bench: Moss, Warren, Addison, Meyers, E.Moore, Shaheed
IR: Kupp, JT

As you can see, we only start 2WRs and 1 flex, so studs are important (trades are near impossible)

Thoughts?

[Paul717]

In my work league (12tm PPR 1QB redraft), I've got a solid team that should be a great team once Kupp & JT return.

There are two guys sitting on waivers that I feel like I should pick up - (Kendre Miller and Tyjae Spears). The contingent upside RB play is one I often try to employ in dynasty, but I'm having trouble gauging the importance of depth in redraft.

Is there any reason to hold guys like Rashid Shaheed, Elijah Moore and Jakobi Meyers, knowing they likely wouldn't start for me barring an injury?

Here's my team + starting requirements:

QB: Geno
RB: Breece
RB: Swift
WR: Ridley
WR: Aiyuk
FLX: Puka

Bench: Moss, Warren, Addison, Meyers, E.Moore, Shaheed
IR: Kupp, JT

As you can see, we only start 2WRs and 1 flex, so studs are important (trades are near impossible)

Thoughts?

Great question. My 2 cents: Yes!

Seems like WR production can almost always be found on the waiver wire in a league that size. Whereas if these RBs produce or their situations change for the better, they'll be scooped up quickly.

It will be interesting to look back on a guy like Shaheed at the end of 2023. He'll probably have like 4-5 super useful games, and several where you wish you didn't start him. The problem is, you can't reliably predict when the great games will be.

[Prison_Mike]

In my work league (12tm PPR 1QB redraft), I've got a solid team that should be a great team once Kupp & JT return.

There are two guys sitting on waivers that I feel like I should pick up - (Kendre Miller and Tyjae Spears). The contingent upside RB play is one I often try to employ in dynasty, but I'm having trouble gauging the importance of depth in redraft.

Is there any reason to hold guys like Rashid Shaheed, Elijah Moore and Jakobi Meyers, knowing they likely wouldn't start for me barring an injury?

Here's my team + starting requirements:

QB: Geno
RB: Breece
RB: Swift
WR: Ridley
WR: Aiyuk
FLX: Puka

Bench: Moss, Warren, Addison, Meyers, E.Moore, Shaheed
IR: Kupp, JT

As you can see, we only start 2WRs and 1 flex, so studs are important (trades are near impossible)

Thoughts?

Great question. My 2 cents: Yes!

Seems like WR production can almost always be found on the waiver wire in a league that size. Whereas if these RBs produce or their situations change for the better, they'll be scooped up quickly.

It will be interesting to look back on a guy like Shaheed at the end of 2023. He'll probably have like 4-5 super useful games, and several where you wish you didn't start him. The problem is, you can't reliably predict when the great games will be.

Yeah, Shaheed is more of a dynasty play for me. I've got him in my 2 main dff leagues. He's clearly 3rd in the pecking order but good lord does he make the most of his targets. If he ever gets volume, look out

But I agree. I'll go ahead and drop Shaheed for Spears.

Dropping one of Meyers/Moore is the more difficult decision for me. Meyers had a huge Wk1, but I have no idea whether that's sustainable. Moore is getting targets, but A) is doing very little with them and B) Watson looks terrible lol...so..I guess drop Moore?