First dynasty startup draft last night!

[noen10]

Team 1 in signature. How'd I do. what should I target. I feel like my weakness is in WR and TE. Should I try to trade down from 1.02 or should I target a good WR there?

[DatDude23]

I think that team is set up quite nicely for start up! Very nice QB1/2 for SF with a couple backup options, Cam lotto ticket bonus if he lands somewhere nice and is healthy. RBs are really strong, and while your WR1 isn't amazing, he's solid. You've got F1 as your WR2 which I am a big fan of, and you got several upside guys like Slayton, Diontae, Miller and Williams who could all end up as good WR3 options. TE nice also and you net 1.02, wow.

Tua is the pick at 1.02, or at least you should make it known to your league that's who you're taking even if you're weakest at WR, because odds are that you will trade 1.02 to a QB needy team for a stud WR, nothing less.

[FantasyFoosball]

1. You should be taking Tua with the 1.02.
2. If for some reason you are not planning on taking Tua, then you should be shopping it around and should sell it.
3. Your biggest weakness is at WR. That’s the first area you should be addressing.
4. You have three incredibly young QBs, so I don’t think it would be the end of the world to move the 1.02 if you get a good package and can strengthen your WRs.

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#1 looks like a 10 team league where you had the 1.09 in startup and the 1.02 in rookie. If thats the case, just fyi, thats a horrible way to do a startup draft.

#2 if it is indeed a 10 team league, Tua is not the clear set 1.02. a 10 team SF runs closer to a 16 team 1QB league than a 12 team SF league.

#3 you should be looking at a team with weak QB, late rookie pick, and decent WRs and looking to trade the 1.02 rookie pick to that team for a WR.

Overall, if its a 12 team league the team isn't bad, if its a 10 team league, i think you're in trouble.

[noen10]

#1 looks like a 10 team league where you had the 1.09 in startup and the 1.02 in rookie. If thats the case, just fyi, thats a horrible way to do a startup draft.

#2 if it is indeed a 10 team league, Tua is not the clear set 1.02. a 10 team SF runs closer to a 16 team 1QB league than a 12 team SF league.

#3 you should be looking at a team with weak QB, late rookie pick, and decent WRs and looking to trade the 1.02 rookie pick to that team for a WR.

Overall, if its a 12 team league the team isn't bad, if its a 10 team league, i think you're in trouble.

it is a 10 team. I feel like if I could pick the right WR or get a good haul from someone I can be in a good spot. What would you suggest the way to do startup? This was my first one and seemed like the fairest way to do one that is not auction based.

[WhatWouldDitkaDo]

WR depth drops off quickly after your top two, but overall a pretty solid roster.

[FantasyFoosball]

it is a 10 team. I feel like if I could pick the right WR or get a good haul from someone I can be in a good spot. What would you suggest the way to do startup? This was my first one and seemed like the fairest way to do one that is not auction based.

Fairest way to do it is to have the picks in the start up and let players draft the picks.

[noen10]

Fairest way to do it is to have the picks in the start up and let players draft the picks.

how is that the fairest? at the end of the round you are screwed with less talented players, so you are trying to get the most value out of those players and then be screwed on the other end because when you are doing that you can't get a chance to get the first round picks. on the turn? I just don't understand how that is the fairest. It rewards picks 1-5 more so than 6-10.

[FantasyFoosball]

Fairest way to do it is to have the picks in the start up and let players draft the picks.

how is that the fairest? at the end of the round you are screwed with less talented players, so you are trying to get the most value out of those players and then be screwed on the other end because when you are doing that you can't get a chance to get the first round picks. on the turn? I just don't understand how that is the fairest. It rewards picks 1-5 more so than 6-10.

Lol. Didn’t you say this was your first and only startup?

[noen10]

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Lol. Didn’t you say this was your first and only startup?
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Correct that is why I am asking? Obviously I am asking for some insight.

[FantasyFoosball]

I don’t know how to make it any clearer. The fairest way to do a dynasty startup is to have the rookies or rookie picks in the draft and let players pick them. The worst way to do it is to give them out based on draft pick position. My insight is from doing start up drafts with both formats.

[FantasyFoosball]

Just like the best way to do a rookie draft is after the NFL draft, not before it. Why? I’ve done it both ways. It just is.

[Mtt33]

Disagree that tua is the clear 1.02 in a 10 team Superflex. Wouldn’t be taking a wr there though, trade back if thats your plan.

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#1 looks like a 10 team league where you had the 1.09 in startup and the 1.02 in rookie. If thats the case, just fyi, thats a horrible way to do a startup draft.

#2 if it is indeed a 10 team league, Tua is not the clear set 1.02. a 10 team SF runs closer to a 16 team 1QB league than a 12 team SF league.

#3 you should be looking at a team with weak QB, late rookie pick, and decent WRs and looking to trade the 1.02 rookie pick to that team for a WR.

Overall, if its a 12 team league the team isn't bad, if its a 10 team league, i think you're in trouble.

it is a 10 team. I feel like if I could pick the right WR or get a good haul from someone I can be in a good spot. What would you suggest the way to do startup? This was my first one and seemed like the fairest way to do one that is not auction based.

You either include the rookie picks in the draft (ie someone at 3.10 can draft the 1.01 rookie pick) and then you do the rookie draft after the NFL draft, or you just have the rookies available in the startup draft.

Those are the fairest ways. The startup draft is balanced in itself since its a snake draft. This year you can get away with doing a draft the way you are doing it because there is a lot of depth and no clear cut rookie 1.01. But take a look at Barkley's rookie year. He was easily the 1.01 in just about any format. If you had the last pick in the first round of startups and the first pick in the rookie draft you had a huge advantage because you essentially had 2 first round startup picks, and no one else had that.

Since its a ten teamer, you're gonna have some problems. Trade down or trade for a WR

for a 10 teamer you need to have studs to win. You lack studs but you have depth, you need to try to convert that depth into studs if possible. If you can't, you should sell off Ingram and Jones and start a rebuild while hoping that some of your young WRs hit this year.

[Gator Sens]

WR depth drops off quickly after your top two, but overall a pretty solid roster.

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