Rebuild with picks

[mikemar]

Took over a team last year (and it had like 0 picks) so hard to turn it around.

12 team, PPR, start QB, RB, WR, TE, 4 Flex

Teddy, Kaep
Latavius, Knile, Herron, Taliaferro, B Pierce, Dunbar, Ka'Deem
Stills, K Wright, Woods, Sanu, Baldwin, Beasley, Duron, Aiken, Boykin, Campanaro, Dobson Jarius Wright
Kelce, Fleener, Crockett, Griffin

Picks - 1.1 1.5 1.11 2.1 2.8 2.9

What moves would you try and make? (Tried to move Knile to Charles owner multiple times) And figure hope for Kaep's value to increase before trying to move him

How would you handle the picks?

[GreenGold]

Good thing you have alot of picks lol. If you don't love anyone near the top, then try and trade down for multiple picks /prospects this yr or next.

[austin10splayer]

what is the Charles owner offering for Knile? Out of curiosity. You may be better off keeping him as he still holds value with Charles but will have much more post-Charles.

I think you can get some great guys with your picks. Probably 3-4 RB's and a very solid WR.

[cp3]

WR obviously sticks out like a sore thumb.

Any chance of 1.2 or 1.3 falling in love with Gurley and wanting to trade up? Even if you don't get much else, if you can land a minor asset and move down to grab cooper/white (whoever you like better) I'd consider that a win for you.

If you can't move down - I'd just draft cooper/white. At 1.5 I'd go Parker/DGB. I'd be trying to hit homeruns with those two picks. With the rest of the picks I'd actually consider flipping them for later picks + 2016 1sts if you can. Really build up your stock of picks since you're pretty clearly a couple years out.

I love Kelce, Latavius, and Stills, but have you considered moving them as well? If you could get back an overpay I'd move them too.

My overall goal would be to try and flip anything not nailed down for any sort of draft pick with this team. Trust your prospect evaluations and hope you hit on some draft picks, especially at WR.

[mikemar]

WR obviously sticks out like a sore thumb.

Any chance of 1.2 or 1.3 falling in love with Gurley and wanting to trade up? Even if you don't get much else, if you can land a minor asset and move down to grab cooper/white (whoever you like better) I'd consider that a win for you.

If you can't move down - I'd just draft cooper/white. At 1.5 I'd go Parker/DGB. I'd be trying to hit homeruns with those two picks. With the rest of the picks I'd actually consider flipping them for later picks + 2016 1sts if you can. Really build up your stock of picks since you're pretty clearly a couple years out.

I love Kelce, Latavius, and Stills, but have you considered moving them as well? If you could get back an overpay I'd move them too.

My overall goal would be to try and flip anything not nailed down for any sort of draft pick with this team. Trust your prospect evaluations and hope you hit on some draft picks, especially at WR.

Kinda exactly my thoughts on the picks, hopefully I can swing it. But that is my weakness, any examples (just ballpark) like going from 1.8 to 2.4/2016 1st (too much/little)? Obviously changes each draft class and such.

And yeah, ANYTHING is up for trade

[maxhyde]

Try packaging Murray or Kelce with the 2.01 or 1.11 to move up to 1.03/1.04?

[JJDubya]

My take is keep the picks, and go WR heavy early and often. They take at least a season, sometimes two or three, to start to properly payoff. This time next year you'll likely be set with a young group of WRs and can then focus on drafting RBs, since they tend to have an earlier impact in their careers. It's an artform drafting the right players at the right time so as to align the peak impact of your players. If you focus on RBs this early in the draft and your rebuild, the'll likely play a lot, score points, and make your team better on paper and thus impact your 2016 picks in the process. Not to mention they'll wear more quickly than your WRs. This is my rebuild philosophy, at least with the RB/WR positions. You're set at QB and TE since these positions take even longer to mature than WRs, so I think your team, picks and outlook should weigh heavily in favour of nabbing WRs with at least 2 of your first 3 picks, or even 3/4.

[maxhyde]

My take is keep the picks, and go WR heavy early and often. They take at least a season, sometimes two or three, to start to properly payoff. This time next year you'll likely be set with a young group of WRs and can then focus on drafting RBs, since they tend to have an earlier impact in their careers. It's an artform drafting the right players at the right time so as to align the peak impact of your players. If you focus on RBs this early in the draft and your rebuild, the'll likely play a lot, score points, and make your team better on paper and thus impact your 2016 picks in the process. Not to mention they'll wear more quickly than your WRs. This is my rebuild philosophy, at least with the RB/WR positions. You're set at QB and TE since these positions take even longer to mature than WRs, so I think your team, picks and outlook should weigh heavily in favour of nabbing WRs with at least 2 of your first 3 picks, or even 3/4.

This is a pretty common strategy and probably the preferred "safe" rebuild plan. Taking the WR is safe but also assumes you are holding them through the rookie and development period which means you have assets that you are unlikely to trade for profit which limits options in a rebuild
The alternative is take the best players WR/RB available and sell the rookie RB once they have had a few good games as RB value can appreciate quickly with a few promising games. If Gurley/Gordon have a couple 100+ yard games early their value will be near Bell/Lacy pretty quickly and will offer a very quick boost in value that you can trade for young WR underperforming or that regress slightly.
An example of this from last year are specifically Brandon Oliver/Sims who could be sold for 1sts/early 2nds at a point last year and certainly did not cost that much in the draft. Hill's value was easily doubled by mid-season as well. It is a slightly riskier proposition but of the 7-8 RB taken in the first 2 rounds almost all of them are worth much more than at any point last year right now

[JJDubya]

I don't disagree that's a viable strategy, and yes, more risky. My issue with it (in the sense I'd prefer my approach) is based on how my leaguemates view RBs vs. WRs. Young WRs always require an overpay, so at best you're getting picks for RBs (in an even trade) but are still stuck without any WRs. Young stud WRs always increase in value until they take a step back (Floyd, Keenan). Granted you can likely pick them up cheaper, but the owners often invested relatively highly in them and they may ride it out until their value has bottomed out. If you draft the studs early, you can either hold until they reap the rewards, or you can sell even higher than what you paid.

[mikemar]

And huge part is that you only have to start 1 RB, devalues RBs a TON

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