# Need to decide on Fantasy Football contracts, any advice?

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**Created:** [September 9, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-decide-on-fantasy-football-contracts-any-advice/553122 "2010-09-09T01:00:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-decide-on-fantasy-football-contracts-any-advice/553122/1 "2010-09-09T01:00:04Z")

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I can put up to three on a 2 or 3 year contract which increases by a minimum of 10% or 1 dollar for every year so a 5 buck player will cost 6 next year and 7 the following. If I cut them I have to pay the increase so a cut 5 buck player will cost me 1 next year and 1 the following at the draft. We run a $100 auction and I have the following team available for contract:

Brees, Drew QB NO $23  
Campbell, Jason QB OAK $1  
Jones, Felix RB DAL $6  
Wells, Beanie RB ARI $17  
Gerhart, Toby RB MIN $1  
Jackson, Fred RB BUF $1  
Westbrook, Brian RB SF $3  
Boldin, Anquan WR BAL $11  
Colston, Marques WR NO $20  
Ward, Hines WR PIT $6  
Camarillo, Greg WR MIN $3  
Gaffney, Jabar WR DEN $1

Are there any here worth putting under contract?

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**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-decide-on-fantasy-football-contracts-any-advice/553122/2 "2010-09-09T01:57:36Z")

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It depends on just how much talent is going to be available in the auction draft. I think I’d definitely put Felix Jones on a 3 year deal. After that it depends.

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**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-decide-on-fantasy-football-contracts-any-advice/553122/3 "2010-09-09T06:20:26Z")

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I don’t know what running backs went for in that league, but Beanie Wells at $17 seems like a total bargain. Having him for $19/$21/$23 seems like it will be a steal based on what RBs usually go for. Felix Jones is a gimme and I think of the rest I’d love to have Gaffney locked up too, I think he’s going to be a regular producer in Denver now that Marshall is gone. Brees at $23 seems cheap too, but without knowing what the other elite guys went for it’s tough to judge.

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**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-decide-on-fantasy-football-contracts-any-advice/553122/4 "2010-09-09T18:57:07Z")

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Submitted. Thanks for the advice.