SDMB Fantasy Football DYNASTY league: Year Ten

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It’s funny how attached you get to your dynasty team. When you drafted a guy when he was a rookie and now he’s been in the league for 6+ years, they become the identity of your dynasty team. I’ve been in talks to trade away important players lately and I keep thinking how weird it feels, like it’s not my team, if I’m going to be dismantling my team and rebuilding. I maybe have too strong of sentimental attachments to some players.

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Also Jules is physically and psychologically addicted to trading, so don’t be surprised if he manages to get another 2 or 3 big ones this year.

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Was this prescient? Or were you dropping hints?

Trade to announce:

Jules Andre gives up:
Evan Engram, TE, NYG
Tyler Lockett, WR, Sea

SenorBeef gives up:
Rob Gronkowski, TE, NE
Kenyan Drake, RB, Mia

This is absolutely not the type of trade I make normally. But I think I have a window to contend for a championship, and I need some more current upside over future potential. Gronk solves that, for me. He is one of only a few TEs who have a 150 yard 2+ TD potential. Still, I think he has a fair chance to retire after this season, and that would be the worst case scenario (along with an injury this year). Luckily, I have Hunter Henry coming back next season, so I have some insurance built in against that.

Kenyan Drake is someone I have wanted for a while, but his situation sucks really bad. I’m hoping the Dolphins figure it out, but they have a terrible track record (see: Ajayi). This is more of an insurance move to score a 4th or 5th RB for me. Especially since I currently do not have enough healthy RBs to cover for bye weeks. This is a very risky move that hurts me in the future, but I think helps a lot this year.

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SDMB-Dynasty League - Week 5

**Rnk Week 5…Actual…Rnk Season…Actual

  1. Omni…152.49…01. Omni +2…698.88
  2. Gaffer +6…135.04…02. Hamlet -1…686.25
  3. Ellis +6…129.78…03. dale +1…655.30
  4. Overly -1…127.75…04. RNATB -2…647.89
  5. dale…121.10…05. Ellis…639.18
  6. Hamlet +1…120.25…06. Gaffer…636.85
  7. Jules -1…118.15…07. Overly +1…626.69
  8. Beef +4…109.70…08. Retro -1…600.17
  9. Justin +2…109.05…09. Jules…588.07
  10. RNATB -6…100.41…10. Justin…544.30
  11. Retro -9…100.25…11. Beef +1…516.88
  12. Petey -2…96.95…12. Petey -1…514.26**

**Rnk Week 5…Potential…Rnk Season…Potential

  1. Omni…167.09…01. Hamlet…850.15
  2. dale +3…165.20…02. Omni…848.80
  3. Gaffer…164.54…03. dale +1…810.30
  4. Beef +8…156.30…04. Retro -1…807.39
  5. Retro -3…154.85…05. Ellis…779.74
  6. Ellis +2…148.18…06. Gaffer…772.53
  7. Jules -1…148.01…07. Overly +1…738.33
  8. Overly -4…144.35…08. Jules +1…731.89
  9. Hamlet…144.25…09. RNATB -2…728.33
  10. Justin +1…133.75…10. Beef…693.90
  11. RNATB -4…120.47…11. Justin…666.35
  12. Petey -2…120.05…12. Petey…649.66**

**Rnk Week 5…Coach…Rnk Season…Coach.

  1. Omni +7…91% A-…01. RNATB…89% B+
  2. Overly +5…89% B+…02. Overly…85% B
  3. Ellis…88% B+…03. Gaffer +1…82% B-
  4. Hamlet -2…83% B…04. Omni +5…82% B-
  5. RNATB -4…83% B…05. Ellis +1…82% B-
  6. Gaffer +5…82% B-…06. Justin -1…82% B-
  7. Justin +3…82% B-…07. dale -4…81% B-
  8. Petey -4…81% B-…08. Hamlet…81% B-
  9. Jules -4…80% C+…09. Jules -2…80% B-
  10. dale -4…73% C…10. Petey…79% C+
  11. Beef +1…70% C-…11. Beef +1…74% C
  12. Retro -3…65% D…12. Retro -1…74% C**
    The King is dead! Long live the King! Omni has taken over the top score from Hamlet, though Hamlet does still cling to a potential points lead by the skin of his teeth.

Meanwhile I’m 5th in all season rankings, which is quite an improvement for such a perennial doormat.

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I think this trade is pretty one-sided in Beef’s favor, but I can’t argue that Gronk is worth the risk. And I’m also not at all unhappy that I don’t have to play him this week.

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How do you read it as one sided? The trade calculators say I’m absolutely getting demolished but I think they don’t correct enough for Gronk’s potential retirement. Evans will never be as good as Gronk, Drake is (probably) better than Lockett, especially with the way starting RBs are locked down tight in our league.

I’ve accepted unfortunately that my season is shot, so I’m using the opportunity to get younger a bit, whereas Jules needs a few pieces for a championship run. If Gronk retires by next year, it’ll end up being good long term for me, but if he doesn’t, or if Drake becomes a reliable running back for years, I’m losing on this deal long term as well as short. If Gronk retires at the end of the year, and Lockett and Drake stay about where they are now, it works well for me.

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I had a gut feeling that after our 19 hours of trade talks something might happen.

I feel weirdly sad about the trade today. I drafted little baby Gronk so long ago and held him for his entire career. I don’t know if anyone else gets attached to their players like that. On one hand, it would’ve felt right for him to retire on my team, but on the other hand, how does that really serve my team if that retirement isn’t too far off?

Well, since barring a remarkable turnaround even less likely now that I have no Gronk, I’m out of contention this year, I’m fully on team underdogs. RNATB has had enough success for a while and he smells funny. So I think I’m rooting for Ellis/Omni/Dale to win the divisions just to make it a year of underdogs finally getting there. Although I do tend to root for Jules because I admire his dedication to his team, I’m not sure if he counts as an underdog or not. Certainly would’ve a few years ago.

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I do, but only for the under the radar guys I actually knew about and liked. I’ve had Adrian Peterson on my team since we started, and he’s more like a boil on my butt than a friend. But guys like Austin Ekeler, Keenan Allen, Michael Thomas, and now JuJu all have a special place in my heart. Of course I also like guys like Toby Gerhart, Matt Flynn, and Mike Gillislee, who I knew for sure were going to be the next stud, but only lacked opportunity. On the flip side, I would spit in the food of Beanie Wells were I ever to see him.

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So, you go with a youth movement in the draft and now you’re grabbing oldsters and RBs one draft away from becoming Benny Cunningham? I get being bored, but damn.

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I also think it’s smart to move Gronk. His best years are surely behind him, though he might have some magic left. With his history of injury, retirement talk, etc it’s better to get what you can for him now. Not to mention the pats are approaching the inevitable demise of this era anyway. Engram is not going to replace his production, but no mortal can approach peak-Gronkian production anyway. Engram locks you down 4+ years of top-5 play.

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I have to say I’m not regretting Antonio Brown over OBJ.
What is it about playing WR that breeds diva-ness?

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Well… yeah? I mean, being flexible is part of properly managing a fantasy team.

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Well my congrats to Jules for the insight to start this S. Barkley. Kid seems like he might have a future!
It’s hard to know your week is bust after Thursday night. I hope you go ahead and put up 200 and get your money’s worth.

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This year doesn’t count. I’ll figure out a reason later.

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Here’s a reason… it’s the Twilight Zone. For an example, I’m about to inexplicably improve to 4-2 even though my team is completely terrible.

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For this season, it favors Jules. But this is a dynasty league, and as a long-term trade this is hugely one-sided (just like my trade for Miller). I don’t think the draft calculators take future seasons into account at all, at least not the Yahoo one.

I don’t know what success you’re talking about. I dominated last year and outscored everyone but 150+ (and everyone but Varlos by 240+), but I didn’t actually win the title. In 2016 and 2015 I didn’t even make the playoffs (2015 being the season where I lost three straight after starting 8-3).

I’m not going to argue with you about the smell, and it does kind of warm my heart to see **Dale **doing well after a decade of crappiness.

This. I picked up Tyreek Hill as a $14 waiver on 11/02/16, just because he was getting good return yardage and occasionally got some bonus points as a gadget WR/RB. I actually paid $22 for Antone Smith the same day - as insurance for Doug Martin - and dropped him a week later. He’s not even in the league now. I drafted Tyler Boyd the same year but had to drop him last year to make room for injury replacements. What’s funny is that about half my regular starters are players I traded Varlos for, and the other half are waiver adds. The only ones I drafted are Kareem Hunt and Marvin Jones (who doesn’t technically count because I drafted him the year after Beef dropped him due to an injury).

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My decade of crappiness is second to none.

I grabbed the following guys off the waiver wire or were FAs that I nabbed in the closing weeks of another terrible season. (From memory, so don’t kill me if I mess one up.)

Adam Thielen
Golden Tate
Alex Collins
Robert Woods
Chris Hogan (pre-Pats, I think)

All those guys, especially Thielen and Tate, are like family members at this point. Guys that were forgotten about and thrown away, perfect for this team that was discarded a few years back after being neglected. Julio is the only real blue blood on this team and he’s an outsider, a mercenary for hire at this point.

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Son of a bitch.

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RNATB nearly doubled my score. Is 180 one of the all time scores?

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Hamlet put up 202 in our first season, but 180 is definitely way up there.