# SDMB FF Dynasty League: Year Six **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 7, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045 "2014-08-07T17:17:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/1 "2014-08-07T17:17:30Z")
Ahoy! Welcome back once more to the best darn fantasy football league around these parts. We’re only waiting for one owner to sign up on the Yahoo page, but I have no reason to suspect that he won’t, so probably we should have no turnover again this year. I can’t think of any leftover rules proposals from last year, but perhaps I’m forgetting, and someone may have a new idea, so as always please bring up any thoughts below. Should be a great year! 2013 Champion: **VarlosZ** 2012 Champion: **Hamlet (CuteWiddleBunny)** 2011 Champion: **SenorBeef (Exploding Pancakes)** 2010 Champion: **Stringer (We Do HGH)** 2009 Champion: **Really Not All That Bright** **2013 Final Results** : 1. VarlosZ 2. Hamlet 3. SenorBeef 4. Justin Bailey 5. Stinger 6. RNATB 7. Petey 8. Omniscient 9. RetroVertigo 10. dalej42 11. Ellis Dee 12. furt **2014 Draft Order** : Round 1 13. furt 14. Ellis Dee 15. dalej42 16. RetroVertigo 17. dalej42 (via Stringer) 18. RNATB 19. Petey 20. Omniscient 21. RNATB (via Justin Bailey) 22. Ellis Dee (via SenorBeef) 23. Hamlet 24. VarlosZ Round 2 1. furt 2. Ellis Dee 3. dalej42 4. RetroVertigo 5. Stringer 6. RNATB 7. Petey 8. VarlosZ (via Omniscient) 9. dalej42 (via Justin Bailey) 10. SenorBeef 11. Hamlet 12. Omniscient (via VarlosZ) Round 3 1. furt 2. SenorBeef (via Ellis Dee) 3. dalej42 4. RetroVertigo 5. Stringer 6. RNATB 7. Petey 8. Omniscient 9. Justin Bailey 10. SenorBeef 11. Hamlet 12. VarlosZ Rounds 4+ 1. furt 2. Ellis Dee 3. dalej42 4. RetroVertigo 5. Stringer 6. RNATB 7. Petey 8. Omniscient 9. Justin Bailey 10. SenorBeef 11. Hamlet 12. VarlosZ [2013 trades in effect this year](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16921593&postcount=691) (already reflected in draft order above). _ **Archive** _ [Year One League Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=531386) [Year Two League Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=569230) [Year One Trade Log](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=13170799#post13170799) [Year Two Trade Log](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=569230&page=15) [Notable Waiver Wire Transactions, Year Two](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=13272964#post13272964) [Year Three League Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=14002825#post14002825) [Year Three Trade Log](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15762967#post15762967) [Year Four League Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=658649) [Year Four Trade Log](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15762881#post15762881) [Year Five League Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=697770) [Year Five Trade Log](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=16913250#post16913250) (plus [addendum](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16919483&postcount=682)) [Notable Waiver Wire Transactions, Year Five](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=16921503#post16921503) * * * \*\*\* Off-season trading is open. \*\*\* Cut Deadline and Draft start time are TBD. We should all set our own keepers on the Yahoo page, but please post a list of your cuts in the thread here, as well, when the time comes. \*\*\* Good Luck! ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/2 "2014-08-07T17:40:30Z")
Ok, so NFL Opening Day is Thursday, September 4th. Last year’s draft only took a week, but there was an unusually small number of picks, and anyway we want a buffer, so I’d like to budget at least 10 days for our draft this year. I would therefore suggest a cut deadline of around Friday, the 22nd of this month (which would give us the weekend for the 1st Round). Anyone who made a trade last year in which they either took on or gave away a future draft pick should be sure to keep in mind the effect that’s going to have on their draft this year, as we discussed at length last year. If you added a net pick for this draft, your last pick this year will have to be forfeited to make the numbers work. Likewise, if you’ve traded away a net pick, you’ll get one after the regular draft to make up for it (we worked out a procedure for this last year, I’ll try to find it later). ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/3 "2014-08-07T17:48:18Z")
Reposting from last year’s thread: > [@](#): > > I have decided I need a top-flight TE. Right now my options are basically Jordan Reed and Tim Wright. Willing to trade picks or RBs (I have 7 startable guys right now in Bernard, Ellington, Vereen, Ingram, Woodhead, Miller, and Rashad Jennings). I’m looking to pick up a top-flight WR too. I forgot I had traded Andre Ellington to **Beef**. For James Jones. Who is apparently unable to crack the _Raiders’_ starting lineup. Fuck me. ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/4 "2014-08-07T19:48:56Z")
I am interested in picking up additional picks in this years draft. I would have to be blown away for Green or Lacy, but I’m willing to consider everybody available. I’ll post my current roster later tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/5 "2014-08-07T21:50:37Z")
What do you want for AJ Green? Never forget that I offered you a (relative) king’s ransom for Josh Freeman last year. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/6 "2014-08-07T21:58:38Z")
> [@](#): > > I have decided I need a top-flight TE. Right now my options are basically Jordan Reed and Tim Wright. Willing to trade picks or RBs (I have 7 startable guys right now in Bernard, Ellington, Vereen, Ingram, Woodhead, Miller, and Rashad Jennings). I’m looking to pick up a top-flight WR too. I have Jason Witten, Charles Clay, and Jared Cook at TE. I could probably stand to shed someone. ---
**Author:** ![Stringer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Stringer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringer)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/7 "2014-08-08T01:11:30Z")
I am cutting: Jason Campbell Marcel Reece Bobby Rainey ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/8 "2014-08-08T01:12:43Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Never forget that I offered you a (relative) king’s ransom for Josh Freeman last year. 😉 Yeah, yeah, yeah. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/9 "2014-08-08T01:35:56Z")
Andre Johnson and Russell Wilson are both available. Looking for young RBs and/or 1st round pick. Cutting: Mendenhall Da’Rick Rogers Brandon Gibson Josh Boyce Randy Bullock Bears D Pettigrew ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/10 "2014-08-08T02:48:24Z")
My Roster: QBs: Brady Sam Bradford Josh Freeman WRs: Greg Jennings AJ Green Terrance Williams Donnie Avery Brian Quick Leonard Hankerson Miles Austin Justin Hunter Nick Toon Denario Alexander RBs: Eddie Lacy Chris Johnson Felix Jones Michael Bush Bernard Pierce Shonn Green Knile Davis Latavius Murray TE: Brandon Myers Lance Kendricks ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/11 "2014-08-08T04:21:34Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > I have Jason Witten, Charles Clay, and Jared Cook at TE. I could probably stand to shed someone. Witten’s too old and the others aren’t really an upgrade over Reed. > [@furt](#): > > Andre Johnson and Russell Wilson are both available. Looking for young RBs and/or 1st round pick. I’ll give you Woodhead for Andre. Or Ingram. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/12 "2014-08-08T10:30:49Z")
I have picks (obviously) for trade. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/13 "2014-08-08T14:00:03Z")
Still looking to package backs and picks to improve at wideout/TE. Here’s my current roster ([del]projected cuts[/del]). [ul] [li]Nick Foles Phi - QB[/li][li]Julian Edelman NE - WR[/li][li]DeSean Jackson Was - WR[/li][li]Shane Vereen NE - RB[/li][li]Giovani Bernard Cin - RB[/li][li]Tim Wright TB - TE[/li][li][del]Jerricho Cotchery Car - WR[/del][/li][li]Danny Woodhead SD - RB[/li][li]Lamar Miller Mia - RB[/li][li]Jordan Reed Was - TE[/li][li]Rashad Jennings NYG - RB[/li][li]Marlon Brown Bal - WR[/li][li]James Jones Oak - WR[/li][li][del]Case Keenum Hou - QB[/del][/li][li][del]BenJarvus Green-Ellis Cin - RB[/del][/li][li]EJ Manuel Buf - QB[/li][li]Robert Turbin Sea - RB[/li][li]Kenjon Barner Car - RB[/li][li]Mark Ingram NO - RB[/li][li]Stepfan Taylor Ari - RB[/li][li]Jermaine Kearse Sea - WR[/li][li][del]Owen Daniels Bal - TE[/del][/li][li]Mike Williams Buf - WR[/li][li]Joseph Morgan NO - WR[/li][li]Steven Hauschka Sea - K[/li][li]Houston - DEF[/li][li]Detroit - DEF[/li][/ul] I was going to cut Tim Wright, but the scuttlebutt out of Bucs camp is that he’s penciled in to start _at wideout_ in the slot. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/14 "2014-08-08T15:27:33Z")
Like half my bench is in that nebulous might be a starter/might be a scrub place on their respective depth charts right now, so I’m probably going to wait until close to the 22nd to post my cuts. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/15 "2014-08-09T09:26:57Z")
Ok, I think I’ve done all the housekeeping that needs doing for now, except for editing the schedule. Keeper deadline is set on Yahoo for the 22nd, but, again, that’s just provisional. Don’t forget to enter your keepers on Yahoo as well as in a post here; last year it actually saved a lot of work inputting everything. The draft order is set to what it is in the OP; for now picks in the last rounds have also been swapped to make the numbers work where necessary. I still have to dig through our discussion last year to see exactly what procedure we decided on for getting everyone the proper number of picks going into the draft. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/16 "2014-08-09T09:32:53Z")
On a more pleasant note: – Does anyone want to offer me a draft pick to stash Justin Blackmon on their roster? This is probably a lost season for him, but he’s not _hurt_, and I can’t believe he won’t get at least one more chance next year. And of course he’s looked fantastic when he does get on the field. IMO he has a lot more potential value for a rebuilding team than a typical 2nd round pick. – I could be in the market for a TE. My flier on Jermichael Finley looks like a bust (he’s still a free agent), I still don’t know what to expect from Zach Ertz this year, and Greg Olsen is the most blah TE1 in this league. I have reasonably high hopes for Ertz eventually, so I’m not looking to break the bank. A nice veteran to tide me over for a year would do. – Special for **Beef** : what’s the deal with Ben Tate? Is he expected to be the starter in Cleveland? ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/17 "2014-08-09T10:08:33Z")
Also, guys, please be sure to remember that, due to IR slots, you may be starting with a roster of up to 27, in which case having 3 picks in this draft would mean cutting 5 players. As for players who’ve traded away picks from this draft, I guess we’ll use Beef’s proposal from [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16524454&postcount=39): _“Yahoo requires you to have full rosters to finish the draft, yes. But we can just have the person who had insufficient picks to fill up his roster draft random/arbitrary players at the end of the draft, and the commish can remove those players from his roster immediately after the draft, and then he has to use his FAAB dollars like everyone else to put waiver claims out to fill his roster.”_ So, for now, \*\*Stringer \*\*is cutting three players off of a 27-man roster, so he’ll start the season with 24 keepers + his 1st round pick. _But_, he traded his 1st Rounder to **dale** , and he must exit the draft with exactly 25 players, so I would just assign him a backup Kicker or something as a keeper (with the pick that \*\*dale \*\*must forfeit to make room for the extra 1st rounder), and then immediately after the draft he’ll drop him and use waivers/FAs to fill out his roster. For now my cuts, as entered on Yahoo, are: WR Kenny Britt TE Jermichael Finley RB Willis McGahee RB Daniel Thomas WR Vincent Brown K Phil Dawson DEF Baltimore This is very, very much subject to change. Probably I’ll wind up keeping Baltimore. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/18 "2014-08-09T12:54:50Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > – Special for **Beef** : what’s the deal with Ben Tate? Is he expected to be the starter in Cleveland? I’m not Beef but I just saw yesterday that, AS OF RIGHT NOW, Tate is expected to be the starter. But it’s apparently very tentative and could change tomorrow. And then it could change back and forth ten times before week 1. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/19 "2014-08-09T15:01:09Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > On a more pleasant note: > > – Does anyone want to offer me a draft pick to stash Justin Blackmon on their roster? This is probably a lost season for him, but he’s not _hurt_, and I can’t believe he won’t get at least one more chance next year. And of course he’s looked fantastic when he does get on the field. IMO he has a lot more potential value for a rebuilding team than a typical 2nd round pick. > > – I could be in the market for a TE. My flier on Jermichael Finley looks like a bust (he’s still a free agent), I still don’t know what to expect from Zach Ertz this year, and Greg Olsen is the most blah TE1 in this league. I have reasonably high hopes for Ertz eventually, so I’m not looking to break the bank. A nice veteran to tide me over for a year would do. > > – Special for **Beef** : what’s the deal with Ben Tate? Is he expected to be the starter in Cleveland? Sure, I’ll give you my third rounder for him. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045/20 "2014-08-10T23:09:00Z")
Here’s my roster: CuteWiddleBunny(Hmlt QB Philip Rivers Josh McCown Robert Griffin III Kirk Cousins Matt Flynn RB Jamaal Charles Adrian Peterson Alfred Morris Andre Brown Toby Gerhart DuJuan Harris WR Brandon Marshall Pierre Garcon Keenan Allen Percy Harvin Eric Decker Jarrett Boykin Steve Smith Sr Brian Hartline TE Vernon Davis Julius Thomas Coby Fleener D Tennessee San Diego K Justin Tucker Blair Walsh If that’s it, then I have 26 players currently on my roster (I’m not sure how that happened). As of now, I’ll be cutting Brian Hartline and DuJuan Harris, which leaves me with three draft picks. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-six/695045.md?page=2)