I'm in a 12 team keeper league. If you keep one player it costs you your 3rd round pick. Keep 2 and it costs you your 3rd and 4th round pick. No players selected in the first two rounds can be kept. PPR scoring with 6 pts for all tds including passing tds.

I will be keeping Jimmy G and Gronk in place of my 3rd and 4th. Of most cheat sheets top 24 players that will be kept are Stafford, Newton, Romo, Foster, Forte, Sproles, Welker, Nicks and V.Jackson.

Last season I had no keepers and traded my 1st and 2nd picks for 5.1, 5.2, 6.12, 7.1, 7.2. It made me study my butt off and I ended up winning the league. Basically the trade resulted in Roddy White and D.Jax (or Bowe) for Welker, Schaub, Jimmy G, Britt, and Hightower. While Jimmy G and Welker were better than Roddy and D.Jax… my guys could be kept while Roddy and D.Jax can't. At the trade deadline I moved Welker for Calvin, M.Austin, and Rivers. The guys I received couldn't be kept and had no value for this team who was eliminated from playoffs.

Fast forward to this upcoming draft. Order is not set in stone yet, but I look to be in the 1.10 spot. One owner has already approached me about trading back again. Verbal offer was my 1.10 (more like 2.2 or 2.4 with keepers) and 2.3 (more like 2.7-2.9) for his 4.2, 5.11, 6.2, 7.11, and 8.2. I'm really tempted to do this again.

For more insight, I'm looking at 2 of these 6 players for 1.10 and 2.3. Andre, Chris Johnson, S.Jax, AD, Jennings, Wallace.

I like having 11 of the top 87 players, he likes having 4 of the top 19 and with his keeper 5 of the top 30.

Oddly enough I won the league and the 2nd place owner was the one who traded me his 5th, 6th, and 7th for my 1st. I don't see it as a clear cut advantage either way, I just like taking more swings and hoping to have a few home runs.

Sorry for the neverscared length post. Figured I needed to explain the entire situation and it's the off season!

Thanks!

FTRWRTR said:

If it worked out for you last year I don't see why you wouldn't do it again.  BTW I know both gronk and jimmy graham are studs but why are you keeping two te's instead of trading one of those guys?

I play one as TE, and the other as my Flex. I know Gronk won't repeat, but think Jimmy might have a better year. I'd like to trade them as I see constantly find late round TE steals (Tamme and F.Davis for 2012).

Problem is other owners haven't figured out the value of having a stud TE and made fun of me until around week 12 for starting two TE's. I won the league by starting S.Jax as my RB#1 and a combo of Tolbert, Ivory, Starks, and other 1 week waiver garbage. Not to mention how my QB's were averaging 15 to 20 points less than top 3. This TE and Flex advantage was ridiculous. In reality I'd trade Gronk for Roddy or Fitz, but with our league scoring, and rosters Gronk and Jimmy had more of a mathematical advantage than starting R.Rice, Foster, Calvin, or McCoy.