Keeper Strategy Question

[mpaynejr]

Hey there - standard scoring league, with no PPR. Equal points for receiving/rushing/passing TD's. No flex, we start 3 WR's. Looking for some advice on an overall keeper strategy. We keep 3, so I've been batting a few things back and forth. Here is the full list of players that are up for consideration:

RB's:

Lynch
Slaton
Grant

WR:

Boldin
Colston
Marshall

QB:

Romo

Random Potential upside left on my bench:

Sproles
Ray Rice
Torain
M. Bush
F. Jackson

As of this Sunday, five keepers must be selected and then in the summer we narrow the list down to three. At this point I really believe my team is only strong at WR so I've been considering a keep all my WR's and draft RB's early strat. I have the fifth overall pick next year in a ten man league, so fifth and sixteenth overall picks. That would most likely leave me drafting someone decent like Lynch or Slaton as my number one back (ugh) and trying to grab a rookie or some other sleeper early on. I just don't see the upside to any other keeper strategy at this point.

Anyone have any other thoughts? If I do go with this strategy, I keep two other guys until the summer. If I know I'm not keeping Lynch or Slaton, I could take a shot at some backs on my bench who might have upside although the list is pretty shotty.

So I'm looking for advice on who out of the three you would keep. And based on those three, what other two would you hold on to, hoping for something to happen between now and the end of summer? Thanks, sorry for the long post!

[bungle613]

Lynch
Slaton
Marshall

Boldin
Colston or Grant

I would be hussling to make a deal. In a 10 team league, harder to find someone who has a really bad team but someone must want a 2 for 1 deal. I would look to deal Slaton and Boldin for a top tier RB and go into the season with Lynch, Marshall and whomever.

[Indibuck]

I would keep:
Lynch
Marshall
Grant

and then best available RB at your 5 spot, since it's a non-PPR league.

[TruNinerFan]

Lynch
Grant
Marshall

[BigBadBrawler]

I'd narrow them down to:
Lynch
Slaton
Marshall
Boldin
Colston

And if you had to pick 3 right now, I'd go with Marshall and the RBs...

[buckysGT]

Definatley Lynch, Slaton, Marshall, Bodin, and Colston.

Since its non-ppr, I would end up keeping Lynch, Slaton, and Marshall. More value in the Rb's with non-ppr.

[srlarson]

For me the lock on this list is Slaton.......

Slaton
Lynch
Colston (solid #1)
Marshall (scary potential, but some risk)
Boldin (talent, but unhappy)

as your five.......

I'm not a Lynch fan.....but I would not go into the draft without at least one RB, then an RB at 5............

So your options as I see them:
Slaton, Colston, Marshall
or
Slaton, Lynch, Colston

[Indibuck]

I am surprised at the # of people that like Slaton > Grant.

Most reports I am hearing is that HOU will take a RB early and/or someone via free agency. Slaton was a workhorse back in '08 because they had little behind him.

Of course, the same thing could happen in GB, as I have also heard that the GB brass are not totally enamored with Grant as a feature RB.

But until the draft and FA market dust settles, I like Grant for 2009 and beyond. And for the record, I like Lynch better than both... by a wide margin.

[Achmed]

I would go with Lynch, Slaton and Marshall. I'd prefer Slaton to Grant simply because Grant is showing that getting 16 consistent games from him isn't likely, nor does he score many TDs.

Help with mine?
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