Tough decision on dynasty auction keepers - $200 CAP - WHIR!

[jmlevy]

I am in a 10 team dynasty auction keeper. You are allowed to keep min 5 max 7 skill players(QB, WR, RB, TE)
Starting positions: QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, TE, Offensive flex, 3 IDPs, D/ST, K with 7 bench

My top 3 players are a lock, but are highly dollar-saturated:

QB Brees - $32 - 16%
WR Wayne - $28 - 14%
WR Berrian - $3 - 1.5%

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The total dollar cost of these 3 players comes to be $63, which invests 31.5% of my cap. At this point, I am $137 under the cap.

RB Westbrook - $48 - 24%
Grant - $32 - 16%
T Jones - $30 - 15%
F Taylor - $11 - 5.5%
J Gage - $2 - 1%
Edge - $11 - 5.5%
W Dunn - $1 - .5%
B Jackson - $1 - .5%
J Campbell - $6 - 3%

So here is my dilemma: I can make what may seem like the agressive-minded approach here and spend $30 or $32 on Thomas Jones or Ryan Grant, respectively. OR I could play it cheap, keep my 3rd or 4th RB for this season in F Taylor, and save some additional dough for a true #2 RB. R Grant has good upside, and I felt last year that he warranted a full $32 in a shallow auction league. I just don't know if a player I have seen ranked < 20th RB overall will warrant close to 30% of my remaining budget...? What if I handcuffed BJax behind Grant for a $33 TOTAL investment?

What would you do if you were in my situation: pay for the top talent (in Grant), regardless of the cap ramification OR play it safe, keep a cheap 3rd RB and save up for a true #2 RB in the draft?

At 30 years old, is Westbrook worth 1/4 my cap??? AHH, too many issues!

Thanks in advance and feel free to leave a link!

[lugmetric]

i wouldnt keep westy for 40+.

the problem with grant is that right now you don't know how many RBs are going to be available when the draft starts, and if he's one of the few top20 guys remaining on the board, his value is going to get skyrocketed, and you may have to end up paying more for him than you already are. given its a 10 teamer with 50-70 being kept, i would be willing to bet that at least 15-20 of those are RBs, and if that's the case, then players like grant will come at a premium.

he should play better than he did last year, and you can get him at the same price. i would lock him down, and potentially save yourself some money.

pass on jones, he's got way too much competition in NYJ.

[jmlevy]

So you propose that my five keepers (the minimum) should be:

QB Brees - $32 - 16%
WR Wayne - $28 - 14%
WR Berrian - $3 - 1.5%
RB Grant - $32 - 16%
RB B Jackson - $1 - .5%

These five would cost me $96, which would leave me $104 with which to fill out the rest of my roster and target youngsters/rookies. Thoughts?

[lugmetric]

reports right now are that bjax is being passed by deshawn wynn as grant's backup, so you may want to consider that. i might keep justin gage for $2 instead. if you can wait a little to see how camp shakes out, i would do so.

[jmlevy]

reports right now are that bjax is being passed by deshawn wynn as grant's backup, so you may want to consider that. i might keep justin gage for $2 instead. if you can wait a little to see how camp shakes out, i would do so.

So final opinion: if you had to choose between BJax at $1 or Gage for $2, which would you decide? My Titans bias points me towards Gage, but I like having a handcuff on Grant.

[UNDEFEATED]

With 5 possible keepers...there may be nothing for you to bid on.

Its hugely possible if you let westy go....you can get him back cheaper.

[jmlevy]

Deadline is coming up...anyone else...PLEASE!

[bazzy_51]

Brees
Wayne
Berrian
Grant
Gage

you should be able to get Westy cheaper in the auction, but thats going to be about the only RB left worth bidding on. fill out your roster grab rookies and ride this year out, go after Westy hard and Brown/McCoy whichever comes cheapter, that would give you a nice RB Trio, then fill your squad out. your not sitting in too bad of shape at WR with a nice top 2, add a higher quality WR3 then Gage, a cheap TE like Carlson/Celek and spend the majority on your RB situation, leaving you around 20ish to fill in your IDP/DEF/K thats $4 per and im sure you could pick up very good quality IDP for $1 a piece adding more to your DEF/ST... your not really sitting in that bad of a situation right now, just going after a couple big RB and one big WR will be a must in the draft.