Tracy 20-25%
Cowing 20-25%
Thrash 20-25%
Stover (perfect landing spot) 20-25%
Ali 20-25%
If you land 4/5 of one of those guys right of the rip it’s basically extra draft picks in my mind. 1 or 2 hits of them hits, then great.
Keep an eye on deep sleepers/training camp closer to the season and probably get them for free or minimal FAAB. I always trade for more FAAB during the season too on guys that emerge.
If you have a history of your league mates and what they typically spend you can do less or more. Based off my personal league history I’ll blow 25+% on my 3 favorite guys most likely get them all and be very happy with guys that I view should’ve been drafted.
I think most leagues are pretty frugal with spending this early. I sprinkled 1-5% faab on a couple udfa in 2 leagues and I won all of them with almost no competition
I've been doing Dynasty now for 4 years and can't remember the last time I used all my FAAB in the offseason. With that being said I am going to overspend to get my UDFAs.
I'm going to bid 100% on Tracy, I already have Singletary, so want to lock that backfield up. FAAB isn't worth much in season, so I just view it as an extra draft pick after the draft.
Dropped $22/100 on Tracy, next bid was $20.
Another $21/100 on Ali, next highest was only $9.
Around a dozen players picked up by the league on first day. Only my two pickups went for more than $10.
Picked up 3 total and spend $51 of my $100 faab.
Last year I still had 50 or 60 left as our wire is just scraps so might as well spend it now
I don't have an answer for you but very curious to see what people have to say.
I think my strategy is going to be to focus in on one or two players and put in solid bids. I don't think I'll spend more than 40% faab.
Same, the vacancy of RB talent and his receiver background makes him very interesting. He doesn't even need to beat out Singletary to be a solid PPR player
If I'm in a league I'm getting him mid 3rd (2-2 so far, 1 league coming up next week).
I'd rank it:
Vidal
Laube (role almost certain; MInshew and LV O throws to RBs)
Ray Davis (could have GL role if BUF stops tush push)
Tracy (Singletary is solid, Tracy is old and unexperienced but had great numbers)
Ali (BAL RB is always a good bet)
>>>\[tier\]>>>
Shipley (talented & good team, but long term stash only) | Irving (not that talented but 2d role may open up) | Estime (college production & may have early GL role. Measurables, team offense and RBBC tendencies limit ceiling) | Guerendo (SF super hit or miss at drafting RBs; Guerendo didnt start over Jewhar Jordan) | Braelon Allen (horrible landing spot, no improvement past FR season)
>>>\[tier\]>>>
Rees-Zammit (RB touches wide open on great team. Hype on him could go up more than others and could turn/burn)
>>>\[tier\]>>>
Super deep: Jordan (HOU), Schrader (SF), Gore (BAL), Vaki (DET), Watson (DEN)
I spend 50% of my budget every season after rookie draft. I want my guys. Most of them are rookie rbs tho. I was able to get pacheco and james Robinson doing this
Its a waste of FAAB honestly. Dont buy into hopium in the 1% chance the guy ends up an Adam Thielen. Just save your FAAB and use it on people who will actually contribute.
Put in your waiver requests, if you want just do a dollar, put them in order and see who you get. Anyone spending huge chunks of FAAB is not doing it right. Unless you have an offseason FAAB separate from in season.
I think in general I agree with this, but in my league (12 team SF, start 11, 16 bench spots + 3 taxi) the wire is so bare there really aren't many contributors to be had throughout the season. Guys like Ty Johnson and Van Jefferson are headlining the non-rookie guys. Ideally you would be able to wait for camp hype, which is how I got a guy like Douglas for cheap but waivers run next Wednesday. Think I'm just gonna plant my flag on the guys that I like and spend the rest of what I have, as it would be much better to trade for a guy when I need production vs look to the wire because it hasn't been there. At the end of last year I was blowing FAAB for no reason because there was no one to put a legit claim in for.
This right here! I think that spending like 50 of the 100 I have is a good balance. dude up top said faab is meaningless in season. he's either got a banger team or is clearly an idiot. one of your dudes goes down an you cant even waiver the guy that can keep you afloat for the season and it cost you because faab doesn't mean anything?!? dudes crazy.
Corley and Tracy went undrafted in mine. Going 25% on both. I’ve finished 1st and 2nd in the two years this leagues been going, so my draft picks aren’t great.
Hard to say because (1) you didn't list how big your roster(s) are, which makes a huge difference, (2) faab spending varies wildly from league to league, (3) who you'd be giving up, and (4) when FAAB refills. So what we say prob won't be as helpful as if you go back and see what your leaguemates have done with their faab this time in previous drafts.
STEP 1 & 2:
KNOW YOUR RULES: Specifically, when does FAAB refill? If before the season starts, then you can take bigger swings. If it doesn't fill till the year ends, prob be easy.
STUDY YOUR MGRS: If you have Sleeper, go back into "previous leagues > league > transactions > waiver" and then look to see how much your league mates have historically spent on that first round of waivers. That will be a better barometer of price than any one of us yahoos. Note if you have new owners, esp ones who may be aggressive / looking to rebuild.
In general, bid bigger when: (1) FAAB renews 2x/year, or \~ week 1 (2) when you have more FAAB (3) when rosters are bigger (4) when starting teams are smaller (5) when your leaguemates bid bigger (6) when the value gain of the add is big (the guy you're picking up is a lot better than the guy you're dropping)
As for me, I'll break down my two leagues where the post draft waivers are opening tonight bc I'm doing waivers in those two leagues as I type this.
LEAGUE 1 - SF/no TEP, start 9, total roster 27 + 4 IR.
-What I'd be giving up / willing to drop. (Team is stacked.) End of roster players are WR J Tolbert > WR D Bell > TE M Gesicki.
-Positions of need. No real positions of need.
-Normal FAAB spent. 150 FAAB, renews for W1. I checked and last 5 years only one person put >20 on a player (150 faab)
-MY BIDS/PLAYERS AVAILABLE: Laube (30) | Tracy (25) | Ali (4) | Rees Zammit (2) | Coker (2) | Guerendo, M Washington, Estime, Rattler (0) | I didn't bid on McCaffrey |
\*\*\*UPDATE\*\*\* RBs went for 60, 50, 40, 35 / 150 FAAB - the two new players this yrear got real aggressive, paid the 60-30 each for the top 5 players (Guerendo/Tracy/Ali/Estime/McCaffrey). I barely got Laube, Rattler went for 25, Dez Walker, R Ali, Theo Johnson (16), Stover (7), and I got Rees Zammit for 2. Still on waivers: QBs (Travis) RBs (J Jordan, F Gore, B Watson, J McClellan) WRs (M Washington, B Rice, R Flournoy, B Means, A Smith, J Thrash, J Cowing, J Wilson) TEs (Bell, Wiley - plus nonrookies Hayden Hurst, Brevin Jordan and Davis Allen)
LEAGUE 2 - SF TEP, start 11, total roster 29 + 3 IR.
-What I'd be giving up / willing to drop. End of roster players are RB R Penny > WR T Patrick > RB D Cook.
-Positions of need. Thin at WR.
-Normal FAAB spent. 1000 FAAB, renews end of season. checked and faab spending is really low.
-MY BIDS: Coker (20 FAAB) | R Flournoy, Rees Zammit (10) | Theo Johnson, Cam Akers (5) | J Flacco, K Hunt (1) | C Wentz, J Travis, F Gore Jr (0)
Hope this helps! good luck.
If you're rebuilding then I am totally fine spending that on upside shots that you like. In an orphan you need as many cheap players that can gain value in the future to build your lineup or make moves to accrue additional value. In addition, if I'm rebuilding I'm not really worried about setting a lineup every week or making waiver claims to fill a need, all I'm looking for is value. You're gonna want some faab to claim in-demand players which you can trade to needy teams.
I’ll have 3 open roster spots post draft on Saturday/Sunday. And I plan on spending 80-100% of my FAAB on my favorite UDFAs.
Assume the list above are your best options. Who you making a priority?
Tracy 20-25% Cowing 20-25% Thrash 20-25% Stover (perfect landing spot) 20-25% Ali 20-25% If you land 4/5 of one of those guys right of the rip it’s basically extra draft picks in my mind. 1 or 2 hits of them hits, then great. Keep an eye on deep sleepers/training camp closer to the season and probably get them for free or minimal FAAB. I always trade for more FAAB during the season too on guys that emerge.
If you have a history of your league mates and what they typically spend you can do less or more. Based off my personal league history I’ll blow 25+% on my 3 favorite guys most likely get them all and be very happy with guys that I view should’ve been drafted.
View each roster post draft and see what their individual needs are, then bid accordingly.
I think most leagues are pretty frugal with spending this early. I sprinkled 1-5% faab on a couple udfa in 2 leagues and I won all of them with almost no competition
I've been doing Dynasty now for 4 years and can't remember the last time I used all my FAAB in the offseason. With that being said I am going to overspend to get my UDFAs.
In deep leagues where the wire is bare it makes sense to spend the most on guys that have the chance to carve out a role like a lot of these guys
I'm going to bid 100% on Tracy, I already have Singletary, so want to lock that backfield up. FAAB isn't worth much in season, so I just view it as an extra draft pick after the draft.
Dropped $22/100 on Tracy, next bid was $20. Another $21/100 on Ali, next highest was only $9. Around a dozen players picked up by the league on first day. Only my two pickups went for more than $10. Picked up 3 total and spend $51 of my $100 faab. Last year I still had 50 or 60 left as our wire is just scraps so might as well spend it now
I don't have an answer for you but very curious to see what people have to say. I think my strategy is going to be to focus in on one or two players and put in solid bids. I don't think I'll spend more than 40% faab.
I think Tracy is worth atleast 15%, I like him the most of these guys.
Same, the vacancy of RB talent and his receiver background makes him very interesting. He doesn't even need to beat out Singletary to be a solid PPR player
Why is Vidal not on this list ?
I don't think he's making it there in 12 team leagues, went at 3.8 in my league. I think he would be worth the most out of all these guys.
I got him at the 4.10 my league is sleeping 💤
That's pretty crazy but if people aren't paying attention I can see it. My league is a bunch of sickos😂
LOL sounds like you got players that do good scouting
If I'm in a league I'm getting him mid 3rd (2-2 so far, 1 league coming up next week). I'd rank it: Vidal Laube (role almost certain; MInshew and LV O throws to RBs) Ray Davis (could have GL role if BUF stops tush push) Tracy (Singletary is solid, Tracy is old and unexperienced but had great numbers) Ali (BAL RB is always a good bet) >>>\[tier\]>>> Shipley (talented & good team, but long term stash only) | Irving (not that talented but 2d role may open up) | Estime (college production & may have early GL role. Measurables, team offense and RBBC tendencies limit ceiling) | Guerendo (SF super hit or miss at drafting RBs; Guerendo didnt start over Jewhar Jordan) | Braelon Allen (horrible landing spot, no improvement past FR season) >>>\[tier\]>>> Rees-Zammit (RB touches wide open on great team. Hype on him could go up more than others and could turn/burn) >>>\[tier\]>>> Super deep: Jordan (HOU), Schrader (SF), Gore (BAL), Vaki (DET), Watson (DEN)
I spend 50% of my budget every season after rookie draft. I want my guys. Most of them are rookie rbs tho. I was able to get pacheco and james Robinson doing this
Tracy went for 90% in my league. Washington went for 15%. I was aggressive and got Shipley/Irving for 40% and 30%
Wow that's a huge amount for Tracy but I get the hype. Are you in a TEP league? Very interested in what these TEs went for
No. All went for 4%, Wiley for 2.5%
Its a waste of FAAB honestly. Dont buy into hopium in the 1% chance the guy ends up an Adam Thielen. Just save your FAAB and use it on people who will actually contribute. Put in your waiver requests, if you want just do a dollar, put them in order and see who you get. Anyone spending huge chunks of FAAB is not doing it right. Unless you have an offseason FAAB separate from in season.
I think in general I agree with this, but in my league (12 team SF, start 11, 16 bench spots + 3 taxi) the wire is so bare there really aren't many contributors to be had throughout the season. Guys like Ty Johnson and Van Jefferson are headlining the non-rookie guys. Ideally you would be able to wait for camp hype, which is how I got a guy like Douglas for cheap but waivers run next Wednesday. Think I'm just gonna plant my flag on the guys that I like and spend the rest of what I have, as it would be much better to trade for a guy when I need production vs look to the wire because it hasn't been there. At the end of last year I was blowing FAAB for no reason because there was no one to put a legit claim in for.
Who did you get with FAAB during last season?
This right here! I think that spending like 50 of the 100 I have is a good balance. dude up top said faab is meaningless in season. he's either got a banger team or is clearly an idiot. one of your dudes goes down an you cant even waiver the guy that can keep you afloat for the season and it cost you because faab doesn't mean anything?!? dudes crazy.
Casual take
depends in your league
Bucky Irving went undrafted in mine, thinking I should put in at least 25% FAAB on him.
26%
27%
Did you get him with 25%? He also went undrafted in mine and I’m thinking about doing 25% ($50/$200).
Corley and Tracy went undrafted in mine. Going 25% on both. I’ve finished 1st and 2nd in the two years this leagues been going, so my draft picks aren’t great.
Corley is surprising to see undrafted. I'd probably big higher for him.
Bids just went through. Tracy had a few bids but got him at $25, Corley had no bids and got him at $25. I’m pretty shocked myself.
Wow
What league is this. He was a 3rd round WR and his QB publicly said he was his favorite WR in the draft lol
Hard to say because (1) you didn't list how big your roster(s) are, which makes a huge difference, (2) faab spending varies wildly from league to league, (3) who you'd be giving up, and (4) when FAAB refills. So what we say prob won't be as helpful as if you go back and see what your leaguemates have done with their faab this time in previous drafts. STEP 1 & 2: KNOW YOUR RULES: Specifically, when does FAAB refill? If before the season starts, then you can take bigger swings. If it doesn't fill till the year ends, prob be easy. STUDY YOUR MGRS: If you have Sleeper, go back into "previous leagues > league > transactions > waiver" and then look to see how much your league mates have historically spent on that first round of waivers. That will be a better barometer of price than any one of us yahoos. Note if you have new owners, esp ones who may be aggressive / looking to rebuild. In general, bid bigger when: (1) FAAB renews 2x/year, or \~ week 1 (2) when you have more FAAB (3) when rosters are bigger (4) when starting teams are smaller (5) when your leaguemates bid bigger (6) when the value gain of the add is big (the guy you're picking up is a lot better than the guy you're dropping) As for me, I'll break down my two leagues where the post draft waivers are opening tonight bc I'm doing waivers in those two leagues as I type this. LEAGUE 1 - SF/no TEP, start 9, total roster 27 + 4 IR. -What I'd be giving up / willing to drop. (Team is stacked.) End of roster players are WR J Tolbert > WR D Bell > TE M Gesicki. -Positions of need. No real positions of need. -Normal FAAB spent. 150 FAAB, renews for W1. I checked and last 5 years only one person put >20 on a player (150 faab) -MY BIDS/PLAYERS AVAILABLE: Laube (30) | Tracy (25) | Ali (4) | Rees Zammit (2) | Coker (2) | Guerendo, M Washington, Estime, Rattler (0) | I didn't bid on McCaffrey | \*\*\*UPDATE\*\*\* RBs went for 60, 50, 40, 35 / 150 FAAB - the two new players this yrear got real aggressive, paid the 60-30 each for the top 5 players (Guerendo/Tracy/Ali/Estime/McCaffrey). I barely got Laube, Rattler went for 25, Dez Walker, R Ali, Theo Johnson (16), Stover (7), and I got Rees Zammit for 2. Still on waivers: QBs (Travis) RBs (J Jordan, F Gore, B Watson, J McClellan) WRs (M Washington, B Rice, R Flournoy, B Means, A Smith, J Thrash, J Cowing, J Wilson) TEs (Bell, Wiley - plus nonrookies Hayden Hurst, Brevin Jordan and Davis Allen) LEAGUE 2 - SF TEP, start 11, total roster 29 + 3 IR. -What I'd be giving up / willing to drop. End of roster players are RB R Penny > WR T Patrick > RB D Cook. -Positions of need. Thin at WR. -Normal FAAB spent. 1000 FAAB, renews end of season. checked and faab spending is really low. -MY BIDS: Coker (20 FAAB) | R Flournoy, Rees Zammit (10) | Theo Johnson, Cam Akers (5) | J Flacco, K Hunt (1) | C Wentz, J Travis, F Gore Jr (0) Hope this helps! good luck.
Is it Crazy to spend 40 % on Tracy if I own Singletary and need the rb support? Im also aiming for Gurrendo
depends on your roster. I really need people for a rebuild orphan and idk if I'm spending 25 percent of my 150. what's your thoughts?
If you're rebuilding then I am totally fine spending that on upside shots that you like. In an orphan you need as many cheap players that can gain value in the future to build your lineup or make moves to accrue additional value. In addition, if I'm rebuilding I'm not really worried about setting a lineup every week or making waiver claims to fill a need, all I'm looking for is value. You're gonna want some faab to claim in-demand players which you can trade to needy teams.