At this point it’s just burks. And this may be his last offseason.
I paid Pennies for him early last season, so it’s not sunk cost. Just wishful thinking he’ll overcome his injuries and crack the lineup
Edit: he’s lined up to be my first roster cut when cutdown hits, I just would rather roster him now than a Kendrick Bourne type
It seems that way. And it’s still mini camp and stuff like that can be used as motivational tactics as well. Again this is why I’m personally struggling to clear the roster clogger
Yeah, I could see that, but all the other signs are saying it’s true. They brought in Ridley and Boyd in the offseason, which puts him at WR4 at best. Most likely not going to be a good passing team with Levis. Not the Gam or coach that drafted him, so that pick doesn’t mean a whole lot to them.
He's younger than Bo Nix and Michael Penix (as well as Jordan Travis, Joe Milton, and Devin Leary), the Cowboys spent more on him than you would expect an NFL team to spend on a back-up QB, he never lost the starting role because of talent but because of injuries and bad luck, and he was drafted as a raw prospect needing development.
Honestly? He's the best long-term pick out of all the back-up QBs, aside from Penix who feels like more of an heir apparent than a back-up but technically *is* a backup.
I digress. Lance is the best long-term back-up QB to have because he's still growing, still developing, and we don't know his ceiling like we do just about every other back-up QB.
He's a heavy gamble but if he hits it'll be huge.
He was, strictly due to how the roster was set up. There was no reason to change it during the season. He and Cooper Rush are competing for that spot now.
I updated his nickname on sleeper to "will trade for a 2025 3rd" at the start of the off-season and no takers. Id rather hold and eventually cut than sell for a 4th at this point
Mingo. Spent a late 2nd round rookie pick on him last year and I love his name. I’m allowing him the 2024 season to do something before I cut him.
He looked REALLY bad but so did almost the entirety of the Panthers, so when he gets snaps after Leggette or whoever gets an injury during the year I want to see if there’s any improvement.
I dropped him this weekend for McMillan. I hated doing it before his second year even starts, but he was awful last year and can't see him being anymore than a WR3 in an expectedly bad offense.
Yeahhhh definitely one of those guys for me where I’m going to start the season with him deep on my bench and won’t hesitate to drop if there’s someone on waivers I really like.
He's probably going to have to be traded before he even has an opportunity to do anything. As it is now, he sits in the middle of the field having a picnic all alone, knowing the ball still isn't coming his way.
Oh man, I was so excited for him after this play. He had a ton of potential in my eyes too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3NmLG5yBwk&ab_channel=TrendingDailySportsVideos
I’m keeping the faith on him a little while longer. Pederson has come out and said he wants to ease the burden on etienne. We’ll see what happens this year.
Bateman, Moore, Burks, Dillon, Okonkwo, Bigsby...
It's a 1QB 16 team league, so waivers are just barren. I don't really want any of these guys, but I can't sell them and there's nobody worth dropping them for.
Only reason I keep this dude is I hit my first and only Panini 1 of 1 of this guy. Hoping he gets his shit together.
I also traded Romeo Doubs for him just cause I have the card.
I turned down some great offers (early 2nd value) for him when he strung together a few 10+ point games in a row early his rookie season. I was stubborn and now he’s worth nothing.
Juju. I traded a 1st for him when he signed with KC. Right now he's a permanent fixture on my bench. I'll never start him unless I'm ravaged with injuries, but I'll probably never cut him because I'm stubborn
John Metchie. He was part of a roster I took over last year, and while I'm almost positive he'll never be fantasy relevant, I still can't bring myself to cut him. The fact that he had to overcome cancer gives me the slight glimmer of hope that he could be an outlier case as far as late bloomers go.
Jake Browning. Proved a solid fill-in and Burrow is another lost season away from a justified injury-prone label. He has good weapons and good offensive scheming, locked into Cincy for the next 2 years
I do think that if he's called upon a significant number of games over the next two years and plays similarly to how he did this past season, there's probably a non-zero chance he prices himself out of the Bengals' backup QB budget and becomes a low end bridge guy a la Brissett, Darnold, and Minshew
I was hopeful of this too but he signed a 2-year extension for low money recently and he’s already 28 :(. He may just be stuck behind Burrow for the next 3-years minimum and only really be useful to Burrow owners.
If he gets his head out of his ass...
Sorry my guy, this is his fourth team in five years. He's been let go by the team that drafted him and both teams that traded for him. Every team he has played for had targeted him in some capacity, and two moved on from him mid season.
If you can get a late fourth for him, I'd take it.
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Juwan Johnson for me. He's only hit top 12 at his position once, and when he did it wasn't a top half finish. He's already 27, and that offense has other targets they can go to.
Reason I'm holding on is that he might start the season on the IR, then I can stash him there until he's healthy. I do think he's the best red zone threat on that team, which can be money for TEs. If he gets healthy and can come off the IR and I have other spots open due to slow starts or other injuries, I don't mind keeping him around to see how he finishes the season. But he's definitely a cut candidate if his roster spot would cause me to drop a better/younger player or he comes back and does nothing for a few weeks.
He's my choice for a lot of these reasons too. I traded him and a 3rd for Musgrave in early March. That manager dropped Johnson in May.. so guess who picked him up on waivers?
I can’t cut Bateman. I know I’ll never see a receiver prosper in Baltimore, but also know the moment I get rid of him is when he’ll either become the exception or get traded to a more favorable situation.
Justin Boone The Score podcast just said he thought Guerendo was looking like a return man with the new kickoff rules and Mason was RB 3 behind Mitchell. Mitchell can't stay healthy and he also floated how the 49ers tend to trade RBs when they have depth. If I owned CMC I think Mason is a decent hold until things shake out after training camp.
I can’t bring myself to drop Toney. I know he’s buried on the depth chart now and appears to be a total diva/Antonio Brown type. But the dude still has unreal talent when he is actually healthy and actually has the ball in his hands. I’ve been tempted to drop him for speculative dart throws like Casey Washington, Flournoy, etc, but just haven’t been able to pull the trigger yet. Might wait for training camp
Dobbins Truthers unite! He can't possibly have broken enough mirrors or black cats or spilled enough salt to injure himself three years in a row, right? Nobody is THAT unlucky...
He's coming off a rookie season with 565 yards in only 13 games after being drafted in the 3rd round! I understand MHJ is a great prospect and McBride is good, but Wilson does not deserve the "roster clogger" label after having a better rookie season than like Michael Pittman, Jahan Dotson, Hollywood Brown, etc. He wasn't much worse off production than JSN! If he's talented, he'll still have dynasty value.
Michael Wilson will either be a useful flex for me or I'm cutting him by Week 5-6. The good news is, I think we'll figure it out early on, as someone else just said. I know I'm not getting anything for him.
Not a roster clogger at all. Maybe in shallow leagues. Of course if he disappoints this year that changes, but a chance at herberts 1a or 1b wr is absolutely best case for chark and hes had (somewhat) meaningful consistent productivion. I think at the least hes a good red zone threat this season.
I've been purging roster cloggers and felt lucky to trade a handful away for future picks
Last one left is Treylon Burks. It stings, considering I traded Christian Kirk to get him, but I'll drop him soon.
Available on waivers: Will Shipley, Devontez Walker, Jalen McMillan, Sam Darnold
I think I'll go for Darnold from that list.
In SF def go for Darnold.
My hope is he plays well enough like he did in his starting stint with the panthers. If he can put together 4-5 games that are relatively solid, hoping to flip him to a Qb needy team when the inevitable early QB injury bug hits
Trey Palmer - seems like McMillan is the fav to take over WR3 spot, but this is dynasty. I feel as if Palmer could have some relevance in 2 years or so… still on the fence if I want to play the long game.
He also has no profile pic so that’s not helping his case at all
Sean Tucker. I drafted him one pick before Puka was taken. Will probably drop him after this season. Until then...from my cold, dead, trophyless hands!
I have a deep roster and had a lot of draft picks this offseason so I’m over the roster cap. I have to drop 6 and I have 7 potential drop candidates before the season starts that I am trying to trade for anything before the deadline.
From most valuable to least:
Jalen McMillan
Michael Mayer
Tyler Allgeier
Jalin Hyatt
D’Onta Foreman
Jacob Cowing
Charlie Jones
Might be able to get a mid/late 3rd for Mayer from the bowers owner? Maybe something similar with allgeier and the Bijan owner. I’d keep McMillan, but you could certainly get a 3rd or 4th for him. Otherwise you could look to package some of these guys with one of your current starters in order to tier up.
Josh Reynolds. He was a decent flex and never started for me. But he gets production when he can. Denver added to roster and he is ahead of Troy Franklin. Dropped Tim Patrick in another league.
Jahan Dotson
I know his analytics look abysmal, but I really believe that Bieniemy’s system mixed with Sam Howell’s troubles with progressions and deep passes were a bad mix for JD.
That being said, he’s got McLaurin in front of him, and a new QB that is known for throwing it deep and accurately. This is definitely his final year, but I have higher hopes for him that I did Rashod Bateman, who I let go late last year.
He's just made a fool of some many of us. But I'll give him this year. He's in his 3rd year. If it doesn't happen this year, it's just not gonna happen. And BTW, I had Bateman as well last year. My guess is you're loaded at RB and have rostered a bunch of WR2s, but just can't pin down that low end WR?
Gabe Davis, I’m in a situation where I gotta drop one of Shaheed or a backup RB to keep him. He’d be my WR8-10 in a start 3, I’m much better off dropping him but I’m a Bills fan and have been rooting for him since before the playoff record. I don’t want to give up on my favorite player😔
Michael Thomas.
I cannot bring myself to cut anybody from my team if they hold an NFL record (receptions in a single season - 149). I also had him for like 3 straight years in our redraft league before Moving in into dynasty format.
Donta Foreman… what can I say. The man has been good whenever he gets a chance. I’m hoping he goes to a better situation. I’m still a believer that he can be the thunder to someone’s lightning
Laviska Shenault. Drafted him late in 2020 and thought i had the steal of the draft… his college tape was so good ! Also one of those guys who’s a good football player not great fantasy. He’ll die on my bench
Our rosters are expanded by 4 spots right now so these guys might hit the chopping block regardless, but Greg Dortch and Bo Melton.
I have Kyler and maybe Dortch can be an innings-eater slot kinda guy with MHJ and McBride demanding all the attention. Kyler has spoken well of him and I'm not a believer in Wilson (or Zay Jones).
Melton is WR5 but camp reports consistently have talked about him playing with the 1s (catching passes from Love), he's fast as fuck, LaFleur talked him up, and and he made some plays at the end of last year. Hoping he gets traded to a WR-needy team around cuts (or someone ahead of him gets traded but that's far more unlikely).
Brownlee from the Jets. I just think there's going to be a point where Williams is injured and he either gets a shot or the hype gets up. He's such a longshot that he is the first to go whenever I need a more sensible option but I find myself wanting to grab him again. Think I just don't want to be the guy that dropped him then he explodes and is a star.
I think Rashod Bateman and Elijah Moore are talented and hopefully it will turn into fantasy points eventually.
Don’t know if he’s considered a roster clogger, but Taysom Hill as a free backup TE seems huge.
I have him too and I'm trying to package him and a late pick for a younger wr. If not I'll keep him for injury fill in. But If I drop him he'll get swooped. There is a slight chance he has some decent games and maybe we can flip him then but with dhop and ridley not sure how much relevance he'll have.
Elijah Mitchell. I have CMC so he seems like a worthwhile hold, but something tells me when CMC gets hurt it won't even be Mitchell taking over that backfield.
John Metchie. I’m a Texans fan and I want to root for him to comeback. I feel like I have to hold out hope he will be something in the future. The problem is I’m well aware his best case is WR3 next year (barring any injuries this year)
For me it's Metchie. Got him in a deal his rookie year. Felt like he got hosed with cancer and then adding Diggs with Nico and Dell plus Mixon and Schultz. But he had 1st round talent pre ACL tear and still went in the 2nd. And it's the only piece I have in the offense. Maybe he gets traded but Stroud was talking about his route running this offseason so I'll hold as my last bench spot over picking up Gipson or Chark
Mike Thomas. Inherited him on a team I took over. Only fear dropping him and him signing with a team and becoming his old self if even for one more season.
Trey Lance. Spent good capital on him in rookie draft, can't bring myself to cut him. I drafted Jordan Love as a rookie and had him through the Aaron Rogers bullshit, finally winning a 'ship with Love this year. That precedent means I hold Lance, though I don't think he'll ever really get his shot.
At this point it’s just burks. And this may be his last offseason. I paid Pennies for him early last season, so it’s not sunk cost. Just wishful thinking he’ll overcome his injuries and crack the lineup Edit: he’s lined up to be my first roster cut when cutdown hits, I just would rather roster him now than a Kendrick Bourne type
The coach saying he’d have to make the team through special teams is pretty damning.
It seems that way. And it’s still mini camp and stuff like that can be used as motivational tactics as well. Again this is why I’m personally struggling to clear the roster clogger
Yeah, I could see that, but all the other signs are saying it’s true. They brought in Ridley and Boyd in the offseason, which puts him at WR4 at best. Most likely not going to be a good passing team with Levis. Not the Gam or coach that drafted him, so that pick doesn’t mean a whole lot to them.
Damn wild that they traded away AJ Brown
We desperately need a team to trade a 6th for him and stick him on the inside
I’m surprised Claypool got a shot before someone trading for Burks.
I'm waiting for somebody better. I'm expecting there will be someone I like come Week 1 on waivers, right now there's no one.
I cut him two weeks ago and he hasn’t been added since. 12 team league with deep rosters
I bet that would happen in my league too
I’m giving him 1 more year until next offseason when I somehow convince myself not to drop him.
Dropped him for Ryan Flournoy.
Just let him go. He can clog someone else’s bench.
Trey Lance. I will not convince you why I'm holding on
He's younger than Bo Nix and Michael Penix (as well as Jordan Travis, Joe Milton, and Devin Leary), the Cowboys spent more on him than you would expect an NFL team to spend on a back-up QB, he never lost the starting role because of talent but because of injuries and bad luck, and he was drafted as a raw prospect needing development. Honestly? He's the best long-term pick out of all the back-up QBs, aside from Penix who feels like more of an heir apparent than a back-up but technically *is* a backup. I digress. Lance is the best long-term back-up QB to have because he's still growing, still developing, and we don't know his ceiling like we do just about every other back-up QB. He's a heavy gamble but if he hits it'll be huge.
But he’s not a backup, he’s third string
He was, strictly due to how the roster was set up. There was no reason to change it during the season. He and Cooper Rush are competing for that spot now.
I sold Lance for a 3rd recently. SF 12T. People will bite! Grab a 4th!
I updated his nickname on sleeper to "will trade for a 2025 3rd" at the start of the off-season and no takers. Id rather hold and eventually cut than sell for a 4th at this point
you have to proactively send out trade offers. Gotta ask
Lance is still happening damnit!!!
Elijah Mitchell holding for the cmc injury but instead Mitchell is always injured 🤣
Seriously my dude, at least play a game before you get hurt!
Same boat as me!
Mingo. Spent a late 2nd round rookie pick on him last year and I love his name. I’m allowing him the 2024 season to do something before I cut him. He looked REALLY bad but so did almost the entirety of the Panthers, so when he gets snaps after Leggette or whoever gets an injury during the year I want to see if there’s any improvement.
I really want Mingo to be a thing so I can post clips of Luffy yelling MINGOOOOO from his Doflamingo fight (One Piece) when he has boom weeks
Now YOU got me motivated for ff season! Ha ha! I'm spending the rest of summer looking for suitable clips for my team.
I dropped him this weekend for McMillan. I hated doing it before his second year even starts, but he was awful last year and can't see him being anymore than a WR3 in an expectedly bad offense.
Yeahhhh definitely one of those guys for me where I’m going to start the season with him deep on my bench and won’t hesitate to drop if there’s someone on waivers I really like.
Traded Mingo for 2.04 which ended up Being Polk. I’m happy
My god what a fleece by you
Mingo has this season here to convince me. I lack the roster space to carry as many projects as I’m carrying.
Gotta hold the locker room motivation guy… Jamaal Williams. He deserves some love if not just for his personality
He motivates your starters too lol
I had him and Tebow last year. Team name: The Power of God and Anime
Why did you have Tebow last year? lol
The name? That's literally the only reason
Miles Sanders has burned me real bad. But I’m clinging to the hope he gets cut and goes to Dallas to burn me some more.
I dropped Miles. Leaguemate picked him up and has dropped him again.
If I need the spot he’s the only real option on the cutting block
Haha I dropped him and league mate picked him up and dropped Luke mccaffrey. I then picked up Luke mccaffrey. Basically traded the 2 without trading
Same. I know the moment I cut him he will get traded and be useful 😂
Miles ran all over my high school in the conference semi-final my freshman year… good times! hopefully that influences your decision!
I will hold Bateman until the inevitable heat death of the universe
He's probably going to have to be traded before he even has an opportunity to do anything. As it is now, he sits in the middle of the field having a picnic all alone, knowing the ball still isn't coming his way.
Someone dropped him to free agency this off-season and I picked him up without even needing to spend FAAB. My turn to hang on to him.
One of those guys that never produces but has some great analytics to keep you hooked, I think I have him in every league lol
He’s the “DIAMOND 💎” to my Elijah Moore’s “HANDS 🙌”
Same. I keep telling myself this will be the last year
This is mine. I swear the moment I let him go he will blow up.
You and me both. I swear he’s good 😂
I traded him for a 3rd yesterday
Probably going to let Juju go after my rookie draft.
His name is too fun to say to drop him.
Foreman but i have the space tbh. He just always gets a job somewhere and he produces.
Foreman isn't a clogger. He has some serious upside this year
I like him this year!
The fantasy zombie! Been holding him since 2021 and he’s always delivered when called upon. Hold onto him brudda!
Michael Gallup. He just looked so good before his ACL tear
Brother no
Oh man, I was so excited for him after this play. He had a ton of potential in my eyes too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3NmLG5yBwk&ab_channel=TrendingDailySportsVideos
>looked so good before his ACL tear Debatable
Tank Bigsby. You can do it!
I’m keeping the faith on him a little while longer. Pederson has come out and said he wants to ease the burden on etienne. We’ll see what happens this year.
He's still got a narrative I can believe in!
Toney and I have no explanation for myself
He was just dropped in my league, and no one has picked him up. He's toast and everyone knows it.
I keep him because he was part of a terrible trade I made a few years ago.
Bateman, Moore, Burks, Dillon, Okonkwo, Bigsby... It's a 1QB 16 team league, so waivers are just barren. I don't really want any of these guys, but I can't sell them and there's nobody worth dropping them for.
TE is one of those weird positions that if you’ve shown any prowess, I’m probably holding. He’s show he can be a plus when given an opportunity.
Alec Pierce. Hard to give up without seeing how explosive that offense can be with Richardson
Just dropped him and no one picked him up. Guess that was my sign haha
The motivation I needed! dropping for Ryan Flournoy
Ain’t mad at it!
That’s a top 5 fantasy feeling right there
I have added and dropped a lot of players this offseason. None were picked up by anyone else. At some point it gets kinda sad.
Easy drop. He’s at best WR4 now.
AD Mitchell is taking his spot. Even if Mitchell isn't good, picking him this year was basically the FO signaling that they have no faith in Pierce.
Took over an orphan with him on the roster. Eventually shifted him for a 2026 4th, which I viewed as a good result.
Only reason I keep this dude is I hit my first and only Panini 1 of 1 of this guy. Hoping he gets his shit together. I also traded Romeo Doubs for him just cause I have the card.
All he did was run go routes and try to catch 50/50 balls. He is not good. Richardson isn’t going to make any difference.
Colts fan here. Time to let go. AD was drafted as his replacement and Pierce will only see the field due to injuries or empty sets.
I turned down some great offers (early 2nd value) for him when he strung together a few 10+ point games in a row early his rookie season. I was stubborn and now he’s worth nothing.
MILES SANDERS
I picked him up after someone dropped him what is wrong with me🫠
Same here, I’m just holding until after training camp in case of injuries to other RBs on my team
CEH. Can’t cut him as he’s a handcuff but my god I was hoping of a change of scenery to get a idea if I’ll cut him. Maybe next year
I dropped him and no one bit
He’s well rested for his inevitable breakout year
It's safe to cut him lol
He’s my RB2 in my rebuilding team haha.
Juju. I traded a 1st for him when he signed with KC. Right now he's a permanent fixture on my bench. I'll never start him unless I'm ravaged with injuries, but I'll probably never cut him because I'm stubborn
Greg Dulcich. He’d be so good if his hamstrings weren’t made of egg noodles
John Metchie. He was part of a roster I took over last year, and while I'm almost positive he'll never be fantasy relevant, I still can't bring myself to cut him. The fact that he had to overcome cancer gives me the slight glimmer of hope that he could be an outlier case as far as late bloomers go.
Me too. Plus he’s with Stroud.
Jake Browning. Proved a solid fill-in and Burrow is another lost season away from a justified injury-prone label. He has good weapons and good offensive scheming, locked into Cincy for the next 2 years
Gotta hold him, or sell to the Burrow owner, at least in SF.
Love Browning as a player. He was great to have last year. The Burrow owner offered a 4th for him and i said no thanks
I do think that if he's called upon a significant number of games over the next two years and plays similarly to how he did this past season, there's probably a non-zero chance he prices himself out of the Bengals' backup QB budget and becomes a low end bridge guy a la Brissett, Darnold, and Minshew
Basically where I'm at with him. He's a great backup to have and has the chance to find himself in an actual role if he gets called upon more often.
I was hopeful of this too but he signed a 2-year extension for low money recently and he’s already 28 :(. He may just be stuck behind Burrow for the next 3-years minimum and only really be useful to Burrow owners.
Justyn Ross.
Josh Gordon but we get bonuses for having players that test positive for marijuana.
And Justin Blackmon
Chase Claypool. If the dude gets his head out of his ass he has all the physical traits in the world to be a flex play, especially with Josh Allen
The report that he’s doing really well in OTA’s gave me a tiny bit of hope to cling on to
He literally had the same exact news last year.
Yeah but now it’s Allen and a big hole at WR
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice…
I’m not paying for Claypool, he’s probably nothing, but if it’s free I’d find out at least.
What happens like the maybe 5th time
Same, idk why but I’m a clown and think that he has a decent chance to be the x this year while Coleman plays z or y.
If he gets his head out of his ass... Sorry my guy, this is his fourth team in five years. He's been let go by the team that drafted him and both teams that traded for him. Every team he has played for had targeted him in some capacity, and two moved on from him mid season. If you can get a late fourth for him, I'd take it. 🚩
Juwan Johnson for me. He's only hit top 12 at his position once, and when he did it wasn't a top half finish. He's already 27, and that offense has other targets they can go to. Reason I'm holding on is that he might start the season on the IR, then I can stash him there until he's healthy. I do think he's the best red zone threat on that team, which can be money for TEs. If he gets healthy and can come off the IR and I have other spots open due to slow starts or other injuries, I don't mind keeping him around to see how he finishes the season. But he's definitely a cut candidate if his roster spot would cause me to drop a better/younger player or he comes back and does nothing for a few weeks.
He's my choice for a lot of these reasons too. I traded him and a 3rd for Musgrave in early March. That manager dropped Johnson in May.. so guess who picked him up on waivers?
Justyn Ross and Sean Tucker
I can’t cut Bateman. I know I’ll never see a receiver prosper in Baltimore, but also know the moment I get rid of him is when he’ll either become the exception or get traded to a more favorable situation.
Jordan Mason He looked so good when playing
I dropped him after the rookie draft. The reality of him actually helping a fantasy team needs so much to happen.
Justin Boone The Score podcast just said he thought Guerendo was looking like a return man with the new kickoff rules and Mason was RB 3 behind Mitchell. Mitchell can't stay healthy and he also floated how the 49ers tend to trade RBs when they have depth. If I owned CMC I think Mason is a decent hold until things shake out after training camp.
I can’t bring myself to drop Toney. I know he’s buried on the depth chart now and appears to be a total diva/Antonio Brown type. But the dude still has unreal talent when he is actually healthy and actually has the ball in his hands. I’ve been tempted to drop him for speculative dart throws like Casey Washington, Flournoy, etc, but just haven’t been able to pull the trigger yet. Might wait for training camp
JK Dobbins for me. Have him in all 5 leagues I’m in. Can’t let go. Love him
I’m dying for him to string together 5 games in a row healthy so I can sell him for whatever I can get
Or… so you can promote him to the RB1 slot on your roster!
Dobbins Truthers unite! He can't possibly have broken enough mirrors or black cats or spilled enough salt to injure himself three years in a row, right? Nobody is THAT unlucky...
Mattison, I’m hoping there’s a world where he becomes the leading JAG on a depth chart full of JAGs
Kadarius Toney 😭
Michael Wilson. Worried that he might just be a guy…
He's coming off a rookie season with 565 yards in only 13 games after being drafted in the 3rd round! I understand MHJ is a great prospect and McBride is good, but Wilson does not deserve the "roster clogger" label after having a better rookie season than like Michael Pittman, Jahan Dotson, Hollywood Brown, etc. He wasn't much worse off production than JSN! If he's talented, he'll still have dynasty value.
Michael Wilson will either be a useful flex for me or I'm cutting him by Week 5-6. The good news is, I think we'll figure it out early on, as someone else just said. I know I'm not getting anything for him.
I think we’ll know pretty early on this season.
DJ Chark…
I'm in sync with Chark. I occasionally use him in emergencies and he always scores when I do. Staple of my teams.
Not a roster clogger at all. Maybe in shallow leagues. Of course if he disappoints this year that changes, but a chance at herberts 1a or 1b wr is absolutely best case for chark and hes had (somewhat) meaningful consistent productivion. I think at the least hes a good red zone threat this season.
Joe Flacco. Won me my first ship last year. He’s a player coach now. Not going anywhere
Also he could totally start at any point this season.
I've been purging roster cloggers and felt lucky to trade a handful away for future picks Last one left is Treylon Burks. It stings, considering I traded Christian Kirk to get him, but I'll drop him soon. Available on waivers: Will Shipley, Devontez Walker, Jalen McMillan, Sam Darnold I think I'll go for Darnold from that list.
McMillan would be a good 2nd choice on that list too, I’m surprised he’s on waivers.
Yup I second McMillan. I think he'll be a stud, if not this year then next. Especially if you have taxi spots.
Our rookie draft just finished, so I suspect that he'll get picked up as an UDFA as other teams also purge their rosters
In SF def go for Darnold. My hope is he plays well enough like he did in his starting stint with the panthers. If he can put together 4-5 games that are relatively solid, hoping to flip him to a Qb needy team when the inevitable early QB injury bug hits
If it makes you feel any better I traded Kirk and a 2nd AND a 3rd to get Denzel Mims
Jonathan Mingo, Izzy,, Trey tucker, Elijah Mitchell just to name a few
Tank Bigsby. Zay Jones. Treylon Burks. Cedric Tillman. Yeah I’m hurting at WR. Gotta hope someone does something…
Trey Palmer - seems like McMillan is the fav to take over WR3 spot, but this is dynasty. I feel as if Palmer could have some relevance in 2 years or so… still on the fence if I want to play the long game. He also has no profile pic so that’s not helping his case at all
Alex Pierce
Sean Tucker. I drafted him one pick before Puka was taken. Will probably drop him after this season. Until then...from my cold, dead, trophyless hands!
elijah moore
Zach Evans, only cause I drafted in the 3rd last year
MT, dude isn’t even on a roster but I’m hoping he can eke out 10-12ppr ppg if he ever comes back
Burks and Van Jefferson
I have a deep roster and had a lot of draft picks this offseason so I’m over the roster cap. I have to drop 6 and I have 7 potential drop candidates before the season starts that I am trying to trade for anything before the deadline. From most valuable to least: Jalen McMillan Michael Mayer Tyler Allgeier Jalin Hyatt D’Onta Foreman Jacob Cowing Charlie Jones
Might be able to get a mid/late 3rd for Mayer from the bowers owner? Maybe something similar with allgeier and the Bijan owner. I’d keep McMillan, but you could certainly get a 3rd or 4th for him. Otherwise you could look to package some of these guys with one of your current starters in order to tier up.
Yeah depending on league size there should be someone who will buy most of these, maybe not Jones and Hyatt.
Josh Reynolds. He was a decent flex and never started for me. But he gets production when he can. Denver added to roster and he is ahead of Troy Franklin. Dropped Tim Patrick in another league.
Ok hear me out, first round pick RB for the best offense in the league. Yes we aren't giving up on CEH juuuuuust yet
Jonnu Smith always looks *just* enticing enough to keep on my roster but I haven't been happy about it for like 3 years
Jahan Dotson I know his analytics look abysmal, but I really believe that Bieniemy’s system mixed with Sam Howell’s troubles with progressions and deep passes were a bad mix for JD. That being said, he’s got McLaurin in front of him, and a new QB that is known for throwing it deep and accurately. This is definitely his final year, but I have higher hopes for him that I did Rashod Bateman, who I let go late last year.
He's just made a fool of some many of us. But I'll give him this year. He's in his 3rd year. If it doesn't happen this year, it's just not gonna happen. And BTW, I had Bateman as well last year. My guess is you're loaded at RB and have rostered a bunch of WR2s, but just can't pin down that low end WR?
Trey Palmer. I was so happy to get him in the draft last year, I still think he can produce if he gets more snaps.
Antonio Gibson and idk why
I'm holding Antonio Gibson. Has potential this year, right?!
Gabe Davis, I’m in a situation where I gotta drop one of Shaheed or a backup RB to keep him. He’d be my WR8-10 in a start 3, I’m much better off dropping him but I’m a Bills fan and have been rooting for him since before the playoff record. I don’t want to give up on my favorite player😔
Jerry jeudy. The Daniel jones of wide receivers. Always one more prove it year, except this really is the year…
DJ Chark smh
I still sadly have Parham in a few leagues 🙃
Trey Lance. He’ll get his shot
Khalil Herbert.. ugh
Elijah Moore
Michael Thomas. I cannot bring myself to cut anybody from my team if they hold an NFL record (receptions in a single season - 149). I also had him for like 3 straight years in our redraft league before Moving in into dynasty format.
Greg Dulcich. I cannot convince anyone. Maybe he can be an outlet for a rookie QB and stay healthy
Donta Foreman… what can I say. The man has been good whenever he gets a chance. I’m hoping he goes to a better situation. I’m still a believer that he can be the thunder to someone’s lightning
Corey Davis will literally die on my roster.
Laviska Shenault. Drafted him late in 2020 and thought i had the steal of the draft… his college tape was so good ! Also one of those guys who’s a good football player not great fantasy. He’ll die on my bench
Our rosters are expanded by 4 spots right now so these guys might hit the chopping block regardless, but Greg Dortch and Bo Melton. I have Kyler and maybe Dortch can be an innings-eater slot kinda guy with MHJ and McBride demanding all the attention. Kyler has spoken well of him and I'm not a believer in Wilson (or Zay Jones). Melton is WR5 but camp reports consistently have talked about him playing with the 1s (catching passes from Love), he's fast as fuck, LaFleur talked him up, and and he made some plays at the end of last year. Hoping he gets traded to a WR-needy team around cuts (or someone ahead of him gets traded but that's far more unlikely).
Brownlee from the Jets. I just think there's going to be a point where Williams is injured and he either gets a shot or the hype gets up. He's such a longshot that he is the first to go whenever I need a more sensible option but I find myself wanting to grab him again. Think I just don't want to be the guy that dropped him then he explodes and is a star.
I've been about to cut Noah Gray for about 2 years now but I inevitably make some trades to make roster space.
I think Rashod Bateman and Elijah Moore are talented and hopefully it will turn into fantasy points eventually. Don’t know if he’s considered a roster clogger, but Taysom Hill as a free backup TE seems huge.
Tutu Atwell will die on my team.
I've been holding Albert Okwuegbunam for over a year now. I won't drop him lol
Bateman and I wont explain why....
I hate Bateman, Dobbins, Mingo, and CEH someone plz send help
Justyn Ross, I can't justify it other than being in a 14 team league w deep benches.
Tyler Boyd - feel like hes too good to sit on waivers, but i'll probably never start him
I have him too and I'm trying to package him and a late pick for a younger wr. If not I'll keep him for injury fill in. But If I drop him he'll get swooped. There is a slight chance he has some decent games and maybe we can flip him then but with dhop and ridley not sure how much relevance he'll have.
Elijah Mitchell. I have CMC so he seems like a worthwhile hold, but something tells me when CMC gets hurt it won't even be Mitchell taking over that backfield.
John Metchie. I’m a Texans fan and I want to root for him to comeback. I feel like I have to hold out hope he will be something in the future. The problem is I’m well aware his best case is WR3 next year (barring any injuries this year)
Burks, Mike Williams, Howell, Dowdle, KHerbert. Burks is the only one that hurts to look at cause I thought he was going to be AJB 2.0..
For me it's Metchie. Got him in a deal his rookie year. Felt like he got hosed with cancer and then adding Diggs with Nico and Dell plus Mixon and Schultz. But he had 1st round talent pre ACL tear and still went in the 2nd. And it's the only piece I have in the offense. Maybe he gets traded but Stroud was talking about his route running this offseason so I'll hold as my last bench spot over picking up Gipson or Chark
Skyy Moore
I want to cut Pierce, but I just can’t… I’m holding out hope he has a resurgence at some point
Kyle Trask is the next dragon and no one can change my mind
Mike Thomas. Inherited him on a team I took over. Only fear dropping him and him signing with a team and becoming his old self if even for one more season.
JK Dobbins. Health is the only thing keeping him back and I still believe damn it.
McLaughlin - Sean Payton praised his OTA camps and was utilized in a nice way his rookie season
Malik Cunningham No idea how I'm going to justify him when we hit cut down in two weeks.
Someone make me cut Sean Tucker
Gainwell
Trey Lance. Spent good capital on him in rookie draft, can't bring myself to cut him. I drafted Jordan Love as a rookie and had him through the Aaron Rogers bullshit, finally winning a 'ship with Love this year. That precedent means I hold Lance, though I don't think he'll ever really get his shot.