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Advice wanted on getting rid of Michael Thomas

Posted on 10/27/20 at 9:24 am
Posted by WG_Dawg
Member since Jun 2004
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Posted on 10/27/20 at 9:24 am
10 team keeper league, standard scoring

First of all I fully realize I probably have some psychological mental block bc he's been out all year. The last few years I've kept Josh Jacobs and Michael Thomas. MT has been excellent for me but my RB2 slot has generally been pretty poor, and RBs are always kept in our league. Heading into this year's draft all the big name RBs youd' expect were kept, so on draft night the top 3 RBs on the board were CEH, Joe Mixon, and Austin Ekeler. Unfortuantely I took ekeler who is also hurt, which I realize probably further contributes to my mental state here.

Anyways...like I said most people in our league have 1 elite RB and generally a really damn good 2nd one and those are the teams routinely at the top. I'm pretty much done of this season so one of my biggest priorities is making sure I have a good keeper situation into next season. I hate the thought of dropping MT since for all I know he could ball out once he gets back, but I know Brees is a shell of his former self.

My first question is...am I insane for wanting to get rid of MT in a keeper league? If I'm not insane and it's worth exploring, my big question is what level of RB should I draw the line? I won't even ask CMC owner bc that's a definite no. Saquan's owner I'll ask but that'll surely be a no. Zeke..I know on this board it's been mentioned wanting to get rid of him since he will suck the rest of this year but would it be a good idea to at least grab him and keep for next year? Kamara/Henry/Chubb/Cook, etc...I guess what I'm asking is if I start at the top of the RB list and work my way down, at what point would you draw the line and say "it's not worth getting rid of MT for [player]"?
Posted by castorinho
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Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 10/27/20 at 9:27 am to
What are your keeper rules
Posted by WG_Dawg
Member since Jun 2004
91288 posts
Posted on 10/27/20 at 9:30 am to
keep 2 people on your team to carry over into the next season
Posted by castorinho
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Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 10/27/20 at 9:39 am to
If that's the case, I'm not sure why you'd want to get rid of him.

The only potential trade I see is Saquon, if his owner is in the hunt for the title. Which I'm guessing is not likely at this point. Other than that, I don't see anything else really.
Posted by WG_Dawg
Member since Jun 2004
91288 posts
Posted on 10/27/20 at 9:46 am to
quote:

The only potential trade I see is Saquon, if his owner is in the hunt for the title. Which I'm guessing is not likely at this point.


you're correct, his owner is at the bottom

quote:

Other than that, I don't see anything else really.


thanks. With how few WRs are kept (only 2 were kept going into this year's draft), and there being so many balls to go around per team, I just figured it'd be easier to get decent production from drafting WRs opposed to drafting a RB since the greats will be taken. And this year I had the 3rd pick in the draft, if I had picked 10th who knows what I would have been stuck with.

So you think even if I were able to get dalvin or chubb or zeke in exchange, that wouldn't be worth it? As a keeper for next year I mean, not even thinking about this seaosn.

Do you not have any ocncerns about MT's production in 2021 and beyond with brees' downfield passing declining?
This post was edited on 10/27/20 at 9:47 am
Posted by castorinho
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Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 10/27/20 at 9:54 am to
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So you think even if I were able to get dalvin or chubb or zeke in exchange, that wouldn't be worth it? As a keeper for next year I mean, not even thinking about this seaosn.

I don't think you can get Cook, he has a higher value this year and will be going higher than MT next year barring something crazy. But if you can, do it.

Zeke is an interesting case. But the way things are going I'd stay clear for now.

I thought about Chubb, but I think MT has a higher value going into next year unless he gets traded. And I just now realized this is standard scoring. So that makes Chubb a viable candidate. I think he's genwrally underrated.
Posted by tigersint
Lafayette
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 10/27/20 at 12:34 pm to
Go get james robinson with other players
This post was edited on 10/27/20 at 12:35 pm
Posted by WG_Dawg
Member since Jun 2004
91288 posts
Posted on 10/27/20 at 1:00 pm to
quote:

Go get james robinson with other players


"other players" doesn't really matter mcuh since I'm not winning a title this year and I can only keep 2 guys going into next year, one of which will be jacobs. The idea was to keep a 2nd top tier RB which is what I was looking for.
Posted by D011ahbi11
Member since Jun 2007
13693 posts
Posted on 10/27/20 at 2:08 pm to
I jinxed him by drafting him in a dynasty league. First time I ever drafted a Saints player, it’s my fault :redmann:

I kind of want to trade him too but if he comes back I think I still have a reasonable shot to win the whole thing, so I’m holding on
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