A Little Dynasty Tale

I am in one Dynasty team and have to admit I find the format very interesting. Now those of you who know me know I work the News section. Those of you who don't know me, I work the News section. Sorry , I had to do that. Constantly searching for news and info everywhere and everywhere all the day long. Having all this current info bubbling around in my head makes me a natural Waiver Wire pickup freak. Tweaking this, tweaking that, like an wheel that squeaks all time, more annoying than MOJOs bugs. But being a constant tweaker, Wavier Wire seeker, has paid nice dividends through the years even in my Dynasty league.

Now one habit I have in my dynasty league every year is doing a final tweak. Now depending on the league and how you are doing this has to be done differently. If you will make the playoffs you probably have access to the WW until the end and can do this through the playoffs which is a good idea anyhow. If you will miss the playoff you may find the WW locked out to you for the remainder of the season. All these rules vary from league to league, this is the way mine is setup.

With a few weeks still left I start tweaking my team looking for any value that may be left. Now to most of us at Sports Outlaw, sharper tacks then most, this seems obvious. But in my dynasty league it is not so obvious to some. This last minute tweaking yields some interesting pickups. You have to review the year closely, did a guy who was a #5 WR become a #4? This dynasty league has a pretty tight roster so there is always a player pool on Waivers that has value.

Dead weight usually can't be tolerated long term as the current competitive need overrides the ability to stash players during the season. This means when you look for free agents near the last couple of weeks you may find good players that were injured and put on Injuried Reserve early in the season. Be one of those guys that makes last minute tweaks I usually find more quality than I can stash.

In a recent rookie draft, that does include FAs I was picking 10th as I had done well the year before. Top rookie Rbs were being grabbed some rookie WRs had gone off the board. When my pick came I picked Brandon Marshall. Everybody was like WTF! I said, Gentlemen check it out, he is not on anyones roster. Nice coup, all I had to do is take my cheetsheet and check off everybodys' players. Leave nothing to chance, check everything. Be one with the Wavier Wire and Free Agents.

Ok, granted that sounds like a lot of work and it is. But here at Sports Outlaw we help you with the heavy lifting. Last year we had people looking at the WW with the the concept of who is probably available on the wire each week and who is worthy of a pickup. You can also come to our Fantasy Advice Forum with a list of Free Agents available and get responses about who will be the best grab.