I just inherited a keeper team from an inactive owner. I've never done a keeper team. I've done plenty of regular fantasy football though.

Basically I need some input on what to do first (ex. how many to drop and how many rookies to draft). I have a ton of WRs and no RBs.

Also, I have never had defensive players before.

Here's my team
QB Phillip Rivers
QB Jake Delhomme
QB JT O'Sullivan

RB Frank Gore
RB Thomas Jones
RB Chester Taylor
RB Justin Fargas
RB Rudi Johnson
RB Deuce McAllister

WR Steve Smith
WR Randy Moss
WR Dwayne Bowe
WR Vincent Jackson
WR Kevin Curtis
WR Isaac Bruce
WR Chris Chambers
WR Antwaan Randle El
WR Brandon Stokley

TE John Carlson
TE Anthony Fasano
TE Alex Smith

K Josh Brown
K Shayne Graham

P Andy Lee

Defensive starters
DT Shaun Rogers (Cle)
DE Aaron Kampman (GB)
DE Kyle Vanden Bosch (Ten)
LB Gary Brackett (Ind)
LB Terrell Suggs (Bal)
LB Morlon Greenwood (Hou)
CB Quentin Jammer (SD)
CB Brandon Flowers (KC)
S Michael Huff (Oak)
S Lawyer Milloy (Atl)
DP Amobi Okoye (Hou)

Bench players
DE Adewale Ogunleye (Chi)
DE Andre Carter (Was)
LB Vernon Gholston (NYJ)
S Jermain Phillips (TB)
CB Cedric Griffin (Min)
CB Brian Williams (Jac)


Current Roster Size: 40
Total Starters: 25
Total On Bench: 15 (2 IR)
POSITIONS STARTERS MAXIMUM
Quarterback (QB) 2 5
Running Back (RB) 3 8
Running Back/Wide Receiver (RB/WR) 1 N/A
Wide Receiver (WR) 4 9
Tight End (TE) 2 4
Defensive Tackle (DT) 1 No Limit
Defensive End (DE) 2 No Limit
Linebacker (LB) 3 No Limit
Cornerback (CB) 2 No Limit
Safety (S) 2 No Limit
Defensive Player Utility (DP) 1 N/A
Place Kicker (K) 1 3
Punter (P) 1 No Limit
Bench (BE) 15 N/A
Injured Reserve (IR) 2 N/A

Scoring
Passing
TD Pass 4 Every 25 passing yards 1
Every 5 pass completions 1 Every 10 pass incompletions -0.5
40+ yard TD pass bonus 0.5 50+ yard TD pass bonus 1
300-399 yard passing game 1 400+ yard passing game 3
2pt Passing Conversion 2 Interceptions Thrown -2
Every Time Sacked -0.4

Rushing
TD Rush 6 2pt Rushing Conversion 2
Every 10 rushing yards 1 Every 10 rush attempts 0.5
40+ yard TD rush bonus 0.5 50+ yard TD rush bonus 1
100-199 yard rushing game 2 200+ yard rushing game 5

Receiving
TD Reception 6 2pt Receiving Conversion 2
40+ yard TD rec bonus 1 50+ yard TD rec bonus 2
Every 10 receiving yards 1 Each reception 1
200+ yard receiving game 3

Miscellaneous
Fumble Recovered for TD 6 Each Fumble -1
Each Fumble Lost -2 Kickoff Return TD 6
Punt Return TD 6 Every 25 kickoff return yards 1
Every 25 punt return yards 1

Kicking
FG Made (50+ yards) 5 FG Made (40-49 yards) 4
FG Made (0-39 yards) 3 Total FG Made 1
Total FG Missed -1 Each PAT Made 1

Punting
Punts Inside the 10 2 Punts Inside the 20 1
Punt Average 44.0+ 1

Defensive Players
Blocked Punt or FG return for TD 5 Each
Interception 4.5
Each Fumble Recovered 2 Blocked Punt, PAT or FG 1.5
Each Safety 7 Each Sack 2.5
Interception Return TD 5 Fumble Return TD 5
Each Fumble Forced 3 Every Assisted Tackle 0.5
Every 1 Total Tackle 1 Each Tackle for Loss 0.5
Passes Defensed 1.5

that's a humongous list of players. how many teams are in it? I'm assuming you can keep 25 players? do you have a sense of how many players the other teams keep?

you obviously have some good players you definitely don't want to get rid of, but there are others, where it simply depends on whether you'd be able to get better players than who you currently have.

my advice would be to go thru each of the players and figure out which guys you definitely do want to keep, definitely don't want to keep, and then figure out how many keeper spots that leaves. from there, figure out which guys have upside (who will most likely outperform what they've done up until now) and which guys are over the hill and will underperform compared to past production (Thomas Jones would be a good example of this...they may be going with the rookie Shonn Greene, as well as Leon Washington).

need to know:
1. How many you HAVE to keep
2. In keeping players, how's does that affect your draft positioning
3. Can you trade before the draft

Current Roster Size: 40
Total Starters: 25
Total On Bench: 15 (2 IR)

The commish said "Picking a player off waivers will not affect your draft position, so pick up as many players as you like(don't pick up the rookies though)."

I have the 4th pick for the first round, not sure about the others yet. I'll find out tonight.

Yes I can trade before the draft. Here is a team I'm targeting:

QUARTERBACKS
Jason Campbell
David Garrard
Matt Ryan
Sage Rosenfels

RUNNING BACKS
Adrian Peterson
Steven Jackson
Clinton Portis
Fred Jackson
Tim Hightower
Felix Jones
Marshawn Lynch

RECIEVERS
Braylon Edwards
Roddy White
Greg Jennings
T.J. Houshmandzadeh
Reggie Wayne
Deion Branch

Jason Witten
Dallas Clark
Tony Scheffler

Damn, that team is good. Your team is lacking quite a bit. Quite frankly, you don't have much the other team needs, except Rivers.

BTW, I do understand someone gave you this team, so I am not ragging on you.

[This message has been edited by piag94 (edited 6/11/2009 10:56a).]

I would probably approach this team as a multi-year project. You've got a lot of spare parts that really aren't gonna do much for you. The only real piece you have that's valuable, as mentioned, is Rivers. I might see if you can spin him into Matt Ryan and one of his RB's. He's got plenty and would probably be willing to give up Ryan if he's getting a better QB who's only a few years older.

You might also consider trading Moss or Steve Smith for players that can help you in a year or two (i.e. trade them now, so that when your team is competitive, you'll have up and comers who are coming into their prime). By the time your team is competitive, Moss or Smith will not be as valuable to you and you won't be able to trade them for value.

I agree with the above advice, your team is at least 2-3 years away from being competitive (assuming everyone in your league is on par with the team you posted that was significantly better than yours). Two really good drafts / years of trading and you might be competitive, but this year is pretty much shot. Just think about which positions are easier to project rookies at and those are positions you can try to build through the draft (RB, TE maybe, some defensive positions). WR and QB probably need to be built through trades. I would only trade Rivers if you can get a solid young QB and an upgrade at WR in return.

Here is my quick and dirty analysis without knowing what you lose for keeping a player or what you gain by not keeping a player (QB/RB/WR only):

Definite Keepers: Gore, Bowe, Jackson,

Definite Keepers, but try to trade: Moss, Smith, Rivers

On the Fence: Fargas, Taylor, Curtis, Chambers, Randel El, Stokely, Delhomme, O'Sullivan

Definite Trade/Don't Keep: Jones, Bruce, Duece, Rudi Johnson (where is he now?)



[This message has been edited by Goose06 (edited 6/15/2009 4:31p).]