Dynasty Owner

This week I’m going to be covering all of the different positions here in Dynasty Owner. I will also be going in depth on how I handle these positions and how I think you all should handle them as well. We will start with what I feel is the most controversial position of all running back, and will finish at the quarterback position. As always if you have any questions, comments, or concerns please reach out to me on Twitter.
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What is Dynasty Owner?

Dynasty Owner is not your average fantasy football. You may have your DraftKings and Fanduels of the world but we are year-round and put you right in the seat of the Owner, Coach, and GM. Fantasy footballers all over have been wanting a game like this and you may have even heard our name from Christopher Harris or even the Dynasty Nerds podcast.

We use real NFL contracts and salaries in our game so when something changes here in the real world it affects your team for the year. With a challenge of the salary cap and keeping your team under it, you get the feeling of what it's like to run a business and see your team get rewarded when they win.

Learn more today at www.dynastyowner.com and come see what we are all about.
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Connect with Dynasty Owner:

Visit us on the web -- https://www.dynastyowner.com

Follow us on Twitter -- @Dynasty_Owner

Follow on Facebook - www.facebook.com/DynastyOwnerFantasySports

Super Bowl LV is official; it is in the books. Given that this was the biggest game of the entire NFL season, I’m going to give a few observations that I made.

How unbelievable is it that the Chiefs didn’t score a single touchdown? A team that averaged 3.5 touchdowns per game in the regular season was unable to tally one on the biggest stage. What about the fact that Leonard Fournette led the game in touches (20)? Or how about the resurrection of Gronk as he put up six receptions for 67 yards and two touchdowns. Whoever you wanted to win the game; you have to admit that very few predicted a Bucs blowout.

Here is the final point I want to make. Tom Brady was obviously in this game, and over the years, he has become a top target for non-Patriot or Bucs fans to root against. Now, I know that not every fan roots against him, but it is more common that an unbiased fan likes seeing Brady lose instead of winning. Here is what I have to say about that. I’ll use a quote from an unlikely source…

“Everybody loves the underdog, and then they take an underdog and make him a hero, and they hate him. But as long as they can knock you back down, it seems like you’re an underdog again…”
–Fred Durst

Yes, this quote initially had nothing to do with football, but I think it applies perfectly to Brady. Tom Brady was drafted in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL draft. He was picked 199 overall by the New England Patriots. He was a modest prospect who performed poorly at the combine. Most of us know what happened after this. He’s won seven Super Bowls, five Super Bowl MVPs, and three MVP awards. Now, based on where he was drafted, wouldn’t you think he would be a perfect “All American Underdog Story?” I would consider it for sure. So the question is…why so much hate for this man? The answer is very nuanced, and it spans over two decades. I’m also not sure I have an excellent concise solution for you. I suppose the hate comes from a combination of his cheating allegations, on-field whining, and just the overall “chip on his shoulder” attitude he’s had his entire NFL career. But I think Fred Durst was on to something with his quote.

We like underdogs in the country. Nay, we love them. A considerable percentage of NCAA fans rooted for 11 seed George Mason in the 2006 NCAA tournament. I sure did. George Mason beat a 6, 3, 7, and 1 source on their way to the Final Four. They eventually lost to the eventual champion, No. 3 seed Florida University. The overwhelming majority of unbiased fans did root for the underdog. I’m not going to list every underdog story to happen in sports, but the question remains: what makes Brady different? Why is there so much hate for the most successful quarterback in NFL history, especially after he had a humble beginning to his career?

I’m guilty as well. I rooted against Brady in 2002 as he was playing my St. Louis Rams, but besides that, I’ve rooted against him mainly because I didn’t want to see the winning streak continue. I knew where he came from. I knew the chip he had on his shoulder. I learned how remarkable his ascent to the GOAT was, but it didn’t matter. I wanted to see him lose because he’d won enough. I feel like a lot of people had the same mentality. As I hinted in my previous article, I was rooting for Brady to win another one last Sunday. Nothing against the Chiefs, but I finally reached the point in my fandom that I said, “if he’s going to be the best, let’s see him do it so that he leaves no doubt in anyone’s mind.” You can love him if you want. You can hate him if you wish. You can be indifferent. None of these positions changes the fact that he is the greatest quarterback in NFL history.

Alright, it time to digress a bit after that long-winded rant. Today we are going to talk about some Bucs’ free agents.
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When drafting players in any dynasty start-up league, checking out past performance from the previous season or seasons is one important way to gauge future success. Lamar Jackson was the top scorer in Dynasty Owner in 2019 and that combined with his age and salary led him to have the lowest ADP of any player in 2020 Dynasty Owner drafts. Following Jackson in Dynasty Owner fantasy points in 2019 was Christian McCaffrey, who ended up having the second lowest ADP in 2020 Dynasty Owner drafts.

It’s not always that way. Sometimes a player will improve over the course of the season and improve his draft stock the following year. Kenyan Drake was the Value Player of the Week for both weeks of the 2019 Dynasty Owner playoffs. This likely catapulted his draft position even higher than it would have been without those games. It’s not an exact science as other factors, such as being traded from Miami to Arizona and the injury to and subsequent trade of David Johnson also likely contributed to Drake’s improved draft position in 2020. However, his strong push at the end of 2019 likely helped him significantly.

Based on their performance in the second half of the 2020 NFL season, are there any players that Dynasty Owners should be targeting higher in 2021 start-up drafts than they would be based on their season-long performance? Will there be a 2021 version of Kenyan Drake? Which player who improved over the course of the 2020 season will end up being drafted earlier than another player with similar season-long stats?

In this episode I want to touch on the 4 main things I feel owners will tend to overlook when rebuilding. When we as owners start a rebuild, we usually have a core plan set in place but sometimes it’s the small little details that can speed your rebuild up significantly. Today I’m here to help and make sure you factor these little things into your rebuilding process.

If the trade we just saw the Lions and Rams pull off is any sign on how this NFL offseason will be, then be prepared it should be a lot of fun with plenty of drama. The offseason in the NFL in recent years has become much more intriguing than say a decade ago, when stars just seemed to stay put, nor did they have much of a voice. Nowadays we are constantly seeing stars switch teams whether that be through demanding a trade, or free agency, just look at the blockbuster of 2 former number 1 overall draft picks mentioned above.

This offseason we could see numerous big-name players switch teams from Aaron Rodgers, JuJu, D. Adams, Conner, and so many more that the NFL could look so much different next season. I am a bit torn on which style NFL I enjoyed more between the old school stay where you are drafted, and the new way where the players have much more control leading to so many more players leaving the team that drafted them for new homes.

The players having more control definitely has its pros and cons with the cons being fairly easy to spot, just look at the Deshaun Watson situation. I mention all of this because it has made a huge impact in the way we handle our fantasy rosters. Just 8-10 years ago you could have drafted Hopkins and just forgot about it, instead fast forward a decade later you draft Hopkins, and he gets traded the very next season making his outlook a bit more unclear, even though its still Hopkins stability tends to put our minds at ease.

Another great example of this is Brandin Cooks who seemed to have finally found a permanent home where he would be able to produce gaudy numbers only for his star quarterback to demand a trade, something that was virtually unheard of a decade ago. All of this means you have to be much more vigilant in formats like Dynasty Owner on what type of players you target and the organization they play for (stay away from Jack Easterbay).

If you were to draft Antonio Brown a few years back you would be regretting it big time right now, but a little digging on what kind of person/teammate he is and that would have gone a long way helping you make the correct decision. Aside from the headache some of this movement can cause us fantasy owners I will say it does make the offseason so much more fun, especially when the league’s new year kicks in.
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What is Dynasty Owner?

Dynasty Owner is not your average fantasy football. You may have your DraftKings and Fanduels of the world but we are year-round and put you right in the seat of the Owner, Coach, and GM. Fantasy footballers all over have been wanting a game like this and you may have even heard our name from Christopher Harris or even the Dynasty Nerds podcast.

We use real NFL contracts and salaries in our game so when something changes here in the real world it affects your team for the year. With a challenge of the salary cap and keeping your team under it, you get the feeling of what it's like to run a business and see your team get rewarded when they win.

Learn more today at www.dynastyowner.com and come see what we are all about.
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Connect with Dynasty Owner:

Visit us on the web -- https://www.dynastyowner.com

Follow us on Twitter -- @Dynasty_Owner

Follow on Facebook -

I am a man that likes symmetry, so to see a perfectly symmetrical division...well that’s just pleasing to my eye. What isn’t pleasing to the eye (at least for Falcons’ fans) is their 2020 record. Last season looked to bring hope to the Atlanta fanbase.

An offensive team run by Matt Ryan, Julio Jones, Calvin Ridley and Todd Gurley was set to impress. Well, the Falcons did score. They actually finished middle of the pack as far as total points scored goes. **(Three teams that made the playoffs actually scored less than the Falcons: See if you can guess who they are, and I’ll reveal the answer at the end of the article) Lack of scoring didn’t seem to be the problem.

The problem was actually more their team defence and the fact that they were abysmal at winning close games. The Falcons were involved in 10 one score games. Of those 10 games, they lost eight. Take from that what you will, but the Falcons were competitive in the majority of their games. At any rate, let’s stop talking about generalities and jump into contract specifics…
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What is Dynasty Owner?

Dynasty Owner is not your average fantasy football. You may have your DraftKings and Fanduels of the world but we are year-round and put you right in the seat of the Owner, Coach, and GM. Fantasy footballers all over have been wanting a game like this and you may have even heard our name from Christopher Harris or even the Dynasty Nerds podcast.

We use real NFL contracts and salaries in our game so when something changes here in the real world it affects your team for the year. With a challenge of the salary cap and keeping your team under it, you get the feeling of what it's like to run a business and see your team get rewarded when they win.

Learn more today at www.dynastyowner.com and come see what we are all about.
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Connect with Dynasty Owner:

Visit us on the web -- https://www.dynastyowner.com

Follow us on Twitter -- @Dynasty_Owner

Follow on Facebook - www.facebook.com/DynastyOwnerFantasySports

It should be noted that in Dynasty Owner we do not endorse tanking but as long as the starting lineup is set each week with active non injured players and not on the BYE week, then we shall not micromanage how you operate your team.

That said this video will be focused on owners who are in a position where they need to offload vets to gear their team towards the future (also known as tanking).

I will touch on 4 different topics on rebuilding, hopefully giving owners a better understanding on how and when to make certain moves. There are plenty of ways tanking can upset the other owners in your league so be sure you are not one of the ones ticking people off because of your lineups.

My rule of thumb when you don’t have many producing players is to look at your lineup and ask yourself “would I be mad if another owner used this lineup with the options available?” if the answer is a sound no then you should be safe to play that specific lineup.
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What is Dynasty Owner?

Dynasty Owner is not your average fantasy football. You may have your DraftKings and Fanduels of the world but we are year-round and put you right in the seat of the Owner, Coach, and GM. Fantasy footballers all over have been wanting a game like this and you may have even heard our name from Christopher Harris or even the Dynasty Nerds podcast.

We use real NFL contracts and salaries in our game so when something changes here in the real world it affects your team for the year. With a challenge of the salary cap and keeping your team under it, you get the feeling of what it's like to run a business and see your team get rewarded when they win.

Learn more today at www.dynastyowner.com and come see what we are all about.
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Connect with Dynasty Owner:

Visit us on the web -- https://www.dynastyowner.com

Follow us on Twitter -- @Dynasty_Owner

Follow on Facebook - www.facebook.com/DynastyOwnerFantasySports

Coming into the 2020 college football season, Jaylen Waddle was a somewhat popular pick for the classes’ top receiver.

In his first four games of the season, Waddle amassed 557 yards and 4 touchdowns with only 25 catches. At an incredible average of 21.1 yards per catch, it was an incredible start to the season and Waddle was the most exciting player in the country.

In his 5th game of the season he went down with a sever ankle injury early in the first quarter and exited the game, looking like his season had prematurely ended.

He showed incredible progression in his training and was able to play in the National Championship game (although looking a little hobbled by his injury).

An incredible feat just to get back onto the field, Waddle proved to a lot of teams that day that he was a true competitor, ready for the NFL stage.

Drafting a Dynasty Owner team is different than drafting a “regular” dynasty fantasy football team. The first way this becomes evident is by looking at the first round of a Dynasty Owner draft. Last week, we looked at some likely affordable first round draft picks in 2021 and who was drafted in the Top 25 in Dynasty Owner last year to see how different. Finding an affordable and productive player in the first round is a critical first step towards building your Dynasty Owner team. In a “regular” dynasty league, salaries don’t matter when drafting, but they do in Dynasty Owner because you need to fit your entire 25-player draft under the anticipated $123.2 million 2021 salary cap.

Another way that Dynasty Owner is different falls at the opposite end of the draft spectrum. Figuring out players who aren’t worth their salaries and shouldn’t be drafted at all. In a “regular” dynasty league or even a redraft league, the only criteria for not drafting someone is thinking that they aren’t going to play well and produce the fantasy points that your team needs to win. That is obviously a consideration in Dynasty Owner, but Dynasty Owners have to draft to win as well as keep their roster under the salary cap.

Which players have salaries that are too high to justify drafting them at all in Dynasty Owner? Ultimately, that will depend on your team’s salary cap situation as you draft your team. For most teams and Dynasty Owners, there will be players who aren’t worth drafting at all for a variety of reasons, including salary. In order to not have to draft all value players, to have salary cap room at the end of your draft to take some chances on moderately expensive players, or just to leave room under the salary cap post-draft to make roster moves, Dynasty Owners should avoid certain players.

And then there were two…

Two teams remain in contention for The Vince Lombardi Trophy, and we are a week and a half away from completing a season that I thought never had a chance to finish. After watching the early issues MLB had, I had little hope that season or any shortened season would finish. Not only did all those shortened seasons conclude with a champion, but the NFL is about to complete an entire season with zero cancelled games. Sure there were delays and postponements, but the fact that no games were cancelled blows my mind. A truly remarkable feat.

Is there a chance that a Patriots or Chiefs’ player contracts COVID prior to Super Bowl LV? Of course there is. It may even be probable, but the NFL has shown us that they will play on (even without a quarterback on the roster). This leaves little doubt in my mind that we will be watching football on February 7, 2021.

Today we are wrapping up the NFC West. We have already discussed the Cardinals, Rams and 49ers so we will be ending the month with the Seattle Seahawks. Like the 49ers, the Seahawks have an above average number of “noteworthy” free agents this year. In all, I recorded seven players that we need to keep our eyes on over the off season. Those players are:

Greg Olsen
Jacob Hollister
Carlos Hyde
Phillip Dorsett
Josh Gordon
David Moore
Chris Carson

I won’t be talking about all seven of these players in this article, but I do promise to update you all when/if they sign a new contract. For today though, I’m going to speculate about Carlos Hyde, David Moore and (the man you came here to hear about) Chris Carson.

Welcome back and thank you for reading. Another fantastic Wednesday has brought us another Dynasty Owner Contract podcast. Before I start with the contract talk, I want to briefly address the trade rumors that have come to light over the past couple of days.

Word on the street is that Deshaun Watson is unhappy in his current situation. Actually, at this point I think they are more than rumors. Chris Mortenson sent out a series of Tweets on 1/10/21 that essentially stated Watson is unhappy with his current team, it’s stance on social justice issues and it’s hiring practices.

Watson also has a no trade clause so he would be able to “control” his fate if it came down to a trade.

Today we will discuss the San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers have a plethora of expiring contracts. In all, they will have to make decisions about 38 free agents, but for our purposes at DO they have four unrestricted free agents (UFA), three restricted free agents (RFA) and one exclusive-rights free agent (ERFA). The 49ers actually have the most Dynasty Owner “rosterable” free agents of any team in the NFL. I’m going to work through a few of these players one at a time…