Written by Jamey Eisenberg at CBSSports.com
Sometimes it’s easy to pick the right keepers for your Fantasy team. But like most things in life, we tend to over think some of the simplest decisions.
When it comes to keeper choices, the first thing to consider is value if that comes into play. For example, if you can keep a player for a certain round designation, you always want to retain the player who has the highest potential at the lowest price. To most people that is obvious, but sometimes you need a reminder of that situation.
But when it’s a decision of just player vs. player with no value involved than that could be a tougher dilemma. And as you’ll read below, that can sometimes lead to some hard choices and throwing back some elite talent into the draft pool.
We know the time to make your keeper decisions is getting closer, so continue to send in your questions to me on Twitter @jameyeisenberg or on my Facebook page. Please use the hashtag #fantasymail, and we’ll help make some of these tough choices easy for you.
This week, we’ll cover the following topics, and please check to see if your question made it to the #fantasymail video as well:
- Todd Gurley vs. David Johnson as a keeper
- Who are some late-round quarterback options?
- How good can DeAndre Hopkins be in 2016?
- Which WR has more upside, Brandin Cooks or Kelvin Benjamin?
- Danny Woodhead vs. John Brown as a PPR keeper
- Latavius Murray vs. Jeremy Langford as a keeper
@JameyEisenberg #fantasymail @TG3II and @dajohnson7 pick 1. 2 keeper league keeping J Nelson.
This is such a tough call to decide between Gurley and Johnson, so I’m going to call an audible and throw back Jordy Nelson instead. I expect Nelson to be fantastic this season coming back from last year’s torn ACL, but Gurley and Johnson should be elite players at a thin position. You are now set at running back and can load up on receiver in the draft. This is what we we’re talking about with tough choices for keepers, and I hate giving someone else the chance to draft Nelson. But I would feel worse giving up on Gurley or Johnson, especially when you have the chance to keep both.
@JameyEisenberg #fantasymail any SUPER late rnd QB’s w/ a reasonable chance at top 10 Prod? Tannehill, Winston, Mariota, RG3, Fitz, Tyrod?
I like three of these quarterbacks here in Tyrod Taylor, Marcus Mariota and Jameis Winston. We’re going to write more about these quarterbacks this coming week in sleepers and breakouts, and I think all three of these guys could make the leap to top-10 status like we saw last season from Blake Bortles and Carson Palmer, who were considered No. 2 quarterbacks coming into the year. Ryan Tannehill should also improve with the addition of new coach Adam Gase, but I don’t know if he has the same upside as Taylor, Mariota and Winston. I also like Derek Carr in this category as well, and this is why we tell you to wait for quarterbacks on Draft Day.
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