TPs : End Game

What this roster leans on at each position, measured against every other team. The count is the top 3 QB, 4 RB, 5 WR and 2 TE, which is roughly what a superflex lineup actually uses.

Shortest at RB, deepest at TE. 6 picks in the bank.

What Can Actually Start

Five good backs and two great ones can add up to the same dynasty number, but only nine players start. This is the share of this roster’s value that can legally crack its own lineup — the shape of the roster, not a verdict on it. Depth is still worth owning: it is trade capital and it is next year’s starter.

Not every position strands value equally. Of the 9 starting slots, a RB can fill 5, a WR can fill 5, a TE can fill 4, and a QB can fill 2. Stack quarterbacks or tight ends and most of it has nowhere to go on Sunday.

Most valuable players who cannot crack this lineup:

• WR Michael Wilson 26y 4,420
• RB Braelon Allen 22y 3,634
• WR DJ Moore 29y 3,380
• QB J.J. McCarthy 23y 3,253
• WR DK Metcalf 28y 3,149
• RB Tony Pollard 29y 3,067

By Starter

Position groups hide the thing that actually decides a week. Two teams can both be “sixth at running back” while one has a pair of RB1s and the other has one star and a hole. This ranks each slot in the lineup on its own, against everyone else’s at the same slot, on projected points.

Who to call

These are two-way fits: each of these teams is strong where this one is thin and thin where it is deep, so there is a deal both managers would take. Players listed are already outside that team’s best starting lineup, so moving one does not cost them a start.

Each pick is measured in points per season since it was made, against what picks in that range have actually returned in this league.

2021 Startup 2 elite · 0 doo doo +246 22 picks

Pick	Player	Pts/yr	Expected	+/−	Grade
2021 1.08	Lamar JacksonQB	291	249	+42	Great
2021 2.05	Najee HarrisRB	169	191	-22	Meh
2021 3.08	DK MetcalfWR	179	161	+19	Solid
2021 4.05	Travis Etienne Jr.RB	158	150	+8	Solid
2021 5.08	Justin FieldsQB	183	137	+46	Great
2021 6.05	Brandon AiyukWR	119	121	-3	Solid
2021 7.08	Noah FantTE	84	103	-19	Meh
2021 8.05	Rashod BatemanWR	77	88	-11	Solid
2021 9.08	JuJu Smith-SchusterWR	64	88	-24	Meh
2021 10.05	Tony PollardRB	183	86	+98	Elite
2021 11.08	Mac JonesQB	146	81	+64	Great
2021 12.05	Darnell MooneyWR	110	77	+33	Great
2021 13.08	Mecole Hardman Jr.WR	47	68	-21	Meh
2021 14.05	Joshua PalmerWR	85	65	+20	Solid
2021 15.08	Tre'Quan SmithWR	23	56	-33	Meh
2021 16.05	Nico CollinsWR	147	51	+95	Elite
2021 17.08	Javian HawkinsRB	0	44	-44	Meh
2021 18.05	Anthony FirkserTE	17	40	-23	Meh
2021 19.08	Darrel WilliamsRB	38	38	+0	Solid
2021 20.05	Devontae BookerRB	25	37	-12	Solid
2021 21.08	Andy DaltonQB	70	35	+35	Great
2021 22.05	Sony MichelRB	31	35	-3	Solid

Rookie Drafts 0 elite · 0 doo doo +158 12 picks

Pick	Player	Pts/yr	Expected	+/−	Grade
2022 1.10	Christian WatsonWR	109	135	-25	Meh
2022 2.04	Rachaad WhiteRB	162	87	+75	Great
2022 3.03	Jalen TolbertWR	54	68	-14	Solid
2023 2.01	Dalton KincaidTE	100	115	-15	Meh
2023 2.09	Jayden ReedWR	131	65	+67	Great
2023 2.11	Sam LaPortaTE	143	72	+71	Great
2024 1.12	Ladd McConkeyWR	174	121	+53	Great
2024 3.01	Jaylen WrightRB	36	73	-38	Meh
2024 3.08	Javon BakerWR	1	45	-44	Meh
2024 3.10	Kimani VidalRB	70	39	+31	Solid
2025 3.04	Jaylin NoelWR	55	63	-8	Solid
2025 3.11	Terrance FergusonTE	47	42	+5	Solid

At the time is whether the deal was fair the day it was agreed: every asset priced at its KeepTradeCut value on that date, not today's. That distinction changes who won on more than a third of the trades in this league.

Two more questions, side by side. Got and Gave are the points those assets produced while actually on the roster that acquired them, over their whole careers — flipping something a week later earns nothing here. Lineup is what the deal did that same season: the rest of the year replayed twice off the roster as it stood, once with the trade and once without it, each week fielding the best legal lineup. Picks cannot start for you, so they show up as capital rather than points.

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