bwgood77 wrote:MrMiyagi wrote:sunskerr wrote:This is very simple. If you have less than 7 desirable players you can just keep less than 7 and get extra (non tradable) picks at the end of the draft so you access to some available players slightly quicker.
That's the rule. Moving on now. Nothing more to discuss.
This was not clear at all based on what you were saying, and really doesn't seem like an advantage in any way, shape, or form.
Yeah, I'd be hard pressed to think there is any 7th keeper that is worse keeping than someone you could get at the very end of the draft with all the keepers and 4-5 picks for so many teams. There is a good chance they could get who they could conceivably want (if someone slips they were not expecting) on waivers anyway.
In particular there is a small window in the preseason where they could elect to draft some extra players who performed well in the preseason instead of hanging onto like, Lu Dort (sorry Weekapaug, I was

at this until Beauchamp had a good preseason game). I've seen plenty of draftable players go undrafted (not in hindsight). We're not perfect managers at all, and anyone who really doubles down on their draft homework can benefit from this.
1)there is a small window of time where this can be applicable
2)can be used by anyone who a)has a very bad team b) more likely to yield positive results if you want to do the research for it
3)if you ever are in a scenario where you have too many players you feel who are scrubs, you will be glad this rule exists