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Originally Posted by Old Dog
Looking at my cap space left vs (almost) everyone else one of two things is going on:
Either I'm using a different strategy in regard to contracts OR I have very little to no clue what the hell I'm doing
Sadly, I suspect the latter is the case.......at least I'm consistent, I'm doing it in both leagues.
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I think there are multiple strategies that can be effective. A few people appear to be taking an aggressive win-now strategy where they are mortgaging the future (both in terms of salary commitments and draft picks) in order to put the best possible team on the field over the next year or two. One thing is for certain, if an owner has a lot of talent on his roster, and if many of them are on short contracts, that owner will bleed a lot of talent into future FA pools. Due to needs to sign their star players coming up on short contracts, they may also end up not being as active in future FA pools. Or maybe they manage to thread the needle and maintain key members of their overall talent and put a strong team on the field for years.
I think those who sew up their key talent early on can be really successful down the road as long as the players careers are productive throughout the length of their contracts. Ideally you'll have fewer needs down the road and an easier time filling key needs. The key risk in this strategy is if certain players fade in the latter parts of their contract you could end up with a lot of dead cap space.
I don't think anyone has a lock on a long term winning strategy at this point.