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Originally Posted by JPH83
I honestly don't think it makes as much sense as it seems to. If your QB makes 1/4 of your cap, then yes, sacrifices have to me made, but if you have an elite QB just give him every opportunity to continue to be elite, don't ask him to carry everything just because maybe he can.
If you have to make sacrifices then work back from areas you feel have a lower value/impact or where you can develop players like CB and do everything you can to limit any more Frank Clarks.
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Well just saying "Draft/develop cheap players and don't spend money on bad ones" is the easy answer, yes.
But let's assume a reasonable amount of draft busts and dead money here.
If you have a 'representative' amount of chaff elsewhere on the roster, you're gonna need to cut corners here and there. It's just the nature of a cap league.
And if/when that is the case, I'm going to do it at WR. Because Patrick Mahomes can't do shit to keep the
opposing WR from getting open - but he can throw HIS open. So I'm not going to cut corners on DBs when I don't have a force multiplier that can make them better than they are.
Now if I had Ed Reed back there, I'd tailor my response somewhat. But speaking generally, you have to focus more cap/capital on areas that Mahomes CAN'T directly impact while letting his talent raise the level of those players who play positions he CAN impact.