Fantasy 2025 - EMPIRE League - Discussion

[exe ex machina]

2026 Draft Board...

1. Riders (PP 2452, 3-11)
2. TGBB (PP 2613, 3-11)
3. Til Valhall (PP 2832, 7-7)
4. Los Borrachos (PP 2848, 6-8)
5. Drd's Army (PP 2955, 5-9)
6. Samcro (PP 3001, 6-8)
7. Gorillas (PP 3135, 4-10)
8. IRFC (PP 3396, 6-8)
9. Arakaan Assassins
10. Southern Stingers
11. BPG Vandals
12. Tuanami
13. Denver Donkeys
14. Asgardian Ravers
15.
16.

 

[exe ex machina]

#1 overall seems like a poison pill again....or is that most of the first rounders end up a disappointment?

 

[exe ex machina]

Mojave Riders season review and 2026 preview....

Shit roster, with just a few guns, who ended up a letdown — joe mixon mysteriously out all year, jared verse and kobie turner underperforming early, jayden daniels humdrum season before the injury, only bucky irving.

No guns at RWT which is key in any league, a roster full of "sleeper" rookies who in the end seldom got playing time until right near the end of the season.

I had to trade assets for future picks and better positioned rookies and fringe players.

In the end, ending up with guys like abdul carter, kyle monangai (who i didnt even like), brian thomas, jihad campbell, jalen milroe....theres some hope for the next season, as well as waiver acquiring some others that imo could break out next season also enthuses me.

The main takeaway again tho for me is the extremely bad salary management. Yet again i keep setting a new record for dead cap (this season $70m).

The silver lining is that I'll have around 50-60m in available cap for auction waivers — if i can better isolate those handful of FAs that can upgrade my roster at the core starting positions.

Basically, i have to be much better at that, discriminatijg, and not just acquiring a ton that i only end up releasing (for reasons).

Not a full rebuild needed, i feel like a more astute approach to auction waivers and holding 20+m in cap for the start of regular season (for new breakout players available in waivers) is key for 2026 success. I don't think a division title or playoff berth or even a playoff run is out of the question for the Riders in 2026.

 

[Dagless]

You did of course trade away all of your best players - gotta keep you away from ADP, boy tries to rob you!

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

#1 overall seems like a poison pill again....or is that most of the first rounders end up a disappointment?

Being no. 2 pick behind you is like having no. 1 pick. Please don’t trade out

 

[shiny_on_top]

Being no. 2 pick behind you is like having no. 1 pick. Please don’t trade out

Fuey owns it already

 

[Dagless]

Being no. 2 pick behind you is like having no. 1 pick. Please don’t trade out

Got some bad news brother

 

[Dagless]

In classic ‘GGWTFashion’