About to start a keeper league for the first time

[Moorgan]

My understanding is it will be a regular draft but not sure on the details of the league yet. Commissioner has never done keeper before either.

any good strategies for keepers from experience and should Cam be my first pick? :)

[PntherPryd]

scoring should be what you look at first before targeting a draft strategy like QB/RB/RB/WR.

Cam should be up there because the team is building around HIM, not the other way around.  Those are the kind of players you should look for.  I always like to take a gamble on a rookie also.

Also keep in mind whether you are playing with Panther fans or non-Panther fans.  Cam would be a steal in round 2 of an espn league.

 

[Moorgan]

I'm pretty sure it will be a PPR league but I haven't sat down with the Commish yet to hammer all that out. I think pass TDs will be worth 4, while 6 for everyone else. I'll be the only Panther fan...so I view that as an advantage (I'm looking at you Funchess...you beautiful late round keeper).

[Jimmy]

In most leagues you can get Cam in the 2nd or 3rd round regardless of format.  That is due to the lack of respect he receives and the mouth breathers you play with will buy into it.  

[RockyTopVol]

In my league, we must keep 3 players every season but you CAN keep as many as 5. Every player you keep after 3 loses you a draft pick, so if you keep 3, you can participate in round one of the draft. If you keep four, you can't participate until round two, and so on. 

Having said that, I don't love the way we do it. The same guy has won the past two seasons. When we draft this year I'm going to suggest a new method, which is everyone must keep 2 players and that's all you can keep. You can keep a player once and then you must release them. So I can't draft Andrew Luck and keep him for his entire career, but I could have him for two seasons.