Dynasty Theory: How to handle value at the end of your bench

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I like to do a lot of dynasty theorycrafting and listening to podcasts about it, etc. I understand that a normal mentality toward dynasty can be to stack your roster with as much value as you can, while trying to keep starters and at least a little depth at each position. But I'm wondering if that's the best strategy for the end of your bench. I think people can get too caught up in value and especially numbers on KTC/FantasyCalc/etc and chase the highest overall total, no matter what. For example, let's compare Kendre, Najee, and Noah Fant. With KTC for dynasty right now, Kendre is around 2000, Najee is around 1900, and Fant is around 1500. Some people wouldn't want to trade Kendre for Fant because of the value discrepancy, but my argument is that they're all pretty much the same. I'm not really sure value matters much below 2000, maybe even slightly higher. Fant is older, but he just got signed to a new team with another aging TE. Kendre is younger but is perpetually injured and the Saints also just signed Etienne. Najee is older but can maybe still go and seemed solid last year before the injury. I know that the values are an overall assessment of sentiment and yes, there is value in that. But I think it's easy to tie yourself to the gospel of value and miss out on players that might be in a better situation to produce. Obviously some are shorter term than others, but I'm not sure that a young and underused player is going to get used a ton more in the future over an older experienced vet. I've tried to maximize value, but I'm thinking about saving 2-3 spots at the end of my bench and just essentially keeping them moving similar to redraft. At that point, you're really just hoping that somebody gets into a good situation and pops off, and I'm OK with going with gut that deep on the bench. (And you can always try to trade interchangeable players for late picks before dropping them.) Thoughts? submitted by /u/johnny-papercut [link] [comments]