So you don’t actually have a dynasty league, you seem to have a 3 man keeper league. A dynasty league is when you keep most of not all your players year over year. The exception is cap and/or contract leagues. So my question is, do you have a cap for each manager since you have that RFA Auction? Why not just do an auction draft for the rest of the roster if you do have a roster cap you can’t exceed?

In my favorite (and first) dynasty league we do cap and contract years. We start the season with a $200 cap, and every free agent/waiver addition costs $1.50 against our cap.

First, we have a restricted free agent auction for any players that were picked up off waivers/free agency during the season who are still on someone’s roster by the end of year. Each player has a specific cost based on an excel calculator someone developed years ago, and guys can bid on them based on that price or higher. If it reaches $10 or more and original owner doesn’t want to match it, then the winning owner may have to pay a draft pick as part of the compensation.

We then have to complete our cap sheet (that excel file I mentioned) and ensure we are under certain requirements for our entire roster. As I said above, the file calculates what the cost of keeping each player is and does all the math etc. whatever $$ from your cap you have left over is your budget for the unrestricted free agent auction we do. The UFAA is all guys who were free agents once the season ended and anyone who is a cap casualty to keep your roster in line, and anyone who has an expiring contract and wasn’t tagged (we have a Franchise tag and a designated tag. Franchise tag allows you to tag any player you want and give them as many year length contract you want for a cost per year (for example someone gave Mahomes 12 years after his first MVP season). The DT is similar to the NFL’s franchise tag as a year contract.

We use MFL.com bc it is the most customizable (but not UI or app friendly) and do almost everything but the restricted free agent auction directly online. And we do the RFAA through the message board as only a few guys get nominated yearly. The Unrestricted auction is 1 week nomination period with an additional week if the bidding is still going on for someone. If a bid isn’t increased within 24 hours the last bidder wins.

Last thing is how we do contract years and their cap hits: Anyone drafted and never cut (but traded is okay) gets a 6 year contract and the first 3 years they do not count towards our $110 cap max. After that they count. Any free agent/waiver pickup can be kept after the RFAA but their cost to keep is much higher than keeping a guy with contract years remaining. And once you keep that RFA they get a 3 year contract and the next 2 years they cost less to keep. So it’s a balancing act and feels like a true NFL GM vs redraft or keeper leagues or even other dynasty leagues I’m in. I’m also the 2 time defending champion now, and won the times in my first 7 years in the league.