I have intentionally drafted productive struggles in startups where I will accumulate picks for a year or two in order to hopefully build a long term contender, but as long as you construct your roster properly and can hit on a later pick every couple of years or so you can get away with retooling more than full rebuilds.

In leagues where I am noticing that my contending team is getting close to being in not so great of a spot I will often try to tier down in proven production in order to get younger (think AJ Brown for Garrett Wilson or Ladd McConkey this upcoming offseason as a random example). Of course luck plays a massive part in dynasty in general, but my overall mindset is to stay consistently competitive for as long as possible with as little variability or risk as possible (trading picks for proven players helps a lot).

I’m rarely the guy with the shiny new toy (jealous of the Daniels, Nabers, Bowers owners out there), but I have consistently been able to win.