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The great thing about salary cap leagues is that you can take your team in any direction you want. Your strategy options are completely wide open.

Our Footballguys staff recently sat down to discuss their favored options at running back when playing in a salary cap league.

Assume these league settings:

• $200 cap
• 12 teams
• Full PPR
• Starting Lineup
  • 1 QB
  • 2 RBs
  • 3 WRs
  • 1 TE
  • 1 flex (RB, WR, TE)

How much of your budget do you allocate to wide receivers?

Jason Wood: In a league with these starting requirements, I will allocate roughly 35%–40% of my budget to the position. 

Maurile Tremblay: I earmark $70-$85 (about 35%-42%) for WRs, lock in one top-8 anchor around $40-$50, then target 2-3 WR2/WR3 values in the $15-$25 range to cover three starters and often the flex in full PPR.

Jeff Haseley: Usually, my wide receiver allocation is similar to my running backs, about $90, give or take a maximum of $10.

Drew Davenport: I talked about a more balanced approach when attacking my salary cap drafts this year when I discussed my running back strategy. This generally means I'm trimming my wide receiver budget a little more than in past seasons. However, I don't have a set strategy I will force if things go a certain way. The worst thing we can do is try to force our strategy to work, so I'm going to go after running backs with my early nominations and see what happens. If I land a couple of runners I like, then it will shape my wide receiver strategy. If I don't, I go another direction.

How do you approach the wide receiver position in a salary cap draft?