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Drafting from Nomination Slot 14 ($6-$7): Getting the Most From the Bench Depth Tier
Auction logic centers on budget allocation: how many dollars are left after each nomination.
Nomination Slot 14: Bench Depth ($6-$7)
| Player | Pos | Team | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| C.J. Stroud | QB | HOU | B1 |
Full 16-Tier Budget Ladder
| Slot | Tier | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elite Tier | $60+ |
| 2 | Elite Tier | $50-$59 |
| 3 | Stud Tier | $42-$49 |
| 4 | Stud Tier | $36-$41 |
| 5 | High-End Starter | $31-$35 |
| 6 | High-End Starter | $27-$30 |
| 7 | Solid Starter | $23-$26 |
| 8 | Solid Starter | $20-$22 |
| 9 | Value Starter | $17-$19 |
| 10 | Value Starter | $15-$16 |
| 11 | Flex Value | $13-$14 |
| 12 | Flex Value | $11-$12 |
| 13 | Bench Depth | $8-$10 |
| 14 | Bench Depth | $6-$7 |
| 15 | Depth Bombs | $3-$5 |
| 16 | Depth Bombs | $1-$10 |
Trade Logic
Nominating into the Bench Depth tier ($6-$7) at slot 14 is a budget call, not a pick trade — auction has no draft-slot trading, only dollars left after each nomination. Skip this tier and let it pass, and the Depth Bombs bucket ($3-$5) right behind it is where those saved dollars stack instead — reallocate the budget there and you can often land two players for the price of the one you passed on here. Spend up here and you get the Bench Depth name at the $6-$7 price point, banking the cheaper half of this exact bracket instead of paying the $8-$10 premium the same tier commands one slot earlier. The nomination-order lens matters as much as the tier itself: nominate this range early while budgets are flush, or wait it out and let cheaper owners bid each other past their comfort number.
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Sleepers & Fades
Kyler Murray (ARI, QB) is the budget-risk-allocation case at this nomination slot: he sits in the cheaper half of the Bench Depth bracket at $8-$10, against $6-$7 for the pricier half of that same tier. Tier C2, ECR 37, his std_dev of 15.1 is wide enough to call this a real volatility play worth chasing at this price. Same name-quality range, different dollars — the whole allocation call is which half of the Bench Depth bracket you buy into, not which player. Nominate him early while the room still has Bench Depth money on the table, or hold your bid and let the cheaper half of the bracket come to you once the tier thins out and owners start shopping down. Either way, the dollars you save inside this one bracket are the entire edge — there is no separate skill read to make on top of it.