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Drafting from Nomination Slot 4 ($36-$41): Getting the Most From the Stud Tier Tier
Auction logic centers on budget allocation: how many dollars are left after each nomination.
Nomination Slot 4: Stud Tier ($36-$41)
| Player | Pos | Team | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| CeeDee Lamb | WR | DAL | A2 |
| Drake London | WR | ATL | B2 |
| A.J. Brown | WR | PHI | B2 |
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 Stud Tier ($36-$41) at slot 4 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 High-End Starter bucket ($31-$35) 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 Stud Tier name at the $36-$41 price point, banking the cheaper half of this exact bracket instead of paying the $42-$49 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
Saquon Barkley (PHI, RB) is the budget-risk-allocation play one tier down from this slot: $31-$35 in the High-End Starter bucket, well under the $36-$41 Stud Tier price this nomination targets. Tier B1, ECR 15, std_dev 3.2 — tight enough that the room has already priced him correctly — no discount left to find. That is the case for shopping a tier below your assigned slot: the dollars saved by skipping Stud Tier prices buy this exact name instead, freeing the rest of the budget for a different bracket. Nominate him early to test how much the room still has to spend at this level, or let him fall to the High-End Starter price where the field will eventually price him anyway. The risk you are allocating against is purely a budget one — pay the higher bracket now, or bet the room lets this name slide to where it belongs.