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Building the perfect fantasy bench is maybe 90% about upside and 10% pragmatism. We must think mostly about collecting high-ceiling players with game-breaking potential, but, as a practical matter, we may actually need to start one of two of them at some point early in the year. So we can’t simply have a bench full of dudes who are anchored to the sideline.