That smug sense of self-satisfaction—you guessed it—is from yours truly. Back in my Week 8 Dynasty Stock Watch, I discussed the viability of Brock Purdy as a deep stash. While I viewed it more of a hedge bet against Trey Lance, the injury concerns of Jimmy Garoppolo were an obvious oversight. I'll get into that more later.
Purdy's emergence illuminates one pressing concern I have about most dynasty leagues. If you don't have substantial number of bench spots, it's not really dynasty to me. If every breakout player amounts to a game of FAAB, you effectively have removed evaluation as part of the league process.