its not a dumb rule.. its common sense, if the bench is set to positions you use those positions.
And yes Stockpiling WRS would have an advantage,

YoYoYoYoMan
Starters:
QB: Aaron Rodgers
RB: Alfred Morris
WR: Greg Jennings
WR: Julio Jones
TE: Tony Gonzalez
K: Steven Gostkowski
Bench:
QB:
RB: Ben-Jarvis Green-Ellis
WR: Anquan Boldin
TE: Jermaine Gresham
K:

LE4FS
Starters:
QB: Andrew Luck
RB: Adrian Peterson
WR: Andre Johnson
WR: Demaryius Thomas
TE: Owen Daniels
K: Adam Vaniteri
Bench:
QB: Colin Kaepernick
RB: Stevan Ridley
WR: Michael Crabtree
TE:
K:

Phewphew
Starters:
QB: Matt Ryan
RB: Arian Foster
WR: Wes Welker
WR: Randall Cobb
TE: Aaron Hernandez
K:
Bench:
QB: Matt Schaub
RB: Michael Turner
WR: Pierre Garcon
TE: Jeremichael Finley
K:

KingTony
Starters:
QB: Peyton Manning
RB: Frank Gore
WR: Eric Decker
WR: Roddy White
TE: Jacob Tamme
K: Justin Tucker
Bench:
QB: Andy Dalton
RB: James Starks
WR: Jordy Nelson
TE: Coby Fleener
K:

Jarome
Starters:
QB: Robert Griffin III
RB: Marshawn Lynch
WR: AJ Green
WR: Reggie Wayne
TE: Kyle Rudolph
K: Blair Walsh
Bench:
QB: Joe Flacco
RB: Knowshon Moreno
WR: Sidney Rice
TE: Vernon Davis
K:

EGucci
Starters:
QB: Tom Brady
RB: Ray Rice
WR: TY Hilton
WR: Torrey Smith
TE: Rob Gronkowski
K: Matt Prater
Bench:
QB: Russel Wilson
RB: Jacquizz Rodgers
WR: Randy Moss
TE: Dennis Pitta
K:

Available players:
I manually put these players in order quickly for the draft, If the user is not online for the draft they will get the highest available ranked player:
James Jones
Christian Ponder
Brandon Lloyd
Vick Ballard
Santana Moss
Andrew Hawkins
Golden Tate
Jerome Simpson
Brandon Stokley
Joel Dreesen
Logan Paulsen
Zach Miller
Mason Crosby
Matt Bryant
David Akers
Kyle Forbath
Shayne Graham
Steven Haushcka
Josh Brown
Mike Nugent
After that if there's still players needed I'll add some.

This post was edited by Jarome on Jan 1 2013 09:55pm

Jacquizz Rodgers
Matt Prater

how so lol?

Youd be losing a player from another position... if i picked 6 WRs if any one of my other players gets eliminated thats not a WR, GG.

I take Welker, Julio, White, Decker. You try to get wr's further in the playoffs from those teams, and they aren't the best at running, so you take a passing teams wrs, you basically own that team, and other people are stuck picking bottom barrell wrs on teams who run like vikes, seahawks, ravens, etc.

Get an extra WR, more valuable than your kicker, can fill two holes at WR incase.

Everyone would have the same choice......

Yeah well what if your top 2 WRs dont get eliminated ever, and the other bunch just sit on your bench doing nothing, then its mega disadvantage.....

YoYoYoYoMan
Starters:
QB: Aaron Rodgers
RB: Alfred Morris
WR: Greg Jennings
WR: Julio Jones
TE: Tony Gonzalez
K: Steven Gostkowski
Bench:
QB:
RB: Ben-Jarvis Green-Ellis
WR: Anquan Boldin
TE: Jermaine Gresham
K:

LE4FS
Starters:
QB: Andrew Luck
RB: Adrian Peterson
WR: Andre Johnson
WR: Demaryius Thomas
TE: Owen Daniels
K: Adam Vaniteri
Bench:
QB: Colin Kaepernick
RB: Stevan Ridley
WR: Michael Crabtree
TE:
K:

Phewphew
Starters:
QB: Matt Ryan
RB: Arian Foster
WR: Wes Welker
WR: Randall Cobb
TE: Aaron Hernandez
K: Matt Bryant
Bench:
QB: Matt Schaub
RB: Michael Turner
WR: Pierre Garcon
TE: Jeremichael Finley
K:

KingTony
Starters:
QB: Peyton Manning
RB: Frank Gore
WR: Eric Decker
WR: Roddy White
TE: Jacob Tamme
K: Justin Tucker
Bench:
QB: Andy Dalton
RB: James Starks
WR: Jordy Nelson
TE: Coby Fleener
K:

Jarome
Starters:
QB: Robert Griffin III
RB: Marshawn Lynch
WR: AJ Green
WR: Reggie Wayne
TE: Kyle Rudolph
K: Blair Walsh
Bench:
QB: Joe Flacco
RB: Knowshon Moreno
WR: Sidney Rice
TE: Vernon Davis
K:

EGucci
Starters:
QB: Tom Brady
RB: Ray Rice
WR: TY Hilton
WR: Torrey Smith
TE: Rob Gronkowski
K: Matt Prater
Bench:
QB: Russel Wilson
RB: Jacquizz Rodgers
WR: Randy Moss
TE: Dennis Pitta
K:

Available players:
I manually put these players in order quickly for the draft, If the user is not online for the draft they will get the highest available ranked player:
James Jones
Christian Ponder
Brandon Lloyd
Vick Ballard
Santana Moss
Andrew Hawkins
Golden Tate
Jerome Simpson
Brandon Stokley
Joel Dreesen
Logan Paulsen
Zach Miller
Mason Crosby
David Akers
Kyle Forbath
Shayne Graham
Steven Haushcka
Josh Brown
Mike Nugent
After that if there's still players needed I'll add some.

Someone else who's eliminated who had 2 shitty wr's don't have them and I'm in, they are out. Seems like an advantage.

Leafs they're a lot of strategies to be used in this.
For example:

Get all starters with no byes taking the risk of having some eliminated & your back ups as teams with byes to fill those spots in.

Many other ways.