Dynasty Draft Pick Values: Tyler Higbee, Jeff Wilson Jr., Kirk Cousins (2023 Fantasy Football)

Summer is approaching, and NFL Training Camps will be in full swing before we know it. While right now might be one of the few lulls on the NFL calendar, fantasy football never truly sleeps.

Now is one of the best times of year for new dynasty startup drafts. Scoring top-tier value in your startup draft is instrumental in trying to bring home the championship in year No. 1 of your league.

Today we’ll dive into which player is the best value in dynasty leagues. We hope to provide you with an actionable path to extract value when building your teams this summer with sights on a championship trophy. Check out our values for every team here.

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Dynasty Values to Target

Let’s check out the top dynasty fantasy football values to target.

Los Angeles Rams: TE Tyler Higbee | ADP: 210.17 (TE30)

The tight end landscape is always an exciting place to analyze for fantasy football. Still, I have difficulty drafting 29 different tight ends ahead of Tyler Higbee in startups. He finished 2022 as the TE6. If you would instead look at points per game, he still finished as TE10. He doesn’t have the elite upside of someone like Travis Kelce, Mark Andrews or TJ Hockenson. Still, we’re talking about a late-round pick spent on someone who finished as a top-10 option at the position just a season ago and is only entering his age-30 season.

Miami Dolphins: RB Jeff Wilson Jr. | ADP: 206.50 (RB69)

The Miami running back room is a little crowded currently, but this is another situation where I’d like to roster a piece of this running game. If given the opportunity, I’d like it to be as cost-effective as possible. Devon Achane is being drafted as a top-30 option for the position, which is too rich for me. The team brought back Raheem Mostert and Jeff Wilson Jr. in the offseason before drafting Achane. I expect all three backs to be involved, and right now, Wilson Jr. is the cheapest of the three. It wouldn’t shock me if Jeff Wilson Jr. led this backfield in rushing yards at the end of 2023.

Minnesota Vikings: QB Kirk Cousins | ADP: 158.17 (QB17)

Kirk Cousins is the quintessential boring quarterback pick in the back half of 1QB startup drafts. But you can do much worse than Cousins in round 13. He returns fringe QB1 value seemingly every season, and waiting on someone like Cousins gives you a ton of time to fill out your roster with running backs and wide receivers. You’d also like to have someone rostered who is younger, but in 1QB leagues, you can figure that out a little easier. In superflex, Cousins is a rock-solid QB2.