In today’s article, I’m diving into some of my top Year 2 targets and fades from a dynasty fantasy football perspective, focusing on players from the 2024 NFL Draft class. To evaluate how my views stack up against the market, I compared my dynasty rankings on FantasyPros with the Expert Consensus Rankings (ECR). The results were eye-opening for me. There are several players I didn’t realize I was significantly higher or lower on until I saw the data. Hopefully, these insights will help guide your trade strategy as we head deeper into the offseason. Let’s kick things off with my top Year 2 fantasy football targets. I’ll then share second-year fantasy football players I’m planning to avoid.
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Dynasty Players to Target & Avoid (Fantasy Football)
Fantasy Football Players to Target
Bo Nix (QB – DEN) | My Rank: QB7 | ECR: QB11
The Bo Nix hate continues in the dynasty community despite the young man putting together one of the best rookie seasons in NFL history. He averaged nearly 20 fantasy points per game in 2024, including 3.9 points per game on the ground. I’ve seen all I need to see.
Rookie QBs in NFL history with 3,500+ pass yards, 400+ rush yards, 29+ pass TDs
1. Bo Nix
End of list.
5th most fantasy points for a rookie QB, behind only Cam Newton, Jayden Daniels, Justin Herbert, RG3
My Dynasty QB7. AMA
— Jim Moorman DFF ⚙️ (@jim_DFF) February 27, 2025
Drake Maye (QB – NE) | My Rank: QB6 | ECR: QB10
I think if we’re looking ahead two years from today, there’s a real chance the only quarterback we view higher than Drake Maye from a dynasty perspective is Jayden Daniels. In the games where Maye played more than a third of the snaps, he averaged over 16 fantasy points per game as a rookie. This was with virtually no offensive line and zero receiving weapons. Things are only going to improve from here. Buy aggressively.
Troy Franklin (WR – DEN) | My Rank: WR71 | ECR: WR90
I was a notable Troy Franklin bull this time last year, but after a wildly disappointing rookie season, I nuked him in my rankings and figured I was about even with the market on him. Clearly, that’s not the case, as I have Franklin 19 positional spots ahead of ECR. Yes, Franklin was bad in Year 1, but his prospect profile coming out of Oregon was excellent, and there’s a non-zero chance this guy is Bo Nix’s WR1 in 2025. They have a rapport dating back to college, after all.
Xavier Worthy (WR – KC) | My Rank: WR21 | ECR: WR26
Worthy was another player I didn’t think of myself as particularly bullish on prior to this exercise, but I’m well ahead of ECR. I think a good percentage of the dynasty community views Worthy solely as a gadget guy, but he proved in the latter half of the season he’s much more than this. From Week 15 through the Superbowl (excluding Week 18, when the starters sat), Worthy averaged 8.7 targets, 6.7 receptions, 89.2 scrimmage yards, and one touchdown per game. That’s 21.6 PPR points per game.
Ben Sinnott (TE – WAS) | My Rank: TE27 | ECR: TE33
Washington decided to pour cold water on the Ben Sinnott breakout season in 2025 by signing Zach Ertz for one more year, but if you have patience, he’s a pretty cheap trade target with potential low-end TE1 upside down the line. I really liked Sinnott’s prospect profile coming into the NFL, and I’m not willing to throw in the towel yet. Sometimes, it just takes a few years for tight ends to get fully acclimated. They have a lot to learn, both as blockers and receivers.
That wraps up my biggest Year 2 targets for Dynasty this offseason. Let’s take a look at four of my biggest fades below.
Fantasy Football Players to Avoid
Blake Corum (RB – LAR) | My Rank: RB68 | ECR: RB45
The good news for Blake Corum is that Kyren Williams has proven to be one of the least efficient starting running backs in the NFL. The bad news for Blake Corum is that he’s even worse, and Los Angeles just drafted a running back by the name of Jarquez Hunter, who is better than both of them. I’d sell Corum for as little as a future third.
Jarquez Hunter is one of the best values in Dynasty rookie drafts right now. Late 3rd to early 4th rounder.
He is legit good ranking 8th overall in our running back analytical model predicting future fantasy success and has one of the least efficient running back rooms in the… pic.twitter.com/dDftmKfEOC
— Dynasty Football Factory⚙️ (@DFF_Dynasty) May 2, 2025
Ray Davis (RB – BUF) | My Rank: RB56 | ECR: RB46
I get it; Ray Davis is the primary handcuff RB in a Josh Allen-led offense. I just don’t think he’s that good. 4.0 yards per attempt, 3.0 yards after contact, and a 19% breakaway rate aren’t impressive enough numbers to take on some massive workload, even if James Cook gets hurt. Not to mention, Davis will be turning 26 this season.
Rome Odunze (WR – CHI) | My Rank: WR28 | ECR: WR21
There’s no disputing Rome was a premier talent coming out of Washington, and the draft capital supported that. His 8.5 PPR points per game is somewhat excusable as well, given he had to compete for targets alongside D.J. Moore and Keenan Allen. That said, the target competition looks even tougher in 2025, and there’s a new head coach in Ben Johnson, who didn’t hand-select Rome. He selected Colston Loveland and Luther Burden despite Moore and Odunze already being there. That’s concerning.
Keon Coleman (WR – BUF) | My Rank: WR57 | ECR: WR51
Looking at my rankings, I feel like I should move Keon down even further. There’s not a situation where I could see myself feeling good about placing Coleman in my starting lineup on a weekly basis. Khalil Shakir earned 43 more targets than Coleman in 2024. Even Dalton Kincaid, who was awful last year, earned 18 more targets in the same number of games played as Coleman. I simply don’t see the path to fantasy relevance with this one.
Thank you for checking out my article today! If you have any dynasty or devy-related questions, feel free to reach out to me on X @jim_DFF. I’m always down to talk football.
