Dynasty Trade Advice: Players to Buy or Sell (Fantasy Football)

Welcome to the first edition of my dynasty buys and sells series.

Unlike traditional redraft leagues that reset every year, dynasty fantasy football is a long-term commitment. It’s about building sustainable success by finding the right balance between win-now production and ascending assets. This series is your guide to navigating that landscape, offering weekly insights into player values and which players I’m looking to acquire or trade away in my own leagues.

Our goal is to help you put your team in the best position for long-term success. While a player’s performance in any given week is important, we need to look beyond immediate projections and consider long-term outlook, career trends and dynasty market value.

With Week 1 in the books, let’s dive into the first set of players to buy or sell in dynasty fantasy football.

Dynasty Fantasy Football Trade Advice

Players to Buy

Harold Fannin Jr. (TE – CLE)

The price tag has certainly risen following Harold Fannin’s NFL debut, earning nine targets and hauling in seven receptions for 63 yards. The landing spot was initially seen as a reason to be bearish, given that proven veteran tight end David Njoku is still in Cleveland. However, it was the rookie who outproduced the vet in Week 1, and it appears Fannin is going to be heavily involved in the offense moving forward.

This early success should come as no surprise to those who were familiar with Fannin’s college resume. He set the all-time FBS record for tight ends in yards per route run (YPRR) last season with an absurd 3.77 YPRR. Maybe he’s undersized, maybe he’s “duck-footed,” but there’s no denying he scores fantasy points. Fannin is currently my dynasty TE8 overall, and I’d be willing to pay as much as a late 2026 first-round rookie pick for him in TE-premium formats.

Troy Franklin (WR – DEN)

Finally, Troy Franklin gives us a little something to be excited about from a dynasty perspective. After a lackluster rookie campaign where he was relegated to a part-time role, it appears Franklin has officially cracked the starting lineup. Despite a poor performance from Bo Nix, Franklin still had a nice Week 1 showing, earning six targets and grabbing four receptions for 44 yards. Is this the kind of production we can feel good about starting on our dynasty rosters? Of course not, but it’s progress. There was once a time he was considered a borderline top-five wide receiver prospect in the 2024 NFL Draft class.

We’ve grown accustomed to expecting rookie year breakouts in recent years and are often a bit too quick to throw in the towel on players who don’t hit the ground running. Some prospects need a little more time to adjust to the NFL game, and I’m hoping Franklin fits that description. He’s currently just outside my top-60 dynasty wide receivers and can likely be acquired for an early third-round rookie pick. Quick reminder that Nix and Franklin were college teammates at Oregon, so we know the rapport is there.

Players to Sell

Rachaad White (RB – TB)

It’s official: Rachaad White is no more than a handcuff running back. Sure, Bucky Irving was inefficient on the ground this weekend, only managing to post 37 rush yards on 14 attempts. However, he still saw 76% of the snaps, while White was sitting at just 24%. White only saw two rush attempts the entire day, confirming this is solely Irving’s backfield. We know from his rookie season that Irving is an excellent rusher, so this one week of poor metrics should be of no concern.

To be fair, I didn’t completely nuke White in my dynasty ranks. He still has contingent value if Irving were to get injured, but there’s no way you can consider putting him in your starting lineup in the current situation. I would look to flip White for an unproven rookie with reasonable upside, like Elic Ayomanor or Jaydon Blue. In the case of Blue, you may be able to get a plus on top of him, if the Blue owner is panicking about him being a healthy scratch in Week 1.

Mark Andrews (TE – BAL)

If you had told me the Baltimore game was going to end in a 41-40 shootout, I would have assumed Mark Andrews was a smash in Week 1. Add in the fact that Isaiah Likely was out, and there’s no way Andrews doesn’t pour on the fantasy points, right? Wrong. Despite the game script and the lack of receiving competition, Andrews came away with just one reception for five yards on the night. Andrews posted a 6.3% target rate and 0.31 YPRR.

The writing is on the wall for Andrews, and I think it’s best to sell this season. That said, unless you’re confident you can get market value now, I would probably wait for a better fantasy week out of Andrews before shopping him around. As we saw last season, Andrews can get hot and find the end zone quite a bit, so I’d look to sell following a game he scores a touchdown. I prefer my fantasy assets to earn enough target volume so that I’m not banking solely on a touchdown to get me there in a particular week.

Thanks for checking out today’s article. If you have any dynasty, devy or C2C questions, I can be reached on X @jim_DFF. See you next week for more dynasty buys and sells.