4 Buy-Low Dynasty Targets (2026 Fantasy Football)

We’re less than three weeks away from the NFL Draft. Everyone has rookie fever at this point. It’s totally understandable to be excited. Even in a class that’s viewed as a little weaker, it’s hard not to get excited about the mystery box. Especially for dynasty fantasy football.

That said, I want to bring forward some veteran options who have been left by the wayside. Buying low doesn’t always have to be with young players. Savvy dynasty managers can get meaningful production out of older players simply by taking advantage of market fatigue. These players have been around the block; they aren’t exciting anymore. But I feel like their price has dipped far below what their actual output typically is.

Buy-Low Dynasty Fantasy Football Targets

For those of you shopping for proven vets while everyone else is looking for rookie picks, here are a few players with appealing price tags who you should be able to get for relatively cheap.

Jared Goff (QB – DET)

I’m going to continue beating the drum for Jared Goff in hopes that other managers listen and stop underappreciating him and his production. Want some numbers? Goff has been in the top 10 of quarterbacks in total fantasy points scored in each of the past four seasons. Not convincing enough? He’s thrown for over 4,440 passing yards and accounted for at least 29 total touchdowns in each season since 2022.

Still need more info to buy in? The efficiency and production metrics are prolific for the former No. 1 overall pick. Per PlayerProfiler, Goff ranked second in true passer rating (115.3), third in explosive rating (118.4) and fourth in expected points added (+177.8) last season.

Not only is he uber-efficient and generating chunk plays, but Goff’s also getting the heavy volume to be a yearly QB1 in fantasy — especially in the red zone. He finished second in the league with 34 passing scores last year, and he leads all signal-callers with 101 touchdowns through the air since the start of the 2023 season. Is that consistent enough for you?

Currently sitting at QB21 in FantasyPros’ latest dynasty trade value chart for April, I’m higher than consensus on Goff. He’s my QB15 right now. Still only 31 years old, he’s not on the verge of falling off a cliff. He’s got some good years still ahead of him, and they should continue to be highly productive for fantasy purposes as long as he remains in Detroit with weapons like Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jameson Williams, Sam LaPorta and Jahmyr Gibbs at his disposal.

Rhamondre Stevenson (RB – NE)

Kudos to Rhamondre Stevenson. He shook off some fumbling issues that had been plaguing him and held off electric rookie TreVeyon Henderson to keep control of the backfield in 2025.

Even while sharing touches with Henderson, Stevenson found a way to rack up 948 total yards, average 4.6 yards per carry, catch 32 passes and score nine touchdowns. He averaged 12.8 fantasy points per game in 14 contests, good for RB21.

It was down the stretch, though, when Stevenson really popped off. In Weeks 16-18, Stevenson scored 80.3 fantasy points combined. He turned only 32 touches into 333 yards and six scores.

Stevenson then rode that wave into the playoffs and basically relegated Henderson to mop-up duty. When things got serious, the Patriots clearly trusted Stevenson more. In the AFC Conference Championship, he played 93.4% of the snaps and carried the ball 25 times in a messy snow game against Denver. Meanwhile, Henderson played four snaps and received three carries for five yards.

At 28 years old, Stevenson doesn’t have any runway to go up in value. However, he showed he still has the goods last year. During the regular season, he ranked in the top 10 in the following efficiency and production metrics:

Yards per touch (5.9)
Yards per reception (10.8)
Yards created per touch (3.75)
Yards per route run (1.45)
Catch rate (86.5%)
Fantasy points per opportunity (1.07)

It’s clear that head coach Mike Vrabel trusts his veteran back, and it’s just as clear that Stevenson isn’t about to hand his job over to Henderson without a fight. You can get decent RB2 output for 2026 at a fraction of the cost. His value — RB35 on KeepTradeCut and RB32 in FantasyPros’ dynasty expert consensus rankings (ECR) — is depressed due to his age and Henderson’s presence, but that’s precisely why he’s a good buy at the moment.

Chris Godwin (WR – TB)

With Mike Evans leaving Tampa Bay, everyone is talking about Emeka Egbuka and the presumed massive leap he’s about to take.

No one is talking about Chris Godwin.

I get it. Godwin’s old news. He’s not the shiny new toy like Egbuka, and he’s also coming off his least productive season since his rookie year. Godwin battled injuries and was limited to only nine games, finishing with 33 receptions for 360 yards and only two scores. His 9.2 fantasy points per game were good for only WR46.

It was a far cry from what we expected from Godwin, who has a long history of being an excellent fantasy producer. He has two top-10 seasons under his belt, including an overall WR2 finish back in 2019.

That upside isn’t some ancient relic in textbooks. We saw it as recently as 2024. Before dislocating his ankle in Week 7 that season, Godwin was putting up some ridiculous numbers. Up until that point, Godwin scored 137.8 PPR points, second only to Ja’Marr Chase‘s 138.1. His 19.7 per-game average during that stretch would have ranked No. 2 among all wideouts for the season, behind only Chase’s 23.7 points per game.

That was two offensive coordinators ago at this point, and maybe he’s not the same player after suffering a devastating lower-body injury. But at his current market prices — WR51 on FantasyPros and WR61 on KeepTradeCut — Godwin is an easy buy for anyone needing points in 2026. As long as he’s healthy, it’s not hard to envision at least WR3 output, with room for more if Baker Mayfield leans on him.

Dalton Schultz (TE – HOU)

Here’s a fun fact: Dalton Schultz has finished in the top 10 in total fantasy points scored in four of the past five seasons. Want to guess where he’s ranked going into his age-30 season? In FantasyPros dynasty ECR, he’s TE29. He’s even more underappreciated on KeepTradeCut, where he sits all the way down at TE34.

That’s way too low for a player coming off a career high in targets (106) and catches (77). Schultz is a safety blanket for C.J. Stroud, and he handles the dirty work underneath so Nico Collins can excel on the outside. Year after year, he just ends up as a TE1 by the time the dust settles. Schultz is basically the tight end equivalent of walking 10,000 steps a day and eating your vegetables — not exciting, but it works out well in the long run.

In addition to being dirt cheap, you also get the added security of knowing Schultz is tied to Houston for the next two years. He recently signed a one-year, $12.6 million extension, meaning he should be the lead tight end in Houston through the 2027 season.

Schultz rarely pops off for a blow-up game, but he is a reliable option and the cheapest double-digit point-producer at the position you can buy in dynasty right now.