Unlike buy-low candidates, dynasty stash candidates are players you aren’t likely to set in your lineup just yet, because they aren’t producing significant fantasy-relevant points yet. They are players you can typically acquire as throw-ins, and some may even be on your league’s waiver wire.
These can be rookies who are still developing or veterans who just need an opportunity to happen to see a value gain. They aren’t players you need to hold forever either, as you can flip them for later if the value makes sense. Remember, dynasty is a value game first. These are players with underlying metrics that many average dynasty managers aren’t paying attention to.
Here are four dynasty stash targets to consider this week:
WEEK 2 DYNASTY STASHES
Dynasty Stash: Malachi Fields (NYG)
Fields will be a highly owned rookie in dynasty leagues, but is someone to look to add in a “sell high” trade like this one, where it’s pivoting off of a boom week from a player that went off in Week 1 like David Montgomery:
This is not only a nice rebuilder’s trade because the early second-round pick is already worth more than David Montgomery, who’s a year-to-year rental, but Fields is essentially a free roll, dynasty stash in this trade.
Now that the season has started, people are hyper-focused on scoring points and what players have done this week. Managers will quickly forget the encouraging training camp standout performances and preseason usage Fields earned. The third-round rookie immediately earned reps with the first-team offense during the preseason and showcased his contested-catch ability for a touchdown in preseason Week 1. Rapid depth chart ascent like that from a rookie, especially without round one draft capital, is something to always bookmark.
In Week 1, Fields led the wide receivers in snaps, ran 21 routes, and caught two of his four targets for 25 yards. One hundred percent route participation as a rookie is a notable statistic. The Giants had him play outside on 76% of his snaps and are pushing him to make plays downfield. This is supported by his 16.8 average depth of target (aDOT) and his 8.0 yards after catch per reception (YAC/Rec). Earning four targets on 19 routes is also encouraging, as that equates to a 19% targets-per-route rate (TPRR). Look for this to grow as he matures into his role.
Quarterback Jaxson Dart looked great, and if he keeps producing quality passing metrics, this team should have multiple fantasy-relevant receivers. Additionally, although Malik Nabers looked great and is the clear alpha wide receiver in this Giants offense, he is still battling back from his ACL tear last season. If any setback or reinjury occurs, someone will need to step up.
Fields isn’t someone you want to rely on going into Week 2, but he’s a perfect dynasty stash and a player to monitor as we get a larger sample of games to analyze how his role develops.
Dynasty Stash: George Holani (SEA)
This one sounds gross, and truthfully, it is. However, as of this writing, Holani is still available on waivers in 53% of leagues. As the current situation stands in Seattle, Holani should be rostered in every non-shallow-formatted dynasty league. He’s a low-risk, short-term dynasty stash.
Rostering handcuff running backs is one of the easiest ways to make value-gain moves in season. Fellow running back Zach Charbonnet is still recovering from his late-season ACL injury last year, and the Seahawks currently have Holani listed as the RB2 on their depth chart.
In Week 1, Holani commanded 46% of the running back snap share. This led to eight rushing attempts for 29 yards and only one target, which was not caught. Jadarian Price is the clear back to own, but based on his Week 1 usage, he’s being eased into the role.
Right now, the backfield is splitting snaps evenly to take some of the pressure off Price as he starts his career. While it’s expected for Price to eventually take over the majority of touches, having the direct handcuff as a dynasty stash could pay dividends. The running back position is typically more injury-prone than any other position because of the numerous big hits they take.
If Price sustains a significant injury, you’d be getting presumably the RB1 on a good offense for however long Price and Charbonnet are out. As a rebuilding team, flipping him for even late-round draft capital is how small-value wins are accumulated, which add up over time.
Dynasty Stash: Adam Randall (BAL)
Adam Randall was a late-round rookie flyer pick in 2026 dynasty rookie drafts. We all know Derrick Henry is an alien. He’s defied Father Time longer than anyone could have expected. There’s an extremely short list of running backs who are able to do what he’s done this far into his career. That being said, this won’t last forever, even if he’s an alien, so making moves to own the backup running back on a good offense is a sound process – as contender or not.
Randall is currently on the injured reserve (IR) list, so he won’t be available until after Week 4. Managers who already own him should stash him on their taxi squad or in their IR spot on their active roster. Injuries have already started to pile up and destroy the hopes and dreams of some dynasty managers. It’s not uncommon to see managers, especially newer ones, begin to lose patience with a rookie dart throw. Especially if they have to clear room for players they lost to injury, or if they fall for Week 1 outlier performances.
Justice Hill is currently the direct backup to Derrick Henry if he were to miss time. Hill is 29 years old and is never going to become anything more than what he is at this point in his career. He’s never been able to sustain a high-volume role, as his skill set is built for change-of-pace and receiving-down work instead of any kind of bell-cow role.
Randall is a massive converted wide receiver-to-running-back prospect. He’s got the size built for a heavy workload, as he stands 6’3″, 240 lbs, and runs a 4.5-second 40-yard dash. This is partially why he was so hyped up during dynasty rookie drafts. He is still considered a raw talent, however, as beat reporters have noted that he still needs to work on his pad level and vision. As a developmental dynasty stash, Randall could see his value naturally rise in the right circumstances.
His preseason usage before sustaining an injury was interesting. Randall led all Ravens running backs in preseason snaps, with the Ravens’ goal of accelerating his development. Clearly, they see potential as a viable backup should he ever be needed. This is a dart-throw dynasty stash worth taking because of this.
Even with the upside, Randall was a fifth-round draft pick, so there’s no guarantee that he ever becomes anything meaningful. It’s reasonable to expect that the dynasty community will likely look to him, once he comes back from his IR stint, to become the handcuff to own. This is why he’s a great target as a dynasty stash candidate. He’s a throw-in piece to any trade just to take an upside swing. He’s not someone to directly target as a buy-low candidate because there’s no value insulation with his profile.
Dynasty Stash: Oronde Gadsden II (LAC)
Oronde Gadsden had an impressive rookie year last season; he produced 694 yards on 71 targets with 52 receptions. This year, he is buried on the tight end depth chart at the start of the season. The new offensive coordinator, Mike McDaniel, has instead p›referred the use of older veterans David Njoku and Charlie Kolar. This has caused a massive value swing adjustment in the wrong direction for Gadsden, as not many people are actively trading for him right now in the dynasty marketplace.
In Week 1, Gadsden caught both his targets for 32 yards but managed only 10 snaps. He finished third in snap share behind both Njoku and Kolar by a wide margin. It’s easy to understand why this is discouraging for any Gadsden owner because of this. However, it’s hard to imagine that McDaniel would choose to continue to rely on the older, inefficient veterans when his offensive scheme relies on explosive playmakers, and Gadsden is definitely the most explosive tight end option on the team.
During Gadsden’s 10 offensive snaps, he was on the field for seven passing plays and ran a route on five of them. With those two targets, his targets per route run equated to 40%. That’s obviously unsustainable, but it’s still important to track. If he’s earning targets when running routes, that’s inherently valuable. Even with the small sample, quarterback Justin Herbert clearly trusts him enough when he’s on the field, and that matters. If he gets more run, that could translate into the production dynasty managers hoped for when they drafted him.
Where he lined up is also a subtle statistical category to track. In this game, he was lined up in the slot 57.1% of the time, out wide 28.6% of the time, and in line 14.3% of the time. He’s not being asked to block. He’s being asked to run routes, which is what we want for our tight ends in fantasy. It would be a mistake to overinflate his 6.43 YPRR on this small sample, but he did showcase his YAC/Rec ability in this game with what he was given.
Many managers who drafted Gadsden in the early offseason thought they were getting the next breakout tight end with McDaniel calling the plays. His value has since tanked, thus making him the exact type of dynasty stash to acquire for pennies on the dollar. Acquiring him as a throw-in trade piece, particularly in tight end premium leagues, is a savvy dynasty stash bet to make. Kolar was brought in mainly as a blocking tight end, and Njoku was quickly pushed to the side last year by rookie Harold Fannin.
Many forget that Gadsden was a converted wide receiver to tight end. He has juice and is a high-upside dynasty stash candidate that doesn’t cost much to acquire now.
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