As chaos ensues, the dynasty markets react sharply, creating excellent opportunities to make roster-altering moves with buy-low and sell-high targets. Week 2 brought even more chaos, with more injuries, stud performances, and dud performances.
Here are four players I’m looking to make moves on for my dynasty fantasy football teams:
WEEK 3 DYNASTY BUY-LOW, SELL-HIGH TRADE TARGETS
Dynasty Buy-Low: Harold Fannin Jr. (CLE)
While Browns QB Deshaun Watson actually performed fairly well this past week, this has nothing to do with him. The Browns will undoubtedly have a new quarterback at the helm for this offense come 2027. The receiving talent on this team is young and promising.
I’m much more willing to be patient and wait for a quarterback to arrive and the offense to improve for receiving weapons than to wait for a running back who relies even more heavily on the offensive environment for fantasy relevance. Typically, wide receivers and tight ends have a longer shelf life, as their primes can extend into their late 20s/early 30s, whereas most running backs collapse after 28.
Harold Fannin Jr. was a broke out as a rookie last year and a lot of people were high on him coming into this season. But, he has failed to live up to expectations through two weeks. Obviously, this has more to do with who’s throwing him the ball rather than him as a talent. I have him at the end of my A Tier for dynasty tight end rankings, and he is a perfect buy-low target for a rebuilder. He’s just 22 years old, and most tight ends hit their stride at 25.
Last year, he quickly took over the TE1 role from now-Los Angeles Chargers David Njoku. He commanded a 21.5% target share and had 72 receptions on 105 targets as a rookie. The talent is clearly there. Right now, you can Tier Down from Sam LaPorta to Fannin, which is the process of moving from a consensus higher-ranked player to a player in the next tier to get an added asset. Personally, I have Fannin and LaPorta in the same tier, so getting a future second-round pick on top, based on recent Dynasty Daddy trade database examples, is a slam-dunk move.
Other examples that I liked:
- Harold Fannin for Isaiah Likely
- Harold Fannin for Matthew Golden (this was very common)
Dynasty Sell-High: Chuba Hubbard (CAR)
The Carolina Panthers have enjoyed a cupcake defensive schedule so far, and dynasty managers have become more reactive than ever. Taking advantage of this is a great way to build value for your dynasty rosters. Chuba Hubbard makes my dynasty sell-high list because he has no long-term value and has never been a great running back. Right now, Chuba is a top-12 fantasy-producing running back, and his biggest threat to snaps, Jonathon Brooks, is dealing with a groin reinjury. This puts Chuba comfortably in the driver’s seat for the foreseeable, and the market has taken notice and reacted accordingly.
According to Dynasty Daddy’s trade database, you can fetch a nasty value for him in some leagues. Cue the “this wouldn’t happen in my leagues” retort, but there were several trades, including a 2028 first-round pick for Chuba. Most commonly, people were still able to acquire a 2027 second-round pick, which is fair value currently, but I’d prefer the pick easily here. It’s a sad state of affairs when you can apparently get Marvin Harrison Jr. for Chuba Hubbard straight up, but that’s where the market is at in some leagues right now. I’ll take my chance on whatever Harrison Jr. does for the rest of his career over whatever you can squeeze out of Chuba from his.
Managers will fixate on the fantasy box scores and see that Hubbard put up 23.70 fantasy points in Week 1 and 14.40 fantasy points in Week 2. You need to look beyond just the box score when evaluating players. Over that two-game sample, Chuba has been inefficient as a running back. His yards after contact per attempt (YCO/A) is a measly 2.68. He’s showing no juice, as his breakaway yards and breakaway rate are both sitting at zero.
Casual managers will see the fantasy points and the 4.4 yards per carry, but fail to realize that he isn’t creating anything on his own. I was never someone overly high on Jonathon Brooks, but Chuba is just holding the seat warm for someone else as soon as next year if Brooks cannot overtake him this year.
Dynasty Buy-Low: Emeka Egbuka (TB)
Emeka Egbuka was an interesting case coming into the 2026 season. He was a player who lit the fantasy world on fire to start his rookie year, but then got hurt and struggled to perform while battling an injury. It didn’t help that Baker Mayfield was also hurt and struggling to produce.
This was the classic dynasty mistake of double-punishing players. We punish them once for getting hurt, and then we punish them again for playing bad while injured. Egbuka was an expert favorite for being the next big breakout wide receiver, aka “this year’s Jaxon Smith-Njigba candidate”, but that hasn’t looked like it’s going to come to fruition thus far. This makes for a great buy-low opportunity.
Whenever a player whom we know is good is struggling, we need to look beyond the box score to give better context as to why. What does the route participation look like? Is he efficient? Is he commanding targets? What’s the quarterback doing as a passer? These types of questions and the answers that come with them can help identify potential buy-low candidates.
Through the first two games of 2026, Egbuka is still showing promise with some underlying metrics. He’s sustained a 90.8% route participation rate, and he’s bouncing both inside the slot (39.5%) and outside (56.6%), so the opportunity is there when the Bucs are trying to pass. He also has zero drops so far, and Baker has a 122.9 passer rating when throwing to him, so he’s showing to be reliable. The workload is just small right now, as he’s yet to top six targets in a game so far.
Looking at Baker Mayfield, it’s easy to see where the problem lies. Baker has been objectively awful for two weeks. In Week 1, he was a checkdown merchant with a nauseating 4.7 average depth of target (aDOT) and failed to even attempt a big-time throw. This forced Egbuka to manufacture yards underneath. In Week 2, he was better at acknowledging the need to push the ball downfield as his aDOT rose to 13.3. However, he’s already been reckless with the football, with 5 turnover-worthy plays this season, and he’s holding onto the ball too long. Egbuka scored a short touchdown this week, but he was missed on multiple open throws.
The Buccaneers haven’t found an offensive groove yet, and need Baker to drastically improve to show that he’s worth the contract extension that he signed. Better days are likely ahead, so staying patient through the early-season struggles should pan out well for those who also have Egbuka as a buy-low target right now.
The dynasty market, however, has shown that many managers aren’t willing to be patient. People are selling out for a single first-round pick or even less! Here are some shocking examples from the Dynasty Daddy trade database that I found:
- Emeka Egbuka for Quinshon Judkins and K.C. Concepcion
- Emeka Egbuka for Michael Wilson
- Emeka Egbuka for Cam Skattebo
- Emeka Egbuka for Devonta Smith
I prefer Egbuka over every other option in all of these trades. Remember, it’s JUST Week 2! We still have a long season ahead of us! Egbuka doesn’t need to be a top-12 dynasty wide receiver to win any of these trades. Honestly, he just needs to be a top-20 guy for the next several years, and this would be a win. I think he’s better than that, as we’ve already seen what he’s capable of putting out onto the field. If this is the current market price, he’s a must-have buy-low target regardless of roster build. The targets are coming; it’s just a matter of when, not if.
Dynasty Sell-High: Rashee Rice (KC)
I’ve been off Rashee Rice at cost all offseason, and I’ve been telling people who follow me on X/Twitter to move off Rice while you can still get good value. People will cling to his elite fantasy scoring numbers when healthy the last two seasons; however, there lies one of the problems I have with him. He doesn’t look healthy. Ever since he had to rehab his knee in prison, he’s looked stiff and uncomfortable. He was already a poor separator before the knee became an issue, as shown by his route-tracking profiles over the years.
Now the Kansas City Chiefs have a real run game; they don’t need to spam Rice with cheap dump-offs at the line of scrimmage like they’ve had to do the past few seasons. Kenneth Walker looks like a legitimate league winner at the running back position, as the Chiefs have completely unleashed his talent with bell-cow touches. Through two weeks, Rice has only seen eight targets. This is no longer an offense that needs to throw the ball to win, so the volume floor not being there should be a glaring red flag.
Even the underneath target volume is being challenged by Kenneth Walker, as he’s earned 16 targets out of the backfield in just two games. Patrick Mahomes doesn’t need to spam screens and slants to Rice if he can just dump it down to an explosive back who’s consistently ripping off big chunk plays. This offense has changed its identity, and it’s a great time to get out before other managers catch on.
This also ignores all of the off-the-field issues he’s had and the lack of a contract extension. This makes him a high-risk asset, and I just don’t believe there’s enough of an argument to be made that the high-end upside is there anymore. Certainly not without an injury to Walker.
You can still get out on Rice for good value, as he scored a touchdown in his first game and he saw more targets in his second. There will naturally be managers who still believe the elite upside will be realized, and they’re willing to pay for it. Here are some trades on Dynasty Daddy that I’d gladly consider to move off of Rice:
- Rashee Rice, Jaylen Waddle, and Romeo Doubs for Malik Nabers
- Rashee Rice for Colston Loveland
- Rashee Rice for a 2027 first-round pick
- Rashee Rice for Carnell Tate
All of these options are more likely to be worth more by next offseason or sooner, and some could easily outscore him this year. Getting out now, before the floor caves in for values like this, is just good process.
