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The Super Bowl may barely be in the rearview mirror, but fantasy football, especially Dynasty fantasy football, is now a year-round game. We already had the Senior Bowl and the Combine is just around the corner, so now is the time to start learning about this year’s rookie class if you haven’t already. But the early offseason is also a great time to make some deep dynasty fantasy football trade targets. Specifically, this is a great time to target some underappreciated veterans as the rest of your league starts drooling over the incoming rookie class.
With that in mind, this article is going to focus on one deep Dynasty trade target at each position. These are players without much value, so you may not be able to build entire trades around them. But they are the perfect guys to target as throw-ins. Some of them may even be available on waivers in shallower Dynasty formats. Most of these players will never amount to much, but hitting on just one sleeper trade target can be the move that wins you a championship years down the line. With that in mind, let’s get right into it!
Deep Dynasty Fantasy Football Trade Targets
TE Noah Gray, Kansas City Chiefs
Getting Noah Gray on your Dynasty roster is a move that could pay off very quickly. There’s a real chance that Travis Kelce, at 35 years old, coming off a disappointing season, and with millions of dollars and a pop-star girlfriend waiting for him, retires this offseason. If he does, Gray will be the Chiefs’ de facto TE1, and his value will immediately rise as a result.
I wouldn’t make this suggestion if a potential Kelce retirement was the only thing that Gray had going for him. Tight-end fantasy production is more talent-based than any other position. Every NFL offense, even the least effective, heavily utilizes quarterbacks (duh), running backs, and wide receivers. But not every team has a tight end who is more than an afterthought in their game plan. With very few expectations, the top fantasy tight ends are earning their usage by being superlative receiving weapons. Kelce wasn’t a fantasy superstar because of his situation in Kansas City (not that it didn’t help). He was a fantasy superstar thanks to his ability to get open and rack up targets. Any given tight end serving as the Chiefs’ top option shouldn’t be expected to put up useable fantasy stats.
With that said, there is reason to believe that Gray can fill at least one of Kelce’s massive shoes. Among 41 TEs with at least 200 routes run last season, Gray ranked 15th with 1.63 yards per route. He also ranked 11th in first downs per route, 10th in fantasy points per route, and 13th in PFF Grade. In fact, he actually bested Kelce himself in all four of those metrics (to be clear, this was a hugely down year for the future Hall of Famer).
According to Keep Trade Cut’s (KTC) crowdsourced Dynasty rankings, Gray is just the TE24. Compared to veterans like Dallas Goedert (TE20), Hunter Henry (TE32), and even Zach Ertz (TE36), that price doesn’t stand out — KTC consistently undervalues productive vets. But if you’re looking for more long-term upside, the 25-year-old Gray is certainly a better bet than guys like Ben Sinnott (TE23) and Theo Johnson (TE25), and that’s enough to make him an intriguing trade target.
RB Antonio Gibson, New England Patriots
Remember when Antonio Gibson was a first-round Dynasty Startup pick? Honestly, I don’t either, but I checked the data, and that’s what it says. After an impressive rookie season in which he racked up over 1,000 combined yards in just 14 games (10 starts), Gibson was the 12th-overall pick in Startup ADP. Since then, the college-wide receiver has trended distinctly in the wrong direction. In 2024, he scored double-digit Half-PPR points just once while serving as Rhamondre Stevenson‘s backup in New England.
Gibson has not turned into the stud he was briefly anointed to be. But the Dynasty community has overreacted by completely burying his value. On KTC, he is the RB78, behind players like Sincere McCormick, Cam Akers, and Kareem Hunt. Any of those three backs could literally never see an NFL field again. Meanwhile, Gibson is relatively safe with two years left on a three-year contract in New England.
Both Gibson and Stevenson are on decent-sized contracts, and the Patriots’ roster is filled with holes. That means the chances that Gibson loses his RB2 job in this year’s draft are lower than you might think. And that’s not too terrible a job to have, especially given that Stevenson was nearly benched multiple times last year for inefficiency and fumbling issues. There’s also the chance that Rhamondre misses time, which is always a possibility for any NFL running back. No matter how it happens, we know that Gibson is (theoretically) capable of handling a decent workload both on the ground and through the air when given an opportunity. Handcuff value alone is enough to make the 26-year-old a worthwhile dart throw given his negligible price, and I would also argue there’s a non-zero chance he carves out standalone value if New England’s offense improves and/or Stevenson continues to struggle.
QB Joe Milton III, New England Patriots
Let’s stay in New England with the rarest of assets in Superflex Dynasty: A young, high-upside quarterback who can be acquired for cheap. Of course, Milton is cheap for a good reason. Heading into next season, he will be a 25-year-old sixth-rounder stuck behind Drake Maye, a 22-year-old third-overall pick from the same draft class who had a promising rookie season. Projecting a path to playing time for Milton requires a whole lot of wishful thinking.
But there are some things in Milton’s favor. For one, his age isn’t as big of a red flag at QB as it would be at another position. Much more importantly, he just might be good. Milton only appeared in one game as a rookie, a Week 18 backup-fest against the Mitch Trubisky-led Bills. But he certainly made the most of that one appearance. He posted an absurd 94.9 PFF Passing Grade, the third-highest single-week grade of any quarterback all season. With Kayshon Boutte as his top target, Milton led the Patriots to a win. He also racked up 241 yards and 19.2 fantasy points in the process.
Of course, one Week 18 game against the Bills’ backups doesn’t prove much. But NFL teams are just as desperate for quarterback talent as Dynasty managers. Especially given that Milton also brings prototypical size and a cannon arm to the table, he should find his way onto the field at some point. When he does, it’s anyone’s guess what will happen. But what he showed last year was intriguing enough that I would certainly rather take a shot on Milton over similarly ranked quarterbacks like Will Levis and Daniel Jones. Given that he went undrafted even in plenty of Superflex leagues and is likely still on waivers in 1-QB formats, Milton is someone to, at the very least, stick on your watch list heading into 2025.
WR Malik Washington, Miami Dolphins
I want to start this recommendation with a disclaimer: Malik Washington was very, very bad as a rookie in 2024. Among 113 receivers with at least 200 routes, he ranked 94th with a miserable 1.07 yards per route run. He also ranked 84th out of 110 receivers (minimum 36 targets) in PFF Receiving Grade. For a 24-year-old sixth-round pick, a rookie season that unproductive isn’t just a red flag — it’s basically a death sentence. But I loved Washington as a prospect last year, so I’m willing to give him one more chance heading into 2025. Don’t get me wrong, you shouldn’t go trading anything of value for the Virginia product. But Washington will likely pop up on plenty of Dynasty waiver wires this offseason. I recommend pouncing on him when he does.
As mentioned, my belief in Washington goes back to his prospect profile. Among members of the stacked 2024 wide receiver draft class, his 92.4 PFF Receiving Grade in the 2023 college season trailed only another Malik: Nabers. Washington also ranked sixth in yards per route run, behind only Nabers, Marvin Harrison Jr., Troy Franklin, Ladd McConkey, and Javon Baker. Those players had mixed results as rookies, but they were all drafted in the first four rounds, while Washington fell to the sixth. Of course, at just 5’8” and under 200 pounds, we shouldn’t be too surprised that Washington has so far failed to convert his college success to the pros. But Washington wasn’t just a slot merchant at Virginia. In fact, he led the 2024 draft class in yards per route run from out wide with an absurd 4.85.
Once again, I’m going to emphasize that Washington is an underdog to ever be a relevant fantasy option. But with Odell Beckham Jr. gone, he is currently Miami’s WR3 behind two injury-prone players (one of whom may be on the way out?). That’s an opportunity, and I still want to believe he has the talent to make the most of it. Current KTC values have Washington worth an early fourth-round pick. That is a trade I would make 10 times out of 10. That makes him one of the top deep Dynasty fantasy football trade targets this offseason.
Ted Chmyz is a fantasy football contributor for PlayerProfiler. Find him on Twitter @Tchmyz for more fantasy content or to ask questions.
