Praise be to He; kickoff is right around the corner. It’s an exciting time of year. You have training camp buzz, players jockeying for positions in the preseason, and movement up and down depth charts. All of those things can send player values moving — good or bad.
That said, I’m highlighting four players for you to buy low or sell high before the 2026 season begins.
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Dynasty Trade Targets | Cash in Before the 2026 Kickoff
Rome Odunze | WR, Chicago Bears
Chicago’s 2024 first-round pick feels like a forgotten man heading into 2026. Everyone is cuckoo for Luther Burden III after his analytics-friendly rookie year. Good luck buying him now. Colston Loveland? Some fantasy analysts are steaming him up and saying he should go above Trey McBride, who just broke the NFL tight end receptions record last year.
Meanwhile, Rome Odunze is being left out in the cold. The man made one comment proclaiming “this is my new normal” when describing his healed foot, and suddenly dynasty managers were ready to toss him aside, like Andy did Woody.
Rome Odunze‘s Advanced Metrics
Oh, how soon they forget how good Odunze was pre-injury last year. In Weeks 1-8, he averaged 15.5 fantasy points per game, good for WR11 in that span. His production dipped because of a stress fracture in his foot that worsened as the season went on. It eventually became severe enough that he had to sit out the final four regular-season games before he gutted it out in the playoffs.
Even with the injury, Odunze finished as WR24 on a per-game basis, and he did that with an abysmal 63.3% catchable target rate.
Odunze saw excellent usage last year, ranking 18th in target share (23.7%), 13th in red zone target share (25.0%), and eighth in deep targets (23) among all receivers. If Williams can dial in and improve his accuracy going forward, Odunze will have his chances to take another step forward.
PlayerProfiler has Odunze at WR19 in our dynasty rankings. He’s a smidge lower at KeepTradeCut, sitting at WR20. I think he’s a solid buy at cost and the cheapest entry point into Chicago’s passing game if you want a piece of it.
He’s the WR1 in a Ben Johnson offense, and that’s someone I want on my dynasty teams.
Kyle Pitts | TE, Atlanta Falcons
Fresh off an overall TE2 finish last year, Kyle Pitts got the bag this offseason. He signed a three-year, $54-million deal, keeping him in Atlanta through 2028. Even though he’s no longer financially motivated, there’s a lot to love about Pitts’ situation heading into 2026. Raheem Morris is out, and Kevin Stefanski is in as the new head coach.
Stefanski loves to pepper his tight ends. That position group averaged 167 targets per season over the last three years in Cleveland. There, we saw David Njoku rack up three consecutive top-eight fantasy finishes in fantasy points per game from 2022 through 2024. And last season, Harold Fannin Jr. broke out as a rookie and finished as the TE7, averaging 11.7 fantasy PPG.
Last season, Pitts set new personal bests in targets (118), receptions (88), and touchdowns (five) while finishing with 928 yards. Under the hood, it wasn’t so bad, either. Among all tight ends, he finished third in EPA (+55.9), fifth in first downs per route run (0.101), and ninth in yards per route run (1.80).
Kyle Pitts‘ Career Stats
If the target total ticks up into the 130-135 range, we could see another banner season from Pitts. And honestly, who in this tight end room is going to siphon looks away from him?
Austin Hooper is back after starting his career in Atlanta, but he hasn’t topped 500 receiving yards since 2019. Then there’s Charlie Woerner; he’s there to block and has never had more than 12 targets in six seasons as a pro. Point being, the competition is minimal.
Still only 25 years old, Pitts is currently our TE7 at PlayerProfiler. I’m higher on him than most, ranking him TE5. Over at KeepTradeCut, though, Pitts is valued as the TE8. Use their rankings in your trade talks and see if you can get him at a slight discount.
Bottom line, you don’t have to be scared of Pitts anymore. The knee injury was four years ago, and he’s played 17 games in three straight seasons. Just entering his prime, Pitts is someone I want on as many rosters as humanly possible.
Sell High
Ladd McConkey | WR, Los Angeles Chargers
Full disclosure: I like Ladd McConkey. I also think Justin Herbert is prime for an MVP-caliber season. That said, WR14 — which is where McConkey is on KeepTradeCut right now — is far too expensive. That’s smashing through the glass ceiling as they did in Willy Wonka. It’s too high, and I’d be looking to sell at that price.
For one, his output dipped tremendously from Year 1 to Year 2. Some of that can be attributed to the injuries the Chargers dealt with along the offensive line, but McConkey still finished with 16 fewer receptions, 360 fewer receiving yards, and one less touchdown despite playing the same number of games (16).
Ladd McConkey‘s 2025 EPX
It wasn’t just raw numbers, either. McConkey’s efficiency nosedived in 2025. He finished:
- 45th in Expected Points Added (+31.2)
- 52nd in Explosive Rating (91.8)
- 57th in yards per route run (1.47)
- 63rd in first downs per route run (0.065)
- 65th in QB rating per target (83.4)
Now he’s going into a new offensive system run by new offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel, and the team has signaled that some things will be different in 2026. They signed two new tight ends to bolster that room: David Njoku and Charlie Kolar. Los Angeles also signed Pro Bowl fullback Alec Ingold to a two-year deal.
Those additions tell me we’re going to be seeing a healthy mix of two-WR and heavier personnel packages. That will absolutely affect McConkey, who ran the second-most slot snaps last year with 521. He’ll need to play on the outside when the Chargers shift into 12 or 13 personnel; otherwise, he’ll suffer a major drop-off in snap share.
Even if McConkey gets back to his rookie-year level, he was only WR16 on a per-game basis in 2024, averaging 15.1 fantasy points. I hate to say it, but that might be the best fantasy season we ever see from McConkey.
There are several wide receivers behind him whom I’d rather have straight up, including Chris Olave, Zay Flowers, DeVonta Smith, and Tee Higgins. If I can get any of those guys with a plus on top, I’m clicking accept on that deal all day long.
Jonathan Taylor | RB, Indianapolis Colts
I’ve always been a big Jonathan Taylor truther. Love the talent. As a pure rusher, there might not be anyone better in the NFL. With that in mind, this could be your last chance to move him for something close to peak value.
At 27, I’m not worried about Taylor this season. He’s set up to smash yet again. But by this time next year, he’ll be 28 and past the age apex for running backs. Among lead running backs in the modern era (2011-2025), the cliff begins once they hit age 28, and on average, they lose 41% of their peak PPR value, per Dynatyze data.
Jonathan Taylor‘s 2025 season vs. Age Cliff
That’s an alarming dip in output. Now, there are outliers — guys like Christian McCaffrey and Derrick Henry continue to defy the odds and crush it. Taylor could very well be one of those guys and follow suit. But no player outruns age forever. Not even Taylor.
If you’re a title contender with an upper-echelon roster, by all means, feel free to hold Taylor for 2026. His role is as safe as any tailback in football. Last year, he ranked first in both snap share (88.9%) and carries (323), and second in red zone touches (74).
But we saw how quickly things cratered when Daniel Jones was lost for the season. In Weeks 1 through 12, Taylor was the RB2 behind only McCaffrey, averaging a ridiculous 25.5 fantasy points per game. Jones was injured early in Week 13, and from that point on, Taylor averaged only 13.6 FPPG. That split serves as a reminder that even elite players struggle to overcome injuries or poor play within their offensive ecosystem.
If you’re being honest in your roster assessment, and you don’t have a real shot at a championship, it might be time to move Taylor for some younger, appreciating assets. By this time next year, he’ll probably be down in the RB10-13 range in dynasty rankings, and the decline will only continue to go lower as he ages. Selling an exceptional player is always tough, but it’s a smart dynasty process to get out a year early rather than a year late.
Wolf Trelles-Heard is a fantasy football analyst for PlayerProfiler.
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