With NFL training camps in full swing across the league, the start of fantasy football season finally lies on the horizon. While player movement in dynasty formats often never truly stops during the offseason, the growing hype around the upcoming season means managers start ramping up the transaction cycle as the hunt for value intensifies.
In this article, we’re taking a look at some dynasty assets with big names who are worth pursuing via the trade market. However, if you’re lucky enough to already roster some of these guys, they’re worth holding on to in hopes they tap into their upside (unless you can flip them for a significant talent upgrade).
With that said, let’s dive in with these players to add before the 2025 fantasy football season gets rolling.
10 dynasty fantasy football players to add
Jordan Love, Green Bay Packers (QB12)
One of two quarterbacks on this list, Jordan Love had to wait his turn for the Packers’ starting job after being selected with the No. 26 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. Once he finally became the full-time starter in 2023, Green Bay’s signal-caller averaged 18.8 FPPG and finished as the overall QB5 while throwing for over 4,000 yards and 32 touchdowns. He ranked as high as the dynasty QB6 per KeepTradeCut’s positional rankings, but he’s since fallen to QB12 after he finished as fantasy’s overall QB17 last season. Love played 15 games and threw for 3,389 yards with 25 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.
Coming off an average of 15.6 FPPG and a per-game QB19 finish, Love is worth inquiring about on the trade market since some managers still have a sour taste in their mouth from last year. Not everyone considers the context of his campaign — Love suffered an MCL sprain in Week 1 and later played through a pulled groin and sprained elbow. The Packers likely favored the run more than originally intended in 2024, so with better health their quarterback should see more passing opportunities in the upcoming season. The team will still emphasize the ground game, but if Love sees an uptick in volume, the 26-year-old is due for a rebound in 2025.
Dak Prescott, Dallas Cowboys (QB21)
The Cowboys had a rough 2024, especially once Dak Prescott went down in Week 9 with a torn hamstring and missed the remainder of the season. The team finished 7-10, but they added a talented wideout in George Pickens over the offseason and the offense looks primed to deploy a high-volume passing attack once more — Dallas finished eighth and third in pass attempts over the last two campaigns, and now former offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer takes over as the head coach and plans to call the plays. The quarterback may be 31 years old, but he’s on a long-term contract and sits at QB21 in KTC’s position rankings.
Prescott has five top-12 fantasy finishes over his nine-year NFL career, one of which came in 2023 during Schottenheimer’s first year on the Cowboys’ staff. The quarterback averaged 20.2 FPPG that season and finished as the overall QB3 with 4,516 yards, 36 touchdowns and nine interceptions while completing a career-best 69.5% of his passes. The veteran now has an improved group of pass catchers headlined by CeeDee Lamb, Pickens and Jake Ferguson, and it seems the team will air the ball out plenty since the running back room lacks much talent. As long as he’s healthy, Prescott should see enough volume and scoring chances to support another QB1-caliber campaign.
Kenneth Walker III, Seattle Seahawks (RB16)
Health can certainly hold a player back in fantasy football, but it’s actually tougher to predict injuries than one would think. Many times, such occurrences are random and even “injury-prone” players can shed that label with a little more luck on their side.
The market overcorrected a little bit with Kenneth Walker III, who hasn’t played a full slate of games in his career but averaged 13.5, 13.3 and most recently 16.5 FPPG, a mark that slotted him as the per-game RB12 last year. While he appeared in just 11 contests, he tallied 573 rushing yards and seven scores with an additional 299 yards and one TD via the receiving game. Walker also averaged 0.42 avoided tackled per attempt, the best mark of any halfback in PFF’s 19 years of record-keeping. He’s one of the NFL’s best talents at the position — health is the only thing keeping K9 from entering the upper echelon of fantasy football assets. In a run scheme that plays to his strengths and pass-catching upside, he’s a fantastic buy ahead of the 2025 season since you get RB1 production when healthy.
Now, that’s not to say there’s no risk involved. Walker’s health leads to plenty of questions and his backup, Zach Charbonnet, has shown plenty of upside as a fill-in starter. The latter should see a somewhat significant role, but if you believe in the offense and talent, Walker’s worth the gamble.
Breece Hall, New York Jets (RB12)
When the buy window is open on an elite talent, you should at least explore your options. Breece Hall sat atop running back rankings as the dynasty RB1 or RB2 over much of his young career but fell all the way to RB12 after a disappointing 2024. The Jets’ offense didn’t perform anywhere close to expectations with Aaron Rodgers at the helm, dropping Hall to an overall RB16 finish with 15.1 FPPG. He rushed for 876 yards and five touchdowns on a career-low 4.2 yards per attempt, but salvaged his fantasy season with 57 receptions for 483 yards and another three scores.
This offense probably won’t look much better in terms of points this season, but the Jets’ offensive line saw slight improvements and it’s easy to see where Hall fits into the puzzle. The option game with scrambling threat Justin Fields should benefit Hall on the ground, and with very little receiving talent beyond Garrett Wilson, Hall can easily finish second on the team in targets. He shouldn’t put up any worse numbers than last season’s and the 24-year-old could very well depart in free agency for greener pastures than Meadowlands Stadium after this year. Hall was the overall RB2 back in 2023 with 17.1 FPPG, so if a manager feels impatient, you should take advantage in dynasty.
One more note on Hall — he’s entering a contract year with plenty to prove. The Jets haven’t yet extended him, but James Cook and Kyren Williams each got paid with their respective teams. If New York really does like Braelon Allen (or just doesn’t want to pay Hall), they could easily trade him or let him walk in free agency, meaning he could end up in a better situation next year.
Rhamondre Stevenson, New England Patriots (RB50)
This pick at halfback feels a smidge gross, especially given recent developments from his partner in the backfield. Yes, Tre’Veyon Henderson is stealing the show in New England with kick-return touchdowns and pass-catching prowess, but Rhamondre Stevenson still lingers nonetheless. While not a workhorse anymore as in years past, the 27-year-old will still have a role this season.
Look, he won’t get 20 touches a game, and that’s okay. Instead, Stevenson will likely retain early-down and goal-line work thanks to his 6-foot, 227-pound build, an advantage he sees over the 5-foot-10, 202-pound Henderson. It wasn’t always pretty, but the incumbent averaged 11.7 FPPG last season and 12.1 FPPG in the season prior. The Patriots should take positive strides forward in the scoring department and improved the offensive line over the offseason, not to mention the addition of a run-first coach.
Even if he loses much of his passing-down work, Stevenson can provide value as a FLEX option as the bruiser back here. He doesn’t bring the same upside he used to, but without an out on his contract until after 2026 and with a dynasty RB50 price tag, he’s a great depth add with potential to resume bell-cow duties if Henderson ever misses time.
Jaylen Waddle, Miami Dolphins (WR28)
Back in 2021 and 2022, Jaylen Waddle finished as the overall WR13 and WR8 in fantasy football while averaging 15.4 and 15.2 FPPG. It feels like a lifetime has passed since then, especially after the speedster fell to overall finishes of WR34 and WR46 over the two years since and now comes off a 10.0 FPPG season, the worst of his career. What’s the deal?
For one, health has been a bit of an issue as Waddle played 14 games in 2023 and 15 last year while missing chunks of others due to injury. He’s a frequent flyer to the blue tent, an annoyance to fantasy managers everywhere. However, he should rise back up the pecking order after the Dolphins traded away Jonnu Smith and replaced the tight end with Darren Waller, who came out of retirement to join the team and will surely burn those who roster him. If he recaptures some of the targets he used to get, Waddle can once again become a fantasy contributor — with a bad defense and offensive line, Miami should play from behind and rely more on the quick passing game. The price tag has fallen significantly from his former borderline top-10 days to a late first or early second, so Waddle’s dynasty value should bounce back at age 26 with the chance to take over if Tyreek Hill keeps declining.
D.J. Moore, Chicago Bears (WR31)
While it’s true a new coaching staff can make or break the outlook for a player they inherit from the old regime, the fantasy community seems much too concerned about D.J. Moore’s prospects moving forward. The wideout posted 16.9 and 14.0 FPPG over his first two seasons in Chicago and finished as the per-game WR9 and WR29. There’s a big gap between those two marks, but he’ll likely end up somewhere between the two in 2025.
Ben Johnson and his offense should find ways to put Moore in position to succeed. There’s no doubt the play design qualifies as the best the wideout has seen over his time with the team, and the abundance of weapons elsewhere in the offense mean that while there might be fewer overall targets, defenses will also give Moore less attention. He creates well after the catch and brings a shiftier complement to the big-bodied Rome Odunze he lines up across the field from. While there are concerns about volume, as well as how the coaching staff views him, the question should never be about Moore’s talent level.
In a positive situation and multiple years left on his contract, Moore feels like a dynasty buy as the WR29. He brings better upside than similarly-priced Chris Olave and is more proven than Ricky Pearsall, and with equivalent value to a late first or early second, the 28-year-old can still provide high upside if this offense hits its stride from the jump.
Jayden Reed, Green Bay Packers (WR43)
As Chris Collinsworth would say, now here’s a guy who profiles as one of the NFL’s most curious cases. Jayden Reed enters his third season with overall finishes of WR29 and WR25 to his name despite only playing 63% of snaps last year. While he averaged just 11.6 FPPG last year, a mark which ranked him 44th on a per-game basis, Reed finished with 13.6 FPPG as a rookie. We’ve seen him produce in fantasy football before, so why can’t the slot receiver do so again?
Reed’s efficiency stands out as one of his top traits — he ranked ninth among wideouts with 15.6 yards per reception last season and eighth in yards after catch per reception with 7.1. His 137.5 passer rating when targeted also led the entire league, so we know the 25-year-old can get the job done when he gets on the field. Green Bay also schemes creative ways to put the ball in his hands as he took 20 rushing carries in 2024, so that’s another plus. However, Reed ranked 58th in passing snaps and needs to see more action to rise to the next level. He has the chance to do so if the Packers increase their passing volume as mentioned at the start of this article, but a crowded position group won’t make it easy. Still, he provides solid production considering his spot in the dynasty rankings, one which could easily skyrocket if he sees more opportunities.
Jake Ferguson, Dallas Cowboys (TE16)
Tight ends deserve love too, so we’ll spotlight two to end this piece. Jake Ferguson seemed primed for a true breakout last year as a clear second option in the Cowboys’ passing game but never really got much going for fantasy purposes. He posted just 7.5 FPPG — and finished as the per-game TE24 and overall — on 59 catches for 494 yards and zero touchdowns. Truly, it was an ugly campaign for the former fourth-round selection.
However, Ferguson probably didn’t play at his peak since he suffered a Grade 2 MCL sprain and a concussion which sidelined him for three weeks. CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens will get their fair share of looks, but Ferguson is better than Dallas’ other weapons and should command whatever targets are left over. With a cleaner slate of health in a high-volume passing offense, the tight end could potentially see 100 or more targets from Dak Prescott and surely won’t end up scoreless again. At just 26 years old, he has plenty of football ahead of him and slots in as just the dynasty TE16, which feels low given his potential upside.
