Fantasy football is all about playing the market, but dynasty formats make that market even more complex as managers evaluate the long-term picture. Contenders and rebuilders have different priorities, and no matter where your team falls on the spectrum, tracking the ebbs and flows of player values becomes an integral part of participating in your league’s landscape. Just knowing when to buy low and sell high can be the difference between winning a ring and missing the playoffs outright.
All season long, I’ll be tracking some of the most notable risers and fallers in dynasty fantasy football on a weekly basis. All rankings provided are sourced from KeepTradeCut with recent performances, developing trends and more all playing factors in the analysis. Things change quickly in the NFL, so be sure to tune into this column for the latest updates throughout the 2026-27 campaign.
Here’s the latest edition of Dynasty Fantasy Football Stock Watch to recap some of the risers and fallers from Week 6.
Dynasty fantasy football risers from Week 6
C.J. Stroud, Houston Texans (QB19)
Last season, C.J. Stroud stock had never been lower. Two years removed from a stellar rookie campaign, the Texans’ quarterback seemed lifeless. While his dynasty ranking still comes in at just QB19, he’s looked really solid as of late – far better than last season’s struggles. So far, he has 1,714 passing yards and nine touchdowns through six games. It’s not stellar production, but it’s really quite good when you consider that Nico Collins missed a couple of those contests. What really matters is that for the third straight week, Stroud posted 20+ fantasy points. In Week 6, he scored 24.0 (depending on how you round it) with a 24-for-34 line, 312 yards and three touchdowns. He threw his first pick of the season, but also, it took six weeks for him to toss one! He’s finished as a top-16 quarterback in all but two games, so if you’re in a 2QB or SF league, he’s looking like a very steady option if another manager is still down on him. The underlying numbers support that this may last, too. He’s 11th in EPA/dropback and eighth in YPA. With 18.9 FPPG in an offense that should continue to throw and just added Marvin Harrison Jr. – whom Stroud excelled with in college – he’s looking like a buy.
Germie Bernard, Pittsburgh Steelers (WR36)
The WR4 on the Steelers suddenly finds himself in fantasy-relevant territory. Germie Bernard was a second-round pick back in April out of Alabama, and boy, did the role translate. In two years with the Crimson Tide, he posted 1,656 receiving yards and 12 total touchdowns on 114 catches, some improving year-over-year. An immediate chance to produce with Pittsburgh didn’t seem in the cards when he came into training camp, seeing as he had to compete with DK Metcalf, Michael Pittman Jr. and Roman Wilson for snaps. However, the latter two are on IR, which has allowed Bernard to pop. His breakout game came last week with 11 receptions for 87 yards and a touchdown in an overtime win, working out of the slot and quickly earning Aaron Rodgers’ trust. In fact, those 11 catches were the most a rookie has ever recorded in a single game with the longtime veteran. Over the last two weeks, Bernard has 17 receptions on 20 targets for 167 yards and that one score – his 2.42 YPRR rank 21st among all wideouts in the same sample. He’s looking good running routes out of the slot and has moved to the dynasty WR36 from a preseason listing of WR61, so he’s making some strides and could continue to climb moving forward while his teammates are out.
Matthew Golden, Green Bay Packers (WR15)
What a meteoric rise we’ve seen from Matthew Golden this season. He failed to hit the coveted 525-yard mark as a rookie last year and many dynasty managers seemed to be out on the talent, but those who stayed the course have been rewarded fruitfully. He’s averaging 16.8 FPPG right now and is the overall WR8, growth that’s allowed him to shoot all the way up to WR15 per the KTC rankings. In Week 6, he put up 22.4 PPR points with six grabs for 104 yards and a touchdown on 13 targets, narrowly missing an even bigger output with a touchdown he couldn’t quite haul in. The Packers have to throw a ton to play competitive football at the moment, but Golden is also earning this volume. He’s seeing 9.2 targets per contest with an 0.28 TPRR that ranks ninth and a 24.3% target share. With that, he’s producing 2.52 YPRR, 16th among all qualifying wideouts, while his 83.5 YPG are good for 10th. There’s an argument to sell high on him since he’d fetch at least a first-rounder, but it’s also totally valid to hold on. He’s showing he belongs in this league, a welcome sight after last year’s disappointment.
Isaiah Likely, New York Giants (TE5)
Welcome to the top-five tight ends, Isaiah Likely. He showed flashes of potential during the first four years of his career but never quite had the chance to really break out behind Mark Andrews. Now, the decision to depart Baltimore for the Big Apple and reunite with his old head coach has seemingly paid dividends. Likely has 39 catches for 383 yards and five touchdowns across six games, which rank second, first, and T-first among all tight ends. The most exciting part is that his 28.64% target share also paces the position. Even despite dealing with backup quarterback play for the majority of the season – Jameis Winston and J.J. McCarthy have both thrown passes, with the latter now starting in Week 7 – Likely averages 18.2 FPPG. He’s the overall TE1 and looks like every bit of the star we wanted him to become, posting 23.9 PPR points last week with six grabs for 99 yards and a score. The part that’s truly wild is that he’s practically not even a tight end, given that just 3.6% of his routes have come from an inline alignment. Instead, 16.8% have come from out wide with the remaining 79.6% from in the slot. It’s allowed him to flourish, so congrats to all who roster him.
Dynasty fantasy football fallers from Week 6
Michael Wilson, Arizona Cardinals (WR26)
Just two weeks ago, Michael Wilson was a riser in this column. His consistent workload and reliability in a pass-happy Cardinals offense was enough to finally toss out any trepidation that last year’s hot finish and this year’s strong start were a fluke of some sort, but now, the arrow may be pointing down again. In Week 5, Arizona sat Marvin Harrison Jr. while working out a trade; in Week 6, he was off the roster. That put Wilson in the X role that his teammate used to play. The results have not been pretty since making the switch. Over the first four games of the season, Wilson averaged 14.2 FPPG with 64.5 YPG on a 10.3 targets per game and a 27.0% target share. Over the last two weeks, he’s at 7.2 FPPG with 31.0 YPG, 7.0 targets per game and a 16.9% target share. This may not last, but he isn’t playing the same role at the moment as he was before and failed to hit double-digit points after doing so three times across the first four weeks. This doesn’t mean to sell Wilson outright, but maybe keep an eye on him and monitor whether this usage continues.
Harold Fannin Jr., Cleveland Browns (TE8)
With Isaiah Likely climbing the ranks at tight end, Harold Fannin Jr. is falling a little bit from his old spot as the dynasty TE5. He’s now down three rungs on the ladder amidst a largely disappointing season. Sure, Fannin has reached double-digit points in three of his six outings, but he’s eclipsed 12.0 PPR points just once, which came with a pair of touchdowns in Week 3. Look at it this way – he’s been held under 30 receiving yards in four of his six appearances. That’s more of an indictment on this offense with Deshaun Watson at the helm than it is on Fannin himself. Still, the recent output is far from encouraging. In Week 6, Fannin saw three targets with one catch for nine yards. In the prior game, he saw four looks with one grab for four yards. The floor is practically nonexistent at the moment due to various factors, whether that be the quarterback play or the emergence of a pair of rookie wideouts as real options. Much like the Wilson case, don’t panic sell, but temper expectations for Fannin moving forward.
TreVeyon Henderson, New England Patriots (RB23)
We’ve got a couple of running backs in the doghouse to close out this list, TreVeyon Henderson has been a curious case for some time now, and honestly, he might be one of the most frustrating players in all of fantasy. The upside is tantalizing, as we saw during his rookie season with plenty of explosive runs for long touchdowns and a little bit of added potential as a pass-catcher. Littered between those big plays are quite a few tries on which he gets stuffed after hitting the wrong gap. We know the story with the second-year runner and his vision, and his lack of pass-blocking chops also makes it tough for the Patriots’ staff to trust him. However, a fumble in Week 6 got him benched for the remainder of the game afterward and saw Corey Kiner step up with a meaningful workload. Of course, Rhamondre Stevenson paced the backfield with 14 carries, followed by Kiner’s 11 while Henderson saw just seven. Will this kind of thing happen again? Not necessarily, but it’s hard to find another backfield that’s more maddening than the one in New England. As such, Henderson has dropped to the dynasty RB23 from a preseason spot that hovered around RB17.
Cam Skattebo, New York Giants (RB25)
The other halfback in trouble this week is Cam Skattebo. He appeared primed to explode in Week 6 against a Saints run defense that’s probably the worst in the league this year. Really, it was a perfect get-right spot for Skattebo, who’s averaging just 3.63 YPC and 8.7 FPPG on the year in a sluggish return from the injury that ended his season last year. The morning of the game, reports emerged that he’d see a decreased role as a result of his fumbling woes after losing a crucial one during overtime during the prior game, bringing his tally to four in five appearances. A reduced role was an understatement for what wound up happening – Skattebo wound up playing only six snaps without a single carry or target. He talked in postgame media about how he was punished for the prior week and needed to be better, but John Harbaugh said the staff didn’t intentionally bench him. It was one of the weirder stories of the week, but the larger narrative is starting to show now. The second-year running back hasn’t been the same this season in terms of performance, whether that he efficiency, explosiveness or his after-contact numbers. His passing-downs role has also ticked down to just 2.0 targets per game, so the Giants aren’t even using his best ability. Things are looking scary, to say the least.
