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 7.
Dynasty fantasy football risers from Week 7
Eli Raridon, New England Patriots (TE19)
Starting with the Thursday game, we have Eli Raridon of the Patriots. The rookie tight end hasn’t quite erupted in a game yet this season, but what he’s done through the first seven weeks of his career is admirable. The third-round pick out of Notre Dame is coming off his third consecutive game with at least three targets and just turned in a three-catch performance with 56 yards and a touchdown, good for 14.60 PPR points. He finished as the TE7 on the week and is beginning to show signs of an emergence in this offense. He’s probably not a player you want to start in lineups unless Hunter Henry goes down, but this is dynasty – we’re playing the long game. Raridon is a great athlete who scored a 9.52 in RAS at 6-foot-6 with a 4.62-second 40-yard dash, and he’s produced quite well with a 2.40 YPRR that ranks fourth among 42 qualifying tight ends. That does bring a bit more upside than the older Henry, and after logging at least 50% of snaps in all but one of his six games, it feels like a matter of time before the rookie starts to eat away at the veteran’s spot in the pecking order. Raridon is a screaming buy and is the dynasty TE19 as things stand.
Omar Cooper Jr., New York Jets (WR32)
A former national champion with Indiana, Omar Cooper Jr. drew first-round draft capital as the No. 30 selection by the Jets back in April. They didn’t need a receiver, really, with Garrett Wilson in town and AD Mitchell showing promise down the stretch last season. However, New York took Cooper anyways. He immediately popped in Week 1 with 30 yards on a catch right out of the gate, but he suffered an injury that landed him on IR and kept him out until Week 6. He returned with six catches for 103 yards and a touchdown on seven targets against the Patriots, but Week 7 proved that maybe he’s actually the legitimate talent that dynasty prognosticators projected him to be. On Sunday, he caught all five of his targets for 115 yards and another touchdown against the Dolphins, scoring 22.50 PPR points to follow up last week’s 22.30 points. Two weeks of 20+ points with a pair of top-12 finishes is hardly something to scoff at in his first two full games, and while the 4.96 YPRR obviously won’t last, Cooper’s other metrics look quite nice. He’s seen an excellent 0.26 TPRR even despite a 54.3% route share, so he’s getting the ball when he’s on the field. He may not entirely supplant Wilson – who’s been quiet lately – but he has been excellent in the small sample and is up to the dynasty WR32.
KC Concepcion, Cleveland Browns (WR26)
It was a big week for rookie wideouts as KC Concepcion finally made the most of his opportunities in the Cleveland offense. The first-round wideout was pretty drastically underperforming based on his chances prior to Week 7, posting only one week of double-digit PPR points despite seeing at least five targets in five of his six games. However, he scored 23.20 PPR points this past Sunday against Tennessee, catching eight passes for 129 yards while rushing three times for an additional 23 yards. The usage was highly encouraging as the rookie garnered double-digit targets for the first time along with the work on the ground. This was also his first 100-yard game as a receiver too, marking another milestone. Concepcion gets open plenty with an 0.100 separation score that grades out in the 90th percentile among 122 qualifying wideouts, while his 0.24 TPRR is also very encouraging. It’ll be tougher to acquire him after managers finally saw what they drafted him for, but even from the sidelines, you’ve gotta feel pretty good after he finally delivered on expectations. If you’re a believer in the long-term talent, getting him this year will prove crucial since a potential change at quarterback in the offseason would only boost his outlook, but for now, he’s at an all-time high as the dynasty WR26.
Jonah Coleman, Denver Broncos (RB29)
I just have rookie fever this week, apparently. Jonah Coleman didn’t put forth a particularly extravagant showing in his return from IR, but he did have a very solid day at the office. The halfback missed four games with a sprained ankle but finally came back against the Cardinals, who are quietly pretty nice against the run with a 47.3% rushing success rate allowed and the 11th-best EPA/rush allowed. Despite that, Coleman ran nine times for 54 yards, good for an average of 6.0 YPC. His nine rush attempts were actually a team-high mark ahead of J.K. Dobbins’ six and RJ Harvey’s three, and while he was the lone halfback who failed to reach the end zone, there’s other reason to keep eyes on him. Coleman also caught both of his targets for 15 yards, so he had some minor involvement in the passing game while running just one fewer route than Harvey. It was his backfield-leading 49% snap share that really stood out, though. Could we be witnessing a shift in opportunity in the Mile High City? Perhaps.
Dynasty fantasy football fallers from Week 7
Chase Brown, Cincinnati Bengals (RB18)
A lot – and I mean a lot – of fantasy creators and analysts whiffed on Chase Brown this season. You really hate to see it, especially after he looked quite capable of serving as the Bengals’ starting halfback for the future thanks to a stellar season of over 1,400 scrimmage yards and 11 total touchdowns last year. However, things change quickly in the NFL. It doesn’t help that the Bengals currently rank first in PROE at 9.6%, so they’re relying on the pass more in neutral situations this season. Still, Brown just hasn’t been very good. In Week 7, he turned in his third straight performance under 40 rushing yards, totaling just 39 on 11 carries. He did maintain his grip on the receiving role with four grabs for 19 yards on five targets, but it wasn’t enough to salvage his day as he finished with just 9.80 PPR points. To add insult to injury, Samaje Perine scored a touchdown, too. Brown is averaging just 3.48 YPC, and in fantasy, he’s posting 12.47 FPPG as the overall RB21 in per-game production. As such, he’s dropped to a ranking as the dynasty RB18, down 10 spots from a high mark of RB8 back in early October.
TreVeyon Henderson, New England Patriots (RB24)
He’s only dipped one spot since last week, but once again, TreVeyon Henderson finds himself in our fallers section. Last week, I wrote that the idea of him is better than the reality, and at this point, it seems that thesis is being proven in real time. There is important context to consider since Henderson suffered a high-ankle sprain earlier this month that he’s been playing through, which has probably had an impact on his performance. Still, it’s tough not to look at his numbers and feel underwhelmed. He’s averaging 5.63 FPPG on the season and has just one game of double-digit points, which came in Week 2. He’s now played less than 25% of snaps in three straight weeks with just 14 rush attempts over this span, coming off three carries for nine yards against the Bears on Thursday Night Football. In the previous matchup, he ceded work not only to Rhamondre Stevenson, but to Corey Kiner following a costly fumble. The floor has entirely dropped out, which has sent Henderson downhill to the dynasty RB24 from a preseason spot that hovered around RB17. It may be time to get out while you can for anything in return.
Jaylen Waddle, Denver Broncos (WR37)
Many of us in the fantasy community – myself included – whiffed hard on Jaylen Waddle. An offseason trade to the Broncos seemed to prime him for a resurgence as the top wideout for Bo Nix in an offense primed to take a step forward with the new wideout serving as the missing piece. Instead, the former Dolphin has just 26 catches for 276 yards and one touchdown. It’s not all his fault since Nix has been one of the NFL’s worst quarterbacks and Sean Payton reclaimed play-calling duties from Davis Webb, which is never a good sign for the state of an offense. However, Waddle still has a pedestrian 1.56 YPRR and a poor 9.3% drop rate. He’s averaging only 9.13 FPPG with just two weeks of double-digit outputs, only topping 50 receiving yards once. He’s long-removed from his eight-catch, 138-yard performance in Week 2. He’s not toast by any means in the long run since he’s about to turn 28 and still likely has good years ahead, but a chest injury now has his status in doubt for the immediate future and the results just haven’t been pretty to start his tenure in Denver. He was the dynasty WR20 in September and is now the WR37, quite the fall in such a short time.
A.J. Brown, New England Patriots (WR34)
Back in September, A.J. Brown appeared primed for a resurgent season. He was slated to serve as the top wideout for Drake Maye in an ascending Patriots offense and climbed as high as WR18 in the dynasty rankings. After all, pairing an alpha receiver with deep-ball prowess to a young quarterback coming off a finish as the MVP runner-up was worthy of the hype. However, Brown suffered a high-ankle sprain in Week 1 and didn’t return until Week 6, which saw him drop a couple of passes and underperform with just three grabs on 10 targets. It was easy to write it off as a blip on the radar, but two games makes for a trend – Brown saw six targets in Week 7 but caught just three for 48 yards in what should’ve been a fairly soft matchup for him against Chicago. He hasn’t even played three complete games, so the sample size of him as a Patriot is very small. Still, he has a 21.1% drop rate and is producing only 1.28 YPRR and 2.33 yards after the catch per reception. More concerning is his separation score of 0.027, which falls in the 37th percentile. Last year, that was 0.072, which ranked in the 74th percentile. Much like Waddle, it’s not over for Brown by any means. He’s seeing opportunities and has just failed to capitalize, way underperforming his 13.11 xFPPG. If this continues, it’ll be time to worry, so his stock is down a smidge more after Week 7.
