After a long offseason and over a month of hype out of training camp and the preseason slate, Week 1 of the 2026 NFL regular season has arrived. It’s about at this time that dynasty leagues really pick up steam as fantasy managers make last-minute moves to perfect their lineups before the full schedule kicks off.
If you’ve been playing the format for a while, you know the drill. Whether buying, selling, or just playing the market, there are always transactions to be made in dynasty fantasy football. Here are the best sell candidates to trade away at the quarterback position as the new season begins.
Best quarterbacks to sell in dynasty fantasy football
Caleb Williams, Chicago Bears (QB4)
The Bears’ offense has been the talk of the town for the last few months. Everything hinges on a talented group of young receiving weapons – the trio of Colston Loveland, Luther Burden and Rome Odunze is an embarrassment of riches that most quarterbacks only dream of. The stage is set for Caleb Williams to boom this season given the surrounding pieces and potential for growth in year two under head coach Ben Johnson, so why would anyone dream of selling the former No. 1 pick now?
Well, the price tag will likely never be higher. Williams comes in as the dynasty QB4, an all-time high over the course of his two years in the NFL. To be fair, he finished as the overall QB5 and per-game QB8 with 19.13 FPPG last season, throwing for 3,942 yards and 27 touchdowns while rushing for an additional three scores and 383 yards. However, his completion rate dipped to an ugly 58.1%, the sixth-worst mark of any quarterback with 100+ plays in 2025. The only names lower than him were Russell Wilson, J.J. McCarthy, Brady Cook, Davis Mills and Shedeur Sanders; hardly great company.
There are a couple of ways to look at this situation. The bull case for Williams is that he was a fantasy QB1 last year in spite of that completion rate, also rarely getting to play with all three of his stud weapons on the field at the same time. On top of that, the Chicago defense should be average at absolute best and one of the league’s bottom units at worst, meaning more opportunities for the Bears’ offense to see the field if they’re to try and keep up on the scoreboard. However, the bear case (no pun intended, I swear) is that Williams remains an inaccurate passer and doesn’t live up to the level of hype the fantasy community has built surrounding him. Half the battle in dynasty is knowing when to sell high, in which case, you’ll likely never get more for the 24-year-old than you can right now.
Jaxson Dart, New York Giants (QB9)
We’ve got another case to sell high with Jaxson Dart, who is currently the dynasty QB9 in KeepTradeCut’s crowdsourced rankings. The Giants think they got a franchise quarterback in the Ole Miss product, whom they traded up to select in the first round of the draft back in 2025. It’s possible they did, but there are some red flags in the profile that mean it may be best to pivot elsewhere for an asset who may be more stable in the long term.
Dart started 12 contests as a rookie, getting into the top spot beginning in Week 3. As a starter, he posted a 63.7% completion rate with 2,272 passing yards, 15 touchdowns and five interceptions – far from truly impressive production with his arm. Granted, Malik Nabers suffered a season-ending injury in Dart’s first game under center, leaving the quarterback without a superstar receiving option to throw to. It’s arguably impressive that he was able to produce the way he did with Wan’Dale Robinson, Darius Slayton and Theo Johnson as his top weapons, but a massive chunk of Dart’s fantasy production came via the ground rather than the air. He tallied 487 yards and nine touchdowns as a rusher, tying with Trevor Lawrence for the second-most rushing scores among all players at the position, trailing only Josh Allen. All in all, it was enough for the Giants’ rookie to average 20.4 FPPG – good enough to finish as the overall QB14 and per-game QB7.
Given the hype around New York now that longtime Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh is at the helm, there’s probably plenty of interest from leaguemates in acquiring Dart. He may turn out to be a good quarterback, but for now, the sample size is rather small to have his price inflated to the extent that it currently is. If there’s any reason to sell high, it would be because the Giants are likely going to take a run-first approach, there’s been talk of health concerns in the long term given Dart’s aggressiveness as a ball-carrier, and that he averaged only 189.3 passing yards per game as a starter. He could improve, yes, and the rushing floor appears strong as any with 40.6 yards and 0.8 touchdowns per game via the ground as a rookie. However, we know that touchdowns aren’t always sticky and you can probably get quite a bit in return for the second-year standout. As someone who thinks the Giants are way overrated at the moment, I would personally be looking to trade him for a haul.
