Which players should you target in dynasty fantasy football before your league’s trade deadline? Well, would you rather have your mid-to-late 2027 1st-round pick or the RB6 on a high-powered offense that is under contract for two more seasons? Could I interest you in buying low on a WR who is a former Top-10 pick in an offense that is 7th in the league in scoring? What about making a move for a 2nd-year QB who is valued as the QB14 in dynasty, but is scoring as the QB4?
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Dynasty Fantasy Football Trade Targets Ahead of Week 10
Tyler Shough, Saints QB
Shough came out of the gates hot in 2026 with 8 TD passes in his first three games. He laid an all-time egg, scoring negative points against the Vikings in Week 5. Since then, he has proven to be more like the player we saw in the first quarter of the season. If we remove the Vikings game, Shough is averaging 25.2 fantasy points per game, which would make him the QB4.
That is a player worth investing in. Now, Shough is sneaky old for a 2nd-year player. He’s 27, but quarterbacks are playing longer than they ever have. Plus, Shough is in his athletic prime. And you’re seeing it in his rushing numbers. He’s averaging more than 20 yards per game as a runner.
Shough also just got his first-round wide receiver, Jordyn Tyson, into the lineup. The Saints have plenty of weapons on offense with Tyson, Chris Olave, and DeVaughn Vele at wide receiver. Add in Kellen Moore as the head coach and play caller, and this offense should reap fantasy benefits for years to come.
Target Shough if you are rebuilding in dynasty or looking to tier down at quarterback.
Javonte Williams, Cowboys RB
Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb, and George Pickens get all of the headlines involving the Dallas Cowboys’ offense. Williams is an afterthought, which is strange because he was RB11 in fantasy football last season. This season, he’s RB6!
Posting back-to-back seasons as an RB1 is what you hope you’ll get when you take a rookie RB in the first round of your dynasty draft.
The hit rate on those rookies is not great. Look no further than Ashton Jeanty and Omarion Hampton. Neither finished as an RB1 last season, and both may be outside the Top 12 at the position again this year. Jeanty is currently RB17 in fantasy points per game, so he has a chance, but why wouldn’t you rather have the proven commodity?
Williams is 26, and he has an injury history, but he’s established himself as an RB1 in fantasy. Plus, he’s under contract in Dallas for two more seasons.
Target Williams while you can, and know that your 2027 1st is not too much to give up to get him.
Jonah Coleman, Broncos RB
Coleman has thrived as the RB1 in Denver the past two weeks. In fact, he’s thrived every time he’s gotten 10+ touches. The rookie out of Washington is averaging 14.1 fantasy points in every game he’s gotten 10 or more touches.
It’s abundantly clear that he has usurped J.K. Dobbins for the RB1 role with the Broncos. In the past two weeks, Dobbins has 12 total touches. Coleman has 36.
Coleman will likely cost you an arm and a leg, but that price will only go up the more he continues to perform. The Broncos have a bye this week, so your chances to get him improve just a tick.
If you are trading away a star or taking a big swing, try to work Coleman into the deal.
Rome Odunze, Bears WR
Odunze may never live up to the hype of being a Top 10 pick, but that could work in your favor to acquire him in dynasty. Whoever drafted Odunze thought he was going to become a superstar. He hasn’t. That manager has likely run out of patience with Odunze after a series of injuries and a litany of games where he’s had three catches for 40-something yards.
Despite the subpar start to his career, Odunze checks all of the boxes of a player you should be targeting. He’s super talented (Top 10 pick), he’s on an elite offense (currently 7th in scoring), and he’s a distressed asset (his current manager has been frustrated with him).
KeepTradeCut currently has Odunze as the WR28. I don’t think it’s unreasonable for him to work his way up to the WR10 to WR20 range. Hell, they have Emeka Egbuka as the WR21 right now, and he hasn’t had 65+ yards receiving in 15 straight games. Odunze has eclipsed that mark in two of his last three games.
Makai Lemon, Eagles WR
Lemon came out of the gates slowly in his rookie year and had Eagles fans and dynasty managers questioning whether he was, in fact, a lemon. There were questions online about the kind of shape he was in. In Week 1, he had negative receiving yards. Plus, he didn’t have 30+ yards until Week 5.
With Devonta Smith sidelined the last three weeks, Lemon has led the Eagles in targets, receptions, and receiving yards in each game. He is starting to show why he won the Biletnikoff Award in college and was drafted in the 1st round.
Right now, he’s sixth among rookie wide receivers in terms of dynasty value (per KeepTradeCut), which makes him a bargain. The Eagles’ season is lost, but Lemon is going to be a focal point of their future.
Trade Lemon now, because the juice will be worth the squeeze.
Eli Raridon, Patriots TE
The Patriots drafted Raridon in the 3rd round of April’s draft, and he has been a meaningful contributor from Day 1. Right now, he’s a better football player than he is a fantasy football player, but the potential is easy to see. It’s no wonder that Raridon is already the TE15 in dynasty according to KeepTradeCut.
We have gotten spoiled by rookie tight end performances in the recent past. Tyler Warren, Colston Loveland, and Harold Fannin all finished in the Top 6 at the position last year; Brock Bowers was otherworldly in 2024, and Sam LaPorta was the TE1 as a rookie in 2023.
Traditionally, it has been a slow burn with rookie tight ends. Tony Gonzalez only had 33 catches as a rookie. Antonio Gates only had 24. They are both in the Hall of Fame.
Take a look below. Which player would you rather have?
Player A:
16 games: 29 catches, 265 yards, 1 TD
Player B:
8 games: 16 catches, 225 yards, 2 TDs
Player B is what Eli Raridon has done so far as a rookie. Player A is what Cardinals tight end Trey McBride did as a rookie back in 2022.
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