Welcome to Dynasty Buy-Low & Sell-High (Week 2). This is where we come to discuss some of the players who have gained and lost the most value in dynasty leagues over the past week. If you want to see our full Fantasy Football Universe rankings, check out our FFU Rankings Page. Here are the players we are looking to buy low or sell high heading into Week 2 of the 2024 NFL regular season. Some are veterans approaching the age cliff, while others are players that we think are about to break out and skyrocket in value.
Dynasty Buy-Low Targets
Rashid Shaheed, Saints
Embed from Getty ImagesThe first name on our buy-low list is going to be largely dependent on your league type. I find in “industry” leagues, managers are all over Shaheed and he is tough to acquire. In the casual “home” leagues, he is available on the waiver wire in some cases and is a total unknown.
In 2023, Shaheed quietly put up 700 yards receiving in a brutal Saints offense while also adding in reliable kick return yards every week. Week 1 saw Shaheed get off to a solid start as he put up 73 yards receiving and a touchdown. He did so on only three catches but that is largely due to the Saint’s winning by 37 points and choosing to run the clock out in the fourth quarter.
Chris Olave is the sexy name in the Saint’s offense, and while Shaheed may not offer the true WR1 upside that Olave offers, he is a potential WR2-level producer who comes at a price tag that is lower than anyone in that range of production. Shaheed may not be a household name yet, but acquire him now before he is.
Courtland Sutton, Broncos
Embed from Getty ImagesIn Week 1 against the Seahawks, Bo Nix and the Bronco’s offense looked awful, largely because Nix played terribly. This performance is going to have fantasy managers jumping ship on the Denver players and Courtland Sutton.
Sutton totaled 38 yards receiving on four catches, which in itself is not a great week. The kicker here is that it came on a whopping 12 targets. A player who receives 12 targets, is a player I want to trade for. In Week 1 it didn’t pan out because Nix was still getting his feet wet and the 12 targets were largely uncatchable.
It won’t take long for Nix to get himself into a rhythm and in no time, Sutton should parlay those 12 targets into a weekly fantasy starter. He won’t have an exciting, week-winning upside, but Sutton could easily be a WR3 or flex play for the rest of the season.
Tank Bisgby, Jaguars
Embed from Getty ImagesAll offseason, the Jaguars have been saying they intended to lighten the workload for Travis Etienne, and in Week 1, that’s exactly what they did. While Etienne still led the way in both carries and targets, it was shocking how close the two backs were on the ground.
Bigsby rushed one fewer time than Etienne but racked up nearly double his rushing yard total. While Etienne still has a stranglehold on the running back share in the passing game, Bigsby is certain to continue a large role in the ground game, and that could lead to an excellent rushing stat line every week.
The Jaguars look to be dividing things up equally on the ground and if Bigsby starts to see an increase in that divide, he could be the steal of the year as he already posted a solid fantasy week in a rushing timeshare, with no real work in the passing game. This split is one worth monitoring.
Dynasty Sell-High Options
Isaiah Likely, Ravens
Embed from Getty ImagesThis is a prime case of selling the player not because of the talent but because it’s nearly impossible for their value to go much higher. Likely exploded onto the fantasy scene on the opening night of the season and is sure to be one of the most added players on the waiver wire this week.
The problem with his Week 1 performance is that it came largely due to the Chiefs choosing to double-team Mark Andrews all game. This strategy effectively limited Andrews to his worst game in a while. Moving forward, however, teams are going to realize that Likely cannot be left wide open every game and are going to be forced to cover him instead of double-teaming Andrews.
This change in defensive positioning is going to lead to Andrews producing better and Likely being incredibly unreliable. The Ravens historically don’t pass the ball at a high rate and aren’t a team that is going to be able to support high-end tight ends, sell Likely now before Mark Andrews makes a triumphant return to fantasy football stardom.
Xavier Worthy, Chiefs
Embed from Getty ImagesMuch like Likely, Worthy was awesome in the 2024 season opener. He isn’t going to be a hot waiver wire add this week, but that’s only because he was already rostered in most leagues.
While the end statline and performance were massively impressive and gave a huge boost to Worthy’s fantasy stock, how he succeeded is going to make it difficult for him to be consistent week in and week out.
More than 40% of his routes against the Chiefs were Go-Routes and that is a tough way to win every week. Over the past 20 years, no player whose route tree consisted of more than 30% Go-Routes has finished in the top 20 for fantasy receivers, with the highest being George Pickens as WR30 in 2023.
It’s not impossible for Worthy to have a long and productive career, but he needs to see a dramatic change in his weekly usage to avoid being a boom-or-bust Desean Jackson-type receiver.
Derek Carr, Saints
Embed from Getty ImagesThe Saints are either going to be my biggest miss of the 2024 season, or the Carolina Panthers are going to be record-breakingly terrible.
Derek Carr is an average QB2 and has never shown any real high-end upside in his NFL career. That all changed in Week 1 where he put up a monster performance that sees him as QB2 heading into Monday Night Football.
This is another situation where you have to assume he isn’t this good and can’t go any higher up in value and sell quickly. The Saints are likely a below-average offense and the Panthers are just a brutal defense. Sell Carr now to a desperate team that believes he can be a high-end QB2 and get out from under him before he faces a real defense and turns back into the QB20 that he’s always been.
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