Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to the Dynasty Dude podcast. I'm your host,
Corey Evans. This week's show is titled five Players to
Buy in Dynasty and the opposite will be my bonus
show over on Patreon this week, Five Players to Sell
in Dynasty.
Speaker 2: We'll get right to it easy premise.
Speaker 1: These are just five players that I'm looking to either
obtain and or cash out on in Dynasty fans football
leagues this offseason. And don't forget if you want access
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and gain access. All right, first player I want to
buy in Dynasty would be a Mecca Agbuka, who is
twenty three point six years old. He was the wide
receiver twenty three as a rookie in twenty twenty five
with a sixty three nine thirty eight six touchdown receiving
log good for fourteen pointy yards per catch, one hundred
and twenty seven targets. We all know it was a
blazing hot start for Agbuka out of the gates. He
scored in fact, five of his six receiving touchdowns along
with roughly forty eight percent of his yardage from weast
one to five, and then hit a rookie wall cooled
off considerably. He tied a league lead for most drops
with nine so all in all, even though it was
a borderline wide receiver two Wide receiver three fantasy finish
in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 2: There were ebbs and flows. It was a roller coaster.
Speaker 1: There was not much consistency outside of those first five
weeks when Agbuka appeared to be a superstar in the making.
There are things working in a Mecca's favor, however, entering
a sophomore campaign. First off, most notably Mike Evans departing
for the forty nine ers, leaving Agbuka in the wide
receiver one mix for Tampa Bay alongside Chris Godwin and
plenty of depth in Jayla McMillan as well as Ted Hurst.
He also favorable news for Egbukah is that New Tampa
Bay OC Zach Robinson plans to utilize a Mecca as
a Z receiver or an outside threat, which is quite honestly,
I think where Atbuka thrives best when he has those
one on one outside opportunities or can improvise if needed
after the catch with his after contact and at the
yard skills. Not to say that Zach Robinson won't mix
and match with Buka in the slot or outside, but
it does sound like the Z spot will be at
Buka's primary function for the Buccaneers offense. It's a player
to buy, simple as that. In my mind, I'm only
spend a first to get it done, whether that's a
twenty twenty six or twenty twenty seven. It could also
be a player swap, but anything less than a first
seems impossible for Eguka's dynasty ceiling. Another play I'm looking
to buy is Zay Flowers, who's twenty five point seven
years old.
Speaker 2: I believe he is all.
Speaker 1: Always undervalued, and he proved that in twenty twenty five
as a rookie. In twenty twenty three, Zay was the
wide receiver thirty one or full PPR as a sophomore
in twenty twenty four, wid sheever twenty five, and then
in twenty twenty five the wide receiver seven. He was
a wide receiver one last season without a full Lamar
Jackson slate of games, which I think really is a
testament to what Flowers can do on the NFL field.
Flowers in twenty twenty five had a receiving log of
eighty six, twelve, eleven and five for fourteen point one
yards per catch, one hundred and eighteen targets, almost a
twenty eight percent target share. He did it with counting
stats and not necessarily a ton of touchdowns, only five scores.
If the touchdowns go up, the receptions, the yardage, and
the targets remain the same, we're looking at again a
possible top five, if not ten.
Speaker 2: Wide receiver for fantasy purposes.
Speaker 1: In twenty twenty six, as I alluded to, Lamar Jackson
missed four games and was limited in others, which also
put a dent in Baltimore's passing ceiling.
Speaker 2: Sure to be.
Speaker 1: Fairs A, Flowers does have more competition in terms of
projeta volume with new rookies third round pick Jacobe Lane
out of USC, fourth round pick Elijah Suratt out of
Indiana to compete. With that being said, new OC Declan Doyle,
former OC of the Chago Bears, who under play caller
Ben Johnson, utilized wide receivers the seventh highest rates in
terms of three receiver personnel on twenty twenty five, means
good things for the Ravens passing attack. I do still
think it'll be a run first team with Derek Henry
and Lamar Jackson, but you have Jay Flowers, Rashad Batman,
and Mark Andrews. As I mentioned the rookie combination of
Lane and Sarat. All that to be said, Zay Flowers
does not receive enough recognition or praise for what he's
done year over year. Wide receiver thirty one, twenty five
and seven. Its steady growth, and again the outlier there
is surely last season with a top seven finish in
full PPR, the median or average will be somewhere in
the wide receiver two wide receiver one mix. I'm only
to bet that he's at worst to wide receiver two
and still at best or peak at wide receiver one,
and similar to that of Aguka. If you want sheers
of Zay in dynasty, it's going to cost you at first,
whether it's this year, next year, or a player of
vehicle value. Trayvon Henderson is another player looking to buy
at running back. He's twenty three point six years old.
The RB twenty one last year as a rookie with
output of one p eighty nine to eleven and nine
touchdowns on the ground for a crisp five yards per
rush added thirty five for two twenty one and one
scores a receiver that was with forty two targets. Meanwhile,
his peer teammate Romondre Stephenson delivered as the RB twenty
five a production of one thirty six zho three and
seven scores on the ground, four point six yards per
rush and thirty two for three forty five and two
receiving scorers thirty seven targets. They were fairly similar in
terms of RB twenty one, RB twenty five, both RB
two's and fantasy. However, Trayvion per touch was far more
effective as well as had more volume to prove that
he can be relied on as a feature back. Then
things suddenly flipped for the Patriots in the postseason, and
that's the sour taste a perception people might have from
Trayvion not realizing that he could still be the lead
option for the Patriot heading to twenty twenty six. For
this backfield, let's reflect back on that postseason usage. Remandre
averaged seventeen and a half touches per game and eighty
five point eight yards per game compared to Henderson's eight
point eight touches per game in twenty seven point three
yards per game. That is night and day from what
Trayvion verse verm Andre did in the regular season, and
it skews what the Patriots backfield looked like for most
of twenty twenty five. It was more I believe of
a trust situation for New England in the postseason, knowing
that Remandre has his fumbling issues in that regard, of course,
but he's reliable and he knows what he's doing when
it comes to pass pro and things of that nature.
So Henderson took a back seat in the postseason, but
we can't let that be what's expected or now. The
trend Henderson set his goals twenty twenty six are to
improve as a receiver and a past protection, so he
knows his flaws or his areas of weakness.
Speaker 2: Rather room to improve.
Speaker 1: So I am bought in for Trayvon being again at
floor in RB two for twenty twenty six and could
reach top top status being our one in Dynasty leagues,
and I'm willing to spend a mid first.
Speaker 2: That's where uncomfortable.
Speaker 1: I think in early first for any running back that's
not a clear cut stud based on workload is a
bit risky in today's game based on the position's shelf
life and how short it can be. However, a mid
to late first sign me up for all the shares
possible at that price or cost for Traveon Henderson or
a player of equal value. Quick break you back with
two more players that I'm looking to buy in Dynasty
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Next for a player I want to buy it is
Jaden Higgins, twenty three point five years old. He was
an uninspiring wide receiver forty seven overall's rookie last season
in fantasy receiving effort of forty one five twenty five
six touchdowns, twelve point eight yards per catch, sixty eight targets,
which was minimal usage for a former second round pick.
Head coach Miko Ryans this offseason has said that Jayden
is in far better shape. He's playing faster, which is
music to the ears of all of us invested in
Jaden Higgins. Nico and Jaden are fully expected to form
a strong wide out duover Houston, while you have Jalen Knowle,
Zabra Hugginson, Tank Dell filling compimentsary roles. As I mentioned,
Jaden's second round pick last year's a lot invested in
him becoming a starter and offensive force alongside Nico Collins.
Houston also made huge improvements to its O line this offseason,
and there should be more familiarity when it comes to
play calling and fluidity. With oc Nick Kayley returning for
a second season, the sky is the limit for Jaden Higgins.
If you don't have Nego Collins, rather you don't want
to spend the premium takes or requires to secure Nico,
then Jaden is the next best thing because I do
not see he Jalen, Noel Hutcheson, or Tank Dell reaching
the statistical floor ceilings of Nico or Jayden. I do
like Noel a lot, and he's had a great offseason
portion of the campaign so far, and he's far cheaper.
But if you miss out on Nico and he still
want to explore to CJ. Stroud in this offense, then
Higgins is the next best thing. And I don't think
it's even that far fetched to think that one season,
whether it's now in the future, Jayden becomes as good
or better than Nico, just basing the attention defensive wise
that Nico is going to command. So it could become
a one to a one B situation for Houston, not
all that different from what offenses and defense have to
account for Tocinnati with Ja Mark Chase, Anti Higgins or
Dallas with Ceedee Lamb and George Pickens. That's what I
envision here for Nico and Jayden if this offense fully
does take off and last, but not LEAs, let's keep
things in Houston. Another running back I want to buy,
specifically if I'm contending in dynasty leagues, and that is
Dave Montgomery, who was twenty nine years old. He's been
the RB seventeen, eighteen and twenty seven since twenty twenty
three to twenty twenty five Detroit.
Speaker 2: In his stint with that franchise.
Speaker 1: Overall NFL tenure, he has two one thousand yard or
more Russian seasons, one thousand seventy yards to twenty twenty
with Chicago and one thousand fifteen yards and twenty three
with Detroit. So we know what Dave Montgomery is right.
He is a model of consistency when it comes to
workload on early downs. In fact, five of his seven
NFL campaigns have had at least two hundred rushes, and
that is exactly what Houston brought him in to do.
Speaker 2: There's no more Joe Mixon.
Speaker 1: What he marks sure could form an RBBC, but the
Texans attempts to rely on Montgomery as a three down
running back, assuming his health cooperates, and there's no longer
for Montgomery's purposes here Ajamier Gibbs caliber running back compete
with for volume. On the optimistic viewpoint side of things,
Montgomery should have a clear hold of early down reps
and redsman opportunities for Houston and sprinkle in in passing downs.
On the pestimistic side, perhaps it's more of an RBBC
between Dave Montgomery and what he Marx, and Marx does
more than a passing don role that is projected for him.
Perhaps he's more of a change of and does steal
some resident opportunities.
Speaker 2: Either way, I would be very surprised.
Speaker 1: And Montgomery does not lead his backfield sixty forty in
terms of snaps or volume, even seventy thirty as a ceiling,
and that is an RB two in one of the
better offenses in all football in terms of pace of
play efficiency. Therefore, Dave Montgomery, if you're contending, is an
easy buy in Donazee formats. And I didn't really discuss
what I would spend in draft capital Jay and Higgins,
but I think both Higgins and Montgomery are worth a second,
possibly late first for Jayan and Higgins because he's so
young and has that potential range of outcomes to become
a back end wide receiver one, high end wide receiver
two in Dynasty long term, whereas Montgomery does not have
age on his side, so you should be able to
swoop in and acquire Montgomery for possibly two thirds at
most a second somewhere in that value threshold and benefit.
This is more of a short term window here for
Montgomery to deliver in Dynasty Leagues, but he's the perfect
buy or sell candidate whether you're contending or rebuilding based
on his forecast to role in Houston that will do
what be enjoyed. My five players to buy in Dynasty Leagues.
Those were Mecha Buka, Say Flowers, Travon Henderson, Jayden Higgins,
and David Montgomery. Don't miss my five players to sell
in Dynasty over on Patreon for the Bones episode this
week until next time. This is the Dynasty checking out.
Hope you all have a great week and I'll talk
to you soon.
Speaker 2: See you