✍🏼 Free Agent Frenzy 2.0?

Dynasty Info, too!

Let’s get into some free agency remnants and dynasty info from DLF as rookie drafts are heating up!

Now that we’re over a week out from the NFL Draft and teams are assessing the holes left, we’ve seen a mild flurry of activity in the free agent department. Tyler Lockett (Titans), Robert Woods (Steelers), and Diontae Johnson (Browns) have all found new homes since April 29th, and Justin Tucker was also released from the Ravens in that timeframe.

There are still some veteran names who can help NFL teams this season, and some of them may find employment soon. Here’s a look at the best players still available at each fantasy-relevant position.

💪🏼 Quarterback

Aaron Rodgers - We all know the drill with this by now. He’s unsure, we’re waiting.

Carson Wentz - He may have to wait for an injury to find employment, but Wentz could likely be a mentor somewhere.

🏃🏾‍♂️ Running Back

Nick Chubb - He struggled last year after a brutal knee injury ended his 2023 season, rushing 102 times for 332 yards and three scores while averaging a career-worst 3.3 YPC. Here he is looking pretty healthy to me, just a week ago.

JK Dobbins - Dobbins was the Chargers’ lead back in 2024, averaging 13.5 in half-PPR scoring per game as the RB17. He’s been recently linked to Chicago, but we’ll have to see who signs him in the coming days/weeks.

Gus Edwards - The RB was released back in March by LA as part of their backfield overhaul. Despite a meager 101-365-4 last season, the Gus Bus could still help a team as depth.

Other Notable RBs: Jamaal Williams, Chase Edmonds, Cam Akers, D’Onta Foreman

🧤 Wide Receiver

Keenan Allen - A team will sign Allen, and at 33 years old, he still has some juice left, but it’s likely a lesser role at a reduced salary. Maybe he’ll end up back in LA?

Amari Cooper - Rumors have been swirling linking Cooper mostly to Dallas, but he’s still unemployed, and the Cowboys traded for George Pickens this morning. Landing spots are dwindling but he should still find a job.

Other Notable WRs: Nelson Agholor, DJ Chark, Tyler Boyd

🍑 Tight Ends

Gerald Everett, Marcedes Lewis, CZ Uzomah, Hayden Hurst

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We’re nearly two weeks past the NFL Draft and dynasty rookies drafts are well underway. The rookie tiers this year seem to be deeper and more tightly-packed than ever before, making for some difficult on-the-clock decisions. 

One of the age-old debates every year when it comes to making difficult dynasty decisions in rookie drafts is talent vs. situation. There is usually a strong case for both sides of that argument and DLF’s Eric Hardter examines both ends in his latest, Talent Vs Situation: How To Draft a Rookie. 

Here’s a look at what Eric had to say…

Talent versus situation. In a vacuum it sounds a lot like “heads or tails,” implying something of a mutually exclusive paradigm. But as we know there’s significantly more nuance, and to me we have to answer another question before we can answer this one.

How competitive do you plan to be in 2025 and the following years?

This is a foundational issue – players firmly contending may seek to make the most of their rookie draft capital in a “win now” sense, meaning targeting situation as it relates to both player position and team. The former may be due to a perceived missing link, while the latter seeks to optimize the immediacy of results. Naturally, this begs yet another question.

How often do rookies actually push us over the edge?

Over the past five years we certainly have examples of players striking it big at the outset of their professional careers, functioning as starters and league winners in year one. 2020 brought us Justin Jefferson (PPR WR7), Justin Herbert (QB8) and Jonathan Taylor (RB6). Other players such as CeeDee Lamb and Tee Higgins have since blossomed into stars, but were borderline contributors as rookies.

Similarly, 2021 gave us Ja’Marr Chase (PPR WR5) and Jaylen Waddle (WR12), along with Najee Harris (RB3) and Kyle Pitts’ career-best year (PPR TE6). 2022 yielded usable efforts from Garrett Wilson, Chris Olave and Kenneth Walker but little else. 2023 provided CJ Stroud, Sam LaPorta, Jahmyr Gibbs, Bijan Robinson and Puka Nacua. And of course last season we of course had Jayden Daniels, Brian Thomas, Brock Bowers, Malik Nabers, Bucky Irving and Ladd McConkey.

Yes, this is a somewhat subjective exercise in cherry-picking names, but the fact is on average we should only anticipate somewhere in the range of four to six rookies providing immediate, high-end returns. This doesn’t mean that we can’t anticipate the output, but rather that perhaps we shouldn’t count on it.

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