The 2025 NFL season is finally here, and with it comes the return of fantasy football — especially dynasty. Dynasty leagues never truly go away, with managers spending the entire offseason building rosters, making trades, and deciding whether to push for a championship now or rebuild for the future. Unlike redraft, dynasty is a year-round grind.
No matter the format, Week 1 hits hard and doesn’t let up until Week 17 when championships are won. That’s where the Dynasty Market Report comes in — to help you navigate this thing of ours and hopefully bring home a title.
Before kickoff, it’s time to take a big-picture look at some of the most important names and situations to track all year. Here are 15 players to watch for the 2025 Dynasty Fantasy Football season.
Kenneth Walker & Zach Charbonnet, RBs, Seattle Seahawks
Positive vibes are emanating from Seattle with the arrival of new OC Klint Kubiak and the resurgence of the running game. The Seahawks have finished as a bottom-10 rushing offense in consecutive seasons — a trend that looks poised to turn around quickly with Kubiak at the helm, thanks to the use of a fullback and an outside-zone scheme.
One of these two players has a chance to be locked in as a top-10 back in dynasty rankings within a few months. With Walker, the narrative is simple: stay healthy. Last season, he averaged a career high in PPG and took a significant step forward as a pass catcher. But if Walker fails to stay healthy — after missing time in multiple seasons — the baton could be passed to Charbonnet.
Charbonnet flashed last season with three top-8 weekly finishes, and preseason reports on him have been outstanding. He could be this year’s Chase Brown and finish as an RB1 if he gets enough starts. In redraft, managers are hedging their bets (Walker is being drafted in the fourth round, Charbonnet in the seventh). Dynasty managers need to keep a close eye on this situation.
Brian Thomas Jr. & Travis Hunter, WRs, Jacksonville Jaguars
BTJ was absolutely electric last season. He became just the fourth rookie since 1970 to post at least 1,200 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns — joining a few names you may have heard of: Ja’Marr Chase, Randy Moss, and Odell Beckham Jr. Not too bad. Both redraft and dynasty managers have pushed him toward the very top of the wide receiver rankings, and another massive season is expected with new HC Liam Coen using him in creative ways (how about a few more screen passes, coach?).
But a new wrinkle has been added to BTJ’s path to perennial Pro Bowler status: target competition in the form of Travis Hunter. The No. 2 overall pick is listed as both a starting wide receiver and a backup cornerback, but he’s widely expected to play a full-time role on offense — not the part-time “slash” role dynasty managers feared during rookie draft season. Hunter also comes in with significantly better draft capital than BTJ. Could he defy expectations and — gasp — flip him in the dynasty rankings?
This would be a champagne problem for the Jaguars, but a tricky one for dynasty managers who invested early startup capital expecting BTJ to be Batman to Hunter’s Robin (or Nightwing), not part of a co-WR1 situation. Both emerging as dominant forces is fantastic for Trevor Lawrence, but it would lower the true ceiling outcome for each individually.
Sam LaPorta, TE, Detroit Lions
Is Sam LaPorta an elite dynasty asset at the position — or simply a very good player? At this time last year, it looked like the latter. LaPorta was coming off a glass-ceiling-breaking TE1 overall rookie season. But a disappointing, slow start to his sophomore campaign doomed many of his fantasy managers.
To his credit, LaPorta finished strong, but both dynasty startup values and redraft ADP have taken a sharp drop from his inflated Year 2 price tag and expectations. He’s already been leapfrogged by Brock Bowers and Trey McBride, and now faces new challengers at the position who will apply even more pressure in the dynasty ranks.
Colston Loveland, TE, Chicago Bears & Tyler Warren, TE, Indianapolis Colts
LaPorta. Bowers. Does the trend of rookie tight ends stepping in and smashing in fantasy continue? With Colston Loveland and Tyler Warren, it just might. Chicago selected Loveland with the 10th overall pick in the NFL Draft, and Indianapolis followed up by taking Warren at 14.
Those are not the draft slots of developmental tight ends — those are investments in players expected to make an immediate impact, with the potential to become focal points of their offenses. There is target competition for both, but the talent is there to overcome it and cement themselves as elite dynasty assets at the position.
TreVeyon Henderson, RB, New England Patriots & Drake Maye, QB, New England Patriots
Maye, entering his second season as a pro, is the pick of many fantasy analysts to be this year’s breakout quarterback. Henderson, the electric rookie second-rounder, has been an ADP rocket ship in redraft this month — now settling into the third round in formats like FFPC and NFFC. The two feel almost tethered together as the offensive forces driving a potential New England turnaround.
There’s renewed hope in the organization with familiar faces like Mike Vrabel and Josh McDaniels back to bring stability — and with it, wins. Henderson is already being valued as a high-end RB1, while Maye gives off some Josh Allen–like vibes as a weapon on the ground with 700+ rushing yards in his range of outcomes. There will likely be some rocky stretches along the way, but by this time next year, both players’ startup ADPs could look like bargains.
Breece Hall, RB, New York Jets
Hall’s offseason has been a rocky one. Unlike nearly every other high-profile member of the 2022 NFL Draft running back class, Hall was not rewarded with a contract extension. Despite being just 24 years old and averaging at least 15 PPG in every season of his career, dynasty managers are valuing him at an all-time low — with his latest KeepTradeCut ranking placing him at RB16. That’s hardly a vote of confidence for a player once viewed as an elite dynasty asset.
Now, there’s added competition in the form of 21-year-old Braelon Allen — a 240-pound battering ram who has been the talk of Jets camp and is expected to play a significant role in the offense. Hall could still defy expectations, with his work as a receiver being the key. If he emerges as the Jets’ No. 2 option in the passing game, he can coexist with Allen and remain a fantasy-friendly high-end producer. If not, he could slip further down the dynasty ranks.
Hall is one of the most tilting names for dynasty managers to monitor this season.
Ladd McConkey, WR, LA Chargers
Just how good can a wide receiver be in fantasy under OC Greg Roman? With McConkey, there are few concerns from either redraft or dynasty managers. He narrowly missed finishing as a WR1 as a rookie and saved his biggest fantasy performance for last — setting an NFL rookie record with 197 receiving yards in LA’s playoff loss to Houston.
McConkey has surged up to WR10 on KeepTradeCut and is being drafted as a second-round pick in redraft formats like NFFC and FFPC. With Justin Herbert at quarterback and his own elite talent, he has the profile to exceed that valuation. The question is whether the stone-age, ground-and-pound tendencies of Roman and Jim Harbaugh will cap his target ceiling.
There’s plenty of reason for optimism, but dynasty managers should brace for some tilting moments if game flow leans too heavily toward the run this season.
Marvin Harrison Jr., WR, Arizona Cardinals
Even the name is tilting. Harrison Jr. was an instant top-five wide receiver value last offseason, with dynasty managers steaming him up in startups and taking him as the No. 1 overall pick — ahead of quarterbacks and Malik Nabers — in rookie drafts. A WR39 finish in PPG was hardly what anyone signed up for.
There is now guarded optimism that MHJ and the Arizona Cardinals can turn things around, and he’s often cited as a low-hanging-fruit Year 2 breakout candidate. The Cardinals have clearly done some self-scouting this offseason, and there has been nothing but positive coach speak and beat reporter buzz surrounding Harrison. But words are cheap. Fantasy managers will be looking for production — and consistent production at that.
Right now, Harrison is an eye-of-the-beholder asset who could rise or fall significantly in the dynasty rankings by midseason.
Cam Ward, QB, Tennessee Titans
There is little to no buzz surrounding Ward in the dynasty community, but plenty of steam within the Titans organization and from beat writers. The vibes around him have been overwhelmingly positive all offseason, with Ward being viewed as a franchise savior and the team’s long-term answer at quarterback.
Could the No. 1 overall pick also become a quick riser in the dynasty rankings? There are some parallels between him and C.J. Stroud in 2023. Ward has a cannon for an arm, elite pedigree, and the potential to become a player the community quickly price-corrects if he exceeds expectations.
Chase Brown, RB, Cincinnati Bengals
Is Chase Brown a one-year wonder? The 2023 fifth-round pick was one of the 2024 fantasy season’s biggest success stories, dominating usage and production on his way to an RB1 finish. This offseason, the Bengals showed their confidence in him by making minimal moves — drafting Tahj Brooks in the sixth round and bringing back veteran Samaje Perine, neither of which meaningfully threatens Brown’s workload.
Expectations, however, are now sky high. Redraft managers have steamed him up as high as RB6 overall and a second-round pick. The opportunity is there for Brown to deliver another massive season, but if he falls short, the dynasty marketplace will respond quickly.
Emeka Egbuka, WR, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Hunter and Tetairoa McMillan may have a challenger for top WR in the 2025 draft class: Emeka Egbuka. He has been one of the biggest redraft risers at the position this offseason, steaming up into the fifth round in formats like NFFC and FFPC. The buzz could not be higher.
Egbuka has even drawn parallels to Brian Thomas Jr. as a potential rookie smash who could become an instant WR1. He’ll still have to contend with veteran standout Mike Evans — and eventually Chris Godwin — but Egbuka appears to be fast-tracked for a major role. Routinely selected around the 1–2 turn in Superflex rookie drafts, he could prove to be the steal of the entire draft class for dynasty managers.
