With NFL free agency looming, now is a great time to check in on your dynasty rosters and make some trades. Free agency is the start of the NFL calendar and a time when the values of our dynasty assets start to fluctuate in one way or another.

Getting ahead of the curve can help you get the best bang for your buck in 2025. Below are six names to consider trading in dynasty leagues before free agency starts. Don’t forget to also use our dynasty trade calculator to gauge values.

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Dynasty Players to Trade Before NFL Free Agency

Aaron Rodgers (QB – NYJ)

There’s a big element of risk versus reward with Aaron Rodgers, but it could be worthwhile. Rodgers hasn’t looked particularly great over the last three years ever since his last MVP award. However, during the back half of the 2024 season, he rediscovered some form… mostly.

Rodgers averaged 14.9 points per game from Week 7 onwards and was the QB14 in total points over that period. Rodgers isn’t going to cut it in single-quarterback formats anymore, but he might still have some value in Superflex, particularly given that he costs only a third-round pick to acquire.

Third-round picks are often complete dart throws as they are, with the hit rate incredibly low. More often than not you end up with Javon Baker or Dylan Laube rather than Puka Nacua. Turning that third-round pick into a spot starter for 2025 is worth the risk that Rodgers might retire.

If Rodgers finds a team for this season it’ll probably happen soon. While some veteran quarterbacks face the risk of being benched, Rodgers commands enough gravitas that he would have to be playing truly awful for that to happen. This trade won’t be for everyone, but as the great Bruce Arians liked to say, “No risk it, no biscuit.”

Bros voluntarily training already.

And the Jets were stressing about “Will he be at offseason workouts?!” Like he wasn’t at all but 2 that they decided to put a “Special” name on (Minicamp).

Aaron Rodgers gonna go somewhere and have such a good freaking year . It’s inevitable… pic.twitter.com/mi90LKY6mm

— Chris Manno (@Mann_O_Steel17) February 20, 2025

Justin Fields (QB – FA)

There are plenty of us out there who have never really seen it with Justin Fields. The electric moments are often sandwiched in between consistently holding onto the ball too long and taking sacks, along with a mediocre ability in the passing game.

When it comes to fantasy football, though, Fields’s rushing upside is too good to pass up. Rumors continue to swirl that Fields might end up being the Jets’ next quarterback. There are also plenty of other quarterback-hungry teams that could look to Fields with this being the worst quarterback draft on paper since the miserable 2022 NFL Draft when Kenny Pickett was selected as the first signal-caller 20th overall.

Fields started six games for the Steelers in 2024 and scored over 15.8 fantasy points in four of them, notching five rushing touchdowns to help his cause. Like the Aaron Rodgers selection, this one is more focused on Superflex than single-quarterback leagues, but it’s worth checking in on what Fields’ current dynasty manager might want for someone who is still only 25 years old.

Javonte Williams (RB – FA)

So far we’ve talked mainly about buys but we can’t neglect the sells, and Javonte Williams is as good of a sell as anyone else right now. Williams has been a darling to certain areas of the fantasy community ever since he came out of college.

Perhaps if a serious knee injury hadn’t blighted Williams’ career he could have turned into a more productive player, but as it is, he faces free agency with a total of 11 rushing touchdowns in his four years in the league. He hasn’t surpassed 775 rushing yards since his rookie season.

This year’s rookie class is deep at running back. It’s entirely possible that when we get to free agency Williams is left on the shelf with a lengthy wait for someone to take a chance on him. If you can sell Williams now, for practically anything, it might prove the prudent move long term.

Cooper Kupp (WR – LAR)

There seems to be an air of hope for Cooper Kupp with the news he’ll be moving on from the Rams imminently. The former 2021 Triple Crown winner will find himself on a new team for the first time in his eight-year NFL career, having failed to play more than 12 games in each of the last three seasons.

Kupp has been incredible when healthy, but on paper, he’s only had two great seasons — 2019 and 2021. Outside of those years, he’s never hit 1,000 yards or had more than six receiving touchdowns. Kupp is currently valued as a late second-round pick, which might be a solid reward for a player who averaged 2.4 catches per game from Week 13 onwards.

Perhaps Kupp can rekindle some magic with the right quarterback and offensive coordinator, but at age 31, the cliff edge comes fast for wide receivers. He’s never going to have more value than he currently does in dynasty leagues.

Cooper Kupp has been below 30
Yards in four of his last five games. pic.twitter.com/7Eto9dj5FJ

— Tom Strachan (@NFL_TStrack) January 14, 2025

Kimani Vidal (RB – LAC)

Speaking of players who may never see their value increase, now would be a good time to capitalize on anyone who still believes in Kimani Vidal. The Chargers are a team with the running offense ingrained in their mindset. Greg Roman will simply never move away from wanting to establish the run, no matter how good Justin Herbert is.

The run schemes set up everything else they want to do and having a good ground game is essential to that. Vidal had the best possible scenarios in 2024 to succeed, with both J.K. Dobbins and Gus Edwards spending time on injured reserve (IR) throughout the offseason, not to mention the fact both players weren’t the most dominant consistently either.

Vidal burst into the NFL with a touchdown on his first touch, but that would be his most memorable moment, averaging 5.3 touches per game, — 11th among rookie running backs. He rushed for a mediocre 3.6 yards per carry and forced a total of six missed tackles on 43 rush attempts.

The Chargers need better from their running game and a big move should follow either in free agency or the draft. Vidal’s value is hanging on a knife edge.

Brian Robinson Jr. (RB – WAS)

Last offseason felt like Brian Robinson’s breakout was nailed. He was healthy, had a dual-threat quarterback on his team to force defenders’ eyes elsewhere and the only competition they brought in was the aging and dusty Austin Ekeler.

Robinson, couldn’t capitalize, however, finishing as the RB26 in PPR points per game, below the likes of Rico Dowdle and Kareem Hunt. While Robinson has never been a pass-catching threat, he also failed to turn rushing attempts into significant yardage, averaging 60.7 yards per game.

Robinson was fine if you needed depth or had most of your significant value invested in other positions, but he didn’t win you weeks with only three games over 15 points last season. The ceiling simply isn’t there. With some interesting options coming up in the draft but a mediocre free-agency class of running backs, this might be the ideal time to sell Robinson. With Ekeler moving on, it could feel like Robinson has the backfield to himself.

The likelihood, however, is that the Commanders will look to add some significant juice to this backfield at some point this offseason.

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