Dynasty Trade Advice: Joe Mixon, Jared Goff, Patrick Mahomes

As we head into draft season, veterans become much more expendable. Everyone wants the shiny new toy over the aging and potentially dead roster spot. Some veterans on this list will be obvious to you, but others might be newly worthy of your consideration. Either way, here are some veterans I’m trying to trade away before my dynasty rookie draft kicks off in the coming months.

Dynasty Trade Advice

Patrick Mahomes (QB – KC)

The first name on my list is a name that all dynasty managers are familiar with. However, a player’s name isn’t what scores fantasy points. Mahomes finished as QB12 overall last season in 16 games, averaging 17.7 points per game, landing him at QB13. The worst part is that this is not a fluke. He finished with a very similar points-per-game average in 2023, so this might just be his new normal. If that’s the case, now might be the last time you can sell high on Mahomes as it sure seems like the Chiefs might be heading straight into full rebuild mode.

Jared Goff (QB – DET)

Unlike Mahomes, Goff finished with his highest points-per-game average since 2018. He was QB9 in that metric and was firing on all cylinders for Detroit in 2024. He also passed for over 4,600 yards for the third time in his career and threw for a career-high 37 touchdowns. So why am I selling him? Easy, he lost the mind of the offense in Ben Johnson. The new Bears HC leaving Goff and the Lions makes me nervous. Was Goff’s great year a result of him turning a corner or a result of Johnson’s offensive magic? I’d rather get out now than wait to find out.

Joe Mixon (RB – HOU)

Mixon is entering his ninth season and turns 29 before the season starts. That right there should be enough to convince you to move on, but for the sake of argument, let’s go deeper. Mixon played well in 2024, finishing as RB9 in points per game while playing in 14 games. Mixon has only played in every game of a season twice in his career, once before the season went to 17 games and once after. If he plays even half of the season, he should hit 2,000 carries for his career. I just think his time is running out, and I’m fine moving off of him and using his RB9 weekly finish to do so.

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