The NFL preseason is getting underway. With most of the top fantasy football assets not playing, fantasy managers will get a chance to see some potential stars of the future. Who are the best dynasty stashes from each team?
Who Are the Top Fantasy Dynasty Stashes for All 32 Teams in 2024?
Arizona Cardinals: WR Michael Wilson
If you’re wondering why this isn’t Trey Benson, that’s because Benson is not a dynasty stash — he’s being valued as the Cardinals RB of the future. Michael Wilson, on the other hand, isn’t even guaranteed the starting Z role over Zay Jones… but he has been working ahead of Jones in training camp.
Wilson didn’t do much as a rookie, but he did hit some key indicators. First, he surpassed 525 receiving yards, which is a crucial threshold for rookie wide receivers. Second, he had a game with 26.6 fantasy points, which is not something many rookies are able to do. Third, Wilson closed the season about as well as you could ask him to, scoring 15.5 fantasy points in each of his final two games.
All of the buzz is surrounding Marvin Harrison Jr., and rightfully so. But Kyler Murray is capable of supporting two fantasy-relevant receivers. At just 24 years old, the upside for Wilson still exists.
Atlanta Falcons: QB Michael Penix Jr.
The Falcons’ rookie QB is the epitome of a dynasty stash. With Kirk Cousins entrenched as the starter, there’s no way Michael Penix Jr. will get a chance to start without an injury. That makes him much more affordable in dynasty, though.
Given that the Falcons, a team clearly positioned to win now, spent their first-round selection on Penix shows how much they believe in him. Penix is their quarterback of the future. He’s positioned to inherit a very good offense featuring Drake London, Kyle Pitts, and Bijan Robinson when he does inevitably take over.
The nature of Cousins’ contract makes it difficult to get out of until 2027. However, Cousins is still 36 years old coming off a torn Achilles. Despite how much money he’s making, if he gets hurt again and Penix steps in and plays well, Cousins is probably not getting his job back.
Penix is worth stashing in Superflex formats based on the likelihood that he will take over in 2027 and the possibility that he could step in as soon as this year.
Baltimore Ravens: RB Keaton Mitchell
Between the devastating knee injury and the Ravens signing Derrick Henry, there’s a chance the fantasy community forgets about Keaton Mitchell. Don’t do that.
As bad as Mitchell’s injury was, we’re talking about a 22-year-old player in peak physical condition. He’s capable of returning to his pre-injury form, and that guy was pretty good.
Mitchell has 4.37 speed and averaged 8.4 yards per carry in limited action as a rookie. Henry may be the guy right now, but he is 30 years old. When Mitchell is ready to return, he could work his way into the primary passing-down back in tandem with Henry, before potentially taking over as the 1a in 2026.
It’s admittedly a long shot, but we’re talking about dynasty stashes here. Mitchell has as much upside as you could hope for.
Buffalo Bills: RB Ray Davis
Please proceed with caution when it comes to Day 3 running backs. Every year, without fail, the dynasty community gets excited about their Day 3 darlings who were never going to matter. Anyone remember all the DeWayne McBride hype from last season?
Ray Davis was a Day 3 pick, but he went in the fourth round. We’ve seen far more round-four RBs breakthrough than guys drafted later.
Most importantly, the Bills have a pretty shallow depth chart at running back behind James Cook. Davis could open the 2024 season as the RB2. At 211 pounds, he has the potential to be the Bills’ primary goal-line back. Not only would that give him immediate value as a touchdown-or-bust RB4, but it would put him one injury away from being a viable fantasy starter.
Carolina Panthers: QB Bryce Young
Calling last year’s No. 1 overall pick a dynasty stash is admittedly a stretch. But looking at this roster, there just aren’t any players worthy of being called a top dynasty stash. I don’t believe in Jonathan Mingo. Jonathon Brooks and Xavier Legette are more than stashes. Diontae Johnson is an established fantasy asset. That leaves us with the quarterback.
Some are already writing off Young as a bust. There’s no denying his rookie year was awful, but look at the circumstances. His top receiving option was 33-year-old Adam Thielen. This year, Young has Johnson, his clear WR1, and Legette, who should start on the opposite side. That allows Thielen to move into the slot exclusively.
Additionally, the Panthers hired Dave Canales as head coach. He was a key factor in Baker Mayfield’s revival last season.
Young may not be the dynasty asset he was a year ago, but he’s not worth giving up on just yet.
Chicago Bears: RB Roschon Johnson
To be clear, I do not think Roschon Johnson is a good stash at all. It’s just the nature of the Bears’ roster is such that they have six players who are well above “stash” level, and not much else. If anyone is going to break through somewhat unexpectedly, it would be Johnson.
The Bears signed D’Andre Swift to be their RB1, but if you listen to the coaches, it seems they don’t see Swift as a three-down back. They view him more as a weapon they can use as needed. That’s great for the Bears, but not so much for fantasy.
If Swift were to get hurt, or struggle to produce, Johnson could stand to benefit. Given that he’s only in his second year, you could certainly do worse than stash a young running back with an uncertain ceiling.
Cincinnati Bengals: WR Jermaine Burton
During the entirety of the Joe Burrow era, the top producers on the Bengals have been clear. It’s been Ja’Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, Joe Mixon, and occasionally Tyler Boyd. No one else mattered.
This year, it’s going to be Burrow, Chase, Higgins, and one or both of Zack Moss/Chase Brown. They don’t have a clear WR3 anymore.
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There are two reasons to be optimistic about Jermaine Burton. First, he was considered by some to be a first-round talent who fell to the third round because of off-the-field issues. If he can get that under control, he can earn the WR3 role.
Second, Higgins is almost certainly gone after this season. It’s very possible Burton could be looking at a clear path to the WR2 role in 2025. Given the unlikelihood of Burton making an impact in 2024, he perfectly qualifies as a dynasty stash.
Cleveland Browns: QB Jameis Winston
Did you realize Jameis Winston is only 30 years old? He’s now entering his 10th NFL season, but is still relatively young in quarterback years. Once upon a time, Winston averaged 20.5 fantasy points per game.
By no means should anyone expect Winston to suddenly be a fantasy QB1. However, the offensive situation with Amari Cooper, David Njoku, and a hopefully-healthy-for-the-second-half-of-the-season Nick Chubb is far from a bad one. If Winston became the starter, he could do what Joe Flacco did last year and just chuck with reckless abandon.
Deshaun Watson has not looked good each of the past two seasons. Add in a shoulder injury that could potentially linger into the season and there’s a nonzero chance Watson finds himself on the bench at some point this year.
Dallas Cowboys: WR Jalen Tolbert
This is another situation where there are no obvious stashes. After barely playing as a rookie, Jalen Tolbert was a little better in his sophomore season, catching 22 passes for 268 yards.
It’s highly unlikely he ever becomes fantasy-relevant, but he is entering the 2024 season with the inside track for the WR3 job. Michael Gallup is gone, and Brandin Cooks will be 31 years old a quarter of the way through the season.
The Cowboys have very little behind CeeDee Lamb. There’s at least a small chance Tolbert could emerge as the third option in the passing game. If he can merely get to WR4 territory, that would justify having stashed him in dynasty.
Denver Broncos: RB Audric Estime
Despite not being considered a great offense, the Broncos actually have several players worthy of being dynasty stashes. I also considered Marvin Mims Jr., Troy Franklin, and Jaleel McLaughlin.
Ultimately, I settled on Estime for a couple of reasons. First, McLaughlin is being drafted in redraft leagues this year, which pushes him mostly out of stash territory for me. I don’t believe in Mims after his dismal rookie year. Franklin is a Day 3 WR with an iffy prospect profile. Estime has the clearest path to fantasy relevance.
The Broncos are probably not cutting Javonte Williams. However, the mere talk of it raises eyebrows. McLaughlin is too small to ever be a feature back. If Williams struggles or gets hurt again, Estime would likely be the one who steps into the primary rusher role. Most importantly, he would handle goal-line carries.
Detroit Lions: QB Hendon Hooker
The Lions’ offense is very consolidated. Everything runs through Amon-Ra St. Brown, Sam LaPorta, Jahmyr Gibbs, and David Montgomery. Guys like Kalif Raymond and Craig Reynolds are not worth stashing.
I could have gone with Jameson Williams, but he still has enough believers (not me) that he’s more than just a stash. That lead me to Hendon Hooker.
By no means is Hooker a threat to Jared Goff. However, Hooker is the QB2 on an offense that scores a lot of points. If Goff were to go down, Hooker would get a chance to prove he can be a starting QB in the NFL. It’s a big-time long shot, but he’s the best choice for a dynasty stash on the Lions.
Green Bay Packers: WR Dontayvion Wicks
This one is not exactly a surprise. It seems like everyone loves Dontayvion Wicks, but can’t fully get behind him due to the massive target competition in a very deep Packers WR corps.
But things happen in the NFL. Players fall off. Guys get hurt. Sometimes, talent is undeniable. There are multiple paths to Wicks forcing his way onto the field and into more volume.
If Wicks is as talented as I and many others think he is, that talent will shine through. Tethered to a young, ascending QB in Jordan Love, you can certainly do worse than a WR who averaged 2.07 yards per route run as a rookie fifth-rounder.
Houston Texans: TE Cade Stover
With the additions of Stefon Diggs and Joe Mixon, it’s really difficult to find any dynasty value here. The only other player worth mentioning would be Dameon Pierce, and that’s in the hope that he gets traded to a team that needs to use him right away.
Given how great C.J. Stroud already is, he has the potential to support three fantasy-relevant WRs, plus a tight end. Right now, that tight end is Dalton Schultz. But in a couple of years, it could be Cade Stover.
The Texans rookie TE played with Stroud at Ohio State. These two already have a rapport. Schultz is back on a one-year deal. If Stover can progress and continue to learn the position, there’s hope for him to be a startable tight end in fantasy by 2026.
Indianapolis Colts: WR Josh Downs
To be perfectly candid, Josh Downs might be too good to qualify to purely be a dynasty stash. After all, he did catch 68 passes for 771 yards as a rookie. I just can’t, in good conscience, recommend Alec Pierce or Trey Sermon. So, Downs it is.
There’s a lot of pessimism surrounding Michael Pittman Jr. this season, as many in the fantasy community don’t believe Anthony Richardson is capable of supporting a top fantasy receiver. That belief trickles down. Combine that with the Colts drafting Adonai Mitchell, and it’s easy to see why Downs can get lost in the shuffle.
Don’t let any of these things distract you from the fact that Downs was pretty impressive as a rookie. He showed an ability to get open against man coverage, which is a strong indicator of talent. If Richardson can progress as a passer, and throw a little more than expected, Downs could be a viable fantasy WR3 as early as this season.
Jacksonville Jaguars: WR Gabe Davis
Unfortunately, there really isn’t a better option on the Jaguars than Gabe Davis. After four years, we know who Davis is. He’s a situational deep threat who occasionally pops off for huge games.
The hope in stashing Davis is that he meshes better with Trevor Lawrence than he did with Josh Allen. It’s admittedly a long shot. Lawrence is a significant downgrade in quarterback, and the target competition is much steeper on the Jaguars.
Davis is less of a recommended stash than the best of a bevy of uninspiring options outside of this team’s obvious fantasy-relevant assets.
Kansas City Chiefs: RB Deneric Prince
This is the deepest of dynasty stashes. Deneric Prince is a 2023 UDFA who was active for all of two games last season and didn’t touch the ball at all. His presence on this list is purely a product of training camp reports that say he’s been the first running back to get reps after Isiah Pacheco.
Last year, we saw Clyde Edwards-Helaire be a weekly RB2 when Pacheco was out. If Prince is in that role, that’s his upside as well.
Prince has a 96th percentile speed score and is a stout 216 pounds. Physically, he looks the part. Of course, if the talent were there, he wouldn’t have gone undrafted and not played as a rookie. But on the off chance he’s able to work his way into the RB2 role, he would at least have some trade value on dynasty benches.
Las Vegas Raiders: RB Dylan Laube
The Raiders roster consists mostly of guys we know matter in fantasy and will never matter in fantasy. The only real unknowns are Michael Mayer and Dylan Laube. Given that the Raiders just drafted generational talent Brock Bowers in the first round, Mayer’s only path to fantasy relevance would be getting traded, which seems unlikely. That leaves us with Laube.
Right now, things look bleak for Laube. He’ll never be a three-down back, so his only path is as the primary receiving back, and Ameer Abdullah currently occupies that role. If Abdullah went down, Alexander Mattison would be more likely to take over than Laube.
But we’re talking dynasty stashes. The hope with Laube is that a running back who caught 68 passes in 10 games last year can prove his worth in practice, enabling the coaching staff to trust him as the primary passing-down back in 2025 when there’s a nonzero chance all three of Zamir White, Mattison, and Abdullah are no longer on the team.
Los Angeles Chargers: RB Kimani Vidal
There has been way too much enthusiasm about Kimani Vidal in dynasty circles. Nevertheless, he’s a worthy dynasty stash.
The Chargers project to be a very run-heavy team under new head coach Jim Harbaugh. Their backfield consists of 29-year-old plodder Gus Edwards and J.K. Dobbins, who is recovering from multiple lower leg injuries.
Vidal only has sixth-round draft capital, which puts him behind the eight-ball. However, he does have 4.46 speed and lead-back size at 213 pounds.
Vidal was immensely productive in his final year at Troy, rushing for 1,661 yards and 15 touchdowns in 14 games.
Regardless of Dobbins’ health, Vidal could open the season as the Chargers’ RB2, and that means he’d be one injury away from a fantasy-relevant role.
Los Angeles Rams: RB Blake Corum
Blake Corum is probably too good to count as a pure stash. However, there is absolutely no one else on the Rams worth rostering outside of the obvious guys. I considered Demarcus Robinson, but he’s 30 years old. It would be disingenuous to call a guy who will be out of the league within three or four years a stash.
The Rams are committed to Kyren Williams as their lead back… for now. As we’ve seen in the past, head coach Sean McVay has no issue switching his allegiance at running back. If Williams gets hurt, Corum will get a chance to make serious inroads toward a fantasy-relevant role.
Miami Dolphins: RB Jaylen Wright
The dynasty community is well aware of Jaylen Wright’s potential. With 4.38 speed at 210 pounds, Wright is the perfect fit for head coach Mike McDaniels’ run scheme. His problem is there are two guys ahead of him who were very good last year in De’Von Achane and Raheem Mostert.
Achane is not going anywhere but struggled with injuries as a rookie. Mostert is 32 years old and has also had difficulty staying healthy in the past. All it would take is for one of these guys to miss time for Wright to be on the fantasy radar. Throw Wright on your bench or taxi squad and see if he gets his chance to make an impact.
Minnesota Vikings: RB Ty Chandler
The Vikings really tried everything to avoid making Ty Chandler the guy. They pushed the replacement-level Alexander Mattison as the starter. When that didn’t work, they traded for Cam Akers, who they immediately installed as the RB2, pushing Chandler further down the depth chart.
It took injuries to both Akers and Mattison for Chandler to finally get a chance. When he did, he put up 24.7 fantasy points in his lone game with an 80% snap share.
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Once again, though, the Vikings are trying to push Chandler down, bringing in Aaron Jones as their RB1.
Jones will be 30 years old this season and is coming off a year in which he dealt with a lingering hamstring strain. Chandler has no competition for the RB2 role. He’s one injury away from starting. Keep him on dynasty benches.
New England Patriots: WR Javon Baker
The Patriots do not have a great track record in drafting wide receivers. Javon Baker wasn’t even the first one they took this year. That was Ja’Lynn Polk. Nevertheless, Baker is worthy of being stashed on dynasty benches due to the very weak WR group overall.
Opening the season, it will likely be DeMario Douglas, K.J. Osborn, and Kendrick Bourne as the three main WRs. Douglas was a 2023 sixth-rounder. Osborn and Bourne are journeymen role-player types. There’s room here for Polk and Baker to end up as the team’s top two receivers by the end of the year.
New Orleans Saints: RB Kendre Miller
The reports out of the Saints’ training camp regarding Kendre Miller have not been good. It does not sound like he’s a threat to Alvin Kamara or even to Jamaal Williams as the RB2. Yet, he remains the best choice to stash on the Saints.
Miller is still just 22 years old. He was productive in college and has a three-down skill set. His problem is he can’t stay healthy.
Well, Kamara and Williams are both 29 years old. The Saints want Miller to be their lead runner. He just needs to prove he can do it. Right now, it doesn’t seem likely. But that also makes the cost to acquire Miller low. He’s still worth stashing to see what happens.
New York Giants: RB Tyrone Tracy Jr.
For the first time in five years, the Giants’ starting running back won’t be Saquon Barkley. This is uncharted territory for the modern Giants. Ambiguity spawns opportunity.
Devin Singletary is locked in as the team’s RB1… for now. As well as he played last season, Singletary isn’t exactly some otherworldly talent. He’s good enough. If someone else in this backfield steps up, that player could easily take Singletary’s job.
Tyrone Tracy Jr. may be a fifth-round pick, but he has 4.48 speed and weighs 209 pounds. He has the skill set to handle a heavy workload.
Given his draft capital, he’s fighting an uphill battle. That makes him cheap to acquire in dynasty. Throw him on your bench and hope for the best.
New York Jets: RB Braelon Allen
In a different location, Braelon Allen might be one of the more sought-after running backs from this year’s rookie class. Unfortunately, he landed on the Jets where he has absolutely no chance of overtaking Breece Hall as the starter.
Allen is a throwback bruiser, weighing a stout 235 pounds. Despite his size, he ran a 4.51 40-time. He’s currently the favorite to be the RB2 behind Hall. If Hall were to go down, Allen could step into RB2 value.
The long-term upside may not be apparent, but stranger things have happened. Allen is well worth stashing in dynasty leagues.
Pittsburgh Steelers: WR Roman Wilson
The Steelers are probably the best organization at drafting wide receivers in NFL history. They frequently hit on guys in the third round or later. Wilson was a third-round pick in this year’s draft.
After losing Diontae Johnson, the Steelers have a vacancy at WR2 opposite George Pickens. Competing with Wilson are Van Jefferson, Calvin Austin, Scotty Miller, and Quez Watkins. If Wilson can’t beat out all of them, you never wanted him in dynasty to begin with.
Wilson will be starting a bit behind. He is likely to miss the entire preseason due to an ankle sprain he suffered at practice. Wilson is expected back by Week 1, though.
Wilson is undersized but has blazing 4.39 speed. There’s a path to him having fantasy value as a stretch Z. He’s the best dynasty stash on this team.
Philadelphia Eagles: WR Johnny Wilson
At 6’6″, 231 pounds, Johnny Wilson is a massive human. There’s a chance he ends up switching to tight end, but that would only serve to increase his chances of making a fantasy impact.
Obviously, A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith are not going anywhere. But Dallas Goedert could be gone after this season. There’s certainly the potential for Jalen Hurts to support three pass-catchers.
Wilson’s size makes him a huge threat in the end zone. Even if he becomes a touchdown-or-bust tight end, that would be a win for a sixth-round pick.
San Francisco 49ers: RB Elijah Mitchell
I considered putting Ricky Pearsall here, but it felt unfair, as he’s more than just a dynasty stash. Elijah Mitchell, though, is often forgotten because he’s behind Christian McCaffrey.
There is only one reason to stash Mitchell — benefiting from a CMC injury. Just two short years ago, McCaffrey was viewed as injury-prone. After playing in almost every game for two straight seasons, it seems fantasy managers may have forgotten how they felt about McCaffrey during his final two seasons in Carolina.
The RB1 for the 49ers is always going to be valuable in fantasy. Mitchell averaged 15.0 fantasy points per game as a sixth-round rookie in 2021. We already know he can do it. Stash him in the event he gets the chance to do it again.
Seattle Seahawks: TE Noah Fant
The Seahawks starting TE isn’t even being drafted in redraft leagues. Once considered a top tight-end prospect, Noah Fant’s value has plummeted. It wouldn’t be that much of a surprise if he’s unrostered in some dynasty leagues.
It’s certainly not likely that Fant will become a startable tight end. However, this team does not have much value beyond the obvious guys who are rostered everywhere.
At the very least, Fant averaged 10 fantasy points per game across the 2020 and 2021 seasons. Still just 26 years old, Fant could experience a renaissance under a new coaching staff.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: WR Jalen McMillan
It’s easy to fall into the trap of training camp hype, but it’s a lot better that the reports are glowing about Jalen McMillan than the alternative.
The rookie is an above-average athlete who earned a 21.2% target share during his junior year at Washington. The Bucs are not going to deviate from Mike Evans and Chris Godwin as their top two receivers. However, McMillan is certainly talented enough to earn the WR3 role. That would put him one injury away from possibly being fantasy-relevant.
Tennessee Titans: WR Nick Westbrook-Ikhine
In the interest of full disclosure, there really isn’t a single player who qualifies as a dynasty stash on the Titans. Tony Pollard, Tyjae Spears, DeAndre Hopkins, Calvin Ridley, and Will Levis are all obvious guys who are rostered across all dynasty leagues. Even Chigoziem Okonkwo and Tyler Boyd are too heavily rostered for stash status.
I refuse to say Treylon Burks because I genuinely believe he can be dropped in all formats. That leaves Nick Westbrook-Ikhine.
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NWI is this team’s WR4. He would need two injuries to be fantasy relevant. However, at a bare minimum, we’ve seen him post big games before, most notably his 28.9-point effort in Week 10 of the 2022 season.
While Westbrook-Ikhine is the best “dynasty stash” on this team, there’s no need to actually stash him.
Washington Commanders: TE Ben Sinnott
The Commanders released Logan Thomas and used a second-round pick on Ben Sinnott, making him the highest-drafted tight end after Brock Bowers. Ahead of Sinnott on the depth chart is the aging Zach Ertz.
Sinnott is a very good athlete, albeit one with limited experience. It may take a couple of years, but Sinnott should be the Commanders’ starting TE for a long time.
Given how difficult it can be for fantasy managers to find a trustworthy tight end, Sinnott is well worth a spot on the back of dynasty benches.