World Cup fever has engulfed the sports media landscape, seemingly pushing NFL off-season news and headlines to the background. With the Cup on home soil, and Team USA making a run to the Knockout Stage, it’s tough to get excited about Brandon Aiyuk’s career spiral or rumors about Rashid Shaheed. Combine that with some world-shaking trades in the NBA and NHL, and the MLB season rolling along, and it’s easy for your dynasty leaguemates to take their eye off the ball with their dynasty rosters. It’s a really great time to make some moves, take advantage of the lack of attention, and make your team better for the 2026 season. 

Aiyuk’s social media antics are the most interesting thing going on in the league right now. Aiyuk is under contract with the 49ers. They don’t want him; he doesn’t want to be there, but he’s made it clear that he’ll keep enjoying all of the money the team gave him with his contract extension. Aiyuk has expressed interest in signing with the Commanders if the Niners ever release him, but will the Commanders want to bring him in? The Athletic is reporting his recent social media posts could prove “concerning” for the front office in Washington. He’d be an extremely risky signing for any team, but the Commanders certainly need the help at wide receiver. Aiyuk is going to be a very difficult dynasty asset to hold onto if this situation continues into the regular season. He’s obviously a very talented wide receiver, but he’s stuck in career purgatory and may never be a high-end fantasy asset again. 

Last week saw Kyle Pitts and Brenton Strange sign contract extensions with the Falcons and Jaguars, respectively. Pitts has flashed the upside and talent that made him a top-five pick in the NFL Draft, but he’s failed to put it together consistently for a full season. He hit career-highs in receptions (88) and touchdowns (5), but a massive amount of his production came from one game, an 11-166-3 explosion against the Bucs. In his 17-game season, that’s 13% of his receptions, 18% of his yards and 60% of his touchdowns in one game. The DLF Expert Rankings have him as the TE9 at 74 overall in one-quarterback leagues. 

Meanwhile, the Jaguars made another off-season move at tight end, signing Strange to a three-year extension worth up to $48 million. He had a breakout campaign last season, racking up career-highs in receptions (46), yards (540), and touchdowns (3) in just 12 games. The Jaguars and Liam Coen have sung his praises, but they also spent a second-round pick on Nate Boerkircher and a fifth-round pick on Tanner Koziol in the draft. Boerkircher is primarily a blocker, so he shouldn’t cut too much into Strange’s receiving numbers. Meanwhile, Koziol is a better receiver, but he’ll be third at best on the Jags TE depth chart. Strange is in a good spot on a very good offense, but there are a lot of mouths to feed in the passing game. Strange gets a bump from this news, but he’s still a mid-tier TE2 in dynasty. 

In rookie headlines, ESPN reports the Seahawks “did not draft Jadarian Price with the thought that he’d be a high-volume starter right away.” Going into rookie drafts, there was an expectation that Price would at least start the season as the high-volume starter in Seattle, at least until Zach Charbonnet returns from his injury. But that was a very aggressive assumption considering the college profile of Price. In three seasons at Notre Dame, Price never had more than 120 attempts and never had more than 746 rushing yards. He also totaled only 15 receptions in that time. Obviously, he was playing behind a superstar in Jeremiyah Love, but he’ll need time to ramp up to a full-time workload in Seattle. While Charbonnet is out, we should expect George Holani and Emmanuel Wilson to have a significant role behind, or even with Price. The Seahawks have big expectations for the future of Price, given his first-round draft capital, but it could be a slower buildup than dynasty managers are hoping for. 

With fantasy football at the back of the average sports fan’s mind, it’s a great time to improve your dynasty rosters. Check out the DLF Expert Rankings and find the diamonds in the rough, the players that are undervalued by the public, but the experts are most excited for. Then use the DLF League Sync and Trade Analyzer tools to craft the perfect trade to acquire that key player. There is no off-season in dynasty fantasy football, so we’re always working to help you win your league, no matter the time of year!

We talked about the Seahawks taking Jadarian Price in the first round. The reason they needed to make that pick is because Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III left the team to sign with the Kansas City Chiefs. This newsletter discussed Walker’s value back in March, right after the signing, but now that the rankings and ADP have had time to react to the news, it’s time for an update! Let’s take a look at Walker’s ADP in dynasty leagues and analyze his value on a new team this year in KC. 

Walker’s seen an aggressive rise in his dynasty fantasy football value this off-season. In January, his ADP was close to a career-low of 61. With the Super Bowl MVP and the move to Kansas City, it jumped up to 28.17 in March, and now it’s normalized to 34.17 for the month of June. That makes him the number 10 running back coming off the board in startup drafts. Meanwhile, the DLF Expert Rankings have him a touch lower at 43 overall, RB11 at his position. 

Walker has never come anywhere particularly close to being a top 10 running back in PPR leagues over the first four years of his career. He topped out at RB18 in his rookie season, but his production has decreased, especially as he’s had to split time with Zach Charbonnet. The Chiefs present an outstanding opportunity for Walker to become a high-volume bell-cow back, if his health can hold up. The backfield is weak, with Emari Demercado, Bernard Smith and rookie Emmett Johnson being his only competition for touches. The Chiefs have had some high-end running back seasons of late, but in the Mahomes era they’ve never had a running back with the pedigree or talent of Walker. On top of all of that, he is only 25 years-old. Walker’s value seems just right as a low-end RB1 for dynasty. He’s expensive in dynasty leagues, but he’ll retain value throughout the season, even if he struggles. It could be slow to start out, with Patrick Mahomes rushing a comeback or still on the sideline, so there could be a buying opportunity at the start of the season.

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We’re approaching the month of July and the quiet before training camp kicks off. While the draft, free agency, trades and cuts have answered a lot of the fantasy football questions for the 2027 season, training camp will be the final chance for the NFL to answer those questions prior to the kickoff of meaningful games. Nearly every team in the league will have some intense position battles in the month of August, and a large portion of them will have an impact on our fantasy football analysis.

In this piece, I’ll highlight the four position battles that I’ll be watching the most closely at the four major fantasy football positions.

The Deshaun Watson storyline will not go away, but the Browns’ inability to draft or develop a solid starter is what’s really to blame. Watson hasn’t looked like a starting quarterback since 2020, but his massive contract has kept him in a Browns uniform this whole time. Meanwhile, the Browns have taken several bites at the apple in the NFL Draft, but none of them have paid off. Dillon Gabriel had the higher draft capital from last year’s class, but he didn’t do much with his chances, forcing the team to give Sanders a chance. Sanders wasn’t much better, but he appears to be ahead of Gabriel on the depth chart heading into training camp.

This quarterback battle is reportedly “wide open.” Many reports have had Watson as the leader through the spring, but other beat writers have been championing Sanders’ chances. Whoever does win out in this camp battle will have a real chance to succeed, despite the constant stench hovering over the Browns organization. Cleveland has invested in the offensive weapons on this team in recent years. Quinshon Judkins had a great rookie season and the draft picks of KC Concepcion and Denzel Boston should elevate the passing game, along with Harold Fannin. There is a lot of young, high upside potential on this offense, they just need to figure out the quarterback position. I’d bet that Watson wins this battle coming out of camp, but Todd Monken will have a quick hook, ready to give Sanders a chance.