Welcome in and here we go, it’s the fourth edition of Dynasty Faceoff – Keep Trade Cut Dynasty 2025 for Week 4. Each week during the NFL regular season, we will analyze a position group from strictly a dynasty fantasy football perspective.
Using various dynasty rankings throughout the season, we’ll differentiate the value between three assets within that position group. The players will be ranked consecutively and of similar age(within three years, or five years in the case of quarterbacks, as we will be discussing today).
For this exercise, the player who would deemed the most valuable for the near and long term will be the “Keep”, while our player to “Trade” holds a tremendous near-term value. However, it may be prudent to maximize their trade value at this time.
Finally, the “Cut” is the asset that holds the least amount of current value in the trio, and is a player who is seeing a diminished role on his team or shows signs of value regression soon.
Keep Trade Cut Dynasty 2025: Week 4
In this Week 4 Keep Trade Cut Dynasty 2025 outlook, we’ll be looking at three quarterbacks with a fantasy ceiling each week, especially with their rushing threat. Two of the quarterbacks represent youth and upside at the position, clearly benefiting fantasy managers who may be in a rebuild. The third asset is no stranger to top-10 quarterback finishes in his career. Without further ado, let’s take a look at DynastyProcess.com and analyze their currently valued QB7, QB8, and QB9 heading into NFL Week 4.
Keep: QB9 Kyler Murray – Arizona Cardinals
The keep of the week and a top asset to own is also the third-valued quarterback in this trio. However, when Kyler Murray came back last year, he displayed his health following an ACL tear to end his prior 2022-2023 season. In three games to start this 2024 season, he’s shown more of the same consistent quarterback play for fantasy, even providing managers an overall QB1 finish in Week 2. Of this trio, Murray has put together the highest points-per-game average to start the year(19.5 PPG compared to Anthony Richardsons 15.67 PPG, and Caleb Williams 11.97 PPG).
The reasoning for Murray as the keep is simple, he’s been here before and at the age of 27, should be able to perform with his arm talent for at least another five years. Murray will have durability concerns his entire career, but both of the other assets we’re discussing have faced injury already or have a playstyle similar to Murray just the same. What the other assets don’t have is an offensive core built to compete at multiple positions, while Murray is producing right now to start 2024. Murray should be higher on these rankings, as he’s now healthy and appears capable of providing a much higher floor than the two youthful options we’ll discuss next.
Trade: QB8 Caleb Williams – Chicago Bears
Our second asset is a newly drafted quarterback, Chicago Bears starter Caleb Williams. The good news for managers of Williams is the volume should remain most of the year, as this team seemingly can only move the ball through the air with any sort of threat at this time. Williams will have plenty of time to settle into his role as the lead signal caller, and with talented position players, he does have an opportunity to succeed in the long term.
Fellow draftee Rome Odunze showed chemistry with Williams in Week 3 while the Bears would throw the football 52 times overall against Indianapolis. Despite the positives with the talented receiving core and volume, the lack of rushing threat in this Bears offense may prolong the development of Williams. Defenses have been able to force poor decisions and stall this Bears offense at times to start the season, and while the team has shown some improvement, Williams may be staring down a regime change sooner than later if they cannot fight for a wild card spot.
Overall, managers cannot completely devalue this asset at this time. Williams is still the number one overall selection from this past year’s draft, and his early rapport with Odunze is possibly a sign of things to come. However, the fruits of this investment may not bear themselves until two or three years down the line. We’ve seen NFL teams slowplay incoming quarterbacks more and more in recent years, and this state of flux will make managers wonder how long it’ll take Williams to grow and show week-to-week consistency. This isn’t only an issue with Williams, as the next asset we’ll discuss is in his second year and still looking to show those signs that they can be consistent in fantasy.
Cut: QB7 Anthony Richardson – Indianapolis Colts
The last asset we’ll discuss is the currently highest-valued player in these rankings but also is an extremely young and volatile asset. Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson started the year on a high note with a top-five performance at the position in Week 1. Of course, much of his upside comes from his rushing output, starting the year with a 58-yard performance and a touchdown on the ground.
The issue is that while his first game this year was astounding, Richardson has shown his floor straightaway in the two following performances. While the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears both have talent on the defensive side of the ball, Richardsons output in both games led him to finish outside the top 20 fantasy quarterbacks for those weeks.
Richardson has thrown three touchdowns to six interceptions and overall is positioning himself as a boom or bust option at quarterback each week. While he may be a worthy best-ball investment, the confidence that Richardson can lead your fantasy team week in, and week out is not currently present. On top of this, he’s only completed 36 of his 73 pass attempts, making him an extremely inefficient passer in a rushing-heavy offense. While Richardson still holds value to rebuilders, and his health remains intact so far this year is encouraging.
Rating him as a top-seven quarterback, even top 10, is premature at this time. This is a Jonathon Taylor-led offense until further notice, and Richardson has shown plenty of question marks in his decision-making at this level. The big play possibility is here, but it’s also possible that’s where the upside ends for Richardson. With names such as Justin Herbert and Jordan Love well below Richardson on this list, it’s more than reasonable to attempt moving on from Richardson for someone with more long-term security and efficiency at the position.
All three of these players provide rushing upside and explosive passing upside, but consistency is the most important skill for a quarterback to possess year to year. Murray has the experience advantage over these two players, but that’s exactly why he is our keep here in Week 4. We know what we’re getting from Murray right now and going forward when healthy, while Richardson and Williams still have too much to prove at this level to have them ranked above a player such as Murray.
Even names such as Justin Herbert and Jordan Love should likely be above these two 22-year-old assets. We’ll take a look at quarterbacks a few more times this season, and we’ll see just how the value on these three fluctuates over time. They could even be featured a couple more times, but as of right now, managers should be prioritizing a player of Murray’s status and valuing him as the greatest asset right now. Next week we’ll take a look at another three assets as we enter the second month of the NFL season.
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