4 Dynasty Sell-High Candidates 2025: Quarterbacks to Sell
When it comes to dynasty sell-high candidates, knowing when to move on from a player is a critical skill in dynasty fantasy football. More importantly, it can make or break your team’s long-term success. Today, I’ll break down 4 dynasty sell-high quarterbacks to sell during this off-season.
Dynasty Sell-High Candidates 2025: Quarterbacks
The challenge in managing your dynasty league football roster lies in deciding how long to hold onto a player and when to trade them at their peak value. Timing is everything. More importantly, identifying players whose value may soon decline can give you a strategic edge over your competition. Continue reading for my 4 dynasty sell-high quarterback candidates for this off-season.
Joe Burrow – Cincinnati Bengals
When healthy, Burrow has been an elite quarterback for fantasy. In 2021 he finished as the QB5 and followed that up in 2022 as the QB4. In 2023, Burrow started the season with an injured calf that clearly hampered his play, then missed the final seven weeks with an injury to a ligament in his right wrist.
Burrow was on my “to buy/draft” list this past offseason and he paid off handsomely by finishing as the QB3 for the year while averaging 23 fantasy points per game. So… Burrow has improved each year when healthy, yet he is on my sell-high list? Yes. Let me explain.
First off, wide receiver Tee Higgins (WR3 in 2024 in average points per game) is set to be a free agent this offseason. There are rumors that the Bengals may choose to Franchise Tag Higgins again this offseason. However, if that were to occur, he could request a trade. With the Bengals needing help in other areas on the team and Chase looking for a massive pay increase, Higgins will more than likely be on a different team in 2025 which will obviously give Burrow one less high-powered weapon to throw to.
If you watched any Bengals game this year, you could see how horrible their defense was. Notably, they finished in the bottom third in both passing and rushing defense and allowed the third most touchdowns with 53. In the end, each game was practically a shootout for Burrow and the Bengals.
Furthermore, Burrow had 652 pass attempts this year. Notably, that was 46 more pass attempts than his previous high and 68 more attempts than Aaron Rodgers who was second in the league. Burrow also threw for the most touchdowns in his career and in the NFL this past year with 43. The Bengals simply can’t continue down this path for 2025 and beyond, where every game is a high-scoring one.
Ultimately, with the Bengals looking to shore up their defense in free agency and the 2025 NFL Draft, along with Higgins departing in free agency, I simply don’t foresee Burrow having to throw as much as he did this past season. Can he still finish a season as a top 5 fantasy QB? Definitely. However, this is a sell-high article, and Burrow may have overperformed and had his best fantasy year this past season in 2024.
Jared Goff – Detroit Lions
To be fully transparent, I had Jared Goff’s name on this list before his horrendous performance in the NFC Divisional game against the Washington Commanders, where he threw for three interceptions and had one fumble loss.
Goff finished the 2024 season as the QB6. He is the only quarterback in the top six who would be considered a true pocket passer with zero rushing upside. He had 35 rushing attempts for 56 yards. The five quarterbacks to finish ahead of Goff were Baker Mayfield, Jayden Daniels, Joe Burrow, Lamar Jackson, and Josh Allen (Jalen Hurts missed one game and was only four points behind Goff).
Furthermore, from Weeks 1-10 Goff was the QB16 averaging 16.3 points per game. Conversely, from Weeks 11-18 Goff was the QB1 averaging 23.6 points per game. It is no coincidence that Goff’s second-half performance was also tied to the Lions being decimated on defense during the same time span. Simply put, the Lions and Goff had to score more and this led to more passing and an increase in passing touchdowns.
Last year the Detroit Lions scored the most touchdowns in the league with 70. This led to Goff throwing for a career-high 37 touchdowns, beating his previous best in 2018 by five.
While I do think that Goff is an underappreciated quarterback, as he has finished as the QB6, QB8, and QB10 in the past three years, with the dominance of the dual-threat quarterback, I don’t foresee Goff ever finishing higher than he did this past season. Unfortunately, most fantasy managers’ last image of Goff would be of him losing at home against the Commanders. Regardless, I would try to use his QB6 finish in 2024 as sell high feature to your league mates.
Anthony Richardson – Indianapolis Colts
This isn’t a sell high as much as it is a sell now while this player still has some value attached to his name. The former 2023 first-round pick only played in four early season games in his rookie year thanks to a concussion and a season-ending AC joint sprain in his right shoulder. The four games he did play clearly put on display his dual rushing and passing capabilities. I’m talking of course, about Anthony Richardson.
Fantasy analysts were so enamored with Richardson’s four-game sample size that his ADP before the 2024 season was hovering around the QB5 mark. Many were touting Richardson as possibly finishing as high as the QB1. Unfortunately, they were wrong.
Richardson missed a total of six games in 2024, four due to injury and two from being benched. He was performing so poorly, that once the Colts realized they had a legitimate shot at the playoffs, he was benched in Weeks 9-10 in favor of father time himself, Joe Flacco.
No, Richardson’s rushing upside is not in question. In 11 games this past season, he rushed for 499 yards and six touchdowns. It’s his passing skills that are in serious doubt. In the end, he threw for just over 1,800 yards, 8 touchdowns, and 12 interceptions.
I normally don’t like bombarding my articles and the readers with too much analytical data. However, in this case, I feel it is warranted to show you how terrible of a season it was for Richardson last year in the passing game. Richardson was 24th in accuracy and 37th in deep ball completion percentage. Additionally, he was ranked 39th in true completion percentage, pressured completion percentage, and clean pocket completion percentage. Finally, he was 33rd in red zone accuracy rating and 48th in catchable pass rate. I can go on, but I’ll stop there.
We have become so enamored with the rushing upside that a quarterback can present in fantasy football. So much, that we forget that being able to pass the football is also an important and necessary component of a quarterback’s repertoire. Dual-threat quarterbacks like Jackson, Daniels, Hurts and Allen are all capable pocket passers.
Richardson only started 13 games in college for the Florida Gators. Without question, his skills entering the NFL were truly raw. Only starting four games for the Colts in his rookie season in 2023 didn’t help his growth.
Flacco is set to be a free agent but the Colts will most likely bring in some competition for Richardson. Richardson may only have one more year at best to prove that he can be a starting NFL quarterback. Personally, I would look to move on from Richardson while there is still some value attached to his name before he becomes the next Trey Lance.
Patrick Mahomes – Kansas City Chiefs
Is Patrick Mahomes at 29 years of age, already one of the best quarterbacks to ever play in the NFL? Absolutely! Is he a lock to be a future Hall of Famer? 100%. Should he be considered an elite fantasy football quarterback anymore? Maybe not.
It was only two seasons ago in 2022 that Mahomes finished as the QB1 for the season. Impressively, averaging over 25 fantasy points per game. Unfortunately for Mahomes’ dynasty managers, he hasn’t come close to that QB1 season since.
In 2023, Mahomes finished as the QB7. However, he was the QB13 in average points per game at 18.4. This past season, he finished as the QB10 and QB11 averaging 18.3 fantasy points. Since Week 8 of the 2023 season, Mahomes has had five games of 20+ fantasy points and zero of 30+. In comparison during that same time span, Allen and Jackson have combined for 35 games of 20+ fantasy points and 10 games of 30+ points.
Ultimately, Mahomes did finish this season as a QB1 (QB10). However, this was far from his preseason ADP of QB2. There probably weren’t too many championship teams with Mahomes as their quarterback.
Will Mahomes’ outlook improve in 2025? Probably not. Travis Kelce is showing his age and is not the elite talent he used to be. Rashee Rice is still recovering from his season-ending knee injury and when he is able to return next season, he still has his offseason legal issues and a possible suspension to deal with. Kareem Hunt, Deandre Hopkins, and JuJu Smith-Schuster are set to be free agents this offseason.
Furthermore, Isaiah Pacheco will have an offseason to fully recover from his fractured fibula. However, he has looked like a shell of his former self. The only bright spot for the Chiefs offense for next year would be rookie Xavier Worthy who broke out in the last half of this past season.
The dynasty football community has already started to clue into the fact that Mahomes is no longer an elite fantasy quarterback. Let the stench of Mahomes’ horrible Super Bowl performance linger for a bit. When the air clears, I would remind your league mates how good of an NFL quarterback Mahomes is. They don’t need to know that he is no longer an excellent fantasy quarterback. Overall, this puts Mahomes last in our potential dynasty sell-high candidates for this off-season.
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