Keep Trade Cut – Dynasty League Football (Week 6)
2024 is flying by as we’re nearly halfway through the fantasy football season. It’s time to talk about win-now running backs dynasty teams could acquire to improve their roster, as they make a push for the postseason. In this week’s edition of Keep Trade Cut, we’re discussing Zack Moss, Chuba Hubbard, and JK Dobbins. Three running backs who have found roles and production for fantasy this season. We’ll look at each player’s value and discuss what their dynasty league football outlook is right now.
To recap, using various dynasty rankings throughout the season, we’ll differentiate the value between three assets within a position group each week. The players will be ranked consecutively and of similar age. Typically, they’re within three years of each other. However, for quarterbacks, we will use roughly five years.
For this exercise, the player who would be deemed most valuable for the near and long term will be the “Keep”. 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. The player who is seeing a diminished role or shows signs of value regression soon. Let’s dive into our Week 6 Keep, Trade, and Cut here at the Faceoff Sports Network.
Keep Trade Cut – Dynasty League Football (Week 6)
As mentioned, we’re discussing running backs with experience in the league and experience starting games in 2024. While they all have provided consistent fantasy floors for managers, these players still find themselves low in this week’s rankings from FantasyPros. Hubbard, Dobbins, and Moss sit as their current RB40, RB41, and RB42, respectively.
JK Dobbins RB Los Angeles Chargers
Keep: RB41
JK Dobbins is healthy, and he’s producing in a Greg Roman rushing scheme once again. This is great news for Dobbins managers, as he finds himself with the highest Consistency Score amongst this trio. He’s currently RB10 overall with finishes as an RB2 or better in three of five games. In two of those, he finished as a top 12 fantasy option.
Furthermore, Dobbins two best performances on the year came during Week 1 and Week 2. Impressively, he put up nearly 300 rushing yards on just 27 carries.
While the Chargers were on their bye week in Week 5 and Dobbins hasn’t scored since Week 2, what we have seen is more consistent usage in this running back. Dobbins registered his highest snap share in the Week 4 matchup with the Chiefs, playing 71% of snaps and accruing 17 touches overall.
Overall, the positives for Dobbins are very clear in this offense. He can be a threat rushing in a high-volume rushing team, while also providing us dynasty managers two or three catches with consistency. Notably, Dobbins did have a couple of rocky fantasy outputs leading up to the early bye. However, he’ll be looking to show that efficiency and production once again against Denver this Sunday.
After an Achilles tear, to even rehabilitate your dynasty value to this level is impressive for Dobbins. If he can stay as the lead running back for the Chargers in 2024 and perhaps even beyond, he should rise in dynasty rankings again. More importantly, he is our “Keep” in this week’s Keep Trade Cut series.
Chuba Hubbard RB Carolina Panthers
Trade: RB40
Our “Trade” in this week’s Keep Trade cut is Panthers running back Chuba Hubbard. He could have easily found himself as the keep of the week, due to his outstanding play to start the 2024 season. Hubbard finds himself as a top 15 option weekly at running back. This is mainly due to an injury-addled Panthers offense and his rushing efficiency behind one of the best offensive lines in the NFL.
Hubbard dynasty owners are thriving at this moment being able to start this asset week in and week out. Meanwhile, if you aren’t competing at this time, a player with Hubbard’s current role, but also future outlook, is an asset you aggressively want to sell high shortly.
Furthermore, Hubbard stands at the top of this current rushing depth chart above Miles Sanders. However, he will likely find himself with a differing workload with the inevitable debut of rookie Jonathon Brooks. Additionally, depending on how the Panthers see the future of this position group.
Hubbard is an unrestricted free agent in 2025. While he may be signed elsewhere, playing behind this Carolina line has been a large catalyst in the production. Conversely, Brooks could have a strong second half of this 2024 season and Hubbard could find himself back in Carolina on a new contract.
Anything can happen with Hubbard this offseason, and that’s the risky roll of the dice with this sell window the player is giving us. When you start putting different scenarios together, it makes you wonder if he can even find a better position to succeed on another team. Or if we may be looking at his peak dynasty league football value overall. Ultimately, Hubbard will remain a great sell high candidate unless he starts losing hold on his role quickly.
Zack Moss RB Cincinnati Bengals
Cut: RB42
Our “Cut” in this Week 6 Keep Trade Cut is Cincinnati Bengals’ opening day starter, Zack Moss. That’s in part due to a strong surge in Chase Brown‘s productivity as of late. Meanwhile, Moss has found fantasy production himself due to his touchdown output. Moss has scored in three of five games to start the season, allowing him to currently sit as a mid RB2 in half PPR leagues. Despite a subpar 3.7 YPC. Notably, Moss’s average has stayed in that range over the last three games (3.69 YPC), on 36 carries, while Brown has been the more efficient rusher (5.53 YPC) on two fewer carries.
Furthermore, Moss still has the advantage in the receiving targets at this time. He will certainly not be phased out from this offense. However, with the efficiency difference and Brown performing well over the last few weeks. It appears Moss’s grip on most backfield touches is loosening.
Overall, Moss is a touchdown-dependent Flex play or RB3 until further notice. While he is a solid piece for a dynasty league football competitor, he often finds himself usurped of certain fantasy viability at each NFL stop. Overall, he brings solid fantasy depth, but another Moss sell high window has now closed. For the time being.
Keep Trade Cut Final Thoughts
As you can see, the range of outcomes for these veteran running backs is rightfully all over the place. The pressure is on for players like Hubbard and Dobbins to continue to perform this year. Holding off other talent from making its mark in the backfield.
In truth, each of these three running backs will very likely find themselves in some sort of tandem for the rest of their careers. The positive in that is they are each showing something that can keep them on the field, whether it’s Hubbard’s efficiency or Moss’s nose for the end zone. It just may be best to look for any market boons for these post-age 25 running backs who could find themselves in a lesser role very soon. We’ll be back next week and take a look at tight ends in Week 7’s Keep Trade Cut.
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