Quick Links: Quarterback | Running Back | Wide Receiver | Tight End
It's time in dynasty leagues again to start stocking your bench with players who could pay off for you next season if you are not in the playoffs. Even in leagues with toilet bowls where you can improve your draft position, even win the #1 pick, you can afford to cut most of your depth players for players with future growth potential. For the next four weeks, I'll give you some players at each position to stash. Dynasty league roster and league sizes range from shallow to deep, so I'll break the lists in Snorkel, Scuba, and Submarine tiers to fit everyone's needs.
- Snorkel-level players are available in some leagues, especially ones with more shallow rosters.
- Scuba-level players are usually available unless your league has very deep rosters.
- Submarine-level players are often widely available, even in leagues with deep rosters.
The last installment is tight end, where players emerge seemingly from nowhere almost every year.
Snorkel
**Elijah Arroyo and Mason Taylor are assumed to be rostered**
Isaiah Likely (TE-BAL) - Likely's 2025 campaign took a while to get going after he suffered a broken foot in training camp. He eventually came around to post a big game against the Bengals, marred by a fumble at the goal line, and he should have scored twice against the Steelers, but had the ball knocked out of his hand on a potential game-winner before he finished the play in the end zone. The Ravens curiously signed Mark Andrews to an extension during the season, even though Likely is headed to free agency. He could be signed to be a big part of the offense wherever he lands, and Likely's best football could still be ahead of him.
Terrance Ferguson (TE-LAR) - Ferguson should be on dynasty rosters already, especially after he scored (twice, really, with a bogus penalty nullifying the second) on national television last week, but double-check just in case. Expect him to be a bigger part of an outstanding pass offense next season.
Michael Mayer (TE-LV) - Mayer has been making more of an impact in his third season and might start to live up to his 2023 early second-round draft capital soon. He won't be a free agent until 2027, but a lot of teams asked about him in trade talks. Alternatively, whoever takes the reins of this team could seek to sign him long-term to make this a base two-tight-end offense with Ashton Jeanty and the running game benefiting from this approach. Mayer still has a decent chance to become a fantasy-relevant tight end later in his career.
Theo Johnson (TE-NYG) - Like his quarterback, Jaxson Dart, and the Giants offense as a whole, Johnson has had an up-and-down season. He's only 24 and is already one of the fastest tight ends in the league. Dart focused on Johnson in the red zone, and he could be a big-time seam ripping threat once Malik Nabers is back for defenses to obsess over. He should be rostered in every dynasty league.
Ben Sinnott (TE-WAS) - Sinnott has generated almost zero buzz since the Commanders took him in the second round in 2024, but he is still in line for a larger opportunity with Zach Ertz possibly calling it a career. He has the college tape of a player in the Tucker Kraft/Brenton Strange mold. Hopefully, he can rediscover that inside himself this offseason and become a player who can help Jayden Daniels as the Commanders search for an offensive identity, just letting Daniels work his magic.