Dynasty Roundtable: Keep, Trade, Cut, Hold

The rookies have arrived. After early handwringing about their production, rookie running backs took off in a significant way, setting an NFL record for the most rushing yards by rookies in a week. We gathered our staff to ask a difficult question.

Question Of The Week

Woody Marks, RJ Harvey, Cam Skattebo, and TreVeyon Henderson are all seeing increased opportunity.

Play "Keep, Trade, Cut, Hold" with this group!

Josh Fahlsing: I know Jeff Bell is mean, but to make me, the most degenerate collector of running backs this side of a Shanahan, play this game with four players I really like is just cruel. But they've got us locked up in the basement here at Footballguys HQ, and I guess playing this little game is our only way out. Is it really October already?

Jeff Blaylock: Only because it was you who asked, Jeff, will I delve into the cognitive dissonance that this question evokes. I would not drop any of these guys in dynasty, as I suspect none of my colleagues would, so let's use the process of elimination to see who gets the chop in this thought exercise.

Mike Kashuba: This question tears at my heartstrings. Each of these young running backs is finding their footing, and we expect their roles to continue to grow as the season goes on.

KEEP

TreVeyon Henderson, New England

Corey Spala: I am being patient with Henderson. He leads all rookie running backs with 13 receptions and all running backs with a positive run rate of 96% despite a limited workload. Notably, he will need to improve his pass blocking to increase his playing time.

David Zacharias: New England's 2025 second-round draft pick is currently in a timeshare with a surprisingly productive Rhamondre Stevenson (49 total touches for Henderson to 42 for Stevenson). When the 27-year-old Stevenson's flame burns out, Henderson will be ready to assume the position of dual-threat lead running back for the Patriots. Henderson's RB10 dynasty ranking reflects this expectation.

Josh Fahlsing: Henderson tied with RJ Harvey and Quinshon Judkins as my third-best rookie running back in 2025, but I ranked those two ahead of him during draft season, leaving him ranked fifth. However, his score would have made him my top rookie running back in 2024, and my second-best rookie running back in both 2023 and 2022. It's all relative, see? He can't be anything else but a keep for me right now because he has the best combination of ceiling and both short-term and long-term opportunity of the players on this list.

Jeff Blaylock: He's the highest-ranked of these four in my dynasty rankings at RB12, which makes him the logical keeper. He's also the least buzzy of the four right now, which means I would get better trade value for the others. My valuation of Henderson hinges more on the future than the present. Today, he shares the backfield with two fumble-prone veterans. While both remain under contract after this season, I expect Henderson to be the team's RB1 ultimately, and he has the talent, big-play ability, and receiving chops to be an elite fantasy asset.

Hutchinson Brown: Josh McDaniels seems to hate all of our fantasy football hopes and dreams so far with Henderson, but we have to be patient with New England’s second-round draft pick. He seems to be hitting an unexpected learning curve with picking up blitzes on passing downs, but he has not wasted the opportunities he has received as a runner and a pass catcher. While 27-year-old Rhamondre Stevenson is playing well thus far, it is likely only a matter of time before the dual-threat, explosive rookie in Henderson takes a clear step ahead of Stevenson and Antonio Gibson in this backfield. RB1 overall in dynasty is still within his range of long-term outcomes due to his explosive nature and dual-threat ability at the running back position.

Cam Skattebo, NY Giants

Mike Kashuba: I’ll keep and start Skattebo, even though every draft capital study would say otherwise. He’s a staple of their team already, and Tyrone Tracy Jr. is going to have a hard time coming back and knocking him out of his role. Skattebo runs like every carry decides the fate of his loved ones, and that’s going to continue to earn him touches.

TRADE