Dynasty Waivers of the Future: Week 14

My colleague Jeff Blaylock and I gaze into our crystal football each week to find players who may become popular waiver targets in the future so you can pick them up now for next to nothing.

We're screaming toward the finish line of the 2025 season, and that means we're also staring at a shallow waiver pool. If you're a contender, you'll probably need to trade to add any meaningful firepower. If you're rebuilding, you're scraping the bottom of the barrel — but even then, you can still find a gem or two. One place worth revisiting? The rookies you liked back in the spring. The later-round rookies, specifically. Some of those training camp fliers are still sitting out there, and you might have a second chance to fix a mistake if you missed them the first time around.

While I'm digging for rookies who haven't actually done anything yet — this is such a weird game we play — Jeff is looking at a couple of veterans who could help down the stretch, starting in Kansas City.

Priority Pickups

TE Noah Gray, Kansas City (39% Rostered)

Jeff: At some point, Travis Kelce will not be Kansas City's tight end. While Gray isn't guaranteed to be the TE1 of the future, he is unquestionably the current TE2 — and he's trusted by Patrick Mahomes II and Andy Reid. Gray has operated as the TE1 whenever Kelce has missed time (outside of Week 18 when the starters rested). Since 2022, Gray has played at least half the offensive snaps in 69% of his games. When he's on the field, he runs a route on 36% of dropbacks, and he's been targeted 152 times, catching 112 of them for an average of 10.5 yards per reception.

Those numbers don't leap off the page, but they're solid when you remember he plays beside a first-ballot Hall of Famer. And the TE1 role in this offense has historically been a fantasy cheat code.

Kansas City clearly likes what they have in Gray — they signed him to a three-year extension before this season. Kelce could return next year, as could veteran Robert Tonyan Jr, but neither player is under contract beyond this season. That leaves Jared Wiley and Jake Briningstool as the only other tight ends signed for 2026. Briningstool has been on IR since August, and Wiley is coming off a torn ACL. Neither looks like a serious threat to Gray's playing time.

Gray missed last week with a concussion, so he's flying under the radar in many leagues. As Kelce's most likely heir apparent, he's worth a speculative pickup as a potentially valuable piece of a typically high-performing offense.

RB Donovan Edwards, Washington (14%)

Josh: It isn't often someone tells you to add the 591st-ranked running back in the league, but that's why we work without nets here, baby. I know it seems silly, especially naming him as my priority addition this week. This one is as much about the situation as it is about the player — though I do like the player.

Here's the current RB depth chart in Washington:

Jacory Croskey-Merritt. Chris Rodriguez Jr. Jeremy McNichols. Austin Ekeler.

That's your current running back depth chart in the District. I'm not saying that Edwards is going to suddenly beat all of those guys out, but I am saying that if he sticks in DC and gets a chance, he could find himself part of a rotation next year. This all goes out the window if the Commanders spend big money or draft capital on a running back in the offseason. But if they don't? Why can't Edwards, with a year of practice squad seasoning under his belt, emerge to score some fantasy points out of this backfield?

Yes, he was undrafted. And no, I didn't score him very highly coming out. He was a 4.0 on my 0–10 scale, firmly a middle-of-the-road-and-probably-won't-happen type of prospect.

So why am I still watching him? Because I can still see him running away from the entire Ohio State defense — twice — in 2022. I can still see him roasting Washington in the national championship when he ripped off 6-104-2 behind Blake Corum. And because guys who score in this "maybe, maybe not" tier can still hit if the traits are there and they get the right opportunity.

I've given seven RBs a 4.0 over the past two drafts. Some didn't pan out (Miyan Williams, Michael Wiley, Audric Estime, Quinton Cooley). But others — Bucky Irving, Cam Skattebo — I faded and absolutely missed on. And if you rewind to 2023, Kyren Williams scored a 4.0 on my scale and became one of the best values in dynasty football.

Edwards has good size, elite long-speed, legit burst, and a path — however narrow — to a real role. And at a 14% roster rate, he's basically free.

Why is he my priority add? Because I am sick with the running backs, man. You just can't win championships, real or fantasy, without backfield depth. I'm always looking.

Jeff talked about Estime recently, and he's another guy in this same bucket. It hasn't happened yet, but opportunity could change things quickly.

Still pondering that New Orleans backfield, Jeff?

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