Dynasty Roundtable: Keep, Trade, Cut on 6 Young QBs

Splitting players into smaller groups can help provide clearer evaluations. We asked our panel of experts to make tough choices, with young quarterbacks driving Dynasty Superflex conversations.

Question Of The Week

For these two groups of young quarterbacks, who would you keep, who would you trade, and who would you cut in Superflex formats?

Group 1: Bo Nix, Denver / Tyler Shough, New Orleans / Jaxson Dart, NY Giants

Keep

• Nix (6 votes)  - Haseley, Tremblay, Hicks, Weisse, Settle, Kashuba
• Shough (1 vote) - Wood

Trade

• Shough (4) - Haseley, Hicks, Weisse, Kashuba
• Dart (3) - Wood, Tremblay, Settle

Cut

• Dart (4) - Haseley, Hicks, Weisse, Kashuba
• Shough (2) - Tremblay, Settle
• Nix (1) - Wood

Wood - The reality is that none of these quarterbacks are droppable in a superflex dynasty league. Every projected starter and quite a few No. 2 quarterbacks are typically rostered in those leagues. But for the sake of the exercise, it's hard to disregard the monstrous numbers Shough and the Saints are putting up. While Shough is considerably older than you would expect given his limited NFL tenure, he should have at least a five-year window as an NFL starter. As long as he and Kellen Moore stay together, Shough will have the volume to start every week. Of the other two, I'd trade Dart for two reasons. One, I think his play style will make it next to impossible for him to stay healthy. Two, he's far more marketable right now than Nix. Even though I expect Nix's career to be statistically superior, most fantasy managers likely disagree.

Haseley - Keep Nix for his dual-threat ability and as the top offensive coach in Sean Payton's Denver. Trade Shough and cash in on his fantasy surge by trading him at peak market value. Cut Dart because his season-ending knee surgery and uncertain post-injury future make his superflex spot a question mark.

Tremblay - Keep Bo Nix. He's proven he can make big plays with both his arm and his legs. The dynasty market incorrectly prices him as a game manager, making it hard to get fair trade value. Trade Dart. The market sees a 23-year-old first-round pick who ran for 487 yards and nine touchdowns as a rookie. I see a 23-year-old first-round pick out until at least 2027 with MCL, PCL, and meniscus damage. When he returns, the running game will more likely feature running backs than a concussion-prone quarterback. Cut Shough. He's been really good so far, so don't actually cut him. But his injury history (including a broken collarbone and broken fibula), age (27 is old for a second-year player), and modest draft capital (No. 40 pick) make him an uncertain long-term investment. His stats have been padded by playing from behind. Nix and Dart are surer bets.

Hicks - Cutting a quarterback in Superflex would be foolish, but for the purposes of the exercise, I would trade Shough, keep Nix, and cut Dart. 2026 is lost for Dart, and he has considerable value in dynasty formats. He would have use in a trade for a 2026 prospect. Tyler Shough is passing the ball like few other current players. He has a good offensive play caller and talented receivers. Meanwhile, the running game is struggling. He should be a very attractive trade target, unlike Bo Nix, who has struggled as the Broncos bed in a new play caller. Nix hasn’t been terrible, and the team always has Sean Payton to call on if Davis Webb needs to move aside. October is when teams fix issues that cropped up in the first month. By November, Nix should be back on track. The supporting cast is there to make it happen.

Weisse - Whenever I play Keep, Trade, Cut, I look at trade value first. If a player won't clearly improve my roster for years to come, I want the best trade value. Right now, that is Shough. Let me be clear: I love Shough, but if you are looking to trade, now is the time. He is red hot, but still a 27-year-old second-year QB. He is not as safe as he should be. That leaves me Nix and Dart, and with Dart's injury concerns, Nix is the easy pick. Nix has been awful this season, but let's not forget he was QB7 in each of his first two seasons. There is still value here.

Settle - Nix is the keep for me, and I agree with most of this group. Two years of QB7-level production, a dual-threat rushing profile, first-round draft capital, and Sean Payton still holding the play-call sheet, even as Davis Webb finds his footing, add up to a floor worth protecting through one rough month. October is when teams iron out early-season kinks, and Nix has already shown he can play winning football once the system settles.

Where I differ is in how I handle the other two. Dart's situation looks worse on the surface than it actually is. He tore his meniscus and MCL and sprained his PCL on a vicious hit against the Rams, and he is having surgery that will keep him out the rest of this season with a recovery window of roughly six to nine months. But his ACL came through intact, which matters most for his long-term outlook and is the detail the market is least likely to have priced in yet. Many owners are still anchored to the general idea of a season-ending knee injury rather than his specific injury, and that gap between perception and reality is exactly when you move a player, not after the news has fully settled and the discount disappears. Dart is a 23-year-old first-round rookie who ran for 487 yards and nine touchdowns before he got hurt, and his name value is unlikely to be higher than it is right this week.

That leaves Shough as my cut, and I know that looks harsh given he just threw for 255 yards and four touchdowns on 29-of-42 passing in a loss to the Raiders. But production like that from a 27-year-old second-year quarterback with a collarbone and fibula fracture already on his résumé, playing from behind for most of that stat line, and sitting at pick No. 40 in his class is the definition of a rental. I would rather eat the short-term loss of a hot hand than be holding him in two years when the surrounding cast or the matchups stop flattering him.

Kashuba - I'll echo the common sentiment here: Bo Nix is the keeper. It's hard to see the team moving on from their quarterback who was a fluke injury away from a possible Super Bowl run. He's running less, which is fueling some of the fantasy hate. Maybe it's the injury, or maybe he truly is "seeing the field better", but at some point they're going to need him to use his wheels again, and our fantasy teams will benefit.

Shough and Dart is a much harder conversation because neither has the job security we wanted them to gain this year. Dart bought a timeshare in the blue tent and is out for the season again, while Shough is the twinkie of fantasy points, empty calories that make us feel good. Given each's cult following, their trade value is still relatively high, and I'll trade Shough, since his value is around QB10, and cut Dart (but really just put him on my IR or trade him in my tanking teams for Jeremiah Smith).

Group 2: C.J. Stroud, Houston / Michael Penix Jr., Atlanta / Cam Ward, Tennessee