6 Dynasty Veterans to Target Following the NFL Draft

The 2026 NFL Draft didn't just shake up the rookie ranks; it also created new buying windows for several veterans. Whether through added support, a cleared depth chart, or simply surviving their team's draft without major competition, a handful of players now look like smart Dynasty targets heading into the summer.

Below, we’ll highlight six veterans you should be looking to acquire, along with their current positional ranks from our friends at Dynasty League Football.

More: Dynasty Rookies to Target Following the NFL Draft

Tyrone Tracy, Giants

DLF Positional Rank: RB36

In one of the more surprising turns in the early portion of the 2025 season, fourth-round rookie Cam Skattebo quickly upended Tyrone Tracy as the Giants’ lead back, handling 50.5% of the team’s rushing attempts on a 64.3% snap rate. That was before a brutal lower-body injury sidelined the rookie sensation through the rest of the campaign, putting his Week 1 availability at least somewhat questionable. The most recent news pieces place Skattebo back by OTAs, but there’s always a chance the team will look to simply ramp him up throughout the summer.

Skattebo will, in all likelihood, regain that RB1 role quite quickly, but he’s not the only beneficiary of the team missing out on Jeremiyah Love. From Week 8 (Skattebo’s injury) through the rest of the season, Tracy was the RB15 in expected fantasy points, and not only did the team miss out on Love, but they didn’t spend any draft capital on any other option, and passed on the position through free agency. If Skattebo and Tracy can lock in for the 2026 season as an effective committee, there’s a chance the Giants continue building around them —instead of supplementing them— in 2027 as well.

Tracy’s startup value has continued to slip down into the 175th-overall range, while recent trades via DLF’s Trade Finder tool suggest his value is somewhere in the 2/3-round turn range.

Aaron Jones, Vikings

DLF Positional Rank: RB46

This is certainly not a target for every Dynasty roster —and honestly, you should be careful about what RB veterans you’re aiming for in full rebuilds anyway— but after the Vikings pushed all their early-round resources into the defense, Aaron Jones and Jordan Mason remain as the clear one-two punch in Minnesota. Demond Claiborne presents an obvious longer-term threat, but not only did he slide to the sixth round; he’s also not a very obvious early-down back, while his pass-catching needs some work at the next level before he’s any type of consistent change-of-pace option.

Whether Kyler Murray or an improved J.J. McCarthy wins the quarterback battle, we should be in store for a bounce-back from a scoring offense that ranked 9th in 2025 before dropping all the way down to 26th through the combined efforts of McCarthy, Carson Wentz, and Max Brosmer. This means there’s still meat on the bone for Jones if he kicks off the year as the presumptive starting back, who has fallen to the RB60 range in Dynasty start-ups. According to DLF’s Trade Finder tool, Jones is often going for a late third-round rookie pick, and that’s an easy call for teams with win-now aspirations.

Chris Olave, Saints

DLF Positional Rank: WR15

Competition isn’t always a negative thing. With the eighth-overall pick, the Saints introduced Chris Olave to Jordyn Tyson, potentially his first legit running mate since New Orleans made him the eleventh-overall pick back in 2022. Olave has done just fine for himself in fantasy terms, particularly last season when Kellen Moore pushed the offensive pace to get him new career-highs across the board, but at the same time, the lack of coverage concern elsewhere on the roster meant he would finish fifth in contested catch targets (34).

Both wide receivers have shown they can line up anywhere in the formation, and with them serving as interchangeable pieces pre- and post-snap, this will add more stress to defenses than the Saints have been able to muster in recent history. With some combination of Devaughn Vele and fourth-rounder Bryce Lance operating in more of a “static” role, these top-two options should be a lot of joy to watch from both a real and fantasy perspective for years to come (Olave is only heading into his age-26 season, after all).

For any manager looking to “tier up” a WR slot, this is a good rookie draft class to pair a pick with someone in the WR15-18 range to go get Olave.

Ladd McConkey, Chargers

DLF Positional Rank: WR17

New Chargers offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel did a lot of great work with a skinny target tree back in Miami, but it looks as though he’ll be instituting that philosophy a little differently in Los Angeles. This makes the offseason signings of Charlie Kolar and David Njoku pretty stressful for Oronde Gadsden managers, but it might just be good news for Ladd McConkey. With Keenan Allen out of the picture, and only Quentin Johnston, Tre Harris, and fourth-rounder Brenen Thompson to compete with for touches, we should expect McDaniel to focus on getting the ball to his best player(s) —something he’s long been doing— which should increase McConkey’s role in some interesting ways.

Last season, for example, Jaylen Waddle ranked 15th in receiving yards among wide receivers operating out of multi-TE sets, earning 0.57 fantasy points per route run in those situations, 11th-best. McConkey, on the other hand, ran only 17 such routes, earning one catch for 16 yards, and yet still finished the season as the WR28. A mid-range WR3 is a low bar to clear, but when you’re basically subbed out every time there’s a second (or third) tight end on the field, your floor gets pushed down quite a bit.

The switch from Greg Roman to McDaniel not only means a more dynamic passing attack, but also that their best receiver is involved in more, or all, personnel packages.

Romeo Doubs, Patriots

DLF Positional Rank: WR55

The presumptive A.J. Brown trade is still lurking, which could be a good reason why managers aren’t all too excited about Romeo Doubs leaving a far more crowded wide receiver room. Doubs had a breakout sophomore season in 2023, posting a 59-674-8 stat line as a fringe fantasy WR3/4, but sharing the field with Tucker Kraft, Jayden Reed, Christian Watson, and a never-ending cycle of options prohibited him from ever taking that next step.

In terms of usage, at least. For all intents and purposes, Doubs actually has improved as a player; he’s just been fighting against a sea of rotational pieces who are allowed to eat on easier “gimmer” looks while he’s handling the toughest matchups as the X. While the Patriots may envision him in much the same way, there is nowhere near the talent level on this offense to be limiting him to a 15-18% target range. Mack Hollins, Efton Chism, DeMario Douglas, and Kayshon Boutte are the targets Doubs and Brown will have to battle with, and that’s amid rumors that Boutte might be leaving town if the Brown trade does finally go through.

A true fifth-year re-breakout seems like a lot to bet on, but the good thing is, it’s not going to cost you much to place the chip. According to DLF’s Trade Finder, Doubs is often being packaged for a couple of thirds, or some slight movement up or down boards in that same range.

Pat Freiermuth, Steelers

DLF Positional Rank: TE35

Like some other situations across the league (see: the Arizona Cardinals), the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offensive environment is actually quite positive, if only we had a concrete answer at quarterback. There’s reason to think the offensive line can take a step forward after an o-line-heavy draft, the running back room looks just fine, and the additions of Michael Pittman Jr. and Germie Bernard are an instant upgrade over what they were rolling out in 2025.

As it pertains to Pat Freiermuth, Darnell Washington is still around to be an absolute tank, but importantly, the Jonnu Smith-Arthur Smith pairing is out the door. That makes the 27-year-old’s TE35 ADP something much easier to stomach, particularly in TE Premium leagues. Jonnu handled 54 targets last season, with a minuscule 5.4 aDOT, soaking up a lot of the easy dump-off passes Freiermuth had benefited from previously. After averaging 45 targets from 0-9 yards down the field over his first four seasons, the former second-round pick was allotted only 29 such looks in ‘25, something that we hope can course-correct here in 2026.