Moves to Make Now in Dynasty Fantasy Football: Post-Draft Edition (4/27)

If you followed this Moves to Make series leading up to Thursday, you might have scooped up Drake Maye and Kenneth Walker III, or sold high on Brian Thomas Jr. and Najee Harris, before the weekend’s activities shifted their values. If not, no worries! I’ve got four new names who could see movement in the aftermath of the draft. Most leagues are now heading toward their rookie drafts, and the hype will be focused on those picks, but veteran trades in this window can make or break a roster.

(P.S. For the record, there are some very obvious post-draftwinners and losers that I’m not including here — guys like Caleb Williams or Jalen McMillan — because your leaguemates will likely know what you know. With the names below, either the values haven’t shifted enough, or I see things differently than consensus reaction might.)

Dynasty Moves to Make: Sells

Rhamondre Stevenson, RB, New England Patriots

At 38th overall, the Patriots could have added any number of dynamic wide receivers — Luther Burden III went to Chicago the very next pick — and instead they selected running back TreVeyon Henderson out of Ohio State. There are two camps on the fallout for incumbent starter Rhamondre Stevenson. One camp believes he can remain the thunder to Henderson’s lightning: He’s got 25 pounds on Henderson, has shouldered 573 carries over the last three years and signed a four-year, $36 million contract last June. These thunder-lightning duos have been gaining popularity around the league, and new/old OC Josh McDaniels might have designs for his own in New England. The other camp, however, believes Stevenson is likely to lose his job to the far more explosive, three-down-versatile rookie sooner rather than later.

I’m squarely in the second camp, and the few residents of the first camp are going to dwindle over the coming months. According to FTN StatsHub, out of 46 qualified running backs last season, Stevenson ranked 37th in success rate, 42nd in EPA/attempt and 43rd in DVOA as a rusher. That’s … not good. He also ranked 26th in yards after contact per attempt, which likely won’t cut it in a “thunder” role. Meanwhile, Henderson is an elite third-down back — receiving and blocking — who also averaged 4.4 yards after contact per attempt at Ohio State last season, third most among Power 5 backs with at least 100 carries. Yes, he’s on the smaller side, at 202 pounds. But so were Jahmyr Gibbs, James Cook and Christian McCaffrey, the last three sub-205-pound backs with 4.4 speed drafted in the first two rounds. If you can convince a believing buyer to send a second for Stevenson, pounce … but if the best you can get is a third, I’d do that too.

Assets I’d trade Stevenson for: Round 2-3 rookie pick, Rashod Bateman, Brenton Strange