Dynasty Trade Targets: Preseason 2026 | The Flex Spot

Dynasty trade targets for the 2026 preseason. Puka Nacua, Trevor Lawrence, Garrett Wilson, Josh Jacobs and more buy low candidates for 1QB PPR dynasty leagues.

Quarterbacks

Trevor Lawrence

Jacksonville Jaguars

4,007

PASS YDS

PASS TD

RUSH TD

26.6

PPG (final 7)

Lawrence is a top 10 dynasty QB and he's still not being valued like one. Go look at what happened in Jacksonville last year. Over his final seven games under Liam Coen, Lawrence averaged 265 passing yards, 2.6 touchdown passes, and 26.6 fantasy points per game, a massive jump from the 16.6 points per game he was putting up over his first 10 weeks. He finished the year with 4,007 passing yards, 29 touchdown passes, and a career high nine rushing touchdowns, good for a top 5 finish among QBs from Week 12 on.

Now look at Baker Mayfield. Coen had him playing like a top 10 QB in Tampa. Coen left for Jacksonville, and Mayfield's production dropped without him while Lawrence's shot up into that same top 10 range. That's not a coincidence, that's a coach.

Coen looks like the long term guy in Jacksonville, and reports out of camp already have Lawrence and this offense ahead of where they were at this point last year. There's no reason to think he stops producing like a top 10 QB with Coen calling plays. A lot of managers are still valuing him off the guy he was before Coen showed up. Buy before that changes.

The coach makes the quarterback more than people want to admit. Lawrence with Coen is a completely different player than Lawrence before him. Target him now while the price still reflects the old version.

Running Backs

Josh Jacobs

Green Bay Packers

929

RUSH YDS (2025)

TD (2025)

234

CAR

TD in 24 GP as Packer

Jacobs produces every year he's on the field, that's not in question. He's finished as a top 9 PPR back in fantasy points per game in both of his seasons in Green Bay, and even in an injury shortened 2025 he still ran for 929 yards and 13 touchdowns on 234 carries, and he's in on basically every goal line carry the Packers run. That's 25 touchdowns in 24 games as a Packer.

What's dragging his value down is the off field legal situation and the real chance of a suspension at some point this season. I get the hesitation. But this is exactly the kind of buy low that pays off if you get the price right. A suspension is a few missed games, not a change in who Jacobs is as a player or his role in that offense. If his current manager is nervous and wants to move him for a discount, take the production and eat the short term risk.

Don't confuse a suspension risk with a talent problem. Jacobs at a discount is still Jacobs, and Green Bay isn't taking the ball out of his hands.

Wide Receivers

Puka Nacua

Los Angeles Rams

129

REC

1,715

YDS

30%

TARGET SHARE

WR1

2025 PPR finish

I know this is the hardest sell on the list. Nacua just finished as the overall PPR WR1, leading all receivers with 129 catches, 1,715 yards, and a 30 percent target share in the Rams offense. That's WR1 talent by any measure. But he's dealt with real injury scares and some off the field noise this offseason, and typically a talent at his level never hits the trade block.

That's exactly why you make the offer. If his manager is getting nervous, that nervousness is your opening. Talent like this doesn't become available very often, and when it does, you don't overthink it, you go get it.

These windows close fast. If the injury and off field stuff has his current manager spooked, that's a discount on a true WR1 talent. Don't let the hesitation be yours instead of theirs.

Garrett Wilson

New York Jets

WR9

PPG (first 6 wks)

102

REC (17 gm pace)

1,119

YDS (17 gm pace)

TD (17 gm pace)

The Jets are a mess and that's dragging Wilson's value down more than it should. Look at the actual production. Through the first six weeks of last season, before a knee injury ended his year, Wilson was the WR9 in fantasy points per game, on a 17 game pace of 102 catches, 1,119 yards, and 11 touchdowns. In 2024 he caught over 100 passes playing with a washed up version of Aaron Rodgers. Two years running, he's played at a top 10 PPR WR rate whenever given the opportunity.

He is not being valued as a top 10 WR in most leagues right now. The dysfunction in New York is doing a number on how people see him, and the Jets are throwing a new coordinator, Frank Reich, and a new quarterback, Geno Smith, at the situation. The numbers don't lie though. If his manager has cooled on him because of the team around him, target him.

You're not trading for the Jets, you're trading for Garrett Wilson. Separate the two and the value is obvious.

Travis Hunter

WR/CB

67%

OFF SNAP RATE

GP (2025)

101

YDS in final game

REC in final game

Offseason reports had Hunter moving to a full time cornerback and part time receiver role in 2026, and that scared some fantasy managers off. Hunter himself pushed back on it, and Adam Schefter reported the Jaguars still plan to use him on offense. Before his knee injury last year, Hunter played 67 percent of Jacksonville's offensive snaps and led the team in catches through seven games, capped by a 101 yard, one touchdown outing on eight catches in his final game.

The report was never confirmed and doesn't reflect what actually happened once people dug into it. If Hunter's manager in your league cooled on him because of that noise, this is a buy low.

Unfounded reports still move dynasty value, even when they shouldn't. If a manager panicked off a headline that never fully materialized, that's your opportunity.

Jalen Coker

Carolina Panthers

$35M

3-YR EXTENSION

3.7

REC/GM (final 6)

46.9

YDS/GM (final 6)

WR26

PPR in that stretch

For some reason, people just don't have Coker on their radar. He's the WR2 on the Panthers behind Tetairoa McMillan and just signed a three year, $35 million extension to prove it. Even after missing the first six games with a quad injury, he closed the season averaging 3.7 catches and 46.9 yards a game over his final six, ranking as a WR26 in PPR during that stretch, and he capped it with a 9 catch, 134 yard, one touchdown playoff performance against the Rams.

That gap between his actual role and how he's being valued makes him one of the easiest buy lows on this list.

If you don't know Coker is already the WR2 in Carolina, that's exactly why you can still get him cheap.

Tight Ends

Juwan Johnson

New Orleans Saints

889

TGT

If you need a tight end before the season starts, Johnson is the buy low. He just posted a career year in New Orleans with 77 catches, 889 yards, and 3 touchdowns on 102 targets, finishing as a top 8 PPR tight end, and he was second on the team in targets behind only Chris Olave. He built real chemistry with Tyler Shough down the stretch, catching at least three passes in 15 of 17 games.

He's set up for that same volume again in 2026, and the value just hasn't caught up to the role for whatever reason.

TE is a thin position in dynasty. When you find one being undervalued relative to his volume, you don't wait around.

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Travis Hunter, WR/CB, Jacksonville Jaguars

The preseason is when dynasty values get weird. Injuries scare people off, off field headlines create panic, and one unconfirmed report can tank a guy's price before he's played a snap. That's exactly when you go shopping.

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The Flex Spot - Dynasty Fantasy Football Analysis. Trade targets as of August 20, 2026. Format: 1QB, full PPR.