After taking a Thanksgiving week break, the Dynasty Stock Watch returns. There are only two weeks left in most leagues until the postseason begins. If you've still got a shot, good luck. If you're already in, congrats. If you're out, well, welcome to the offseason. No matter how good or bad your team is, try to remember there's always work to be done.
I'd like to once again offer some advice to the dynasty commissioners out there. There should be no trade deadline. If a playoff team really needs to make a deal, they're probably going to have to overspend. If somebody really wants to try to "buy" a championship, it comes at a cost. This helps shift the balance of power as bad teams get the better value end of these deals. Implementing a trade deadline only works to disengage players. The golden rule of dynasty is to encourage activity and facilitate rules to accomplish that goal.
And I hope it goes without saying, there should be no vetoing of trades. Sometimes you win a trade, sometimes you lose it. However, giving managers the power to restrict player movement is never the solution. The only caveat is collusion. But if you've got cheating managers in your league, that's a much bigger problem than lopsided trades.
Let's get to the dynasty stock watch...
Zach Wilson, New York Jets
Yes, he isn't good. Yes, he probably won't get another crack at a starting gig without a trade to another team or a coaching change—unlikely given Robert Saleh's success this year.
With that in mind, the selling window is closed. We're past fashionably late. If you're showing up to the sell party, the cops are here and you're getting cuffed for showing up intoxicated. Unless you can get a team to severely overspend—again, unlikely—there's not much value gained in selling him off. I suppose if you're in a really deep league, an extra pick can't hurt. But I'd rather just cling to the lotto ticket that has became Wilson.
So you do what you've already been doing. You continue to hold him if you have a deep bench, especially in superflex. Or, you just cut him loose and move on. I wouldn't blame you. Banish him to the free agency pool where he probably belongs.
Do I believe Mike White is really the guy? Heck no. Joe Flacco? Child please. I don't know what the Jets have in store, but I'll take a flier on them bringing in a QB coach or offensive coordinator who can give Wilson another opportunity to turn it around. You may believe the Jets will add a quarterback early in the 2023 draft—sure, it's possible. But I could rattle off about seven other more pressing needs because that's how bad this team has been this year (OT, C, S, G, ILB, OLB, pass rusher).
Am I really recommending you to hold Wilson? Yes, because again, what are you going to get for him? Nothing of consequence. I suppose you might be able to get a future late second or third for him in a superflex. That's probably wishful thinking. I'll be going down with the ship and I'll cut him next year if there's no turnaround.
Price check: 2023 third
Superflex: 2023 early third
Win-now: Hold
Rebuild: Hold
