It is peak dynasty season. You either are in the middle of your rookie draft or have it completed. Some of you are on the cusp of it starting, and looking at how many roster spots you need to open up and who will be on the team heading into the 2025 season. With your league mates active, now is the time for trading. Making those 2-1 or 3-2 trades. Tier up on a starter and try to add some depth. Depth is where you can get the most bang for your buck. Finding dynasty deep stashes will help you do that. You can get these players as throw-ins on trades or find them on waiver wires. Players that have a high potential to become weekly plays or at least an increase in trade value. Here are the Dynasty Deep Stashes for May 2025.
Dynasty Deep Stashes
Jake Bobo: Wide Receiver- Seattle Seahawks
The Seattle Seahawks are rebuilding or retooling, whichever spin you want to put on it. This offseason has seen a continuation of recent moves to that end. Last year, they got rid of longtime head coach Pete Carroll, now with Las Vegas. This year, they released veteran wide receiver Tyler Lockett and traded wide receiver D.K. Metcalf and quarterback Geno Smith. These moves echo the recent draft picks of running back Kenneth Walker and wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba. You can call it a retooling because they brought in receiver Cooper Kupp to play opposite J.S.N. and signed career backup Sam Darnold as their 2025 starter. The rest of the offense is a question mark. Tight end has never been a huge fantasy option, and now, between Noah Fant, AJ Barner, and rookie Elijah Arroyo, someone needs to step up. Some will point to 5th-round pick Tory Horton as that player, but I like Jake Bobo to be that guy.
Bobo is an interesting prospect. He was an undrafted free agent who signed with the Seahawks in 2023. Bobo played five years in college but didn’t have more than one touchdown till his final year when he transferred from Duke to UCLA. Throughout his two-year career, he has struggled to find consistent production and playing time with Seattle. He has yet to see more than 25 targets in a season and only has three touchdowns over those two years. The soph has only played over 50% of the team’s snaps three times. He now gets a chance to be the third man in rotation with Kupp and Smith-Njigba. Bobo plays mainly outside, so he is the perfect complement to the other two, who have succeeded in the slot position.
Bobo’s other unique trait is his size. At 6’4”, he is the tallest receiver on the active roster, tied with Fant and Arroyo. Horton is an inch shorter. The Seahawks signed a few other undrafted free agents who are taller, but they don’t even have jersey numbers listed yet. Bobo could be the red zone threat. He is good at high-pointing the ball and fending off sticky defenders. In a situation where the third passing option is wide open, I’ll take the guy who has been there a year in the offense over a rookie who will need time to develop in the NFL.
Ja’Tavion Sanders: Tight End- Carolina Panthers
Finding a fantasy tight end for fantasy is always a shot in the dark. There are a few things that we generally look for when trying to find a dynasty deep stash at tight end. We want an up-and-coming offense. We want a tight end with opportunity. But more than just opportunity, we want them to be at worst third on the target depth chart, and we want them to see a significant target share. Ja’Tavion Sanders right now has both of those things, even if it’s only in a limited sample size. Sanders played 16 games in his rookie season. While he only saw 43 targets and scored only one touchdown, he is the perfect dynasty deep stash. He finished as TE36 last year, but signs point to him moving way up the rankings. Currently being taken in as TE24 in dynasty start-up drafts.
First, we have the up-and-coming offense. Bryce Young looked better than he did in his rookie season and even with a rocky start, had a very solid end to the season. In his last 6 games, Young averaged 230 yards, 1.6 touchdowns, and 0.5 interceptions. He had four weeks with top 12 finishes. The Panthers added Tetairoa McMillan to complement Adam Thielen and sophomores Xavier Legette and Jalen Coker. It may be too many mouths to feed, but outside of Thielen, the rest are all unproven, so room for someone to step up.
Let’s talk about opportunities. Sanders will be a top-three guy on the team. I suspect Thielen and McMillan are the top two. Sanders will be the third. While he was not super efficient last year, some games showed what he can do. In the game where Sander played at least 70% of the snaps, he averaged 4.3 targets. In four of those six games, he was a top 15 fantasy tight end. Sanders struggled with injuries and split time with Tommy Tremble last season. I suspect he will get more first-team reps and see more playing time. When he does, he will have solid fantasy production and will produce over his TE24 draft status.
DeMario Douglas: Wide Receiver- New England Patriots
Drake Maye is blossoming into not only an NFL star but a fantasy stud as well. The New England Patriots are doing all they can to further the growth of Maye. They drafted tackle Will Campbell with the fourth overall pick in this year’s draft and then used the next three picks they had on the offensive side of the ball. This came after a free agency that brought in two starters on the offensive line and Stefon Diggs at wide receiver. With new head coach Mike Vrabel looking to revamp the offense, Maye looks poised to step up. With that, we want to target the weapons on that offense. While others will look elsewhere, I like DeMario Douglas as the player to stash in dynasty.
The wide receiver group for the Patriots is questionable at best. Stefon Diggs was brought in for his years of experience. He is 31 years old, coming off a significant knee injury. There are also questions about his attitude and locker room presence. The Patriots drafted Kyle Williams in the third round to potentially be the future of the franchise. Then we have Douglas, Ja’Lynn Polk, Kayshon Boutte, and Kendrick Bourne. They were all on the team last year, and it was Douglas who was second on the team in targets behind tight end Hunter Henry.
So why will Douglas be the one to stand out? On top of his standout production above the other receivers, it’s where Douglas fits into the offense. Douglas played primarily in the slot last season. Running 79% of his routes from there. That’s by far the highest percentage out of the whole lot, including the two new additions. While Douglas won’t be on the field in two wide sets, he will be out there on three or more wide sets. Douglas played on 62% of the Patriots’ snaps last year and 68% of their passing snaps. While Diggs works best when moved over to a slot position, there is plenty of room for him and Douglas to succeed. That is when Diggs is healthy and on the field. Douglas has chemistry with Maye, and that should continue this season. Douglas saw his average targets go from 4.8 with Jacoby Brissett to 5.3 per game with Maye. A trend that will continue this year. Stash him now while you can.
Roschon Johnson: Running Back- Chicago Bears
Excitement for the Chicago Bears is at an all-time high. Quarterback Caleb Williams has a good rookie season, and the team has invested in weapons around him. The Bears finally made a coaching change and landed the biggest coaching prize of the offseason in Ben Johnson. Fans and fantasy managers alike are looking for Johnson to implement the offense he ran with the Detroit Lions that made them Super Bowl favorites every year, and a team that you wanted a part of in fantasy football. There has been plenty of talk about the two rookie receiving weapons they have brought in and how Caleb Williams can be a breakout this year. Even D’Andre Swift has been gushed over after not losing his job during the draft. If we are expecting Johnson to implement a Lions’ style offense and Swift is the Jahmyr Gibbs of this team, then who is the David Montgomery? That player is there, and it is Roschon Johnson.
Johnson was one of my favorite players when he came out last season. He was a captain for the Texas Longhorns, even as a change of pace for Bijan Robinson. At 6’0” 225 lbs. Johnson has the size we want from the Thunder to Swift’s lightning. Johnson has struggled to get on the field in his first two seasons. He has only twice played 50% of the snaps or more in a game. His yards per carry average leaves more to be desired at 2.73 last season. With the Bears not drafting a running back till the seventh round and not bringing anyone in during free agency, Johnson will get his reps. The Lions, while Ben Johnson was there, often gave both Montgomery and Gibbs dedicated drives. The same could be true for the Bears this year, which will bolster Rochon’s opportunities. If Swift were to go down due to injury, Roschon will be in line for a massive increase. With how hard it is to find a running back with significant upside, stashing Roschon Johnson now will bear significant value later this year.
Roster Clogger
Jerome Ford: Running Back- Cleveland Browns
Just because a team has a bad offense doesn’t mean they can’t have good fantasy stars. While that may be the case, the Cleveland Browns are one of those teams that might be bad and not have many fantasy stars. One of the players you should be ejecting from your roster now is Browns running back Jerome Ford. With the rest of the team looking in flux, I worry about the total opportunities for the running backs and where Ford stands in the rushing pecking order.
First, the Browns look like they won’t win many games. Considering we have four quarterbacks and each one has an equal shot at starting, and none of them instill confidence in the ability to win. Rushing in the luxury of the leading team. I doubt the Browns will be leading many games. This will lead to less overall rushing. In 2024, the Browns had the fifth-lowest rushing attempts and only called rushing plays 34.9% of the time, a league low. If we have the same number of rushing attempts or fewer in 2025, that doesn’t bode well for Ford. Ford only averaged 7 rushing attempts per game. It’s a far cry from the 12 attempts per game he averaged in 2023. Yes, Ford is a decent pass catcher. In 2023, it was a big reason why he was able to finish as the RB16. He averaged the same number of targets per game but didn’t have the touchdowns to boost his fantasy production.
Where does Jerome Ford even stand on the depth chart? The Browns spent a high 2nd-round pick on Quinshon Judkins and then a 4th-round pick on Dylan Sampson. Judkins looks to be the lead back come the start of the season. It’s a position Ford has been in before. He was relegated to the backup role behind Nick Chubb. The question will be, can Ford hold off Sampson to keep the backup and possibly third-down role? It was clear last year that Ford was only given opportunities when Chubb was out. It appears that the coaching staff that is still around doesn’t see Ford as the main guy. Given that Ford is only on a one-year deal and the Browns spent two picks on running backs, it seems his role is looking to decrease. Even in a dynasty where Ford will be a free agent next offseason, He will be in a very tough free agency class and will be turning 27 at the start of the season. I don’t see teams giving an older running back who hasn’t produced or been efficient.