It was a wild September, but then again, isn't every first month of the season? While the injuries seemed worse, and they may have been, every year we have major injuries in September, October, and every other month of the season. That's not to discount the impact of injuries on Dynasty values.
De'Von Achane, Jayden Daniels, A.J. Brown, and Jonathon Brooks absolutely did lose Dynasty value because of their injuries this month. I'm just not sure that is very interesting.
What is more interesting is the guys who lost value without an injury. At the quarterback position, Justin Herbert, Cam Ward, and Malik Willis slid a few spots after slow starts. Herbert is still a top 10 quarterback, but just barely.
Same for Ward and the top 20. I wouldn't say I am giving up on either living up to their potential, but it feels less likely right now. Willis is a major concern, partly because of his placement but mostly because this Dolphins team looks even more certain to gain a top-three pick than they did before the season.
If that happens, there is a very good chance that Willis is one-and-done as a Fantasy starter. More interested in risers? On a recent episode of Fantasy Football Today Dynasty, I talked about my Dynasty rankings risers in the month of September.
Check them out: The big non-injury fallers at the skill positions were Kenneth Gainwell, Tyrone Tracy, Marvin Harrison Jr., Travis Hunter, and Kyle Pitts. Gainwell and Tracy haven't had the roles we were hoping for and it is getting hard to believe they ever will after this. There is still hope one of them gets traded if their team falls out of contention, but even then, they will probably be traded into a depth role.
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