Dynasty News: Week 13

Dynasty News has been a part of Footballguys for well over a decade. Our Jeff Tefertiller combines strategy with relevant NFL news to help dynasty managers excel with their teams. It examines some of the larger happenings of the week from a dynasty perspective. The news may be injury- or performance-related.

Dynasty News: Brock Purdy, San Francisco

The Brock Purdy elbow/shoulder injury has been the major news story of the week. The injury seemed to come out of nowhere. But, it could be the reason for Purdy’s decline in accuracy this season. The injury was enough for the star quarterback to get an MRI last Monday. At that time, the 49ers thought he could play through the injury. After ruling Purdy out on Friday, coach Kyle Shanahan talked to reporters on Saturday. He said, “The way (Purdy’s elbow/shoulder) responded this week, it’s really up in the air for next week, so we’ll have to see on Monday.” When talking to reporters, Purdy said that he “can’t remember a play that [the injury] specifically happened on.” This is one of the reasons we think that the injury has lingered for a while. San Francisco is not known for injury transparency. Brandon Allen started at Green Bay in Purdy’s stead. He is a large step down from Purdy. There is a chance that – with another loss – the team shuts Purdy down for the year. On Sunday, Adam Schefter tweeted, "49ers believe QB Brock Purdy should be able to return next Sunday at Buffalo despite his shoulder soreness. Then again, they also thought he would be able to start today at Green Bay before he couldn’t. Still, for the time being, there does not seem to be a high level of concern." Dynasty managers should look to stash Joshua Dobbs now, just in case Purdy’s injury stretches out. Allen has an fractured finger on his left hand and did not play especially well against the Packers. Having a spare quarterback during the fantasy playoffs is a good thing. If you can keep the 49ers quarterback off an opponent’s roster, even better.  

Dynasty News: Daniel Jones, Free Agent

Friday morning, Jordan Schultz broke the news on Daniel Jones, “BREAKING: The #Giants are releasing QB Daniel Jones, sources tell @NFLonFOX.I’m told Jones asked for his release and the team is granting it after his benching. “ After he was demoted to fourth string and the writing was on the wall that Jones would not be back in New York this year, he asked for his release. He did not make it through the second year of his four-year extension signed in the 2023 offseason. Since signing that contract, Jones is 3-13 as the starting quarterback. New York will eat more than $20 million in dead cap due to releasing their quarterback. It is doubtful any team will claim Jones on waivers due to his contract, so he is expected to sign an incentive-laden deal this week to be a backup. One might wonder whether Jones will ever be a starter in the NFL again. Jason Fitzgerald of OverTheCap.com, tweeted out some interesting contract context, “Assuming he is not claimed Daniel Jones' cap hit with the #Giants will be $47.105M this year and $22.21M in 2025.” Fellow cap expert, Joel Corry, tweeted, “Since Daniel Jones' fully GTD $35.5M 2024 base salary has an offset, the Giants will get a little salary cap relief if he signs with another team after clearing waivers. Jones will make the prorated amount of his $1.125M league minimum salary ($62,500 per week) on a new team.” We expect him to take a career path similar to Andy Dalton, Carson Wentz, and Jimmy Garoppolo and sign in 2025 as either bridge for a rookie or to back up a veteran on a title contender.