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As we close out the week, our team at Footballguys brings you the final installment of this week's dynasty roundtable. We journeyed through high-priced and low-priced players to target, deep sleepers, and players to sell now. Today, we single out players who are clogging up dynasty rosters and need to be cleared out.

Today's Question: Name a player who is likely on a dynasty roster right now but should be shopped for a late-round rookie pick or even outright dropped if a trading partner can't be found.

Tight End Roster Cloggers

TE Dawson Knox, Buffalo Bills

Jeff Blaylock: Dawson Knox has not been the same fantasy performer since the Buffalo Bills drafted Dalton Kincaid in the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft. In the two years before Kincaid's arrival, Knox was a low-end TE1, converting 136 targets into 97 receptions for 1,104 yards and 15 touchdowns. Since Kincaid's arrival, Knox has been targeted 69 times, managing 44 receptions for 497 yards and three touchdowns in a platoon with Kincaid. Both played approximately half of Buffalo's snaps, but Kincaid has flourished, turning 166 targets into 117 receptions for 1,121 yards and four touchdowns. Knox is TE48 in our Footballguys consensus dynasty rankings, which puts him behind nine incoming rookies. Knox was an afterthought even in the three games Kincaid missed, during which Knox was targeted a total of nine times. When pitching Knox to a prospective trading partner, highlight his long history with quarterback Josh Allen and those two top-10 fantasy seasons. Our dynasty trade value chart equates Knox to a fourth-round rookie pick, which sounds like a fair exchange value and probably the best you can get.

TE Jake Ferguson, Dallas Cowboys

Sigmund Bloom: Ferguson was pushed up draft boards last year on the promise of a heavy target load in a pass-first Dallas offense that didn't have much in the way of secondary receivers. He failed to deliver because of injuries and a lack of touchdowns. This year, the Cowboys' offseason moves indicate a shift back to a run-heavy approach, and they could take a wide receiver early in the draft to upgrade the wide receiver depth chart and take a running back to retool the ground game. The team also reduced Ferguson's snap share to 60% or below later in the season, with 2023 second-round pick Luke Schoonmaker earning more trust during Ferguson's absence. It's reasonable to think that Schoonmaker's superior physical talent will turn this into a committee and that Schoonmaker will be the more valuable player in short order.

Wide Receiver Roster Cloggers

WR Jermaine Burton, Cincinnati Bengals

David Zacharias: Bengals wide receiver Jermaine Burton is on 56 percent of MyFantasyLeague (MFL) rosters. The third-round pick out of Alabama will turn 24 in late June. Those are enticing attributes, but Burton faces an uphill battle for playing time. Teammates Tee Higgins and Ja'Maar Chase received lucrative contract extensions, and our Bob Henry opines that "Coaches love [Andrei Iosivas] but he's stuck behind two alphas". That makes Burton fourth in the wide receiver pecking order at best.

In dynasty (and redraft) league formats, over thirty unrostered wideouts are typically ranked ahead of Burton. Our Jason Wood projects a whopping eight receptions for him this season. If you are among the 56 percent of Burton owners, it's time to get out your roster plunger and unclog your wide receiver room.

WR Christian Kirk, Houston Texans

Andy Hicks: If I couldn't back myself to fill a roster spot with someone better than Christian Kirk, I would rethink my ability to play in a dynasty league. He is the definition of a roster clogger.

His 2022 fantasy ranking is a career anomaly. Outside that, he contributes an occasional usable fantasy week. Jacksonville wanted him gone as early as October last year. A trade to Pittsburgh fell through due to his collarbone injury. It was then publicly announced that he would be cut before free agency. Houston then offered a seventh-round pick next year. The deal was finalized. In trading within a division, red flags should be clear. You do not want a division rival to get better for a nothing-draft pick. Kirk restructured his contract from an obscene $14 million value to a five-year contract where the last four years are void. In other words, he will only be in Houston this year. There was no interest in an extension or for the Texans to get their money's worth. He is a veteran presence this year. Another new team next year or out of the league.

WR Allen Lazard, New York Jets

Rachel Tootsiepop: When I think of "roster cloggers," I think of players who offer little to no value, are unreliable, and are essentially dead weight on your roster. Allen Lazard fits that description. Currently, he's seeking a trade from the Jets, but with his future uncertain, there's a real chance he could be cut. Originally brought in to work with Aaron Rodgers, Lazard's value has tanked now that he's gone. Further highlighting his decline, even with Rodgers, Lazard posted just 37 catches over 12 games in 2024.

The Jets are moving in a new direction with Justin Fields at quarterback, and they've added new wide receivers this offseason, including Josh Reynolds and Tyler Johnson, which further diminishes Lazard's role. It's possible Lazard could follow Rodgers wherever he ends up, but at 29 years old, Lazard is approaching the end of his prime, and any long-term fantasy potential looks questionable.

Lazard did have a couple of productive seasons in Green Bay, particularly in 2021 and 2022, when he benefited from working with Rodgers. Notably, in 2022, he finished the season as the WR34 overall in PPR formats. But with only 15% of fantasy managers on Sleeper rostering him now, it's clear his value has plummeted.