The taxi squad is very important to dynasty football. This gives you flexibility to keep players that have more long term value to your team whether they are for you or for another team. It’s important to look at your taxi squad similar to the NFL 53 and the 5 players inactive on game day.
Taxi rules vary league to league, and I play in a variety of different league rules. Understanding fully what those rules are will influence who you put on the taxi; however, the most important thing for proper utilization of a taxi squad is understanding why you have the player on the taxi squad. Do you think the NFL teams just kind of take 5 players each week out of the hat and make them inactive, or do you think they are very specific on why they aren’t on the practice squad (some of which are exposed to other teams) and just a healthy scratch?
Many people now know that I value QB’s at a high rate so last year I had a team that ultimately finished in 3rd place that featured Daniels, & Penix on the taxi squad. In week 10 I needed a bye week replacement to cover up some injuries and I decided it was time to activate Daniels and add him to the starting lineup. The team had high end QB’s so I may have not needed to start Daniels so keeping him on my taxi allowed me to maintain control meaning he didn’t ever start for an opponent but also didn’t take a bench spot which meant I could have another WR or RB on my bench.
Players like Egbuka that I think might follow a path like JSN are players I put on taxi. These are players I feel will be better in 2026 but very unlikely I want to drop midseason. I like to put players like Bech on my roster because if they don’t get any play time I have the ability to move on from them in November rather than sit on them for the year. This is the time of the offseason to really look at your squad along with the schedule thinking through which players do you want to hold for the year not the worst players on your roster. Lots of times the most volatile players I put on my roster as those will either be great or they’ll be cut early. Check out the dynasty discord channel with your roster specific questions.
