Woody Marks

Trade: Nico Collins

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Two proposed trade ideas for Miami Dolphins

With Miami Dolphins training camp starting in just about a week and a half, the team is gearing up to return to the practice fields in sunny Miami Gardens. After a flurry of moves this offseason, the organization’s roster looks much different than it has in recent memory. However, the team still has time to put the finishing touches on their facelift ahead of the 2026 NFL season — and Bleacher Report has a couple of ideas as to how the Dolphins could continue to reshape their roster under the watchful eye of new general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan. Here’s what Moe Moton proposed for Miami. Trade mid-round pick for Carolina Panthers WR Xavier Legette Based on overall career production, the Dolphins have the worst wide receiver corps. If they want to see quarterback Malik Willis make strides as a first-time, full-time starter, the club should look to bolster its pass-catching group. Miami could inquire about Legette, who may need a change of scenery. Through two seasons, Legette has caught 84 passes for 860 yards and seven touchdowns in 31 contests. As a former first-round pick, he’s underwhelmed, but a new opportunity to be the No. 1 wideout in Miami could lead to increased production. Trade RB Jaylen Wright to Houston Texans for late-round pick The Texans acquired running back David Montgomery from the Detroit Lions to bolster their ground attack. He’s entering his age-29 term after sharing the backfield with Jahmyr Gibbs for three seasons. Houston should add another early-down ball-carrier to split touches with Montgomery. Last season, Woody Marks averaged an inefficient 3.6 yards per carry as the team’s lead rusher. Houston can inquire about Wright, who may be expendable on the Miami Dolphins’ rebuilding squad. He’s in competition with Ollie Gordon II for the No. 2 spot behind De’Von Achane. This move would give the Texans a solid early-down duo while Marks retains a specialist receiving role and adds kick-return duties . ___ If you were the Miami Dolphins’ general manager, would you make these moves conjured up by Moton of Bleacher Report? If not, are there other moves you’d make to bolster Miami’s roster? Let me know in the comments below or on Twitter at @MBrave13. Fins up!

Woody Marks "learning the route tree" in anticipation of a new role

Woody Marks, who led the Texans in rushing yards as a rookie, is preparing for an expanded role in the passing game this season due to the offseason acquisition of David Montgomery. Running backs coach Danny Barrett indicated Marks will see opportunities on third downs, special teams, and significantly in the passing game, highlighting his increased confidence and learning of the full route tree

Texans see "three-down back" in David Montgomery

The Houston Texans believe David Montgomery can be their lead running back, with running backs coach Danny Barrett describing him as a "three-down back" capable of doing it all. Montgomery was acquired in the offseason to improve the team's 22nd-ranked rushing attack

Handcuff Hierarchy Summer Guide | Insurance Policies for Running Backs in Dynasty 2026

Any backup running back on a 53-man roster is mere moments away from fantasy viability. In dynasty, it is vital to stack your roster with running backs that can find their way into meaningful snaps and help you gain value on your roster. Here is a list of 10 veteran handcuff running backs to roster in dynasty heading into the 2026 season. After an RB31 finish in fantasy points per game (FPPG) in his rookie season, Tyrone Tracy followed up that campaign with an RB30 finish in fantasy points per game (FPPG), averaging 10.7 fantasy points in each season. It was not until Cam Skattebo ‘s season-ending injury in Week 8 last year that Tracy saw a drastic increase in his opportunities. After Week 8, Tracy finished as the RB16 in overall fantasy points, compared to his RB46 finish between Weeks 1 and 8. Jaxson Dart & Tyrone Tracy extend the Giants lead DALvsNYG on FOX/FOX One https://t.co/HkKw7uXVnt pic.twitter.com/IljLcEB2Yc — NFL (@NFL) January 4, 2026 With Skattebo still rehabbing the ankle injury that ended his rookie season, Tracy will likely see meaningful work at running back if Skattebo is unable to be fully healthy come the start of the season. The Giants also seem likely to feature a run-heavy offense, which should mean more work for Tracy even if Skattebo is healthy. Last season, Woody Marks equally shared opportunities in the Texans’ backfield with Nick Chubb , averaging a meager 9.4 FPPG. The Texans traded up to select Marks, whose 90th-percentile 12.14% college target share suggests he profiles best as a satellite back rather than a featured runner. With Houston adding David Montgomery this offseason as their bell-cow back, Marks will likely slide into his intended third-down pass-catching back role. Hopefully, the reduced role will increase Mark’s efficiency, allowing him to remain relevant in fantasy. Tyler Allgeier signed a free agency contract with the Arizona Cardinals to be their starting running back in 2026. The Cardinals then, surprisingly, selected blue-chip prospect Jeremiyah Love with the No. 3 overall pick, relegating Allgeier to a timeshare at best. Allgeier is familiar with backing up an elite running back prospect, as he shared time with Bijan Robinson in Atlanta for three seasons. Allgeier was able to maintain fantasy relevance as Bijan’s backup and will likely do the same as Love gets acclimated to the league. Buying low here is a prudent move. Emanuel Wilson RB1 #wow pic.twitter.com/dolD9ET4nB https://t.co/tyVBF4mIHk — ᴅᴏxx ⚡️ (@new_era72) March 12, 2026 The Seahawks signed Emanuel Wilson from the Packers this offseason. Wilson has quietly strung together two consecutive seasons with over 500 total yards. While first-round rookie Jadarian Price joins him in the Seahawks backfield while incumbent Zach Charbonnet recovers from a torn ACL, Wilson should see lots of work as part of a committee. He makes for a good dynasty target for those looking to get sneaky RB2 production to start the season. News out of OTAs suggests that Malik Davis is the RB2 on the depth chart behind Javonte Williams . While Williams had a great bounce-back season last year, he has struggled with injuries throughout his career. Davis is a pure handcuff-only play who has flashed capability last season. If Williams gets hurt again, Davis is in line to be the go-to running back in an elite offense, which is typically a recipe for fantasy success. Recent news has Will Shipley on the roster bubble to make the Eagles’ 53-man roster. This means that former Jaguars back Tank Bigsby is likely the man behind Saquon Barkley to start the season. Barkley has been relatively healthy the past several seasons, though he is coming off his worst fantasy finish since 2021. Barkley is also on the precipice of his age-29 season, the age at which most running backs begin to decline rapidly in efficiency. While Bigsby is not taking Barkley’s job any time soon, the Eagles may look to give Bigsby some more opportunities, as he flashed good eff [... truncated ...]

FA: Woody Marks dropped

Drops: Woody Marks

Trade: Bucky Irving ↔ Woody Marks

Fantasy Football Roundtable: Here are our biggest offseason risers going into the 2026 NFL season

We’re into the slow portion of the NFL offseason but we can now start looking ahead to training camp, preseason and eventually fantasy football drafts. There’s always plenty of movement during the offseason with new faces in new places. Yahoo analysts Justin Boone, Joel Smyth, Matt Harmon and Scott Pianowski give you their biggest riser for fantasy going into 2026. Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Football league for the 2026 NFL season Entering the offseason, Montgomery was a fading fantasy asset stuck behind superstar Jahmyr Gibbs in Detroit. While he remained a flex option thanks to his visits to the end zone, Montgomery’s touches declined each year with the Lions. Fortunately, a trade in early March kick-started his fantasy outlook as the new lead back for the Texans. There’s very little competition for work on Houston’s depth chart, with backup Woody Marks best deployed in a pass-catching role. Being a starter is nothing new for Montgomery. Prior to the last two seasons, the veteran handled at least 235 touches or more in his first five campaigns, including being a bell-cow for the Bears. Now, as he prepares to turn 29 in June, Montgomery has a chance to produce fantasy RB2 numbers once again — with the potential for even more. Remember, Joe Mixon finished as the RB5 overall in 2024 while racking up 1,325 scrimmage yards and 12 touchdowns as a member of the Texans. — Justin Boone Smoke never became fire for Bhayshul Tuten in 2025, but the signs continue to be there for the young running back. After a year with several flashes, a mid-season injury and the second-best success rate in the NFL, Tuten finds himself in prime position compared to the end of 2025. Yes, the Jaguars signed Chris Rodríguez Jr. in the offseason, but they had to add an RB and it could’ve been much worse for Tuten’s fantasy stock. Play 2026 Soccer Pick 'Em with FOX One and make your picks for the world's biggest soccer tournament Jacksonville chose to let its former first-round RB Travis Etienne Jr. walk in free agency, followed by squashing any draft rumors with zero running backs taken out of 10 selections. Rodríguez brings a true threat to the backfield, but the positive far outweighs the negative. First off, in three seasons, Rodríguez has seven career targets. It should be Tuten’s role (one that Etienne maintained in 2025) with an offensive playcaller who has averaged the most RB screens since taking over in 2024. The danger of Rodríguez sharing a short-yardage or goal-line role is real, but it is not due to the lack of success Tuten had last season as one of the most reliable in that area. He isn’t a shoo-in fantasy star, but running backs on good offenses, with high potential volume, going late in drafts immediately makes him a candidate for an ADP-crushing pick. — Joel Smyth Josh Downs is easily one of the biggest risers from this offseason. One year ago, the Colts’ wide receiver group was crowded with Downs in the slot, Alec Pierce established as the X, Michael Pittman Jr. as the high-volume Z and AD Mitchell as quality depth as the WR4. Now, Mitchell is long gone and Pittman was traded this offseason, as well. The room is much lighter now behind Pierce, following a breakout season, and Downs. It sounds like the team is ready to give Downs a look as the starting Z in addition to his slot duties, which gives him a path to playing in two-receiver sets. That proved to be a significant roadblock last year as the Colts played more heavy personnel after drafting Tyler Warren at tight end. Downs even looks like he bulked up a bit to be able to handle more snaps. He’s an awesome talent and one of my favorite separators in the league. This is the year he’s finally projecting into a consistent and high-volume role. Easy buy right now. — Matt Harmon Nothing has changed with Ladd McConkey in recent weeks; I've just become more excited about what he can do in a Mike McDaniel offense. Thusly, McConkey is rising on my board. The Chargers had a compl [... truncated ...]

Former Pro Bowler Nick Chubb No Longer a Player Worth Holding in Dynasty Leagues

Nick Chubb's decline makes him a player to drop in dynasty leagues

Hype Brewing for a Jayden Higgins Breakout in Year 2

Jayden Higgins has emerged as a potential Year 2 breakout, and head coach Demeco Ryans indicated that Higgins has made the physical leap needed to become a weekly fantasy threat

NFL draft Day 3 picks that can be starters on defense for their team in 2026

What is the ideal definition of a value pick in the NFL draft? There are all kinds, but let’s go with the prospects who are selected in the third day of the draft, and turn into impact starters in their rookie seasons. Every year has a few such examples, and in the 2025 season, there were 11 players who started at least 10 games (including the postseason) in their inaugural NFL seasons after they were selected in the fourth through the seventh rounds. New England Patriots safety Craig Woodson started 19 games Buffalo Bills DL Deone Walker started 18 games Miami Dolphins DL Jordan Phillips started 16 games Tennessee Titans WR Elic Ayomanor and New York Jets DB Malachi Moore each started 14 games Baltimore Ravens LB Teddye Buchanan started 13 games Cincinnati Bengals LB Barrett Carter started 12 games Houston Texans RB Woody Marks ( Secret Superstar Woody Marks, to be exact ), Tennessee Titans WR Chimere Dike and TE Gunnar Helm , and Carolina TE Mitchell Evans each started 10 games Who might break through and beat the odds from the 2026 class? Here are six prospects on the defensive side of the ball with the right combination of talent, potential, scheme fit, and opportunity. Opportunity is a big deal for any Day 3 pick trying to bash through the barriers and find a starting role, and that could work well for Southeastern Louisiana’s Kaleb Proctor, who the Cardinals selected with the 104th overall pick in the fourth round. Right now, the Cardinals’ defense under Nick Rallis has 2025 first-round pick Walter Nolen and 2024 first-round pick Darius Robinson on the interior defensive line, along with veterans Roy Lopez and Andrew Billings . Nobody in that group has really set themselves up as a force multiplier just yet, though Nolen showed some things in his rookie year when he was healthy. Now, here comes the 6’2”, 291-pound Proctor, who in his fourth season with the Lions had nine sacks, 39 total pressures, 18 solo tackles, 22 stops, and two tackles for loss. If you’re worried about strength of competition as it transfers to the NFL, the Cardinals aren’t, and you shouldn’t be either. Just watch the LSU tape, when Proctor racked up two sacks and five stops, and looked like a destruction machine throughout. “The good thing is he played against LSU this year,” Cardinals assistant general manager Dave Sears said of all that after Proctor was picked. “Obviously, that’s the tape that everybody is going to go to, but he did play against other schools in the past. FBS schools and stuff like that. Then you have him in an All-Star game, so you get to watch him for multiple practices against bigger schools. It’s a case where the kid succeeded in each one of those opportunities, and he’s also been able to stack weight. I think at his Pro Day, he was up into the 290s, so he still tested very well. You’re seeing some growth potential as well as being able to compete when you put him on the same level as some of those bigger school guys.” Maybe Proctor gets a lot of preseason reps, and based on that, he could find himself as an integral part of the interior rotation sooner than later. Because in today’s NFL, with its increasing use of two-deep safety shells and lighter boxes, you need credible rotations of interior wreckers who can do their thing. The Chiefs made it very clear which side of the ball they wanted to improve in the 2026 draft, as defensive players went with their first four picks — LSU cornerback Mansoor Delane with the sixth overall pick after a trade-up deal with the Cleveland Browns , Clemson interior defensive lineman Peter Woods with the 29th overall pick they got from the Los Angeles Rams in the Trent McDuffie trade, Oklahoma edge-rusher R Mason Thomas with the 40th overall pick in the second round, and Oregon defensive back Jadon Canady with the 109th overall pick in the fourth round. Of the four players, Canady’s ultimate role may be the most interesting. Last season for the Ducks, the 5′ 10½”, 181-pound Canad [... truncated ...]

Houston Texans News: Kayden McDonald ‘Bring[s] Power.“

Texans rookie Kayden McDonald describes himself as a "powerful guy," while RB Woody Marks expresses excitement about the addition of David Montgomery. The Texans are also scheduled for joint practices with the Raiders, Panthers, and Jaguars

Woody Marks - Should have role as pass catcher

Marks is likely to maintain a prominent role as a pass catcher out of the backfield despite Houston's offseason addition of running back David Montgomery, Aaron Wilson of KPRC 2 Houston reports. Marks averaged a meager 3.6 yards per carry during his rookie regular season with the Texans, but the 2025 fourth-round pick had 24 catches for 208 yards and scored more receiving touchdowns (three) than rushing touchdowns (two). He was also a productive pass catcher in college, recording at least 47 receptions in four of five NCAA seasons. Montgomery is likely to lead the Texans in carries, but he ceded the majority of pass catching opportunities to Jahmyr Gibbs in Detroit over the past three campaigns, as Montgomery had 24 or fewer catches in two of his three seasons with the Lions

Woody Marks Should Have Plenty of Opportunities to Catch Passes

Although the Houston Texans acquired running back David Montgomery in an offseason trade with the Detroit Lions, second-year back Woody Marks should "stay fresh in a complementary role that should involve a lot of opportunities to catch passes out of the backfield," according to Aaron Wilson of KPRC 2 Sports. As long as Montgomery stays healthy, Marks won't have an opportunity to take over a three-down role in Houston, but he could still be very valuable for fantasy managers in PPR leagues, and RotoBaller has Marks currently ranked as the No. 45 overall RB in half-PPR setups. The former fourth-rounder out of USC in 2025 was a prolific pass-catcher as a Trojan and during his time at Mississippi State. Marks finished his rookie campaign in the NFL with a team-high 703 rushing yards on 196 carries after taking over the starting gig from veteran Nick Chubb. The 25-year-old added 24 receptions on 36 targets for 208 yards and three scores through the air in 16 regular-season games (eight starts). In college, Marks had at least 47 catches in four of his five seasons

2026 Season Outlook

Marks offers a steadying presence at running back, where he's just good enough at a breadth of tasks to provide stopgap functions in most running back tasks, yet he probably lacks the explosiveness or otherwise unique traits necessary to stand out. As a rookie fourth-round pick Marks took on unexpected work due to the ongoing absence of Joe Mixon, and in that role Marks held up reasonably well, missing just Week 16 with a light ankle sprain. If 2026 starter David Montgomery were to miss any time then Marks would presumably plug back into the role he had as a rookie, because the rest of the Houston depth chart at running back is sub-NFL caliber. Marks is below-average as a pure runner by starter standards, but there might be some untapped upside as a pass catcher. Marks' receiving production was actually a slight disappointment in 2025, because in college he looked like the kind of running back who could be among the league leaders in target rate at his career peak. Perhaps that pass-catching production was purely the byproduct of Mike Leach's system at Mississippi State, but Marks still presumably fit that system for a reason

Texans owner Cal McNair: We're fully committed to C.J. Stroud, will see how contract works out

The Texans didn't waste much time after defensive end Will Anderson became eligible for a contract extension before signing him to a new deal that ties him to the franchise through the 2030 season

Waiver: Woody Marks added

Adds: Woody Marks

Woody Marks - Likely to back up Montgomery

New teammate David Montgomery is expected to replace Marks as Houston's starting running back, ESPN.com's DJ Bien-Aime reports. The Texans gave up a fourth-round pick, a seventh-round pick and OL Juice Scruggs in exchange for Montgomery, who has one season remaining on a three-year contract. A new deal may be coming soon. Either way, Marks likely will be No. 2 on the depth chart at the start of the offseason program after posting a 198-703-2 rushing line (3.6 YPC) during the regular season of his 2025 rookie campaign (16 games, eight starts). Fellow second-year pro Jawhar Jordan should be back to compete for a depth role in Houston's backfield this spring, while veterans Nick Chubb and Joe Mixon (foot) don't seem to be part of the plan for 2026

FA: Woody Marks dropped

Drops: Woody Marks

Waiver: Woody Marks added

Adds: Woody Marks