Adrian Peterson is back and, like Christine Michael and Robert Turbin in Seattle, no talented backup (Jerick McKinnon included) will take snaps from an all-timer in the backfield. This obvious news blurb came up in recent days about Jerick McKinnon.
At points during the 2014 season – with McKinnon seeing regular touches and Adrian Peterson on the sidelines – McKinnon was worth a first round rookie pick. I was an owner that, regardless of how much I liked McKinnon’s profile and targeted him in every rookie draft outside the top-20, cashed out for a future first. Since then McKinnon’s value has sagged, but still is at a profit point for those that drafted McKinnon in the third round of 2014 rookie drafts. I argued for McKinnon as a perfect #PackageUp player this offseason.
The storyline is chugging along as expected with Adrian Peterson coming back as the clear lead option and McKinnon in a minimal role outside of injury. However, McKinnon remains a very intriguing long-term talent stash. This is where the stock market mentality in dynasty comes into play. The same owner can love McKinnon as an obvious target in the third round of rookie drafts, switch to a seller in-season for that future first six month later, then look to rebuy the talent as a trade throw-in or mid-round rookie pick when Adrian Peterson is getting 20+ touches a week in 2015.
Use the market value tide to your advantage with short-term sells and then buying as part of a bigger package months later. Jerick McKinnon is yet another example of a talented player that have a huge situational spike in value to trigger a seller’s market, only to be a terrific talent acquisition on the back-end of dynasty rosters 6-12 months later.
