Scouting report · DL · Washington

Daron Payne

DL185 in IDP dynasty, but the clock is running: 20% less in a year on age alone.

#993 overall · age 29 · 2018 round 1, pick 13 · 9th seasonOut

WASDefensive line · DL185

IDP points a game

7.42024
9.82025
6.52026 · 6 G

Current outlook

This week

Weekly projections cover offense only, so defenders have none here. Status: Out.

Rest of season · redraft standard

Redraft formats here start offense only.

Dynasty · Dynasty IDP

#993 · DL185

Value 363 · 12 teams

LatestNo Swindlr analysis on him in the last three weeks.

Dynasty value · Dynasty IDP

363

▼ 22 · last 3 weeks of games

Rank

#993 · DL185

Overall · position

2026 IDP / game

6.5

DL108 at the position

Age

29

9 seasons in

In a year

−20%

292 · about #1025 next year

Value through each week · 2026 · Dynasty IDP

Recalculated: today's model on the games through each week, valued at today's point in the season. It shows what each week's games did to his value, not the values Swindlr showed at the time.

Swindlr records its published values weekly from Oct 28, 2026; they'll appear here as a record beside this chart.

Every format

12-team leagues. Tap a format to see him in it.

Where his value comes from · Dynasty IDP

This season 7%Next two seasons 30%Later 63%

His projection (8.3 a game) doesn't clear a replacement-level lineman yet, so his value is all upside: the model's allowance for him becoming more than that, which it makes wider the further ahead it looks. It's the least certain part of any value.

Splits

Regular season · week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

SeasonGTacklesSoloTFLSacksIntPDFFIDP / G
2024154222540207.4
2025134620730519.8
20266147210016.5

2026 week by week · IDP points

Wk 12.0Wk 24.0Wk 31.0Wk 49.0Wk 516.0Wk 67.0

What he's worth in a trade

Dynasty IDP

Equal value today · Swindlr's estimate

Not real trades: packages that land within a few percent of Daron's value in Dynasty IDP now. A two-for-one shows the pair's total less the roster spot the second player takes, as the calculator counts it. Open one to see who wins it.

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Values are Swindlr's estimates for 12-team leagues, updated with every week's stats (through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)). "In a year" is the same production a year older, on the age curve the model is tuned with; news, role changes and the next rookie class aren’t in it. Stats: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0).

Stats from Sleeper’s weekly stat lines, regular season, through week 8 of 2026 (in progress) (nflverse’s box scores fill a week Sleeper lacks); teams and injuries from Sleeper, Nov 1. Where the numbers come from.