Fantasy Football Week 3: Examining Trade Value for This Year's Top 100 Players

We now have two weeks of data in the fantasy football season, meaning the trade value of players around the NFL is starting to come into better focus.

And if you're ready to swing a few deals, the trade value chart is here to lend an assist.

Always remember to take your league format and scoring rules into account when consulting the chart below.

And of course, may the fantasy points be with you! Trade Value: 20 1.

Justin Jefferson, WR, Minnesota Vikings 2.

CeeDee Lamb, WR, Dallas Cowboys Trade Value: 19 3.

Saquon Barkley, RB, Philadelphia Eagles 4.

Breece Hall, RB, New York Jets 5.

Bijan Robinson, RB, Atlanta Falcons Trade Value: 18 6.

Amon-Ra St.

Brown, WR, Detroit Lions 7.

Nico Collins, WR, Houston Texans 8.

Ja'Marr Chase, WR, Cincinnati Bengals Trade Value: 17 9.

Kyren Williams, RB, Los Angeles Rams 10.

Alvin Kamara, RB, New Orleans Saints Trade Value: 16 11.

A.J.

Brown, WR, Philadelphia Eagles 12.

Davante Adams, WR, Las Vegas Raiders 13.

Garrett Wilson, WR, New York Jets 14.

Jahmyr Gibbs, RB, Detroit Lions 15.

Jonathan Taylor, RB, Indianapolis Colts 16.

Josh Jacobs, RB, Green Bay Packers 17.

De'Von Achane, RB, Miami Dolphins Trade Value: 15 18.

Mike Evans, WR, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 19.

Chris Godwin, WR, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20.

Rashee Rice, WR, Kansas City Chiefs 21.

Derrick Henry, RB, Baltimore Ravens 22.

James Cook, RB, Buffalo Bills 23.

Rhamondre Stevenson, RB, New England Patriots 24.

Travis Etienne Jr., RB, Jacksonville Jaguars Trade Value: 14 25.

Josh Allen, QB, Buffalo Bills 26.

Lamar Jackson, QB, Baltimore Ravens 27.

Jalen Hurts, QB, Philadelphia Eagles Trade Value: 13 28.

DK Metcalf, WR, Seattle Seahawks 29.

Tyreek Hill, WR, Miami Dolphins 30.

Chris Olave, WR, New Orleans Saints 31.

Stefon Diggs, WR, Houston Texans 32.

Travis Kelce, TE, Kansas City Chiefs Trade Value: 12 33.

Joe Mixon, RB, Houston Texans 34.

James Conner, RB, Arizona Cardinals 35.

Kenneth Walker II, RB, Seattle Seahawks 36.

Tony Pollard, RB, Tennessee Titans Trade Value: 11 37.

Deebo Samuel, WR, San Francisco 49ers 38.

D.J.

Moore, WR, Chicago Bears 39.

Brandon Aiyuk, WR, San Francisco 49ers 40.

Malik Nabers, WR, New York Giants Trade Value: 10 41.

Brock Bowers, TE, Las Vegas Raiders 42.

C.J.

Stroud, QB, Houston Texans 43.

Patrick Mahomes, QB, Kansas City Chiefs Trade Value: 9 44.

Trey McBride, TE, Arizona Cardinals 45.

Sam LaPorta, TE, Detroit Lions 46.

George Kittle, TE, San Francisco 49ers 47.

J.K.

Dobbins, RB, Los Angeles Chargers 48.

David Montgomery, RB, Detroit Lions Trade Value: 8 49.

Jameson Williams, WR, Detroit Lions 50.

DeVonta Smith, WR, Philadelphia Eagles 51.

Marvin Harrison Jr., WR, Arizona Cardinals 52.

Drake London, WR, Atlanta Falcons 53.

Zay Flowers, WR, Baltimore Ravens Trade Value: 7 54.

Kyler Murray, QB, Arizona Cardinals 55.

Anthony Richardson, QB, Indianapolis Colts 56.

Kyle Pitts, TE, Atlanta Falcons 57.

Dallas Goedert, TE, Philadelphia Eagles 58.

Mark Andrews, TE, Baltimore Ravens Trade Value: 6 59.

Calvin Ridley, WR, Tennessee Titans 60.

Michael Pittman Jr., WR, Indianapolis Colts 61.

George Pickens, WR, Pittsburgh Steelers 62.

Amari Cooper, WR, Cleveland Browns 63.

Tee Higgins, WR, Cincinnati Bengals Trade Value: 5 64.

Rachaad White, RB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 65.

Raheem Mostert, RB, Miami Dolphins 66.

Aaron Jones, RB, Minnesota Vikings 67.

Brian Robinson Jr., RB, Washington Commanders 68.

D'Andre Swift, RB, Chicago Bears 69.

Joe Burrow, QB, Cincinnati Bengals 70.

Dak Prescott, QB, Dallas Cowboys Trade Value: 4 71.

Devin Singletary, RB, New York Giants 72.

Zack Moss, RB, Cincinnati Bengals 73.

Ezekiel Elliott, RB, Dallas Cowboys 74.

Jayden Reed, WR, Green Bay Packers 75.

Terry McLaurin, WR, Washington Commanders 76.

Courtland Sutton, WR, Denver Broncos 77.

Xavier Worthy, WR, Kansas City Chiefs 78.

Jaylen Waddle, WR, Miami Dolphins Trade Value: 3 79.

Quentin Johnson, WR, Los Angeles Chargers 80.

Rashid Shaheed, WR, New Orleans Saints 81.

Isaiah Likely, TE, Baltimore Ravens 82.

Evan Engram, TE, Jacksonville Jaguars 83.

Dalton Kincaid, TE, Buffalo Bills 84.

Jake Ferguson, TE, Dallas Cowboys 85.

Jordan Love, QB, Green Bay Packers 86.

Brock Purdy, QB, San Francisco 49ers 87.

Jayden Daniels, QB, Washington Commanders Trade Value: 2 88.

Alec Pierce, WR, Indianapolis Colts 89.

Allen Lazard, WR, New York Jets 90.

Brian Thomas Jr., WR, Jacksonville Jaguars 91.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba, WR, Seattle Seahawks 92.

Najee Harris, RB, Pittsburgh Steelers 93.

Jerome Ford, RB, Cleveland Browns 94.

Zamir White, RB, Las Vegas Raiders 95.

Alexander Mattison, RB, Las Vegas Raiders 96.

Jordan Mason, RB, San Francisco 49ers 97.

Zach Charbonnet, RB, Seattle Seahawks 98.

Baker Mayfield, QB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 99.

Derek Carr, QB, New Orleans Saints 100.

Hunter Henry, TE, New England Patriots Players not listed have a trade value of one.

Rankings made with PPR scoring in mind.

Players on Injured Reserve Who Would Otherwise Merit Trade Consideration Christian McCaffrey, RB, San Francisco 49ers Cooper Kupp, WR, Los Angeles Rams Puka Nacua, WR, Los Angeles Rams Isiah Pacheco, RB, Kansas City Chiefs Marquise Brown, WR, Kansas City Chiefs Tua Tagovailoa, QB, Miami Dolphins About That Situation in Miami...

How worried are we about Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle with Tua Tagovailoa on injured reserve and his return date uncertain? For Hill, there is concern but we aren't ringing the alarm bells.

For Waddle, well, the house is on fire.

Hill has posted 48 catches for 601 yards and three touchdowns in eight games with Skylar Thompson under center.

That's an average of six catches for 75.1 yards and 0.3 touchdowns per game, or roughly 15.5 fantasy points per game in PPR leagues.

With Tagovailoa under center, Hill has notched 223 receptions for 3,361 yards and 22 touchdowns across 31 games .

That's a per-game average of 7.1 catches for 108 yards and 0.7 touchdowns per contest, or around roughly 22 fantasy points per contest in PPR formats.

That's a noticeable difference, though it doesn't drop Hill out of fantasy relevance by any stretch.

It does drop him from top-three status at his position to the realm of WR2 options, however (the No.

12 receiver in PPR formats thus far is DeVonta Smith, who is averaging 18 fantasy points per week).

Now, if we knew for sure that Tagovailoa would only be out for four games, you could make an argument for Hill as a great buy-low option.

He'll still be productive enough, in theory, to make his long-term upside worth a bit of a short-term regression, especially at a discounted price.

The uncertainty surrounding Tagovailoa's future, however, makes trading for Hill a far greater risk.

The news is even worse for Waddle.

In eight games with Thompson , Waddle has posted 31 catches for 449 yards, failing to reach the end zone.

That's an average of 3.8 catches for 56.1 yards each game, or about 9.4 fantasy points in PPR formats.

Yikes.

With Tagovailoa under center , Waddle has caught 218 passes for 3,082 yards and 19 touchdowns across 41 contests.

That averages out to 5.3 catches for 75.1 yards and 0.4 touchdowns per game, or roughly 15.2 fantasy points per week.

So history would suggest that Waddle is going from being a WR2 to the sort of numbers that would put him more in the WR4 range.

Even if you wanted to make a long-term play for him based on the possibility of a Tagovailoa return, you're basically adding a player you may not be able to justify starting for the next four weeks.

That's a huge chunk of your season to sacrifice.

Now, we have to consider that both players have smallish sample sizes with Thompson and that head coach Mike McDaniel will have a better grasp on what Thompson is good at and struggles with after he was forced into significant action in 2022.

Both Hill and Waddle have more experience with him as well, and both are fantastic players.

That, however, is countered by the fact that Thompson hasn't played an NFL game since the 2022 season.

Plus, he hasn't exactly proved to be a reliable option when given playing time (57.1 completion percentage, one touchdown, three interceptions in eight games).

If you can trade off of either Hill or Waddle at their usual prices (WR1 for Hill, WR2 for Waddle), jump at the chance.

But both are far too risky as potential buy-low candidates at the moment.

A Quick Word on Brock Bowers Do you know who leads all tight ends in receptions (15), receiving yards (156) and targets (17) after two weeks? That's right, Brock Bowers.

His leap to the No.

2 TE on the trade chart may seem hasty, but he only has one less target than Davante Adams and nine more than Jakobi Meyers.

That kind of usage is generally a good barometer of fantasy upsideespecially when it's coming from a first-round pick who terrorized college defenders with his versatility and athleticismand if he starts finding the end zone, look out.

If you are trying to upgrade at tight end, see if you can get Bowers on the cheap.

You may be running out of opportunities to do so.

And if you have the Georgia product, either sell him for a high cost or make him your starter and trade your other option at tight end.

Bowers appears set to have a Sam LaPorta-esque rookie year..

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