RSJ’s Jackson Barrett created a value-based drafting Excel tool to create the preseason values for this Fantasy Football Trade Value Chart. The tool uses the FantasyPros consensus projections to assign values based on a 12-team, full PPR league.
Each week throughout the season, I will alter these values to reflect the player’s value for the rest of the season. I have made changes based on the FantasyPros ECR, results from the season so far, and The Wolf’s Rest of Season Rankings. But for the most part, the below values should generally reflect consensus rankings. The values provided also allow for comparing player values across positions, not just within one position group.
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RISERS
Welcome back, Breece Hall! The Jets’ star running back has been limited this season while recovering from knee surgery last season. Jets’ head coach Robert Saleh decided that it was time to let Breece off the leash in Week 5. With no limit on his workload, Hall exploded for 28.4 fantasy points, while racking up 194 total yards and a touchdown on 25 touches.
What’s encouraging about Hall is that he took nearly full control of this backfield in just one game without limitations.
In his 2023 “debut”, Hall was the clear RB1 and controlled the early down and goal line work. In the future, I expect Hall to be out there for more of the 3rd down snaps and two-minute drill. Cook and Carter will have roles in this offense, but Breece is coming for all the touches he can get.
Bears rookie running back Roschon Johnson is in a very interesting situation entering Week 6. Chicago’s top option at RB, Khalil Herbert, is expected to miss multiple games after suffering an ankle injury against the Commanders. Following this injury, Johnson will now compete with D’Onta Foreman (and potentially Travis Homer) for touches in this backfield. The outlook for Johnson gets even more unclear when considering that Johnson is suffering an injury of his own in the form of a concussion.
Even though the outlook for this backfield is murky, there is value here. Johnson was consistently used as the second option behind Herbert in the early weeks of the season. With Herbert now out of the picture, Johnson could easily step into the “1a” role if he finds some success next week.
Johnson is an unproven rookie on a less than stellar offense, so don’t get too excited. However, this injury to Herbert helps Johnson very much and Johnson should be valued as an RB3 in the coming weeks. If Johnson clears concussion protocol and has a good game on Sunday, his value will continue to climb in Herbert’s absence.
FALLERS
One week after being labeled as a “riser” and having a massive breakout, De’Von Achane is now a faller. An update this morning revealed that Achane will miss multiple weeks and may even go on IR. To all of those who stashed Achane or burned all of your FAAB on him, I am truly sorry.
Achane was looking like he was going to do something truly special with the Dolphins. Even if you are not a Dolphins fan or an Achane owner, you have to hope that he can pick up where he left off in a few weeks.
Because of this injury, Achane slipped 15 spots in my rankings. If you need to win now, Achane needs to be moved from your roster. If you can afford to hold on to him, perfect, he will be an asset down the line.
Rhamondre Stevenson continues to slip down the rest of season rankings. Stevenson’s value has continued to shrink over the last few weeks after combining for just 8.4 fantasy points in the last two weeks.
Stevenson’s lack of production is primarily driven by New England’s inability to produce anything on offense. In the last two games, the Patriots have been outscored 72-3. These blowouts are detrimental to fantasy production, especially for running backs.
Rhamondre has also been seeing his usage steadily decline this season.
As of now, the Patriots have a frightening offensive outlook and Stevenson is in a full split with Ezekiel Elliott. Unless one (or both) of these things change, Stevenson is in trouble.
TRADE TARGETS
I said last week was the final week to trade for Jonathan Taylor. I was wrong, Taylor is likely cheaper now than he was last week. In his first game off the PUP list, Taylor was really eased into things.
In his 2023 debut, Taylor played just under 20 percent of snaps and received seven total touches.
The Taylor owner in your league should be smart enough to see through this and realize that Taylor is being eased back into things. However, if they are a must-win team or panicking more than they should, now is a great time to buy Taylor.
Zack Moss has seen bell-cow usage in the absence of Taylor. Once Taylor is up to game speed to take over his role, there will be no looking back and trading for Taylor will be difficult.
Most managers will be understanding of Taylor’s lack of production. However, the panic button is fully pressed for Jahmyr Gibbs owners. So far this season, Gibbs has remained in the shadow of David Montgomery. To make matters worse, Gibbs is now dealing with a hamstring injury. Practice reports over the next few days will indicate whether or not Gibbs will play in Week 6. Gibbs’ value is already at its lowest, but will continue to fall if he misses a second straight game.
Dan Campbell and the Lions have done some unorthodox things with RBs in the past. But I still find it hard to believe that the Lions will let the 12th overall pick collect dust on the bench. In my opinion, Weeks 1-4 were the Lions allowing the veteran to handle the work while the rookie gets acclimated. The Gibbs injury makes his outlook more uncertain. Regardless, I expect Gibbs’ usage and value to steadily climb when he returns.
I have a hard time believing Gibbs’ value gets any lower than this. Invest in him before he returns and starts producing.
