Fantasy Football Trade Value Chart Week 8: Wide Receivers

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, these values will be altered to reflect the player’s value for the rest of the season. Changes made to player’s value will be based on FantasyPros Rest of Season ECR, results from the season thus 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 positional group.

For more information on how to make successful deals, check out our strategies for negotiating trades.

Be sure to tune back each week throughout the season. We’ll be adjusting the chart, discussing risers & fallers, and pinpointing trade targets.

The trade value chart for each position is linked below.

Fantasy Football Week 8 Trade Value Chart: Wide Receivers

Wide Receiver Riser

The Dolphins’ offense has been criminally bad in the absence of Tua Tagovailoa. They currently rank 27th or worse in yards per play, EPA per play, and scoring offense. Unsurprisingly, Tyreek Hill has not had a single WR1 or WR2 performance since Tagovailoa left.

Thankfully for Hill managers everywhere, Tagovailoa is set to return to practice this week and could play as soon as Sunday.

As long as Tua is able to stay healthy, Hill firmly reenters the WR1 conversation. It’s hard to view him as anything other than a top-5 receiver. In 31 games together, Hill is averaging 22.3 PPG. He offers matchup-winning upside on a weekly basis and instantaneously becomes a member of the elite WR tier.

Wide Receiver Faller

At this point, Marvin Harrison Jr. is setting up to be one of fantasy football’s biggest busts of the season. After coming in as the WR31 through seven weeks, it’s hard to envision a world where he pays off his second-round price tag.

The weirdest part is that Harrison is seeing strong usage in the Arizona offense. He’s been targeted on 24 percent of his routes and accounts for 39 percent of his team’s air yards. So what’s the issue?

The problem is how he’s being deployed by offensive coordinator Drew Petzing. He’s not seeing any of those “layup” targets that fantasy managers so desperately crave. A shade under 50 percent of Harrison’s routes have been streaks (go route), corners, and posts. Less than 10 percent of his routes have been slants.

Until Harrison breaks free from his “Sacrificial X Receiver” role to see higher percentage looks, it will be hard for him to reach the expectations that many set for him.

Wide Receiver Trade Target

If your team has a strong record or the depth to sustain a few zeroes from Deebo Samuel, go out and trade for him right now. Samuel is in a position to dominate the 49er’s passing attack down the stretch this year.

Fellow receiver Brandon Aiyuk is unfortunately out for the year with a torn ACL and MCL. This is devastating news, but this dramatically elevates Samuel’s fantasy value. He has been utterly dominant without Aiyuk on the field in previous years.

As soon as Deebo returns to the field, he enters weekly WR1 territory. Go grab him from your league mates now before they realize what they have on their hands.

Tier 1: The Alphas

Tier 2: High-End Starters

Tier 3: Quality Options

Tier 4: Emergency Starters and Bench Assets