Fantasy Football Trade Value Chart Week 11: Running Backs

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 11 Trade Value Chart: Running Backs

Running Back Riser

The first six weeks of the season were pretty rocky for Rhamondre Stevenson. He started the year off on a tear, finishing as an RB1 in both Weeks 1 & 2. A string of fumbles caused Stevenson to fall out of favor with the coaching staff from Weeks 3-7 and scored in the double digits just once in four games.

Stevenson has since regained the trust of Jerod Mayo and company and he’s held an elite role in recent weeks. Across his last three games, Stevenson ranks 14th in weighted opportunities per game, 9th in expected fantasy points per game, and has held a 75-percent snap share.

Stevenson is now firmly among the RB2 ranks and can be comfortably started each and every week with this role. As long as Drake Maye can keep this offense afloat and generate some explosive plays here and there, Stevenson will be more than okay in fantasy.

Running Back Faller

Stevenson has seen his role expanding, but J.K. Dobbins saw his role shrink in Week 10. For the first time since Week 2, Dobbins handled fewer than 50 percent of the Chargers’ carries. Coincidentally, he had his worst fantasy outing in a month and a half.

Gus Edwards was activated from injured reserve ahead of Week 10 and it appears that he’ll hold a meaningful role in this offense. He played just 14 snaps, but he toted the rock 10 times on the day. If he is going to account for 30-40 percent of the carries each week, this puts a huge damper on Dobbins’ future outlook.
One other side effect of Edwards’ return is that everyone’s favorite sleeper, Kimani Vidal, has been sent to the shadow realm. Vidal was a healthy scratch in this one, just like we saw early in the year when Edwards was healthy. At this point, Vidal appears to be a “two injuries away” type of player as opposed to a preferred handcuff. He’s not worth the roster spot in leagues with moderate or shallow bench depth.

Running Back Trade Target

After a couple of lackluster performances, Aaron Jones has likely frustrated those who roster him in fantasy football. He’s scored fewer than 13 PPR points in three straight games and been a weekly RB1 just once in his last six contests.

Jones’ overall production in recent weeks has been affected by multiple in-game injuries. He effectively missed all of Week 5 and missed over a quarter of action in Week 10. 

When he’s been healthy, Jones has held an incredibly strong role. He’s played at least 70 percent of snaps in each of his last four complete games. He’s also handled 76 percent of the backfield opportunities in those four contests.

The Vikings offense was in a bit of a lull last week, but they should be well above league average for the remainder of the year. Jones will be a key piece of their offensive success and he is a good target if the Jones owner in your league is panicking.

Tier 1: The Elites

Tier 2: RB1 Options

Tier 3: RB2 Options

Tier 4: Matchup-Based Starters

Tier 5: Bench Assets and Handcuffs