Fantasy Football Trade Value Chart Week 13: 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 13 Trade Value Chart: Wide Receivers

Wide Receiver Riser

Nico Collins ran a full complement of routes last week and looked like his usual self. He drew a target on 27 percent of his routes and accounted for 41 percent of the air yards dished out by C.J. Stroud. Collins scored 20.2 PPR points but would have put up a 30-ball if it were not for a 33-yard touchdown being nullified by penalty.

Collins truly has it all and he’s everything you want out of a fantasy wide receiver. Visually, he has the physical traits to succeed and he pops on film every week. His production profile paints the same picture. He’s an elite target earner, creates explosive plays seemingly at will, and arguably has room for his role in the offense to grow with Stefon Diggs no longer in the picture.

Before Collins suffered his hamstring injury, there was a very good case for ranking him as the WR1 in fantasy. Now that he has a few games under his belt, you can make that argument once again. He is undoubtedly a top-3 option for the rest of the season and will be a tremendous asset for fantasy managers throughout the playoffs.

Wide Receiver Faller

After Brandon Aiyuk went down with a season-ending injury, many people, myself included, believed Deebo Samuel would be a game-breaker in fantasy for the rest of the year. This simply hasn’t been the case and Samuel is averaging 8.6 PPG since Aiyuk was placed on IR.

There are several excuses you can make, ranging from injuries to Samuel to injuries throughout the offense, namely Brock Purdy’s shoulder injury. While these factors carry some weight, the fact of the matter is Samuel simply isn’t producing.

Samuel has led the team in targets just once since Week 2 and we have not exactly seen one of his patented explosive YAC plays in what feels like months. Considering the talent of this offense when healthy, there’s reason to hold out hope on Samuel, but his fall down the rankings is completely warranted.

Wide Receiver Trade Target

As the fantasy playoffs draw nearer, the best thing you can do on the trading block is optimize your lineup for that three-game stretch. One wide receiver who is set up for success during these games is Calvin Ridley.

From Weeks 15-17, the Titans will face off with the Bengals, Colts, and Jaguars. There isn’t a receiver in fantasy who has an easier stretch of matchups than Ridley. All three of these matchups are favorable for receivers with the Jaguars being arguably the best matchup in all of fantasy. The Jaguars rank dead last in passing yards and passing touchdowns allowed per game and have allowed more than 250 passing yards seven times this season. With these teams on the schedule, Ridley could be a league winner down the stretch.

Ridley has delivered some significant spike weeks since the departure of DeAndre Hopkins. His ability to reach his weekly ceiling is largely driven by his ability to connect with Will Levis on deep targets. Against three subpar secondaries, look for Ridley to make an explosive play or two in each game.

Tier 1: The Alphas

Tier 2: High-End Starters

Tier 3: Quality Options

Tier 4: Emergency Starters and Bench Assets