2025 Fantasy Football Week 3 Trade Value Chart

Fantasy Football Championships are won with trades.

Here, I continue a series previously captained by RSJ’s MOH in 2023 and 2024, and Jackson Barrett before him. In my version, I’ll be basing these trade value charts off the top-150 Rest Of Season Rankings of RSJ’s Wolf Of Roto Street, who finished 2nd of 172 experts in FantasyPros’ Multi-Year Draft Rankings.

These charts adjust values for positional need to assign values based on a 1QB, 12-team, full PPR league, where generally quarterbacks are harder to trade for/away due to lack of positional need, unlike Superflex leagues.

Each week throughout the season, these values will be altered to reflect the player’s value for the rest of the season.

Be sure to tune back each week throughout the season. We’ll be adjusting the chart, discussing risers & fallers, and pinpointing other QBs of interest, and providing a refresher on optimal trade strategy.

The trade value chart for each position is linked below.

Fantasy Football Week 3 Trade Value Chart: Quarterbacks

Quarterback Riser

Daniel Jones‘ range of outcomes in Indy could have fallen anywhere between falling flat on his face like turf monster got him again, or being a better version than anything we saw in New York because of his change of scenery.

After two weeks, he’s been hammering the latter, currently the QB2 (with Monday Night Football left to play), completing 71-percent of his passes, 294 passing yards-per-game, two TDs, no INT’s and another three rushing yards.

And it wasn’t all against mediocre defenses either, with week 2 going up against the stout Broncos secondary.

Indiana Jones wanted his Sam Darnold career arc, and so far he’s getting it.

Quarterback Faller

Justin Fields was 7th on Wolf’s Week 2 rankings after a strong showing against the Steelers and a matchup with Bills, who needed a miraculous comeback last week because they couldn’t stop the Ravens and their run game in particular.

The Bills addressed that real quick, and instead of the version of Fields we saw in Week 1, and the one we saw last season in Pittsburgh, who appeared to raise his game a step or two, we saw the old erratic Fields we’ve come to know and love so well.

Future rankings will certainly be negatively affected by his status in concussion protocol, but before that he was 3-for-11 for only 27 yards, adding 5 rushes for 49 yards, but took 2 sacks and fumbled twice, losing one.

Seeing the old Justin Fields return may keep him out of the top-12 for rest of the season unless he can string together at least a few solid performances again.

Other Quarterbacks Of Interest

The 2025 arc for JJ McCarthy includes the stinker he put up against the Falcons on Sunday Night Football, with 158 scoreless yards, 2 INTs, 6 sacks, 3 fumbles, and one lost. Oof size, large.

If you’ve always believed in what you’ve seen from McCarthy to think this could be just him getting used to the speed of the pros, there could be a solid buy-low window opening for you right now. This could very well be a rock bottom performance, and the Vikings saw enough to let Sam Darnold walk.

(Five years ago I didn’t think I’d be mentioning Darnold’s name in an article twice, let alone once, in 2025)

With an ankle sprain that could keep him out a few weeks, he’s lucky to crack Wolf’s top-150

Trade Strategy Reminders

Aim To Fill Holes On Your Roster, And Your Trade Partner’s

In general, trade offers that clearly help both teams’ overall value, not just your own, will make a trade partner more cooperative, but being mindful of depth concerns with all teams involved with a trade will only increase the chance of that cooperation.

Be mindful not just of weak positional depth, but a surplus of positional depth, with all your league’s rosters. You might have a shortlist of players you’d love to be able to trade for, but if what you have to offer isn’t what your trade partner needs, your offers will likely fall on deaf ears.

Say you’re weak at RB, and have a surplus at WR. Teams that are strong at RB, but weak at WR, are naturally more eager to haggle.

Never Mention The Words “But The Trade Calculator Says”

Charts and calculators are a reference that can help find ideal trades, but they’re not gospel, and trying to make your potential trade partner think otherwise could shut the door on negotiations real quick.

Even if your charts/calculators show the trade offer to be in your league mate’s favor, they probably have tools and references of their own, and the next time “But the trade calculator says” changes someone’s mind, may be the first time.

Be Careful How Low-Ball Your Offers Are

Speaking of bad faith, a trade offer that is too clearly in your favor puts you in danger of potential trade partners shutting you out not just for that particular trade negotiation, but any future ones as well.

It’s a great feeling to get those kinds of lopsided trade deals, but the ones that are so bad they only go through 1 percent of the time likely aren’t worth hitting the send button to begin with. At their core, fantasy players aren’t complete masochists; they just want to have fun with it, and somebody sending them insulting offers isn’t fun.

Trade Value Chart: Quarterbacks

QB | RB | WR | TE

Tier 1: Elite QBs

Tier 2: QB1 Options

Tier 3: Fringe QB1s

Tier 4: Middling Backups