2025 Fantasy Football Trade Week 3 Value Chart: Tight Ends

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 trade targets and other TEs 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: Tight Ends

Tight End Riser

Tucker Kraft enters Tier 1 in Wolf’s Rest Of Season Tight End Rankings after coming out of week 2 as fantasy’s top tight end, fueled by six catches on seven targets for 124 yards and a TD against the Commanders.

He’s hit at least a 90-percent snap share in each game and may be the consistent Packers receiving option for fantasy purposes this season.

Tight End Faller

David Njoku looks more and more to be in a TE committee with Harold Fannin Jr, and is now below him in Wolf’s Rest Of Season rankings, TE15 to Fannin at TE11. And for the moment, Joe Flacco‘s ugly performance against the Ravens in week 2 may get Dillon Gabriel starting games sooner rather then later.

Uncle Joe’s lack of hesitation to target tight ends with the Browns in 2023 continued into this season, with a total of 25 targets between Njoku and Fannin, and that tendency may go down with a different QB behind center.

We shouldn’t expect the days of Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez with the Patriots, where both tight ends were startable in our lineups. Despite the talent, the Browns TE room could be a disappointment for fantasy all season.

Other Tight Ends Of Interest

If Juwan Johnson keeps being this involved in the Saints offense, he’s going to have to get a bump up next week.

He followed up an 11-target game with another nine-target game against the 49ers last week, notching 5 catches, 49 yards, and his first TD of the season.

Tight End Trade Target

If someone desperately needs TE help with George Kittle on their IR, and you’ve got a little depth, it may be worth seeing what you can give up for Kittle, who was one of The Wolf’s favorite draft targets.

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 kind 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 just want to have fun with it, and somebody sending them insulting offers isn’t fun.

Trade Value Chart: Tight Ends

QB | RB | WR | TE

Tier 1: The Elites

Tier 2: Reliable TE1s

Tier 3: Starting Options

Tier 4: The Rest