2025 Fantasy Football Week 3 Trade Value Chart: Wide Receivers

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 WRs 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: Wide Receivers

Wide Receiver Riser

Rome Odunze slammed the door shut on his buy-low window, which he’s had since the offseason, after catching seven balls on 11 targets for 128 yards and two TDs versus the Lions, out-targeting DJ Moore 20-to-9 so far.

Wide Receiver Faller

As a result, DJ Moore is one of the prime fallers in the early season, as some were hesitant before the season started to commit him to a more diminished role in their preseason values.

Other Wide Receivers Of Interest

Tyreek Hill is a name to monitor as the Dolphins start off 0-2 after losing to the Patriots 33-27. The offense looked significantly better than week 1’s dreadful showing against the Colts, but Hill’s name has been at the top of the list of possible in-season players to be traded.

With fourteen playoff teams now instead of twelve, along with a 17th regular season game, an 0-2 start isn’t the death knell to playoff hopes that it used to be, but Miami’s season is almost on life support already, needing to beat the Bills this week if they don’t want to start 0-3.

If the Dolphins enter fire sale mode, I would think Hill’s production at the very least remains the same as it has during the offense’s struggles throughout this and last season, suggesting he could be a buy low now, and an even bigger buy low in a few weeks.

What do we do with Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins now that Joe Burrow may be out at least three months with turf toe, leaving Jake Browning at the helm?

The last time Browning got meaningful playing time was weeks 13-18 in 2023 while Burrow was out, and Chase’s numbers from then come with a couple caveats. The drop in numbers is also negatively affected by a AC joint sprain that knocked him out of part of week 15 and all of week 16, and he didn’t play the whole game in week 18.

But if we take away the week 13 game in 2023 (which was also against the Jaguars), the numbers weren’t startable in fantasy.

Higgins’ production was actually higher, undoubtedly due in part to Chase’s injury absence.

It’s a small sample size, but it would appear that Chase’s value takes an unquestionably bigger hit than Tee’s while Joe Burrow is out, even with Chase’s 32.3 PPR-point day in week 2. And say Burrow comes back around when the fantasy regular season stretch is here, you’re most likely going to want to ride out the tough weeks so that hopefully Chase and Burrow are rolling late in the season.

Wide Receiver Trade Target

I’m not very bullish on it, but we know Marvin Harrison Jr. is more talented than his production, but so far it looks like his utilization in the offense gameplan keeps his ceiling as capped as it was last season.

But game plans can change. Am I confident that the Cardinals’ coaching staff will make adjustments that better cater to MHJ’s strengths? Sounds like it’s already happening.

Particularly in dynasty, we’re encouraged to buy talent despite current situations, and while that doesn’t apply as much in redraft since we’re only dealing with a single season, I would still consider seeing how frustrated your league mate is with MHJ right now, just in case.

That is, if you’re okay with the risk that the problem is limited to a Kyler-Marvin pack of chemistry.

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: Wide Receivers

QB | RB | WR | TE

Tier 1: The Alphas

Tier 2: High-end Starters

Tier 3: Quality Options

Tier 4: Largely FLEX Options

Tier 5: The Rest