2025 Fantasy Football Week 4 Trade 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 4 Trade Value Chart: Tight Ends

Tight End Riser

As long as Dak Prescott is healthy, Jake Ferguson remains very fantasy relevant, especially in full-PPR leagues.

He was in full safety-valve mode for Dak catching 13-of-14 targets for 82 scoreless yards, entering Monday Night Football as the week’s TE2 in full-PPR leagues, as opposed to the TE6 in standard leagues (if those exist anymore).

If Ceedee Lamb is forced to miss time Ferguson likely gets relied on even more, and arguably is more valuable in fantasy than our next player.

Tight End Faller

Travis Kelce is flirting with TD-dependent streamer territory after just four catches for 26 yards against the Giants. The once-staple of the Chiefs offense’s fantasy value is evermore relying on name than production.

Other Tight Ends Of Interest

Hunter Henry went off in week 3, catching 8-of-11 targets for 90 yards and two scores. It’s the first time we’ve seen him make fantasy noise this season, but he was a fairly consistent target-getter in 2024, the second half of the year in particular, to keep him in the low-end TE1 conversation.

Jonnu Smith‘s 2024 explosion, which really didn’t start until week 7, reminds us to keep an eye out for possible outlier seasons in a position where they can make an impact the most, in case Hunter’s earned some more looks while the Pats’ offense continues to find what best works for them in Mike Vrabel‘s coaching staff’s first year in New England.

Mark Andrews qualifies as a riser after catching all six targets for 91 yards and two TDs, but came into the week with only two catches on four targets for all of seven scoreless yards, despite playing over 80-percent of snaps.

If not for a steady decline in production the past couple seasons, we might consider weeks 1 and 2 the outliers, not this past week, but we can no longer be sure.

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