2025 Fantasy Football Week 6 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 Wolf’s Rest Of Season Rankings, who finished 2nd of 172 experts in FantasyPros’ Multi-Year Draft Rankings. These charts adjust values to account for positional need, assigning values based on a 1QB, 12-team, full PPR league, where quarterbacks are generally harder to trade due to a lack of positional need, unlike in Superflex leagues.

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 6 Trade Value Chart: Tight Ends

Tight End Riser

Jake Ferguson holds the top spot in our Rest Of Season Rankings for tight end for the first time this season, the first one to usurp Brock Bowers and Trey McBride, in our ranks, and may stay that way as long as Dak Prescott remains healthy, even after Ceedee Lamb returns. His nine targets-per-game while Ceedee was active was still one of the highest target rates in the NFL for tight ends, and his connection with Dak is as strong as ever, catching 85-percent of his targets this season.

Darren Waller‘s 2024 Jonnu Smith impression is rolling along smoothly as he jumps seven spots in our rankings, and into the top-12. In his two active games this season, he’s caught 8-of-9 targets for 105 yards and three touchdowns, an offensive weapon that the Dolphins desperately needed after losing Tyreek Hill. Time will tell if hamstring issues pop up for the 33-year-old Waller again, a player whose initial decision to retire had a lot to do with lingering injuries.

Tight End Faller

Juwan Johnson‘s fairy tale season took a nose dive quickly as he fell down and out of our qualifying Rest Of Season rankings for the first time this year, as his 2-of-4 targets for 17 yards against the Giants in week 5 left a lot to be desired. While still getting an 85-percent snap share, it can’t be ignored that his snap counts have been steadily dropping (per Pro Football Reference), and it’s yet to be seen how much of an impact the return of Taysom Hill and Foster Moreau will end up having on his involvement the rest of the way.

Other Tight Ends Of Interest

The David Njoku/Harold Fannin storyline continues to be one worth monitoring now with Dillon Gabriel at the helm for the Browns. The old adage that rookie QBs prefer to target their tight ends, on an offense that already prioritizes TEs, rang true in week 5 against the Vikings as Njoku went 6/67/1, and Fannin went 4/13/1.

Will they continue to cannibalize each other’s aerial pie and make neither trustworthy in fantasy, or could Njoku emerge as Gabriel’s preferred option? If the latter, then it may be time to consider his potential to go on another run like he did with Joe Flacco in 2023, and Jameis Winston last season. He may be worth inquiring about from your league mate for a minor cost, or as a sneaky throw-in if exchanging trade packages.

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 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