2025 Fantasy Football Week 8 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 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.

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 other QBs of interest, and providing a refresher on optimal trade strategy. The trade value chart for each position is linked below.

QB | RB | WR | TE

FANTASY FOOTBALL WEEK 8 TRADE VALUE CHART: QUARTERBACKS

Quarterback Riser

During his Ravens tenure, Joe Flacco had typically good defenses he played with, and was on offenses that could normally only muster one fantasy relevant wide receiver. Now, until Joe Burrow comes back, he has the best receiving duo he’s ever had in prime Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, with a mediocre defense that will keep the Bengals needing to score points.

Like value store cereals would say: if you like 2023 Joe Flacco in Cleveland, then you’ll love 2025 Joe Flacco in Cincinnati!

He has a grip of the offense after only a week with the team, enough to go 31-for-47 for 342 yards and three TDs to rally Cincinnati past the Steelers, 33-31. It keeps the Bengals’ season alive, and there will likely have to be more of those performances to get them W’s. Fantasy players who have him probably aren’t going to want to trade him away now unless they don’t need the QB depth, where he could be a throw-in to help upgrade another position. He may be in our Trade Charts’ “Middling Backup” tier for now, but I don’t expect that to last.

Quarterback Faller

Justin Fields has bottomed out. The Pittsburgh Steelers version of him thrived more than at any other point in his pro career, likely due to the organizational stability and support around him. Perhaps he’s been asked to shoulder too much in Chicago and New York, and previous experience in a supportive system just isn’t enough to help his future endeavors. Now, after being benched for Tyrod Taylor in the Jets’ latest offensive disaster against the Panthers, it’s tough to say what’s next for fantasy’s one-time potential massive dual-threat cheat code, who has become unrosterable, never mind untradeable. You can ignore his presence on trade value charts, and be sure he’ll be gone after our next rankings update.

Other Quarterbacks Of Interest

All five of the Rams touchdowns against the Jaguars were thrown by Matthew Stafford, with an unsustainable 15.2-percent touchdown rate. It’s hard to think about trading away Stafford though, with at least 25 fantasy points in three of his last four games, the QB5 during that span, and he’s shown he can operate the offense well even with Puka Nacua inactive.

If you have him, he’s most likely your QB2, a QB with one of the safest floors in the league who will can still keep your squad in the hunt for a championship if your QB1 gets injured along the way. But if there was a time to trade him away to, say, help shore up that final starting spot at another position in your lineup, this week is as good as any. With production that’s solely from passing, he hasn’t been a guy that will put up 25 fantasy points more often than not and it’s the safer bet that that’s not changing now. Consider his sell high potential this week.

Trade Strategy Reminders

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

In general, trade offers that clearly benefit both teams’ overall value, not just your own, will make a trade partner more cooperative. However, being mindful of depth concerns with all teams involved in 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.

WEEK 8 TRADE VALUE CHART: QUARTERBACKS

QB | RB | WR | TE